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⁠Bitcoin subreddit hits 2M subscribers following GameStop controversy More than 200,000 Redditors joined the page last week.

⁠Hedge fund behind shorting GameStop reports 53% loss in January A Melvin Capital client claims that the firm has "massively de-risked" its investment portfolio following the controversy involving short-selling GameStop…

⁠Top 5 cryptocurrencies to watch this week: BTC, ETH, UNI, ATOM, COMP Bitcoin price fell back into the descending triangle but this dip may attract buyers to altcoins and DeFi tokens in the short term.

⁠‘When alt season?’ eToro may have some answers In 2020, holding the top 100 altcoins equally was a more lucrative investment than Bitcoin up until Dec. 18, according to eToro.

⁠The future of crypto trading will be omni-chain The only way for DeFi to realize its potential is through an omni-chain approach, enabling assets of any kind to flow freely through all platforms.

⁠Indian government looking to crack down on crypto scams with proposed ban: Cashaa CEO Kumar Gaurav said "there is no way any government" can outright ban crypto given its nature as a global and decentralized system.

⁠Thanks Bitcoin, MicroStrategy stock is up 113% since being downgraded by Citigroup MSTR stock has surged by roughly 113% since Dec. 8 when it was downgraded by a Citigroup analyst.

⁠Decentralized identity is the way to fighting data and privacy theft In the digitizing world, identity is everything and blockchain is to make it safe for everyone: users, businesses and governments.

⁠Bitcoin ‘ascendant’ as GameStop saga unfolds, Bitfinex CTO says The GameStop short squeeze and Bitcoin have a lot more in common than appears at the surface, according to Paolo Ardoino.

⁠Institutional demand for crypto isn’t subsiding, but impact will be gradual As another $2-trillion stimulus package looms in the U.S., institutions will continue to look at BTC as a hedge against inflation.

​​Why the crypto world needs to build an Amazon of its own Building a crypto-focused alternative to Amazon and eBay doesn’t just make it easier to spend digital assets, it can give the unbanked access to capital. #Sponso…

⁠DeFi has to be improved by embracing its peer-to-peer aspect The time has come to make decentralized finance more P2P-oriented than it has been so far.

⁠How much is too much? Crypto art market brings together deep pockets and big artists In the future, owning unique art won’t be restricted to the elites, but will everyone have digital art on their walls?

⁠Is the weakness of Bitcoin after the 'Elon Musk pump' hinting at a bull trap? Bitcoin is slowing down and weakening on-chain metrics are forcing traders to turn cautious in the short term.

⁠Blockchain is not a panacea, but where needed, it’s the savior For managers, entrepreneurs and builders working with blockchain, performing a cost-benefit analysis of DLT implementations is crucial.

⁠DeFi is the future of banking that humanity deserves Public trust in banks and bankers never fully recovered after the Great Recession, and DeFi has ground to cover in this particular area.

⁠Uniswap (UNI) and Compound (COMP) hit new highs as DeFi TVL reaches $27.6B The governance tokens for Uniswap and Compound reached new 2021 highs as altcoins and DeFi tokens pushed higher today.

⁠Fortnite founder says NFT tech “going places,” but currently “speculative mess” The founder behind the game studio that developed Fornite sees promise in NFTs, but says for now there's more speculation than substance.

⁠FTX Token (FTT) rallies 105% as interest in derivatives trading grows In the last 30 days, FTX Token rallied 105% as its exchange surpassed BitMEX and Deribit's open interest, but is there room for further upside?

⁠XRP price gains 86% after Wall Street Bets’ crypto wing says 'pump it' XRP price rallied 86% as members of a Reddit-based investing group shifted their focus from Dogecoin.

⁠Visa reaffirms commitment to crypto payments & fiat on-ramps The payments giant is bullish on stablecoins, but may be overlooking the potential of DeFi

⁠Traders, influencers lick their wounds after vicious Dogecoin dump A speculative wave is now receding, and more than one trader regrets the ride.

⁠Bitcoin price chart shows 'Elon Musk' pump was an outlier — So what happens now? The price of Bitcoin has shown weakness after failing to clear $38,000

⁠BTC billionaire Tim Draper to Elon Musk: I'd buy the Tesla Cybertruck with Bitcoin Tim Draper, the billionaire Bitcoin investor who is also an early investor in Tesla, reacted to Elon Musk's Bitcoin moment.

⁠Regulatory sandbox and DeFi boom: How Spain pushed crypto adoption despite the pandemic A summary of the events that marked 2020 in the Spanish crypto space and opinions from different people of the industry who lived i…

⁠To see eye-to-eye? Crypto industry should start embracing regulation Now it’s up to the crypto industry itself to start engaging with and accepting regulations.

⁠Run, blockchain, run! DeFi adoption needs faster block times Low-cost, low-latency and highly scalable blockchain infrastructure — that is what will lead crypto and DeFi to real mass adoption.

⁠Risk it for the Bitcoin: Has BTC matured to be a safe investment play? Institutional investors have arrived at the cryptocurrency table, but does that mean that Bitcoin has now become a safe investment?

⁠Law Decoded: All vs. One and One vs. All, Jan. 22-29 In a week that saw meme-driven investors rail against Robinhood in what coverage painted as a David and Goliath story, considerations of who exactly policy should def…

⁠Robinhood ordeal shows broken system and importance of regulation, crypto industry execs say Richard Byworth of EQUOS and Aleks Svetski of Amber share their thoughts on Robinhood's suspension of GameStop stock buys.