Gambling is on the rise — So why is investing still restricted?
Americans aren’t allowed to make certain investments unless they earn $200,000 annually or they’re worth more than $1 million — but they are free to gamble.
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Trade wars could spur governments to embrace Web3 — Truebit
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Visa Approves New DeFi-Enabled Crypto Card in EU and UK
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Former BTC Developer Settles ‘Rapist’ Defamation Suit
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Pyth partners with Revolut for real-time digital asset data
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HTX claws back $8M in stolen funds, issues 250 ETH bounty to hacker
HTX was drained of 5,000 ETH in late September, and moved swiftly to get the funds back from the hacker. 92 Total views 2 Total shares Huobi Global’s crypto exchange HTX has confirmed the return of the funds stolen by a hacker in late September and issued a 250 Ether (ETH) bounty after resolving the

BitTorrent’s Decentralized File Sharing Protocol BTFS Launches Its Mainnet
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For greater good: NY judge allows Celsius to mine, sell Bitcoin
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