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What Can Cause a Crypto Crash? : Biggest Crypto Crashes

beginner Because of their volatile nature, crypto assets are no strangers to crashes. Sometimes, coins and tokens manage to bounce back and recover their price: Bitcoin is the best example here. Many cryptocurrencies, however, never recover — and while these are often smaller tokens with tiny market caps, this fate can also befall bigger projects. After all, we all remember…

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Voyager Creditor Committee to Pay $5.2M in Legal Fees From March to May
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Voyager Creditor Committee to Pay $5.2M in Legal Fees From March to May

While crypto creditors wallow, legal firms are raking in the fees. A committee representing unsecured creditors of the bankrupt crypto broker Voyager has been charged $5.17 million in legal fees from March to May by its law firm McDermott Will & Emery, according to a legal filing submitted to the U.S. Bankruptcy Court of New York’s Southern District yesterday.  This…

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Crypto Exchange Gemini Tables 'Final' $1.5B Offer for Barry Silbert's DCG
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Crypto Exchange Gemini Tables ‘Final’ $1.5B Offer for Barry Silbert’s DCG

Cameron Winklevoss, the co-founder of the Gemini crypto exchange, has made what he called a “final offer” in the debt-restructuring negotiations over the bankrupt digital asset firm Genesis. This offer aims to bring resolution to months of discussions and mediation and includes a plan for $1.465 billion in forbearance payments and fresh loans denominated in USD, Bitcoin (BTC), and Ethereum…

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U.S. crypto regulatory uncertainty could be Hong Kong’s gain
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U.S. crypto regulatory uncertainty could be Hong Kong’s gain

Industry experts believe Hong Kong’s shifting attitude towards blockchain technology, cryptocurrencies and Web3 could entice businesses away from the United States. The city has made a series of moves over the past year to foster the development of the Web3 space and enable retail investment into cryptocurrencies. The latest example of this is the formation of its Task Force on…

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Chinese city of Jinan accepts CBDC payments for bus rides
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Chinese city of Jinan accepts CBDC payments for bus rides

Jinan, the capital of eastern China’s Shandong Province, has begun encouraging the adoption of the country’s central bank digital currency (CBDC) program by introducing the acceptance of digital yuan payments across all its bus routes.  In its pilot phase, the city tested the introduction of CBDC payments on two bus lines namely B52 and BRT5. Following this trial period, the…

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Crypto firms won't leave US despite apparent hostility: Merkle Science CEO
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Crypto firms won’t leave US despite apparent hostility: Merkle Science CEO

Despite recent narratives suggesting differently, the United States won’t be losing its allure as a crypto hub, according to the CEO of blockchain analytics firm Merkle Science. A swathe of hostile regulatory actions leveled at crypto firms in the United States in recent months has led many top crypto executives to turn their gaze elsewhere. Despite this, Mriganka Pattnaik, the co-founder…

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