PoliFi Tokens, BTC Under Pressure Ahead of Biden-Trump Debate
If crypto-friendly Republican candidate Trump goes off the rails, Republicans may wince, but the GOP ticket will likely not change.
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Polymarket Contradicts Its Oracle Service in Rarity for Prediction Market
Nearly all UMA voters agreed that Donald Trump’s son Barron was not likely involved in the DJT göğüs token.
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Crypto Insiders Hope for Possible Mention in Biden-Trump Debate
Some in the industry have been pushing for host CNN to ensure digital assets come up in the televised presidential faceoff.
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Bitcoin Miner Marathon Mined $15M Kaspa Tokens to Diversify Revenue
The miner has mined 93 million worth of KAS tokens since Sept. 2023.
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Abra Settles With 25 States for Operating Without Licenses, Will Return Up to $82M to U.S. Customers
As part of the settlement agreement, Abra pledged to stop accepting crypto deposits from U.S.-based Abra Trade customers.
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The Protocol: Blast’s $3B Airdrop and Bitcoin’s Mt. Gox Moment
In this week’s issue of CoinDesk’s weekly blockchain tech newsletter, we’re covering $100 million of fundraisings, project updates from Solana and other teams, complaints over LayerZero’s “pay-to-claim” airdrop and nervousness surrounding the Mt. Gox bitcoin distribution.
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Bitcoin Falls After U.S. Sends $240M Worth of Silk Road-Related BTC to Coinbase
About 4k bitcoin had been seized from narcotics trafficker Banmeet Singh at his January 2024 trial.
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Crypto Giants Notch Wins in Expensive Quest to Sway U.S. Politics – Without Mentioning Crypto
Coinbase, Ripple and a16z donated unprecedented money to influence the outcomes of congressional races, but nobody wants to say who’s in charge, how it works or even to discuss digital assets in campaign ads.
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ZynCoin Meme Token Patches Things Up With Tobacco Giant Philip Morris
The Fortune 500 firm initially demanded an end to the crypto named for its nicotine pouch, but backed down after realizing there was no entity to sue.
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U.S. State Department Offers New $5M Reward for Missing ‘Cryptoqueen’
OneCoin founder Ruja Ignatova went missing in Athens in 2017.