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Solana Changes Name to 'Solano' After Jack Dorsey Typo
Jack Dorsey misspelled the blockchain's name in a tweet as he set out his vision for what the next iteration of the internet should look like.
By CoinMarketCap
2yr ago
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Altcoins
'Categorically False': Do Kwon Denies Cashing $2.7 BILLION Out of Terra Before Collapse
After damning allegations resurfaced, the embattled entrepreneur wrote on Twitter: "I lost most of what I had in the crash too."
By Connor Sephton
2yr ago
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Altcoins
Celsius Suspends ALL Withdrawals and Blames 'Extreme Market Conditions' — CEL Token Down 50%
Inevitably, parallels are now being drawn with the sudden and dramatic collapse of Terra — with LUNA and UST racking up double-digit losses in a matter of hours as they began a death spiral.
By Connor Sephton
2yr ago
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Crypto News
Podcast: Analyst Thinks Bitcoin Bottom is in — and Reveals Prediction for End of 2022
Also today, find out which surprising celebrity is becoming the latest to jump into the NFT space.
By Connor Sephton
2yr ago
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Crypto News
Police Investigate Claims Terra Employee 'Embezzled' Bitcoin Holdings
Consumers in South Korea were especially affected by Luna's demise, and estimates suggest about 280,000 people had invested in the cryptocurrency.
By Connor Sephton
2yr ago
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Crypto News
Fortnite Token Called 'Scam' By CEO — But Crypto Project Bites Back
Tim Sweeney, who heads up Epic Games, said his firm's lawyers are working to take action against Twitter accounts that promote Fortnite Tokens.
By Connor Sephton
2yr ago
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Altcoins
A Country May Adopt a 'S***coin' as Legal Tender, Samson Mow Warns
Speaking to CoinMarketCap's The Capital conference in the metaverse, the Jan3 CEO said such a development would be "entertainment."
By Connor Sephton
2yr ago
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Bitcoin
Kraken's Dan Held Reveals Why He Only Recommends Bitcoin to His Twitter Followers
"You can easily pick another coin that might go up higher than Bitcoin. But as we're seeing in a bear market, they dip harder than Bitcoin."
By Connor Sephton
2yr ago
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Bitcoin
This Crypto Winter Won't Be as Harsh as Previous Ones, Kraken's Dan Held Says
Held also pointed to the fact that the recent bull run wasn't as dramatic as earlier cycles — with Bitcoin failing to deliver a big blow off top.
By Connor Sephton
2yr ago
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Crypto Basics
How to Stake Avalanche (AVAX)?
Got some AVAX in your wallet? Why not stake those tokens to earn passive income? Here is a guide to the best platforms to stake Avalanche (AVAX) for maximum returns!
By Avyan
2yr ago
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Crypto News
CoinMarketCap News, May 25: 'You've Stolen Everything from Me,' Investor Tells Do Kwon
Also today, a stolen Bored Ape NFT could create some rather unpleasant legal headaches for a well-known actor.
By Connor Sephton
2yr ago
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Crypto News
Podcast: Anger as Terra Revived, Bored Ape in TV Show Stolen, Crypto Exec Vows to Stop Trump
Also today, Ukraine gets creative as it tries to encourage crypto investors to carry on donating.
By Connor Sephton
2yr ago
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Terra's Blockchain to Be Revived, But Some Investors Are Furious with Do Kwon
The proposal's approval means that the new network is scheduled to launch on Friday, with a fresh round of LUNA tokens airdropped to existing investors.
By Connor Sephton
2yr ago
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Tech Deep Dives
UST Downfall Brings Record Volumes to Curve: IntoTheBlock
Following the recent events, IntoTheBlock analyzes the market behavior during the time of crisis using trading volume data of the market-leading DEX for stablecoins on-chain trading.
By Pedro Negron
2yr ago
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CoinMarketCap News, May 24: Terra is Being Rebuilt... But is Investing a Bad Idea?
Also today, crypto dominates discussion at the World Economic Forum in Davos.
By Connor Sephton
2yr ago
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Crypto News
Martin Shkreli Talks Crypto on Twitter, Says Vitalik Buterin is 'Full of S***', Gets Suspended
Over the weekend, the convicted felon revealed that he had started using Uniswap in prison — describing the decentralized exchange as "really cool."
By Connor Sephton
2yr ago
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Altcoins
Crypto Influencer Arrested After Trying to Confront Do Kwon at His Home
Chancers — who lost $2.4 million when LUNA and UST collapsed — told the BBC he found out where Kwon lived online, and then decided to travel to his home to confront him.
By Connor Sephton
2yr ago
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Tech Deep Dives
Are Algorithmic Stablecoins Dead Already? A Full Breakdown of the Terra Crash
CoinMarketCap Academy takes a look at the rise, and fall, of algorithmic stablecoins — and what the future holds for this stablecoin model.
By Daniel Phillips
2yr ago
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