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Altcoins outpace bitcoin as precious metals' historic rally keeps macro focus sharp

Altcoins posted broader gains in quiet Sunday trading as bitcoin held a tight range near $88K and analysts weighed crypto against the surge in precious metals.

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Coinbase says three areas will dominate the crypto market in 2026

Coinbase Institutional says shifting market structure, not hype cycles, will shape crypto trading and adoption in 2026 as activity concentrates in a few key areas.

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Blockchain Bites: Ethereum 2.0’s Deposit Contract Goes Live as ETH Miner Revenues Dwindle

Ethereum stakers can now begin depositing the 32 ether (ETH) required to stake on Eth 2.0.

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Blockchain Bites: Digital Yuan's 4M Transactions, Bitcoin's 33-Month High, Uniswap's Second Governance Vote

October saw the first time the total value locked in all DeFi protocols closed below the month’s starting value.

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Blockchain Bites: Ripple's MoneyGram Pump, OKEx's Bitcoin Cash Plan, Bitcoin's Birthday

Tomorrow marks the 12th anniversary of the Bitcoin white paper.

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Blockchain Bites: Coinbase's Card, Avanti's Approval, FTX's Fractional Stocks

Meanwhile, The Graph's $12 million raise is one in a line of many public token sales this year.

The Coinbase Card is coming to U.S. customers in 2021.

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Blockchain Bites: Bitcoin Miners' Slim Margins, ConsenSys' Latest CBDC Pilot, a16z's Power Hire

JPMorgan unveiled a revamped blockchain network that could challenge SWIFT while BlockFi has taken a 5% stake in Grayscale's GBTC.

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Blockchain Bites: JPM Coin Goes Live, Bitcoin Rallies, Stocks Falter

PLUS: Southeast Asia's largest bank by assets, DBS, is eyeing a digital assets exchange.

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Blockchain Bites: DeFi's Harvest Hit, IRS' Crypto Clarification, JPMorgan's Buoyant Bitcoin Note

PLUS: Ethereum developer Virgil Griffith's legal defense, PayPal's dropped client and more.

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