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Blockchain Bites: Bitcoin's Edge as a Hedge and Crypto's Reaction to the STABLE Act

Crypto Twitter, like the U.S. Congress, is usually divided. A proposed law to strengthen stablecoin oversight has brought crypto together.

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Blockchain Bites: Record-Breaking 'Active' Bitcoin Users as Wall Street Ponders Mass Adoption

There are now more active bitcoin users than ever before, as CEOs of both PayPal and BlackRock think about the future of finance.

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Blockchain Bites: Ethereum 2.0 Beacon Chain Ships, Libra Rebrands, 'Bitcoin' Google Searches Up

Ethereum 2.0 charts new territory with the launch of its proof-of-stake backbone as retail interest in Bitcoin spikes, Google search data suggests.

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Blockchain Bites: Bitcoin All-Time High Puts It on Pace for Highest Monthly Close

PLUS: Anonymous developers have forked a seemingly dead project to launch DeFi’s latest stablecoin.

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Blockchain Bites: Coinbase Cuts Margin Trading, Binance Sweeps US Clients, OKEx Offers Rebates

Coinbase has also changed the way it will alert clients to relevant tax information.

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Blockchain Bites: Ethereum 2.0 Deposit Contract Fully Loaded, IRS Sends Befuddling Letters – Again

More than 500,000 ETH have been locked into Ethereum 2.0's deposit contract, kick-starting the network's major, multi-year development phase.

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Blockchain Bites: XRP's Rally, Chainalysis' $1B Valuation, Bitcoin's Volatility in Perspective

The U.S. government uses USDC to bypass Venezuelan blockades. Chainalaysis eyes a $100 million raise. BTC is less volatile than 22% of S&P500 stocks, VanEck finds.

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Blockchain Bites: BlockRock Exec Says Bitcoin Is 'Here to Stay,' Investors Load Into BTC Puts

Institutional buyers are loading up on BTC puts, Deribit analysts say. Goldman Sachs thinks the “digital yuan” could be in a billion hands in a decade.

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Blockchain Bites: FATF Considers DeFi, Binance Sues and One Step to a BTC ETF

PLUS: Deutsche Bank analysts reportedly said customers increasingly prefer bitcoin over gold.

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Blockchain Bites: Bitcoin's Latest Billionaire Bull, Zcash's Upgrade, Grayscale's $10B Breakthrough

A metric that has predicted previous bitcoin market tops indicates this rally has just begun.

BULL IN A CHINA SHOP: Ricardo Salinas Pliego became the latest billionaire to come out in support of bitcoin.