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Will $7.2B BTC in seized Bitcoin crash the market in January?
A ruling on loss vs. mark-to-market will decide who gets the upside and how coins hit the market.
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South Park’s new episode on prediction markets causes speculation over Polymarket appearance
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Binance founder CZ refutes FT’s claims of fundraising for $10B YZi Labs as ‘fake’
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NBA star Kevin Durant’s forgotten Bitcoin becomes a slam dunk investment
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