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The Agenda podcast explores how DAOs can strengthen workers’ rights

TheCaféDAO and TheLaborDAO sit down with The Agenda to discuss how decentralized autonomous organizations can revolutionize the fight for workers’ rights.

Bitcoin bears well positioned for Friday's $2.5 billion options expiry

BTC bears are outnumbered based on open interest volume, but bulls' hopes of $20,000 before 2023 have already been hampered.

Bitcoin bears well positioned for Friday's $2.5 billion options expiry

A year-end wager for $80,000 Bitcoin (BTC) might seem entirely off the table now, but not so much back in March as BTC rallied to $48,000. Unfortunately, the two-week 25% gains that culminated with the $48,220 peak on March 28 were followed by a brutal bear market.

It is important to highlight that the U.S. stock market likely has driven those events, as the S&P 500 index peaked at 4,631 on March 29 but traded down 21% to 3,640 by mid-June.

Moreover, such a date coincides with the centralized cryptocurrency lender Celsius issues, which halted withdrawals on June 12, and the venture capital 3 Arrows Capital (3AC) insolvency on June 15.

While the fear of an economic downturn has undoubtedly triggered the cryptocurrency bear market, the reckless mismanagement of centralized billion-dollar entities is what sparked the liquidations, pushing prices even lower.

To cite a few of those events, TerraUSD/Luna collapsed in mid-May, crypto lender Voyager Digital in early July, and the second largest exchange and market marker, FTX/Alameda Research's bankruptcy in mid-November.

Crypto investors sue Winklevoss twins over interest accounts on Gemini

Plaintiffs have alleged that the products have not been registered, which prevented them from receiving disclosures to better assess the risks of using Gemini Earn.

Crypto investors sue Winklevoss twins over interest accounts on Gemini

Plaintiffs have alleged that the products have not been registered, which prevented them from receiving disclosures to better assess the risks of using Gemini Earn.

Canaan expects minor revenue drop in 2022 despite crypto mining crisis

Crypto mining firm Canaan expects its annual RMB-denominated revenue to drop less than 15% despite the crypto market cap plummeting 70% in 2022.

FTX customers file class-action lawsuit to get priority reparations

Customer class members don’t want to stand in line along the creditors of a failed crypto platform.

Argo Blockchain sells top mining facility to Galaxy Digital for $65M

Argo Blockchain reduces its total debt by $41 million by selling its flagship Helios mining facility and getting a $35 million loan from Galaxy.

Alameda wallets become active days after SBF bail, community mulls foul play

The recent movement of funds from Alameda wallets just days after Sam Bankman Fried was released on bail raised many eyebrows about the timing.

Alameda wallets become active days after SBF bail, community mulls foul play

The recent movement of funds from Alameda wallets just days after Sam Bankman Fried was released on bail raised many eyebrows about the timing.

China’s CBDC wallet resorts to ages-old tradition to boost adoption

A traditional Chinese way of gifting money that’s gone virtual with the rise of digital payments has been introduced into the digital yuan wallet app.

Executives from $1.5B South Korean crypto exchange fraud jailed

The latest court action now takes the number of V Global execs behind bars up to seven, as the CEO was previously sentenced to a 22-year prison term.

Underdog rises: Dogecoin survived carnage in 2022 better than most

Amid the severe crypto downturn in 2022, the price of Dogecoin (DOGE) has held up much better than most of the top assets on the market.

DOGE is the third best performer in the top ten, dropping by 58% this year, beaten only by Ripple (XRP) and Binance Coin (BNB) which saw declines of 57.2% and 53.%.

Looking at the top 10 assets in terms of market capitalization as per Crypto Bubbles data, Bitcoin (BTC), Ether (ETH), Cardano (ADA) and Polygon (MATIC) have all shed considerably more: 65.1%, 67.8%, 80.9 and 68.8% a piece over the past 12 months.

DOGE also comes in well ahead of other big names in top 20 such as Polkadot (DOT), Solana (SOL), Uniswap (UNI) and Avalanche (AVAX) which have all plunged, by 84%, 93.8%, 70.3% and 89.9% each.

Asset price nightmare 2022: Crypto Bubbles

Data from Intotheblock (ITB) also has interesting insights, with the majority (54%) of DOGE hodlers currently in the green at the current price of $0.07, while 3% are breaking even and 43% in the red.


Underdog rises: Dogecoin survived carnage in 2022 better than most

DOGE has performed much better than SHIB this year, despite the Shiba Inu community actively working on a L2 network, Metaverse and blockchain games.

100%: Public Bitcoin miners sold almost everything they mined in 2022

Public Bitcoin miners sold off nearly everything they mined in 2022 but appear to have started accumulating reserves once again in what some hope is a bullish signal.

Maybe it WAS illegal: Mango Markets exploiter arrested on fraud charges

The Mango Markets exploiter previously called his attack on the crypto exchange “legal open market actions.”

10 predictions for crypto in 2023

Expect blockchain adoption to increase in the year ahead — in addition to the culture wars surrounding it.

Mark Cuban to Bill Maher: 'If you have gold, you’re dumb as fuck... Just get bitcoin.'

The billionaire owner of the Dallas Mavericks confirmed to Cointelegraph that he practices what he preaches, stating he does not own any gold himself.

Wife of Hal Finney announces Bitcoin charity event

She said that the event seeks to raise funds to provide assistance for victims of ALS.

Argo blockchain suspends trading on NASDAQ due to upcoming announcement

The mining company has faced financial problems due to escalating energy costs and the falling price of Bitcoin.

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