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Lesia Dubenko - Journalist - The Coinomist

Lesia Dubenko

Crypto journalist

Lesia Dubenko is a Ukrainian journalist and analyst who takes interest in burgeoning technology. She first joined the crypto-verse in 2018 and has been covering the key developments while interviewing big wigs from companies like Consensys, Tron, and more. She is part of the European Blockchain Observatory.

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Michael Saylor and Bitcoin are Like Love and Marriage

Michael Saylor and Bitcoin are Like Love and Marriage

MicroStrategy CEO and avid Bitcoin supporter Michael Saylor loves Bitcoin as much as usual – and he has a new set of arguments in favor of using it.

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Terra’s Pump Proved to Be Short-lived

Terra’s Pump Proved to Be Short-lived

Terra has made headlines yet again. This time, however, for not-so-bad reasons.

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Ethereum Has Completed its Transition to the POS Mechanism

Ethereum Has Completed its Transition to the POS Mechanism

After years of talk and promise, Ethereum has finally completed its transition from the proof-of-work to the proof-of-stake mechanism.

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Crypto Fraud and Meta? Zuckerberg is in Hot Water Again

Crypto Fraud and Meta? Zuckerberg is in Hot Water Again

Mark Zuckerberg is no stranger to controversy and problems. Neither is his company Meta.

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Binance and Bitcoin Trading: Are the Volumes Fake?

Binance and Bitcoin Trading: Are the Volumes Fake?

A new report by Forbes suggests that 51% of the daily Bitcoin trading volume reported by the exchanges could be bogus, most notably on Binance, MEXC Global, and Bybit.

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Cardano Upgrade is Just Around the Corner

Cardano Upgrade is Just Around the Corner

Cardano is gearing up for the long-awaited Vasil upgrade, which according to the blockchain research company Input Output Hong Kong (IOHK), created in 2015 by Cardano’s co-founder Charles Hoskinson and Jeremy Wood, is just around the corner.

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How to Buy Shiba Inu Coin

How to Buy Shiba Inu Coin

Buy Shiba Inu: A step-by-step guide to buying SHIB

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Michael Saylor is in Hot Water, Charged with Tax Fraud

Michael Saylor is in Hot Water, Charged with Tax Fraud

Michael Saylor, MicroStrategy’s co-founder, has evaded taxes, according to DC authorities.

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Slim Shady and Snoop Dogg Gave a Bored Ape Performance at VMA

Slim Shady and Snoop Dogg Gave a Bored Ape Performance at VMA

The legendary rappers Eminem and Snoop Dogg gave a show to remember.

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Buterin Diaries: What’s He up to These Days?

Buterin Diaries: What’s He up to These Days?

Vitalik Buterin, the co-founder of Ethereum, is one of the biggest crypto household names.

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What’s a meme coin?

What’s a meme coin?

It’s time to spill the beans: At least once in your lifetime, you have wondered what sort of beast meme coins. And we really can’t blame you as they are fun, tradeable, popular, and Elon Musk-related (a biggie for sure).

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Telegram’s Creator Has Floated an NFT-related Idea

Telegram’s Creator Has Floated an NFT-related Idea

Pavel Durov, the founder of Telegram messenger, is impressed by the TON DNS auction, which he describes as a success.

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A Looming Bored Ape Crisis?

A Looming Bored Ape Crisis?

Dozens of Bored Ape Yacht Club non-fungible tokens (NFT) that have been bought with borrowed money on BendDAO, a peer-to-peer lending service that lets users borrow ether (ETH) against their NFTs, may be sold soon, causing a cascade of liquidations.

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Court Allows Celsius Network to Mine and Sell Bitcoin

Court Allows Celsius Network to Mine and Sell Bitcoin

During the Celsius Network’s second bankruptcy hearing, the company was granted permission to continue mining and selling Bitcoin.

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Most Traders Are Ready to Weather the Recession Storm, Bullish on Crypto

Most Traders Are Ready to Weather the Recession Storm, Bullish on Crypto

With the world’s economy looking volatile, the traders are preparing for a recession, which, according to the majority, is just around the corner.

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BitMEX Big Shot Pleads Guilty to Financial Charge

BitMEX Big Shot Pleads Guilty to Financial Charge

Gregory Dwyer, the former head of Business Development at BitMEX, pleaded guilty to the violation of the Bank Secrecy Act, acknowledging his failure to put in place an anti-money-laundering program at the cryptocurrency derivatives exchange.

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Mark Cuban Still Thinks Dogecoin has Bigger Potential than Cardano

Mark Cuban Still Thinks Dogecoin has Bigger Potential than Cardano

Mark Cuban, the celebrity billionaire entrepreneur and well-known Ethereum bull, has put in his two pennies on which altcoin is best – Cardano or Dogecoin.

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Gucci to Accept ApeCoins, Receives More Cooperation Offers

Gucci to Accept ApeCoins, Receives More Cooperation Offers

High-end fashion house Gucci is making positive waves in the crypto community.

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Our Customers See through This, Saylor on MicroStrategy’s Big Losses

Our Customers See through This, Saylor on MicroStrategy’s Big Losses

Michael Saylor, perhaps the biggest Bitcoin fan the world has ever seen, will step down as MicroStrategy’s CEO due to what is referred to as an impairment charge, i.e. a major financial loss. Still, he insists that there is nothing to worry about.

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Robinhood Receives a Hefty Fine, Fails to Meet BSA/AML Standards

Robinhood Receives a Hefty Fine, Fails to Meet BSA/AML Standards

Robinhood, the American financial services company headquartered in Menlo Park, California, has been subject to an investigation by the Department of Financial Services (DFS) in New York State. The agency found that its crypto division violated rules in numerous areas.

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Singapore Believes That Metaverse Will Flourish

Singapore Believes That Metaverse Will Flourish

In Singapore, officials see no reason why important events, such as marriage, for example, shouldn’t be done in the metaverse – alongside many other things.

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Facebook’s Meta Took Another Major Blow

Facebook’s Meta Took Another Major Blow

Meta is doing rather badly these days.

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More NFTs from Dubai Police are Up for Grabs

More NFTs from Dubai Police are Up for Grabs

In Dubai, digital assets are as in vogue as ever.

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Worst of Crypto Winter Could be Over, says Glassnode

Worst of Crypto Winter Could be Over, says Glassnode

In its new analysis published Monday, Glassnode’s UkuriaOC provided an overview of the crypto market, suggesting that the worst of the crypto downfall may be behind us.

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Crypto.com is on a Roll: Strikes Partnership with Google Pay

Crypto.com is on a Roll: Strikes Partnership with Google Pay

Crypto.com, the Singapore-based cryptocurrency exchange company and wallet, has a new integration ready for its users.

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