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⁠MetaMask to allow users to purchase and transfer Ethereum via PayPal The service will initially be rolled out to select PayPal users within the United States

⁠Senate FTX hearing: calls for regulation and crypto criticisms aplenty "Short of enacting draconian authoritarian policies, cryptocurrency cannot be stopped," said Senator Pat T

⁠The Agenda podcast chats crypto and sex work with WetSpace CEO Allie Rae Allie Rae of WetSpace joins Cointelegraph’s new podcast The Agenda to discuss how crypto and blockchain can empower adult content creators.

The crypto market is up today, reflecting market participants’ expectation that the next rate hike will not exceed 0.50% and that Fed chair Powell will issue positive statements.

⁠NFTs minted on FTX break: Nifty Newsletter, Dec. 7–13 Because of the “ridiculous amount” of NFTs being minted, entrepreneur Gary Vaynerchuck argued that it’s unlikely for another market boom to happen.

⁠Anonymous crypto developers belong in prison, says founder This founder of a blockchain games developer thinks users are interested in knowing the identities of developers behind the games they play.

⁠Crypto users claim Gemini email leak occurred much earlier than first reported Alleged reports of compromised emails began appearing as early as October.

⁠Sens. Warren and Marshall introduce new money-laundering legislation for crypto The senators have created a harsh, sweeping bill to clean up crypto’s AML/KYC act that will benefit from further discussion in the next Con…

⁠Reaching the Bitcoin price bottom is a process, says The Wolf of All Streets, Scott Melker “People love to point at a specific price in hindsight as the bottom of an asset, but bottoming is a process,” Melker says durin…

⁠Bitcoin traders await FOMC, Powell as BTC price hits new 1-month high Bitcoin keeps up the gains with U.S. stocks with hours to go until a decision on rate hikes and comments from Fed Chair Powell.

⁠Gemini allegedly suffers data breach; 5.7 million emails leaked Users' emails, account numbers, and partial phone numbers were allegedly leaked.

⁠Will FTX’s ill wind reach the Global South? Maybe not In Latin America, "crypto is functional, it has a real utility." It can hedge inflation, provide access to dollars and internationalize wealth.

⁠Fonbnk’s Michael Kimani sorts out facts on crypto adoption in Africa The first episode of Hashing It Out features Cointelegraph’s Elisha Owusu Akyaw (GhCryptoGuy) and Michael Kimani, Fonbnk’s co-founder and head of grow…

⁠Nasdaq warns Bitcoin mining firm Bitfarms about share price deficiency Bitfarms has an initial period of 180 calendar days to have its shares trading above $1 for at least 10 days before June 12, 2023.

⁠The Netherlands tops new survey as the most metaverse-ready country A new study by Uswitch revealed which countries are ready to embrace the metaverse by more technical standards, such as fixed broadband speeds and pric…

⁠Alameda had 'unfair' trading advantage, special access to FTX funds: CFTC filing CFTC court filing outlines a murky relationship between FTX and Alameda Research, highlighting the latter’s unfair trading advantage and m…

⁠Listen up! Cointelegraph launches crypto podcasts, starting with 4 shows Want more crypto content? Cointelegraph’s new podcast section features four separate shows exploring a variety of impactful topics.

⁠SEC sues Atlas Trading for $100M stock manipulation scheme Eight individuals promoted deceptive demand for stocks via Twitter, Discord and YouTube to sell their shares at a high point.

⁠Jack Dorsey pushes for decentralized Twitter alternative Former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey highlighted that a solution to Twitter’s censorship issues is making a platform resilient from corporate or government control.

⁠Crypto blame game back on US Senators' menu following SBF arrest While Congressman Brad Sherman saw SBF as the poster child of the crypto ecosystem, congressman Tom Emmer highlighted the crypto community's contribution…

⁠Bahamian securities regulator slams new FTX CEO over 'misstatements' Bahamian regulators said that they were the first to take action against SBF, and recent actions of the current CEO hindered their investigation.

⁠White House silent on whether it will return $5.2M in donations from SBF A White House spokesperson dodged point-blank questioning on whether President Joe Biden is planning to return the political donations from SBF.

⁠Australian 'token mapping' consultation paper to release in early 2023: Treasurer The consultation paper will give an insight into how certain crypto assets should be regulated alongside frameworks for company licensing…

⁠Tether to reduce secured loans to zero in 2023 amid battle against FUD The move comes in response to a wave of mainstream media attacks and FUD, primarily from the Wall Street Journal.

⁠PayPal has become an episode of Black Mirror: Elon Musk The "PayPal Mafia" including co-founders Peter Thiel and Elon Musk have slammed the payments platform over its "totalitarian" debanking policies.

⁠CFTC declares Ether as a commodity again in court filing The community is hopeful that the assertion by the CFTC will put to bed claims that staked coins are securities according to the Howey Test.