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This Week on Crypto Twitter: Tornado Cash Sanctions Slammed, Vitalik Criticizes MakerDAO Proposal

Brother Bing’s Guide to Surviving the Crypto Bear Market
Brother Bing had planned to write a self-help-ish piece on surviving the crypto bear market when ETH sank to 3 digits. But writing takes a long time, especially when you are having fun at you...
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Shuyao KongAug 14, 2022
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War on Crypto! From Ethereum Mixers to Media Newsletters
On Monday, the U.S. Treasury Department added Tornado Cash to its blacklist, banning American citizens from using the crypto mixing site because it "has been used to launder more than $7 bill...
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Daniel RobertsAug 14, 2022
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Bitcoin Tops $25K for First Time in 9 Weeks
Bitcoin passed the $25,000 level late on Saturday night for the first time since June 13. By Sunday morning it had lost steam and fallen back to $24,510 on CoinMarketCap at the time of writing...
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Mat Di SalvoAug 14, 2022
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This Week in Coins: Ethereum and Avalanche Rally, Crypto Winter Still Not Over
This week in coins. Illustration by Mitchell Preffer for Decrypt. Despite the ongoing cypto bear market, many top cryptocurrencies posted double-digit percentage gains over the week. Bitcoin ...
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Tim HakkiAug 13, 2022
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Crackdown on Tornado Cash Was Just Round 1
Decrypting DeFi is Decrypt's DeFi email newsletter. (art: Grant Kempster) This week the U.S. government shook the entire crypto world to its core. The Treasury Department sanctioned the crypto...
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Liam J. KellyAug 13, 2022
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Bitcoin’s Privacy Problem—And What Cypherpunks Are Doing to Solve It

Bitcoin transactions are easily traced. Here’s what’s going on behind the scenes to change that.

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Who’s Firing—And Still Hiring—During the Bitcoin Bear Market

Some crypto companies are feeling the crunch of a market crash and reducing their employee headcount to cope—but others are still expanding and securing fresh talent. Here's who's hiring and firing in crypto right now.

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How Secure Is the Ethereum Sitting in Your MetaMask Wallet?

Security and privacy experts say it's become alarmingly common for people to report vulnerabilities on public forums like Twitter because they otherwise get ignored.