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The fake market in crypto
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The fake market in crypto

According to a Forbes report, half of all Bitcoin trades are fake. Today, we unveil crypto's cryptic facade by diving deep into a classic concept: Wash trading.

The fake market in crypto

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Poverty, heists, .eth: Coulda been worse
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Poverty, heists, .eth: Coulda been worse

Hands up! A bank heist with a toy gun exposes the chaos in Lebanon's financial system. That, plus declining child poverty rates, and Ethereum's "Merge" on indicators of the week.

Poverty, heists, .eth: Coulda been worse

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People are talking about Web3. Is it the Internet of the future or just a buzzword?

Web3, short for web 3.0, is a vision of the future of the Internet in which people operate on decentralized, quasi-anonymous platforms, rather than depend on tech giants like Google, Facebook and Twitter. Ani_Ka/Getty Images hide caption

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People are talking about Web3. Is it the Internet of the future or just a buzzword?

In the Web3 vision of the internet's future, tech giants like Facebook and Google aren't as critical. The internet instead is a peer-to-peer experience built on what's known as the blockchain.

People are talking about Web3. Is it the Internet of the future or just a buzzword?

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