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Nickel Digital Sees Growing Institutional Demand in UK for Crypto

More than half of institutional investors plan to invest more in crypto by 2023, according to a survey.

By Jamie CrawleyAug 24, 2021

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7:24 AM

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Forget max pain theory. Bitcoin is well below the $72,000 magnet going into $10 billion options expiry

The popular max pain theory isn’t working out as bitcoin trades far from the $72K level a day ahead of a $10 billion quarterly options settlement.

Updated 30 minutes ago

Live markets: Bitcoin, ether lead $1 billion liquidation losses as AI trade keeps going

A liquidation flush took bitcoin to its lowest since early June before Micron's blowout earnings and SK Hynix's U.S. listing plans steadied the AI trade that crypto had been sliding alongside.

5:35 AM

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MemeCore's M token suddenly crashes 80% with no clear trigger

The token fell from nearly $3 to about $0.50 in hours, wiping out close to $3 billion in market value, with no exploit or announcement to explain it. Onchain investigator ZachXBT warned in April that M's price had been propped up by insiders.

5:02 AM

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Ripple's RLUSD stablecoin goes live in Japan after regulatory approval

Japan's financial regulator cleared the U.S. dollar-backed token as a new category of payment instrument, letting SBI VC Trade offer it to institutions and retail. RLUSD remains small, at about $1.7 billion.

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