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ForkLog 10 24.01.2021

Week in review: Bitcoin extends correction, Sberbank plans to issue a stablecoin, and other developments

Bitcoin continued its correction toward $30,000, a biblical message was found in its blockchain, the hacked Livecoin exchange announced its closure, and Sberbank filed an application to issue a stablecoin. These and other week’s events are covered in the Sunday digest. Bitcoin price held above $30,000. The price of the first cryptocurrency continued to fall over the week. On January 21, the price fell below $33,000. On the night of January 22 Bitcoin plummeted to $28,800, but the psychologically important $30,000 level was ultimately held. As of writing, Bitcoin trades at around $32,000, though experts anticipate a further drop.

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ForkLog 8 24.01.2021

Microsoft creates technology to talk to the dead; Google unveils a GPT-3 rival and other AI news

We aim to inform readers not only about developments in the Bitcoin industry but also about what is happening in related technology sectors—cybersecurity, and now the world of artificial intelligence (AI).

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ForkLog 12 23.01.2021

DeFi Bulletin: Synthetix Launches Optimism, ShapeShift Integrates with Several DEXs

The decentralized finance (DeFi) sector continues to attract heightened attention from crypto investors and traders. ForkLog has assembled the most important events and news from the past three weeks in a digest.

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ForkLog 22 23.01.2021

WhatsApp Troubles, $150 Million for Ryuk Operators and Other Cybersecurity News

We’ve gathered the most important cybersecurity news from the last two weeks.

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ForkLog 8 17.01.2021

Week in review: Bitcoin slips below $40,000 as US grants first crypto-bank licence

Bitcoin price dropped below $40,000, the new Bitcoin Core client was released, OKEx launched the mainnet OKExChain, Anchorage became the first licensed crypto bank in the United States, and other events of the week.

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ForkLog 8 16.01.2021

Institutional Digest: Grayscale assets surpass $20bn as MicroStrategy buys 29,646 BTC

The cryptocurrency industry is attracting an increasing number of institutional players. This is reflected in both investments in infrastructure and the growing attention that companies devote to Bitcoin as an asset class. The most important developments of the past weeks are in ForkLog's overview.

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ForkLog 6 10.01.2021

Week in review: Bitcoin breaches $41,000, another Ripple lawsuit filed, and other developments

Bitcoin price hit a new all-time high above $41,000, a Ripple investor filed a lawsuit against the company, Dfinity quietly launched its mainnet, and Morgan Stanley acquired 10.9% of MicroStrategy, the software company. This and more in ForkLog's traditional Sunday digest.

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ForkLog 26 10.01.2021

2020 in numbers: Bitcoin records, the DeFi boom and institutional adoption

Bitcoin’s price rose by more than 300%, outperforming traditional assets; TVL in DeFi jumped twentyfold to over $15 billion; stablecoins market cap rose fivefold to around $30 billion. After the halving, miners revenue saw a higher share from fees.

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ForkLog 48 03.01.2021

The DeFi Chronicles of 2020: rapid growth, challenges, and institutional headwinds

For the crypto industry, 2020 was marked by rapid growth in the decentralized finance (DeFi) sector. The number of users, the number of projects, and the total value locked in smart contracts rose by orders of magnitude.

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ForkLog 29 27.12.2020

Week in Review: Bitcoin Nears $30,000 as SEC Goes After Ripple

Looking back at the week, we note Bitcoin's new price records, the SEC's case against Ripple, and leadership shake‑ups at the U.S. financial regulator, as well as further hacks of crypto exchanges.

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ForkLog 12 26.12.2020

DeFi Bulletin: 1inch launches governance token as Uniswap community makes its first decision

The decentralized finance (DeFi) sector continues to attract heightened attention from cryptocurrency investors and traders. ForkLog has gathered the most important events and news of the last three weeks in a digest.

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ForkLog 14 26.12.2020

Alibaba used AI to identify minorities; UK shows Queen Elizabeth II deepfake and other AI news

We strive to inform readers not only about events in the bitcoin industry, but also to report on developments in related technological fields — cybersecurity, and now in the world of artificial intelligence (AI). In this digest we have gathered the most significant AI news from the past two weeks. Alibaba Group admitted that it had developed facial-recognition technology to identify ...

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