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Reddit, Robinhood, Citadel CEOs to Testify at GameStop Hearing

The U.S. House Committee on Financial Services hearing will investigate issues around the recent trading surge for shares of GameStop and other companies.

U.S. Capitol building

Policy

Industry Group Says Hong Kong's Proposed Crypto Rules Could Drive Traders Underground

Hong Kong’s plan to restrict cryptocurrency investment to professionals means retail investors could move to unlicensed venues, said Global Digital Finance.

Hong Kong

Tech

Ethereum 2.0 Deposit Contract Tops $5.5B in Staked Ether

The amount deposited represents 2.67% of Ethereum’s total supply.

The Ethereum 2.0 Beacon Chain holds more than 3 million ETH.

Markets

Nigeria’s SEC Puts Plans to Regulate Crypto on Hold in Light of Central Bank Ban

The Nigerian cryptocurrency community has been turning to peer-to-peer exchange platforms to continue trading.

Nigeria

Markets

Grayscale Files to Register Trust for DeFi Platform Yearn Finance

Grayscale Investments, the world’s largest digital asset manager, has filed to register a new cryptocurrency trust for Yearn Finance (YFI).

Grayscale CEO Michael Sonnenshein speaks at Consensus: Invest 2018. (CoinDesk archives)

Markets

Jack Dorsey, Jay-Z Put 500 Bitcoin Into Trust Supporting Africa and India

"It‘ll be set up as a blind irrevocable trust, taking zero direction from us," said Dorsey.

Square And Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey Speaks At Empowering Entrepreneurs Event

Tech

Avalanche Developers Rush Client Patch as 'Bug' Slows Blockchain Transactions

A "cross-chain finality" bug has forced the network into "self-healing mode."

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Finance

New Kraken Venture Fund to Target Early-Stage Crypto, Tech Startups

Kraken Ventures will operate autonomously, with financial backing from the exchange.

Kraken co-founder and CEO Jesse Powell

Tech

Enterprise Blockchain Firm R3 Launches Confidential Business Computing Platform

Conclave is compatible with R3’s blockchain platform Corda Enterprise and will be fully integrated going forward.

R3 CEO David Rutter

Finance

Twitter Considering Bitcoin Options, Including on Balance Sheet, Exec Says

Chief Financial Officer Ned Segal said the firm has been watching other companies to see what it can learn.

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