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Bitcoin Needed to Get Its Face Ripped Off

By Tyrone Ross

PlannerDAO, the DAO Built for and by Financial Advisers

Finance

Mike Novogratz Ends Twitter Silence, Shares Take on UST/LUNA Crash

The Galaxy Digital CEO confirmed that his company had been taking profits on its Terra holdings this year.

By Stephen Alpher

Galaxy Digital CEO Mike Novogratz (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)
Podcasts

The Rosetta Stone of Passwords, Return to the ‘Fappening’

By Adam B. Levine

The Rosetta Stone of Passwords, Return to the ‘Fappening’
Podcasts

Musk Sets New Condition for Twitter, Citi Says Terra’s Fallout Unlikely to Hit Wider Financial System

By William Foxley, Zack Seward, Jennifer Sanasie, Wendy O

The Hash

Finance

Argentina presiona a mineros de criptomonedas en medio de una escasez energética

Algunas compañías registradas tuvieron en marzo un incremento de 400% en sus tarifas eléctricas, mientras que los mineros ilegales no planean dejar de utilizar la energía subsidiada de sus hogares para realizar la actividad.

By Marina Lammertyn

Ushuaia, ciudad ubicada en la provincia argentina de Tierra del Fuego. (Richard I'Anson/Getty Images)

Finance

A16z Addresses Downturn in Inaugural State of Crypto Report

The report discussed Web 3 trends and why Ethereum remains the dominant blockchain.

By Brandy Betz

A16z partner Chris Dixon (Steve Jennings/Getty Images for TechCrunch))
Podcasts

Morgan Stanley Warns NFTs Next to Watch After UST Collapse; Bukele Announces Bank Meeting in El Salvador

By William Foxley, Zack Seward, Jennifer Sanasie, Wendy O

Terraform Labs CEO Do Kwon’s History Behind Another Failed Stablecoin

Policy

Portugal Makes U-Turn on Cryptocurrency Tax

Reversing its previous hands-off stance, the nation will impose taxes on the exchange and sale of cryptocurrencies.

By Oliver Knight

Portugal has made a U-turn on taxing cryptocurrency. (aayush_gupta/Unsplash)

Finance

Bitcoin Miner Bitfarms Lowers Hashrate Outlook to 6 EH/s This Year

The miner is still assessing other opportunities to expand its capacity to as much as 8 EH/s by the end of the year.

By Aoyon Ashraf

Bitfarms' mining facility in Quebec, Bitfarms (Aoyon Ashraf for CoinDesk)

Finance

Morgan Stanley Says NFTs Next to Watch After UST Collapse

Most speculative and leveraged areas of crypto markets now in focus, the bank’s analysts said.

By Will Canny

Morgan Stanley's U.K. headquarters
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Latest Crypto News

Positive
CFTC sends crypto rules to White House to review as Congress stalls on Clarity Act
The regulator is moving ahead with crypto market rules as the SEC also opens a new path for tokenized stock trading.
Negative
Crypto tech provider Haruko hit by cyberattack affecting 15 clients, some funds lost
Some smaller hedge funds with weaker security controls may have lost funds in the targeted attack, sources said.
Negative
ECB President Christine Lagarde intervened to block Binance’s EU MiCA license: WSJ
Although the ECB holds no formal licensing authority under MiCA, high-level intervention led Greece to stall an application that regulators had previously deemed complete, the Journal said.
Positive
Zcash targets November upgrade to make private payments up to three times faster
NU7 would reduce block times to 25 seconds while setting aside at least 60% of transaction fees to supplement mining rewards beginning in 2031.

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