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⁠New Breed of Ransomware Threatens to Expose Victoria’s Secrets The “Nefilim” ransomware threatens to leak sensitive data if the demands are not met.

⁠Bitcoin's Halving Incentivizes Miners to Sell for Double, Decred Co-Founder Says Decred's co-founder thinks Bitcoin's halving could double its price as miners look to cover the costs of their work.

⁠European Central Bank Calls for Proactive Stablecoin Regulation The European Central Bank says global stablecoins require clear regulatory structure prior to approval.

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⁠Crypto Investment Advisory Firm Ranks Halving Scenarios A crypto investment advisory firm ranks commonly discussed halving scenarios and proposes one of its own.

⁠IOTA Powers New Decentralized Social Media Project New decentralized social media project Society2 aims to let users regain control of their data on the Internet.

Telegram Won’t Let American TON Investors Get 110% Refund in 2021 Telegram won’t let American Telegram Open Network investors get a 110% refund option in April 2021.

⁠Bloomberg Analyst Gives A Simple Reason Why BTC Is Better Than Gold A Bloomberg analyst believes Bitcoin presents a more attractive supply model than gold.

⁠Research Shows Inverse Correlation Between USDT on Crypto Exchanges and Bitcoin's Price Recent research shows that there is an inverse relationship between the percentage of the Tether stablecoin on exchanges and Bitcoi…

⁠Here Are the Options: Bitcoin Derivatives Give BTC Halving Insight The Bitcoin price is surging as the halving approaches, but options data can shed some light on what experts think Bitcoin will do next.

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⁠FCA Launches Digital Sandbox for Tackling COVID-19 Solutions The U.K.’s financial regulator is launching its digital sandbox early to foster innovative firms developing solutions to the coronavirus outbreak.

⁠Bitmain Produced Bad Batch Of Units Ahead Of Bitcoin Halving, Miners Claim Chinese mining hardware giant Bitmain released a batch of Antminer products with a particularly high failure rate, according to a group of miner…

The Marshall Islands may slide beneath the waves within a generation. As the land disappears, can blockchain tech preserve a national identity for Marshallese citizens? And can the SOV digital currency become a model for…

⁠Research Center in Mexico Warns Locked-Down Citizens to Keep Away From Cryptos The director of a business research center in Mexico has warned citizens against hasty investments in crypto during the current crisis.

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⁠SEC Loosens Crowdfunding Guidelines Amid Economic Slowdown The SEC has introduced temporary changes to crowdfunding regulations that make it easier for firms to raise funds amid the coronavirus pandemic.

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⁠Mastercard and R3 Join Linux Foundation’s New Data Privacy Project The Linux Foundation has launched the ToIP Foundation, a new cross-industry coalition that aims to provide a trusted exchange of data over the internet.

⁠Agtech Firm Tracks Beef Exports From Australia to China Using Blockchain Australian livestock traceability platform, Aglive Group Limited, announced the completion of a pilot tracing beef exports from Australia to China…

⁠Why I Am Cynically Bullish About the Bitcoin Halving The crypto community should depend less on Bitcoin in order to truly mature and become the financial industry of humanity’s future.

⁠Zcoin to Ditch Founder’s Reward and Increase Development Funding Post-Halving Zcoin has published new block reward allocations that will be implemented after the project’s September halving, introducing the Zcoin Reserv…

⁠Few Brave Browser Users Take Advantage of Crypto Features, Says CEO While Brave boasts over 13 million monthly users, few of them appear to be utilizing the cryptocurrency aspect of the platform.

⁠Chainalysis’ Crypto Crime Intelligence Briefs Cast Spotlight on North Korea and Iran New York-based blockchain intelligence firm Chainalysis has launched a new initiative to shed more light on the scope of its latest cr…

⁠Warren Buffett Expects Market Doom That Can Take Down Bitcoin With It Warren Buffett has no intention of spending Berkshire’s $137 billion cash pile and, if stocks plummet, Bitcoin may see another significant correction…

⁠Wall Street Firms Advise Clients Against Investing in Crypto, Says Wealth Manager Top U.S. banks JPMorgan Chase and Goldman Sachs could be talking their clients out of crypto, according to a wealth manager.

⁠World Economic Forum’s Nadia Hewitt Talks Supply Chains, COVID-19 and Blockchain Cointelegraph sits down with the World Economic Forum's project lead for blockchain and digital currency, Nadia Hewett, to discuss how blo…

⁠Robinhood Trading App Seals $280M in Sequoia-Led Round Popular stock and cryptocurrency trading app Robinhood has surpassed its financing goals by raising $280 million Series F funding at an $8.3 billion valuation.