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Coinbase Plans $1B Bond Sale That Avoids Hurting Stock Investors, Copying Michael Saylor's Successful Bitcoin Playbook

The convertible notes Coinbase wants to sell include provisions aimed at aiding its stock investors.

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Coinbase Gets Another Upgrade, This Time at Raymond James, as Bears Capitulate

The brokerage firm lifted its rating on the crypto exchange’s shares to market perform from underperform.

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Solana NFT Marketplace Tensor to Issue TNSR Governance Token

Solana-based NFT trading platform Tensor said Tuesday it will issue a token, $TNSR, whose holders will govern the protocol.

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Bitcoin Fog Founder Convicted of Money Laundering

Roman Sterlingov, the founder of long-running cryptocurrency mixer Bitcoin Fog, was convicted by a federal jury in Washington on Tuesday of facilitating the laundering of over 1.2 million bitcoins – w...

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Bitcoin Shoots Above $73K, Tumbles to $69K, Rebounds to $71K, Triggering $360M in Crypto Liquidations

Momentum behind bitcoin's rally has waned so expect a period of consolidation, Matrixport analysts noted.

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Craig Wright ‘Committed Perjury’ in U.K. Trial Over Satoshi Claims, COPA Says

The Crypto Open Patent Alliance said it will ask U.K. prosecutors to consider pursuing Wright for “perjury” over his defense of forgery allegations.

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NFT Providers May Need Registration to Comply With UK Money Laundering Rules

The U.K. started a consultation on its money laundering rules on Monday.

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What to Expect From Ethereum’s Latest Massive Upgrade: Dencun

Cheaper L2 transactions. Data blobs. Proto-Danksharding. Everything you need to know about tomorrow’s changes.

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Ether.Fi to Introduce ETHFI Token on Binance Launchpool Next Week

Ether.Fi has shot to the top of the list of crypto's hottest projects as the biggest liquid-restaking protocol by total value locked, or TVL.

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Jamie Dimon Defends Right to Buy Bitcoin Even Though He Never Will

Dimon has been a consistent critic of the cryptocurrency over the years and his latest comments demonstrate nothing has changed despite the ongoing mainstream adoption of bitcoin in the form of ETFs i...

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VanEck Spot Bitcoin ETF Sees Record $119M Inflow After Fee Cut to 0%

VanEck waived the management fee for its spot bitcoin ETF for a year or until reaching $1.5 billion in assets under management.

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MicroStrategy ‘Not Resting on its Laurels’ as Bitcoin Hits All-Time High: Canaccord

The investment bank almost doubled its price target on the stock to $1,810 from $975, highest among Wall Street analysts.

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Ethereum Blockchain Counts Down to 'Dencun' Upgrade, Set to Reduce Fees

The upgrade is designed to usher in a new era of cheaper fees for the growing array of layer-2 networks that operate on top of Ethereum.

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U.S. CFTC's Behnam Says Agency Writing New Policy on Prediction Markets

U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission Chair Rostin Behnam said his agency will propose a rule in the coming months to establish new regulations for prediction markets.

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Rapper Drake Posts Michael Saylor's Bitcoin Video To His 146M Instagram Followers

Michael Saylor said that bitcoin will “eat gold” in an interview with CNBC on Monday.

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Sweden’s Central Bank Chief Wants 'as Little Bitcoin as Possible' in Country's Financial System: Bloomberg

Sweden's central bank governor said he wants "as little bitcoin as possible in the Swedish financial system."

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EU Parliament Approves New Sanctions Laws That Also Apply to Crypto

The laws are to ensure sanctions rules are applied uniformly across the EU's 27 member states.

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Grayscale Plans Low-Fee GBTC Spinoff: the Bitcoin Mini Trust

Bitcoin ETF manager Grayscale is seeking permission from the SEC to spin out a percentage of GBTC shares to seed the new Bitcoin Mini Trust product, according to a filing on Tuesday.

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