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Blockchain Bites: Patoshi's Patterns, Canaan's Losses, DeFi's 'Weird' Moment

Decentralized exchange volumes climb for a third straight month, Tezos settled a class action and Coinbase added a16z and DoorDash executives to its board.

Is Dorian Nakamoto really Satoshi? Decidedly not. But researchers are working to understand the mining patterns of some of Bitcoin's earliest contributors. (Damian Dovarganes/AP Photo)

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Blockchain Bites: Ethereum Classic Attacked, Electrum Wallet Drained and Taxable Microtasks

Signature Bank gave out dozens more PPP loans to crypto firms than previously known, Ethereum Classic has suffered another 51% attack and a digital yuan wallet went live and disappeared.

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Blockchain Bites: Winklevoss' Wild Prediction, Bitcoin Miners' Horde, Ethereum's 'Critical Bug'

Mongolian authorities have limited cheap electricity for crypto miners, Venezuela is seeing crypto use outside government-approved exchanges and a “critical bug” has left 13% of Ethereum nodes useless.

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Blockchain Bites: What Rising Inflation Could Mean for Bitcoin and the US Dollar

Bitcoin is a tool to avoid police extortion in Nigeria, centralized social media is being censored amid Thai protests and what Powell's address means for bitcoin.

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Blockchain Bites: Major Acquisitions, Bitcoin Futures Liquidations and the SEC's New Rules

FTX acquired Blockfolio, ConsenSys acquired Quorum and police have seized the third largest exchange in South Korea.

SEC Chairman Jay Clayton

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Blockchain Bites: Bitcoin's 'Rich List,' Ethereum's Volatility, DeFi's Shakeup

The number of addresses on Bitcoin’s “rich list" is reaching new highs while another firm is putting its cash reserves into bitcoin, not a bank account.

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Blockchain Bites: Aave's Advance, BitMEX's Block, Turkey's Bitcoin Trot

Turkey is in a bitcoin bull run, a Fed branch is studying blockchains to possibly support a "digital dollar" and Aave unleashed unsecured borrowing on DeFi.

Hot air balloons over Cappadocia in Turkey (Mar Cerdeira/Unsplash)

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Blockchain Bites: Bitcoin's Weary Bulls, ETC's Action Plan, INX's IPO

INX is gearing up for a landmark IPO while 1 billion tether jumped from Tron to Ethereum.

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Blockchain Bites: Ethereum's Fees, Bitcoin's Pullback, Ren's Great Week

Stablecoin demand may become unbalanced if traders ditch a “market-neutral strategy" while Ethereum gas fees drive Tether to adopt a new rail.

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Blockchain Bites: Bitcoin in Space; Prime Brokerage Race; Nodes You Can't Trace

The OCC's door is open for banks looking to discuss getting involved in crypto services, a Russian bank issued a token-backed loan and bitcoin has been sent from space.

(NASA, modified by CoinDesk)