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Beijing allowing bitcoin's price to be displayed on one of the country's largest social network platforms shows a growing acceptance of the asset class within the country.

Earlier this month, the floor price on the original Trump NFT collection jumped after the news of his indictment, but the new Series 2 release has sent the first collection’s price downward.

The exchange will close all of its customers' open derivatives positions by April 21.

ALSO: Former CoinDesk head of research Noelle Acheson writes that longer-term narratives such as bitcoin's recent store-of-value story matter but that price depends more on fleeting, often fickle sentiment.

Plus, investments in blockchain games and metaverse projects totaled $739 million for the quarter.

The total locked value of assets on the platform has risen over 300% since the start of this year, DefiLlama data shows.

Bitcoin was little changed at $27,900 in the minutes following the roughly in-line report.

The staking protocol gave users access to their staking rewards and lowered the barrier of entry to create an Ethereum validator.

It's a battle of bulls versus bears as the market gets a grip on reality, says Brent Xu, CEO of DeFi lender Umee. ALSO: CoinDesk columnist Daniel Kuhn writes that Elon Musk had the crypto world's attention again this week, but whether he helps DOGE is questionable at best.

Trading volume on DEXs rose to $133.1 billion in March, the third straight monthly increase, according to DefiLlama.