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Protocol Village: Solana Restaking Protocol Solayer Hits Mainnet, Wormhole Rolls Out 'Era3' Roadmap   north  
The latest in blockchain tech upgrades, funding announcements and deals. For the period of Aug. 15-21, 2024.
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Keywords: Technology, news, The Protocol, Blockchain, Ethereum, Bitcoin, Tech, Blockchain Technology, EVM, Protocol Village

Authors: Bradley Keoun ( top authors )
Source: CoinDesk: Bitcoin, Ethereum, Crypto News and Price Data ( active sources )
Published: 2024-08-15 03:50:46
Protocol Village: Solana Restaking Protocol Solayer Hits Mainnet, Wormhole Rolls Out 'Era3' Roadmap
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U.S. Crypto Bill Can Happen This Year, Senate's Schumer Tells Crypto Backers of Harris   north  
U.S. crypto legislation can happen this year, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N,Y,) said Wednesday at the first major event in which crypto insiders have come out for Vice President Kamala Harris as their favored presidential contender.
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Keywords: Policy, news, Regulations, Mark Cuban, Chuck Schumer, Kirsten Gillibrand, Kamala Harris, Political Campaigns, Election 2024

Authors: Jesse Hamilton, Nikhilesh De ( top authors )
Source: CoinDesk: Bitcoin, Ethereum, Crypto News and Price Data ( active sources )
Published: 2024-08-15 01:03:17
U.S. Crypto Bill Can Happen This Year, Senate's Schumer Tells Crypto Backers of Harris
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Trump Organization to Launch a Cryptocurrency Initiative, Eric Trump Says: Report   north  
The Trump Organization, the holding company for former U.S. President Donald Trump’s business ventures, will soon unveil its new cryptocurrency initiative, according to a Wednesday report from the New York Post.
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Keywords: Policy, news, Regulations, Trump, Real Estate

Authors: Cheyenne Ligon ( top authors )
Source: CoinDesk: Bitcoin, Ethereum, Crypto News and Price Data ( active sources )
Published: 2024-08-14 22:28:09
Trump Organization to Launch a Cryptocurrency Initiative, Eric Trump Says: Report
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The Protocol: Memecoin Trading Is Suddenly Trump.fun   north  
Blockchain has gone even more ridiculous than usual over the past week, with headlines focused on Trump-themed memecoins and the Solana-based launchpad Pump.fun. PLUS: Ethereum developers tee up revamp of the EVM programming environment.
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Keywords: Technology, news, The Protocol, meme, Memecoin, memecoins, Trump, Donald Trump

Authors: Bradley Keoun ( top authors )
Source: CoinDesk: Bitcoin, Ethereum, Crypto News and Price Data ( active sources )
Published: 2024-08-14 20:12:25
The Protocol: Memecoin Trading Is Suddenly Trump.fun
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Ghost Chains to Goldmines: How to Create Web3 Products That People Want   north  
The incentive structure of the current blockchain ecosystem works against useful innovation. CoinDesk columnist Azeem Khan has some ideas to fix that.
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Keywords: Opinion, opinion, Opinion

Authors: Azeem Khan ( top authors )
Source: CoinDesk: Bitcoin, Ethereum, Crypto News and Price Data ( active sources )
Published: 2024-08-14 20:02:16
Ghost Chains to Goldmines: How to Create Web3 Products That People Want
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Democrats Make Pitch For Crypto Voters. Will Crypto Listen?   north  
A Crypto4Harris town hall tonight aims to show the strength of Democrat commitment on digital assets.
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Keywords: News Analysis, news_analysis, Analysis, Election 2024

Authors: Ben Schiller ( top authors )
Source: CoinDesk: Bitcoin, Ethereum, Crypto News and Price Data ( active sources )
Published: 2024-08-14 18:49:25
Democrats Make Pitch For Crypto Voters. Will Crypto Listen?
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Nearly $600M of Silk Road Bitcoin Hits Coinbase Prime, but Not Necessarily to Sell   north  
Bitcoin's price remained flat around $59,000, while its swift decline from $61,000 earlier today happened before the transaction.
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Keywords: Markets, news

Authors: Krisztian Sandor ( top authors )
Source: CoinDesk: Bitcoin, Ethereum, Crypto News and Price Data ( active sources )
Published: 2024-08-14 18:11:39
Nearly $600M of Silk Road Bitcoin Hits Coinbase Prime, but Not Necessarily to Sell
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The Coming Financialization of Hashrate Markets   north  
Bitcoin hashrate, the computational power securing the Bitcoin network, is emerging as a unique commodity with intriguing investment potential, say Sadiq Jaffer, Senior Manager, Financial Services, KPMG UK, and Kunal Bhasin, partner for Digital Assets Center of Excellence, KPMG Canada.
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Keywords: Opinion, opinion, Opinion, Crypto Long & Short, Hashrate, Mining, Bitcoin Mining

Authors: Kunal Bhasin ( top authors )
Source: CoinDesk: Bitcoin, Ethereum, Crypto News and Price Data ( active sources )
Published: 2024-08-14 17:34:51
The Coming Financialization of Hashrate Markets
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Binance to Pay $1.7M to Brazilian Securities Commission to End Probe Into Unauthorized Derivatives Offering   north  
The Latin American country's agency had rejected Binance’s previous proposal, made in August 2023, to end an investigation into its derivatives products.
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Keywords: Policy, news, Binance, Settlement, Brazil, CVM

Authors: Andrés Engler ( top authors )
Source: CoinDesk: Bitcoin, Ethereum, Crypto News and Price Data ( active sources )
Published: 2024-08-14 17:26:37
Binance to Pay $1.7M to Brazilian Securities Commission to End Probe Into Unauthorized Derivatives Offering
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The Anatomy of a Meltdown (and Just BTFD)   north  
GSR’s Brian Rudick discusses the recent market meltdown, how towering bull tenets and fading risks could propel Bitcoin to $1m, and why the recent dip is a gift, all combining to make cryptocurrency’s risk-reward its most compelling in years.
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Keywords: Markets, opinion, Opinion, Crypto Long & Short, Bitcoin Price, market crash, market downturn, Bull Market, bitcoin investing

Authors: Brian Rudick ( top authors )
Source: CoinDesk: Bitcoin, Ethereum, Crypto News and Price Data ( active sources )
Published: 2024-08-14 17:11:26
The Anatomy of a Meltdown (and Just BTFD)
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Bitcoin Price May Turn Lower as Crypto Exchanges See $1B USDT Withdrawal: IntoTheBlock   north  
The previous two occasions when exchanges saw similar USDT outflows earlier this year occurred near local tops in bitcoin's price, IntoTheBlock analysts noted.
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Keywords: Markets, news, Markets, Bitcoin, USDT, IntoTheBlock, bitcoin, bitcoin price, btc price

Authors: Krisztian Sandor ( top authors )
Source: CoinDesk: Bitcoin, Ethereum, Crypto News and Price Data ( active sources )
Published: 2024-08-14 16:44:58
Bitcoin Price May Turn Lower as Crypto Exchanges See $1B USDT Withdrawal: IntoTheBlock
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Digital Assets Infrastructure Provider Parfin Raises $10M in Series A Funding   north  
The company plans to reach $16 million by the end of a second closing.
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Keywords: Finance, news, EVM, Series A, Series A round, latin america, Brazil, Fundraising

Authors: Andrés Engler ( top authors )
Source: CoinDesk: Bitcoin, Ethereum, Crypto News and Price Data ( active sources )
Published: 2024-08-14 14:30:36
Digital Assets Infrastructure Provider Parfin Raises $10M in Series A Funding
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Ethereum-Based Swell Imports Wrapped Bitcoin to Serve as Liquid Restaking Token   north  
Users can deposit their wBTC to get swBTC in return, with yield expected to start flowing from mid-September – as part of a blockchain "restaking" scheme ultimately designed to secure protocols in the Ethereum blockchain ecosystem.
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Keywords: Technology, news, Bitcoin, Restaking, EigenLayer, Swell

Authors: Jamie Crawley ( top authors )
Source: CoinDesk: Bitcoin, Ethereum, Crypto News and Price Data ( active sources )
Published: 2024-08-14 14:30:00
Ethereum-Based Swell Imports Wrapped Bitcoin to Serve as Liquid Restaking Token
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Hut 8 Upgraded to Buy, Risk Reward Is to the Upside: H.C. Wainwright   north  
The broker upgraded the bitcoin miner's shares to buy from sell and raised its price target on the stock to $13.50 from $7.50.
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Keywords: Markets, news, Bitcoin Miners, Analyst Ratings, Earnings, Hut 8

Authors: Will Canny ( top authors )
Source: CoinDesk: Bitcoin, Ethereum, Crypto News and Price Data ( active sources )
Published: 2024-08-14 14:28:05
Hut 8 Upgraded to Buy, Risk Reward Is to the Upside: H.C. Wainwright
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CoinDesk 20 Performance Update: RNDR and SOL Propel Index to a 1.3% Increase   north  
Render climbs 3.3% while Solana adds 3.0%, helping drive the index upward.
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Keywords: CoinDesk Indices, news, CoinDesk 20, CoinDesk Indices, Price, charts, CoinDesk Indices, CoinDesk 20, Crypto Price, Cryptocurrency

Authors: CoinDesk Indices, Tracy Stephens ( top authors )
Source: CoinDesk: Bitcoin, Ethereum, Crypto News and Price Data ( active sources )
Published: 2024-08-14 13:48:31
CoinDesk 20 Performance Update: RNDR and SOL Propel Index to a 1.3% Increase
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Thailand's PM Removed, But Crypto Policies Likely to Remain 'Largely' Unaffected in Political Uncertainty   north  
Thailand Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin's shock removal from office by a court on Wednesday may not impact crypto rules in the nation, even if some policy implementations may be affected, experts told CoinDesk.
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Keywords: Policy, news, Regulations, Thailand, Crypto, Court, Election 2024, Srettha Thavisin, Thailand, Crypto, Court, Removal, Digital Policy

Authors: Amitoj Singh ( top authors )
Source: CoinDesk: Bitcoin, Ethereum, Crypto News and Price Data ( active sources )
Published: 2024-08-14 13:06:53
Thailand's PM Removed, But Crypto Policies Likely to Remain 'Largely' Unaffected in Political Uncertainty
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Sahara AI, Blockchain Project Tackling Copyright and Privacy, Raises $43M   north  
The large funding round was led by Pantera Capital, Binance Labs and Polychain Capital and included participation from Samsung, Matrix Partners, Foresight Ventures and others.
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Keywords: Finance, news, Funding Rounds, AI, Pantera Capital, Binance Labs, Polychain Capital

Authors: Jamie Crawley ( top authors )
Source: CoinDesk: Bitcoin, Ethereum, Crypto News and Price Data ( active sources )
Published: 2024-08-14 13:00:00
Sahara AI, Blockchain Project Tackling Copyright and Privacy, Raises $43M
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First Mover Americas: BTC Tops $61K, But Traders Remain Cautious   north  
The latest price moves in bitcoin (BTC) and crypto markets in context for Aug. 14, 2024. First Mover is CoinDesk’s daily newsletter that contextualizes the latest actions in the crypto markets.
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Keywords: Markets, news, Bitcoin, Ether, First Mover

Authors: Jamie Crawley ( top authors )
Source: CoinDesk: Bitcoin, Ethereum, Crypto News and Price Data ( active sources )
Published: 2024-08-14 12:16:19
First Mover Americas: BTC Tops $61K, But Traders Remain Cautious
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Crypto is a 'Purple Issue': Circle's Jeremy Allaire   north  
The Circle CEO cited prior bi-partisan work on stablecoin legislation and FIT21 as proof crypto doesn't belong to a particular political party
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Keywords: Policy, news, Circle, Jeremy Allaire, Circle, Jeremy Allaire

Authors: Sam Reynolds ( top authors )
Source: CoinDesk: Bitcoin, Ethereum, Crypto News and Price Data ( active sources )
Published: 2024-08-14 12:12:47
Crypto is a 'Purple Issue': Circle's Jeremy Allaire
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Pump.Fun's Removal of $2 Issuance Charge Pushes Daily Fees to All-Time Highs, But Users are Unhappy   north  
The viral application allows anyone to issue a token on the Solana blockchain. It recently dropped a fee it charged for doing so, leading to thousands of “rugs” being created and attracting a spike in complaints.
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Keywords: Markets, news, Solana, meme, Memecoin, SOL, PUMP, SOLANA, TRADING, MEMECOINS

Authors: Shaurya Malwa ( top authors )
Source: CoinDesk: Bitcoin, Ethereum, Crypto News and Price Data ( active sources )
Published: 2024-08-14 12:00:56
Pump.Fun's Removal of $2 Issuance Charge Pushes Daily Fees to All-Time Highs, But Users are Unhappy
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MetaMask Starts Rollout of Blockchain-Based Debit Card Developed With Mastercard, Baanx   north  
The new offering will allow MetaMask users to purchase directly from their self-custodial crypto wallet.
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Keywords: Finance, news, MetaMask, Mastercard, Debit Cards, Payments Network, Linea, ConsenSys, Exclusive, metamask, metamask card

Authors: Krisztian Sandor ( top authors )
Source: CoinDesk: Bitcoin, Ethereum, Crypto News and Price Data ( active sources )
Published: 2024-08-14 12:00:00
MetaMask Starts Rollout of Blockchain-Based Debit Card Developed With Mastercard, Baanx
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TON Crypto Ecosystem Gets Its Own Venture Fund to Invest $40M in Consumer Apps   north  
The TON ecosystem, originally started by Telegram, has seen explosive growth lately with web3 games such as Hamster Kombat attracting many millions of users.
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Keywords: Finance, news, TON, Toncoin, Telegram, Venture Capital, toncoin, ton, telegram, telegram ventures

Authors: Krisztian Sandor ( top authors )
Source: CoinDesk: Bitcoin, Ethereum, Crypto News and Price Data ( active sources )
Published: 2024-08-14 12:00:00
TON Crypto Ecosystem Gets Its Own Venture Fund to Invest $40M in Consumer Apps
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Ethereum Set for Overhaul of Crucial Programming Standard With 'EVM Object Format'   north  
The EOF proposal is a series of smaller EIPs that include measures aimed at updating and improving the Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM), the programming environment that executes smart contracts on the blockchain, and arguably Ethereum’s secret sauce that made it different from Bitcoin and other [...]
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Keywords: Technology, news, Ethereum, EVM, smart contracts, Upgrade, hard fork

Authors: Margaux Nijkerk ( top authors )
Source: CoinDesk: Bitcoin, Ethereum, Crypto News and Price Data ( active sources )
Published: 2024-08-14 11:00:00
Ethereum Set for Overhaul of Crucial Programming Standard With 'EVM Object Format'
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Crypto.com Secures Multiyear Sponsorship Deal With UEFA Champions League   north  
Crypto.com's sponsorship of the Champions League will be unveiled officially at Wednesday's UEFA Super Cup match between Real Madrid and Atalanta in Warsaw.
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Keywords: Finance, news, Crypto.com, UEFA, UEFA Champions League, Soccer, Sponsorship

Authors: Jamie Crawley ( top authors )
Source: CoinDesk: Bitcoin, Ethereum, Crypto News and Price Data ( active sources )
Published: 2024-08-14 10:48:35
Crypto.com Secures Multiyear Sponsorship Deal With UEFA Champions League
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Is the US CPI Anti-Climactic?   north  
Overview: Today's US CPI is the focus but the bar to a Fed cut next month is low, and it could prove anti-climactic. The more moderate inflation reading creates more space for the central bank to respond to signs of a continued slowing of the US labor market and adopt less restrictive policy. [...]
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Keywords: $USD, Australia, China, Currency Movement, FOMC, Inflation, Japan, UK, US

Authors: Marc Chandler ( top authors )
Source: Marc to Market ( active sources )
Published: 2024-08-14 10:37:00
Is the US CPI Anti-Climactic?
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