News Roundup

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Blockchain Bites: The SEC's Chilling Effect on Crypto Development
A slew of regulatory happenings are in the works: a Bahamian CBDC, a potential ban on crypto trading in India and a plan to unify state banking compliance standards across the...
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Blockchain Bites: MicroStrategy's BTC Buy, Bitmain's Power Struggle, Paxful's Goodbye
MicroStrategy has bought even more bitcoin, Paxful is pulling out of Venezuela and the Bitmain power struggle appears to have found a short-term solution.
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Blockchain Bites: Big Bitcoin Bets, SushiSwap Drops, bZx Attacked
Derivatives traders have placed bets bitcoin will hit $36,000 by year's end while bZx fell victim to yet another hack.
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Blockchain Bites: Square's Patent Posse, Binance's DeFi Bridge, SushiSwap's Co-Founder Speaks
Square is pushing back against crypto patent hogs, Binance is doubling down on DeFi and the ECB's Lagarde says Europe is losing the CBDC race.
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Blockchain Bites: Ripple's Case, SushiSwap's Migration, Ether's Bears
A DBS Bank economist thinks the coronavirus pandemic will accelerate digital asset adoption while Mastercard announced a CBDC testing ground.
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Blockchain Bites: Bitmain Denied, Coinbase Blocked and a Potential EOS Exit Scam
Arca is acting like an activist investor in its dealings with Gnosis while Venezuelan officials appear to have blocked access to Coinbase.
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Blockchain Bites: Is DeFi an Inside Deal?
SushiSwap's creator cashed out, BTC options traders remain bullish and data indicates people are "buying the dip."
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Blockchain Bites: Tether's Dispute, Buterin's Fix and 3 Reasons for Bitcoin's Sell-Off
Tether disputes allegations of market manipulation, Vitalik Buterin proposes a fix for Ethereum's high gas fees and Voatz weighs in during a federal trial.
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Blockchain Bites: Bitcoin's Steep Sell-Off, Pornhub's Crypto Payments, Twitter's Latest Hack
Pornhub will accept BTC and LTC payments, a nonprofit wants Coinbase to be more transparent and credit default swaps are coming to the Ethereum blockchain.
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Blockchain Bites: How SushiSwap Drove Uniswap to DeFi's Top Spot
A South Korean crypto exchange has been raided by police, Bitcoin's Lightning Network hit a new high and mining revenues are climbing.
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