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Stabelcoin issuer Tether blacklisted 41 wallets controlled by people on the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) List on Saturday.

Bitcoin continued to rally this week. And major altcoins—especially meme coins—blew up in value as a result.

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National security officials with the U.S., South Korean and Japanese governments discussed North Korea's crypto thefts and other efforts to work on its nuclear and ballistic missile programs, the White House announced Friday night.

Analytics firm Graphika says the amount of non-consensual intimate imagery online has grown 2,408% since January.

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The military-linked bill is viewed as must-pass legislation, so lawmakers sometimes try to tack on other things to get them passed, too.

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Solana’s resurgence isn’t slowing, with SOL and Solana-based tokens still rising and NFT sales volume ruling the wider market.

The latest in blockchain tech upgrades, funding announcements and deals. For the period of Dec 7-Dec. 13, with live updates throughout.

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Marinade's market cap is dwarfed by Jito, though, despite being a bigger crypto ecosystem.

The film and TV script summary platform says it can save time and effort with minimal AI hallucinations.

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AI won’t make you a millionaire, says Brad Lightcap, Sam Altman’s right hand man, calling the tech more of a “sidekick.”

World's richest man and alleged crypto fan Elon Musk took a swing at the classic Bitcoin "not your keys" mantra—and whiffed.

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Market observers "underappreciate" future inflows from institutional investors to bitcoin, asset 21.co CEO said in a CoinDesk TV interview.

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El Salvador has announced a new “freedom visa” for rich people who want to live in the Central American nation.

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Got an Amazon Prime membership? You’ll be able to grab in-game items for NFT actioner Champions Ascension on PC for weeks to come.

The firm says it has already seen $6 billion in volume in the Latin American region since its debut in April.

Starknet, an Ethereum scaling network, is readying 1.8 billion STRK tokens between the airdrop and rebates, plus incentives for DeFi users.

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Ethereum NFT-based digital identity and loyalty platform Mocaverse will connect metaverse game worlds, apps, and other Web3 projects.

The fund manager is one of the biggest contenders in the spot Bitcoin ETF race.

This low-tech tome puts every possible passphrase word in print, providing a creative way to safely store your seed phrase.

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The blockchain-oracle project's "v0.2" staking program expanded the capacity to 45M LINK tokens from 25M, and the portion reserved for the community quickly filled up. The LINK token surged in price.

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Bitcoin traders are increasingly focusing on altcoins as BTC price action cools following the week’s vertical upside.

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The possibilities for development on the Bitcoin network are expanding — and the BRC-20 ecosystem's rapidly growing market cap reflects the new opportunities.

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Bitcoin has been declared dead more times than you’d think amid downswings in the market, but it’s always managed to bounce back.

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The regulator’s examination will assess whether the collaboration constitutes an “acquisition of control,” implying substantial influence of one party over another.

Anticipating a slowdown in the economy and easier Fed monetary policy, investors have sharply bid down interest rates in the weeks leading up to this morning's numbers.

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Comparisons of Google’s Gemini and OpenAI’s ChatGPT continue to flood internet social spaces, so we decided to put them to the test with questions of our own.

The latest price moves in bitcoin [BTC] and crypto markets in context for Dec. 8, 2023. First Mover is CoinDesk’s daily newsletter that contextualizes the latest actions in the crypto markets.

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The average value of NFT transactions climbed from $126 to $270, showing an increase of 114% in November.

Cointelegraph is excited to announce a strategic collaboration with Chainlink Labs, the primary contributing developer of the industry-standard decentralized computing platform Chainlink.

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The license, which Binance voluntarily canceled, would have permitted the exchange to manage a collective investment fund in the country.