Crypto markets were largely the only ones open over a tense weekend, and they took a beating for it

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Though some expect most public miners to survive the halving, the segment’s most vulnerable could fall victim to consolidations and defaults
The US spot bitcoin fund category has notched negative net flows over the course of a week just three times since coming to market in January
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Elsewhere, rank-and-file employees move around and Binance’s head of legal in Europe departs
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Plus, a Dragonfly partner shares his view on the crypto VC market, and a mining hardware firm raises $80 million

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Arweave recently launched the testnet for AO computer, a new messaging protocol that will sit atop a PoS network and aims to become a scalable global compute platform through parallel processing and modularity.

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HashKey is expected to be among the issuers who receive the green light, according to the report.

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The “fastest-growing ETF in history” has seen net inflows on every trading day since its Jan. 11 launch

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Relm and Chainproof will provide insurance quotes to distributed validators

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DLC.Link uses a Taproot-based Bitcoin multisig to let institutions mint dlcBTC, starting on Arbitrum

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Pre-seed Bitcoin startup deals rose 360% in 2023, a TVP report shows

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Circle’s new smart contract to allow holders of BlackRock USD Institutional Digital Liquidity Fund to redeem shares for its stablecoin

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