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CoinDesk Indices

Crypto for Advisors: Bitcoin and the Bull

What’s behind the bull case for bitcoin? Brian Rudick and Matt Kunke from GSR take us through the reasons in today’s Crypto for Advisors newsletter.

Institutional traders are more bullish on bitcoin than alternative cryptocurrencies. (Hans Eiskonen/Unsplash)

Web3

OpenSea Makes ‘Deals,’ Launches Peer-to-Peer NFT Swaps

The new feature allows collectors to trade NFTs directly with each other as well as add WETH to “sweeten the deal.”

Deals screenshot (OpenSea.io)

Finance

Bitfinex Launches Peer-to-Peer Trading Platform in Argentina, Colombia and Venezuela

Users will be able to buy and sell bitcoin, ether, USDT, EURT and XAUT.

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Tech

Urbit, a Network Older and Weirder Than Bitcoin, Finally Turns Toward Growth

The peer-to-peer network started in 2002 says it's taking on "MEGACORP," much in the same vein as many blockchain networks. A bit more fun are the "secret code names" that users are assigned.

Josh Lehman, executive director, Urbit Foundation, spoke at Consensus 2023 in Austin, Texas, in April. (Shutterstock/CoinDesk)

Finance

P2P Bitcoin Exchange Paxful Back Online After Temporary Suspension

The platform shut down in April after the CEO expressed concerns about the safety of customer funds owing to a lawsuit from its co-founder.

Foto de los cofundadores sin fecha. (Paxful)

Tech

As Bitcoin Platform Paxful Closes, Co-Founder Youssef Talks Up Alternatives

A white paper for Civilization Kit, a decentralized bitcoin peer-to-peer marketplace that also allows users to build their own decentralized marketplaces, will be published in one or two weeks, says Paxful co-founder Ray Youssef. In the meantime he endorses Noones, which describes itself as a “bitcoin peer-to-peer super app for the Global South.”

(Sean Gladwell/Getty Images)

Opinion

2023 Should Be the Year of On-Chain User Security

If crypto does not get its house in order, regulators will do it for them.

(DALL-E/CoinDesk)

Videos

Apple Will Not Exempt NFTs From App Store’s 30% Fee

Apple has rejected calls to exempt non-fungible tokens (NFTs) from its 30% "Apple Tax" on in-app purchases. "The Hash" panel discusses the impact of the tech giant’s de facto ban on peer-to-peer NFT trading.

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Videos

Telegram Users Can Now Send Crypto to Each Other via Wallet Bot: Report

Telegram’s Wallet Bot, which allows users to buy crypto by bank card and exchange and transfer to other wallets, now supports peer-to-peer (P2P) transactions. “The Hash” panel discusses the implications for security and mainstream adoption.

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Policy

Nigerian Payments App Reportedly Suspending Operations Due to Government Crackdown on Crypto

Payments platform KurePay plans to suspend services to Nigerian users starting in 2022.

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