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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
Third Centra Tech Founder Pleads Guilty to ICO Fraud
17.7.2020
Centra Tech one of the most storied scams of the the 2017 ICO bubble. Its founders have fallen like dominoes since
Twitter Doesn’t Need Web 3.0 to Solve Its Identity Problem
17.7.2020
The great Twitter hack does not herald the end of the centralized web. But we need stronger cryptography for social media
Twitter Hacker Is a BitMEX Trader, On-Chain Data Suggests
16.7.2020
Whoever is responsible for yesterday's Twitter hack was deep into the cryptocurrency space, with the BitMEX receipts to prove it
Zcash Latest Hard Fork ‘Heartwood’ Makes Mining Private
16.7.2020
Privacy coin Zcash has successfully hard forked at block height 903,00 in a planned network update known as “Heartwood.”
Twitter Hack Used Bitcoin to Cash In: Here’s Why
16.7.2020
You can send bitcoin from your phone or computer to anyone else, just about anywhere in the world. And once you’ve sent it, you can’t get it back
Swiss Crypto Bank SEBA to Offer Token Securitization on Corda Network
15.7.2020
The bank has partnered with Corda-based DASL to build the new service available on Corda’s public network
Hackers Take Over Prominent Crypto Twitter Accounts in Simultaneous Attack
15.7.2020
Hackers pumping a crypto giveaway scam appear to have compromised the Twitter accounts of leading exchanges, individuals and at least one news org
Yield Farming Expands From Finance to Digital Collectibles
15.7.2020
Fresh new soils can now be tilled for yield on Ethereum: the world of digital collectibles. NFT site Rarible is issuing a governance token
Filecoin Pushes Back Final Testing Phase, Announces ‘Calibration Period’ for Miners
15.7.2020
Filecoin has delayed the launch of its incentivized testnet by two weeks, providing a window for miners to test their set-ups
Coffee Giant Behind Folgers, Café Bustelo Taps IBM for Track-and-Trace Blockchain
15.7.2020
IBM is giving its blockchain track-and-trace capabilities the social-impact treatment with a provenance application focused on coffee
US Tech University Makes ‘Seven-figure’ Investment in Tokenized Fund
15.7.2020
Source: a screenshot, Instagram/rittigers
New York-based private tech university the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) has made an undisclosed “seven-figure” investment in Cosimo Ventures, a tokenized venture fund operator that focuses on blockchain and tech companies.
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Quantstamp Audit Greenlights Ethereum 2.0 Client Prysm for Launch
15.7.2020
Ethereum 2.0 client Prysm is “basically ready” to launch, according to the audit firm's CEO Richard Ma in a phone call with CoinDesk
OKCoin Launches Its Own DeFi Price Oracle Based on Compound Tech
15.7.2020
Global crypto exchange OKCoin unveiled its own oracle as a verifiable price data source for the decentralized finance, or DeFi, space
Russian Activists Use Bitcoin, and the Kremlin Doesn’t Like It
15.7.2020
Activists and dissidents in Russia use crypto for fundraising – yet widespread adoption is still far away
This New Coding Language Could Help Unlock Bitcoin’s Smart Contract Potential
14.7.2020
With the introduction of Sapio, Jeremy Rubin hopes to expand Bitcoin's smart contract use cases and increase the "financial self-sovereignty" of its users
This a16z Alum Is Launching a VC Fund Focused on Platforms You Can ‘Own’
14.7.2020
An Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) alum is launching a new venture firm focused on building a crypto-powered "ownership economy."
Gemini Boosts User Security With Hardware Security Key Support for Android and iOS
14.7.2020
The Winklevoss brothers' Gemini exchange now supports hardware security keys for both Android and Apple iOS mobile devices
Five Years On, Ethereum Really Is the ‘Minecraft of Crypto-Finance’
14.7.2020
The Ethereum community has delivered on many of its promises, says the author of a new book charting the blockchain's early history
Blockchain Tech to Help Spanish Cider Makers Fight Counterfeits
14.7.2020
Spanish cider companies are integrating blockchain to fight against counterfeit cider products and over-production