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Uniswap (UNI) and Compound (COMP) hit new highs as DeFi TVL reaches $27.6B

The governance tokens for Uniswap and Compound reached new 2021 highs as altcoins and DeFi tokens pushed higher today. 1263 Total views 6 Total shares On Jan. 30 Uniswap (UNI) and Compound (COMP) both rallied to new all-time highs as the entire DeFi sector continued to heat up. UNI soared to a new all-time high…

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Fortnite founder says NFT tech “going places,” but currently “speculative mess”

The founder behind the game studio that developed Fornite sees promise in NFTs, but says for now there's more speculation than substance. 2471 Total views 7 Total shares Tim Sweeney, the co-founder of the studio behind titles such as Hitman, Gears of War, and the wildly popular Fortnite said in a Tweet today that non-fungible…

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FTX Token (FTT) rallies 105% as interest in derivatives trading grows

FTX is a cryptocurrency derivatives exchange backed by Alameda Research, a quantitative trading firm and crypto liquidity provider. The exchange launched in April 2019 and offered the usual spot trading, inverse swaps and futures contracts that can be found at other major platforms. By early 2020, the exchange launched its daily and weekly binary BTC options…

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Judge Rejects Virgil Griffith’s Motion to Dismiss Charges of Aiding North Korea

U.S. Judge Kevin Castel also denied the ethereum developer’s request for more details about what he’s being charged with. (CoinDesk archives)Jan 30, 2021 at 9:32 p.m. UTCJudge Rejects Virgil Griffith’s Motion to Dismiss Charges of Aiding North KoreaVirgil Griffith’s motion to dismiss the charges against him claiming that he violated U.S. sanctions law in North…

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GameStop mayhem, Robinhood scandal, Musk tweets, DOGE explodes: Hodler’s Digest, Jan. 24–30

Coming every Saturday, Hodler’s Digest will help you track every single important news story that happened this week. The best (and worst) quotes, adoption and regulation highlights, leading coins, predictions and much more — a week on Cointelegraph in one link.Top Stories This WeekRob from the poor and give to the rich? Robinhood prompts furious…

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XRP price gains 86% after Wall Street Bets’ crypto wing says ‘pump it’

XRP price rallied 86% as members of a Reddit-based investing group shifted their focus from Dogecoin. 8483 Total views 102 Total shares XRP price underwent a strong 86% breakout in the early trading hours on Jan. 30 as the fourth-ranked cryptocurrency by market cap became the new coin of focus in the r/Wallstreetbets cryptocurrency-focused off-shoot…

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Visa reaffirms commitment to crypto payments & fiat on-ramps

The payments giant is bullish on stablecoins, but may be overlooking the potential of DeFi 2902 Total views 10 Total shares During the Visa Q1 earnings call on Thursday, chairman and CEO Al Kelly devoted a portion of his comments to reaffirming the financial giant’s commitment to crypto payments and onramps, as well as explaining…

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VISA Might Add Cryptocurrencies to Its 70 Million Merchants Network

Visa, the world’s leading payment processor with millions of merchants in its network and hundreds of millions of users, might add cryptocurrencies to its payments network. Visa Jumps on the Crypto Bandwagon Visa, the multinational financial services corporation, might be joining the cryptocurrency bandwagon. In the company’s fiscal first-quarter 2021 earning call, the CEO of…

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India’s Proposed Crypto Ban Has Investors Nervous, May Feed Anti-Bitcoin Narrative

The move is bound to make potential and current crypto investors outside the country uneasy as well.Jan 30, 2021 at 6:10 p.m. UTCUpdated Jan 30, 2021 at 6:33 p.m. UTCIndia’s Proposed Crypto Ban Has Investors Nervous, May Feed Anti-Bitcoin NarrativeIndia’s cryptocurrency investors were caught off-guard and left confused after news broke Friday that the country’s…

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Why the crypto world needs to build an Amazon of its own

When Satoshi Nakamoto released the whitepaper for Bitcoin, his vision was simple: Creating a form of electronic cash that enables payments to be sent without a bank’s involvement.Few could have anticipated how popular the cryptocurrency would end up being — let alone its impressive market cap of $635 billion. But Bitcoin’s success has largely hinged upon…