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Bitcoin News Roundup for Jan. 5, 2021

With BTC back above $32K and a billion dollars worth of bitcoin exiting Coinbase, CoinDesk’s Market’s Daily is back with the latest crypto news roundup.



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This episode is sponsored by Nexo.io.

Today’s stories:

Analysts say the bitcoin market now looks less overheated than it did on Monday.

Coinbase Pro exchange registered an outflow of over 35,000 bitcoin worth more than $1 billion early Saturday.

Banks can act as nodes on a blockchain or conduct payments using stablecoins, the OCC said Monday.

With sales of physical art down because of the coronavirus pandemic, NFT-based artworks have taken off in 2020.

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