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Mayoral candidate pledges to make NYC ‘most cryptocurrency-friendly city in the nation’

[ad_1] Curtis Sliwa, a beret-wearing Republican running to be the mayor of New York City, said one of the goals of his campaign is to focus on crypto.In a Wednesday tweet, Sliwa said he would be focusing on creating greater financial inclusivity in New York City by opening more crypto ATMs and incentivizing businesses to accept cryptocurrency. According to his campaign website, however, the mayoral candidate currently only accepts donations
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Bitcoin bulls target $50K as Friday’s $655M BTC options expiry approaches

[ad_1] Bitcoin (BTC) failed to break the critical $50,000 psychological barrier on Aug. 23 and has since then retested the $47,000 support. If historical data plays any role in Bitcoin price, the month of September presented negative performances in 4 of the previous 5 years.Cointelegraph contributor and market analyst Michaël van de Poppe recently said that Ether's (ETH) break above $3,500 could be a leading indicator for Bitcoin's next bull
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El Salvador police arrested and released Bitcoin detractor without a warrant

[ad_1] An El Salvadorian news outlet has reported that local police arrested a computer and cryptocurrency expert who was critical of the country accepting Bitcoin as legal tender for hours before later releasing him.According to multiple interviews conducted Wednesday by La Prensa Gráfica, the San Salvador police arrested computer specialist Mario Gómez today without a warrant, seizing his phone and attempting to take possession of a computer from his mother,
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Expanding ecosystem and LedgerX acquisition send FTX Token (FTT) to a new ATH

[ad_1] Real-world adoption and brand awareness are one of the best ways for a blockchain project to increase its value and attract new users to users to its ecosystem. One project that has seen massive growth throughout 2021 thanks to its increasing public exposure and exciting protocol launches and partnerships is FTX, a crypto-derivatives trading platform founded by Sam Bankman-Fried and Gary Wang. Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView shows
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BlockFi board of directors replaces ‘Crypto Dad’ after four months

[ad_1] Former Commodity Futures Trading Commission chair Christopher Giancarlo, also known as “Crypto Dad,” will be leaving crypto lending firm BlockFi’s board of directors, but continuing to advise the group on digital assets.In a Wednesday announcement, BlockFi said Ellen-Blair Chube, a managing director and client service officer at investment banking firm William Blair & Company, would be replacing Giancarlo. BlockFi founder and CEO Zac Prince cited Chube’s “strong financial services
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Internet Computer to release 10,000 free NFTs in debut drop

[ad_1] Dfinity's Internet Computer has announced the release of 10,000 non-fungible tokens, or NFTs. Users are eligible to claim their free token Wednesday at 8pm UTC .Conceptualised by brothers Przemek and Tomasz Chojecki, alongside Adam Stępnik, the trio were inspired to create the avatars following acronym comparisons to the 90's hip-hop duo Insane Clown Posse, and the overwhelming success of the legendary Cryptopunk NFTs.Following a series of exclusive early releases,