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• Iran to begin ‘crypto rial’ CBDC trial despite possible lack of infrastructure: Report

  21-09-2022 23:50 via cointelegraph.com
  The crypto rial has been in preparation for years; its introduction comes on the heels of the country’s introduction of cryptocurrency for foreign trade.
  
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• Luxury Hotels That Accept Cryptocurrency - GOBankingRates

  21-09-2022 23:12 via gobankingrates.com
  Luxury Hotels That Accept Cryptocurrency  GOBankingRates
  
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• Bitcoin Reacts To 75 Basis Point Fed Rate Hike | BTCUSD September 21, 2022

  21-09-2022 22:51 via newsbtc.com
  In this episode of NewsBTC’s daily technical analysis videos, we look at the volatility in Bitcoin price action following the FOMC meeting today where the Federal Reserve announced a 75 bps rate increase.
  Take a look at the video below:VIDEO: Bitcoin Price Analysis (BTCUSD): September 21, 2022
  Bitcoin price action has been ultra volatile before and after the United States Federal Reserve announced its decision to increase rates by 75 basis points. Although the market had been con
  
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• Jerome Powell is prolonging our economic agony

  21-09-2022 22:47 via cointelegraph.com
  Jerome Powell is lengthening economic pain by refusing to raise interest rates at the necessary pace. It’s time to rip off the band-aid.
  
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• Japanese banking giant Nomura launches digital ecosystem VC arm

  21-09-2022 22:45 via cointelegraph.com
  “Staying at the forefront of digital innovation is a key priority for Nomura,” said president and group CEO of Nomura Holdings Kentaro Okuda.
  
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• ETH Price Gets Punishment As Miners Sold Over 17,000 Ethereum

  21-09-2022 22:34 via newsbtc.com
  Ethereum’s recent upgrade has pushed miners out of its network. Now Ethereum 2.0 support validators who staked 32ETH and above in the network.
  The community expected the merge to push the price of ETH and other cryptos up. But the reverse became the case afterward.
  Related Reading: Ethereum: Can The Top Altcoin End Bitcoin’s Dominance Post Merge?
  A few minutes after the event on September 15, Bitcoin lost $1K. Ethereum also lost more than $200, plummeting from $1,635 to $1471 same me
  
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• Hong Kong Monetary Authority provides update on retail CBDC that may become DeFi onramp

  21-09-2022 22:15 via cointelegraph.com
  The monetary authority is developing a wholesale CBDC separately and earlier; it is looking at prospective retail use cases despite the lack of an “imminent role” for the currency.
  
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• XRP Outperforms Many By Adding Over 6% Daily In Bloodbath

  21-09-2022 22:12 via newsbtc.com
  The crypto market has recorded many devastating events in recent times. Since the market crash in May, crypto asset prices have behaved differently every week. Sometimes price outlook is positive, but other times, it is worse. 
  From September 15 to date, the volatility in the market has skyrocketed. Asset prices are more bearish than bullish. The merge brought a series of price fall starting from Bitcoin, which lost $1000 a few minutes after the upgrade. 
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• Kusama Looks Bullish, Can Price Break Weekly Resistance Of $50?

  21-09-2022 22:02 via newsbtc.com
  Kusama (KSM) looks bullish on a lower timeframe.
  Kusama (KSM) price eyes a reclaim of 50 Exponential Moving Average (EMA) on the daily timeframe. 
  Kusama (KSM) price aims to break above 50 EMA in the 4H timeframe.Kusama (KSM) has had a tough time recently but has shown great strength bouncing up in higher and lower timeframe. Kusama (KSM) price has struggled to remain bullish as the price fell from an all-time high of $600 to $38, with the price maintaining a downtrend with little hope of
  
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• Price analysis 9/21: BTC, ETH, BNB, XRP, ADA, SOL, DOGE, DOT, MATIC, SHIB

  21-09-2022 22:00 via cointelegraph.com
  Bitcoin and altcoins rallied ahead of the Fed’s rate hike decision, indicating that traders viewed the 0.75% rate hike as a “priced-in” event.
  
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• Jesse Powell, C.E.O. of Cryptocurrency Exchange Kraken, Steps Down - The New York Times

  21-09-2022 21:58 via nytimes.com
  Jesse Powell, C.E.O. of Cryptocurrency Exchange Kraken, Steps Down  The New York Times
  
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• Binance receives green light for crypto services in Dubai

  21-09-2022 21:45 via cointelegraph.com
  The new MVP License is a transition from a Provisional License received earlier this year under a new regulatory framework
  
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• Cryptocurrency LEO Token Decreases More Than 5% Within 24 hours - Benzinga

  21-09-2022 21:43 via benzinga.com
  Cryptocurrency LEO Token Decreases More Than 5% Within 24 hours  Benzinga
  
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• Cryptocurrency Wrapped Bitcoin's Price Increased More Than 3% Within 24 hours - (WBTC/USD) - Benzinga

  21-09-2022 21:42 via benzinga.com
  Cryptocurrency Wrapped Bitcoin's Price Increased More Than 3% Within 24 hours - (WBTC/USD)  Benzinga
  
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• Bitcoin, Ethereum and altcoins hold intraday gains after Fed hikes interest rates by 0.75%

  21-09-2022 21:09 via cointelegraph.com
  In addition to a 0.75% basis point hike, the Federal Reserve also set its 2022 target interest rate at 4.4%, leading Bitcoin analysts to forecast further downside for BTC.
  
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• Kraken's Jesse Powell will step down as CEO, stay on as board chair

  21-09-2022 21:05 via cointelegraph.com
  Jesse Powell will be succeeded as CEO by chief operating officer Dave Ripley, who has been with the crypto exchange since 2016.
  
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• Kraken's Jesse Powell will step down as CEO, move to board chair

  21-09-2022 21:05 via cointelegraph.com
  Jesse Powell will be succeeded as CEO by chief operating officer Dave Ripley, who has been with the crypto exchange since 2016.
  
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• Kraken CEO Jesse Powell steps down: Report

  21-09-2022 21:05 via cointelegraph.com
  Jesse Powell will reportedly be succeeded as CEO by chief operating officer Dave Ripley, who has been with the crypto exchange since 2016.
  
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• Get Forked: Ethereum PoW Forks Fall 66% In Just Days

  21-09-2022 21:00 via newsbtc.com
  Data shows the Ethereum Proof-of-Work forks have sharply fallen down in the few days following the merge.
  Ethereum PoW Forks Have Fallen 66% In Just Five Days
  According to the latest weekly report from Arcane Research, the ETH PoW forks have performed very poorly against ETH since the merge.
  The much talked-about event transitioned Ethereum to a Proof-of-Stake consensus mechanism, essentially obfuscating the use of miners on the network.
  However, some communities that were in favor of the old Po
  
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• Bandai Namco, SEGA eyeing blockchain gaming: Nifty Newsletter, Sept. 14–20

  21-09-2022 21:00 via cointelegraph.com
  Ryo Matsubara, representative director of Oasys, told Cointelegraph that Japanese gaming giants have a long-term vision for blockchain gaming.
  
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• Bandai Namco, SEGA eyeing blockchain gaming: Nifty Newsletter, Sept. 14-20

  21-09-2022 21:00 via cointelegraph.com
  Ryo Matsubara, representative director of Oasys, told Cointelegraph that Japanese gaming giants have a long-term vision for blockchain gaming.
  
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• Societe Generale launches custodial services for crypto fund managers

  21-09-2022 20:15 via cointelegraph.com
  The firm is also in the process of testing a digital euro together with the European Central Bank.
  
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• Aave (AAVE) Attracting Whales Over Past Few Months – Will It Spur Price Rally?

  21-09-2022 19:50 via newsbtc.com
  The number of “whale” addresses in AAVE has recently increased. Whale addresses are digital currency addresses that store 1 million or more of a particular coin. AAVE is currently riding a wave of whale-like popularity.
  AAVE is currently riding a wave of whale-like popularity. A 55 percent of the AAVE coins are held by addresses with 1,000 to one million tokens, per Santiment. That’s a big jump from the 48% investors saw in the first half of June.
  This increase in whale address
  
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• What is the Next Cryptocurrency to Explode? Top 9 Contenders - Cryptonews

  21-09-2022 19:42 via cryptonews.com
  What is the Next Cryptocurrency to Explode? Top 9 Contenders  Cryptonews
  
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• Majority of crypto exchange leadership should be comprised of citizens, say Indonesian regulators

  21-09-2022 19:30 via cointelegraph.com
  Officials with Indonesia’s Commodity Futures Trading Regulatory Agency could implement a rule for two-thirds of directors and commissioners at crypto firms to be citizens.
  
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• Selling physical items as NFTs, explained

  21-09-2022 19:00 via cointelegraph.com
  A growing number of physical items are being immortalized in NFT form. What are the opportunities here... and the challenges that need to be addressed?
  
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• Prepare For Volatility: Data Suggests Bitcoin Gets Chaotic During FOMC Meetings

  21-09-2022 19:00 via newsbtc.com
  Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies in the market have had an interesting week-and-a-half. From the CPI report to the completion of the Ethereum Merge, it has been a rollercoaster of volatile activity across the market. Even with this, the market is still not done with its big events. The FOMC meeting is held on Wednesday, which, like in the past, promises unpredictable movements for the crypto markets.
  Expect Volatility For Bitcoin
  The FOMC meeting has always triggered volatility across not just
  
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• Cryptocurrency Market Can Overcome Its Macroeconomic Woes - The Coin Republic

  21-09-2022 19:00 via thecoinrepublic.com
  Cryptocurrency Market Can Overcome Its Macroeconomic Woes  The Coin Republic
  
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• Raising a glass to Satoshi’s Place and the challenge of running Bitcoin businesses

  21-09-2022 18:45 via cointelegraph.com
  A Bitcoin-themed bar and education center has popped up in Northern England —Cointelegraph swung by to interview the founder and raise a glass.
  
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• Raise a glass to Satoshi’s Place: the challenge of running Bitcoin businesses

  21-09-2022 18:45 via cointelegraph.com
  A Bitcoin-themed bar and education center has popped up in Northern England and Cointelegraph swung by to interview the founder and raise a glass.
  
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• Why Bitcoin Price Could Bounce After Today’s FOMC Meeting

  21-09-2022 18:42 via newsbtc.com
  The Bitcoin price has been moving sideways over the past few days bound solely to macroeconomic factors. The benchmark cryptocurrency was rejected north of $20,000 after “The Merge” and seems poised to face volatility over today’s trading session.
  At the time of writing, Bitcoin (BTC) trades at $19,200 with sideways movement in the last 24 hours and a 5% loss over the past week. As the market moves past “The Merge”, crypto has returned to its correlation with global
  
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• Tether says new court order to produce USDT reserve backing is a 'routine discovery matter'

  21-09-2022 18:00 via cointelegraph.com
  The issue deals with a lawsuit that has been ongoing since October 2019.
  
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• Reef Finance (REEF) Breaks Out Of Long Isolation, Is This A Fake Rally?

  21-09-2022 18:00 via newsbtc.com
  REEF looks bullish on a lower timeframe
  Price reclaims 50 exponential moving average (EMA) on the daily timeframe 
  REEF price gets rejected by 200 EMA acting as resistance on the daily timeframe. Reef finance (REEF) has had a tough time recently but has shown great strength bouncing up in a lower timeframe. Reef finance has struggled to remain bullish as the price fell from an all-time high of $0.3 to $0.0048, with the price maintaining a downtrend with little hope of a relief rally o
  
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• U.S. House Legislation Looks To Place Two-Year Ban On UST-Like Stablecoins

  21-09-2022 17:59 via newsbtc.com
  Are stablecoins in the sights of U.S. regulators?
  The decline of Terra Luna and it’s UST (and correlating LUNA) token earlier this year brought along plenty of fanfare. It’s full damage and implications, however, have clearly yet to be established; a new draft of a U.S. House bill is proposing a two-year ban on stablecoins similar to Terra’s UST stablecoin.
  UST depegged and caused major ripples throughout defi earlier this year. Let’s look at what the legislation could po
  
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• The Most Sustainable Cryptocurrency to Invest In – Top 10 Projects Reviewed - Cryptonews

  21-09-2022 17:53 via cryptonews.com
  The Most Sustainable Cryptocurrency to Invest In – Top 10 Projects Reviewed  Cryptonews
  
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• Atlassian Confluence Vulnerability CVE-2022-26134 Abused For Cryptocurrency Mining, Other Malware - Trend Micro

  21-09-2022 17:47 via trendmicro.com
  Atlassian Confluence Vulnerability CVE-2022-26134 Abused For Cryptocurrency Mining, Other Malware  Trend Micro
  
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• Optimism Analysis: Latest Figures Could Induce Investor Trust

  21-09-2022 17:45 via newsbtc.com
  Optimism is a layer 2 network that operates on top of the Ethereum main chain. Since its launch in June, it has been the focus of investors and buyers due to its steady increase in value.
  Despite the fact that the coin’s value is currently below the $1 level and falling as this is written, price fluctuations may be neutralized by recent developments.
  Optimism (OP) is currently trading at $0.922285, up 3.5% in the last 24 hours, data from Coingecko show, Wednesday.
  The development team has
  
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• Crypto NFT Today: The Latest News in Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, and NFTs: Sept. 21-27, 2022 - Innovation & Tech Today

  21-09-2022 17:33 via innotechtoday.com
  Crypto NFT Today: The Latest News in Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, and NFTs: Sept. 21-27, 2022  Innovation & Tech Today
  
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• Wafini, A Cardano DAO Powered NFT Marketplace Closes $200,000 Private Round, Opens Seed Round Whitelist.

  21-09-2022 17:28 via newsbtc.com
  Wafini governance token $WFI will power the Wafini ecosystem, enabling holders to be integral in the development and growth of Wafini.
  Wafini just announced that they have closed a $200,000 pre-seed round in July.
  Muhammad Ahmad, project manager of Wafini commented on the development outlining that the raised funds will be used to expand the team, extend partnerships and further the development plans of the Wafini NFT Marketplace.
  Wafini plans to hold a public seed round of it’s utility to
  
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• The impact of the Wintermute hack could have been worse than 3AC, Voyager and Celsius — Here is why

  21-09-2022 17:19 via cointelegraph.com
  Market makers are the backbone of every crypto exchange, ICO, DApp and many token listings, which is exactly why investors shouldn’t shrug off Wintermute’s hack.
  
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• Are noncustodial crypto wallets a practical option for the everyday hodler?

  21-09-2022 16:11 via cointelegraph.com
  Noncustodial wallets are more secure than custodial wallets, but it may take time for everyday, non-technical users to get used to them.
  
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• Cryptocurrency Chain Rises More Than 6% In 24 hours - Benzinga

  21-09-2022 16:02 via benzinga.com
  Cryptocurrency Chain Rises More Than 6% In 24 hours  Benzinga
  
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• Are there too many cryptocurrencies?

  21-09-2022 16:00 via cointelegraph.com
  Are there too many cryptocurrencies? Choice can be a good thing — but not all digital assets are born equal.
  
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• Ethereum: Can The Top Altcoin End Bitcoin’s Dominance Post Merge?

  21-09-2022 15:40 via newsbtc.com
  Ethereum (ETH), dubbed as the ‘leader of all altcoins’ has long carried the burden and pressure of supplanting Bitcoin (BTC) as the king of all cryptocurrencies.
  To this date, it hasn’t succeeded or has come close into completing that mission. Not even The Merge could catapult Ethereum to the top and frankly, it hasn’t been able to even just leave a dent on the wall that was built by Bitcoin to keep its position.
  In terms of price, there is considerable gap between the tw
  
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• From skies to blocks: How an aerospace student became a Web3 entrepreneur

  21-09-2022 15:17 via cointelegraph.com
  Ahmet Usta went from studying aircraft to founding thriving Web3 startups focusing on gaming and NFTs.
  
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• Blurring the line between crypto and TradFi could redefine global finance

  21-09-2022 15:09 via cointelegraph.com
  The merging of crypto and TradFi is inevitable, with the latter potentially mitigating the volatility permeating the digital asset industry.
  
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• Coinbase Cloud debuts Web3 developer platform

  21-09-2022 15:00 via cointelegraph.com
  In 2021, Coinbase vowed to become the Amazon Web Services of crypto. Now, it’s targeting Web3 development through Coinbase Cloud.
  
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• Tornado Cash is the latest chapter in the war against encryption

  21-09-2022 14:58 via cointelegraph.com
  Government disdain for end-to-end encryption is nothing new. The effort to kill Tornado Cash is just the latest chapter in this age-old war.
  
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• Bitcoin 'nuke' warning as Fed rate hike decision looms — dollar index hits 20-year high

  21-09-2022 14:22 via cointelegraph.com
  Polls suggest that the Fed is likely to raise rates by 75 basis points as Bitcoin price clings to $19,000.
  
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• How to find NFT metadata on OpenSea and Rarible?

  21-09-2022 14:00 via cointelegraph.com
  With the right API, contract address and token id, anyone can find NFT metadata on OpenSea and Rarible.
  
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