VPN Usage Surges as Belarus Remains Offline
Anti-censorship tools saw an uptick in popularity in Belarus, the Eastern European country whose citizens have been protesting for three days after contested presidential elections...
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Some Traders Now Taking Bets Ether Will Break $1K by December
Deribit has started listing ether (ETH) options with strikes above $1,000, and some traders are now betting the cryptocurrency will reach that price by year’s...
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How Much Ether Is Out There? Ethereum Developers Create New Scripts for Self-Verification
Ethereum and Bitcoin advocates have engaged in spirited Twitter exchange since Friday to answer an ostensibly simple question: What’s the total supply of ether? It’s...
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Joe Rogan for Fed Chair! Feat. Hugh Hendry
A former hedge fund manager and financial dissident gives his take on what ails the U.S. economy and why the Federal Reserve should be more,...
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Coinbase Exits Industry Lobbying Group in Protest Over Recent Unspecified ‘Decisions’
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Blockchain Bites: MicroStrategy’s $250M Bitcoin Bet, India Booms, Banks Open to Custody
MicroStrategy bets $250 million on bitcoin’s safe haven thesis. Indian crypto is booming. And David Marcus has a new role at Facebook. Top shelf Banks...
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Elliptic Hires Former Revolut CFO as It Prepares for Asia Expansion
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Binance Denies Report It Was Blocked From Installing Its CEO on Board of Failing Bank
Binance has said reports Liechtenstein authorities blocked a deal to put its CEO Changpeng Zhao (CZ) on the board of a now-defunct bank are unfounded....
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Bitcoin News Roundup for Aug. 11, 2020
With bitcoin increasingly acting like gold and one company betting a quarter of a billion dollars on BTC, CoinDesk’s Markets Daily is back for your...
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Alchemy Goes Public With Developer Platform in Bid to Grow DeFi Ecosystem
Blockchain infrastructure startup Alchemy, which helps decentralized finance (DeFi) projects run or access nodes, just launched its full suite of products to the public, after...
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DEX Aggregator 1inch Raises $2.8M From Binance Labs, Galaxy Digital and More
Launched by software engineers from Porsche and NEAR Protocol, 1inch has raised $2.8 million in a funding round led by Binance Labs. The platform was...
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Coinbase’s Existing $8B Valuation Means It Doesn’t Need an IPO, Lawyer Says
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