Latest DeFi Craze Involves a One-Man Project With a ‘Worthless’ Token.

The weekend saw the biggest yield farming craze develop as a new governance token gained over 4,000% in a day.

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Ethereum skyrockets due to DeFi and new stacking feature.

With the rise of Decentralized Finance in the crypto world, Ethereum has been experiencing... The post Ethereum skyrockets due to DeFi and new stacking feature appeared first on Coin Journal. origin »

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Ethereum bulls might decimate the bears.

Ethereum is trading at $238, but can bulls take $246 to push bears out...

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Indicators Show That Dormant Bitcoin, Ethereum, and XRP Look Ready to Jump.

Bitcoin, Ethereum, and XRP have been trading sideways despite last month’s altcoin frenzy. According to a handful of indicators, however, the top three cryptocurrencies may soon join the bullish action.... origin »

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Coincidence? Top 5 Swiss Bank’s Profits up 34% After Bitcoin Integration.

Julius Baer, a top-five Swiss bank, saw its net profit climb by 34% in the first half of 2020, a period during which it began offering digital assets like Bitcoin to its clients. origin »

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Dash CEO Interview: The New Platform, Dollar Inflation, and More.

Dash CEO Ryan Taylor recently sat down with BeInCrypto to discuss a myriad of topics from the soon-to-be-released DASH Platform; to privacy; to the dollar’s inflationary spiral. Despite its age, DASH remains one of the leading cryptocurrencies. origin »

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PayPal to Reportedly Offer Crypto Trading Through Paxos Partnership.

PayPal reportedly plans to introduce crypto trading through a new brokerage service offered by United States stablecoin operator Paxos. origin »

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BNC Weekly Bitcoin Blockchain Statistics 20th July 2020.

Brave New Coin's weekly bitcoin blockchain statistics for the week of: July 13th - July 20th 2020 origin »

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Ethereum Challenges Hackers to Attack Proposed 2.0 Networks.

The Ethereum Foundation launched two Ethereum 2.0 attack networks for hackers to break in exchange for a bug bounty.

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Google, Facebook, Twitter Face Class-Action Lawsuit for Banning Crypto Ads.

Cryptocurrency businesses are taking Google, Facebook, and Twitter to court in a class-action lawsuit that could cost the social media giants $300 billion. The plaintiffs say that their businesses have been hurt by Google, Facebook, and Twitter banning crypto ads on their platforms. origin »

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How UBRI Supports Critical New Research into Blockchain Anonymity.

By its decentralized nature, a blockchain is extremely difficult to hack. That does not mean that digital assets and wallets built on the technology are invulnerable, which is why the organizations behind them spend so much time thinking about security. origin »

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Argentine Telecom Hackers Demanded $7.5M in Crypto as Ransom.

Argentina’s leading telecommunications company fought off a cyberattack on Saturday where hackers demanded a hefty ransom in monero to release keys that would allow infected computers back into the system. origin »

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EWO Place Makes “Crypto Harvesting” Easy without Yield Farming Complexities.

EWO place, a UK startup is bringing crypto staking to Real Estate through its innovative ‘property subscriptions’ that enable users to not only earn rewards in the form of EWO tokens but also help local communities in the real world get access to affordable renting. origin »

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Velas Enters the Top 100 Coinmarketcap and Launches on Bitcoin.Com Exchange.

The blockchain network that is self-learning and self-optimizing and claims to be able to deliver up to 30,000 transactions per second with a speed of anywhere from 1 second to 2 minutes. Velas is a blockchain ecosystem that implements an AI-powered Delegated Proof-of-Stake (AIDPOS) consensus mechanism for dramatically improved scalability, high security, and interoperability. origin »

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Bullish Catalyst on the Horizon: Fed’s Major Policy Change.

US stocks started Monday on a muted note with S&P 500 down 0.2% and The Dow Jones Industrial Average -0.6%, while the Nasdaq Composite is up 0.5%. The slow start of the week is because of the hurdles facing new stimulus packages and business’ dimming outlook while rising coronavirus infections threaten to hamper the economic […] origin »

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Accenture, HSBC, Seba Bank Among Bank of France’s Eight CBDC Finalists.

The Bank of France’s central bank digital currency (CBDC) experiments are moving forward with eight candidate firms picked to begin work “in the coming days,” the central bank said in a press release Monday. origin »

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French Central Bank Publishes List of 8 Applicants To Run Tests on A Digital Euro.

On July 20, French central bank, Banque De France, announced it had settled on eight candidates in its efforts to experiment digital currency solutions. As per the press statement, the central bank stated that the experiment trials will cover a wide range of areas, but notably not in the crypto-asset transfer sphere, and will start […] origin »

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Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao Says Bitcoin ‘Has Been Really Stable’.

Coinspeaker Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao Says Bitcoin ‘Has Been Really Stable’Despite BTC price moving between $9,000 and $9,500 recently, the CEO of Binance said Bitcoin is stable and the traditional market has a “drag down effect” on it. origin »

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Worlds Fourth-Largest Bank, MUFG, to Roll Out A Digital Currency for Mobile Payments.

Japan’s giant banking institution, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Bank (MUFG) finally announces plans to launch its digital currency after releasing a conflicting report in December 2019. According to local news website, Mainichi, MUFG’s president, Hironori Kamezawa, confirmed the company will launch its own digital currency partnering with Recruit Group, which operates restaurant introduction sites including […] origin »

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Wirecard Manager Hiding in Russia With A ‘Significant’ Amount of Bitcoin Stashed.

Former Wirecard board member – Jan Marsalek, who has been in hiding for weeks, has fled to Russia with “significant” amounts of bitcoin stash, which he bought from Dubai where the company had dubious operations, according to a report by the German news outlet. origin »

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After Banning Crypto in 2018, Mastercard Is Now Bullish on Bitcoin.

Two years after banning its users from purchasing cryptocurrency or funding exchange accounts, Mastercard has pivoted its stance to take advantage of Wirecard’s demise and become the payment processor of... origin »

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Mastercard Approves Wirex to Directly Issue Crypto Payment Cards To Its Customers.

On Monday, July 20, Mastercard announced that it was seeking to make it easy for crypto card issuers to become its partners through the firm's Accelerate program. Now, it will take just a few weeks before applicants can be approved as partners, the firm stated. origin »

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French Central Bank Picks Accenture, HSBC and Others for Digital Euro Pilot.

The central bank of France is about to start several experimental trials centering the digital euro.

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Bank of Japan Announced New Team to Continue Research on CBDC but Has No Plans to Launch It Now.

Coinspeaker Bank of Japan Announced New Team to Continue Research on CBDC but Has No Plans to Launch It NowMasayoshi Amamiya, the Bank of Japan executive governor, said that a CBDC may play a central role in interoperability between many emerging digital assets in the country. origin »

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AMZN Stock Up 3%, Robinhood Traders Interested in Amazon Ahead of July 23 Q2 Earnings Report.

Coinspeaker AMZN Stock Up 3%, Robinhood Traders Interested in Amazon Ahead of July 23 Q2 Earnings ReportAMZN stock had a quite disappointing week but today it is in green again. Amazon is expected to release the Q2 earnings report on July 23 and analysts anticipate it as a catalyst to a new wave. origin »

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Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse Believes China Is Ahead of U.S. in Digital Asset Industry.

Coinspeaker Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse Believes China Is Ahead of U. S. in Digital Asset IndustryBrad Garlinghouse, Ripple CEO, at the Parallel Summit on July 17 expressed his opinion about the digital currency industry. origin »

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Twitter Hack Could Have Been a Lot Worse: New Details.

Coinspeaker Twitter Hack Could Have Been a Lot Worse: New DetailsIt has become known that Coinbase saved over 1,000 users from sending Bitcoins to scammers in the recent Twitter hack. origin »

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PFE Stock Price Up 3% in Pre-market as UK Orders 90 Million Doses of Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine.

Coinspeaker PFE Stock Price Up 3% in Pre-market as UK Orders 90 Million Doses of Pfizer COVID-19 VaccineHer Majesty's Government has ordered 90 million doses of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine candidate which became a stimulus for the PFE stock price rise. origin »

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Pentagon plans to trace Bitcoin transactions.

The Pentagon researches possible tools to trace Bitcoin transactions in an effort to detect...

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Blockchain could help to lessen government corruption.

Blockchain could potentially detect government corruption using its encryption and smart contract capabilities. A... The post Blockchain could help to lessen government corruption appeared first on Coin Journal. origin »

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Binance conducts 12th quarterly Coin Burn.

The Binance exchange recently burned 3,477,388 Binance Coins (BNB), equivalent to US$60.5 million. origin »

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Bitcoin dominance index cut to 5-month low.

Bitcoin’s dominance index has dropped to 61.9%, the lowest level since February even as...

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Ant Financial Plans Dual IPO Listing at Shanghai and Hong Kong Stock Exchanges.

Coinspeaker Ant Financial Plans Dual IPO Listing at Shanghai and Hong Kong Stock ExchangesThe Ant Financial management believes that their move to go for an IPO and become a public company will enhance transparency to their stakeholders. origin »

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SNG Stock Soars 470% as Synairgen Reports Promising COVID-19 Vaccine Trial Results.

Coinspeaker SNG Stock Soars 470% as Synairgen Reports Promising COVID-19 Vaccine Trial ResultsFollowing the company's announcement about the success of its COVID-19 vaccine, Synairgen stock has increased significantly. origin »

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Uptrennd: A New Era In Social Media.

A new era social media platform has enabled its members to go a step further and become “Citizens” taking this online community to new heights. Built on four foundational pillars which help guide its vision: Freedom of Speech, Data Security, Equality of Opportunity and Distribution of Wealth. origin »

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Romania Is on the Way to Blockchain and Crypto Regulation.

The European Union’s 5AMLD has been adopted as the first regulation in Romania of virtual currencies, crypto-wallets and fiat-crypto exchange platforms. origin »

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Mastercard Expands Cryptocurrency Program for Crypto Card Issuers.

Mastercard is reaching out to cryptocurrency firms and encouraging them to apply to become partners as part of its newly-expanded cryptocurrency card program. origin »

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Recovery Setback?.

The rebound in economic activity that began in the second quarter could be hamstrung by a resurgence in COVID-19, slowing or stalling the nascent recovery. origin »

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Korean Exchanges Struggle With Expansion Amid Uncertain Regulations.

Cryptocurrency exchanges in Korea shrink within national boundaries due to lack of regulatory clarity.

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Bank of Japan Has New CBDC Research Team But No Plans to Launch.

Bank of Japan has announced the launch of a new CBDC research team, which will continue the work of its previous CBDC research team. origin »

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Bitcoin Breakout on July 22? 5 Things to Watch for BTC Price This Week.

Analysts predict that the end of Bitcoin’s compression cycle will hit within days as price action continues to preserve $9,000 support. origin »

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Binance CEO CZ: ‘Bitcoin Has Been Really Stable’.

Changpeng Zhao, CEO of Binanace, says that Bitcoin will eventually break out of this $9,000–9,500 corridor but the token is "really stable" now. origin »

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yEarn Finance Becomes the Ultimate Yield Farming Machine, Reaching 1,000% APY.

iEarn Finance rebranded to yEarn Finance and launched a governance token with no pre-mine and over 1,000% APY for investors, earning it the title of the most lucrative pool in... origin »

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Grayscale CEO: US Regulators Can’t Shut Down Bitcoin.

Grayscale CEO Barry Silbert believes the United States is past the point where regulators have the support to ban crypto assets like Bitcoin. origin »

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Crypto Market Forecast: The week ahead, 20th July.

A curated weekly summary of forward-focused crypto news that matters origin »

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Prime Wirecard Suspect Bitcoined “From Dubai to Russia”.

‘World’s most wanted man’ was the opening of an investigative report by Bellingcat which claims to use digital data to piece together events. The report published this Saturday says Jan... origin »

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Bitcoin Developer Jimmy Song: Bitcoin Is Money, Not Technology.

“Crypto Titans” is a series of personal interviews conducted by CoinMarketCap with prominent and forward-thinking minds tinkering on and behindContinue Reading The post Bitcoin Developer Jimmy Song: Bitcoin Is Money, Not Technology appeared first on CoinMarketCap Blog. origin »

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Understand how the FX Swap Rate Monitor brings transparency to the FX swap market.

Learn about using CME Group’s new FX Swap Rate Monitor tool, and how it brings greater transparency to the FX Swap Market as well as highlighting investment choices using FX Link and FX Futures. origin »

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