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The global crypto market cap is $1.19 trillion with a 24-hour volume of $45.72 billion. The price of Bitcoin is $28,410.89 and BTC market dominance is 46.3%. The price of Ethereum is $1,829.27 and ETH market dominance is 18.6%. The best performing cryptoasset sector is Yield Farming, which gained 12%.

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Trump NFT sales volume soars 461% following indictment

Trump has lashed out at the news of his indictment, calling it a "political persecution."

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XRP Perpetual Futures Open Interest skyrockets to $610 million

The XRP derivative market indicates strong positive sentiment, some expect the SEC lawsuit to conclude soon.

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KCC upgrade to enhance performance goes live on testnet

The fan-built KCC V.1.3.0 upgrade focuses on merging upstream code, enhancing performance, and resolving bugs.

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CryptoSlate wMarket Update: Mixed market performance sees Bitcoin drop below $28,000

The wMarket Update condenses the most important price movements in the crypto markets over the reporting period, published 07:45 ET on weekdays.

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CNBC’s Jim Cramer calls Binance “way too sketchy”

Crypto community reacts to Jim Cramer's comments on Binance with humor and irony amid mounting regulatory pressures.

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Over 1M Arbitrum tokens lost to phishing attack

On-chain investigator Lookonchain incorrectly tagged wallet one of the Arbitrum exploiter wallet "0xbd4E" as a "super airdrop hunter."

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BTC miner TeraWulf grew revenue over 140% in Q4’22

TeraWulf grew its mining operations by adding 110 MW of mining infrastructure — looking to add another 50 MW by the end of Q2'23.

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Ripple CEO says SEC Chair Gensler behaves like an ‘autocrat’

Ripple's Garlinghouse urged U.S. elected officials to take note of the SEC's Chair statements and actions.

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Stacks co-founder urges crypto community to fund Senator Warren’s opponents

Muneeb Ali wants to fund a pro-crypto army uprising to oppose Senator Warren's publicly announced war on crypto.

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SBF hoarded too much data for the FBI to handle

Prosecutors have spent weeks retrieving certain pieces of information.

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