Sri Lanka’s central bank has selected a shortlist of three firms to develop a proof-of-concept for a shared Know Your Customer facility using blockchain. Sri Lanka’s central bank has selected a shortlist of three firms to develop a proof-of-concept (PoC) for a shared Know Your Customer (KYC) facility using blockchain. The project was initiated in […]
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A Dutch project fighting fake news with blockchain wins European Commission’s “Blockchains for Social Good” prize. A tech unit at the European Commission has awarded millions of dollars to several blockchain projects in an effort to support the use of blockchains in socially beneficial ways. The European Innovation Council, or EIC, has awarded 5 million […]
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Crypto asset manager 21Shares will use Coinbase Custody to secure the Bitcoin backing its ETP launch tomorrow. 21Shares, an asset manager specialized in cryptocurrencies, has chosen the custody service offered by crypto exchange Coinbase for its Bitcoin (BTC) exchange-traded product. According to a July 1 Coinbase announcement, 21Shares will use Coinbase Custody to secure the […]
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White supremacist Stefan Molyneux received roughly $100,000 in donations following the removal of his YouTube channel. Online supporters have donated nearly $100,000 in cryptocurrency to white supremacist and alt-right activist Stefan Molyneux following his removal from YouTube for “fomenting violence and hatred.” After Molyneux posted a video to his Twitter account on June 29 stating […]
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Issues like financial inclusion and competition with China propelled a hearing on digital dollars before the U.S. Senate today. In a hearing before the Senate Banking Committee today, June 30, central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) took center stage before an audience of Senators looking to upgrade financial infrastructure and expand financial inclusion in the country. […]
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Thousands have their personal data leaked by a crypto-based phishing scam. Fraudulent websites successfully have stolen the personal records of a number of individuals from the U.K., Australia, South Africa, the U.S., Singapore, Malaysia, Spain, and more. The attack was executed as a targeted multi-stage Bitcoin (BTC) scam propagated by a number of fraudulent websites. […]
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Exploring six major points regarding Tether’s impact on geopolitics and the future development of sovereign digital currency. In 2008, a momentous occasion took place with the release of the Bitcoin (BTC) white paper. With author Satoshi Nakamoto explicitly calling for the deconstruction of financial intermediaries, regulators around the world were put on alert, particularly as […]
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U.S. agencies sought millions of dollars in new funding to bolster national and international cryptocurrency investigations. The COVID-19 pandemic has crushed businesses, crippling life all across the world. It is costing darknet drug traffickers millions as well because their methods of moving drugs and funds have been compromised during the lockdown, according to a blog […]
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The Bitfury-powered blockchain for the Russian constitutional amendments was reportedly attacked over the weekend. Russia’s blockchain-based voting system for the constitutional amendments has reportedly been attacked via an election observer’s node. As reported by state-owned news agency TASS, the attack occurred on June 27 around 8 PM CET. A government of Moscow representative told TASS […]
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Framework Ventures’ co-founder believes Compound’s token launch jump started a trend of DeFi projects competing for yield as public interest and token prices rally. Recent events surrounding the launch of Compound’s token seem to have been noticed by many other projects in the decentralized finance, or DeFi, ecosystem. In an interview with Cointelegraph, Framework Ventures’s […]
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