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Blockchain Bites: Why UN and Federal Reserve Experts Think CBDCs Could Kill Commercial Banking

U.N. and Federal Reserve experts think CBDCs can compete with commercial banks, New York and France enter a regulatory agreement while Europol has Wasabi Wallet concerns.

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Blockchain Bites: Bitmain's Shakeup, Bitcoin's Resilience and Ethereum's Anonymity

Bitmain's ousted co-founder reportedly retook the company's office building while a protocol update made Bitcoin more resilient to state attacks.

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Blockchain Bites: Avanti's Angel Round, Civil's Closure and a Data Breach

Ethereum Classic hardforked to become more compatible with Ethereum while a French energy firm is cleared to issue a new ICO.

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Blockchain Bites: Poolin Lending, Square Crypto's Grant and a Senate Candidate Who Holds Bitcoin

Square Crypto supports Bitcoin's lightning network development, crypto mining pool Poolin expands lending and ICE is going after the petro dollar's creator.

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Blockchain Bites: Chase Class Action, 30 Words for Censorship and a Bitcoin Bug

Chase Bank settled a class action brought by crypto purchasers while a new report shows a flaw in time-locked bitcoin transactions.

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Blockchain Bites: Magic's Raise, Compound's Distribution and Trump's Twitter War

In the war between Trump and Twitter, decentralized systems may win.

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Blockchain Bites: BlockTower's Returns, Minecraft Goes Blockchain, ID2020 Shakeup

BlockTower Capital investors have seen 73% returns over the hedge fund's lifetime.

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Blockchain Bites: Google Validates Theta, Coinbase and BitGo Eye Crypto Prime Brokerage

Polkadot launched the blockchain of blockchains while an IMF official said CBDCs could spur financial innovation.

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Blockchain Bites: Facebook's Calibra Facelift and Tencent's 'New Infrastructure' Investments

Facebook's digital wallet subsidiary has rebranded as Novi while a series of bitcoin transactions cast doubt on Craig Wright's claims.

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Blockchain Bites: Iran and Russia Revisit Crypto Regulations, Bitcoin Pizza Day 10 Years Later

Ten years ago today someone spent 10,000 bitcoin on about $30 worth of pizza. Today, nations are redrafting crypto regulation and crypto firms report millions in revenues.

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