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Crypto Futures See $300M in Losses After Spot Market Drops

Nearly 80% of long positions were liquidated over 24 hours, with $90 million in losses on bitcoin futures alone.

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DeFi Traders Push Terra’s UST Stablecoin to $10B Market Cap

The coin has surpassed Binance Smart Chain in total value locked amid rapid DeFi growth.

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Cardano, Polkadot Jump as Bitcoin Holds Above $50K

Major cryptocurrencies including bitcoin and ether regained price levels from Friday after seeing a slight dip over an otherwise quiet Christmas weekend.

Price chart for Cardano's ADA token over past month. (CoinDesk)

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Cardano Founder Charles Hoskinson Lays Out 2022 Plans

Hoskinson said the creation of a formal open-source project structure for Cardano is on the cards, among other developments.

Charles Hoskinson, CEO and founder of IOHK, the lead developer of Cardano.

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Cardano, Polkadot Advance as Crypto Market Rallies Ahead of Christmas

Thin liquidity leading to the holiday season led to a brief revival of most cryptocurrencies.

Tokens of Cardano surged Friday. (TradingView)

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DeFi Value on Terra Surges to Record $21B as LUNA Tops $100

Thursday’s dip to $85 for LUNA tokens was erased overnight.

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Market Wrap Year In Review: Remembering Bitcoin’s FUD-Fueled Crash

As crypto markets moved through April and May, many buyers began to cash out as fear, uncertainty and doubt (”FUD”) overwhelmed traders. Concerns included U.S. capital gains taxes on digital assets, bitcoin’s environmental footprint and an outright ban on crypto mining in China.

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Crypto Markets See Mixed Session as Terra Falls, NEAR Sets All-Time High

Thursday’s morning session remained muted with mixed results for altcoin traders.

Trading volumes are dropping as the year's end nears. (CoinDesk/CryptoCompare)

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BNB Burns Will Now Better Reflect DeFi Activity on Binance Smart Chain

Starting Thursday, Binance will burn its BNB tokens continuously instead of once a quarter.

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NEAR Token Jumps Over 20% After UST Integration

Tokens of the layer 1 blockchain are up 23% after Terra said its UST stablecoins would be supported on the network.

A Near sign in Lisbon, Portugal (Zack Seward/CoinDesk)

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