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Tech

Bitcoin-Friendly App Damus Avoids Apple Deplatforming After 2-Week Battle Over 'Zaps' Tipping

Apple had threatened to eject the bitcoin-friendly social media app from its App Store by June 27 unless Damus removed the ability to receive bitcoin tips via “zaps” on content posts.

Nostr's Damus, on Apple's App Store (Apple)

Markets

GBTC Volume Increases 79% in June Amid TradFi ETF Applications

The trust’s trading volume increased to $45 million in June.

Grayscale CEO Michael Sonnenshein (CoinDesk)

Markets

First Mover Americas: First Leveraged Bitcoin ETF in U.S. Trades $5.5M on Day One

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for June 28, 2023.

(Wance Paleri/Unsplash)

Tech

Syscoin Developer Launches Ethereum-Compatible Layer 2 Network Secured by Bitcoin Miners

Sys Labs, the company behind the project, claims the new network "Rollux" will provide for speedy and affordable transactions while relying on the Syscoin blockchain's "merged mining" security method.

Decentralized network. (Shubham Dhage/Unsplash)

Finance

Michael Saylor's MicroStrategy Now Holds Over $4.6B Worth of Bitcoin

The firm bought over 12K bitcoin for $347 million in the last two months.

Michael Saylor, executive director, MicroStrategy (Marco Bello/Getty Images)

Tech

Crypto Miners Sent Over $1B Bitcoin to Exchanges Over Two Weeks: CryptoQuant

Miners usually sell bitcoin at favorable prices to keep their extensive computing operations running.

(Sandali Handagama)

Markets

Bitcoin Bulls Getting Ready for Seasonal Surge: Matrixport

The largest cryptocurrency by market cap tends to rally in the month of July, the report said.

bull and charts (Shutterstock)

Markets

First Mover Asia: Bitcoin Maintains $30K as ‘the Economy Isn’t Breaking Just Yet’

ALSO: Singapore ranked second in CoinDesk's Crypto Hubs survey. The city state raised billions through IPOs, weathered the collapse of homegrown darlings Terraform Labs and Three Arrows Capital and is now searching for the right regulatory balance to encourage crypto without getting burned again.

Bitcoin 4-hour chart. (CoinDesk Indices)

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