Cointelegraph

⁠The Libra Association has formed a five-member board and created rules for the consortium’s governance

⁠Dubai Chamber of Commerce signs MoU with Emirates NBD for blockchain-based trade finance within the Digital Silk Road initiative in the UAE

⁠Markets have been strong even in the spate of negative news. Does this indicate that a year-end rally is likely? Let’s analyze the charts

⁠Crypto-ransomware remains a top threat according to a recent report by Europol

⁠Leading online travel company Booking Holdings has left the Libra Association

⁠Digital asset management fund Grayscale has received FINRA approval to publicly quote its diversified crypto fund GDLCF

⁠The number of Bitcoin addresses holding more than 1000 BTC is rising. Meanwhile, on-chain data and the on-balance volume indicator (OBV) support the argument that investors are accumulating BTC

⁠LiquidApps has released vCPU, a solution that can purportedly scale blockchain processing power horizontally

⁠Steven Mnuchin has said that Facebook’s forthcoming Libra stablecoin is not ready to comply with existing money-laundering standards

⁠A British real estate firm is accepting Bitcoin in the $1.5 million listing of a church-turned-luxury residential property

⁠The Singapore Shipping Association, the ICC and blockchain startup Perlin have partnered to build an e-registry for ships

⁠The next release of major Bitcoin wallet software Electrum will support off-chain scalability solution Lightning Network

⁠Blockchain to bring unprecedented transparency in holding and trading gold

⁠Ripple, Coinbase invest an undisclosed amount in the largest Mexican crypto exchange for expansion into Brazil and Argentina

⁠North Korea’s Lazarus APT Group hackers have created another malware targeting macOS crypto users

⁠Coinbase CEO criticized U.S. senators for pressuring Stripe, Mastercard and Visa to leave Libra

⁠Italian banks successfully processed the reconciliation data of an entire year of banking activity on a blockchain platform

⁠Canadian social media and messaging app Kik has revealed it’s “here to stay,” due to an acquisition deal with an unnamed firm

⁠Telegram’s promise to return funds to TON investors may be overridden by a “force majeure” clause in its purchase agreement

⁠All eyes on $7Ks for Bitcoin after latest price wobble

⁠The IRS continues to hunt for crypto user identities. If the IRS audits you, sends you notices, etc., should you handle it yourself or get professional help?

⁠Five major automakers — Renault, BMW, General Motors, Ford and Honda — will test a blockchain car identification and payment system

⁠Cyworld’s cryptocurrency Clink appears to be on its last legs as the social media platform has stopped operations without warning

⁠On Litecoin’s 8th birthday, Charlie Lee was prompted to defend the project against crypto Twitter FUD and allegations about the Foundation’s weak finances

⁠1000+ BTC wallet growth returns to pre-Mt. Gox levels

⁠Crypto-skeptic Dutch central bank admits gold superiority to fiat money

⁠Crypto “sextortionists” are switching to Litecoin and other alts to avoid email filters

⁠The G7 has released a report claiming that “global stablecoins” could pose a threat to global financial stability.