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2022-01-25 02:03:00 Russian crypto exchange Latoken's Twitter account has been hacked. Open / Comment

2022-01-23 02:49:34 Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos lose billions as tech stocks and crypto suffer steep falls

Tumbling tech stocks and cryptocurrencies have seen the fortunes of some of the world’s richest people take a hit over the past week.

Bloomberg reports that Tesla and SpaceX founder Elon Musk lost $25.1bn, Amazon’s Jeff Bezos saw a $20bn drop in his fortune, Changpeng Zhao of Binance lost $17.7bn, and Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg is $10.4bn worse off.

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2022-01-23 00:11:51 Crypto Crash Takes Near, Algorand, and Theta More Than 20% Lower Today

Double-digit declines on a given day are one thing. However, when we see a number of top

As of 10:15 a.m. ET, Near Protocol (CRYPTO: NEAR), Alogrand (CRYPTO: ALGO), and Theta Network (CRYPTO: THETA)

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2022-01-22 21:50:49 White House Is Set to Put Itself at Center of U.S. Crypto Policy

The Biden administration is preparing to release an initial government-wide strategy for digital assets as soon as next month and task federal agencies with assessing the risks and opportunities that they pose, according to people familiar with the matter.

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2022-01-22 19:57:27 Bulgaria looking into crypto payment options. Open / Comment

2022-01-22 18:28:04 Twitter’s new NFT profile feature ruffles feathers in crypto community, including those of Elon Musk

Reaction in the crypto community has been mixed to Twitter’s move to start allowing some users to use their non-fungible tokens, or NFTs, as their profile pictures on Thursday.

Elon Musk, chief executive at Tesla Inc. TSLA, -5.26%, wrote Friday on Twitter that the new feature is “annoying.”

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2022-01-21 21:17:29 Russia proposes ban on use and mining of cryptocurrencies

Russia's central bank on Thursday proposed banning the use and mining of cryptocurrencies on Russian territory, citing threats to financial stability, citizens' wellbeing and its monetary policy sovereignty.

The move is the latest in a global cryptocurrency crackdown as governments from Asia to the United States worry that privately operated and highly volatile digital currencies could undermine their control of financial and monetary systems.

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2022-01-21 18:09:25 Boston nurse fired for nudes on OnlyFans launches crypto porn app

She’s assembled a team of 20 developers and is putting the finishing touches on a new Only Fans meets Instagram style crypto-powered social platform called WetSpace. It’s due to launch in beta in February, accepting payments in a range of stablecoins across different chains to mitigate issues with gas fees. NFT support will come in the project’s second stage mid-year.

“It was at that time that I figured out crypto was the answer.”

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2022-01-21 16:15:10 India’s cryptocurrency ecosystem is eagerly hoping for a hint of regulation from the government come Feb. 1, 2022.

India’s Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present the nation’s budget at the beginning of the month, considered the most important financial day of the year for the world’s largest democracy.

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2022-01-21 13:46:00 Paysafe partners with transcoin.me to enable cash funding for cryptocurrency exchange

Customers across Europe who prefer to use cash for online transactions can now use Paysafecash, one of Paysafe’s eCash solutions, to add cash into their transcoin.me a fiat account.

Transcoin’s existing suite of payment methods already includes Paysafe’s digital wallets, Skrill and NETELLER.

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