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05 Jan 2023 14:33

For The U.S., Bitcoin Is A National Security Opportunity, Not A Threat
https://bitcoinmagazine.com/culture/bitcoin-is-national-security-for-u-s

Recognizing the importance of digital currency in its recent National Security Strategy, the White House should consider embracing a bitcoin standard.

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05 Jan 2023 09:29

Ex-FTX Lawyer Cooperated With US Prosecutors, Reuters Reports, Citing Source Familiar
https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2023/01/05/ex-ftx-lawyer-cooperated-with-us-prosecutors-reuters-reports-citing-source-familiar/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines

Former FTX lawyer Daniel Friedberg provided information on FTX at a meeting on Nov. 22 with the U.S. Justice Department, FBI and the SEC, the source said.

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05 Jan 2023 03:47

First Mover Asia: Bitcoin Rises, Cryptos Savor FOMC Data
https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2023/01/05/first-mover-asia-bitcoin-rises-cryptos-savor-fomc-data/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines

ALSO: Japanese gaming company Square Enix’s commitment to invest in Web3 initiatives is rare in a country, whose regulations about anything that seems like gambling are daunting; bitcoin rises.

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05 Jan 2023 03:45

Web3 Builders Lose Dozens of High-Value NFTs in Back-to-Back Attacks
https://www.coindesk.com/web3/2023/01/05/web3-builders-lose-dozens-of-high-value-nfts-in-back-to-back-attacks/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines

CloneX COO Nikhil Gopalani and prominent NFT collector CryptoNovo lost NFTs estimated to have been worth hundreds of thousands of dollars to scammers.

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05 Jan 2023 01:30

Crypto Markets Today: Crypto Broker Genesis Asks for Clients’ Patience
https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2023/01/04/crypto-markets-today-crypto-broker-genesis-asks-for-clients-patience/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines

ALSO: Bitcoin rose and most other, major cryptocurrencies spent much of Wednesday in the green.

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04 Jan 2023 22:00

Sam Bankman-Fried Faces ‘Tough Road,’ Legal Expert Says
https://www.coindesk.com/business/2023/01/04/sam-bankman-fried-faces-tough-road-legal-expert-says/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines

The former FTX CEO faces a legal uphill battle after pleading not guilty to eight counts of criminal charges.

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04 Jan 2023 21:59

2023 Predictions: The Year of Web3 Pets
https://www.coindesk.com/consensus-magazine/2023/01/04/2023-predictions-the-year-of-web3-pets/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines

Virtual pets have been around for decades, but with NFTs, we set to own our online cats and dogs this year, not just play with them, says Leah Callon-Butler.

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04 Jan 2023 19:55

Ethereum Builder ConsenSys and AMD SPAC Plows on Despite 95% of Shares Being Redeemed
https://www.coindesk.com/business/2023/01/04/ethereum-builder-consensys-and-amd-spac-plows-on-despite-95-of-shares-being-redeemed/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines

Investors in W3BCLOUD’s merger with Social Leverage Acquisition Corp voted to redeem the majority of shares, according to a filing.

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04 Jan 2023 19:53

US Federal Reserve, Other Agencies Continue to Warn Banks About Crypto
https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2023/01/03/us-federal-reserve-other-agencies-continue-to-warn-banks-about-crypto/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines

The U.S. Federal Reserve and other regulators issued a crypto warning for the banking system Tuesday, though the statement doesn’t extend any new policies about how traditional lenders deal with digital assets.

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04 Jan 2023 19:46

Canada Has Declared A Local War On Bitcoin Mining
https://bitcoinmagazine.com/business/canada-cracking-down-on-bitcoin-mining

Multiple local governments across Canada have started to make life much harder for bitcoin miners.

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04 Jan 2023 19:45

You Can Now Live In This Swiss City Solely On Bitcoin
https://bitcoinmagazine.com/culture/live-in-swiss-city-solely-on-bitcoin

Lugano, Switzerland makes living on a Bitcoin standard possible with hundreds of merchants that accept BTC.

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04 Jan 2023 16:19

Genesis CEO Says Solution Requires More Time
https://www.coindesk.com/business/2023/01/04/genesis-ceo-says-solution-requires-more-time/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines

Derar Islim addressed the institutional crypto brokerage's clients in a letter on Wednesday.

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04 Jan 2023 14:13

UK's Top Crime Agency Is Assembling a Team of Crypto Experts
https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2023/01/04/uks-top-crime-agency-is-assembling-a-team-of-crypto-experts/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines

The National Crime Agency's Crypto Cell follows the posting of crypto experts with local police across the country.

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04 Jan 2023 14:11

Shiba Inu-Themed BONK Tokens Are Yielding Nearly 1,000% for Solana Liquidity Providers
https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2023/01/04/shiba-inu-themed-bonk-tokens-are-yielding-nearly-1000-for-solana-liquidity-providers/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines

The memecoin is up over 150% in the past 24 hours and have recorded some of the highest trading volumes on Solana-based decentralized exchanges.

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04 Jan 2023 13:14

Ethereum Name Service Recorded Over 2.8M Domain Registrations in 2022
https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2023/01/04/ethereum-name-service-recorded-over-28m-domain-registrations-in-2022/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines

The figures represent 80% of all registrations since the service launched.

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05 Jan 2023 09:30

Celsius 'Earn' Assets Belong to Bankrupt Crypto Lender, Judge Rules
https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2023/01/05/celsius-earn-assets-belong-to-bankrupt-crypto-lender-judge-rules/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines

A federal judge ruled that customers of Celsius's interest-bearing "Earn" product had turned over control of their assets to the bankrupt crypto lender, meaning they are now part of the company's bankruptcy estate.

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05 Jan 2023 04:09

A Suggestion For The Sats Symbol
https://bitcoinmagazine.com/culture/my-suggestion-for-the-bitcoin-sats-symbol

The Bitcoin community has yet to agree upon a universal symbol for sats, the smallest division of bitcoin. But I think I might have a winner.

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05 Jan 2023 03:46

Crypto Bank Juno Tells Customers to Self-Custody or Sell Amid Custodian Wyre's Turmoil
https://www.coindesk.com/business/2023/01/05/crypto-bank-juno-tells-customers-to-self-custody-or-sell-amid-custodian-wyres-turmoil/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines

Juno's current custodian, Wyre, will liquidate in January.

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05 Jan 2023 01:31

SEC Pursues $45M Scam Based in Fake Blockchain Technology
https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2023/01/04/sec-pursues-45m-scam-based-in-fake-blockchain-technology/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) accused alleged fraudster Neil Chandran and several others for orchestrating a scheme to get cash from tens of thousands of investors globally on the false promise that they were securing a lucrative deal to sell blockchain technology.

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04 Jan 2023 22:02

US DoJ Is Seizing Banking Assets, Robinhood Shares Linked to FTX, Court Told
https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2023/01/04/us-doj-is-seizing-banking-assets-robinhood-shares-linked-to-ftx-court-told/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines

Officials may later seek to have Sam Bankman-Fried forfeit the assets, potentially including as much as $450 million in stocks, to avoid benefiting from crimes

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04 Jan 2023 21:59

Who Are Sam Bankman-Fried's Politically-Connected 'Wealthy Co-Conspirators'?
https://www.coindesk.com/consensus-magazine/2023/01/04/who-are-sam-bankman-frieds-politically-connected-wealthy-co-conspirators/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines

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04 Jan 2023 21:58

Magic Eden Issue Leads to Fake NFT Listings
https://www.coindesk.com/web3/2023/01/04/magic-eden-issue-leads-to-fake-nft-listings/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines

The unresolved issue is allowing unverified NFTs to be added to high-priced collections like Y00ts and ABC.

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04 Jan 2023 19:54

Indians Moved Over $3.8B to Foreign Exchanges Since Crypto Tax Rules
https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2023/01/04/indians-moved-over-38b-to-foreign-exchanges-since-crypto-tax-rules-research-study/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines

A research study found that Indians moved more than $3.8 billion in cumulative trading volume from local to international crypto exchanges after the nation announced stiff crypto tax rules last year.

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04 Jan 2023 19:52

Iranian Courts Order Return of Thousands of Seized Crypto Mining Machines: Reports
https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2023/01/04/iranian-courts-order-return-of-thousands-of-seized-crypto-mining-machines-reports/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines

The country has been cracking down on mining to deal with power shortages.

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04 Jan 2023 19:45

U.S. Bitcoin Miner Increased Its Annual BTC Production By 200% In 2022
https://bitcoinmagazine.com/business/bitcoin-miner-increased-annual-btc-production

Cleanspark’s December 2022 mining update examines the company’s year at large as well as the operations of the previous month.

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04 Jan 2023 16:20

A Dose of 'Hopium' for Bitcoin Bulls From 1970s
https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2023/01/04/a-dose-of-hopium-for-bitcoin-bulls-from-1970s/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines

U.S. inflation has slowed, echoing the late 1974 peak that presaged a rebound in the S&P 500, a benchmark for risk assets, including cryptocurrencies.

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04 Jan 2023 16:18

Coinbase Will Pay $50M Fine to New York Regulator to Settle Background Check Charges
https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2023/01/04/coinbase-will-pay-50m-fine-to-new-york-regulator-to-settle-background-check-charges-report/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines

The settlement will also require Coinbase to invest $50 million to bolster its compliance program.

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04 Jan 2023 14:12

Binance Led Market Share in 2022 Despite Overall Decline in CEX Volumes
https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2023/01/04/binance-led-market-share-in-2022-despite-overall-decline-in-cex-volumes/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines

The crypto exchange dominated the market with about a two-thirds share among 11 leading exchanges.

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04 Jan 2023 14:10

NFT Research Tool NFT Inspect Is Shutting Down
https://www.coindesk.com/business/2023/01/04/nft-research-tool-nft-inspect-is-shutting-down/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines

The decision to shutter the service comes as the NFT market faces intense headwinds, with sales volume dropping by double digits quarter-over-quarter.

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04 Jan 2023 09:18

This Promising Wireless Tech Could Help Power the Future Metaverse
https://www.coindesk.com/web3/2023/01/04/this-promising-wireless-tech-could-help-power-the-future-metaverse/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines

At CES 2023, Ixana announced a developer kit for Wi-R, a wireless tech that could lead to sleeker VR and AR devices for metaverse applications.