An Australian woman is facing more than two years in prison after stealing more than $300K in XRP tokens in January 2018. A judge has sentenced Australian citizen Kathryn Nguyen to a maximum time of 2 years and 3 months in prison for her role in stealing more than 100,000 XRP tokens in January 2018. […]
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A contested election between president Alexander Lukashenko and Svetlana Tikhanovskaya leaves the future of crypto in Belarus in limbo. Protests have erupted in Belarus following the country’s presidential election on Sunday, but the possible continued presidency of Alexander Lukashenko may be good news for crypto. Lukashenko reportedly won re-election against opposition candidate Svetlana Tikhanovskaya in […]
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The USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service is proposing the department utilize DLT to trace the supply chain of organic products. The U.S. Department of Agriculture has proposed amending its rules on organic products to include implementing blockchain technology to trace its supply chain. According to an Aug. 5 report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) […]
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ETC quickly sidelines an interesting offer from Charles Hoskinson. Cardano (ADA) founder Charles Hoskinson recently offered to help the troubled Ethereum Classic (ETC) community, but it came with a major condition. The community would first have to institute a decentralized treasury system, similar to Hoskinson’s Cardano and many other blockchain projects. If the community did […]
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Chrysalis is barely a week away from going live. The IOTA network is preparing to launch the first phase of Chrysalis, also known as IOTA 1.5, on its mainnet sometime next week. According to a tweet published by the IOTA Foundation, the upgrade will allow the network to process 1,000 transactions per second, and will […]
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Strong growth in the DeFi sector led Band Protocol (BAND) and Chainlink (LINK) to gain more than 100% over the past few weeks. This week Bitcoin (BTC) price is making waves as the digital asset finally pushed above the $12K mark, but prior to this move, altcoins have been strongly outpeforming BTC for weeks. Two […]
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Open Price Feed could be a big step forward for Compound. The Compound protocol is set to introduce Open Price Feed — a decentralized oracle whose crypto market prices will allow the project’s lending system to function. The Open Price Feed is currently being tested on a variety of networks. It has operated for almost […]
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Scammers are going to greater lengths than ever to acquire other people’s crypto. A new cryptocurrency scam in India is targeting wealthy individuals using a fake mobile app. According to India TV News, cybercriminals are targeting high income individuals across India. Victims receive messages through social media groups asking them to sell and buy Bitcoin […]
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Bitcoin price continues to decline at $12,000, but altcoins have taken advantage of the range bound action by rallying higher. Traders prefer to trade a trending market as it generally moves in one direction and the retracements offer low-risk entry opportunities. This is because a trade that follows the major trend carries a greater possibility […]
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Bitcoin’s hash rate seems to be feeling the consequences of the drama at Bitmain. Bitcoin (BTC) mining activity doesn’t seem to be reacting to the recent price rally that took the asset from approximately $9,000 in early July to almost $12,000 at time of publication. According to data from Coinmetrics, hashrate spiked around July 7 […]
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