Telegram ceases its support of the test network for TON, but that will seemingly not deter the community from keeping the open-source project going. At the start of July, Telegram announced it was discontinuing its support for the test network of Telegram Open Network in what seems as yet another — possibly the last — […]
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The Monetary Authority of Singapore is ready to deploy its multi-currency blockchain payments project for commercial use. Singapore authorities announced today that their blockchain payments project, Project Ubin, is complete and ready for commercial launch. The Monetary Authority of Singapore, or MAS, first undertook Project Ubin in 2017 with plans to first develop a digitized […]
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G20 officials announced on July 11 that they would begin laying the regulatory groundwork for the group to accept digital payments. Digital currency payments may become a reality for G20 members before the next summit in Saudi Arabia. As reported by Kyodo News on July 11, officials revealed that the G20 summit compromising representatives from […]
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Vitalik Buterin, Heath Tarbert, Brock Pierce and many more — here are 10 memorable quotes to take away from five days of the Unitize virtual blockchain conference. The five-day Unitize virtual blockchain conference organized by BlockShow and San Francisco Blockchain Week ended with the final session on Friday. The event saw appearances from Heath Tarbert, […]
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CBDCs are one of the hottest topics in the fintech space, but as their inception comes closer, serious privacy concerns come with it. Central Bank Digital Currencies, or CBDCs, have been an increasingly popular topic in the cryptosphere and financial world as a whole, especially with the onset of the COVID-19 crisis. In the United […]
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Jan Marsalek reportedly bragged of ties with Russian intelligence services and touted secret documents about chemical weapons used in the UK. Wirecard’s recently-prosecuted former Chief Operations Officer, Jan Marsalek, may have had ties to Russian intelligence services. He also allegedly held secret documents about the use of a Russian chemical weapon in the U.K. According […]
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Slow-roll regulations in the United States may leave Americans behind in the financial innovations’ running. When the United States government voted in stimulus payments to its citizens in the wake of COVID-19, to say it went well would be… categorically untrue. From delivering checks to the deceased to the simple fact that most people would […]
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The post-Soviet country’s cheap electricity has been attracting Bitcoin miners, but will it manage to elbow out Russia and the United States? Kazakhstan is becoming an important destination for Bitcoin (BTC) miners seeking cheap electricity in the post-halving market driven by thinner margins. According to recent reports, the oil-rich Central Asian country expects the total […]
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The Chinese police busted a massive crypto scam in Wenzhou that managed to amass over $14.31 million. The Chinese authorities dismantled a significant crypto-related scam in Wenzhou. The scheme amassed over 100 million yuan ($14.31 million), which was seized along with a number of luxury cars and villas. According to Toutiao, the gang has been […]
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Chinese courts are implementing blockchain storage technology to record court hearings. Shanghai courts are using Blockchain technology to record hearings as part of a court reform pilot, according to China’s local news on July 8. Participants at a recent court reform conference held by the Shanghai high court observed that the Minhang District People’s Court […]
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