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⁠Vinnik’s attorney appeals against 5-year prison sentence Lawyers of the alleged $4 billion Bitcoin launderer appeal to the court, arguing that Alexander Vinnik was just an employee at BTC-e.

⁠Cardano to open up to Ethereum Solidity devs with new initiative KEVM will allow deploying Solidity smart contracts to Cardano.

⁠Immutable Ethereum privacy protocol proposes governance system Proxy system in front of immutable smart contracts will allow changing of internal parameters.

⁠Game time? Microsoft adopts Ethereum blockchain for gaming royalties Microsoft’s blockchain platform expands for royalties management, but how will this impact the gaming sector as a whole?

⁠Bitcoin adoption in Nigeria soars as central bank blocks remittances in Naira The Central Bank of Nigeria’s “Naira defense” policy is pushing more Nigerians towards Bitcoin and crypto adoption.

⁠US Treasury to hire crypto policy officers to combat industry crimes FinCEN posted vacancies for two high-profile crypto positions in a bid to get expert professional advice on the crypto industry.

⁠Everledger and Glasgow Uni team up to fight counterfeit Scotch Whisky About 40% of vintage whisky bottles were either fake or not produced when claimed.

⁠'BAM!' Tether celebrates as USDT market cap passes $20 billion A record high for the largest stablecoin comes as Bitcoin cools around its own highest-ever levels.

⁠Messari values Coinbase at $28 billion following IPO filing Potential listing could provide a valuation anchor, not only for future crypto IPOs but also for crypto-native exchange tokens.

⁠Can gold and Bitcoin coexist? Goldman Sachs says yes Global investors cut gold exposure in favor of Bitcoin, but does the digital coin have any chance to cannibalize gold?

⁠Bitcoin price must hit $1 million for 1 satoshi to reach parity with 1 cent At 0.02 cents, the humble satoshi still has a long way to go to hit parity with the cent, let alone an entire dollar.

⁠Eth2 becomes the fourth-largest staking network and it keeps growing Eth2 already ranks as the fourth-largest staking network by TVL despite launching six weeks ago and with withdrawals still yet to be enabled.

⁠Twitter loses its mind over rapper's '$1M Bitcoin giveaway' ... worth $11 each Popular rapper Megan Thee Stallion has teamed up with Square’s Cash App to launch a $1 million Bitcoin giveaway on Twitter in partnership wi…

⁠DeFi boom drives 1200% increase in DApp volume in 2020: Report DeFi projects will form the foundation of the crypto economy in 2021 according to a report by DappRadar.

⁠Urgent plea to prevent auction of $1.6B Bitcoin seized from Silk Road hacker Pierre Rochard has made an “urgent” plea to lawmakers to instead create a strategic Bitcoin reserve and fill it with BTC seized by law enforce…

⁠Nervos launches Ethereum bridge it says devs can right use out of the box China’s Nervos has launched a trustless bridge designed to simplify cross-chain transactions between its CKB network and Ethereum.

⁠Warp Finance reportedly loses up to $8M in flash loan attack The latest DeFi incursion involves flash loans ... again.

⁠Kim Dotcom throws weight behind BCH, tips $3K price in 2021 Kim Dotcom sees BCH as “great for payments” compared with BTC as “great for asset storage.”

⁠Crypto regulation now more institution-friendly, METACO head explains Future crypto guidelines remain uncertain, however.

⁠Litecoin, Dogecoin and large-cap altcoins rally as Bitcoin price hit $23.8K Bitcoin’s surge to $23,800 triggered strong rallies in large-cap altcoins like Litecoin and Dogecoin.

⁠Crypto lobby considers ideal Biden picks for SEC, CFTC, OCC With Janet Yellen the presumptive Treasury Secretary, Biden's potential nominations to the U.S. regulatory apparatus will be critical.

⁠Bitcoin rally is 'just getting started' says Mati Greenspan "There is a distinct possibility that we may see some days of 250% gains, or even more."

⁠Bitcoin is 'more religion than solution,' says billionaire Mark Cuban "No matter how much BTC fans want to pretend that it’s a hedge against doomsday scenarios, it is not."

⁠Don’t think Bitcoin’s supply is finite? You probably don’t understand the tech A research firm’s head recently claimed Bitcoin’s capped supply could be changed.

⁠Bitcoin bull market pulls Kusama (KSM), Decred (DCR) and Qtum price higher Improving fundamentals and fresh product rollouts are attracting new investors to Kusama, Decred and Qtum.

⁠deVere CEO says Bitcoin will rise 50% and ‘possibly double’ in 2021 Another institutional financier has come out with a bold Bitcoin prediction.

⁠WEF’s crypto council explores utility beyond ‘price speculation’ in inaugural review The working group sends a strong signal that cryptocurrencies are becoming a permanent fixture in the global financial system.

⁠The Coinbase IPO is coming, according to SEC filing Coinbase has sent draft registration to the SEC, leaving a future IPO in the commission's court.

⁠One exchange is trying to make debt tokenization a thing in crypto Entities can receive U.S. dollars or Bitcoin by issuing debt bonds via this platform.

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