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Satoshi Square: How Bitcoin Took Over a Park (And Then the World)

Before we knew whether bitcoin was legal or illegal, a group on New Yorkers created an in-person meetup for people to buy, sell and trade the cryptocurrency.

Updated Sep 13, 2021, 9:00 a.m. Published Mar 23, 2019, 10:15 a.m.
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  • GoPlus Intelligence's Token Security API averaged 717 million monthly calls year-to-date in 2025 , with a peak of nearly 1 billion calls in February 2025. Total blockchain-level requests, including transaction simulations, averaged an additional 350 million per month.
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Bitcoin hovered below $90,000 on Sunday as low liquidity, altcoin weakness and looming U.S. and global data kept traders cautious.

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  • Bitcoin slipped below $90,000 in low-liquidity Sunday trading.
  • Ether showed relative strength while major altcoins lagged.
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