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What’s Moving the Crypto Markets?

Bitcoin rose above $44,000 for the first time since the end of last week as optimism over an easing of tensions around the Ukrainian border renewed investors’ appetite for risk-on assets. CoinFund’s Seth Ginns discusses his take on the catalyst for driving the markets higher and where BTC is headed next.

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Policy

Russian Central Bank, Government No Closer to Crypto Compromise: Report

The government and central bank decided instead to formalize their disagreements.

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Markets

Market Wrap: Bitcoin Rangebound as Traders Hedge Risks

Macroeconomic uncertainty and Russia-Ukraine tensions have kept investors on edge.

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Finance

Russia-Affiliated Addresses Received 74% of Ransomware Revenue Last Year: Chainalysis

Moscow City firms received as much as 48% of their crypto from illicit addresses.

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Markets

Market Wrap: Cryptocurrencies and Stocks Drop as Russia-Ukraine Tensions Rise

Geopolitical risks shook markets on Friday as BTC dipped below $43K.

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Hungary’s Central Bank Head Calls on EU to Ban Crypto Mining and Trading

The chief of the Hungarian National Bank said he supports banning crypto trading and mining in the European Union, adding he agreed with the Russian central bank’s earlier proposal to ban crypto activities. "The Hash" hosts discuss the latest in the mounting regulatory threats to the digital asset space.

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Hungary’s Central Bank Head Calls on EU to Ban Crypto Mining and Trading

The governor of the Hungarian National Bank said he agreed with the Russian central bank’s earlier proposal to ban crypto activities.

Gyorgy Matolcsy, governor of Hungary's central bank, center, gestures as he speaks alongside Marton Nagy, deputy governor of Hungary's central bank, left, and Laszlo Windisch, deputy governor of Hungary's central bank, right, during an interest rates decision briefing at the Magyar Nemzeti Bank in Budapest, Hungary, on Tuesday, March 26, 2019. Hungary's central bank took its first step to unwind monetary stimulus since 2011, the start of tightening by one of Europe's most enduring proponents of loose policy. Photographer: Akos Stiller/Bloomberg via Getty Images

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Bandai Namco Plans IP Metaverse; Russia’s Crypto Flip

UN approves Chinese NFT standard. Japan’s Bandai Namco to create IP metaverse. Russia U-turns on crypto, but will it last? We’ll have more on those stories and other news shaping the cryptocurrency and blockchain world in this episode of "The Daily Forkast."

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Russia to Regulate Crypto, Dispelling Fears of Ban

The government’s plan to license exchanges and tax large transactions has the support of the central bank, which previously wanted to outlaw mining and trading.

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