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The headlines this week:

— Anonymous set for cyberwar with Bitcoin-powered Russian hacker crew

— Crypto founders exploit Ukraine’s pleas for cash to shill their tokens

— ConsenSys lawsuit reveals JPMorgan owns critical Ethereum infrastructure


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The headlines this week:

— ‘Struggling’ coal plant emits 500% more carbon after Bitcoin mining revival

— Web3 crypto startups poach top execs from Facebook, YouTube, Amazon

— Apple store gunman who demanded $220M crypto ransom dies by cop car 


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The headlines this week:

— Hacker could’ve printed unlimited ‘Ether’ but chose $2M bug bounty instead

— Right-click savers send NFT marketplace Cent into indefinite hiatus

— Intel hopes new Bitcoin mining chip will reduce its environmental impact 


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The headlines this week:

— Nike sues over sneaker NFTs to clean house before metaverse arrives

— It sure looks like Melania Trump wash traded her ‘white hat’ NFT for $170K

— Weaponry and cyberwar: How Bitcoin funds anti-Russia efforts in Ukraine


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The headlines this week:

— Cryptoland: Fiji island won’t be crypto’s Fyre Festival after all

— Biden wants US to regulate crypto as matter of national security

— YouTuber rugpulls fans for $500K in crypto, token pumps 300% anyway


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The headlines this week:

— Fearing revolution, Myanmar’s military gov’t wants to ban crypto and VPNs

— New US laws make it difficult for small businesses to accept crypto

— No, quantum computers won’t hack Bitcoin by 2022


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The headlines this week:

— Ignorance no excuse: IRS to hunt NFT tax cheats for billions of dollars

— Journalist bluffs his way into a senior Binance job worth $220K per year

— Bitcoin bull Chamath Palihapitiya reckons 'nobody cares' about Uyghur genocide


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The headlines this week:

— Crypto investor wants Kim Kardashian in court over pump and dump

— Can NFTs be 'art'? Wikipedia can't decide, will worry about it later

— Here we go again: Kleiman pushes for Wright retrial over Nakamoto Bitcoin


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In this episode:

— Kosovo bans Bitcoin mining as energy crisis sweeps Europe

— Bitcoin miners collateral damage during violent unrest in Kazakhstan

— Dump it: Crypto markets lose $230B since Bogdanoff twins passed away


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The headlines this week:

— Myanmar’s parallel government wants revolution backed by Tether crypto

— UK watchdog protects Papa John’s pizza lovers from free Bitcoin

— Coinbase billionaire goes full tech bro, co-founds life extension startup


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The headlines this week:

— Binance will attempt to reverse UK ban amid ongoing global scrutiny

— Jury sides with Craig Wright in $200B Bitcoin case but he still owes $100M

— Just 5% of NFT traders make the vast majority of profits on OpenSea


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The headlines this week:

— China wants you to know its digital collectibles are nothing like bubbly NFTs

— Jack Dorsey leaves Twitter, new chief shows less Bitcoin maximalism

— Silk Road’s Ross Ulbricht sells NFTs to support bid for presidential clemency


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The headlines this week:

— WoW gold farmer Steve Bannon shilled dumb Chinese crypto before arrest

— Bitcoin billionaires, a16z threw cash at US Senator before crypto tax vote

— Craig Wright used Slack app to threaten witness as they gave evidence


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The headlines this week:

— Don’t be fooled by NYC’s mayor praising Bitcoin — he’s just shilling an ICO

— Russia bails out Kazakhstan as Chinese Bitcoin miners suck power grid dry

— Huobi follows Binance, FTX, and BitMEX in ‘moving’ to a tax haven


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The headlines this week:

— Patreon wants creators to shill their own crypto tokens — because why not

— Self-styled Ross Ulbricht successor to give up Silk Road 2.0 Bitcoin

— Craig Wright's $68B Bitcoin dispute has both sides claiming he's Satoshi 


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The headlines this week:

— Robinhood share price and revenues tank as Dogecoin popularity wanes 

— Alibaba, Tencent rewrite history by scrubbing NFTs to appease Beijing

— Top US agencies ready to wage crusade across the crypto industry


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— Fortnite’s Epic Games loves NFTs now that Steam rejected them entirely

— Bitcoin miners overload Kazakhstan’s electricity grid, forcing rations 

— Treasury overlord Yellen worried crypto undermines US sanctions, dollar 


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The headlines this week:

— AI project scores $400K Aussie gov’t grant to combat crypto money laundering 

— Husband and wife use peanut butter sandwich to trade nuclear secrets for crypto

— Bukele’s $4M Bitcoin pet hospital isn’t wagging any tails


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The headlines this week:

— Iran lifts Bitcoin mining ban in face of power shortages, US sanctions

— Bitcoin miners who set up their own power plants face crippling $5.6M fine

— Don't blame Coinbase for huge social engineering hack, says Coinbase

— Central, South Asia love DeFi so much, crypto volume spiked 700%


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The headlines this week:

— Binance claims it has no crypto exchange business in China — that’s a lie

— Bitcoin miners go nuclear in the hunt for cheap electricity

— Ethereum mining pools killed by China’s cryptocurrency crackdown

— Europe now world’s number one crypto economy, overtaking East Asia 


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The headlines this week:

— Binance staff exploited users’ crypto trades for personal gain, whistleblower 

— It took just 12 days for Coinbase to submit to SEC, despite Armstrong rant

— El Salvador president Bukele down 15% on Bitcoin, despite buying the dip

— Bitcoin.org hackers peddled BTC giveaway scam similar to Twitter heist


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The headlines this week:

— Mastercard buys Monero-tracing analytics unit to build trust in crypto

— Coinbase stock is in the toilet, now it wants to sell $2B in junk bonds

— BitMEX insider Dwyer agrees to US extradition after hiding out in Bermuda


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The headlines this week:

— Canada’s largest markets watchdog banned Tether — is USDT a security?

— ‘Satoshi Nakamoto’ shows up to challenge Wright’s Bitcoin white paper win

— SEC threatens Coinbase over crypto interest account, CEO cries foul

— Bitcoin Babe crypto exchange chief says banks treat her like terrorist


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The headlines this week:

— China says returning 500K miners to Genesis still in-line with crackdown

— Teen clipboard hackers who stole $800K Bitcoin could still get away with it

— Chia miners sell damaged SSDs at a loss after ‘green Bitcoin’ tanks 90%

— Anti-Bitcoin Trump: Crypto ‘may be fake,’ invest in US dollars instead

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The headlines this week:

— European football clubs made $200M selling crypto tokens to fans

— Gartner’s Hype Cycle predicts 5 years until mainstream NFT adoption

— Coinbase wants to help track crypto cyberattacks — but its own users are shit out of luck

— Crypto goon gets 5 years in prison for $4M ‘decentralized bank’ ICO scam


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The headlines this week:

— Chinese state media brags about killing 11 companies caught using crypto

— Tether personally issued TRON’s Justin Sun at least $200M in USDT

— Italian feds say Mafia pays cartels for cocaine with Bitcoin and Monero

— DeviantArt enlists AI to police NFT markets for stolen art


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The headlines this week:

— London law firms form global ‘crypto fraud network’ CFAAR

— Chinese BTC miners sent 200K rigs to Canada but can’t find enough power

– Crypto breaks 2 records in a day for biggest fine and DeFi hack

– Messi accepts crypto in Paris Saint-Germain deal worth over $40M per year


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The headlines this week:

— IT guy at Polish police headquarters caught mining Bitcoin in secret

— Bitcoin SV rocked by fifth 51% attack, serial culprit attempts double spends

— Fake Bitcoin news wave hits Apple, Amazon, and now Saudi Aramco

— Binance won’t get medical records in fight over $10M crypto, says Malta charity


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The headlines this week:

— Metro worker upholds tradition by mining Bitcoin with stolen electricity, quits

— Hacker demands Bitcoin ransom to stop porn flood on ransomware forum

— Binance charity sued over $9M Bitcoin meant for cancer patients in Malta

— FaZe talent manager took 20% cut for brokering crypto pump and dumps

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The headlines this week:

– We ranked crypto companies with Glassdoor — it opened a rabbit hole

– Giant PS4 farm stole $250K power a month to ‘mine’ FIFA — not Ethereum

– Swede gets 15 years in prison for $16M crypto Ponzi that lasted a decade


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The headlines this week:

– Mr. Goxx is a crypto trading hamster — and he’s only slightly underwater 

– TikTok bans crypto ads but some fear it won’t stop shitcoin shilling 

– UK ad watchdog gets ‘proactive’ in crypto scam crackdown 

– REvil goes dark as Biden pressures Putin over ransomware attacks 


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The headlines:

– Esports influencer fired for pumping and dumping ‘Save The Kids’ crypto

– Inside Decentraland, where users can’t drink but they can buy blunts

– Binance ‘Chutes and Ladders’ ends where it started: Hong Kong

– China murders ‘Cat Coin’ company, mounts head in latest crypto warning


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The headlines this week:

– Binance blackballed in UK, ousted from Ontario, jabbed again in Japan

– Craig Wright wins Bitcoin white paper copyright suit by default

– ‘Never before seen’ footage of John McAfee on the run goes unsold

– Bitcoin mining stocks are doing better than Bitcoin in 2021


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The headlines:

– Is unvaccinated sperm really the next Bitcoin?

– Kim Kardashian shilling EthereumMax warned us crypto would collapse.

– Judge spits T.I. lyrics to dismiss ICO case, rapper’s lawyer approves.

– Free speech activists defy China by porting Apple Daily to the blockchain.


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The headlines this week:

– Elon Musk missed the cut, won’t hold sway on Bitcoin Mining Council.

– Tether attracts mainstream media scrutiny over its commercial paper.

– ‘British FBI’ deputy director spooked by luxury assets sold for Bitcoin.

– Margaret Thatcher and swine flu: Failed Bitcoin ship Satoshi has seen it all.


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The headlines this week:

– SSD maker sets data limit after Chia miners ruin drives, exploit warranties.

– Victims of $3.6B crypto Ponzi still believe they’ll get their money back.

– El Salvador Bitcoin scheme could torpedo $1.3B IMF loan, analysts warn.

– What happened to the Lifeboat Foundation’s Bitcoin Endowment Fund?


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The headlines this week:

– Soulja Boy tweets $24K pay-to-play deal with SafeMoon clone — then deletes it.

– Crypto traders in China flock to OTC desks despite scrutiny, report.

– The NFT market bubble has popped and we’ve got the charts to prove it.

– Binance Smart Chain hackers made $167M with flash loans, exploits in May.


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The headlines this week:

– US Senator urges OCC to rescind bank charters of 3 crypto companies.

– BitTorrent founder’s Chia crypto listed this month. Now it wants an IPO.

– Block.one sunk $150M into Voice — now it’s an unfinished NFT platform.

– Dark web marketplace Hydra has now processed $3.2B in crypto.


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The headlines this week:

– Chia crypto triggers HDD stock rally as Western Digital, Seagate surge.

– Sony patent outlines Bitcoin betting system for esports tournaments.

– Take-Two CEO: Crypto and the metaverse probably won’t matter in 5 years.

– Bitcoin crash wiped $22B from crypto billionaires — here’s who lost the most.


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The headlines this week:

– SEC chief: Crypto exchanges need a regulator for market manipulation.

– Hacker crew hungry for Bitcoin says it regrets cyberattack on US fuel lines.

– NFT collector shares sad videos of Christie’s $17M CryptoPunk auction.

– Microsoft cans Azure Blockchain, pushes users to Ethereum’s ConsenSys.


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The headlines:

– A history of Bitcoin Fog, the crypto mixer that washed 6% of BTC’s supply.

– Coinbase to handle Bitcoin and Ether for Sotheby’s $3M Banksy auction.

– BitTorrent creator’s new crypto Chia collapsed 50% on launch.

– Bitcoin miners flock to upstate NY — this Senate bill would stop that.


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The headlines this week:

– Dutch police seized $10M in crypto in 2020 — 650% more than 2019.

– Musk accused of pump and dump as Bitcoin sale boosts Tesla earnings.

– Coinbase hits back at rumors of insiders dumping all their stock.

– International manhunt continues over alleged $2B crypto exchange fraud.


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The headlines this week:

– The UK arrives fashionably late to the CBDC conversation.

– Facebook’s Diem is closer but it’s still a boring stablecoin.

– Binance US hires ex-Coinbase exec to compete with Coinbase.

– Billion-dollar crypto exit scam labelled ‘biggest fraud’ in Turkish history.


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The headlines this week: * What we know about Ledger and Shopify’s class-action lawsuit. * Square’s COPA asks UK court to rule Craig Wright didn’t create Bitcoin. * HSBC snubs MicroStrategy stock after CEO buys too much Bitcoin. * Silk Road hacker who stole $4B in Bitcoin allegedly outed as US fraudster.


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The headlines this week:

  • Ransomware hackers want to return Bitcoin — but they’ll keep the change.
  • Coinbase, Square, Fidelity form crypto ‘innovation council’ — but why?
  • Activist investor says Grayscale’s Bitcoin ETF pledge is not enough.
  • Arthur Hayes’ surrender starts countdown ’til court hears the coconut quote.

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The headlines this week:* Ransomware hackers want to return Bitcoin — but they’ll keep the change. * Crypto whale stuck in $150M short squeeze during battle for tiny altcoin. * Goldman Sachs lands crypto 180, readies rich clients for Bitcoin. * Risk to user Bitcoin ‘unlikely’ after Tesla spots bugs in BTCPay code.


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The headlines this week:* Coinbase fined $6.5M for wash trading and ‘reckless’ reporting * Time asks ‘is fiat dead?’ as 98-year-old mag seeks Bitcoin-savvy CFO * Robinhood’s crypto hiring spree is real — 8 open jobs including CFO * Tesla accepting Bitcoin means it stacks 0.7 BTC per Model 3 sold for crypto * Bitcoin fans have now donated nearly $1M to Satoshi since they disappeared


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The headlines this week:* BitMEX's Delo posts $20M bail, denies money laundering charges. * Twitter’s teen hacker sentenced to 3 years over Bitcoin scam. * Social tokens plummet after Roll loses $6M to crypto hackers. * First NFT? Evidence suggests someone sold a PNG for 500 BTC in 2010.


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A quick update from our newsroom: The Protos Daily is becoming the Protos Weekly. Next Friday, March 19 is the launch of our news podcast that brings you the most important stories in cryptocurrency. Expect original reporting, in-depth analysis, and more.

  • Beeple becomes third most valuable living artist
  • Ripple execs fight SEC subpoenas
  • Bakkt awarded sought-after BitLicense
  • MF Doom’s AR masks on sale again

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  • New index shows granular YoY Bitcoin data.
  • GBTC halts inflow after trading at 15% below Bitcoin.
  • Nvidia hash limiter may not have been cracked, despite claims.
  • Christie’s Beeple NFT auction about to close.

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  • Square, MicroStrategy feature in JPMorgan’s crypto basket.
  • Grayscale job listings hint at possible Bitcoin ETF.
  • Crypto miners say they’ve cracked Nvidia’s hash limiter.
  • Dorsey’s ‘genesis tweet’ bid hits $2.5M in Ethereum.

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  • Norway's Aker buys $60M worth of Bitcoin.
  • PayPal confirms buyout of Israeli crypto custody firm.
  • Ripple CEO finally admits MoneyGram breakup.
  • Taco Bell sells out of Non-Fungible Tacos in 30 mins.

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  • McAfee denies 'overblown' SEC allegations.
  • PhoenixMiner users urged to format PCs, move crypto.
  • Chinese selfie app Meitu buys $40M of Bitcoin and Ethereum.
  • Azealia Banks opens bidding for audio sex tape NFT.

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  • Coinbase chief Armstrong tops crypto billionaires list.
  • MicroStrategy stock down 50% since February peak.
  • NFT sales on marketplaces hit $1B already this year.
  • Hack or heist? DeFi platform disappears with $31M.

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  • DeFi projects see $28 billion inflow since December.
  • Ex-Bitmex CEO to surrender following lawsuit talks.
  • Brave browser to revive Tailcat search engine.
  • New Bitfinex service will allow BTC and ETH payments.

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  • Gab says hackers demand Bitcoin ransom.
  • Crypto mining rigs held over electricity dispute.
  • PayPal eyeing crypto custody startup, report.
  • Grimes becomes the latest NFT millionaire.

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  • MicroStrategy’s market cap is mostly Bitcoin.
  • Goldman Sachs dusts off crypto trading desk.
  • Grayscale adds millions in Litecoin to its Trust.
  • Crypto investors lost $10B to fraud last year.

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  • Tether warns market of $20M Bitcoin extortion plot.
  • Crypto miners cause energy crisis in Abkazhia.
  • Hackers raid DeFi tool Furucombo for $14M.
  • Google Finance site finally tracks cryptocurrency.

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  • A wild pitch for a new Satoshi symbol appears.
  • Kraken wants to raise cash at $10B valuation.
  • Mt Gox victim sues after Wright claims stolen Bitcoin.
  • Christie's bids for Beeple NFT hits $2.4M in one day.

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  • JPMorgan tests blockchain payments from space.
  • MicroStrategy buys $1B worth of Bitcoin.
  • Coinbase confirms it holds Bitcoin, other crypto assets.
  • Bitcoin mined in 2010 moves for the first time.

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  • Bitcoin ‘Motherload' scammers made $2M last week.
  • Jack Dorsey's Square in for another $170M of Bitcoin.
  • Tesla value down a quarter since Musk's BTC bet.
  • US charges Serbian man over $7M crypto investment con.

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  • Bitcoin drop inspires crypto-wide selloff.
  • Public companies up billions after Bitcoin.
  • Ethereum crashed to $700 on Kraken -- for one minute.
  • MoneyGram backs away from XRP deal.

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  • Bitcoin’s market cap now 10% of gold, report.
  • Demand for Canadian Bitcoin ETFs surges.
  • Korean crypto investors face new tariffs in tax shakeup.
  • Mystery wallets remove $1B from Coinbase.

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  • ‘ENS deposit whale’ leaves $76M unclaimed.
  • Bitcoin obituary site now tracks dead altcoins.
  • Coinbase will go public at $77B valuation.
  • Nvidia teases Ethereum mining gear.

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  • Musk moons MarsCoin by mistake.
  • Prolific Korean hackers finally indicted.
  • Beeple to sell NFT at Christie’s.
  • Motley Fool does a u-turn on Bitcoin.

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  • Irish feds searching for victims of $2M Bitcoin fraud.
  • Internet cafes mining crypto to balance the books.
  • Ethereum 2.0 staking comes to Coinbase.
  • AutoNation doesn’t see taking Bitcoin for Teslas.

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  • Bitcoin, Ethereum miners set revenue records.
  • Miners blamed again for GPU price hikes.
  • 270 addresses laundered 55% of crypto last year.
  • Hal Finney ‘predicted’ NFT boom 30 years ago.

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  • Morgan Stanley eyeing Bitcoin bet.
  • UK’s FCA drowning in crypto cons.
  • Ethereum deposit contract tops 3M ETH.
  • DeFi pair hit by $37.5M flash loan attack.

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  • Motherload Bitcoin scam nets $1M in a week.
  • Tesla drops $50B after ‘risky’ BTC buy.
  • Research paper links BTC hacks and ETH.
  • Dorsey and JayZ duet on 500BTC fund.

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  • 25% of new traders plan to use PayPal for crypto.
  • Europol smash $100M SIM-swap scam.
  • Crypto support heading to Mastercard network.
  • Bitcoin volatility spooks Tesla shareholders.

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  • Square demands draft Bitcoin whitepapers from Wright.
  • Yearn ‘restores’ $10M after flash loan attack.
  • Defunct exchange QuadrigaCX has an imposter.
  • Nigera Central Bank closes crypto-linked accounts.

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  • Bitcoin spikes on Tesla news.
  • UN report says North Korea stole $300M from crypto exchanges.
  • 9/20 top cryptos gain 100% or more in 2021.
  • Silk Road fed linked to $3B in stolen Bitcoin.

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  • Snoop Dogg becomes Snoop Doge.
  • Ethereum futures launch on CME.
  • Chinese miners turn to high-end gaming machines.
  • Poolin raises $10M from crypto VCs.

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  • Bitcoin scammers are posing as Social Capital CEO.
  • Single Russian site driving darknet revenues.
  • Bitcoin Fairy likely not Capitol riots donor, report.
  • Yearn Finance loses $3M in flash loans attack.
  • Brock Pierce holes up in $5M monastery.

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  • ARK boosts Grayscale Bitcoin stake by 850%.
  • PayPal to focus on dedicated crypto services.
  • Rarible raises $1.75M to build Uniswap for NFTs.
  • SINO shares up 123% on Bitcoin mining move.

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  • Guggenheim ready to invest $500M in Grayscale’s Bitcoin Trust.
  • Stablecoin pilot set to bank Nevada weed industry.
  • OKEx to adopt Lightning Network in Q2.
  • Microstrategy sinks another $10M into Bitcoin.

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  • Coinbase rumored to list on Nasdaq.
  • P2P Bitcoin exchanger faces up to 25 years in jail.
  • Robinhood raises $2.4B in WallStreetBets’ wake.
  • Elon Musk now supporter of Bitcoin.
  • Active Bitcoin addresses set monthly record.

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  • Grayscale reopens ETH Trust.
  • Visa CEO outlines crypto approach.
  • Ripple fires back over SEC lawsuit.
  • BTC miners bag over $1B in January.
  • Winklevoss twins to produce GameStop movie.

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  • WSB Chairman pumps Doge 520%.
  • Reddit partners with Ethereum Foundation.
  • Coinbase to skip IPO with direct listing.
  • Jihan Wu resigns from Bitmain.
  • Robinhood to allow limited buys after outrage.

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  • DeFi coins outperform Bitcoin.
  • Trader suing Ripple after losing $48.
  • BSV dumped by Australian exchange.
  • Feds charge Netwalker hacker.
  • Pomp’s job portal aims for 10K ads.

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  • Signal rumor hints at crypto payments.
  • Estonia hosts BTC whitepaper.
  • Atari joins Ethereum-based Decentraland.
  • Bitcoin bull runs for CA office.
  • BoE Governor talks crypto.

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Navalny fans donate $120K in BTC during protests.

UK law funnels Bitcoin to organized crime.

Ivy League universities reportedly buy Bitcoin.

JPMorgan warns clients about Tether.

Rothschild holds $100M worth of Grayscale.

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  • Coinbase to sell shares privately before IPO.
  • Davos WEF panel to discuss Bitcoin.
  • Ransomware payments funding organized crime.
  • Ethereum and Tron fight for Tether traffic.
  • Jim Cramer: Lottery winner 'should put 5% in BTC'.

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  • BuyUcoin denies hacking reports.
  • Miners seek support in EIP 1559 fight.
  • Bit Digital responds to scam allegations.
  • Binance whitelisted in Russia.
  • UpBit cleared for Thai launch.

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  • Craig Wright claims Bitcoin white paper.
  • Grayscale loads $25B worth of crypto in a year.
  • Pornhub premium adds four new cryptos.
  • BTC miners bag $700M in 2021.
  • BlackRock allowed to buy Bitcoin futures.

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  • Ether records new all-time high.
  • Navlany’s non-profit continues to receive BTC.
  • Ripple’s co-founder dumps $28M XRP.
  • Saddle goes after Curve and Uniswap.
  • Deutsche Bank survey predicts BTC bubble.

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– Polkadot now 3rd largest blockchain.

– NVIDIA eyes return to crypto mining.

– Livecoin allows two months to claim funds.

– Hal the ‘most likely’ Satoshi candidate, research.

– Gab battles Trumpcoin scammers.


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  • Iranian cops seize 45,000 illicit miners.
  • New highs for Chainlink and Binance Coin.
  • Nigerians urged to join blockchain biz.
  • Galaxy Digital to mine Bitcoin.
  • Australian exchange hits back at banks.

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  • UK petition demands Bitcoin ban.
  • Ledger offers BTC bounty for hackers.
  • Short sellers say Bit Digital is a scam.
  • Russia says hitmen want crypto.
  • Rick and Morty meets NFTs.

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  • Grayscale gets rid of XRP entirely.
  • NYT article on lost BTC goes viral.
  • US has its first federal crypto bank.
  • Dorsey wants Twitter more like Bitcoin.
  • Man wants city to dig up BTC fortune.

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  • Top BTC addresses grow by $11B.
  • Tether teases long-awaited audit.
  • Saylor to teach execs about Bitcoin.
  • Mining chipmaker MicroBT seeks IPO.
  • ‘Fed proof’ Silk Road successor stung.

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  • Digital asset exchange Bakkt readies for IPO.
  • Gemcoin fraudster gets 10 years in prison.
  • Washington state braces for crypto miners.
  • Chinese gambling crew to start BTC mining.
  • Crypto fund flows down 97% since Christmas.

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  • Lead EOS brain Dan Larimer quits.
  • BTC crash sends market below $1T.
  • HSBC UK reportedly bans crypto.
  • Morgan Stanley balls deep in MicroStrategy.
  • US feds ready to seize $16M in BTC.

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  • BTC price sets 15th record in a month.
  • ETH enters top 100 assets in the world.
  • Crypto miners scoop high-end GPUs.
  • Finland to sell $80M in seized BTC.
  • Hackers cashing out millions via Binance.

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  • Satoshi spelling errors ‘intentional’.
  • New trojan targets crypto wallets.
  • XRP re-flips Polkadot after 50% bounce.
  • Cyprus using blockchain to track Covid jabs.
  • Ethereum enters world’s top 100 assets.

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  • Bitmain sells out of Bitcoin miners.
  • ETH 2.0's contract eclipses Uniswap.
  • Crypto markets almost worth $1T.
  • Grayscale fund liquidates XRP.
  • Stellar doubles on Ukraine deal.

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  • Polkadot is the fifth largest crypto.
  • Bitcoin miner Marathon raises $200M.
  • OCC okays stablecoins for banks.
  • WikiLeaks gets $280K BTC donation.
  • Chinese gaming stock goes crypto.

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  • Bitcoin turns 12, sets ATH.
  • ETH leads altcoin charge.
  • XRP recovery cut short.
  • Privacy coins crash on Bittrex cull.
  • Ireland can't seize $200M BTC stash.

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  • SEC charges Ripple Labs, two execs.
  • Ledger won't refund after data hack.
  • Blockchain domains fail Joker's Stash.
  • Bitcoin volatility attracts quant funds.
  • Youth sailing crews race for BTC prize.

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  • MicroStrategy boosts BTC stack by $650M.
  • Grayscale puts 6 crypto trusts on ice.
  • SkyBridge eyeing bespoke BTC fund.
  • SEC goes after Ripple.
  • Bitgrail founder in frame for $150M hack.

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  • Hackers leak stolen Ledger data.
  • Musk tweets and Dogecoin pumps.
  • JP Morgan eyes BTC correction.
  • Warp to return $5.5M in stolen crypto.
  • US targets crypto wallets with new KYC.

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  • Coinbase readies for 2021 IPO.
  • Bitcoin fees rocket after rally.
  • BTC millionaires up 150%.
  • ETH 2.0 contract hits $1B.
  • Hackers raid Warp for $7M.

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  • One River bet $600M on crypto before the rally.
  • Bitcoin explodes to set new all-time high.
  • Tron hits back at New York securities fraud suit.
  • American Express has a new crypto investment.
  • PayPal Ventures joins Paxos's $142M fund raise.

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  • Grayscale’s portfolio hits $13 billion.
  • Estonia pulls rug on 1,000 crypto startups.
  • UK fund tells shareholders it’s buying BTC.
  • Monero hits 2-year price high.
  • Microsoft to use blockchain for gaming royalties.

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  • 500 crypto miners found inside Bulgarian energy hub.
  • PornHub forced to go fully crypto after fiat snub.
  • Steve Wozniak's token multiplies 28 times in one week.
  • Blue-chip Italian bank to offer Bitcoin services in 2021.

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  • Bitcoin creator Nakamoto vanished 10 years ago.
  • Putin forces Russian officials to declare crypto.
  • MicroStrategy bounces after analyst downgrade.
  • JP Morgan says pensions could bring $600B to BTC.
  • Ethereum artist Beeple sells $1.1M worth of NFTs.

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  • PornHub running out of fiat options.
  • MassMutual buys $100M in Bitcoin.
  • IOTA Foundation removes founder.
  • Lil Yachty’s token sells out super fast.
  • Mt. Gox victims to get just 15% of lost funds.
  • Trezor rocked by botnet attack.

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  • Fidelity open for Bitcoin-backed cash loans.
  • Privacy wallets launder more illicit crypto than ever.
  • French law forces exchanges to dox users.
  • Oyster exit scammer charged with tax evasion.
  • Crypto bank tanks 10% after insider stock sales.
  • Silk Road film set for February 2021 release.

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  • Coinbase UK reports 38% drop in revenue last year.
  • Square pushes for green Bitcoin mining.
  • Coinbit exchange charged with market manipulation.
  • Wall Street rejects MicroStrategy’s latest Bitcoin plan.
  • Ohio blockchain bill for gov't agencies moves forward.
  • Mt. Gox Trustee gets new deadline to sell billions in BTC.

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  • MicroStrategy wants to sell bonds to buy Bitcoin.
  • Diem worried about 'confusing' Libra rebrand.
  • Wall Street pours hundreds of millions into crypto.
  • Ransomware hackers demand $33M from Foxconn.
  • Russian crypto exchange operator gets 5 years.

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  • Darknet revenues top last year's record.
  • Addresses with 1 ETH at all-time high.
  • MicroStrategy spends $50M more on BTC.
  • China's digital yuan goes live... sort of.
  • ETH staked hits 1% of total supply.
  • Bitcoin's Adam Back wants to ditch 'sats'.

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  • Raoul Pal’s bold Bitcoin move.
  • Kraken backs Ethereum dev grants.
  • Crypto indices by S&P Dow Jones in 2021.
  • Ethereum upgrade hits 1M milestone.
  • Spotify job hints at crypto future.
  • Billionaire Paul Tudor Jones rallies behind Bitcoin... again.
  • Billions in ‘dormant’ BTC awoken by price surge.

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  • PayPal CEO bullish on all kinds of crypto.
  • Visa embraces USDC.
  • Ripple relocation still an option.
  • Bitmain cuts funding for Bitcoin Core devs
  • Grayscale splits its Ethereum fund.
  • Lil Yachty to issue Yachty coin.
  • US congress may soon regulate stablecoins.

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  • Ethereum Beacon Chain launched.
  • Libra Association renamed ‘Diem’.
  • 20% of PayPal users have used its crypto service.
  • High hopes for Bitcoin in Kraken survey.
  • Sberbank cryptocurrency slated for 2021.
  • USDC issuer hires Wall Street veteran as CEO.
  • BTC Markets leaks 270,000 names and emails.

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  • $100M of crypto stolen from Bitfinex in 2016 is on the move.
  • Bitcoin surges to a new all-time high.
  • Yearn merges with Sushi.
  • Tezos looking to incorporate shielded transactions.
  • Ethereum’s hashrate and mining difficulty increase amidst Ether rebound.
  • Bernstein Research admits Bitcoin’s asset allocation role.
  • Huawei partnership to increase BitTorrent reach by billions.
  • BitMEX welcomes Alexander Hoptner as CEO.

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  • Chinese authorities have seized over $4.2B of crypto from the PlusToken Ponzi scheme.
  • Ripple is reportedly selling a third of its stake in payments processor, MoneyGram.
  • Guggenheim Partners has reserved the right to allocate up to 10% of its Macro Opportunities Fund in Bitcoin.
  • Yearn Finance is to join forces with market coverage platform, Cover.
  • Investment firm, Cypherpunk has boosted its BTC holdings by 279%.
  • Ethereum 2.0’s deposit contract now has over 852,000 ether - worth half a billion dollars - locked in.
  • Pizza Hut has confirmed that it will start accepting crypto payments for food orders.

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OKEx sees $110M dollars leave its platform, just hours after reopening asset withdrawals.

Facebook is to move forward with the launch of its own dollar-pegged stablecoin, Libra, in January next year.

Lending protocol, Compound saw over $100M worth of collateral liquidated on its platform yesterday.

Glassnode has revealed that the total amount of Bitcoin held on exchanges has hit a two-year low.

The Russian Government has revealed plans to classify digital financial assets as property.

Coinbase suffered yet another outage yesterday when its app and website went down.


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  • BTC miners bag over $353M in October.
  • VanEck launch Bitcoin ETN.
  • Over 725,000 now locked for Ethereum 2.0.
  • Armstrong concerned about wallet tracking.
  • PayPal block user for using its own crypto service.
  • Was Bitcoin born in London?

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  • OKEx has a thousand bucks for returning traders.
  • Japan’s SBI to pay 1% interest for BTC.
  • Ripple at two-year high after price triples in a week.
  • Yearn Finance absorbs Pickle after $20M hack.
  • US spy chief fears China’s influence on Bitcoin.
  • Coinbase Pro halts margin trading... again.

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  • IRS caught sending bogus letters to crypto traders.
  • Ethereum 2.0 reaches its staking threshold just in time.
  • Chainalysis raises 100 million dollars to achieve unicorn status.
  • Coinbase AUM reaches $20B.
  • Sean Lennon falls back in love with Bitcoin.
  • Yearn founder to launch second platform.

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  • PayPal could've bought 70% of BTC mined last month.
  • More DeFi fails: Pickle Finance loses $20M to 'evil jar' attack.
  • CipherTrace files second patent for Monero-tracking tech.
  • Pantera Capital raises another $5M for its Bitcoin fund.
  • KuCoin restores services months after major hack.
  • PSA: Cardano whale fooled by elaborate crypto phishing scam.

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  • Bitcoin address creation rate hits two-year high
  • Craig Wright’s $20B trial delayed until April
  • OKEx withdrawals restart after founder’s release
  • Gambling sites buying millions of dollars worth of BTC
  • Binance hires former Trump lawyer in lawsuit against Forbes
  • Ethereum Foundation boosts rewards for white hat hackers

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  • Dubai whales to stake $10M for Ethereum 2.0
  • Crypto exchange Liquid confirms hackers stole sensitive user data
  • JPMorgan chief Jamie Dimon reaffirms 'blockchain, not Bitcoin'
  • Binance sues Forbes, two journalists over mysterious 'Tai Chi' doc
  • Rapper T.I.'s associates ordered to pay $100K for dodgy ICOs
  • A tiny number of BTC addresses control 95% of the supply

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  • Bitcoin breaks $18K to set 2020 high
  • Fresh BitMEX lawsuit alleges market manipulation
  • Huobi's takeover of rival exchange Bithumb stalls
  • Dutch central banks asks crypto users to dox themselves
  • ConsenSys buys Ethereum dapp tool Truffle
  • 100K ether now locked for Ethereum 2.0 transition

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  • Coinbase crashes as Bitcoin price nears $17K
  • Uniswap liquidity drops 40% as staking incentive ends
  • Origin loses $7M to DeFi hackers
  • Binance pulls plug on its pound-pegged stablecoin
  • Two new acquisitions for Novogratz' Galaxy Digital
  • Intercom's chairman is the latest tech founder to embrace Bitcoin
  • SEC chairman Clayton confirms exit by end of 2020

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  • Crypto markets indifferent to Bitcoin Cash's latest fork
  • Fidelity addresses Bitcoin skepticism
  • Grayscale crypto stack tops $10B
  • $1B worth of Maker's DAI stablecoin now in circulation
  • Cloudflare hiccup spells trouble for Uniswap
  • US stimulus checks traded for Bitcoin now worth more than $2,900

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