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⁠US infrastructure law could brace up digital assets — but first some fixes Assuming a fix for its troublesome language, the bill might eventually prove a boon — another sign “digital assets are here to stay.”

⁠WisdomTree launches four cryptocurrency indices in US and Europe The indices will provide investors with direct exposure to large-cap cryptocurrencies, altcoins, DeFi services, and more.

⁠Crypto lending firm Celsius reportedly affected in BadgerDAO exploit The BadgerDAO attack has reportedly impacted Celsius Network for more than $50 million, sources suggest.

⁠ 'We want to be the AWS of crypto,' says Coinbase exec Coinbase officials have suggested that they need to become the "Amazon Web Services of cryptocurrencies" as soon as possible.

⁠Crypto community responds to Charlie Munger yelling at Bitcoin again The Berkshire Hathaway vice-chair compares crypto to the dot-com era, blames crypto projects for selfishness.

⁠Digital dollar needs broad consensus among authorities, says US Treasury Secretary Such a move would require broad consensus among Congress, the U.S. central bank and the White House.

⁠NFT music platforms to disrupt Spotify in 2022, Saxo Bank predicts Spotify and Apple Music reportedly cut 75% from musicians’ revenues together with the cut paid to labels.

⁠Star Trek creator’s signature goes where no NFT has gone before: DNA The living “El Primero” or “The FIrst” NFT immortalizes an economic moment in sci-fi history by fusing future tech with Star Trek history.

⁠Nifty News: Ulbricht’s NFT bids top 261 ETH, Irishman producer funds movies with NFTs Polygon has ramped up its NFT gaming plans with GameOn partnership, Irishman producer launches NFT firm to fund movies, and the Silk…

⁠Deadmau5 and Portugal The Man release single as 1M NFTs in bid to go platinum The award-willing artists want their new release “This is Fine” to become the first NFT single ever to go platinum, but it’s unclear whether…

⁠Academic research claims ETH is a 'superior' store of value to Bitcoin The report highlights the merits of EIP-1559 as a tool for making ETH a deflationary cryptocurrency and potentially better store of value than Bitco…

⁠Cabinet note suggests India will regulate, rather than ban, crypto Indian crypto investors will reportedly be given a certain time frame to declare their crypto holdings, and must then hold their assets on crypto exchan…

⁠5 year study: Can token rewards improve HIV patient outcomes in Africa? A Kenyan university and a blockchain healthcare provider will join forces to study whether Africa’s HIV crisis can be helped by using crypto and bl…

⁠DeFi disasters: $31M drained from MonoX and BadgerDAO losses top $120M A disappointing week of exploits has put a temporary grim cloud over the end of 2021, with BadgerDAO and Huobi-listed MonoX suffering major losses.

​​DeFi lending platform’s integration with Polygon will facilitate efficient token swaps with deep liquidity A cryptocurrency trading platform’s integration with Polygon could establish a new way for traders, lenders, an…

⁠Increased utility in DeFi, NFTs back Ethereum’s 3-year high in its ETH/BTC pair Ethereum price hit a new all-time high in its ETH/BTC pair and a classic technical analysis pattern suggests the altcoin has a lot more ups…

⁠Okcoin hires former Facebook spokesperson Randi Zuckerberg to grow female user base With the hiring, Okcoin has many women in key leadership positions, including CEO Hong Fang as well as head of content and brand Mandy…

⁠Regulatory fears put a damper on Ethereum traders’ $5,000 target This week, ETH price came within 2% of a new all-time high before U.S. lawmakers announced a hearing to discuss stablecoins and the need for eventual regu…

⁠MercadoLibre plans to accept BTC and cryptocurrencies as payment for all products The Latin American e-commerce platform selected Brazil to kick-off crypto payments via its MercadoPago application.

⁠WazirX, Presearch and Komodo rally after data shows a surge in user activity A surge in user activity and new token listings allowed WRX, PRE and KMD to shake off the week-long crypto market downturn and post double-dig…

⁠SEC rejects WisdomTree's application for spot Bitcoin ETF The Cboe BZX Exchange used the examples set by CME's crypto futures products in its argument for approval, but the SEC rejected them.

⁠Crypto Biz: Wall Street veteran launches $1.5B crypto fund, MELD ISPO shines spotlight on Cardano, Dec. 2 The Crypto Biz newsletter is delivered weekly to your inbox. Join the mailing list to stay up to date on the week…

⁠First NFT-focused ETF lists on NYSE Arca The launch comes as Cointelegraph Research projects nonfungible token (NFT) sales will hit nearly $18 billion by the end of the year.

⁠The Giving Block raises $2.4M on 'CyberGivingTuesday' for charity Giving Tuesday marked the start of the season for crypto giving and The Giving Block is leading the crypto fundraising campaign.

⁠Fed's Quarles says regulators should show 'constraint' on stablecoins to avoid hampering innovation Quarles said some of the approaches on stablecoin regulation from the President's Working Group on Financial Markets’ N…

⁠Victory is for the taking in Friday’s $950M Bitcoin options expiry With BTC price under $57,000, bears appear to have a slight advantage in this week’s $950 million BTC options expiry.