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What sparked Ether’s jump above crypto rival Bitcoin?

By Olga Kharif, David Pan, and others

LISBON, PORTUGAL – DECEMBER 03: People walk by Jesuit Father Antonio Vieira statue outside the ancient museum and Church of São Roque, depending of Santa Casa Da Misericórdia De Lisboa (SCML) and housing one of the most important religious collections in Catholic Europe, on December 03, 2021 in Lisbon, Portugal. SCML launched on the first week of December its first collection of the museum and church Non Fungible Tokens (NFTs), with all proceeds going to its social enterprise causes, based on ancient paintings celebrating the life of Saint Francis Xavier, a Navarrese Catholic missionary and saint who was a co-founder of the Society of Jesus in the 16th century. These NFTs include limited images of the painting and reliquaries associated with the saint. This is the first time in the world that NFTs of religious artifacts have been created by a museum. Saint Roch (Sao Roque) will also be the first church in a metaverse, a digital representation of the museum and church to be a digital twin of the physical buildings. A NFT is unique and non-interchangeable unit of data stored on a digital ledger and can be a photo, video or other kind of digital data. Blockchain is the underpinning technology that gives the NFT public proof of ownership. (Photo by Horacio Villalobos#Corbis/Corbis via Getty Images)

Personal Finance

Crypto refugees fleeing Ukraine have found a haven in Portugal. Here’s why

By Olga Kharif and Bloomberg

The seized Lady M superyacht, owned by Russian billionaire Alexey Mordashov, at the port in Imperia, Italy, on Monday, March 7, 2022. Italy’s Finance Police detained superyachts of sanctioned Russian billionaires, as authorities around the world ratchet up the pressure on the countrys elite following the invasion of Ukraine. Photographer: Giuliano Berti/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Crypto sleuths claim to have sniffed out digital wallet with millions tied to sanctioned Russian oligarchs and officials

By Olga Kharif and Bloomberg

Images of Bored Apes NFT artwork.

Bored Ape Yacht Club creators buy up rival token collections to become an even bigger NFT powerhouse

By Olga Kharif and Bloomberg

PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA – SEPTEMBER 04: Attendees line up for the Coinbase ferris wheel during 2021 Made In America at Benjamin Franklin Parkway on September 04, 2021 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Roc Nation)

Coinbase sunk by fears of a ‘crypto winter’ after it predicts a drop in crypto trading

By Yueqi Yang, Olga Kharif, and others

The live data capture of the Ethereum network can be seen on a computer screen at the Ethereum DEV offices in Berlin, Germany, 14 April 2015. Ethereum is an open source platform that hosts applications and data on a decentralized network. While the block chain technology of the cryptocurrency Bitcoin is restricted to finance, this concerns applications that would normally require escrow services like, for example, financial applications, social networking applications, notaries or booking services that need to save and validate verifiable data. Photo: JENS KALAENE/dpa | usage worldwide (Photo by Jens Kalaene/picture alliance via Getty Images)

$320 million crypto hack is no big deal for the trading firm behind Wormhole—it refunded customer losses in a day

By Nick Baker, Yueqi Yang, and others

Close-up of hands of a man viewing balances of Bitcoin, Ether and other cryptocurrencies in a wallet app from popular service Coinbase, Martinez, California, June 26, 2019. (Photo by Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images)

Hackers steal $320 million in crypto from Wormhole DeFi project

By Olga Kharif, Yueqi Yang, and others

Mark Zuckerberg’s stablecoin ambitions unravel with Diem sale talks

By Liana Baker, Jesse Hamilton, and others

Bitcoin ATM Here sign at the entrance to a corner shop on WHyte Avenue, in Edmonton.<br />
On Friday, January 14, 2021, in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. (Photo by Artur Widak/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

When it comes to buying things with crypto, Ether, stablecoins and Dogecoin are starting to encroach on Bitcoin’s turf

By Olga Kharif and Bloomberg

SAN RAFAEL, CALIFORNIA – DECEMBER 08: Customers enter a GameStop store on December 08, 2021 in San Rafael, California. Video game retailer GameStop will report third quarter earnings today after the closing bell. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Meme stock darling GameStop soars on reports it will launch an NFT marketplace

By Olga Kharif and Bloomberg

Canadian musician Grimes arrives for the 2021 Met Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on September 13, 2021 in New York. – This year’s Met Gala has a distinctively youthful imprint, hosted by singer Billie Eilish, actor Timothee Chalamet, poet Amanda Gorman and tennis star Naomi Osaka, none of them older than 25. The 2021 theme is “In America: A Lexicon of Fashion.” (Photo by Angela WEISS / AFP) (Photo by ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images)

NFTs and Culture

An NFT issued by the musician Grimes plunges in value by 84% as celebrity-minted tokens struggle in the market

By Olga Kharif, Kim Bhasin, and others

Consensus 2019

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong says new NFT marketplace could be bigger than its cryptocurrency business

By Olga Kharif and Bloomberg

Shiba Inu ‘whale’ wallet worth billions is scrutinized—as the crypto tumbles

By Michael P. Regan, Olga Kharif, and others

Everything to know about stablecoins, the cryptocurrency in the government’s crosshairs

By Olga Kharif, Zeke Faux, and others

Irvine, CA – July 28: Several hundred Activision Blizzard employees stage a walkout which they say is in a response from company leadership to a lawsuit highlighting alleged harassment, inequality, and more within the company outside the gate at Activision Blizzard headquarters on Wednesday, July 28, 2021 in Irvine, CA.

Activision shares tumble over reported SEC investigation

By Olga Kharif and Bloomberg