UN Human Rights Chief Voices Concern Over Assange Extradition Case, Wikileaks Continues to Raise Large Sums of Crypto
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UN Human Rights Chief Voices Concern Over Assange Extradition Case, Wikileaks Continues to Raise Large Sums of Crypto – Bitcoin News

On Saturday, the human rights chief at the United Nations (UN), Michelle Bachelet, said that the potential extradition of whistleblower Julian Assange raises concerns for the rights of future whistleblowers and investigative journalists. Meanwhile, cryptocurrency supporters have continued to donate to Assange and his legal battle as Wikileaks has amassed hundreds of thousands of dollars in crypto assets since Assange…

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Why DeFi, GameFi and SocialFi are horizontals in the Metaverse
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Why DeFi, GameFi and SocialFi are horizontals in the Metaverse

The future of value creation and exchange will know no national boundaries and jurisdictions. They will all be ecosystem specific. Therefore, all use cases need to be ecosystem-specific. The future for DeFi, GameFi and SocialFi may be embedded. But, this embedding can only be implemented in a well-oiled ecosystem. The Metaverse that brings these user functions together will not only…

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CME Group launches euro-denominated Bitcoin and Ether futures
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CME Group launches euro-denominated Bitcoin and Ether futures

Derivatives marketplace Chicago Mercantile Exchange Group has launched trading for Bitcoin euro and Ether euro futures contracts. In a Monday announcement, CME Group said that it launched contracts for euro-denominated Bitcoin (BTC) and Ether (ETH) futures sized at 5 BTC and 50 ETH per contract. Both contracts will be listed on CME, cash-settled, and based on the CME CF Bitcoin-Euro…

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Bitcoin reaches 'short squeeze' trigger zone as BTC price nears $20.4K
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Bitcoin reaches ‘short squeeze’ trigger zone as BTC price nears $20.4K

Bitcoin (BTC) regained some lost ground at the Aug. 29 Wall Street open amid talk of an imminent short squeeze. BTC/USD 1-hour candle chart (Bitstamp). Source: TradingView Shorts lose out in modest squeeze higher for BTC Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView showed BTC/USD climbing to near $20,400 on Bitstamp as United States equities began trading. The move signaled…

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Where in the world are the 3AC founders? Speculations abound
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Where in the world are the 3AC founders? Speculations abound

The creators of Three Arrows Capital are missing, according to reports, when court-appointed liquidators visited the firm’s Singapore headquarters recently, all they discovered was a locked door and a stack of outdated mail. Singapore-based 3AC is among the flagship cryptocurrency firms that have crumbled under bear pressure and faced liquidity issues driven by the market sell-off in recent weeks. In…

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These 3 altcoins have completely ignored the bear market in the last 90 days
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These 3 altcoins have completely ignored the bear market in the last 90 days

The cryptocurrency market overall endured a bad summer on back-to-back pieces of bad news, ranging from Terra’s (Luna) —now renamed Terra Classic (LUNC) — collapse to the Celsius Network’s liquidity crisis. But some tokens have bucked the downtrend and have actually seen their valuations go up over the summer. Specifically, the last 90 days have seen these so-called alternative cryptocurrencies,…

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The Top Privacy Coins Saw Fewer Percentage Losses Than Most Tokens This Week
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The Top Privacy Coins Saw Fewer Percentage Losses Than Most Tokens This Week – Privacy Bitcoin News

The privacy coins monero and zcash managed to see fewer percentage losses against the U.S. dollar this week, in contrast to crypto assets like bitcoin, ethereum, and solana. Seven-day statistics indicate zcash has lost 5.6% against the USD, while monero dropped by 6.1%. Privacy Coins Manage to Stave off Some of This Week’s Market Carnage, but Are Still Down 62%…

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South African rugby icon Siya Kolisi headlines new crypto advertising campaign
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South African rugby icon Siya Kolisi headlines new crypto advertising campaign

National rugby captain Siya Kolisi will spearhead a two-year educational cryptocurrency advertising campaign in South Africa. The Springbok skipper has partnered with global cryptocurrency exchange Luno in the campaign’s rollout, which will feature a series of television adverts promoting a long-term investment attitude towards cryptocurrencies. Kolisi was front and center of the first advert of the new campaign, which was…

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What the Taliban crackdown means for crypto's future in Afghanistan
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What the Taliban crackdown means for crypto’s future in Afghanistan

With the rise of the Taliban last year in August, Afghanistan faced global sanctions that led to many international organizations and money transaction services halting operations in the country. This made room for digital currencies and stablecoins to be widely used, at least to send or receive remittances. However, the Taliban government has recently banned cryptocurrencies and arrested 16 local…

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Argentinian Province Mendoza Starts Accepting Tax Payments in Crypto
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Argentinian Province Mendoza Starts Accepting Tax Payments in Crypto – News Bitcoin News

Mendoza, an Argentinian province, has implemented a system that allows taxpayers to pay their taxes fully with cryptocurrencies. The system, which was launched this week, is part of a strategic push for the modernization and digitalization of payments carried by the tax authority of Mendoza and uses the services of a third party to process the transactions. Mendoza Goes…

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