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Dogecoin explained

What Is Dogecoin? The Doge That Everybody Talks About

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Dogecoin (DOGE) is a cryptocurrency inspired by a famous internet meme. Its logo represents an illustration of a Shiba Inu dog breed. The cryptocurrency was created by Billy Markus and Jackson Palmer in December 2013 and was forked from Luckycoin, which itself is Litecoin's fork. Initially,...

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Solana Reaches New All-Time High of $37

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Solana blockchain has been developing with more dApps, DeFi projects, and stablecoins built on the protocol. While Ethereum is working on making the system more time and cost-efficient, engineers often turn to alternatives like Solana. The network's popularity has been raising lately. Data reveals...

Gemini new record $25 B

The Amount of Gemini's Crypto Under Custody Hit $25 B

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Crypto trading platform and custodian Gemini doubled its AUM, which now stands at above $25 B. This raise has taken place in only three months. .@Gemini now has over $25 billion in crypto under custody. To the moon! 👍🚀 https://t.co/SQahRISOsH— Tyler Winklevoss (@tyler) April 20, 2021 ...

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JPMorgan About the Possibility of BTC Price Further Decline

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Managing Director at J.P. Morgan Nikolaos Panigirtzoglou noted that if Bitcoin's price doesn't go back $60.000 in the near term, the further fall will be more probable. Strategists of the institution stated that during the last several days, Bitcoin futures markets have seen a large liquidation as...

UniSwap v3 deploy

UniSwap Deploys Version 3 Contracts to Ethereum Testnets

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Revolutionary decentralized exchange UniSwap deployed its contracts for the release of v3 to Ethereum's all four testnets. The platform plans to launch its version 3 on May 5, 2021. Ethereum's testnets are Görli, Kovan, Rinkeby, and Ropsten, which are used by developers to check the smart contract...

Monero XMR

Monero (XMR) Price Hit a 3-Year High

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Recent developments of the Monero network resulted in its price surge which reached a 3-year record and now is near to an all-time high set in 2017. XMR price surged above $424 for the first time since December 2017, when it hit $470. The token ranks 22nd by market cap which stands at around $7.1...

Venmo crypto payments

Mobile Payment Service Venmo Allows Crypto Trading

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P2P payment provider Venmo owned by PayPal announced the launching of crypto buying and selling functions. The users of the network will be able to purchase BTC, Ether, LTC, and BCH with a spending requirement of at least $1 and share the activities on the app's feed. The possibility is allowed...

Binance hired Brian Brooks

Binance.US Hires Ex-Comptroller of Currency Brian Brooks

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Crypto exchange platform Binance.US hired Brian Brooks, the previous exec of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) as its CEO. Brooks will begin his service on May 1. He will replace the company's present CEO Catherine Coley, who was assigned in the role in July 2019. Serving at the...

eToro LINK UNI

eToro Integrated LINK and UNI to Its Crypto Services

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Israel-based multi-asset investment provider eToro included Chainlink (LINK) and Uniswap (UNI) purchase options. We have 2 new asset additions đź’šExplore👉https://t.co/0BOTZ04P7N— eToro (@eToro) April 19, 2021 ...

Newegg Dogecoin

E-retailer Newegg to Accept Payments in Doge

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California-based online e-retailer Newegg revealed enabling Dogecoin payments on its website. Trades will be managed through crypto payment service operator BitPay. We are now accepting #dogecoin as an official payment method via BitPay. Simply click "Edit" in the payment section during...

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City Comptroller Candidate Sees Blockchain as NY Future

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Democratic candidate for New York's high-level financial executive role, Reshma Patel talked about post-pandemic recovery saying the process includes investments in blockchain technology. She presented a "future proof” plan for New York, which is focused on blockchain and cryptocurrencies....

Time magazine Crypto.com

Time Magazine to Allow Crypto Payments with Crypto.com

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Well-known American newsmagazine Time partners with crypto operations platform Crypto.com to enable payments in CRO token while subscribing. Particularly, Crypto.com users can get an 18-month subscription via one-time remittance. The cost of the option is $49. By paying with CRO the readers will...

UK CBDC

U.K's Central Bank and Treasury to Create a CBDC Taskforce

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Today Bank of England's official website disclosed that together with HM Treasury the entity will build a CBDC (Central Bank Digital Currency) task force, which aims to organize the examination of a possible UK CBDC. There was noted in the release that the financial influencers haven's decided yet...

Mark Cuban CryptoSlam

Mark Cuban Invests in NFT Data Provider CryptoSlam

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American business magnate, the owner of professional basketball squad Dallas Mavericks, Mark Cuban put capital in NFT data provider CryptoSlam. We're thrilled to announce that Mark Cuban (@mcuban) has invested in CryptoSlam!⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️Can't thank Mark enough for believing in us...

Ethereum ETFs approved

Primary Ethereum ETFs Authorized in Canada

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Canada was the first country to approve BTC ETFs in February. Now, it became the first to authorize Ethereum ETFs too. Today, April 17, the republic's regulators granted three requests: They come from Purpose Investments, Evolve ETFs, and CI Global Asset Management. The first two firms were the...

Robinhood Dogecoin

Dogecoin Rally Caused Robinhood's Trades Go Down

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Crypto trading provider Robinhood faced technical difficulties along with Dogecoin's record trading volumes. The first interruption happened on the site at 10:19 AM Eastern. Forty minutes later the platform announced via Tweeter that activities have been "restored for most clients"....

Ark invest buys Coinbase shares

ARK Invest Purchased $110 M Coinbase Shares

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Reuters announced that today New York-based ARK funds acquired 341,186 Coinbase shares worth above $110 M. On April 14, when Coinbase stock (COIN.O) went public on Nasdaq, the firm sold some of its Tesla shares and obtained 749,205 shares of $246 M worth of Coinbase. After the second deal, the...

Turkey crypto ban

Turkey Disallows Crypto Payments

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Turkey's central bank disallowed payments with cryptocurrencies and crypto assets saying they include transfer risks and can cause irrecoverable damage. Media of the country reported that the central bank's instructions placed at the “Regulation on the Disuse of Crypto Assets in Payments” paper...

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