Crypto Update 7/27/21| Are Crypto Developers Running Out of Ideas?

With the crypto markets stabilizing after a recent short squeeze and a look at how crypto developers are spending more time optimizing than innovating, CoinDesk’s Markets Daily is back with the latest news roundup.

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Today's Stories:

Stock Futures Slip With Tech Earnings on Tap 

Stocks Fall With U.S. Futures on China Selloff

Google Primed to Benefit From Surge in Online Advertising 

Tesla overcomes supply chain woes to boost profit margins

Coffee prices surge as unusual cold threatens Brazilian production

Big Pharma Quietly Pushes Back on Global Tax Deal, Citing Covid-19 Role

Justin Sun Hints at Retirement, Joins Research Project at Communist Party School

SWIFT Go Launches Low-Cost Network With 7 Major Banks

USDT Maintains Dollar Peg as Traders Shrug Off DOJ Tether Probe Report

CoinDesk Amazon: No, We Have No Plans to Accept Bitcoin Payments

Goldman Sachs Applies for a DeFi ETF

Shopify to Allow Merchants to Sell NFTs Directly Through Their Stores

Bug Found in Decoy Algorithm for Privacy Coin Monero 

Argentinian Crypto Exchange Lemon Raises $16M to Expand in Latin America

Russia's Hermitage to Sell Digital Copies of Art Gems as NFTs

The Cause: ‘They’re not just joining a climbing gym – they are joining a revolution’

Featured Story: Crypto's Builders Are Upgrading, Not Breaking Ground | Brady Dale 

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