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Robinhood Plans Ethereum Wallet With DeFi, NFT Trading—And No User Gas Fees

Covert Chinese Bitcoin Miners Still Account For 21% of Network Hashrate: Report
China has reemerged as a major Bitcoin mining hub, with covert miners accounting for more than one-fifth of the network’s hash rate, according to data from the Cambridge Digital Assets Program...
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Stacy ElliottMay 17, 2022
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South Korea Lawmaker Calls for Enquiry Into Exchanges' Terra Activities
A conservative politician in South Korea is calling for hearings to be held into questionable actions carried out by some of the country’s top crypto exchanges during the LUNA crisis, accordin...
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Tim HakkiMay 17, 2022
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ConsenSys, LivePerson Roll Out VillageDAO to Solve Crypto's Customer Service Problem
ConsenSys, the company behind the MetaMask Ethereum wallet, and LivePerson, a customer care platform that uses artificial intelligence, announced plans to create VillageDAO. The DAO aims to bu...
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Jason NelsonMay 17, 2022
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Justice Department Charges Defendant With Sending $10M in Bitcoin to Sanctioned Country
The Justice Department has filed criminal charges against an unnamed defendant who allegedly sent more than $10 million worth of Bitcoin in an attempt to skirt economic sanctions. In an opinio...
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Stacy ElliottMay 17, 2022
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Tether Supply Plummeted $7.4B Amid Depegging Concerns, Terra Collapse: Glassnode
Amid the dramatic events surrounding last week’s TerraUSD collapse, Tether (USDT), the crypto industry’s largest stablecoin, has dropped more than $7 billion. Tether’s market capitalization pl...
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Andrew AsmakovMay 17, 2022
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