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⁠GBTC has a new a competitor in the OTC Bitcoin trust market Another way to buy Bitcoin in stock form has surfaced.

⁠Law Decoded: The guard changes, and with it, the tweets, Jan. 8–15 Accompanying the presidential transition are some major questions about the role of social media in society and politics.

⁠Price analysis 1/15: BTC, ETH, XRP, DOT, ADA, LTC, BCH, LINK, XLM, BNB Altcoins have entered a slight correction after Bitcoin's relief rally lost steam and the price dropped below $35,000.

⁠Africa to bring 100 million users to DeFi in three years from now, says founder of Cardano Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson predicts that the DeFi revolution will take place in the developing world.

⁠Here’s how institutional investors ignited Bitcoin’s rally to $40,000 Experts weigh in on the main events from 2020 that impacted Bitcoin’s price the most.

⁠Coinbase users can now report their crypto taxes using CoinTracker Filing 2020 taxes may be slightly less complicated for Coinbase users than it was before.

⁠British financial advisor calls on the gov’t to ban crypto transactions Veteran financial advisor Neil Liversidge came to the U.K. Government and Parliament with a petition to ban crypto transactions.

⁠Bitcoin slides under $35K despite Biden unveiling $1.9 trillion stimulus Positive reactions to a $1.9 trillion stimulus package combines to squash Bitcoin's bullish sentiment.

⁠Crypto is going public: Timing is key as Bakkt secures NYSE listing As Bakkt prepares to be listed on the NYSE, even more crypto companies could be going public in the future.

⁠Cointelegraph Consulting: Institutions keep the Bitcoin bull market on track Volatility and funding rates surge, but large BTC holders continue to accumulate.

⁠Gamers are still Nvidia’s masters, but Ether miners could change that Nvidia's chief financial officer says the firm could restart its mining-specific line of graphics cards if demand from cryptocurrency miners increase…

⁠Sick of yield farming? Your liquidity could save Earth from the Daleks A new scheme from Reality Gaming Group is offering NFT trading cards from Doctor Who: Worlds Apart as an incentive to liquidity providers.

⁠Canada’s first public Bitcoin fund hits $1 billion 3iQ’s Bitcoin QBTC fund has surged 900% in market cap since October 2020, breaking a $1 billion milestone.

⁠Minerals giant Norilsk Nickel joins Responsible Sourcing Blockchain Network The world’s largest producer of palladium and high-grade nickel is joining a multi-stakeholder initiative that uses blockchain technology.

⁠Crypto anti-terrorism bill introduced in the US House of Representatives A bipartisan group of representatives has introduced a bill to the House that seeks to create a task force focused on combating terrorist financin…

⁠China’s blockchain project BSN to pilot global CBDC system in 2021 China is building a new system to integrate international central bank digital currencies as part of its national blockchain project, the BSN.

⁠US Fed: CBDC a ‘very high priority’ to combat bad private sector money The United States Federal Reserve needs its own digital currency to protect against a possible overnight proliferation of stablecoin technology, say…

⁠Liquidators seek expanded probe of alleged South African Bitcoin scheme Liquidators of the embattled Mirror Trading International want a deeper probe of the alleged Bitcoin multi-level marketing scheme.

⁠Tor-enabled Bitcoin nodes are back after bug on network Anonymous Tor-enabled Bitcoin nodes normally make up as much as 25% of totally reachable Bitcoin nodes.

⁠After Ethereum, 'next stop will be higher risk alts,' says Bitcoin investor Raoul Pal Raoul Pal says higher risk altcoins are likely to follow Ethereum, which rose 60% in the first two weeks of 2021.

⁠Galaxy enters Bitcoin mining, launches financial services unit for miners Mike Novogratz's Galaxy Digital is launching its own Bitcoin mining operations and creating a new business unit dedicated to providing financial…

⁠Bitcoin bubble will pop sooner or later, says famous Russian BTC critic Anatoly Aksakov of the Russian State Duma suggested that global jurisdictions should ban Bitcoin as a payment method.

⁠EDM star Deadmau5 teams up with Mad Dog Jones on NFT art collection EDM artist Deadmau5’s NFT collections highlight the potential of digital artworks to his millions of followers.

⁠Respect the Pomp: RSK’s token spikes 30% after founder appears on podcast RIF got a nice price boost hours after its founder appeared on Pomp’s podcast.

⁠Block.one’s Bitcoin reserves are now worth double the entire EOS market cap Block.one holds a reported 140,000 BTC which is worth around double the EOS market cap. Does that make EOS a buy?

⁠DOT flip: Polkadot overtakes XRP to become the fourth largest cryptocurrency DOT is on fire today as it surges up the market cap charts to fourth spot.

⁠Did Grayscale push Bitcoin back up to the $40K mark? Some stats indicate Bitcoin’s current rally could be more reliant on institutional investors than ever before.

⁠Exchanges running out of ETH with reserves plunging 27% in 48 hours Analysts predict Ether may soon hit a new all-time high after ETH reserves on centralized exchanges fell by 27% in two days.

⁠Ledger owners report chilling threats after 20K more records leaked “Are you able to imagine all the possible consequences that can occur to you and your loved ones?” said the scammer.