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Conflux Blockchain Announces Ecosystem Grants Program
21.7.2020
Development grants will be paid in the platform's native token, CFX, in values equivalent to $15,000 and $50,000 for both projects and firms respectively
Troll Token? Why DeFi Yield Farmers Are Now All About YFI
21.7.2020
YFI is the latest DeFi token to top the charts. Yearn Finance Interest? Your Favorite Idea? Its intent unclear, but YFI is now trading at $1,070
CME Bitcoin Options Flatline After Record Growth in June
20.7.2020
Less than 0.2% of Friday's daily options trading happened on CME, according to data from Skew
Market Wrap: Bitcoin Clings to $9,200 While Ethereum Transactions Soar
20.7.2020
Bitcoin trades flat in July, leading investors to mull other cryptocurrencies
OpenEthereum Supported 50% of Ethereum Classic. Now It’s Leaving the Project
20.7.2020
Two of Ethereum Classic’s largest clients are walking away from the project. That leaves only 30% of the network to support future updates
Last Week’s Big Twitter Hack Was Years in the Making
20.7.2020
Last week's Twitter hack was a shock to the company. It shouldn’t have been. Scams have been growing more sophisticated for years
What Is GPT-3 and Should We Be Terrified?
20.7.2020
The internet is alive with demos of what the latest artificial intelligence language model can do. Should we be nervous?
Argentine Telecom Hackers Demanded $7.5 Million in Crypto as Ransom
20.7.2020
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
Alibaba’s Ant Group Plans Dual IPOs at Possible $200B Valuation
20.7.2020
The dual-listing could turn Alibaba affiliate Ant Group into one of the largest companies operating in the blockchain space
Accenture, HSBC, Seba Bank Among Bank of France’s Eight CBDC Finalists
20.7.2020
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
Power Struggle Inside Bitmain ‘Hard Forks’ Bitcoin Miner Production
20.7.2020
The ongoing battle between the two co-founders at Bitmain has essentially hard forked the production at the world’s largest bitcoin miner manufacturer
Whale Alert Identifies 1.125 Million BTC as Satoshi’s Stash
20.7.2020
New on-chain analysis from Whale Alert suggests Satoshi Nakamoto mined an estimated 1,125,150 in bitcoin, now worth an estimated $10.9 billion
Blockchain Bites: PayPal, Mastercard Inch Closer to Crypto
20.7.2020
Also, a longer look at crypto's reaction to GPT-3, "the biggest thing since bitcoin."
Swipe Futures Volume Equals 42% of Its Market Capitalization
20.7.2020
SXP futures volume signal continued interest in low-capitalization cryptocurrencies as bitcoin continues to trade in a tight range
Bitcoin News Roundup for July 20, 2020
20.7.2020
With bitcoin's trading range getting even tighter, CoinDesk's Markets Daily is back for your bitcoin news roundup
UK Government Moving to Restrict Cryptocurrency Promotions
20.7.2020
Under the U.K. government's proposals, unauthorized companies would need explicit approval to legally market cryptocurrency products
Japanese Financial Giant MUFG to Launch Digital Currency in 2020
20.7.2020
The world's fifth largest bank is set to go ahead with a digital currency launch in collaboration with Indeed.com parent firm Recruit Group
Is Crypto Fintech? It Depends Who You Ask
20.7.2020
Crypto is financial technology. But Is it fintech?
Standard Chartered to Launch Institutional Crypto Custody Solution
20.7.2020
The head of Standard Chartered's venture arm said the crypto custody solution could launch into test phase sometime later this year
First Mover: Bitcoin Miners Find Upgrade Financing Aplenty, Even as Prices Languish
20.7.2020
Big-money players are extending financing to bitcoin miners for equipment upgrades, even though prices are still torpid two months after the halving