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Will USD be Bought on the Fact after Being Sold on Expectations of a Softer CPI?   north  
Overview: The dollar is trading heavily against the G10 currencies and most of the currencies from emerging markets. The market expects softer US CPI (and retail sales) today. Any decline in the year-over-year core rate would put it at its lowest level since April 2021. Still, this has been [...]
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Keywords: $USD, Australia, Canada, China, CPI, Currency Movement, EMU, Japan, Sweden, tariffs, US

Authors: Marc Chandler ( top authors )
Source: Marc to Market ( active sources )
Published: 2024-05-15 10:10:00
Will USD be Bought on the Fact after Being Sold on Expectations of a Softer CPI?
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Degen Chain Back Online After Two-Day Hiatus   north  
The layer-3 blockchain for meme coins was offline for over 50 hours.
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Keywords: Finance, news, meme coins, Layer 3, Outages, Degen chain

Authors: Sam Reynolds ( top authors )
Source: CoinDesk: Bitcoin, Ethereum, Crypto News and Price Data ( active sources )
Published: 2024-05-15 09:47:46
Degen Chain Back Online After Two-Day Hiatus
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Sonne Finance Token Drops 60% After $20M Exploit on Optimism   north  
Attackers stole ether, velo and stablecoins before developers mitigated the hack and paused operations. Sonne’s markets on the Base blockchain were not affected.
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Keywords: Technology, news, DeFi, Hack, Lending, SONNE, hack, attack, exploit

Authors: Shaurya Malwa ( top authors )
Source: CoinDesk: Bitcoin, Ethereum, Crypto News and Price Data ( active sources )
Published: 2024-05-15 09:11:16
Sonne Finance Token Drops 60% After $20M Exploit on Optimism
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Bitcoin DeFi Tool Alex Lab Loses $4.3M in Hack, Offers 10% Bounty for Stolen Funds   north  
The ALEX team proposed a 10% bounty on the total stolen funds in exchange for the return of 90% of assets.
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Keywords: Finance, news, Bitcoin, Hack, bitcoin, btc, hack, defi, private key

Authors: Shaurya Malwa ( top authors )
Source: CoinDesk: Bitcoin, Ethereum, Crypto News and Price Data ( active sources )
Published: 2024-05-15 07:51:47
Bitcoin DeFi Tool Alex Lab Loses $4.3M in Hack, Offers 10% Bounty for Stolen Funds
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Crypto's Election Season Is Kicking Off   north  
The U.S. is holding its presidential election this fall. More than half a dozen other countries and bodies are likewise holding – or have held – elections this year. Some candidates and lawmakers have already addressed crypto, whether appealing to the industry or just commenting on the [...]
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Keywords: Policy, opinion, Newsletters, State of Crypto, Regulations, Election 2024

Authors: Nikhilesh De ( top authors )
Source: CoinDesk: Bitcoin, Ethereum, Crypto News and Price Data ( active sources )
Published: 2024-05-15 07:30:00
Crypto's Election Season Is Kicking Off
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Former FTX Exec Ryan Salame Asks for Lenient 18 Months in Prison   north  
Attorneys for former FTX executive Ryan Salame are asking for 18 months in prison, citing his cooperation with authorities and remorse.
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Keywords: Policy, news, FTX, Court

Authors: Sam Reynolds ( top authors )
Source: CoinDesk: Bitcoin, Ethereum, Crypto News and Price Data ( active sources )
Published: 2024-05-15 05:46:34
Former FTX Exec Ryan Salame Asks for Lenient 18 Months in Prison
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IOTA 2.0 Testnet Goes Live   north  
The IOTA Foundation has launched the IOTA 2.0 public testnet, a major advancement marking years of development aimed at full decentralization.
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Source: IOTA Foundation Blog ( active sources )
Published: 2024-05-15 00:00:00
IOTA 2.0 Testnet Goes Live
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Lido Co-Founders, Paradigm Secretly Back EigenLayer Competitor as DeFi Battle Lines Form   north  
The popularity of new blockchain “restaking" protocols led by EigenLayer has drawn a response from the principals behind the liquid staking platform Lido, which itself burst onto the scene a couple of years ago to become the largest project in decentralized finance.
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Keywords: Technology, news, Restaking, EigenLayer, Lido, Staking, Ethereum, Paradigm, Exclusive

Authors: Sam Kessler ( top authors )
Source: CoinDesk: Bitcoin, Ethereum, Crypto News and Price Data ( active sources )
Published: 2024-05-14 22:32:01
Lido Co-Founders, Paradigm Secretly Back EigenLayer Competitor as DeFi Battle Lines Form
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Irthu Suresh: Using Blockchain Tech to Reduce Water Shortages   north  
The founder of the Atlantis water exchange is a speaker at this year’s Consensus festival in Austin, Texas, May 29-31.
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Keywords: Consensus Magazine, interview, Consensus 2024

Authors: Jeff Wilser ( top authors )
Source: CoinDesk: Bitcoin, Ethereum, Crypto News and Price Data ( active sources )
Published: 2024-05-14 21:41:36
Irthu Suresh: Using Blockchain Tech to Reduce Water Shortages
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Insider at Solana's Cypher Protocol Admits to Stealing $300K   north  
Core contributor Hoak blamed his actions on a "crippling gambling addiction."
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Keywords: Finance, news, Solana

Authors: Danny Nelson ( top authors )
Source: CoinDesk: Bitcoin, Ethereum, Crypto News and Price Data ( active sources )
Published: 2024-05-14 21:13:57
Insider at Solana's Cypher Protocol Admits to Stealing $300K
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Vitalik Buterin's Ethereum Wallet Proposal, Scribbled in 22 Minutes, Gets Positive Reviews   north  
After a technical proposal to improve Ethereum wallets met with some opposition, a familiar figure swooped in last week to devise an alternative.
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Keywords: Technology, news

Authors: Margaux Nijkerk ( top authors )
Source: CoinDesk: Bitcoin, Ethereum, Crypto News and Price Data ( active sources )
Published: 2024-05-14 19:47:41
Vitalik Buterin's Ethereum Wallet Proposal, Scribbled in 22 Minutes, Gets Positive Reviews
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The Crypto Industry’s Influence on U.S. Elections is Bigger Than Ever, Industry Insiders Say   north  
The crypto industry is throwing its weight around in Washington in hopes of influencing the upcoming U.S. elections, spending an unprecedented amount of money to get crypto-friendly candidates elected and educate lawmakers – all in hopes of finally getting a friendly regulatory framework for [...]
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Keywords: Policy, news_analysis, Regulations, Election 2024, Joe Biden, Donald Trump, US Elections

Authors: Cheyenne Ligon ( top authors )
Source: CoinDesk: Bitcoin, Ethereum, Crypto News and Price Data ( active sources )
Published: 2024-05-14 18:30:00
The Crypto Industry’s Influence on U.S. Elections is Bigger Than Ever, Industry Insiders Say
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DeFi Lender Liquity Unveils New Stablecoin With User-Set Borrowing Rates in White Paper   north  
Liquity V2 will allow borrowers to set their borrowing costs, a novel approach in DeFi, and pays the lion's share of protocol revenues back to liquidity providers.
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Keywords: Technology, news, Liquity, DeFi, Decentralized Finance, Stablecoins, Lending, liquity, defi, defi lending

Authors: Krisztian Sandor ( top authors )
Source: CoinDesk: Bitcoin, Ethereum, Crypto News and Price Data ( active sources )
Published: 2024-05-14 15:45:46
DeFi Lender Liquity Unveils New Stablecoin With User-Set Borrowing Rates in White Paper
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'Liquid Vesting' Is Oxymoronic Blockchain Feature That Lets Early Investors Sell Without Waiting   north  
A new feature from Colony Lab, a developer and project incubator in the Avalanche blockchain ecosystem, called "liquid vesting," lets users sell their tokens before their vesting period is over.
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Keywords: Technology, news, Avalanche, Avalanche blockchain

Authors: Margaux Nijkerk ( top authors )
Source: CoinDesk: Bitcoin, Ethereum, Crypto News and Price Data ( active sources )
Published: 2024-05-14 15:17:21
'Liquid Vesting' Is Oxymoronic Blockchain Feature That Lets Early Investors Sell Without Waiting
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State of Wisconsin Buys Nearly $100M Worth of BlackRock Spot Bitcoin ETF   north  
The U.S. state of Wisconsin purchased 94,562 shares of the BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) in the first quarter of the year, a filing shows. The shares are worth nearly $100 million.
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Keywords: Finance, news, Spot bitcoin etf, fund, BlackRock, spot bitcoin etfs, bitcoin, crypto markets, wisconsin crypto

Authors: Helene Braun ( top authors )
Source: CoinDesk: Bitcoin, Ethereum, Crypto News and Price Data ( active sources )
Published: 2024-05-14 14:47:36
State of Wisconsin Buys Nearly $100M Worth of BlackRock Spot Bitcoin ETF
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Peter Thiel's Founders Fund, Vitalik Buterin Back $45M Investment in Polymarket   north  
The series B funding round comes during a breakout year for the crypto-based prediction market platform, and brings its total funding close to $75 million.
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Keywords: Finance, news, Prediction Markets, Funding Rounds, Polymarket, Peter Thiel, Vitalik Buterin

Authors: Marc Hochstein ( top authors )
Source: CoinDesk: Bitcoin, Ethereum, Crypto News and Price Data ( active sources )
Published: 2024-05-14 14:00:00
Peter Thiel's Founders Fund, Vitalik Buterin Back $45M Investment in Polymarket
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'CryptoDad' Giancarlo Joins Paxos Board   north  
Paxos has added J. Christopher Giancarlo, a former chairman of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission who has been a public advocate for the cryptocurrency sector, to its board of directors, the company told CoinDesk.
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Keywords: Policy, news, Regulations, Chris Giancarlo, Paxos, Paypal usd, Board of Directors, Exclusive

Authors: Jesse Hamilton ( top authors )
Source: CoinDesk: Bitcoin, Ethereum, Crypto News and Price Data ( active sources )
Published: 2024-05-14 13:01:00
'CryptoDad' Giancarlo Joins Paxos Board
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RWA Platform Re Debuts Tokenized Reinsurance Fund on Avalanche with $15M Commitment from Nexus Mutual   north  
The aims to broaden access to the $1 trillion reinsurance industry, making it more efficient and transparent with blockchain technology.
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Keywords: Finance, news, reinsurance, Nexus Mutual, Tokenization, Real World Assets, Avalanche, Exclusive, tokenized assets, rwa, tokenized rwa

Authors: Krisztian Sandor ( top authors )
Source: CoinDesk: Bitcoin, Ethereum, Crypto News and Price Data ( active sources )
Published: 2024-05-14 13:00:00
RWA Platform Re Debuts Tokenized Reinsurance Fund on Avalanche with $15M Commitment from Nexus Mutual
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First Mover Americas: Bitcoin Dips Below $62K Ahead of U.S. Inflation Figures   north  
The latest price moves in bitcoin (BTC) and crypto markets in context for May 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, Omkar Godbole ( top authors )
Source: CoinDesk: Bitcoin, Ethereum, Crypto News and Price Data ( active sources )
Published: 2024-05-14 12:01:00
First Mover Americas: Bitcoin Dips Below $62K Ahead of U.S. Inflation Figures
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Tornado Cash Developer Alexey Pertsev Sentenced to 64 Months in Prison by Dutch Court   north  
Alexey Pertsev was found guilty of money laundering $1.2 billion worth of crypto.
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Keywords: Policy, news, Regulations, Crypto, Tornado Cash, Alexey Pertsev, Alexey Pertsev, Tornado Cash Trial

Authors: Camomile Shumba ( top authors )
Source: CoinDesk: Bitcoin, Ethereum, Crypto News and Price Data ( active sources )
Published: 2024-05-14 11:34:39
Tornado Cash Developer Alexey Pertsev Sentenced to 64 Months in Prison by Dutch Court
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GameStop Rally Sends Meme Coins Skywards; PEPE, FLOKI, MOG Surge   north  
“Roaring Kitty is living proof that retail can mog (outperform) institutions at the highest level,” one meme coin developer said.
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Keywords: Markets, news, meme coin, Trading, Markets, FLOKI, PEPE, MOG, DOGE, trading, gamestop

Authors: Shaurya Malwa ( top authors )
Source: CoinDesk: Bitcoin, Ethereum, Crypto News and Price Data ( active sources )
Published: 2024-05-14 11:03:50
GameStop Rally Sends Meme Coins Skywards; PEPE, FLOKI, MOG Surge
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Powell, PPI, and US Tariff Announcement on China Featured   north  
Overview: The tone in the foreign exchange market today is mostly consolidative. The two notable exceptions are the yen and yuan. Despite higher JGBs yields amid speculation that the BOJ will scale back bond purchases, as it did yesterday, to support the yen, the greenback is at its best level [...]
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Keywords: $USD, BOJ, China, Currency Movement, Germany, Japan, UK, US

Authors: Marc Chandler ( top authors )
Source: Marc to Market ( active sources )
Published: 2024-05-14 10:10:00
Powell, PPI,  and US Tariff Announcement on China Featured
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Bitcoin Runes Protocol Sees Traction Waning After Much-Hyped Introduction   north  
User activity has plunged after a hyped run-up to the start of the Runes protocol , which was expected by some to mirror Solana’s meme coin ecosystem.
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Keywords: Technology, news, Bitcoin, Trading, Markets, Runes, btc, BITCOIN, runes, meme coins

Authors: Shaurya Malwa ( top authors )
Source: CoinDesk: Bitcoin, Ethereum, Crypto News and Price Data ( active sources )
Published: 2024-05-14 09:20:15
Bitcoin Runes Protocol Sees Traction Waning After Much-Hyped Introduction
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Industry Stakeholders Believe a UK Election Won't Derail Crypto Plans   north  
The U.K.'s expected election this year shouldn't affect the country's efforts to regulate cryptocurrency much, industry observers say.
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Keywords: Policy, news, Regulations, Election 2024, UK Election

Authors: Camomile Shumba ( top authors )
Source: CoinDesk: Bitcoin, Ethereum, Crypto News and Price Data ( active sources )
Published: 2024-05-14 07:00:00
Industry Stakeholders Believe a UK Election Won't Derail Crypto Plans
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Philippines' Central Bank Gives Approval to Coins.ph to Pilot Stablecoin in Key Remittance Market   north  
Philippines' central bank has given its approval to digital currency exchange Coins.ph to pilot a Philippine Peso backed stablecoin called PHPC, the company said last week.
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Keywords: Policy, news, Regulations, Philippines, Stablecoin, Peso Digital, Crypto, Remittances, Coins.ph, Remittances, Stablecoins, Philippines, Peso, Coins.ph

Authors: Amitoj Singh ( top authors )
Source: CoinDesk: Bitcoin, Ethereum, Crypto News and Price Data ( active sources )
Published: 2024-05-14 06:29:13
Philippines' Central Bank Gives Approval to Coins.ph to Pilot Stablecoin in Key Remittance Market
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