Dubai-based licensing company adopts cryptocurrency payments.

Kiklabb has become the first state-owned entity in the United Arab Emirates to accept cryptocurrency payments.

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Verge (XVG) surfers reorganization attack losing six months worth of data.

Privacy-centric stablecoin Verve has been hit by a DDoS attack, causing the platform to lose transaction dates from July last year. The attack means thousands of balances have disappeared, and users who bought or received Verge (XVG) from July 2020 may have lost their balances. origin »

Crypto exchanges continue to fail as hacks bite hard.

Centralized crypto exchanges are harder to run than they look. This feature looks at notable exchange failures of the last decade and the escalating ecosystem damage caused by hackers origin »

EU appoints major finserv firm to lead blockchain social media project.

The initiative will assess 450 proposals aimed at boosting the integrity of social media posts with the help of blockchain technology over the next three years. origin »

Pretrial settlement not in the cards in SEC vs. Ripple case.

Both parties are currently not considering terms for a pretrial settlement.

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MicroStrategy announces plans to buy more Bitcoin.

In the world of software for corporations, Business Intelligence systems rival spreadsheets in terms of their vanilla, non-controversial status. So why is one of the world’s biggest makers of BI solutions continuing to buy bitcoin as fast as it can be mined? The answer could be that MicroStrategy’s founder Michael Saylor can read the writing on the wall. origin »

Bitcoin futures break $50K: Why BTC price is primed for another leg up.

The price of Bitcoin broke $50,000 on futures exchanges, and several data points suggest the U.S. session could see the rally continue. origin »

Russian mobile carriers consider smartphone integration for digital ruble.

Russian wireless service providers MegaFon and Beeline proposed to link digital ruble wallets on smartphones to user's phone numbers. origin »

The Graph explores integrations for Bitcoin, Polkadot, and other Layer-1 blockchains.

Blockchain data indexing protocol The Graph is considering Bitcoin, Polkadot, and Binance Smart Chain among others after launching on Ethereum. origin »

Two Feet and FEWOCiOUS’s NFT auction becomes the third to top $1m in sales.

Four collaborative NFTs launched by musician Two Feet and visual artist FEWOCiOUS have generated more than $1m in Nifty Gateway’s largest auction of 2021 so far. origin »

Bitcoin miners are hodling while long-term investors take profits.

On-chain data shows that while miners are selling less BTC, old investors are realizing profits.

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Verge of disaster: 200 days transactions wiped from blockchain.

Verge has been hit by a huge blockchain reorganization, resulting in more than six months worth of transactions and balances vanishing. However, devs claim it can be fixed. origin »