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⁠Abra Garners $5 Million from Stellar Development Foundation Abra has received $5 million in funding from the Stellar Development Foundation.

⁠Novogratz Alludes Stimulus Causing Recent Bitcoin Uptrend Mike Novogratz suspects Bitcoin's recent upward price action is a result of the U.S. government's corrective economic measures.

⁠Bitcoin Is a Digital Asset Says Intermediate People’s Court in China A court dispute between an international couple and four Bitcoin robbers has come to an end.

⁠New Bill Would Presume Digital Assets Not to Be Securities in California New legislation in California may help establish definitions of digital assets as securities, though nationwide impact is uncertain.

⁠Most of Cash App’s $528M Revenue in Q1 Came From Bitcoin Square reports that Bitcoin composed the bulk of Cash App’s revenue in the first quarter, though it added much less to profit.

⁠Anonymous Crypto Payments Cause Problems for South Korean Child Porn Case Experts warned that South Korean authorities may struggle to identify all people who used crypto payments.

⁠Telegram’s TON OS to Go Open Source on GitHub Tomorrow Telegram’s blockchain operating system, TON OS, which is planned for launch on Google Play market and Apple's AppStore, will be open sourced tomorrow.

⁠Price Analysis 5/6: BTC, ETH, XRP, BCH, BSV, LTC, BNB, EOS, XTZ, XLM Most major cryptocurrencies are stuck in a tight range awaiting direction from Bitcoin.

⁠Former DOJ Lawyer Says Class Action Cases Will Benefit Crypto A lawyer who recovered $25 billion for his clients explains why his firm has brought 12 class action lawsuits against crypto heavyweights.

​​Cointelegraph Platform: CV-Labs “Bitcoin Halving View From The Crypto Valley” CV Labs and Cointelegraph gather leading experts out of the Top companies from the Crypto Valley to debate about the Bitcoin halving on May…

⁠Game Developers Can Implement Cryptocurrency Alternative to Ad Revenue Independent game developers can now easily implement a blockchain-based revenue stream into Unity games, which incentivizes players and removes the…

⁠Obama's Under Secretary For Terrorism Appointed CEO of Libra A man who enforced anti-money laundering under two U.S. presidents has been named the CEO of the Libra Association.

⁠Maze Ransomware Group Hacks Two Plastic Surgeons Ransomware leaks social security numbers and other sensitive information from plastic surgery studios.

⁠Latest Fiat-Crypto Exchange Launches In India as Local Trade Volumes Soar A new fiat-crypto exchange has launched in India, two months after the country’s stringent ban on banks’ dealings with crypto businesses was lift…

⁠Ransomware Hackers Threaten to Release Credit Card Data From Costa Rican Bank A group of ransomware hackers has reportedly stolen sensitive information from a major Costa Rican state-owned bank, Banco BCR.

⁠Bitfinex Derivatives Launches Bitcoin Dominance Perpetual Swaps The derivatives platform for Bitfinex cryptocurrency exchange is launching a new perpetual swaps product today that enables traders to speculate on Bitcoin…

⁠PewDiePie to Leave Blockchain Video Platform for Exclusive YouTube Deal PewDiePie signed a deal to stream exclusively on YouTube after partnering with a blockchain streaming platform in 2019.

⁠Crypto Mining Giant Bitmain Confirms Problems With Antminer S17 Units After several customer complaints aired on social media, Chinese mining giant Bitmain confirms that some of its Antminer S17 units have issues.

⁠Dutch Central Bank Gives Crypto Firms Ultimatum to Register De Nederlandsche Bank has issued an ultimatum to all domestic cryptocurrency service providers offering fiat support to register with the institution by May 18…

⁠The Five Hidden Principles in Staking and Validating The Ethereum community may face some difficulties with the transition from the proof-of-work to proof-of-stake model: Here’s what you need to know.

⁠Ukraine Considers Using Nuclear Plants for Cryptocurrency Mining Ukraine's Ministry of Energy believes that using power plants for crypto mining could be one of the best ways to take advantage of a current energy glut.

⁠Ripple Joins ISO Global Standards Body on Cross-Border Payments Ripple claims to be the first DLT-focused member of the global ISO 20022 standards body, driving international standards for interoperability between finan…

⁠Exchange Aggregator CoinSwitch Launches App in India CoinSwitch’s Kuber mobile application aims to increase adoption among crypto users in India.

⁠Celo Network Reveals Over 20 New Alliance Members The Celo Foundation has announced more than 20 new additions to its "Alliance for Prosperity."

⁠Sanctions Sought Over Craig Wright's 'False' BTC Addresses and Courier Story The Kleiman estate intends to file a motion for sanctions against Craig Wright claiming that a list of Bitcoin addresses he provided the court…

⁠Ethereum Scaling and Gas-Free Transactions Arrive ETH 2.0’s highly anticipated revamp is expected to begin rolling out in a matter of months, but scaling solutions and gas-free transactions have already arrived.

⁠Craig Wright Accused of Plagiarism Again An anonymous blogger has again accused Satoshi claimant Dr. Craig Wright of plagiarism — this time in his doctoral thesis.

⁠Bitcoin in Space: Blockstream’s Satellite Network Now 25X Faster Blockstream’s updated protocol for their satellite service makes it possible to download a full node without an internet connection.