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Crypto News
United States Trustee Requests Independent Examiner in Celsius Bankruptcy Case
The Celsius bankruptcy case takes another twist, as the U.S. asks for an independent examiner.
By Ivan Cryptoslav
1yr ago
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Crypto News
Mercado Libre Launches Its Own Crypto Token
Mercado Libre, Latin America's biggest online retailer, launches Mercado Coin.
By Ivan Cryptoslav
1yr ago
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Crypto News
Crypto Banks on Track to Receive Upgrade by New Federal Reserve Guidelines
U.S. crypto banks may soon be able to serve crypto and fiat customers.
By Ivan Cryptoslav
1yr ago
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Crypto News
Crypto.com Registers With UK Financial Conduct Authority, UK Proposing Stablecoin Regulation
While Crypto.com successfully registered with the UK's FCA, the country's policymakers introduced a new stablecoin bill.
By Ivan Cryptoslav
1yr ago
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Crypto News
Digital Ruble Could Come as Early as 2024
The Bank of Russia targets 2024 as the launch year for its digital currency.
By Ivan Cryptoslav
1yr ago
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Crypto Basics
What Does Vesting Mean in Crypto?
Vesting periods, vesting schedules, token unlocks and vested tokens. What exactly do these mean, and how does it affect the circulating supply of a cryptocurrency? Read on to find out more.
By Daniel Phillips
1yr ago
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Crypto Basics
An Overview of Nigeria’s eNaira CBDC
Considering the size of Nigeria’s economy and population, this adoption is a significant milestone in the evolution of CBDCs.
By Werner Vermaak
1yr ago
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Crypto Basics
Custodial vs Non-Custodial Wallets
A deep dive into the key differences that separate custodial vs non-custodial wallets.
By Hassan Shafiq
1yr ago
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Tech Deep Dives
A Deep Dive Into OdysseyDAO
OdysseyDAO is a decentralized autonomous organization focused on educating, and onboarding, people into Web3 by providing free courses and articles.
By Werner Vermaak
1yr ago
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Crypto Basics
Are Bitcoin and Ether Commodities?
What the heck is, in fact, a commodity, and why would BTC be one, but ETH isn’t one?
By Ivan Cryptoslav
1yr ago
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Tech Deep Dives
What Will Be the Next Bull Market Catalyst? A Look at Crypto and Web3 Use Cases in 2025
This article will cover industry-specific trends that could ring in the next bull market — mainly looking at what Web3 is bringing to the table.
By Ivan Cryptoslav
1yr ago
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Tech Deep Dives
3AC: The Fall of the Crypto Hedge Fund Behemoth
A look at what went wrong under the hood of one of the most prolific investors in the crypto space — eventually resulting in the declaration of Chapter 15 bankruptcy.
By Avyan
1yr ago
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Crypto Basics
What Was The OneCoin Scam?
A visual look at the timeline of the OneCoin scam.
By Decentralized Dog
1yr ago
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Tech Deep Dives
What Is IPFS?
While blockchain is also a distributed and decentralized protocol, IPFS has much broader goals — read more to see how IPFS plans to decentralize the internet.
By Emi La Capra
1yr ago
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CMC Research
‘We Are in a BUIDL Market’ — Binance Research Half-Year 2022 Report
What really happened this year in cryptocurrency? Did everything just turn red and gloomy? Well, according to the latest Binance Research report — that's not the case.
By Stefan Piech
1yr ago
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Crypto Basics
How to Preserve Capital During Inflation Using Cryptocurrencies?
With inflation hitting 40-year highs and hyperinflation a consistent problem in numerous countries, could stablecoins provide a way for people to store their money and avoid devaluation?
By Lakshman Prabhu
1yr ago
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Tech Deep Dives
What Is Solana? The Ultimate Guide to the Solana Ecosystem
CoinMarketCap Academy takes a look at Solana, the resurgence of the layer-1 blockchain post-FTX, and an overview of some of the most exciting protocols in the ecosystem.
By Decentralized Dog
1yr ago
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Crypto News
Jamaica Becomes First Country to Recognize CBDC as Legal Tender
CoinMarketCap Academy looks at the central bank digital currency (CBDC) of Jamaica that was recently made legal tender — and how it works.
By Werner Vermaak
1yr ago
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