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Jack Dorsey Touts Bitcoin's Virtues at MicroStrategy Conference

The Block CEO and Twitter co-founder cites the crypto's transparent fees.

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Crypto Exchange FTX Reaches $32B Valuation With $400M Fundraise

Sam Bankman-Fried’s FTX raised $400 million in a Series C funding round, valuing the crypto exchange at a total $32 billion valuation. It now has about the same market cap as Germany’s Deutsche Börse and more than the Nasdaq exchange or Twitter. “The Hash” hosts discuss what’s next for FTX.

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Fake Grimacecoin Jumps 285,000% After McDonald’s’ Tesla Joke

"Grimacecoin," a token created after a McDonald’s joke tweet, surged as much as 285,641% for a few hours Wednesday. Tesla CEO Elon Musk tweeted, “I will eat a happy meal on TV if McDonald’s accepts Dogecoin," to which McDonald's replied, “Only if Tesla accepts grimacecoin,” referencing its purple mascot fashioned after a taste bud. "The Hash" panel discusses the latest instance of Musk's influence on the meme economy.

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El Salvador President Nayib Bukele’s McDonald Uniform for Twitter Profile Is All the Rage

El Salvador President Nayib Bukele announced Friday the nation bought 410 additional BTC for $15 million, totaling over 1,500 BTC. Bukele has since changed his Twitter icon to a McDonald’s employee after bitcoin shed 20% in the past week, referencing a meme of HODLers in their future career prospects when BTC crashes.

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Finance

Twitter Seeks Senior Crypto Role on Heels of NFT Verification Announcement

The job posting advertises “NFT tooling, membership tokens, DAOs and more!”

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Twitter Launches NFT Profile Picture Verification

After months of anticipation, Twitter has released an official verification mechanism for non-fungible token (NFT) profile pictures. "The Hash" squad discusses the latest rollout bringing NFT and crypto tech awareness to the masses.

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Twitter Exec. On Jack Dorsey Resignation, Decentralized Social Media, Web 3, and More

CoinDeskTV’s Christine Lee sat down with Esther Crawford, Twitter Product Lead for Creators, at the 2021 Miami Art Basel. The two discuss Jack Dorsey’s resignation and Parag Agrawal’s appointment as CEO, Twitter’s ambitions to decentralize social media through their protocol Blue Sky, and the integration of digital assets like cryptocurrency and NFTs into Twitter.

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Opinion

DeSo Wants Your Seed Phrase. Let Them Come and Take It

Private key security is a fundamental building block of Web 3. One project seems a little too eager to compromise.

Sterling Hayden (left) as Brigadier General Jack D. Ripper and Peter Sellers as Captain Lionel Mandrake in the 1964 film "Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb." (John Springer Collection/Getty Images)