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

The tweet spurred speculation that the notable venture capital firm could launch its own Optimism-based layer 2 blockchain. A16z crypto’s CTO tweeted: “not an L2.”

The exchange said hackers transferred the crypto assets from a hot wallet to an unidentified wallet.

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An industry report is expected to outline best practices in areas including due diligence and risk management.

Over $145 million in shorts against bitcoin prices were liquidated since early Asian morning hours on Tuesday.

Jobless claims beat expectations by an even wider margin than in the initial report, after a revision Thursday. Crypto investors largely ignored the change, although the increasing jobless figures bode well for the market.

Max Williams, chief operating officer at Runa Digital Assets, noted the upgrade will allow developers to focus on improving users' experience.

South Korea has requested the extradition of the Terraform Labs CEO after his recent arrest in Montenegro.

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