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Bitcoin Still Up 27% This Year Despite Dismal June Performance
30.6.2020
Bitcoin is still outperforming the top traditional financial assets so far in 2020 – even after a dour performance this month
BitMEX Owner HDR Appoints Former Bank of China Exec to Board
30.6.2020
HDR Global Trading said David Wong – a former deputy CEO at Bank of China – will join its board as a non-executive chairman
ASX Under Pressure to Further Delay Rollout of DLT Settlement System
30.6.2020
The blockchain-based clearing and settlement system from Australia's biggest stock exchange faces further delays if unhappy firms get their way
To His Own Surprise, Crypto Volume Pumper’s Business Is Still Thriving
30.6.2020
Remember that college student who spoke candidly about inflating crypto trading volumes? He’s still at it – and COVID-19 has kept his business brisk
Bitcoin Miner Hut 8 Closes Better-Than-Expected Equity Round at $8.3M
30.6.2020
Hut 8 says its new funding is going towards increasing the bitcoin miner's total capacity by a fifth
Witnesses Will Vouch for Stablecoins, Digital Dollars in US Senate Hearing Tuesday
30.6.2020
Witnesses will discuss stablecoins and tokenized dollars during Tuesday's Senate Banking hearing on the digitization of money
US Soccer Players Can Be Collected, Traded in Tokenized Fantasy Game
30.6.2020
MLS fans will now be able to collect and trade digital cards representing league players and use them to play fantasy soccer games run by the firm Sorare
Digital Currency Guru of $568M Cyber Fraud Forum Pleads Guilty
30.6.2020
Sergey Medvedev pleaded guilty to racketeering charges as part of a $568 million payment card fraud forum, which used Liberty Reserve and bitcoin to launder funds
Humility Before a Fall: Your Crypto Startup Hasn’t Done Anything Yet
29.6.2020
Scams and fraud won't break crypto. But hubris might
Market Wrap: Bitcoin Traders Expect Big Move as Volatility Plummets
29.6.2020
Bitcoin volatility drops to historic lows as the cryptocurrency stays just above $9,000
How the Fed Fans the Flame – The Best of The Breakdown June 2020
29.6.2020
Guests from the crypto investor Ari Paul to Harvard prof Dr. Vikram Mansharamani discuss bitcoin, the economy and social unrest
Bitcoin Facing Greater Price Volatility Than Ether in Q3, Options Market Data Suggests
29.6.2020
Options market data suggests bitcoin could become more volatile than ether over the next three months
Ethereum Developers Consider New Fee Model as Gas Costs Climb
29.6.2020
With EIP 1559, Ethereum developers are proposing a dynamic pricing system to lower the blockchain network's current high gas fees
Hacker Attempts to Disrupt Russia’s Blockchain Voting System
29.6.2020
A hacker has attempted to disrupt a blockchain voting system currently being used to help decide constitutional changes in the Russian Federation
Blockchain Bites: EY’s Auditing Slip and Bitcoin’s Long Line of Pseudonymous Developers
29.6.2020
Balancer fell victim to a "flash loan" exploit while a shareholders association said EY should have caught Wirecard's multi-billion blackhole earlier
Why Bitcoin Will Take a Long Time to Dethrone the Dollar
29.6.2020
If history is a guide, the dollar's reserve currency status can withstand a lot of bad policymaking. Bitcoin may rise, but it could take a while
Bitcoin News Roundup for June 29, 2020
29.6.2020
After a rough weekend, the price of BTC is back above $9,000 and Markets Daily from CoinDesk is here with another bitcoin news roundup
Chinese Bitcoin Mining Giant Ebang Is Launching an Offshore Exchange
29.6.2020
Ebang, the world's second-largest producer of bitcoin mining equipment, hopes an exchange could double total revenue by 2022
Facebook, IoTeX, R3 Among New Members of Confidential Computing Consortium
29.6.2020
The Confidential Computing Consortium aims to create systems that sequester sensitive data so it can't be exploited by nefarious actors
Blockchain Project Kyber Unveils Date for Planned ‘Katalyst’ Protocol Upgrade
29.6.2020
The protocol upgrade includes changes to staking and governance