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Robinhood ordeal shows broken system and importance of regulation, crypto industry execs say

Richard Byworth of EQUOS and Aleks Svetski of Amber share their thoughts on Robinhood's suspension of GameStop stock buys. 1533 Total views 7 Total shares Over the past few days, a number of stocks, such as GameStop (GME) and AMC Entertainment (AMC), have risen dramatically in price, reportedly in line with attention from Reddit users…

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Bitcoin price returns to troubled waters hours after Elon Musk’s BTC tweet

When Bitcoin's (BTC) price dropped 10% to $29,150 on Jan. 27, something unusual happened with the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) BTC futures contracts. As the price fell, these CME Bitcoin futures traded at a 1% discount to Coinbase, which signaled a disarrangement between both markets.Good morning.Bitcoin spot has almost full retraced the weekly.CME bitcoin futs are…

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Beyond Coinbase: 8 Other Ways to Buy Bitcoin

Beyond Coinbase: 8 Other Ways to Buy BitcoinWhen Elon Musk adds #Bitcoin to his Twitter bio, you know buying bitcoin is in vogue again. The cryptocurrency is pumping, perhaps not-too-coincidentally, as investing app Robinhood faces criticism for censoring stock and crypto trading in response to the Wall Street Bets saga. With Robinhood taking heat, Coinbase is basking…

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In Retrospect, It Was Inevitable: Elon Musk Pumps Bitcoin to Space

The price action is fun, but the larger significance is about decentralized alternatives to today’s financial system. This episode is sponsored by Nexo.io.Last night, Tesla and SpaceX founder Elon Musk changed his Twitter profile to a single word: “bitcoin.” He also tweeted a cryptic message: “In Retrospect, It Was Inevitable.”The price of bitcoin surged in…

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Top 5 Dogecoin Pumps Through the Ages

Top 5 Dogecoin Pumps Through the AgesDogecoin, the popular meme cryptocurrency, hit a new all-time high on Jan. 28 following a meteoric 1,100% gain. Here’s a breakdown of every time dogecoin has shot for the moon. Dogecoin is a cryptocurrency that was created by Australian entrepreneur Jackson Palmer and software engineer Billy Markus back in 2013.…

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After GME, Dogecoin and Bitcoin, Chinese Traders Are Betting What Will Pump Next

For Chinese investors, including Justin Sun, FOMO has surpassed fear of losing money.Tron founder and BitTorrent CEO Justin Sun(CoinDesk archives)Jan 29, 2021 at 7:53 p.m. UTCAfter GME, Dogecoin and Bitcoin, Chinese Traders Are Betting What Will Pump NextRallies in GameStock (NYSE: GME) shares as well as dogecoin (DOGE) and bitcoin (BTC) are piquing the betting…

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Ripple demands to know why Ether isn’t a security as XRP defense gets desperate

Ripple's case before the Securities and Exchange Commission is threatening to have major, well, ripple effects for the industry.On Jan. 29, Ripple Labs filed its response to the SEC's complaint. Ripple, as it has many times before, argued that XRP is not a security i.e. an investment in Ripple and is therefore not in the…

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Elon Musk, Wall Street Bets, GameStop, and Bitcoin to $38K: The Weekly Crypto Market Update

This week will probably go down in history. Not for the cryptocurrency market but for Wall Street. Of course, this doesn’t mean that Bitcoin didn’t do its thing – it did, and this time it was Elon Musk responsible. First things first, though, a few days ago, Redditors took Wall Street at its own game.…

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Discussing Compact Client Side Filtering (Neutrino)

Listen To This Episode: AppleSpotifyGoogleLibsynOvercast In this episode of “The Van Wirdum Sjorsnado,” hosts Aaron van Wirdum and Sjors Provoost discussed compact client-side filtering, also known as Neutrino. Compact client-side filtering is a solution to use Bitcoin without needing to download and validate the entire blockchain, and without sacrificing your privacy to someone who operates…

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Blockchain Bites: DOGE, Musk, Robinhood, GameStop and Crypto’s ‘Populist’ Revolution

A renewed the pitch to create open access and decentralized standards is much bigger than what's happening to a few stocks.Jan 29, 2021 at 6:47 p.m. UTCUpdated Jan 29, 2021 at 7:31 p.m. UTCBlockchain Bites: DOGE, Musk, Robinhood, GameStop and Crypto’s ‘Populist’ RevolutionThree stories1. Elon Musk changed his Twitter bio to #bitcoin and the crypto…