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⁠‘Drive your lambos to the moon,’ says Lindsay Lohan in crypto promotion vid The celebrity was commissioned to record a promotional video for cryptocurrency, in which she forecast new all-time price highs for Bitcoin and…

⁠Digital ruble could be still vulnerable to fraud, Russian banks warn The Association of Russian Banks is worried about regulators being unable to track illicit transactions of an offline-enabled digital ruble.

⁠Bitcoin has actually only taken 2% of gold market cap, new data suggests Getting to 10% of gold's market cap would mean that each bitcoin costs $154,000, says CryptoQuant.

⁠$2.2M Beeple NFT art drop to be tokenized in virtual music festival The free festival will display the collection in several virtual metaverses and feature a live performance from DJ and producer 3LAU.

⁠Former Coinbase compliance exec joins BitGo as new CCO BitGo hires Coinbase’s former CCO following a $100,000 settlement with the U.S. Treasury.

⁠US Navy awards $1.5M jet fighter contract to blockchain project SIMBA Chain has been tapped to beef up the supply chain of the United States Navy after receiving a $1.5 million research grant.

⁠GateHub to continue supporting XRP despite Ripple's legal issues GateHub is the latest crypto firm to announce the continuation of XRP support despite Ripple’s legal issues with the SEC.

⁠Huobi Global now supports ruble deposits and withdrawals Huobi partnered with fiat and crypto payment processor AdvCash to unlock deposits and withdrawals in the Russian ruble.

⁠'Thankfully' my son owns Bitcoin, says $140B asset management CEO Howard Marks hints that he is becoming the latest Bitcoin naysayer to change his tune completely in a new memo to investors of Oaktree Capital.

⁠Bitcoin is ‘non-sensical’ asset that still makes sense, says UK investment manager His firm added exposure to Bitcoin before the winter surge.

⁠SolidX files lawsuit against VanEck alleging Bitcoin ETF ‘plagiarism’ SolidX accuses VanEck of terminating their partnership in bad faith after “surreptitiously” working to launch a Bitcoin product based on SolidX’s wor…

⁠Uniswap's growth lead bites back over Yearn Finance’s SushiSwap merger Uniswap’s growth lead, Ashleigh Schap, has slammed Yearn Finance founder Andre Cronje for complaining about forked projects in the DeFi sector.

⁠Number of financial planners investing in crypto increases by 50% A survey published by Bitwise has found that nearly 10% of investment advisors have made client portfolio allocations into crypto assets.

⁠Altcoins move higher while Bitcoin price finds resistance near $35,000 DeFi tokens and altcoins move high as Bitcoin price finds resistance near $35,000.

⁠Crypto leaders worry over threat to industry from ‘big tech’ censorship Social media users are leaving traditional providers in droves in favor of more independent platforms over fears of unwarranted data collection, ce…

⁠Top 100 Bitcoin addresses accumulated $11B more BTC in the past 30 days Bitcoin’s top 100 richest addresses have snapped up almost 350,000 more BTC in the last 30 days.

⁠'Why I'm not investing in nothing burger Bitcoin': Shark Tank's Kevin O'Leary Despite criticizing Bitcoin, the Shark Tank star also said the digital asset could become “something of tremendous value” if regulators were…

⁠Trader comforts the market’s traumatized first timers amid falling prices Bitcoin’s recent 28% drop has been a somewhat harrowing experience for some first time buyers.

⁠3 Bitcoin price indicators prove pro traders are still bullish on BTC Bitcoin futures and options indicators remained stable during the 26.5% crash, a signal that the harshest part of the BTC correction may be over.

⁠Visa abandons $5.3B Plaid acquisition in the face of DoJ antitrust suit The Justice Department's November suit has reversed the planned merger.

⁠Mark Cuban is more into crypto than he's previously let on "I still have crypto from the early days of Coinbase. I've never sold anything."

⁠Here’s why IOST, Horizen (ZEN) and Avalanche (AVAX) surged as Bitcoin crashed Strong fundamentals and new offerings explain why IOST, Horizon (ZEN) and Avalanche (AVAX) rallied higher as Bitcoin price pulled back.

⁠Reuters: Gary Gensler, MIT blockchain professor and Obama's CFTC chair, to head Biden SEC Gensler taught a course on "blockchain technology's potential use — by entrepreneurs and incumbents — to change the world of mone…

⁠Goldman Sachs says Bitcoin is on the path to maturity Analyst Jeff Currie believes more institutional money is needed to stabilize the market.

⁠Underhyped? Bitcoin sentiment lags despite bull run Bitcoin hype has never been quite the same since 2019, according to this metric.

⁠OCC's Brian Brooks thinks that DeFi can root out bias and fraud in traditional banking Brooks is optimistic that regulators will find it easier to work with algorithms than with bankers.

⁠Fidelity doubles down on Hong Kong crypto operator The mutual fund giant now owns 6.29% of BC Technology Group following the latest cash injection.

⁠Bancor v2.1 report: Swap fees exceed impermanent loss insurance costs Bancor’s approach to dealing withimpermanent loss on decentralized exchanges might have significant implications for idle altcoin capital.

⁠Seven times that US regulators stepped into crypto in 2020 From capping off the era of ICOs to tightening regulations on private wallets, U.S. financial watchdogs waded deeper into the crypto land than ever in 2020.

⁠Winklevoss brothers top Forbes Bitcoin billionaires list Forbes has named the six biggest winners of this latest cryptocurrency rally, including the Winklevoss brothers and Bloq’s Matthew Roszak.