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As a new administration is sworn in, how will one if its most important officials – nominated Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen – impact the digital assets space? This episode is sponsored by Nexo.io.Today on the Brief:Jack Ma is not deadThe latest in crypto M&ADeutsche Bank survey sites bitcoin as biggest
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Bitcoin is up only slightly on Monday after seeing its biggest weekly decline in over four months. At press time, the cryptocurrency is trading 0.2% higher on the day near $35,838, according to CryptoX 20 data. Prices fell by 6% in the seven days to Jan. 17, a weekly fall not
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Bitcoin (BTC) mining difficulty is set to rise by roughly 11% on Jan. 9, according to data from BTC.com. This marks the biggest increase in nearly four months that will put the metric over 20 trillion for the first time ever. "Hashrate is on a tear!" commented popular pseudonymous Bitcoin trader
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Chicago Mercantile Exchange now tops the list of the biggest bitcoin futures trading platforms, accounting for nearly 20% of all open interest. Source
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Enterprise blockchain started gaining traction in 2017 shortly after Bitcoin had reached its all-time high of nearly $20,000. Since then, enterprise blockchain has mainly been defined by private blockchain networks used by businesses for things such as supply chain management. The enterprise blockchain space has changed quite a bit since 2017.
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While 2020 has been a landmark year for the crypto space, there have been a few notable letdowns. Despite the growing mainstream acceptance of virtual currencies, some governments are still creating policies that stifle innovation, placing their countries at a disadvantage in the emerging digital economy.Decentralized finance was a major
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As you enjoy these waning days of 2020, Forkast.News would like to take you back to the top stories we covered over the past 12 months — the biggest stories and hottest trends that dominated our headlines — and count them down for you.Happy holidays to one and all, from our
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This is an opinion. The Athletic just dropped a bombshell report about Clippers’ chemistry issues. It detailed the preferential of Kawhi Leonard and Paul George. Combined with Kawhi’s previous actions, he’s taking the lead as the NBA’s biggest superstar diva. Kawhi Leonard doesn’t say much, but that doesn’t mean he isn’t communicating. Kevin Durant may
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Cryptocurrency exchange OKEx recorded a major bitcoin outflow just minutes after it lifted a five-week-long withdrawal suspension at 08:00 UTC Thursday.About 2,822 bitcoins were moved from OKEx in block number 658,728 mined at 08:12 UTC. That’s the biggest single-block outflow since May 2019, according to blockchain analytics firm CryptoQuant. Of
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Some of the biggest names in DeFi, including Framework Ventures and Alameda Research, are backing the expansion of decentralized asset management protocol dHEDGE.The investors and the protocol’s decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) will collectively invest $1.15 million into an initial cohort of 33 fund managers operating on the platform.dHEDGE is a
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