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An Update on the ‘Erroneously High’ Gas Fee That Temporarily Cost DeversiFi $23.7M

Forget the scammers; crypto has its heartwarming stories, too.

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Chinese Ethereum Mining Pool BeePool to Shut Down Following Crypto Ban

"The Hash" team discusses the latest blow to the mining community, suggesting the outlook for global mining operations. China-based BeePool, the world's fourth-largest Ethereum mining pool by processing power, or hashrate, which halted registrations for new users and new subsidiary accounts for existing users, will suspend all services to miners beginning Oct. 15 at 15:59 UTC (11:59 a.m. ET). This follows SparkPool, another top Chinese Ethereum mining pool, suspending operations.

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You Can Be a Bitcoin Maximalist and Like Ethereum, Too

Some prominent bitcoin influencers have begun pushing back against toxicity and isolationism in the bitcoin community.

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Connext Launches NXTP Protocol to Improve Liquidity

The Ethereum-based network is looking to expand its transaction capacity after a $12 million funding round.

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Chinese Ethereum Mining Pool BeePool to Shut Down Following Crackdown

The firm’s move came just after SparkPool, another top Chinese Ethereum mining pool, announced it was suspending operations.

Graphics processing units (GPUs) used to mine the Ethereum and Zilliqa cryptocurrencies at the Evobits crypto farm in Cluj-Napoca, Romania, on Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2020. The world’s second-most-valuable cryptocurrency, Ethereum, rallied 75% this year, outpacing its larger rival Bitcoin. Photographer: Akos Stiller/Bloomberg

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IDX CIO on Selling Fully Out of Bitcoin Exposure

Quantitative asset manager IDX Digital Assets has sold all of its bitcoin holdings. IDX Chief Investment Officer Ben McMillan discusses why, citing news from China, global regulatory actions, and BTC’s speculative nature.

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Ethan Lou Takes Us Inside the North Korean Trip That Got Ethereum’s Virgil Griffith Arrested

Ethereum developer Virgil Griffith pled guilty Monday to charges related to his trip to North Korea for a blockchain conference.

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Finance

Institutional DeFi Push Continues as Ethereum Scaler Nahmii Launches Mainnet

The project’s $8 million funding round included Sam Cassatt’s Aligned Capital and Kavita Gupta’s Delta Fund.

Nahmii aims to boost Ethereum's speed. (Marc-Olivier Jodoin/Unsplash)

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Markets

Analysts Turn Negative on Ether as Weekly Chart Tips Bearish

Some price-chart readers see the potential for a steep drop in the next few weeks.

Ether's daily and weekly charts showing bearish indicators. (TradingView/CoinDesk)

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'Stripe for NFTs?' Immutable X Token Sale Raises Over $12.5M in Under an Hour

Ethereum scaling product Immutable X's token sale on CoinList sold out in less than an hour, raising over $12.5 million. The protocol is poised to integrate with several NFT marketplaces, including Mintable and OpenSea, saying it aims for the IMX token to be Ethereum's "Stripe for NFTs," offering gas-free NFT minting and trading. "The Hash" squad discusses the specifics, reactions, and implications of the token sale in the larger NFT ecosystem.

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