Bitcoin processed $36.6 trillion in transactions last year, far more than payment network giants Mastercard and Visa combined. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/business/2024/08/21/franklin-templeton-ceo-says-tradfi-underestimates-bitcoins-scale/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines

Richard Teng, who replaced founder Changpeng “CZ” Zhao in November, is playing the long game. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2024/08/21/new-binance-ceo-sees-no-need-for-ipo-as-he-plots-100-year-strategy-for-crypto-exchange/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines

Customers of Mercado Libre digital bank subsidiary Mercado Pago will be able to buy and sell Meli Dollar with their Brazilian reais balances. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/business/2024/08/21/latin-american-e-commerce-giant-mercado-libre-launches-us-dollar-tied-stablecoin/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines

Source: https://www.coindesk.com/opinion/2024/08/21/blockchain-vs-transfer-agents-a-call-for-genuine-market-innovation/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines

PKT has Hollywood talent behind it who are sick of the the black box that is the industry’s film production process. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/tech/2024/08/21/depin-media-network-ptk-starts-up-on-coinbases-base/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines

Job growth for the 12-months ending in March 2024 was 818,000 lower than previously reported, according to a government report. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2024/08/21/bitcoin-gets-brief-boost-after-us-employment-growth-revised-lower/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines

Polygon and Uniswap gain ground as Litecoin and others drag CoinDesk 20 index down by 0.3%. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/coindesk-indices/2024/08/21/coindesk-20-performance-update-index-trades-down-despite-gains-from-matic-and-uni/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines

Prometheum is forging ahead with its strategy to comply with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s view on cryptocurrency transactions by letting two more tokens into its custody operation …

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The deal comes weeks after Riot Platforms dropped a bid to buy Bitfarms, choosing to overhaul the company’s board before pursuing a takoever again. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/business/2024/08/21/bitcoin-miner-bitfarms-to-buy-rival-stronghold-digital-for-175m-in-stock-debt/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines