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Meta was known as Facebook back then, while the Diem digital currency had initially been referred to as Libra. And as for the Novi digital wallet, that had previously been called Calibra.

Officials say the forfeited Bitcoin is linked to Aleksandr Sikerin, whose last-known address placed him in the Russian city of Saint Petersburg.

Major crypto exchanges are going to be slapped with a digital services tax — and they'll have to stump up 2% of their annual revenues.

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In other news, Bitcoin performed quite strongly on Thanksgiving — surpassing $59,000 for a time — but this comes as PlanB's stock-to-flow model is plunged into doubt.

PlanB had previously described this price as "the worst-case scenario" for the world's biggest cryptocurrency.

Figures from Blockdata suggest that the BTC network has handled an average of $489 million in every three-month period of 2021, compared with PayPal's $302 billion.

Three-quarters of the stamps ended up selling out in three hours.

The popular sportswear brand announced the news on Twitter, mischievously adding: "Probably nothing."

As Facebook plunges head first into virtual worlds — following blockchain-based projects including Decentraland — the metaverse is an "internet evolution" that's ripe for investment.

Bitcoin is struggling to regain bullish momentum, while Ethereum is being attacked for high gas fees. And if that wasn't enough, adverts for altcoins are coming under fresh scrutiny.

The Advertising Standards Authority has now laid out a tougher set of rules that businesses must follow to protect investors.

In this week's episode, analysts tell us how low BTC could go — and the levels that need to be reclaimed for further rises. Plus, an easy-to-understand look at the rest of the crypto news.

ConstitutionDAO was confident it had enough funds to snap up the historic document, but had to throw in the towel once bids exceeded $40 million.

The NFT Bay has been dubbed "The Billion Dollar Torrent" — and promises to feature every single crypto collectible that's been issued on the Ethereum and Solana blockchains.

The Circle Impact program seeks to work on a Digital Finance Literacy Initiative, and create a team to help deliver "corruption resistant" funding to humanitarian and development aid groups.

And in other news, Joe Biden signs the $1 trillion infrastructure bill into law — bringing with it new reporting requirements for cryptocurrency transactions

The increase came hours after announcing the half-billion-dollar debt offering and filing a quarterly earnings report revealing an SEC investigation that knocked 27% off its share price.