Sam Martin

Sam Martin

Sam Martin is a Columbus-based reporter covering the convergence of traditional financial markets and digital assets. He previously worked in the agricultural industry on a hedge desk. He graduated from the University of South Carolina with a double-major in International Business and Supply Chain Management as well as a minor in Japanese.

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BTC bounces on Powell’s testimony; higher CPI levels have not been bullish for bitcoin over past few months

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The broader crypto market continues to experience bearish price action as the market prices in tighter monetary policy from the Fed

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Cosmos (ATOM) set to flourish in 2022 on increased developer interest, the upcoming Theta upgrade, and a flourishing DEX Osmosis

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Illicit activity makes up 0.15% of crypto transaction volume

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BTC trades sub $44,000 as miners in Kazakhstan power down due to a forced internet outage by the nation’s government

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Ethereum has outperformed Bitcoin over the past 5 days as derivative activity picks up

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BTC briefly trades below $46,000 on the 13th anniversary of the genesis block being mined

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BTC investment vehicles are absorbing demand that would otherwise take place on-chain

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Bitcoin breaks below $48,000 as daily exchange volumes and network activity remain stagnant

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Bitcoin rallies above $51,000 on the heels of neutral perpetual funding rates and bullish miner outlook

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Bored Ape Yacht Club becomes the most expensive NFT community to join after flipping CryptoPunks in floor price

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Bitcoin has seen a lot of ups and downs throughout 2021, a BTC short squeeze could be building up underneath the surface

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Digital asset investment products saw their first week of outflows in over 4 months

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AVAX outperforms the broader digital asset market on strong fundamentals

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Yearn Finance launches YFI buyback program to distribute earnings to token holders

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Stablecoin activity picks up in the midst of market volatility

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ETH/BTC slides as investors seek safety in the largest digital asset

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BTC and ETH bearish price action are contributing to a broader market sell-off of altcoins, Bitcoin derivatives open interest retraces

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BTC retraces after 6.8% year-over-year inflation print, Axie Infinity leaks game developments set to roll out in 2022

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BTC dominance hovers above critical support near 40%; congressional hearings did not prevent a price slide

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ETH continues to outperform BTC as the digital asset market attempts a recovery, ETH market structure looks bullish

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Digital asset investor sentiment remains mixed as BTC hovers near $50,000, Ubisoft announces in-game NFT integration.

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The Fed looks to tighten monetary policy in the face of high inflation, BTC price action may be foreshadowing a Fed policy error.

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LUNA battles DOGE for a spot in the top 10, BTC sells-off due to forced liquidations, Ethereum and Ronin dominate secondary NFT sales volume.

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BTC has been rangebound this week as market sentiment remains mixed, ETH and BTC continue to cede market dominance to alternative networks.

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Bitwise predicts Amazon-like disruption from DeFi over the coming decade, Coinbase Cloud aims to be the AWS of digital asset infrastructure.

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BTC and ETH see their strong momentum stall on hawkish remarks from Jerome Powell, Janet Yellen provides clarity around ‘broker’ definition.

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BTC, ETH and LUNA lead the rebound in digital assets after a large post Thanksgiving day sell-off induced by fears of a new Covid-19 variant.

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BTC attempts to reverse bearish price action, Ethereum looks strong against Bitcoin, the number of NFTs sold on Opensea continues to decline.

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Digital asset funds are bullish on Polkadot (DOT) while BTC continues to consolidate below $60,000 despite inflation running hot

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Square subsidiary TBD unveils the tbDEX whitepaper, while ETH has outperformed BTC since yesterday’s broader market sell-off

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Metaverse tokens rally in the face of a broader market sell-off.

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A decentralized autonomous organization — The ConstitutionDAO — raised roughly $49 million from 17,000 individual contributors in a bid to secure the last privately held copy of the US Constitution at auction.

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AVAX rallies despite the broader digital asset market sell-off, Bored Ape #8650 sold for $1.9 million last night.

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Digital assets stumble while traditional financial markets close strong, highlights of BTC, ETH, SOL, and LUNA price action.

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The Bitcoin Network successfully implemented the highly anticipated Taproot upgrade, Paraswap announced a retroactive airdrop.

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The constitutionDAO, a decentralized autonomous organization, is raising funds to place a bid on the last privately held copy of the US Constitution.

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Ethereum and bitcoin fundamentals paint a different picture than volatile price action, while NFTs continue to tread water

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Blockchain company, Forte, raises $725 million in a Series B led by Sea Capital and Kora Management.

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Kadena triples in the last 30 days despite the broader market sell-off, and Loopring rallies

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CPI sees its hottest read in over 30 years of 6.2% year-over-year, BTC rallied on the inflation print but then corrected due to liquidations.

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HNT continues its hot streak as new hotspots continue to come online, over $1 billion has been pledged by DOT holders for parachain auctions.

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BTC looks poised for an explosive move to $70,000 and beyond on spot demand driven rally, AVAX price rallies to new all-time highs.

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Yield Guild Games and Merit Circle lead the way in the NFT gaming craze. The video game industry has historically been early adopters of disruptive technology.

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Solana becomes the fourth largest digital asset by market cap, AXS and SLP soar on news that the Ronin decentralized exchange is live.

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The first step towards having functioning bespoke blockchains using Polkadot is finally here.

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MKR price soars as Dai adoption picks up steam, LUNA nears ATH on a countless number of near-to-medium term catalysts, SHIB retraces.

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ETH cracks $4,500 on increased adoption and disinflationary supply issuance, Bitcoin’s supply isn’t as concentrated as many people claim.

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The Sandbox becomes the latest blockchain based game to raise money in an effort to scale the metaverse to hundreds of millions of users.

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ETH has outperformed BTC by 20% since the latter half of October, DOT enters price discovery, a CryptoPunk sells for pennies on the dollar.