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Finance

DARMA Capital Unveils CFTC-Regulated Filecoin Swap Product

The crypto investment firm is making $100 million worth of filecoin available for the first-of-a-kind derivative.

Darma Capital Managing Partner Andrew Keys (CoinDesk archives)

Finance

CoinList Aims to Reduce Miners’ Capital Costs With Low Collateral Filecoin Loans

The new lending service will require miners to put up as little as 10% collateral of the total loan value, helping them expand more quickly.

Source: Blockware Solutions

Markets

Ethereum Suffers Worst Month in Nearly 2 Years, SOL Falls Even Harder

Most major altcoins have sunk more than bitcoin, with all members of the CoinDesk 20 digital assets deeply in the red in January.

January has not been kind to crypto markets. (Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)

Opinion

IPFS, Filecoin and the Long-Term Risks of Storing NFTs

Decentralized storage solutions are not bulletproof.

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Tech

Filecoin Might Have a Way for Bitcoin to Fight Its Energy Critics (if Miners Use It)

Did Filecoin just launch a tool to end the never-ending debate over bitcoin’s carbon footprint?

Power plant

Markets

Gemini to Serve as Custodian for Filecoin Fund of Australian Equities Manager

The fund seeks to raise A$25 million ($18.4 million) over a three-month period, promising clients a 100% FIL return over five years.

Sydney's harbor.

Videos

Key Takeaways From Senate Banking Committee's Crypto Hearing

As U.S. lawmakers become increasingly concerned about different aspects of the digital asset industry, Congress is continuing to hold hearings around cryptocurrencies. Marta Belcher, the Board Chair of the Filecoin Foundation and participant of Tuesday's Senate Banking Committee's hearing on cryptocurrencies' use cases, discusses her main takeaways from the hearing and why she's "not surprised" that it focused primarily on issues of ransomware and ESG.

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Markets

Market Wrap: Bitcoin in Tight $35K-$36K Range; Ether Volumes Still Beating BTC

Ether’s dominance is at 19.78%, the highest it has been since May 16.

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Markets

NU Rallies 44% on Binance Listing While Bitcoin, Ether Fall on Musk Tweet

NU is one of the few coins that has shown positive gains in the past day.

CoinMarketCap

Videos

Filecoin in Focus: What Its Leaders Want You to Know About the Storage-Focused Project

The altcoin market is hot, but it can be intimidating for crypto newbies to understand the various cryptocurrencies on the market. Filecoin is one of the most popular altcoins. Marta Belcher of the Filecoin Foundation joins “First Mover” to explain why the project has gained much attention and how it’s progressing.

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