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4 million people responded to Elon Musk's Twitter poll asking whether Tesla should begin accepting dogecoin as payment. Almost 80% of respondents want the company to support the meme-based cryptocurrency. Doge is up 10% on.forbes.com/6019yBnYS
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Shiba Inu on the doorstep of crypto top 10 while major tokens struggle: by @ninabambysheva on.forbes.com/6017JTTDd
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Data has revealed that hedge funds are short bitcoin to the tune of more than $1 billion, even as retail traders pile into bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. Could bitcoin become the next Gamestop? by @BillyBambrough forbes.com/sites/billybambro…
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The Solana Trust will be the 16th offering in Grayscale’s expanding product line that caters to institutional and high net worth investors: by @Steven_Ehrlich on.forbes.com/6014JWM1C
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EXCLUSIVE $10 billion asset manager Stone Ridge reveals $115 million bitcoin position as part of a larger plan: on.forbes.com/6014GNe3g by @DelRayMan
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Tesla bought $1.5 billion worth of #bitcoin, sending the price past $43,000 for the first time ever.
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Elon Musk: I am not selling any bitcoin, nor SpaceX or Tesla
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#Cardano is an #Ether rival that distinguishes itself by being a proof-of-stake (#PoS) #blockchain. #ADA (that’s Cardano’s token) is therefore much more energy efficient. You can now track $ADA on Forbes! on.forbes.com/6012JL0YI
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One #bitcoin price prediction tool, Stock-to-Flow has proven to be remarkably accurate. Here's what you need to know: by @Steven_Ehrlich forbes.com/sites/stevenehrli…
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Did you miss the latest issue of Crypto Confidential? Sign up here for our weekly roundup of the top-hitting news in the crypto world from Forbes, by @ninabambysheva on.forbes.com/60193s4G9 Sign up here: on.forbes.com/60103s4Gi
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Cardano is an #Ethereum rival that distinguishes itself by being a proof-of-stake (#PoS) network. #ADA (that’s #Cardano’s token) is therefore much more energy efficient. You can now track $ADA here on @forbescrypto: on.forbes.com/6013J4OoP
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Cardano NFTs Becomes Third-Largest NFT Protocol By Trading Volume: by @marigra21sl forbes.com/sites/mariagracia…
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EXCLUSIVE: @SBF_FTX tells Forbes that more crypto exchange failures are coming. “There are some third-tier exchanges that are already secretly insolvent,”: by @Steven_Ehrlich forbes.com/sites/stevenehrli…
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BREAKING: Fidelity president just filed for a previously unknown bitcoin fund: on.forbes.com/6018GWFbs by @DelRayMan
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60 employees leave Coinbase over CEO’s pledge to be apolitical: on.forbes.com/6014G2JeC
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Launched in 2012 by #OpenCoin (now Ripple Labs), #XRP is a #cryptocurrency whose goal is to become for the world of #crypto and #DeFi what SWIFT is for international credit: A payment settlement exchange and remittance system. Track $XRP on @forbes here: on.forbes.com/6017JFNR1
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MUST READ: How the Ripple case triggered a crypto uprising the SEC didn't see coming: on.forbes.com/6010yvNEj by @RoslynLayton
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BREAKING: Ethereum tops its previous all-time high of $1420
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Ethereum's 27-year-old co-creator is now the world's youngest crypto billionaire: by @ninabambysheva on.forbes.com/6013HCzxJ
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Fmr CIA director @MichaelJMorell tells Forbes Research Director @Steven_Ehrlich that unnecessary focus on #bitcoin and #crypto’s extremely small role in illicit activity is distracting attention from the real challenge, America’s competition with China: forbes.com/sites/stevenehrli…
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EXCLUSIVE: Google takes giant step to powering Web 3 with Dapper Labs NFT deal: by @DelRayMan @ninabambysheva on.forbes.com/6015y41iU
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JPMorgan says ethereum upgrades could jumpstart $40 billion staking industry. By: @emilymason00 on.forbes.com/6014yTSba
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BREAKING: XRP is NOT a security, declares former CFTC chairman Chris Giancarlo: on.forbes.com/6010GK1bK by @DelRayMan
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Crypto dot com is a household name, in large part thanks to the $700 million deal for the naming rights of the #Lakers’ home 🏀 . Starting Christmas Day (Dec 25), #StaplesCenter will become the Crypto dot com Arena! Track the $CRO token on @Forbes here: on.forbes.com/6013J0cuV
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Coinbase is going public through a direct listing on April 14. Buckle up!
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$SHIB: from joke to crypto heavyweight on.forbes.com/6014J5iZw
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Coinbase is now more valuable than both New York Stock Exchange-parent Intercontinental Exchange and Nasdaq Inc. — combined on.forbes.com/6013HFiNB
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For the first time, a U.S. national bank is allowing customers to purchase bitcoin, ethereum, litecoin, cardano, algorand, orchid, filecoin and bitcoin cash right from their bank account: on.forbes.com/6010yx212 by @jason_vtf
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EXCLUSIVE: Enterprise payments giant @NCRCorporation opens bitcoin purchases to 650 banks and credit unions: by @DelRayMan on.forbes.com/6014yT6ek
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Dogecoin soars as Mark Cuban and Elon Musk call its community "the strongest when it comes to using it as a medium of exchange" by @BillyBambrough on.forbes.com/6014yoXXm
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UPDATE: Aside from purchasing $1.5 billion worth of #bitcoin #btc, Tesla will also begin to accept it as a form of payment.
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Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, wants to be paid in bitcoin: by @BillyBambrough forbes.com/sites/billybambro…
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Court rejects SEC attempt to withhold documents and strip search assets of Ripple executives, puncturing SEC’s core argument on XRP: on.forbes.com/6013zQ7Al by @RoslynLayton
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The false narrative of bitcoin’s role in illicit activity: by @HaileyLennonBTC forbes.com/sites/haileylenno…
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‘The Dogefather’ Elon Musk and billionaire investor Mark Cuban help dogecoin leave bitcoin and ethereum in the dust with a 20% price rally: by @BillyBambrough on.forbes.com/6014HAL50
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MUST READ: The Ripple Case is the last straw for the crypto community, outraged by years of regulatory inconsistency: on.forbes.com/6016yvNGe by @RoslynLayton
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Payments giant Visa signals support for the burgeoning virtual economy with its first NFT purchase, conducted in partnership with digital asset bank Anchorage Digital: by @ninabambysheva @DelRayMan on.forbes.com/6013yS2w9
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Just out: U.S. banking regulator implements groundbreaking cryptocurrency guidance that will impact the future of payments: forbes.com/sites/haileylenno… by @HaileyLennonBTC
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#bitcoin reaches $50,000 for the first time since May.
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Ripple’s trillion dollar man: on.forbes.com/6019DIFm3 by @DelRayMan
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EXCLUSIVE: Crypto unicorn TaxBit joined forces with PayPal, Coinbase, FTX, Binance.US, Gemini and more to make paying crypto taxes a whole lot easier: forbes.com/sites/irswatch/20… by @MommyTax
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Cryptocurrency is expanding its presence in Formula One with a $100 million deal on.forbes.com/6014yTdpj
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Just out: Ripple deal could make XRP cryptocurrency compliant with FATF anti-money laundering regulations: forbes.com/sites/michaeldelc… by @DelRayMan via @Forbes
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It's been a good month for $MATIC holders. #Polygon’s expanding ecosystem -- and cooperation deals struck with big name companies like #DraftKings -- fuel #MATIC’s rise towards $3. You can now track $MATIC on @ForbesCrypto: on.forbes.com/6014J2lrO
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Cardano’s ada, the world’s fourth-largest cryptocurrency, is the most valuable token that analysts are homing in on after the eccentric billionaire’s big bitcoin pivot: on.forbes.com/6011yB2CW by @jon_ponciano
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Sam Bankman-Fried built a $22.5 billion fortune before his 30th birthday by profiting off the cryptocurrency frenzy—but he’s not a true believer. He just wants his wealth to survive long enough to give it all away: by @Steven_Ehrlich and @ChaseWithorn on.forbes.com/6019JH9Az
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Avalanche $AVAX is showing the strongest performance among the largest cryptocurrencies, getting close to a 7-day high on.forbes.com/6014JLMJw
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El Salvador Makes History As World’s First Country To Make Bitcoin Legal Tender: by @TheRobertHart forbes.com/sites/roberthart/…
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Terra $LUNA flipped Binance Smart Chain as the second-largest blockchain for DeFi in terms of TVL on.forbes.com/6016JLDik
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Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss by a coffee at Starbucks using a cryptocurrency they invented. But that's just the beginning of this story, with Nordstrom and Whole Foods accepting bitcoin, ether: forbes.com/sites/michaeldelc… by @DelRayMan via @Forbes #Consensus2019 #NYCBlockchainWeek
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Strike Announces Shopify Integration, Partnerships With NCR And Blackhawk Bringing Bitcoin Lighting Payments To Major Merchants: by @ninabambysheva on.forbes.com/6017KLrk7
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EXCLUSIVE: Grayscale Investments launches trust with exposure to Ethereum competitor Solana: by @Steven_Ehrlich on.forbes.com/6010JWzqY
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EXCLUSIVE: After throwing lifelines to troubled digital currency platforms BlockFi and Voyager Digital, @SBF_FTX, the 30-year-old billionaire founder of FTX, warns that some crypto exchanges will soon fail: by @Steven_Ehrlich on.forbes.com/6015zYJlL
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Bitcoin rises to nearly $40,000, as Elon Musk and Michael Saylor announce the formation of the Bitcoin Mining Council: by @ninabambysheva on.forbes.com/6013y1SnT
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JUST IN: 650 U.S. banks will soon be able to offer bitcoin purchases to an estimated 24 million total customers: by @DelRayMan on.forbes.com/6016yT6me
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$ADA: Cardano's price has changed by 25.10% in the last 24 hours. Check out Cardano's #Forbes profile here for more details: forbes.com/digital-assets/as… #Cardano #ADA
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Will bitcoin end the year above $20,000?
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Cardano’s Ada Token Just Reached Its Highest Since Mid-February—What's Next For The Digital Asset? forbes.com/sites/cbovaird/20…
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EXCLUSIVE: After two years of work, Visa is opening up its network to USDC, a digital dollar created by Circle Internet Financial and issued on the public ethereum blockchain: on.forbes.com/6019HzEu5 by @DelRayMan
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$XRP: XRP's price has changed by 7.36% in the last 24 hours. Check out XRP's #Forbes profile here for more details: forbes.com/digital-assets/as… #XRP #XRP
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SEC commissioner: bitcoin is regulated and mature enough to have an ETF: forbes.com/sites/youngjoseph… by @iamjosephyoung
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Avalanche has become a new haven for DeFi users but it plans to scale across the board with fresh $230 million investment: by @ninabambysheva on.forbes.com/6019yfweh
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Shiba Inu's rocket ship journey shook the markets this fall. The #cryptocurrency is down 13% in the past month. Year-to-date, however, #SHIB has grown a mind-boggling 285,824%. For the latest $SHIB price updates, follow our dedicated asset page here: on.forbes.com/6015JF6ev
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Terra’s Luna is now one of the ten largest cryptocurrencies by market capitalization. The cryptocurrency rocketed past SHIB and DOGE despite the market-wide weekend selloff: by @TheRobertHart on.forbes.com/6011JqSWh
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ADA is surging to a 2-month high as Cardano is preparing to reveal the arrival date for smart contracts on its mainnet: by @ninabambysheva on.forbes.com/6018ylC1O
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The NFT generative art movement is challenging how we think about value: by @LeeorShimron on.forbes.com/6019y0F8J
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Elon #Musk Reveals #Bitcoin Creator Satoshi Nakamoto Theory, Admits He Doesn’t ‘Get’ #Ethereum And Issues #Dogecoin Mars Prediction Amid #Crypto Price Crash By @BillyBambrough on.forbes.com/6011JNHtx
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BREAKING: Leaked ‘Tai Chi’ document reveals Binance’s elaborate scheme to evade bitcoin regulators: on.forbes.com/6018GCAk8 by @DelRayMan
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JUST OUT: MoneyGram Partners With Ripple Competitor Stellar, Will Settle Transactions With USDC Stablecoin: BY @ninabambysheva forbes.com/sites/ninabambysh…
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Is ethereum going to set a new all time high today?
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Bitcoin breakthrough? Japanese money transfer giant SBI Remit is now letting nearly half a million customers send money to Africa using the bitcoin blockchain: on.forbes.com/6013D2VdB by @DelRayMan
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Coinbase and Visa are making bitcoin, ethereum, Ripple's XRP, and litecoin payments a reality: forbes.com/sites/billybambro… by @BillyBambrough via @Forbes
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Billionaire and former Facebook exec makes the case for a $1 million bitcoin price: on.forbes.com/60171IgBv by @kyletorpey via @Forbes
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Twitter's Jack Dorsey and Square are making mass bitcoin adoption "inevitable": on.forbes.com/6011EYhZN by @BillyBambrough
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As the U.S. stock market falls, is bitcoin a safe-haven asset? forbes.com/sites/cbovaird/20…
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BREAKING: SEC launches new fintech hub to engage with cryptocurrency startups and more: on.forbes.com/6010D7BfM by @DelRayMan via @Forbes
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$56,000 - that’s the tweet
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The third bitcoin halving could be a major catalyst for monetary change, resulting in a generation of new crypto millionaires: on.forbes.com/601014IRj by @iamwormify
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Forbes researchers spent months trying to pin down exactly how much $BNB Changpeng Zhao actually owns. It is 64% of the entire supply, with a nominal value of $56 billion. By @eltrade and @Steven_Ehrlich forbes.com/sites/javierpaz/2…
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Ripple became the first major blockchain company with a dedicated global regulatory team in Washington D.C. last week: on.forbes.com/60121ygLy by @Silkjaer
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The round values LayerZero Labs at $1 billion: by @ninabambysheva on.forbes.com/6011KQRnL
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Designed by Turing Award-winning cryptography expert Silvio Micali, #Algorand aims to solve one of the most persistent #blockchain problems: scalability. We are now tracking the performance of its native token $ALGO on @forbes: on.forbes.com/6019JF65W
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What cryptoasset will be the star performer of 2021?
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‘Much Higher Potential’—Elon Musk Reveals Why He’s Backing #Dogecoin Over #Bitcoin And #Ethereum Amid Huge #Crypto Price Crash: by @BillyBambrough on.forbes.com/6014JaDry
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#Litecoin Reaches A New All-Time High, Up 2,000% Year-To-Date forbes.com/sites/cbovaird/20… #crypto
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Tesla CEO Elon Musk: bitcoin on ‘the verge of broad acceptance’: by @BillyBambrough forbes.com/sites/billybambro…
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JUST OUT: Visa enters the metaverse with its first NFT purchase: by @ninabambysheva @DelRayMan on.forbes.com/6019yS2Z5
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In case you missed it: a must-read piece by @RoslynLayton on how the Ripple case triggered a crypto uprising the SEC didn't see coming on.forbes.com/6018yhI6n
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Breaking: Winklevoss Brothers Bitcoin Exchange Adds Zcash, Litecoin, Bitcoin Cash on.forbes.com/6016DeFIY by @DelRayMan #BlockchainWeekNYC #Consensus2018 #BUIDL @Forbes
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