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⁠SushiSwap launches margin trading with long-awaited Kashi release SushiSwap wants to offer a wider net of margin assets than independent DeFi lending platforms.

⁠Bison Trails supports Crypto.com’s payments blockchain with key infrastructure Crypto.com’s Crypto.org Chain aims to bring cryptocurrency payments mainstream.

⁠Bitcoin no longer a fringe asset due to US dollar debasement, says Soros Fund exec Soros Fund Management's CIO said that Bitcoin is no longer out on the fringes, thanks to the debasement of the U.S. dollar over the past…

⁠China’s digital yuan os backup to AliPay and WeChat Pay, says official Alibaba’s Alipay and Tencent’s WeChat Pay reportedly account for 98% of the mobile payment market in China.

⁠Our Man in Shanghai: Digital yuan tests, ‘bear market’ and ‘NFT’ searches spike Digital RMB testing for cross border payments and electric vehicles continues, sentiment takes a dive and blockchain events return to meats…

⁠Jamaica's central bank taps Irish tech outfit for CBDC project The Bank of Jamaica has partnered with an Ireland-based tech firm for its central bank digital currency project scheduled to begin in May.

⁠Argo Blockchain to launch clean energy Bitcoin mining pool Hydroelectric energy will power a new Bitcoin mining pool following Argo's partnership with DMG Blockchain.

⁠Crypto-focused software firm Lukka raises $53M in funding round Lukka said it planned to add additional features for customers dealing in derivatives, DeFi products, and other products of the crypto space.

⁠Russia’s Hermitage museum to host NFT art exhibition The NFT exhibition will be part of the “Hermitage 20/21” project.

⁠Nifty News: Sophia the Robot sells $1M worth, Cardano to clone NFT platforms, and more Sophia the Robot has generated more than $1 million in NFT sales, Bhad Bhabie is dropping NFTs to help the “troubled teen industry”,…

⁠Australian government offers $6M in grants to innovative blockchain teams The Australian government has made two grants of up to $3 million available to blockchain teams targeting minerals certification and excise taxat…

⁠Options traders target $80K by May, Skew suggests just 6% chance they're right Options traders are betting big that BTC will be above $80,000 on April 30, but analytics provider Skew thinks there is a 94% chance their p…

⁠China and Japan go full steam ahead with CBDC pilots Asia’s largest economies are pushing forward with their respective CBDC trials, with six Chinese banks offering digital wallets and Japan establishing a new committee…

⁠99.98% less power: Lighthouse’s first Ethereum and Eth2 merge transaction It is one of the first steps towards Phase 1.5 that will ‘dock’ Eth1 with Eth2.

⁠Bitcoiners love dogs, gold bugs prefer cats — Important new research Research has revealed crypto investors are more likely to be ‘dog people' while gold investors are more likely to be ‘cat people’.

⁠Avanti Financial raises $37 million to launch institutional crypto bank The digital asset bank will be aimed at institutional investors only, and there is no exchange planned.

⁠SEC’s ‘Crypto Mom’ warns selling fractionalized NFTs could break the law Fractionalized NFTs and baskets of non-fungible tokens could easily be considered investment contracts under U.S. securities law, warns SEC Commis…

⁠$51K Bitcoin price not a problem as ‘structurally, nothing has changed’ On-chain data points toward a bullish future for Bitcoin despite today’s sell-off to $50,400.

⁠New Zealand retirement fund reportedly allocates 5% to Bitcoin Institutional uptake of BTC is on the rise. KiwiSaver of New Zealand appears to have built up exposure to Bitcoin in October 2020.

⁠3 reasons why StormX (STMX) price has rallied 2,800% in 2021 StormX has quietly rallied more than 2,800% since February as the project's crypto rewards program and plans to launch a debit card bear fruit for early inves…

⁠Could LEGO be hopping on the NFT train? A mysterious, since-deleted tweet from the toymaker has piqued the interest of NFT collectors.

⁠Crypto .com launches CRO token mainnet The crypto exchange said the new open-source public blockchain was aimed at "payments, DeFi and NFTs."

⁠Cathie Wood: BTC investors shouldn’t transact until tax code changed Selling or transacting your Bitcoin isn’t worth the tax burden, according to the CEO of Ark Invest.

⁠What the FUD? Fear drives Bitcoin price down, not Friday's $6.1B expiry Analysts say Friday’s $6.1 billion Bitcoin options expiry is putting downward pressure on BTC price but derivatives data suggests otherwise.

⁠Bank of America report extols the virtues of HODLing New research from the multinational investment bank confirms what many of us knew all along: Investors should never try to time the market.

⁠The NFT of record: New York Times raises $500,000 for charity in NFT column sale The NYT goes NFT as tokenized article auctions for over $500,000

⁠New tech allows crypto users to mint NFTs with 'proof of presence' IoTeX's project uses "verifiable GPS data to mint NFTs that prove you were at a certain place at a certain time," said Larry Pang.

⁠Bitcoin price falls to $50K, but $6B options expiry can refuel bulls The largest-ever Bitcoin options expiry of $6 billion nearly doubles the previous record.

⁠Governments are looking to buy Bitcoin, NYDIG CEO confirms Sovereign wealth funds may soon become the next major investors to enter the Bitcoin scene.

⁠Riot Blockchain stock plunges with Bitcoin as market correction deepens RIOT stock was down by as much as 14.4% on Thursday.