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Kraken Daily Market Report for August 19 2021

Overview Total spot trading volume at $1.42 billion, the 30-day average rose to $1.12 billion. Total futures notional at $383.4 million. The top five traded coins were, respectively, Bitcoin (+4.6%), Tether (0%), Cardano (+16%), Ethereum (+5.6%) and Ripple (+7.8%). Most coins had positive returns, especially from Kusama (+16%) and OMG (+19%). August 19, 2021  $1.42B traded across all markets today Crypto, EUR, USD, JPY, CAD, GBP, CHF, AUD  BTC $46765. ↑4.6% $369.5M…

Swedish Government returns $1.5M worth BTC to drug dealer sitting in jail

In a bizarre turn of events, the Swedish government has decided to return Bitcoin worth about $1.5 million to a drug dealer who is currently serving time in prison. The crypto-verse had been associated with crime time and again. Since the industry wasn’t entirely regulated, criminals and drug dealers decided to use crypto assets to…