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Lawmaker who wrote New York crypto mining bill explains: ‘It’s not a ban’
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Lawmaker who wrote New York crypto mining bill explains: ‘It’s not a ban’

Bitcoin offices in Istanbul, Turkey, on May 11, 2022. Umit Turhan Coskun/NurPhoto via Getty Images New York State Assemblymember Anna Kelles is tired of all the fear-mongering about the bill she wrote — and sponsored — to place a two-year moratorium on certain types of new cryptocurrency mines in the state. The fate of the […]

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Deepak Chopra: Crypto is in crisis, but investors need to focus on the long-term
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Deepak Chopra: Crypto is in crisis, but investors need to focus on the long-term

It’s been a brutal stretch for the crypto market, and a hard time for cryptocurrency investors to keep their emotions in check. The sector’s market cap collapse was led by terraUSD, one of the most popular U.S. dollar-pegged stablecoins, which imploded virtually overnight. But bitcoin and ethereum, too, saw massive price declines from their recent […]

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More than 46,000 people have lost more than  billion to crypto scams since 2021, says FTC
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More than 46,000 people have lost more than $1 billion to crypto scams since 2021, says FTC

The crypto market can be volatile, but it’s still attractive to young people who have “higher risk appetites,” said Chris Adam of SharpRank. Insta_photos | Istock | Getty Images More than 46,000 people say they lost over $1 billion in crypto to scams since the start of 2021, according to a report released by the […]

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Crypto firms say thousands of digital currencies will collapse, compare market to early dotcom days
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Crypto firms say thousands of digital currencies will collapse, compare market to early dotcom days

With more than 19,000 virtual currencies in existence, the cryptocurrency industry has likened the current state of the market to the early years of the internet. Industry players said however that most of these coins will collapse. Nurphoto | Getty Images Several cryptocurrency industry players have told CNBC that thousands of digital tokens are likely […]

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After the crypto crash, here’s what industry experts are waiting for next
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After the crypto crash, here’s what industry experts are waiting for next

A visual representation of Bitcoin cryptocurrency. Edward Smith | Getty Images Cryptocurrency companies dominated the main street at the World Economic Forum in Davos this year, a notable difference between this edition and the last one in 2020. The high-profile presence from the industry came even as the cryptocurrency market crashed. It was sparked by […]

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New York just passed a bitcoin mining ban — here’s everything that’s in it
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New York just passed a bitcoin mining ban — here’s everything that’s in it

Following an early morning vote in Albany on Friday, lawmakers in New York passed a bill to ban new bitcoin mining operations. The measure now heads to the desk of Governor Kathy Hochul, who could sign it into law or veto it. If Hochul signs the bill, it would make New York the first state […]

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Coinbase extends hiring pause for ‘foreseeable future’ and plans to rescind some offers
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Coinbase extends hiring pause for ‘foreseeable future’ and plans to rescind some offers

Brian Armstrong, cofounder and CEO of Coinbase speaks onstage during ‘Tales from the Crypto: What the Currency of the Future Means for You’ at Vanity Fair’s 6th Annual New Establishment Summit at Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts on October 23, 2019 in Beverly Hills, California. Matt Winkelmeyer | Getty Images Two weeks after […]

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Winklevoss twins’ Gemini cutting 10% of its staff, saying ‘crypto winter’ is here
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Winklevoss twins’ Gemini cutting 10% of its staff, saying ‘crypto winter’ is here

Tyler Winklevoss and Cameron Winklevoss (L-R), creators of crypto exchange Gemini Trust Co. on stage at the Bitcoin 2021 Convention, a crypto-currency conference held at the Mana Convention Center in Wynwood on June 04, 2021 in Miami, Florida. Joe Raedle | Getty Images Billionaire bitcoiners Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss are laying off 10% of the […]

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Do Kwon is unlikely to face prison time for  billion UST crypto wipeout — fines and lawsuits are more likely
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Do Kwon is unlikely to face prison time for $60 billion UST crypto wipeout — fines and lawsuits are more likely

Do Kwon, co-founder and chief executive officer of Terraform Labs, leaves the company’s office in Seoul, South Korea, on Thursday, April 14, 2022. Woohae Cho | Bloomberg | Getty Images Do Kwon, the 30-year-old South Korean founder of a $60 billion stablecoin project that imploded last month, has a knack for convincing people to buy […]

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Solana suffered its second outage in a month, sending price plunging
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Solana suffered its second outage in a month, sending price plunging

The logo of cryptocurrency platform Solana. Jakub Porzycki | NurPhoto via | Getty Images Solana, one of the largest cryptocurrencies after bitcoin and ether, fell more than 12% on Wednesday as its blockchain suffered its second outage in the last month. Validators in the network were not processing new blocks for several hours. Applications built […]

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