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What a Judge Said About the SEC's Suit Against Coinbase

Coinbase and Custodia both lost early and preliminary court fights. The Coinbase loss was more or less expected – companies rarely win much on a motion for judgment at such an early stage – but still ...

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Crypto Venture Capital Fundraising Jumped Over 50% in March Amid Rally

Most capital went into infrastructure and decentralized finance (DeFi) projects, data by RootData shows.

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Goldman Sachs Clients Not Interested in Crypto, Says Chief Investment Officer: WSJ

Goldman Sachs, nowadays one of the few Wall Street banks to do so, isn’t backing away from its negative stance against crypto, as it doesn’t see the value of the asset itself.

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Are Bitcoin Developers Losing Faith in Lightning?

High-profile defections, and ongoing criticism from the community, paints a picture of a much-hyped scaling project running out of steam. But bitcoiners have always been critical of the leading scalin...

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Crypto Venture Capital Firm Paradigm Looking to Raise Up to $850M for New Fund: Bloomberg

The VC is looking to raise between $750 million and $850 million, Bloomberg reported citing source familiar.

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Argentina President Milei Disappoints Some Bitcoiners as Crypto Registration Rule Begins

The nation unveiled a mandatory registration process for cryptocurrency platforms.

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Crypto Exchange Figure Markets Has a Plan to Democratize Finance

What appears to be another post-FTX trading and custody play with institutions in mind, is really all about visionary disruption.

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Ethereum Could Face 'Hidden Risks' From Ballooning Restaking Market: Coinbase

Restaking has grown into the second-largest DeFi sector on the Ethereum blockchain and is likely to become a core part of the network’s infrastructure, the report said.

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Telegram's Pivot to TON Payments for Ads Boosts Toncoin

The messaging app's switch to TON creates a circular economy for the closely-linked crypto.

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How the Bitcoin Halving Could Affect Network Security

After the block reward drops to 3.125 bitcoins, miners could power down their less efficient machines.

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First Mover Americas: Bitcoin Drops to $65K to Start the Month

The latest price moves in bitcoin (BTC) and crypto markets in context for April 2, 2024. First Mover is CoinDesk’s daily newsletter that contextualizes the latest actions in the crypto markets.

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DeFi Protocol Cega's New Options Product Marries Gold, Ether to Offer Up to 83% Yield

The new offering called "Gold Rush" offers a trifecta of decent return, market exposure and protection from losses.

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Bitcoin Lightning Exchange FixedFloat Sees 'Suspicious' Transfers of $3M to Ethereum, Tron

The website was down for “technical work” as of early European afternoon hours Tuesday.

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Crypto Market Conditions That Fueled FTX, Bankman-Fried, No Longer Hold: Galaxy Digital

U.S. investors now have access to regulated bitcoin ETFs that provide the same protections as buying stocks and reduce the incentive to move to unregulated offshore exchanges, the report said.

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Crypto Funds Saw Inflows of $862M Last Week Following $1B of Outflows the Week Before: CoinShares

The recovery from the week before coincided with a recovery in BTC's price which sat at just under $70,000 on March 29, up nearly 10% on a week earlier.

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Ethena Labs' ENA Token Goes Live, Starts Trading at 64 Cents

Ethena has invited holders of USDe to claim their share of the airdrop of 750 million ENA tokens, equating to 5% of the total supply.

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