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Bitcoin News Roundup for July 9, 2021 Jul 09, 2021

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With BTC at just over $33K, ETH at $2.1K, and a psychotherapist's look at mental health in the crypto industry, CoinDesk’s Markets Daily is back with the latest news roundup.

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Stock Futures Edge Up After Dow, S&P 500 Selloff

Futures Steady as Stocks Rise, Bond Rally Stalls

Reflation-Trade Rethink Keeps Bitcoin Under Pressure

Argentine Lawmaker Proposes Bill for Businesses to Pay Employees in Crypto

Indian Exchanges Unfazed by Current Crypto Bear Market

Survey Suggests Most Salvadorans Wary of Bitcoin as Legal Tender

Elizabeth Warren Gives SEC July 28 Deadline to Figure Out Crypto Regulation

Bank of America Creates Team Dedicated to Researching Crypto

BIS Says Central Banks Must Consider Cross-Border Implications of CBDCs

Square to Build Bitcoin Hardware Wallet

Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic Flight Kick-Starts Space Tourism

Miami's Institute of Contemporary Art Gifted CryptoPunk NFT

Featured Story: You Might Benefit From Crypto Therapy | Patty Fiore

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Bitcoin News Roundup for July 8, 2021 Jul 08, 2021

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With crypto markets largely in the red and a look at an interesting case of copyright infringement in the world of crypto art, CoinDesk’s Markets Daily is back with the latest news roundup.

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Stock Futures Drop, Bond Yields Skid Lower

Gold Extends Gain Above $1,800 After Treasury Yields Decline

UAE Pushes to Produce More Crude, Creating OPEC Deadlock - WSJ

Surge in China Originated Shipping Costs Drives Inflation Pressure

Alchemy Adds Polygon Support for Faster Development on Ethereum's Leading Layer 2

France Tests CBDC Flows With Singapore Using Automated Liquidity Pool

Gemini Exchange to Expand Asia Pacific Operations in a Bid to Capture Growth

China's Central Bank 'Worried' Stablecoins Pose Risk to Financial System

USDC Backer Circle to Go Public in SPAC Deal

EU to Propose New Agency for Crypto Crackdown

Crypto Insurance Platform Coincover Raises $9.2M as Big Firms Seek Safety

MLB NFT Auction Includes LA Dodgers World Series Ring

One in Five UK Crypto Investors Don't Know What They're Doing: Research

Taming the tuktuk? Egypt moves to regulate popular three-wheelers

Trump Sues Facebook, Twitter, Google to Restore Social-Media Accounts

Featured Story: CryptoPunks Get Punked | Daniel Kuhn

Bitcoin News Roundup for July 7, 2021 Jul 07, 2021

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With BTC floating shy of $35K, ETH moving toward $2.4K and a look at an unusual IPO from China's Didi, CoinDesk’s Markets Daily is back with the latest news roundup.

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This episode is sponsored by Kava and Nexo.io.

Today's Stories:

Small Stocks Look to Extend Winning Streak

Futures Rise With Stocks Ahead of Fed Minutes

Coal Shows Its Staying Power as Economies Bounce Back

Amazon Notches Comeback Win in Years-Long Pentagon Cloud Battle

Big Tech Startups Spring Up in South Korea

Russia to Introduce Rules for Confiscating Crypto

Reserve Bank of New Zealand to Consult on Potential CBDC

Visa Crypto Cards Have Racked Up $1B in Spending in 2021

Allied Payment Network to Offer Crypto Access in NYDIG Partnership

Ethereum's much anticipated London Hard Fork Expected to Launch on Aug. 4

China’s Crackdown Is Forcing Miners to Dump GPUs on Secondhand Market

Featured Story: Didi's Downfall and the Case For Web 3.0 | David Z. Morris

Bitcoin News Roundup for July 6, 2021 Jul 06, 2021

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With bitcoin around $34K and a look at the much-watched "stock-to-flow" pricing model's growing divergence from reality, CoinDesk’s Markets Daily is back with the latest news roundup.

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This episode is sponsored by Kava and Nexo.io.

Today's Stories:

Futures, Stocks Steady as Yields Rise on Oil Surge

Up to 1,500 businesses affected by ransomware attack, U.S. firm's CEO says

LSE-Listed Argo Blockchain Is Weighing Listing on Nasdaq

Bitcoin Trims Gains as PBOC Steps Up Crypto Crackdown

Brazil's Bitcoin Banco Group and Leader Arrested for Alleged Embezzlement of $300M in Crypto

CoinShares to Buy Elwood's ETF Index Business for $17M

EY Releases Zero-Knowledge Layer to Tackle Increasing Ethereum Costs

Most Institutional Investors Expect to Increase Crypto Exposure by 2023: Study

Coinbase to Woo India Recruits With $1,000 in Crypto

Fed's Powell May Have Met With Coinbase CEO in May

Facebook's Substack rival Bulletin raises antitrust questions about predatory pricing

Featured Story: Bitcoin Stock-to-Flow Price Ratio is Echoing Early 2019

China, Crypto & The New (Digital) Silk Road Jul 05, 2021

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A look at the evolution of ancient trade routes and how blockchain is rapidly driving change in Asian commerce, courtesy of Forkast News,

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Unraveling One of Crypto's Biggest Mysteries Jul 04, 2021

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CoinDesk's Chief Insights Columnist David Z. Morris takes a deep dive into the wild and mischievous life of Gerald Cotten.

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Attention Grows as Bitcoin Talent Flocks to El Salvador Jul 03, 2021

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El Salvador is becoming a proving ground for Bitcoin’s biggest ideas and is attracting talent, courtesy CoinDesk's Daniel Kuhn.

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Bitcoin News Roundup for July 2, 2021 Jul 02, 2021

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With BTC and ETH market action stuck in a loop plus a look at takeaways from this week's congressional hearings, CoinDesk’s Markets Daily is back with the latest news roundup.

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This episode is sponsored by Kava and Nexo.io.

Today's Stories:

European Shares Advance as Investors Weigh Economic Recovery

Fitch Says Rapid Stablecoin Growth Poses 'Contagion Risks'

Xi Jinping Warns China Won’t Be Bullied as Communist Party Marks 100 Years

India Could Hit International Crypto Exchanges With Additional 18% Tax

Ukraine Puts CBDC On Par With Cash in New Payments Law

Bitcoin Mining Council Says Sustainable Power Mix on the Rise

Strike Rolls Out Bitcoin Buys, Taking On Coinbase

Dogecoin's Fee Change Proposal Promises to Reduce Costs

Robinhood IPO Filing Shows Dogecoin Trading Drove Big Gains

Portland Trail Blazers to Wear NBA's First Crypto Ad Patch (Sorry, PayPal)

Featured Story: Before We Regulate Crypto, We Need to Know What Crypto Is | Daniel Kuhn

Bitcoin News Roundup for July 1, 2021 Jul 01, 2021

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With BTC trading sideways alongside a mixed U.S. stock market, plus a look at the crypto policy tea leaves in Biden’s Washington, CoinDesk’s Markets Daily is back with the latest news roundup.

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This episode is sponsored by Kava and Nexo.io.

Today's Stories:

Stock Market Today: Dow, S&P Live Updates for Jul. 1, 2021

Cryptocurrencies Are on FinCEN’s First ‘National Priorities’ List

Alibaba Nears First Big Deal Since Record Antitrust Fine

Berners-Lee NFT Sells for $5.4M at Sotheby’s

Robinhood Wants You to Buy Robinhood Stock on Robinhood

Twitter Gives Away 140 NFTs Through Rarible

Shortages flagged for Electric Vehicle materials lithium and cobalt

Story from News German Law Allowing $415B Investment Into Crypto Takes Effect

Averting Inflation Crisis Turns on Something Fed Doesn’t Control

SoftBank Invests $200M in Brazil Crypto Exchange Mercado Bitcoin

Binance Deploys CipherTrace Tool for Travel Rule Compliance

South Africa to Accelerate Crypto Regulation in Wake of Scams:

Featured Story: Has the Biden Administration Lost the Plot on Crypto Regulation?

Bitcoin News Roundup for June 30, 2021 Jun 30, 2021

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With BTC hovering near $34K and a look at the backstory of security tokens, CoinDesk’s Markets Daily is back with the latest news roundup.

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This episode is sponsored by hellointerpop.io, Unique One Network and elliptic.co.

Today's Stories:

U.K.’s Help Wanted, Fed Talk on Taper, Asia Factories: Eco Day

Microsoft and Google end six-year truce on legal battles

Treasury Yields Signal Investors’ Waning Economic Exuberance

USDC Stablecoin Could Soon Expand to 10 More Blockchains

Amazon Demands One More Thing From Some Vendors: a Piece of Their Company

Coinbase-Backed Startup Looks to Distribute Crypto to Everyone on Earth by Scanning Their Eyeballs

How Serious Is JPMorgan’s $2.5 Trillion Green Ambition?

Spain Considers National Digital Currency Alternative to Euro

China’s CBDC Trials Reach Beijing Subway

Coinbase Debuts Savings Product With 4% returns on Stablecoin Deposits

Tom Brady, Gisele Bündchen Become Part Owners of FTX

Major League Baseball Launches Debut NFT of Lou Gehrig’s ‘Luckiest Man’ Speech

Featured Story: Security Tokens Are Back and This Time It’s Real

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