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Innovation vs. ‘The Big Short’: Cathie Wood and Michael Burry's Battle Frames the Potential Futures of Markets

By Nathaniel WhittemoreAug 17, 2021

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WTF Happened in 1971? (And in Afghanistan?)

By Nathaniel WhittemoreAug 16, 2021

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Why Bitcoin Matters in Nigeria and Iraq

By Nathaniel WhittemoreAug 15, 2021

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Is the US Government at War With Itself Over Crypto Regulatory Authority?

By Nathaniel WhittemoreAug 14, 2021

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These North American Bitcoin Firms Mined 59% More Bitcoin in July

By Nathaniel WhittemoreAug 13, 2021

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U.S. CFTC's Selig says AI has helped make up for staffing cuts at key crypto watchdog

Chairman Mike Selig faces explosive new market duties with crypto and prediction markets, where he said "numerous investigations" have begun.

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Cardano's Charles Hoskinson says Bitcoin's quantum fix is a hard fork that can't save Satoshi's coins

The Cardano founder argues BIP-361 is mislabeled as a soft fork and that its zero-knowledge recovery plan cannot rescue roughly 1.7 million pre-2013 bitcoin, including Satoshi's holdings.

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Crypto for Advisors: Tokenization’s evolution

Tokenized assets are moving from concept to portfolio allocation. Learn how compliance architecture and institutional movement are redefining risk and opportunity for advisors.

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Bitcoin slides back below $74,000 as breakout to higher levels fails again

The $75,000-$76,000 range has proven to be stiff resistance as bitcoin attempts to claw back this year's losses.

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