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It was a week of wows, with rumours abound that the world’s biggest retailer could integrate Bitcoin payments and a social media giant announcing the cryptocurrency’s pivotal role in its future. Meanwhile, Jackson, Tennessee, is looking to become the industry’s main hub, and could Tesla be about to pull a U-turn on its bitcoin policy? It was all happening last week; here’s our rundown of the biggest stories.

It was another quiet week in the crypto markets, but adoption shows no sign of slowing. There was a new crypto bill proposed in Paraguay, Fidelity has started preparing for more institutional adoption, and Apple’s bitcoin rumours swirled. There was…

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After another week of trading sideways, you’d be forgiven for thinking bitcoin has gotten boring. But that couldn’t be further from the truth. We had big retail adoption, more news from South America, and yet another historical NFT.

While movement in the crypto markets last week was fairly limited, there was still plenty to talk about: the internet was sold to the highest bidder, George Soros hopped on the Bitcoin bandwagon, and India is heading to the moon thanks to a massive spike in crypto investment.

It’s been a week of ups, downs and total shockers in the crypto world – most notably the sad loss of longtime crypto advocate, John McAfee. On a brighter note, Central America continues to show love for bitcoin, with an exciting announcement from Paraguay, and some free dosh for El Salvadorians.

Is Panama following in El Salvador’s footsteps? MicroStrategy purchases even more BTC, and you could own a piece of the world wide web. Check out what made headlines last week.

It’s full steam ahead as El Salvador taps into geothermal power for Bitcoin mining. What could be next on President Bukele’s Bitcoin bucket list? Meanwhile, another flurry of institutional adoption makes it a bullish week for crypto, Twitter might be integrating the Lightning Network, and more. Here are the top crypto stories to come out of last week.

Hacker group Anonymous has supposedly put Elon Musk in their crosshairs for his crypto Tweets, but is it all it seems? Meanwhile, El Salvador is going all in on Bitcoin, the Biden administration is looking to harness blockchain’s forensic power, and more. Here are our picks of the biggest crypto stories to come out of last week.

Is Crypto becoming a Wall Street mainstay? Epic Games is looking to take a ₿ite out of Apple, Charlie’s chewed his last finger thanks to NFTs, and more. Here are our picks of the biggest crypto stories to come out of last week.

Diddy (hip) hops on the DeFi train, a top English football club goes non-fungible, and there was more crypto adoption for major institutions. It may have been a turbulent week in the markets, but there’s always a bright side in crypto. Here’s the pick of last week’s headlines.

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