The Daily: IMF urges El Salvador to limit scope of bitcoin law, HBO documentary claims to unveil Satoshi’s identity and more
2024-10-05

It's Friday! In today's newsletter, the IMF again urges El Salvador to limit the scope of its bitcoin law, TeraWulf sells its stake in a nuclear-powered bitcoin mine to fund its AI expansion plans, Hyperliquid tops decentralized perpetual swap trading volume and more.
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IMF urges El Salvador to limit scope of bitcoin law
The International Monetary Fund is again urging El Salvador to narrow the scope of its bitcoin law and limit public sector exposure to the cryptocurrency.
TeraWulf sells stake in nuclear-powered bitcoin mine to fund AI expansion plans
TeraWulf has sold a 25% stake in its nuclear-powered Nautilus Cryptomine joint venture in Pennsylvania to a subsidiary of Talen Energy Corporation for approximately $92 million.
Hyperliquid tops decentralized perpetual swap trading volume
Hyperliquid has risen to lead trading volume metrics among decentralized perpetual swap platforms, recently surpassing competitors like Jupiter, SynFutures and dYdX.
US spot Bitcoin ETFs see third straight day of outflows
U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs saw $54.2 million in net outflows on Thursday, marking their third consecutive day of negative flows to start October, totaling more than $388 million.
New HBO documentary aims to reveal Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto's true identity
HBO's upcoming documentary "Money Electric" claims it will reveal the true identity of Bitcoin's pseudonymous creator, Satoshi Nakamoto.
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