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U.S. House Republicans Introduce Crypto Oversight Bill With Changes From June Draft
The revised bill excludes a host of traditional securities from the "digital asset" category, which some say bodes ill for DeFi.
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FTX Users Potentially Targeted in Possible Phishing Attack as Bankruptcy Claims Deadline Nears
FTX users have until Sept. 29 to file their bankruptcy claims.
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US presidential candidate Robert F Kennedy Jr.
RFK Jr. Vows to Back Dollar With Bitcoin, Exempt BTC From Taxes
The Democratic presidential hopeful also reiterated a May stance defending the right to self-custody bitcoin, run blockchain nodes at home and promising industry-neutral energ...
US presidential candidate Robert F Kennedy Jr.

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Google Play Changes Policy on Tokenized Digital Assets, Allowing NFTs in Apps and Games
The company is opening up the ability for developers to let users buy, sell or earn digital assets in apps as long as they maintain transparency and adhere to other rules.
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Bitcoin Holds Just Below $31K After U.S. Inflation Improves More Than Forecast
Economists had forecast sizable year-over-year declines in both headline and core inflation for this report.
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Tim Draper during the opening day of Web Summit 2018 at the Altice Arena in Lisbon, Portugal (Photo by Seb Daly/Web Summit via Getty Images)
Tim Draper Still Thinks Bitcoin Can Reach $250K – Just 2 Years Later Than He Expected
The billionaire investor predicted that the cryptocurrency would reach $250,000 by June 2023, but he said he wasn’t expecting the U.S. to be so aggressive in its enforcement a...
Tim Draper during the opening day of Web Summit 2018 at the Altice Arena in Lisbon, Portugal (Photo by Seb Daly/Web Summit via Getty Images)

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Why Threads Got 100 Million Users When Other Twitter Rivals Could Not
Network effects and ease-of-use rule the day. And, a lot of people clearly don’t care about decentralization and privacy all that much, says CoinDesk’s Emily Parker.
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BIS headquarters in Basel, Switzerland.
Crypto Can’t Be Used as Money Due to ‘Inherent Flaws,’ BIS Tells G20
Central bankers, wary of displacing their own fiat currencies, pointed to the past year's prominent hacks and collapses.
BIS headquarters in Basel, Switzerland.

Worldcoin co-founders Alex Blania (left) and Sam Altman (Marc Olivier/Worldcoin)
An Orb, a Token and Money for Everyone: Worldcoin’s CEO on Crypto’s Most Daring Project
Alex Blania on collaborating with OpenAI's Sam Altman on a universal basic income for eight billion people.
Worldcoin co-founders Alex Blania (left) and Sam Altman (Marc Olivier/Worldcoin)

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Starbucks Teams Up With Micah Johnson's Aku NFT Project
The next Starbucks Odyssey Journey will feature a Stamp "designed by Aku" and include a $100,000 donation to Blessings in a Backpack, a non-profit tackling food insecurity amo...
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