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⁠Users of Ethereum-powered prediction market Augur are now betting on “assassination markets,” featuring Donald Trump and Warren Buffett

⁠Joseph Lubin on Ethereum, ConsenSys, SEC regulations (that did not happen), and the fact that he’s not a crypto trader

⁠MetaMask, an Ethereum network browser extension, got pulled from the Google Chrome Web Store for 5 hours for as of yet unknown reasons

​​⁠The potential approval of a Bitcoin ETF by the U.S. SEC would be a boost to the crypto markets, but not to the extent of last year’s rally. What will the price action be until then? Let’s look at the charts

​​⁠The CEO of Russian payments company Qiwi has claimed that one of his former employees used the company’s equipment to mine 500K bitcoins back in 2011

​​A licensed U.S. multi-exchange crypto asset brokerage dubbed ‘Voyager’ has revealed plans to launch a zero-fee mobile trading app in Q4 this year

​​Japan’s self-regulatory body says reducing margin trade borrowing on domestic crypto exchanges to 4 times the investment would secure traders

​​Having led the week’s impressive uptick, Bitcoin its consolidating newly won gains, while other leading crypto assets are seeing mixed red and green

​​Catalonia’s government will work on a strategy to implement blockchain across all public administrative activities

​​A company claiming that scalability concerns are stopping cryptocurrencies from becoming the money of the future says its “fully functional” blockchain could be the answer #SPONSORED

​​A joint report from China’s IT Ministry and Internet service provider Tencent Holdings finds that blockchain tech can enhance the transparency of financial services

⁠Reddit co-founder and venture capitalist Alexis Ohanian is upholding his $20,000 Bitcoin (BTC) and $1,500 Ethereum (ETH) forecasts for 2018.

⁠Coinbase has jumped on the cryptocurrency gift card bandwagon, with users across the EU and Australia now able to spend their crypto balances on e-gift cards

⁠Major players (and trolls) are racing to file blockchain patents — is a legal war coming?

⁠Following last week’s “40 under 40,” Fortune has created a crypto-focused version of its prestigious honor roll for impressive young innovators at the intersection finance and tech

⁠Leanne Kemp, founder of blockchain diamond tracking platform Everledger, speaks to Cointelegraph about the role of sustainability in the diamond industry

⁠How five cryptocurrency influencers have become global business leaders in their own right

⁠Ripple released its Q2 market report, saying that XRP’s decline is in line with overall trends in the crypto market, which “underscores independence” from Ripple

⁠Mike Novogratz’s merchant bank Galaxy Digital led a $52.5 million fundraising round for crypto-lending firm BlockFi

⁠The Delaware Department of Justice has taken an apparent interest in the Poloniex exchange, asking a group of individuals to contact them if they experience account issues