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Around 100,000 users have participated in the country's central bank digital currency pilot since it kicked off in December.

The token was up more than 5%. Institutional investors remain in wait-and-see mode, says one analyst.

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.”

There’s value in crypto, especially layer 1 protocols, even if regulators and politicians don’t dig enough to see it.

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

The exploiter paid back Aave users’ USDT debts on its v1 markets, making the total USDT borrowed stand at zero.

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.

Longer-term narratives matter, argues Noelle Acheson, but they don’t set the price. That is set by short-term sentiment, which is both contagious and fickle.

‘White hat’ hackers are working to recover more of the stolen funds as of Monday.

Washington’s “war on crypto” continues to occupy minds in the crypto industry. This week, CoinDesk Chief Content Officer Michael Casey tackles the apparent rise in hostility from U.S. regulators from a different angle: revenge.