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 2023-03-15 15:56 

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Evaluating Bitcoin as a Store of Value...

Two on-chain metrics, realized capitalization and holding trends, demonstrate belief in bitcoin as a store of value (SoV)....

 2023-03-15 15:55 

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Crypto Long & Short: Finding Alpha in AI-Related Crypto...

Artificial Intelligence may be a theme worth exploring potentially transformative in the way that cryptocurrencies have been....

 2023-03-15 15:53 

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Australia's Treasury and Reserve Bank Held Consultations With Coinbase, Others...

Private meetings have been held this week around the Treasury's token mapping consultation paper....

 2023-03-15 15:52 

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Bitcoin Gains Early, Fades Late to Trade Below $25K...

BTC had surged to a 9-month high above $26,500 after the latest inflation data before retreating....

 2023-03-15 15:50 

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KuCoin Has Closed a $10M Funding Round Into CNHC, but Is the Offshore Yuan Right for a Stablecoin?...

Circle Ventures, the venture arm of the USDC-issuer, and IDG Capital also joined the round....

 2023-03-15 15:47 

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U.S. Government Wants Binance.US' $1B Buy of Voyager Halted; The Debate Over Why Signature Bank Was Seized and More...
 2023-03-15 15:46 

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Alameda-Linked Wallet Sent $100M of Stablecoins to Trading Firms After USDC Depeg...

Three other wallets linked to FTX and Alameda sent $188.5 million in stablecoins to crypto exchanges on Tuesday....

 2023-03-15 15:41 

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Voyager-Binance.US' $1B Deal Should Be Halted, U.S. Government Says...

The Department of Justice doesn't like provisions that would render Voyager immune from prosecution for former wrongdoing...

 2023-03-15 15:37 

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Uniswap's NFT Platform Shows DeFi's Reluctant Acceptance of Centralization...

If you want to be "the interface for all NFT liquidity,...

 2023-03-15 15:36 

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When Will Crypto Learn From the Mistakes of Banks?...

It's time to bring the lessons of TradFi to crypto's shadow banks, unregulated custodians and offshore exchanges before another FTX or Silvergate failure....

 2023-03-15 15:33 

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Ethereum's Network-to-Value Ratio Slides to 3-Month Low as ETH Rallies 20%...

The widely tracked ratio measures ether's market capitalization in relation to the value of on-chain transactions processed on the Ethereum network....

 2023-03-15 15:32 

CoinDesk

Crypto Winter Ends Era of Bitcoin Mining 'HODLers'...

Bitcoin miners are no longer able or willing to hold onto all of their mined digital assets indefinitely as a slump in prices is eating into their margins....

 2023-03-15 15:30 

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Bitcoin Options Market Still Afraid of USDC Volatility...

The options market is still valuing options that settle in the underlying rather than in USDC at a relative premium because of concerns of another depeg, one observer said....

 2023-03-15 15:28 

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Bitcoin, Ether Volatility Stuns Bears and Bulls Alike; Some Say Recent Price Action Driven by Bank Crisis...

Some market observers say bitcoin's recent price movements were largely driven by investors looking for alternative assets to park their funds amid a banking clampdown in the U.S....

 2023-03-15 15:25 

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Euler Finance to Offer $1M Reward as It Reels From Nearly $200M Exploit...

Euler has sent multiple on-chain messages to the attacker in the past 48 hours....

 2023-03-15 15:23 

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El mercado de opciones de bitcoin sigue temiendo a la volatilidad de USDC...

El mercado de opciones sigue valorando las opciones con una prima relativa que se liquidan en el activo subyacente en lugar de USDC debido a la persistente preocupacin por otra prdida de paridad, segn un observador....

 2023-03-15 15:19 

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A Closer Look at Fan Tokens...

As part of CoinDesk's Culture Week, CoinDesk Indices Senior Index Research Analyst Max Good shares insights into fan tokens and their use cases and takes a closer look at whether the performance of soccer team tokens align with on-the-pitch performanc...

 2023-03-15 15:18 

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Over $2B in USDC Stablecoin Burnt in Single Day, Data Shows...

USD coin holders are not rushing back to the token just yet....

 2023-03-15 15:09 

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Who Is Cross River Bank, USDC Stablecoin Issuer Circle's New Partner?...

The New Jersey-based regional bank has an increased profile after the trio of recent bank collapses and will likely face added regulatory scrutiny....

 2023-03-15 15:03 

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Bitcoin Slips After Reaching Nine-Month High; Brian Brooks on U.S. Crypto Regulation...

Bitcoin (BTC) is hovering around $25,000 after reaching a nine-month high on Tuesday at about $26,500. The rise of the world's largest cryptocurrency by market value came minutes after the U.S. Consumer Price Index was released. Tastycrypto Head of Di...

 2023-03-15 15:02 

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UK to Add Crypto Declaration in Tax Forms...

Taxpayers will have to record their crypto gains separately as of next year, the U.K. Treasury said....

 2023-03-15 14:58 

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First Mover Asia: Bitcoin Holds Near $25K as Investors Remain Upbeat About Inflation Data, Fed Rate Hikes...

ALSO: Two prominent crypto executives suggest the industry must learn from the failings of Signature, Silicon Valley and Silvergate banks if it hopes to develop productive banking relationships....

 2023-03-15 14:50 

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NounsDAO Approves Proposal for Feature-Length NFT Movie...

The decentralized autonomous organization will move ahead with plans to produce an animated film based on its popular 8-bit NFT characters....

 2023-03-15 14:49 

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Crypto Must Do Better to Be Banked, Say Industry Executives...

The downfall of Silvergate, Signature and Silicon Valley banks have wounded digital assets. But crypto might one day work with big banks if the industry can mature, WAX CEO William Quigley and Maicon CEO Alex Liu suggested....

 2023-03-15 14:44 

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U.S. DOJ Was Investigating Signature Bank's Work With Crypto Clients: Bloomberg...

Prosecutors were looking at the crypto-friendly bank before regulators seized it, people familiar told Bloomberg....

 2023-03-15 14:43 

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Stablecoin Outlook Following Silicon Valley Bank Failure...

The Circle-issued USDC stablecoin regained its dollar peg, recovering from the Silicon Valley Bank-induced chaos over the weekend that saw its price plummet to $0.90 on major exchanges. Tastycrypto Head of Digital Assets Ryan Grace weighs in on the future...

 2023-03-15 14:42 

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Circle USDC Rebounds From Depegging, but Stablecoin Observers See an Uncertain Future...

Nearly 4 billion USDC has been removed from the circulating supply since Friday with more USDC being burned than minted, data shows....

 2023-03-15 14:31 

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U.S. Treasury Close to Releasing Report on Use of DeFi in Illicit Finance...

The U.S. Treasury Department is close to releasing a risk assessment analyzing criminal use of decentralized finance (DeFi), according to Assistant Secretary for Terrorist Financing and Financial Crimes Elizabeth Rosenberg. CoinDesk Global Policy and Regu...

 2023-03-15 14:28 

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Bitcoin Hovers Around $25K After Reaching Nine-Month High...

Bitcoin (BTC) is hovering around $25,000 after reaching a nine-month high on Tuesday at about $26,500. The rise of the world's largest cryptocurrency by market value came minutes after the U.S. Consumer Price Index was released. Tastycrypto Head of Di...

 2023-03-14 06:02 

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Bitcoin Crosses $24.7K, Sees Highest Liquidations in Two Months...

The largest cryptocurrency was trading at just over $24,700 during the Asian morning hours on Tuesday....

 2023-03-14 05:26 

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This DeFi Protocol Just Got Hacked. Its Token Is Still Doing Better than a Major US Bank's...

Euler's EUL token fell 50% hours after an exploit on its protocol while First Republic shares fell roughly 62% following U.S. bank turmoil....

 2023-03-14 04:28 

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Coinbase Files Amicus Brief in Insider Trading Case: 'We Need Rulemaking'...

The exchange denies that any of the tokens former Coinbase manager Ishan Wahi inside-traded with associates were securities because Coinbase doesn't list securities but it would like to if the SEC gave it proper rules and guidance....

 2023-03-14 04:01 

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Signature Bank's Signet Platform Still Works, But Some Clients Have Moved On...

The real-time payments platform, popular with crypto businesses, will continue to be offered under the newly established Signature Bridge Bank entity, a source told CoinDesk....

 2023-03-14 03:09 

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Silicon Valley Bank Collapse: Crypto Impact & What's Next...

The abrupt collapse of the Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank prompted U.S. regulators to impose emergency measures to protect depositors. This comes on the heels of crypto-friendly Silvergate Bank's shutdown in the same week. Here's a look at...

 2023-03-13 21:48 

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This DeFi Protocol Just Got Hacked. Its Token is Still Doing Better than a Major US Bank's...

Leader in cryptocurrency, Bitcoin, Ethereum, XRP, blockchain, DeFi, digital finance and Web 3.0 news with analysis, video and live price updates....

 2023-03-13 21:25 

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Bitcoin Surges Above $24K as Silicon Valley Bank Customers Will Have Access to Their Money...

The most valuable crypto stories for Monday, March 13, 2023....

 2023-03-13 21:05 

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FDIC Planning to Try Auctioning Silicon Valley Bank Again: WSJ...

The designation of SVB's failure as a potential systemic threat gives the FDIC more options to sell the bank....

 2023-03-13 21:05 

CoinDesk

It's Not Just Fraud That Chilled Crypto Regulation...

While it's easy to blame the recent shift in the regulatory mood regarding crypto markets on certain bad actors, the real roots lie beyond the crypto ecosystem, says Noelle Acheson....

 2023-03-13 20:54 

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Even Barney Frank Thinks Signature Was Shut Down to Send an Anti-Crypto Message...

Signature Bank was shut down by the NYDFS citing "systemic risk."...

 2023-03-13 20:46 

CoinDesk

Crypto Update | Silicon Valley Bank Collapse, the Macro Picture and What to Expect Next...

With risk assets rallying as U.S. authorities move to bail out the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank, plus a deep dive on what it means, CoinDesk's "Markets Daily" is back with the latest news roundup....

 2023-03-13 20:46 

CoinDesk

DeFi Privacy Bridge Aztec Connect Sunsets After Less Than a Year...

The backing Aztec Network is open sourcing the bridge and moving on to next-generation products....

 2023-03-13 20:36 

CoinDesk

U.S. Fed's Supervision Chief Investigating What Happened with Silicon Valley Bank...

The Federal Reserve's vice chairman for supervision, Michael Barr, is digging into the bank failure, the U.S. central bank announced....

 2023-03-13 20:17 

CoinDesk

A Tale of 2 Banks: Why Silvergate and Silicon Valley Bank Collapsed...

Every U.S. bank is facing similar structural pressures to what drove crypto's one-time favorite bank to the moon and then into the ground....

 2023-03-13 19:39 

CoinDesk

Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank Reignite 'Moral Hazard' Dilemma Bitcoin Was Designed to End...

A debate from the 2008 financial crisis resurfaces as the FDIC intervenes to help two troubled institutions with crypto connections....

 2023-03-13 19:29 

CoinDesk

TrueUSD Says 'Small Number' of Users Impacted by Signature Bank Closure...

Stablecoin issuer says USD funds held at Signature bank are now fully backstopped by Fed....

 2023-03-13 19:24 

CoinDesk

BlockTower Capital Funds Had Exposure to Silvergate, Signature Bank...

Silvergate Bank announced a voluntary liquidation last week and Signature Bank was taken over by regulators on Sunday....

 2023-03-13 19:23 

CoinDesk

Bitcoin sube 18% y supera los US$24K...

Se liquidaron alrededor de US$160 millones en posiciones cortas el lunes....

 2023-03-13 19:21 

CoinDesk

Is This a Crypto Banking Bailout?...

It depends on who you ask, but this round of government interventions doesn't yet resemble the large-scale, taxpayer-involved rescue in the wake of the 2008 financial meltdown....

 2023-03-13 19:12 

CoinDesk

Burning USDC and Minting DAI Prove to Be Popular On-Chain Activities Amid SVB Collapse...

Circle's USDC stablecoin had nearly $3 billion in net redemptions, while the total supply of DAI increased by 1.2 billion tokens since Friday....

 2023-03-13 19:11 

CoinDesk

Binance GBP Funding On/Off-Ramp to be Suspended in May...

The exchange was notified by its fiat partner that it will no longer provide British pound deposit and withdrawal services....

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