Weekly News Roundup – 24 Jan 2022
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Twitter begins rolling out access to NFT profile pictures. Intel Is Making a Bitcoin-Mining Chip. USDC's supply on Ethereum surpasses USDT's for the first time.
Bitstamp signed exclusive £4.5m sponsorship deal with Guild Esports
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We’re excited to welcome Guild Esports, a global teams organisation and lifestyle brand, as our exclusive official partner with the signing of a three-year global sponsorship deal for £4.5 million.
Weekly News Roundup – 17 Jan 2022
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Crypto funds outperformed traditional hedge funds and digital asset benchmarks. Ray Dalio: Allocating up to 2% of your portfolio to bitcoin is reasonable. Paradigm, Sequoia to Invest $1.15B in Citadel Securities.
BANK HOLIDAY: 17 January 2022 – USD payments paused
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USD deposits and withdrawals will be paused Monday, Jan 17, due to the public holiday in the US.
Weekly News Roundup – 10 Jan 2022
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PayPal Is Exploring Creating Its Own Stablecoin as Crypto Business Grows. Volumes on Ethereum-based NFT markets broke a four-month downward trend in December. Bitcoin is set to take further market share from gold, according to Goldman Sachs.
We’re listing FTM and AMP!
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We’re kicking off this year’s listings with two newcomers – FTM and AMP.
We’ll offer governance rewards in the ALGO staking program
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We’re participating in the Algorand Community Governance program! We’re on board because we’ll be able to offer you better APY when staking ALGO.
Weekly News Roundup – 3 Jan 2022
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MicroStrategy added to its ever-growing amount of bitcoin over the course of December, NFT trading volume surpassed $13 billion in 2021, DeFi project Aave started developing a mobile wallet, and other big news in crypto.
Scheduled maintenance on 5 January at 8:00 AM UTC
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Due to scheduled infrastructure upgrades, all our services and features will be temporarily unavailable on Wednesday, January 5th, beginning at 8:00 AM UTC.
Weekly News Roundup – 27 Dec 2021
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Bitcoin miners generated more than $15 billion in revenue during 2021. Bored Ape Yacht Club NFTs flip CryptoPunks in terms of floor price. Opera to integrate with Polygon, opening DApp ecosystem to 80M users.