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FTX Contagion Spreads as Orthogonal Trading Gets Default Notice for $36M Debt on Maple Finance

Creditor M11 Credit issued a default notice to Orthogonal Trading for $36 million of loans, while Maple Finance severed all ties with Orthogonal for misrepresenting its financial position.

Crypto hedge fund Orthogonal Trading appears to be the next firm becoming insolvent after crypto exchange FTX's implosion. (Tom Wilson/Unsplash)

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Minting of Reddit Avatar Tokens Climbed to Record High Over Weekend

The Polygon blockchain-based collection has 3.4 million holders, all of them Reddit users.

Reddit collectible avatars (Reddit)

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Bitcoin's Price Action Is Encouraging, But It May Not Signal Bottom: Traders

The cryptocurrency's price needs to trade above its 21-week moving average to confirm a bottom, one trader said.

Investors bottom fishing  (Robson Hatsukami Morgan, Unsplash)

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MakerDAO Community Rejects CoinShares Proposal to Invest Up to $500M in Bonds

The largest decentralized lending protocol MakerDAO previously approved a plan to invest $1.6 billion with Coinbase Prime for an annual yield of 1.5%, but this latest plan didn't fly.

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First Mover Americas: Binance Increases Recovery Fund, wBTC Loses Its Peg

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for Nov. 25, 2022.

Binance CEO Changpeng "CZ " Zhao (Binance)

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First Mover Americas: Binance.US to Bid for Voyager

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for Nov. 24, 2022.

Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao (Wikimedia)

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FTX Contagion Revives Dreaded 2022 Crypto Knell – the ‘Withdrawal Halt’

The downfall of the FTX exchange has caused a domino effect: a growing list of crypto firms, such as BlockFi and Genesis, halting withdrawals. CoinDesk counted 16 of these announcements just this year.

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Bitcoin Clings to $16K Ahead of Fed Minutes

Bitcoin was steady, around $16,300, as traders anticipated the release of the Federal Reserve meeting minutes later Wednesday.

Bitcoin's price chart shows a price jump ahead of the release of the Federal Reserve meeting minutes on Wednesday. (CoinDesk)

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First Mover Americas: FTX’s First Hearing, Genesis Seeks Help

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for Nov. 23, 2022.

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Mango Exploiter's Funds Get Liquidated After Roiling Aave Using $20M of Borrowed Curve Tokens

A trader identified as Avraham Eisenberg, who became infamous for his “very profitable trading strategy” of exploiting $114 million from Mango Markets, borrowed tens of millions of Curve DAO tokens and sent them to an exchange – but his position appears to have gotten liquidated.

Racha perdedora. (Jhorrocks)