Bitcoin price this week exploded through resistance at $10,000 and blasted to a high of $11,400. The cryptocurrency is now consolidating below that level, gearing up for what one crypto analyst expects to be a follow up nearly one and a half times the size of this week’s rally. origin »

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Compound, Aave & Elrond Evolve as DeFi Closes on $4 Billion.

Decentralized finance protocols are in a constant state of flux and need to keep evolving to keep pace in the rapidly changing ecosystem. Meanwhile, DeFi markets are closing in on a $4 billion milestone. origin »

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$1.2B Bitcoin Futures and Options Contracts Just Expired — What’s Next?.

$1.2 billion in Bitcoin futures and options expired today, what does this mean for BTC price?

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Decentralized Exchange Bancor Officially Launches Upgraded V2 Platform.

After months of work, Bancor V2 finally launches promising to improve the user experience for both traders and liquidity providers. origin »

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Ripple Reportedly Paid MoneyGram (MGI) $15.1 Million in Development Fees in Q2.

Coinspeaker Ripple Reportedly Paid MoneyGram (MGI) $15. 1 Million in Development Fees in Q2Following a year-long partnership with Ripple, MoneyGram International Inc (NASDAQ: MGI) in its Q2 2020 report revealed that it got $15. origin »

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Maker (MKR) Faces Heavy Resistance in ‘Make or Break’ Scenario.

The Maker (MKR) price has been decreasing since it reached a local high on June 11. It seems that the correction is not yet finished, and another drop will transpire before MKR resumes its upward movement. origin »

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Mastercard and Visa Are Making Bold Moves Toward Mass Crypto Adoption.

Global payment processors Mastercard and Visa are laying the foundations for crypto support that may drive adoption on a global scale. origin »

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This Indicator Predicted the 2017 and 2019 Bitcoin Rallies; It Just Flashed Again.

Bitcoin is currently flashing some signs of strength as it continues consolidating within the lower-$11,000 region. Overnight, bears attempted to push the digital asset below $11,000, but this dip was met with significant buying pressure that subsequently allowed it to climb higher. origin »

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Chainlink Partners With State of Colorado to Help Create A New Lottery Game.

Chainlink and the Colorado State Lottery have partnered on a hackathon with the goal of creating new games to generate $1 billion in future revenues from its lottery. origin »

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Circle Partners With Genesis to Advance USDC Use in Traditional Finance.

Global fintech company Circle has partnered with cryptocurrency prime brokerage Genesis. The two will work together to push the adoption of Circle’s USDC stablecoin. As part of the deal, Digital Currency Group (DCG) has invested $25 million in Circle. origin »

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Coinbase Considering 19 Additional Cryptos for Exchange Listing.

The popular trading platform isonce considering expanding its list of crypto assets. origin »

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Bank of Japan Puts Top Economist in Charge of Digital Yen Initiative.

The central bank's most senior economist now runs the department responsible for the digital currency task force and working group with other central banks. origin »

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Ethereum 2.0: Closer Than Ever, Still Plenty of Work to Do.

Five years later, Ethereum is still chugging along as a decentralized platform for self-executing code. Eth 2.0 is quite close, but for real this time. origin »

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XRP’s Long-Standing Lawsuit Is Based on Defective Logic, Ripple Says.

Ripple’s legal team says that there is no enough evidence to show that Ripple’s CEO Brad Garlinghouse committed fraud and misled XRP investors in 2018. The ongoing class-action lawsuit was filed in May 2018 against Garlinghouse and some other involved parties, accusing him and Ripple Labs of failing to register XRP with the US SEC […] origin »

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CoinDesk Live Recap: Co-Founders Revisit Ethereum’s Launch Drama.

Ethereum was always a wild experiment. Now, five years later, a few early believers explain why they are more bullish than ever. origin »

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MoneyNext Summit Goes Virtual, Live Discussion Panel Starts August 18th, 2020.

MoneyNext Summit Online is the leading virtual event to address the current financial landscape and offer insight and opinion into the future of money. MoneyNext Summit Online is a bigger and more complex version of Fintech Friday panel discussion, and is taking place from 18th to 21st August 2020. origin »

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First Mover: Chainlink’s Soaring Token Shows Lucrative ‘Oracle’ Role in Fast-Growing DeFi.

Chainlink's LINK token soared almost 60% in July as cryptocurrency traders fawned over DeFi projects and their rapid growth. origin »

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Single Miner Reorgs Ethereum Classic – Devs Report a Chain Split.

Members of the Ethereum Classic team reported that the network suffered a reorganization (reorg) today. The blockchain network is asking service providers to halt deposits while it carries out maintenance of the chain. origin »

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Microsoft in Talks to Buy Social Media Sensation TikTok in U.S..

Coinspeaker Microsoft in Talks to Buy Social Media Sensation TikTok in U. S. Following increasing pressure from Washington on the possibility of TikTok being used as a data spying app by China, Microsoft is allegedly in talks to purchase the sensational social media app. origin »

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Ethereum Climbs to Yearly High, Technicals Show New Peaks Ahead.

Since the Ethereum Foundation has accelerated the development of ETH 2.0, the buying pressure behind this cryptocurrency has skyrocketed to new yearly highs. Now, several technical indicators have pointed out... origin »

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Major Chinese Banks Bar Customers From Buying Gold, Precious Metals.

Major Chinese banks have taken measures to prevent customers from buying gold, platinum, palladium, and other precious metal-related products through them. The Shanghai Gold Exchange also says it may take necessary measures to curb gold trading to “protect investors. origin »

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Ethereum Reaches Crucial Macro Resistance as Analysts Eye a Pullback.

Ethereum’s price has rallied higher today in tandem with Bitcoin and other major digital assets This latest surge simply marks an extension of that seen throughout the past several days and weeks, with ETH now trading at the highest price levels seen in over a year The crypto is currently pushing up against its high time frame resistance, however, which could be a sign that its uptrend will start slowing in the near-term Where it […] origin »

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Investor Greed Signals Bitcoin May Be Topping Despite Strong Monthly Close.

Bitcoin was able to post an incredibly strong monthly candle close yesterday This marked the first time that the crypto had closed its monthly candle above $10,700 since mid-December of 2017 Shortly after the close took place, bulls stepped up and allowed BTC to set fresh 2020 highs of $11,800 It did face some heavy selling pressure at these highs that caused its price to see a sharp decline, but it has since stabilized Analysts […] origin »

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Dai Supply Hits New Highs as Efforts to Restore Peg See Limited Success.

The total supply for DAI tripled since June as the community keeps raising the supply limits to bring the peg down to $1.

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Bank of Japan Appoints Top Economist to Head Up CBDC Research Team.

The Bank of Japan insists it has no immediate plans to issue a digital yen, but research into the potential of CBDCs continues apace. origin »

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Explorer API service NOWNodes Starts Offering Extended Free Plan.

The NOWNodes team made a step forward to support developers and crypto projects to sustain amid the outbreak caused by COVID-19: the personal plan is as always free but now with 50,000 requests per day. origin »

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Bitcoin Price Climbs to $11,200, But Three Factors Hint at a Pullback.

The price of Bitcoin spikes to $11,200 but three key factors suggest that a short-term pullback is likely as the BTC rally becomes overheated. origin »

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Twitter Releases Details of Attack Vector Used by Crypto Hacker.

Twitter has published an update on its investigation into the causes of the recent hack, during which 12 Bitcoin was conned out of the platform’s users. origin »

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Noncustodial Technology and Security Is the Inevitable Future.

There’s no doubt noncustodial technology is the future — it’s just a question of when it enters the mainstream.

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Ether Rockets 50% in 5-Year Anniversary Month: What’s Behind the Rally?.

As Ethereum turns five years old, Ether is up 50% over the past month with two main catalysts driving the uptrend, namely DeFi and ETH 2.0. origin »

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Aggregators Now Drive 20% of Ethereum DEX Volume.

Messari estimates that 20% of Ethereum-based DEX volume is driven by DeFi aggregators.

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Lawsuit: Investors Can't Prove Ripple Knew XRP Had ‘No Utility’.

Lawyers for Brad Garlinghouse haven’t argued the Ripple CEO’s statements in extolling XRP were true, simply that they can’t be proven false. origin »

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Research: Users could save $500 Million with SegWit and batching.

Transaction fees on the bitcoin network peaked in the last nine months. If everyone on the bitcoin network had been using SegWit and batching, they would have saven $500 million.

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Blockchain Could Help Content Generation Industry Be More Profitable.

Blockchain can play a role in solving the profitability challenges of content generation industry giants like TikTok.

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Tech's Antitrust Issues Flare Up on Both Sides of the New ‘Cold War,’ Report.

At the request of the People’s Bank of China, Beijing could soon probe its digital payments monopolies, sources claim.

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As Private Seed Funds Dry Up, European Blockchain Firms Seek Public Backing.

Publicly-backed VC firms are stepping in where private investors retreat, according to a new report on Central and Eastern European tech investments. origin »

Blockchain Is Part of Australia’s Cyber Security Solution, Say Experts.

Australian experts suggest blockchain is an integral part to protecting Australia’s business and government from cyber attacks.

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Government-Backed Tokenized Gold With ‘Killer Features’.

A crypto consortium including Bittrex Global, Ledger, CertiK, and Uphold, has launched a gold token backed by the world’s largest refiner of newly minted gold. origin »