Bitcoin News Roundup for July 7, 2021

With BTC floating shy of $35K, ETH moving toward $2.4K and a look at an unusual IPO from China's Didi, CoinDesk’s Markets Daily is back with the latest news roundup.

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Today's Stories:

Small Stocks Look to Extend Winning Streak

Futures Rise With Stocks Ahead of Fed Minutes 

Coal Shows Its Staying Power as Economies Bounce Back

Amazon Notches Comeback Win in Years-Long Pentagon Cloud Battle

Big Tech Startups Spring Up in South Korea 

Russia to Introduce Rules for Confiscating Crypto

Reserve Bank of New Zealand to Consult on Potential CBDC 

Visa Crypto Cards Have Racked Up $1B in Spending in 2021  

Allied Payment Network to Offer Crypto Access in NYDIG Partnership

Ethereum's much anticipated London Hard Fork Expected to Launch on Aug. 4 

China’s Crackdown Is Forcing Miners to Dump GPUs on Secondhand Market

Featured Story: Didi's Downfall and the Case For Web 3.0 | David Z. Morris 

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