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The exchange claims this is part of a move to boost global adoption, with research showing three times more USDC is bought with dollars than other currencies.

It's the weekend edition of CoinMarketRecap! Connor Sephton and Molly Jane Zuckerman chew over some of the biggest crypto stories from the past seven days.

Also today, crypto personality Layah Heilpern has blocked fellow Bitcoin podcaster Peter McCormack after a row on Twitter.

Also today, a new poll reveals that 77% of people in El Salvador want the president to stop buying Bitcoin with taxpayers' money.

Judge Helen Engebrigtsen ruled that Hodlonaut, whose real name is Magnus Granath, is not liable for damages as a result of the posts he made on Twitter.

Dr. Wright's lawyer is vowing to appeal, and said: "Anonymous online bullying and harassment risks having a chilling effect on meaningful debate and the civil exchange of views and opinions."

McCormack claimed one of Heilpern's tweets was a "bigoted dog whistle" and she was starting to sound like Katie Hopkins.

The YouTuber was furious after a tweet by Bankless co-founder Ryan Sean Adams.

According to The Washington Post, redundancies of this scale would have a huge impact on Twitter's ability "to control harmful content and prevent data security crises."

Over a year after BTC was adopted as legal tender, 76% of those polled said they had not used Bitcoin to make purchases or payments so far this year.

Plus — months after he was exposed in embarrassing, secretly recorded videos, Kyle Roche has left his law firm.

Also today, a group of Terra investors reveal that they're trying to track down Do Kwon — but what would they be hoping to achieve?

This figure could also increase if ongoing efforts to recover funds from Three Arrows Capital succeed, a court filing adds.

An article in the Financial Times features victims talking about "getting him" — with journalist Laura Shin raising concerns for the entrepreneur's safety.

In other developments, a Finder panel of 55 fintech and crypto specialists has projected that Bitcoin will be worth $21,344 by the end of 2022 — skyrocketing to $79,193 by 2025.

It appears his continued presence was creating real problems for Roche Freedman, which was recently ejected from a market manipulation suit against Bitfinex and Tether.

The company — best known for offering .crypto and .nft extensions — had failed to realize that a rival had begun offering .coin domains all the way back in 2014.

One skeptic wrote: "Potentially first football player to get charged for promoting blatant crypto pump and dumps? Hope you enjoy bankruptcy and hurting your fans."