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# Liquid staking protocol pSTAKE raises M from notable cryptocurrency venture capital firms and angel investors

# Liquid staking protocol pSTAKE raises $10M from notable cryptocurrency venture capital firms and angel investors

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“# Liquid staking protocol pSTAKE raises $10M from notable cryptocurrency venture capital firms and angel investors ” On Tuesday, pSTAKE, a liquid staking protocol from decentralized finance (DeFi) platform Persistence, announced in a statement provided to Cointelegraph that it had closed a $10 million strategic funding round from venture capital firms. Tendermint, the core developer…

# Pew Research Center: at least 16% of Americans have owned crypto

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“# Pew Research Center: at least 16% of Americans have owned crypto ” A survey released by the Pew Research Center on Thursday found that roughly 16% of Americans have invested, traded or used some form of cryptocurrency. The number jumps to 31% for people aged 18-29, and even higher to 43% for specifically males…

# PBoC governor says digital yuan to be more privacy-enhanced than payment apps

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“# PBoC governor says digital yuan to be more privacy-enhanced than payment apps ” During a virtual video session at the Bank of Finland Institute for Emerging Economies’ 30th Anniversary Conference, People’s Bank of China governor Gang Yi discussed recent developments regarding the country’s central bank digital currency, or CBDC, known as the digital yuan…

# ‘In the next three to five years, the DeFi industry will grow massively,’ says 1inch Network co-founder Anton Bukov

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“# ‘In the next three to five years, the DeFi industry will grow massively,’ says 1inch Network co-founder Anton Bukov ” It’s only been two years since its founding, but decentralized exchange (DEX) protocol 1inch Network has already surpassed $85.8 billion in cumulative trading volume. At a May 2019 hackathon in New York City, 1inch co-founders…

# Dutch multinational ING considers entering DeFi lending industry

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“# Dutch multinational ING considers entering DeFi lending industry ” In a presentation made during the Singapore Fintech Festival, Annerie Vreugdenhil, chief innovation officer of ING, announced the firm is working on a trial of its decentralized finance, or DeFi, peer-to-peer lending protocol with the Netherlands Authority for the Financial Markets. Vreugdenhil said the following…

# US Senator submits resolution too allow crypto payments in US Capitol Complex

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“# US Senator submits resolution too allow crypto payments in US Capitol Complex ” U.S. Republican Senator Ted Cruz of Texas submitted a resolution on the Senate floor Monday that would require the acceptance of cryptocurrency payments at all gift shops, restaurants and vending machines located within the Capitol complex. The resolution, titled Adopting Cryptocurrency in…

# Blockchain tech firms AllianceBlock and Flare integrate technologies to expand their DeFi ecosystems

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“# Blockchain tech firms AllianceBlock and Flare integrate technologies to expand their DeFi ecosystems ” AllianceBlock, a blockchain tech firm that seeks to bridge the gap between decentralized finance, or DeFi, and traditional finance, announced a partnership with fellow blockchain tech entity Flare. Flare claims its layer-one, or blockchain protocol improvement, technology can bring smart…

# DeFi protocol Aave encounters major capital flight

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“# DeFi protocol Aave encounters major capital flight ” Annual percentage yields, or APY, on crypto borrowing and lending platform Aave have surged to record levels after capital withdrawals sent the decentralized finance, or DeFi, protocol into a liquidity crunch. At the time of writing, variable APY on borrowing stablecoin Dai via Aave has surged…

# AMC Theatres CEO considers adding Shiba Inu as payment for ticket purchases

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“# AMC Theatres CEO considers adding Shiba Inu as payment for ticket purchases ” AMC Entertainment is in the process of updating its technical infrastructure to allow consumers to pay online with Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), Litecoin (LTC), and Dogecoin (DOGE) for movie tickets. But it doesn’t stop there. In a Twitter post early Friday…

# Bakkt shares skyrocket after partnering with Mastercard and Fiserv

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“# Bakkt shares skyrocket after partnering with Mastercard and Fiserv ” The share price of the Intercontinental Exchange-backed crypto services company Bakkt ($BKKT) has surged as it unveiled two partnerships with major global payments firms. On Monday 25 Oct., Mastercard announced it would be working with digital asset platform Bakkt to allow its customers based…