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⁠Bitcoin ignores Lindsay Lohan's 'To the moon' tweet as BTC price dips 7.6% Words of encouragement from the star fail to get Bitcoin closer to $50,000, with BTC/USD erasing this week's gains instead.

⁠Bitcoin core non-profit gets approved for tax exemption, perks for donors 501(3)(c) status boosts the project's legitimacy as well as its efficiency in using donations.

⁠Coincidence? Company stocks rise after they buy Bitcoin as a reserve The market caps of most companies that bought Bitcoin have increased recently, but is that solely thanks to BTC?

⁠Baidu reportedly aims to address chip shortage plaguing gaming, crypto and cars Baidu is reportedly planning to commercialize its chip technology by setting up a dedicated subsidiary backed by crypto-friendly venture ca…

⁠Grayscale CEO: Firms race to buy Bitcoin as mood shifts from ‘why’ to ‘why not?’ Grayscale CEO Michael Sonnenshein told CNBC that more tech leaders and institutional investors could follow Elon Musk into Bitcoin after T…

⁠Bitcoin's 'Elon Musk pump' rally to $48K was exclusively driven by whales Bitcoin whales drove the rally to $48,000 and are aggressively buying, Binance exchange data shows.

⁠Total value locked in DeFi marks new all-time high close to $40B Total value locked in decentralized finance has hit another milestone, but DeFi proponents would do well to look beyond the effects of the bull market on…

⁠Too late for Tether 'FUD' as Bitcoin price poised to hit $63K, says trader filbfilb Accusations around Tether bringing down Bitcoin at a later date are dead in the water, the analyst argues in the wake of S&P500 adoptio…

⁠Cryptocurrency market cap hits $1.4T and surpasses Google stock Total crypto market cap overtook Google stock days after Tesla announced a $1.5 billion Bitcoin investment.

⁠Avoid hosted crypto wallets 'at all costs,' warns Elon Musk One crypto wallet provider’s marketing interaction with Elon Musk has backfired with the Tesla CEO roundly criticizing the company.

⁠Premier League football club enters VR partnership with crypto betting site The Southampton FC matchday rights acquired by Sportsbet could be put to use even amid the COVID-19 lockdown — with the help of Bitcoin and vir…

⁠Monero community wants Elon Musk to add XMR as Tesla payment option The Monero community has raised $150,000 as part of a proposal to add XMR as a payment option on the Tesla website.

⁠Chainlink hits new highs, but is LINK about to pull another 150% parabolic move? LINK is in price discovery mode but one chart suggests it’s about to explode by 154%.

⁠Russia has imported its largest Bitcoin miner batch An unknown client in Russia has stacked 20,000 Bitcoin miners at one of BitRiver’s locations in Siberia.

⁠UN report says North Korea behind $281M exchange hack to fund nukes A preliminary report from a United Nations inquiry suggests North Korea is using the proceeds from crypto hacks to funds its weapons programs.

⁠Nervos launches $5M fund to support DeFi projects Chinese blockchain network Nervos has announced a $5 million fund to back emerging DeFi projects

⁠Bitcoin mempool clogs up with 125K transactions waiting While the number of Bitcoin transactions that can fit in a block remains the same, demand on the network is leading to rising transaction costs.

⁠Virtual land can be worth more than the real thing after plot sells for record $1.5M Digital land is breaking new ground in terms of the price it can fetch, sometimes beating out the real thing.

⁠CME’s Ether futures drove more than $30M volume on first day More than $30 million worth of Ether contracts changed hands on CME during the market’s first day of trade.

⁠Bitcoin energy debate resurfaces with calls for ‘green hackers’ to attack network “If you’re not a green hacker, and you’re not doing it for the planet, you can also do it for the money: by speculating downward on the p…

⁠Darknet market link provider claims its Bitcoin donors’ accounts were frozen The admin of a well-known darknet market link provider claims its donation address was flagged as suspicious after it criticized Chainalysis'…

⁠Helium (HNT), Avalanche (AVAX) and Pickle rally on partnership announcements Partnership announcements, improving fundamentals and growing interest in DeFi are driving the price of Helium, Avalanche and Pickle higher.

⁠Altcoins move higher as Bitcoin bull flag points toward $50K BTC price Select altcoins continue to hit new yearly highs, while a bull flag on Bitcoin suggests traders are preparing for a run at $50,000.

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⁠TORN soars 200% as Tornado.Cash’s governance token becomes tradable Apes rejoice as yet another token airdrop fattens their portfolios

⁠FTX CEO claims competitor responsible for racist messages delivered to Blockfolio users 'Teflon' Sam Bankman-Fried illustrates why the crypto community holds him in high regard, as Blockfolio exploit results in clear co…

⁠Former British MP says central banks should ban Bitcoin Nick Boles, who served as a Member of Parliament from 2010 to 2019, believes the world would be better off without Bitcoin.

⁠ECB leader floats 3K threshold for digital euro holdings The central bank said it will reach a decision on releasing a digital euro "towards the middle of 2021."

⁠Record $584M Litecoin futures open interest signals institutional inflow Open interest on Litecoin futures hit a record $584 million, a signal that institutional investors like Bitwise and Grayscale Investments are inte…

⁠Press and internet freedom advocates join crypto users in support of Wikileaks' Assange Digital and journalistic rights are at stake in the trial for Julian Assange's extradition, say 24 major advocacy groups.