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⁠Miami council supports mayor’s move to offer city worker salaries in Bitcoin The City Commission of Miami is now looking into the feasibility of allowing Miami residents to pay taxes and receive salaries in Bitcoin.

⁠India's crypto ban is coming, hodlers to be given transition period: Bloomberg An anonymous Indian official has claimed the country’s parliament will soon introduce a blanket bank on crypto assets, and give hodlers thre…

⁠Founder of $8.4B Dogecoin sold everything in 2015 for ‘a used Honda Civic’ Dogecoin's original founder is struggling to come to terms with DOGE's recent gains.

⁠Bitcoin market cap briefly tops $900 billion Bitcoin’s market cap was less than $100 million short of $1 trillion for a few brief moments today.

⁠Microsoft launches game to celebrate women in science — with Minecraft NFT rewards Microsoft’s new game rewards players with NFTs that unlock secret games inside Minecraft.

⁠Mobile money platform Pngme raises $3M to expand across Africa The fintech firm hopes to expand financial products for the unbanked.

⁠$50B wiped from Tesla after BTC buy — but MasterCard and Twitter surge Not all investors are keen on getting BTC exposure with Tesla’s stock falling 7% following its announcement that it invested $1.5 billion of its cas…

⁠Opportunistic trader front-runs HydraDX’s Balancer LBP contract for $50,000 A cunning trader exploited Balancer’s LBP contracts to front-run HydraDX’s token offering for $50,000 before it officially launched.

⁠First Bitcoin ETF approved in Canada The approval makes it the first North American Bitcoin ETF.

⁠Andrew Yang says he'll transform NYC into a Bitcoin hub if elected mayor Andrew Yang has plans for New York City that cryptocurrency users anywhere would find appealing.

⁠Ethereum devs grumble as Harvest Finance and Value Defi eye Binance Smart Chain Two Ethereum-native DeFi protocols are headed to Binance Smart Chain, but critics doubt the layer-1 has staying power

⁠4 top universities submit CBDC designs to the Bank of Canada Following initial discussions with the Bank of Canada, four top universities have submitted design proposals for a central bank digital currency.

⁠Qtum, Status (SNT) and Iota (MIOTA) rally after breaking multi-year downtrend Qtum, Status and Iota recently broke free of their long term downtrends after each network added new features and announced new partnerships.

⁠Grayscale is tentatively looking to offer YFI A corporate registration filing with the State of Delaware shows that Grayscale is considering Yearn Finance as a future offering.

⁠PayPal expanding crypto services to U.K. residents CEO Dan Schulman said last week the company would add crypto buying, selling, and custody features to "Venmo and select international markets" in 2021.

⁠Federal attorneys are investigating meme-led trading in GME, AMC and silver: WSJ The Justice Department joins CFTC and SEC probes into wild markets facilitated by Robinhood and other apps for retail traders.

⁠Pundi X (NPXS) gains 102% ahead of testnet launch and token burn PundiX (NPXS) gained 102% as the project prepares for a testnet launch, staking and possible DeFi integration.

⁠Powers On... The battle for digital asset supremacy and the consequences of U.S. capitulation Why is the U.S. dragging its heels on crypto and blockchain regulation, as the rest of the world forges ahead with financial…

⁠Robinhood, Melvin, and Citadel execs expected to testify on GameStop before Congress The price of GME has fallen almost 90% since lawmakers first called for a hearing.

⁠Ethereum is struggling again vs. Bitcoin: Why is ETH/BTC showing weakness? Ether is stagnating against Bitcoin despite BTC's strong rally after BNY Mellon embraces digital assets.

⁠Uber and Adyen CEOs both say no to Bitcoin for now The Adyen CEO expressed concern about Bitcoin's volatility in regards to a payment method, while Uber "quickly dismissed" discussions about purchasing the crypto asset.

⁠NFTs take center stage at ETH Denver 2021 NFTs are a hot topic at this year's virtual ETH Denver, with adoption and DeFi use cases dominating the talks

⁠Privacy in blockchain and crypto is a major concern for users, study reveals Privacy is still one of the most important features of cryptocurrencies for traders according to data.

⁠Moment of truth? Tesla purchase is the moment Bitcoin has been waiting for Despite some expected near-term volatility, Tesla’s exploration of the crypto realm will likely help the industry scale up to new heights.

⁠Chainlink, Aave, Messari and others launch GoodFi crypto alliance GoodFi claims to be the first cryptocurrency alliance focused on furthering education and research into decentralized finance.

⁠Bitcoin has made the Naira almost useless, says Nigerian Senator A cross-section of Nigerian senators have reacted to the recent Bitcoin ban enacted by the country’s central bank.

⁠Amazon job postings hint at digital payments project to launch in Mexico Amazon has been silently working on a new digital currency project in Mexico, according to the company’s job postings.

⁠Dollar weakness meets alt season: Is Bitcoin price about to hit $50K? The price of Bitcoin is getting closer to the next major psychological resistance.

⁠America's oldest bank, BNY Mellon, will custody Bitcoin The chief executive of the bank's asset-servicing business says digital assets are becoming "part of the mainstream."