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Morning Coinheads.

In this edition of everything-you-need-to-know-in-crypto-in-two-minutes-delivered-with-a-smile-but-at-enormous-personal-cost, we return to the Doge House as Shiba Inu and its K9-collaborator rise above the pack.

L’Équipe at Capital.com puts a price prediction on FUSE.

And it’s getting a little Messi for Le Lionel at his new club, Paris Saint Germain. Le French football giant  famously won over Le Great One by including le big bag of PSG Fan Tokens in his $130 million, three year contract – but – where are les now?

It’s Friday, should anyone ask.

 

US market close: Crypto mostly lower

The prominent cryptocurrencies were mostly lower during US market opening on Thursday with Bitcoin down 2.51%, Ethereum down 2.99%, and Litecoin down 3.33%.

 

Applied Blockchain to build co-host mining centres

Blockchain company Applied Blockchain plans to build co-hosted mining centres. The Dallas, Texas, firm said in a regulatory filing it wanted to move from the OTC market to the NASDAQ Global Select Market.

 

New Year, new crypto scams? Watch out for these signs

As we enter a new trading year, one investment industry body is warning investors about cryptocurrency scams and has suggested tips to identify and avoid them.

Last year crypto-related crime reached record levels with $14bn in digital currencies stolen worldwide.

 

Fuse Network (FUSE) price prediction: What is the 2022 pathway?

A couple of partnership announcements, recognition from validators, and listing on DeFi platforms are helping Fuse Network soar since the start of the year.

 

UK crypto news: DOGE and SHIB rally

Dogecoin and Shiba Inu rallied higher than the rest of the cryptocurrency market overnight. The two canine-themed cryptos saw the biggest daily gains among the top 50 cryptocurrencies, with DOGE adding 12.8% and SHIB going up by 11.8%.

 

Congressman writes bill to block creation of Fed stablecoin

US Representative Tom Emmer has introduced a bill amending the US Federal Reserve charter preventing the central bank from directly issuing digital currency to individuals. But with China already planning its own central bank digital currency, some think a Federal Reserve stablecoin isn’t only an eventuality, but a necessity.

 

Keep Network price prediction: adding privacy to public blockchains

With Keep Network having now completed its collaboration with NuCypher, the pair have produced Threshold – what they claim is the first on-chain merger between two decentralised networks with a shared goal.

 

PSG coin price prediction: is the football club crypto a buy?

The cost of being partly paid in crypto may have got higher for Lionel Messi, one of the world’s greatest footballers. He joined Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) last August and reportedly received a “significant” payment in the PSG crypto fan tokens. When he signed, the coin’s price surged to US$61.23; today it is trading at US$15.

 

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