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The Woman Who Conquered COVID-19

Taiwan Digital Minister Audrey Tang sees the transparency of blockchain technology as a lynchpin of good governance.

Taiwan's Digital Minister Audrey Tang has been credited with a "Taiwan Model" that preserves privacy while promoting societal consensus. (Sean Marc Lee/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Finance

Buterin to Use Returned $100M From SHIB Donation for COVID Projects Worldwide

CryptoRelief, the Indian COVID-19 fund that received the original donation, is returning the sum, which Buterin will use for “higher-risk higher-reward” projects.

Vitalik Buterin (David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Markets

Bitcoin Back on the Defensive as Moderna CEO Warns of Reduced Vaccine Efficacy, Exchange Inflows Eyed

Bitcoin slipped 2.5%, hitting lows of under $56,000, while the futures tied to the S&P 500 declined by 1.2%.

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Markets

Bitcoin Tops $58K With Focus on Omicron and Fed’s Powell Speech

Bitcoin is largely being grouped with other risk assets at the moment, one observer said.

Gráfico por horas de la cotización de bitcoin el 29 de noviembre (TradingView)

Markets

DeFi Protocol Omicron’s Token Jumps 10-Fold After Namesake COVID Variant Emerges

OMIC’s surge is perhaps an evidence of peak irrationality.

OMIC's price rallies on Nov. 29 as WHO names new COVID variant as Omicron (Crypto.com)

Markets

Bitcoin Slips to $55K as Renewed COVID Concerns Jolt Traditional Markets

The cryptocurrency appeared set for a breakout above $60,000 after Thursday’s rise, but COVID fears played spoilsport.

Bitcoin drops below $58,000 on Nov. 26 amid growing covid fears (CoinDesk, highcharts.com)

Markets

Insurer Pingan Issues Digital Yuan COVID-19 Policies for Medical Staff: Report

Purchasers who pay for their coronavirus coverage with e-CNY can receive discounts.

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Markets

Inflation Takes Over From COVID as Biggest Market Risk: Bank of America

Betting on a bitcoin rally remains one of the hottest trades.

Inflation has displaced the coronavirus as the most troublesome outlying risk in the minds of global fund managers, according to Bank of America.

Markets

The Node: COVID-19 and the Need for Web 3.0

Societal change has been both small- and large-scale, from the acceleration of e-commerce and work from home to the loss of trust in experts and institutions.

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Markets

Goldman Sachs Says Client Demand for Bitcoin is 'Rising'

John Waldron, COO and president, said his bank is talking to regulators about digital currencies after recently relaunching its trading desk.

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