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⁠Crypto banks are the sector’s game-changers Crypto banks offer an integrated solution that is connected to the traditional financial world — which, most importantly, is compliant with regulations.

​​How do you build a crypto exchange? Building a crypto exchange can be a daunting process, but there’s one question that’s often overlooked: How do you build an excellent exchange?

⁠Blockchain data gets simpler as The Graph launches mainnet The global network of open APIs claims it can reduce development time of decentralized applications from months to days.

​​Crypto exchange vows to tackle the industry’s biggest challenge Only a small fraction of consumers have embraced cryptocurrencies, but this digital assets exchange has ambitious plans to change that. #Sponsored

⁠Millionaire Bitcoin addresses go parabolic as BTC price crosses $20K Early BTC miners with the foresight to hodl have now become millionaires.

⁠Trading app Robinhood settles SEC charges for $65 million The SEC says the trading app misled users by claiming to be commission-free, while charging extra on execution prices that it got back from the market makers.

⁠CB Insights’ Blockchain 50 lists US, UK and Switzerland as adoption hotbeds CB Insights and Blockdata release their first “Blockchain 50” list, highlighting interesting findings behind innovative blockchain companies.

⁠Wolfram Alpha teams up with Cardano to build 'avant-garde oracles' Cardano is the next blockchain to integrate with the world’s largest answer engine in 2021.

⁠LG’s consulting arm joins KardiaChain mainnet validators Electronics giant LG is supporting a new Vietnamese blockchain initiative through its IT and consulting subsidiary.

⁠Bitcoin rejoins with S2F model price putting $100K BTC price right on track Bitcoin's trajectory towards $100,000 is more real than ever, data shows, while one naysayer warns that the market is $11,000 overvalued.

⁠PayPal crypto partner Paxos closes $142M funding round The stablecoin issuer is pursuing ambitious plans in the expanding crypto space.

⁠Stellar expands reach in Latin America with $3M investment in Settle Network The fourth investment of the year from the Stellar Development Foundation has gone into Settle Network, a Latin American stablecoin and paymen…

⁠Bitcoin options volume crosses $1B for the first time ever Open interest for Bitcoin options almost touched $6 billion.

⁠Perpetual Protocol crosses $500K open interest cap amid BTC all-time high Newly launched DeFi derivatives platform Perpetual Protocol crosses open interest milestone in barely 24 hours.

⁠Same price, different Bitcoin: How fundamentals changed from 2017 More people use Bitcoin now, but transaction fees are much lower than during the 2017 bull run.

⁠Dance producer Guy J sells token representing new track's royalties for 40 ETH A Malta-based progressive house producer has sold an NFT granting 50% of streaming royalties from an exclusive single to the token buyer.

⁠Ether hits 2020 high as Bitcoin tops $22K While all eyes are on Bitcoin’s new all-time highs, some analysts are predicting four-figure Ethereum in the coming months.

⁠‘Bitwise 10’ crypto index trades at 369% premium in record breaking debut A top ten crypto index by Bitwise has outperformed the assets themselves as FOMO takes hold.

⁠Tron asks NY judge to turf ICO suit from Binance bag holders The Tron Foundation has filed a motion to dismiss a lawsuit from plaintiffs alleging securities violations with its $70 million 2017 ICO.

⁠Two thirds of Estonian crypto businesses lose their licenses Estonia has withdrawn permits from one thousand crypto companies this year.

⁠IRS tax form question leaves US crypto users confused and concerned This year’s Form 1040 requires all U.S. taxpayers to answer a question about whether they traded or acquired “virtual currency” during the year.

⁠Bitcoin price hits $21,569 as Dave Portnoy misses out on $160K The price of Bitcoin just hit a new all-time high of $21,569 — but do crypto holders who got out early have any regrets?

⁠Finance Redefined: The $20,000 Bitcoin special, Dec. 9–16 Bitcoin DeFi, Bitcoin on Ethereum: We explore the ways DeFi and Bitcoin intersect.

⁠Bitcoin over $20k: Bulls and more bulls Much of the crypto market is bullish on Bitcoin, with Guggenheim Partners pricing the asset at $400,000.

⁠'Be my Santa, please' — Chainlink user offers $13K reward to fix $50K mistake "I have already done hundreds of transactions on the ETH chain and by one oversight, rush, and my son's lessons, I lost my life savings."

⁠Record $7.9B Bitcoin futures open interest shows bears are watching BTC price Bitcoin price may have broken above $20,000 but the 40% decrease in volume shows bears are watching BTC closely.

⁠Binance and Coinbase suffer outages as Bitcoin's price soars Bitcoin’s much-anticipated break past $20,000 caused a spike in crypto exchange traffic.

⁠Bitcoin is a ‘convex bet’ says CEO of institution with $600m BTC exposure Another mainstream giant unveils its bullish position on Bitcoin.

⁠Germany legalizes digitized securities Europe's largest economy is looking to pave the way for securities trading on the blockchain.

⁠Price analysis 12/16: BTC, ETH, XRP, LTC, BCH, LINK, ADA, DOT, BNB, XLM Bitcoin’s break above $20,000 boosted investor sentiment and triggered strong rallies from several altcoins.