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Tether's USDT Gains $1B as Paxos Burns Over $1.8B of Binance USD Stablecoins

The increase comes as BUSD issuer Paxos faces increasing regulatory scrutiny.

Tether. (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

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Bitcoin Soars Past $24K to Reach 2-Week High

Investors liquidated some $60 million of BTC short positions over the past 24 hours, pushing the price higher Wednesday, data shows. Ether also climbed.

Bitcoin price chart showed the cryptocurrency's price jump on Wednesday. (CoinDesk)

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Ether Staking Service Lido Granted 1M Optimism Tokens to Incentivize Wrapped Staked Ether Adoption

Lido and Optimism aim to increase the availability of wrapped staked ether (wstETH) with OP tokens through the new liquidity mining and user incentives program.

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BUSD Stablecoin Inches Toward $1 Peg After Binance CEO Comments

Changpeng Zhao on Tuesday distanced himself from the Binance-branded stablecoin.

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Cardano Gets 'Valentine' Upgrade: Here’s How it Benefits ADA Token

The ‘Valentine’ upgrade was pushed live on the mainnet in early Asian hours on Wednesday. Native ADA tokens outperformed crypto majors.

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NFT Marketplace Blur's Token Reaches $500M Trading Volume After Airdrop

BLUR prices jumped to as much as $5 before falling 85% on Wednesday morning, price trackers show.

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Bitcoin Rebounds Above $22K After Tepid Inflation Readings

Bitcoin dropped initially after the Bureau of Labor Statistics monthly report but then surged. Ether is up nearly 5%.

Bitcoin regained a foothold above $22,000 on Tuesday. (CoinDesk)

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Volt Inu Community Passes Vote for $75M Token Burn, Plans Polygon Network Expansion

Some 12 trillion VOLT were staked in favor of the token burn proposal.

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Morgan Stanley: Falling Stablecoin Issuance Is Negative Sign for Crypto Trading

U.S. regulatory efforts are likely to focus on stablecoin regulation, the report said.

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Avalanche Blockchain Had 1,500% Transactional Growth in 2022: Nansen

Such transactional activity came even as the total value of tokens locked on Avalanche-based decentralized finance applications slid from 2021’s $15 billion peak to just over $900 million in November 2022.

Avalanche registró un crecimiento de 1500% en su actividad transaccional durante 2022, a pesar del mercado bajista general. (Nansen)