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Bitcoin Slumps Below $63K, Altcoins Rekt, as Crypto Succumbs to Risk Off Mood
Likely also hitting prices was the movement of nearly $2 billion of BTC and ETH in wallets linked with Genesis Trading.
Morgan Stanley to Offer Bitcoin ETFs to Wealthy Clients: CNBC
The move will take effect on Wednesday and will be open to clients with a net worth of at least $1.5 million.
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Radix's Incentivised Onboarding Platform RadQuest Is Making Web3 Accessible for Everyone
Can a gamified onboarding platform truly bridge the gap between Web3 curiosity and competence? Radix believes so with the launch of RadQuest — a fully mobile-ready Web3 experi...
U.S. Added Just 114K Jobs in July, Unemployment Rate Shoots Up to 4.3%
The price of bitcoin initially showed little reaction to the soft data even as traders quickly amped up bets on big Fed rate cuts in the second half of the year.
Bitcoin Traders Eye $55K Amid U.S. Stocks Sell-off, XRP Leads Losses in Major Cryptos
Traditional markets from the U.S. to Japan saw declines across major indexes and stocks, with the tremors seeping into the cryptocurrency market.
Kujira Foundation's Tokens Stung by Its Own Leveraged Positions as Bets Backfire
The developers said the team’s positions were “targeted” and they will create an operational DAO to take ownership of the Kujira Treasury and core protocols.
Bitcoin Risk-Reward Remains Compelling Even After Price Surges 100% in a Year
Long-term holders are motivated to hold at bitcoin's going market rate, implying an attractive risk-reward for existing or potential investors, according to the "reserve risk"...
ARK Invest Sold $14.8M of Coinbase Shares Thursday Ahead of the Exchange's Earnings Report
Coinbase revenue beat Wall Street analysts' expectations, while profit came in lower than the consensus.
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Why Decentralized AI Is Gaining Steam
A year ago, “Crypto+AI” sounded like a game of “VC mad libs.” Now, as real-world applications begin to emerge, the idea makes much more sense. Jeff Wilser, who is hosting the...
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Crypto Is a Core American Issue, Consensys’ Joe Lubin Says
The Ethereum co-founder discusses why his firm decided to sue the SEC on stage at Consensus 2024.
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DePIN Can Rebuild the Grid From the Bottom Up
As the U.S. electricity grid struggles with wide scale outages, crypto-powered demand response programs can save customers billions. These decentralized generative energy netw...
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Meet Mike Novogratz, the Political Commentator
In an interview at Consensus 2024, the Galaxy Digital CEO was asked about a plethora of regulatory and legislative issues affecting crypto.
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Chris Dixon Talks Techno-Optimism, Permissionless Innovation and the Need for Crypto
The renowned a16z VC talks to Daniel Kuhn about his new book, “Read Write Own: Building the Next Era of the Internet.”
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Everyone at Consensus 2024 Is Talking About Biden’s Crypto Flip Flop. Is He for Real?
Attendees are cautiously optimistic about apparent regulatory and legislative changes, though not everyone is convinced.
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Coinbase's 'Solid' Earnings May Get Derailed by Low Volume, Fed Headwinds, Analysts Say
The company reported better-than-expected second-quarter earnings on Thursday but saw a strong downtick in revenue from transaction fees, its main source of income.
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MicroStrategy Bull Doubles Down on The Stock by Raising Price Target to Wall Street High
The broker raised its year-end price target for the software company to $2,150 from $1,875.
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Protocol Village: Arthur Hayes Releases NFT Collection 'Airheads' on Bitcoin Ordinals
The latest in blockchain tech upgrades, funding announcements and deals. For the period of Aug. 1-7.
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As Trump Suggests Crypto as a Fix to U.S. Debt, Harris Camp Highlights His Remarks
Former President Donald Trump shared some more thoughts on his recent crypto crush, and the campaign for Kamala Harris responded as it often has: It shared Trump's own words....
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France Opens for MiCA Applications, First Among Biggest EU Economies
The French regulator has in the past welcomed crypto companies to register with it.
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Crypto Exchange Bybit Withdraws From France in Response to Regulations
"It has always been Bybit's primary objective to operate our business in compliance with all relevant rules and regulations," the company said in its post.
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Kamala Harris Can't Cede Crypto to Trump, Could be Difference in Battleground States: Think Tank
"Kamala Harris must lay out her own agenda for cryptoassets or she risks ceding the ground entirely to the Republicans," said the commentary from OMFIF’s Digital Monetary Inst...
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Hong Kong's Futu Launches Bitcoin, Ether Trading, Offers Alibaba, Nvidia Shares as Rewards: Report
For the moment, only bitcoin and ether can be traded, while the company works on "expanding our crypto offerings in the near future."
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Indian Survey Reveals Impact of Crypto Taxes and Anti-Money Laundering Rules on Investors
The study was conducted to assess how savvy investors are engaging with traditional finance, crypto and stablecoins in their investment portfolios.