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Criticisms of Tether’s reserves are unfounded, says Bitfinex CTO

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How FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried navigates crypto trading’s new normal

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Digital dollar’s values to fortify USD hegemony, says ex-CFTC chair

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India’s demand for crypto ‘growing like crazy’ since ban attempt

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How R3 is growing Corda’s reach with China’s Blockchain Services Network

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Why more big investors are now seeking interest and yields in DeFi

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R3 Corda helping Thailand’s case for international trade dark horse

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Justin Chow: Why Asian institutional investment in Bitcoin will only grow

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Lawyer for 11,000 XRP holders pushing to fight SEC in Ripple lawsuit

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What do Hong Kong’s crypto laws mean for exchanges and investors?

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Justin Sun: Next generation traders will prefer NFTs and DeFi

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Why Roger Ver prefers Bitcoin Cash to the original BTC

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How JPMorgan’s Onyx is redefining payments in banking with blockchain

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Will DeFi upend traditional finance and democratize capitalism?

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How blockchain advocates stopped FinCEN’s ‘crypto wallet rule’—for now

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Will new CasperLabs token take a bite out of high gas fees?

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In Singapore, bitcoin is challenging gold as a store of value

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Don Tapscott’s “personal call” to President Biden to lead blockchain policy

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How NewsHash will combat fake news through blockchain and DLT

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CasperLabs wants to help “morph” China’s BSN into the AWS of blockchain

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How crypto forensics traced $32 million worth of ‘lost’ bitcoin

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Cardano’s Hoskinson wants to win over Fortune 500 companies

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Bitcoin is ‘better form of value’ than fiat, says Binance CEO CZ

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‘Crypto Mom’ Hester Peirce calls for more regulatory coordination

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How DLT is fighting the information war in Syria and saving lives

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Why DeFi needs better KYC to curb money laundering

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The best of Ethereum 2.0 is yet to come, says Infura GM

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How blockchain can launch more space industry startups into orbit

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Institutional investors blast bitcoin prices to new stratosphere

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Will India face another crypto ban when Parliament is back in session?

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Blockchain is now on the front line against climate change

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Will Diginex’s backdoor Nasdaq listing start a crypto industry trend?

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2021 may be the year of China’s DCEP and other digital currencies

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Filecoin mainnet launch brings Web 3.0 apps to the mainstream

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Why blockchain and crypto regulations are ‘necessary evil’ for US and Europe

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Is DeFi a $10 billion Ponzi scheme?

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Power over Bitcoin is held by a few. Is it at risk of a 51% attack?

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DeFi with Chinese characteristics? How China may centralize crypto finance

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How smart contracts can help govern and mine resources in outer space

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How DeFi’s massive 8-fold growth brings scaling, gas fees challenges

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Conflux’s Open DeFi project aims to bridge East and West — with its own cryptocurrency in China

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How Ethereum Classic’s 51% attacks reveal risks to Bitcoin and Ethereum

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Joe Lubin of ConsenSys on acquiring Quorum: ‘a match made in blockchain heaven’

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How Fed-led inflation of USD could be good for bitcoin and digital assets

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Lack of regulations and illiquidity are ‘major bottlenecks’ in India’s DeFi market

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Could blockchain technology have prevented the Twitter VIP hacks?

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Hyperledger is helping create ‘blockchain with Chinese characteristics’

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WEF seeks greater financial inclusion to help poor, Covid-ravaged communities

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SEC ‘Crypto Mom’ Hester Peirce: US will lose out in crypto innovations if regulations remain in limbo

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Astronaut Chris Hadfield on blockchain’s next frontier: nodes in orbit, and settling the moon

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India remains in a ‘gray zone’ over crypto. Are lawmakers crippling innovation?

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US could pilot digital dollar quickly if project gets green light, says Accenture’s blockchain lead

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Why artificial intelligence is ‘dumb’ and needs more ethical and legal standards

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How Congress is learning about blockchain, one bit of bitcoin at a time

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Chris Giancarlo: digital dollar technology is coming ‘fast and furious.’ Can US seize the CBDC momentum?

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Contrarian wisdom on bitcoin mining. Also: how China’s DCEP could shake up the global financial system.

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As Covid drives the world toward digital assets, what is the outlook for bitcoin and CBDCs?

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China hopes its new digital currency will internationalize the RMB. When might that day come?

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Famed investor Tim Draper predicts both a digital dollar and Chinese DCEP “will bomb”

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‘Enormous potential’: institutional investment in cryptos may be boosted by regulator’s approval of Hong Kong’s first bitcoin-tracking fund

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Liquidity is the new boss in town: RockTree LEX’s Omer Ozden on investment opportunities as Asia recovers from Covid-19

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Why invest in Bitcoin when global markets are still a hot Covid mess?

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How a tokenized digital dollar could modernize the American financial system

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Coronavirus prevention tips for the long haul: face masks, social distancing, hand wipes and more

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Complying with anti-money laundering regulations is a growing need for crypto companies

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Asia has ‘crypto groove’ – and Korea’s mom and pop shops are helping lead the way

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India crypto leader calls Supreme Court victory against central bank ‘game changer’ for industry

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Tokenized gold: smart investment as coronavirus fuels economic turmoil?

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Tokenized health care? How Hedera Hashgraph could improve data transparency in medicine

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Swiss Bankers Association wants to help blockchain firms do business

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How Swiss banks seek to link traditional finance to blockchain

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After China’s digital currency, Indonesia may blueprint its own in 2020

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