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Ex-NATO Chief, Danish PM Now Advises Blockchain Firm Concordium

A former prime minister of Denmark and secretary-general of NATO has joined blockchain identity startup Concordium as a strategic advisor.

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Square Is Hiring New Crypto Engineers — And It Wants to Pay Them in Bitcoin

Payments startup Square wants to bring on crypto-focused engineers and designers, and may pay them in bitcoin.

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey (U.S. House of Representatives)

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WSJ's ShapeShift Exposé Overstated Money Laundering by $6 Million, Analysis Says

Blockchain analytics firms say money laundering accusations against ShapeShift don't match up.

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CoinMarketCap Crypto Indices Launch on Nasdaq, Bloomberg, Reuters

Two crypto benchmark indices from CoinMarketCap launch on Nasdaq, Bloomberg Terminal, Thomson Reuters and Börse Stuttgart today.

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Galaxy Capital-Backed Caspian to Offer Crypto Derivatives Trading

Institutional trading and portfolio management platform Caspian is launching trading in cryptocurrency derivatives.

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Polymath, SeriesOne Team Up to Simplify Security Token Issuance

Polymath has partnered with digital securities fundraising platform seriesOne to offer an “end-to-end” solution for security token issuance.

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Binance Now Lets Australians Buy Bitcoin With Cash at Over 1,300 Stores

Binance has unveiled a new platform in Australia that allows users to buy bitcoin with cash from 1,300-plus newsagents.

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$25 Million in 2 Weeks: BlockFi Booms as Bitcoin and Ether Investors Seek Interest

BlockFi CEO Zac Prince explains in depth how the startup manages the myriad risks of lending and borrowing crypto.

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Silvergate Bank Adds 59 Crypto Clients, But Deposits Down $123 Million

Silvergate Bank added 59 crypto clients in the fourth quarter, but its deposits from the industry shrank by $123 million.

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Fortune 500 Tech Firm Avnet Now Accepts Crypto Payments via BitPay

Avnet, one of the world's largest distributors of electronic components and services, is now accepting crypto payments through BitPay.

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