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Bitcoin’s boring price action allows XMR, TON, TWT and AXS to gather strength (7 minute read)BTC’s price range is tightening (currently at $16986.10) in preparation for a potential range expansion. Meanwhile, XMR, TON, TWT and AXS are maintaining their bullish momentum. The range-bound action in Bitcoin suggests that traders are avoiding large bets before the Federal Reserve’s rate hike decision on Dec. 14. However, that has not stopped the action in select altcoins, which are showing promise in the near term. 

Grayscale, in the Spotlight as GBTC Discount Widens, Says DeFi Fund Now Trading (5 minute read)Grayscale Investments, manager of the world’s biggest publicly traded bitcoin fund, said a new decentralized finance (DeFi) fund has started trading on over-the-counter markets. The debut of the DEFG fund in over-the-counter markets comes as Grayscale’s largest fund, the Grayscale Bitcoin Trust (GBTC), is trading at a record discount and at the center of crypto-market speculation.

Ethereum Price Prediction - ETH Could Pump 10x In 2023 - Here's Why (6 minute read)Since its formal inception, Ethereum has never stopped attracting developers and investors owing to its apparent advancement potential. The crypto crash of 2022 transformed the whole industry forever, as Ethereum, the world's second-largest cryptocurrency, saw the most momentous shift ever. The Ethereum Network executed the Merge just a few weeks ago, switching to a proof-of-stake mechanism and leaving the proof-of-work technique.

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Arkansas Electric Utility to Offer Energy Sweetener to Battered Crypto Miners (5 minute read)An Arkansas energy provider is sweetening the deal for crypto miners in the state with a special tariff to keep costs down as the industry faces compounded challenges. Entergy, the Fortune 500 company that specializes in distributing electric power to customers in the American South, is offering a bulk price for mining operations in a state which already has some of the lowest energy costs in the U.S.

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Web3: DeFi & NFTs

Celebrity Promoters Sued Over Bored Ape NFT Endorsements (5 minute read)Jimmy Fallon, Gwyneth Paltrow and Justin Bieber have been sued in a proposed class action accusing them and a host of other celebrities who promoted Bored Ape Yacht Club non-fungible tokens of fraud.

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Terra's Do Kwon Is in Serbia, CoinDesk Korea Reports (4 minute read)Do Kwon, who is wanted internationally in connection with the collapse of the Terra ecosystem, has moved to Serbia through Dubai, CoinDesk Korea reported on Monday. South Korea, where Kwon is from, had issued an arrest warrant for the founder. Interpol had also reportedly issued a red notice for the co-founder, which is a request to law enforcement around the world to locate and provisionally arrest a person pending extradition, surrender or similar legal action.

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