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⁠US Mining Firm Plans to Nearly Double Hash Rate After Halving Riot Blockchain has announced the purchase of an additional equipment for its post-halving operations.

⁠Kik’s Drama With The SEC May Soon Be At An End The SEC has proposed a summary judgment that it hopes will conclude the regulator’s lengthy battle with Kik over the firm’s 2017 ICO.

⁠Ripple's XRP Ushers in Wallet Termination Capability The XRP ledger network now has the ability to delete wallets, thanks to a community vote.

⁠Paradigm Researcher Unveils Fixed-Rate DeFi Lending Protocol Paradigm has incubated its first crypto project — an Ethereum-based DeFi protocol promising fixed-rate lending and interest markets.

Our Epic Fail this week: surprisingly not Nouriel Roubini's latest comedy stylings... we actually awarded it to ourselves, for paying $10 to listen to more of the same drivel. But at least one economic sage had the intel…

⁠Fake News: New Reports Allege Bitmain Street Brawl Was Overstated New reports indicate that a previously-alleged mob attack by Bitmain employees was significantly overstated by the press.

⁠Top Korean Blockchain Platform Joins Celo Alliance While Facebook’s Libra project appears to have stagnated after facing international pushback from regulators, rival blockchain platform Celo is gaining momentum.

⁠Bitcoin Gains Ground on Gold, Bolsters Claim as the Asset of Tomorrow Experts weigh in on the ongoing gold vs. Bitcoin debate: Which asset is more capable in these current times?

⁠Bitcoin Is Outperforming Every Mainstream Asset Class in 2020 With less than three days left until the halving, Bitcoin is currently outperforming every mainstream asset class for 2020 so far.

⁠The Market Perceives Positive Sentiment Heading Into the 2020 Bitcoin Halving Looking at the perpetual funding rate, put–call ratio and Spend Output Profit Ratio to gauge the current market view leading up to crypto’s m…

⁠OKCoin Brings Two Industry Vets Onboard Amid Global Expansion A recent play sees international fiat digital asset exchange, OKCoin, bringing top brass from Blockchain.com and Coinbase to its front office.

⁠Miners in Europe Gear Up for Bitcoin Halving, but Energy Costs Still a Barrier As the halving approaches, miners in Europe face a serious challenge: Can they survive the event, and will the industry thrive post-halving?

⁠Bitcoin Outlives First Website That Declared it Dead Back in 2010 Bitcoin is still going strong as it heads towards its third halving event… unlike the first website to declare it dead, which is sadly no longer with us.

⁠IBM Blockchain Head: DLT is Transforming Global Supply Chains IBM’s head of blockchain in Australia and New Zealand has shared the firm's outlook for the integration of DLT into supply chain systems.

⁠China Telecom: Blockchain Has Significant Use-Cases for 5G In a recent interview, China Telecom chairman said that blockchain has high-potential use cases to enhance 5G network services.

⁠BitMEX CEO Expects Investors to Follow Paul Tudor Jones’ Move to Bitcoin BitMEX’s CEO expects that Paul Tudor Jones will bring more big investors to the crypto market by investing in Bitcoin.

⁠South Korea to Develop an Identity Platform on the Blockchain for Autonomous Vehicles South Korea’s smart city Sejong will be establishing a blockchain-based identity verification platform for self-driving vehicles.

⁠Blockchain Jobs Are the Highest Paying Tech Roles in the UK A new study reveals that blockchain offers the best salaries in the UK’s technology industry.

⁠Catastrophic Disruption or Healthy Rebalancing? How The Halving Will Impact Miners With the Bitcoin halving set to transpire in just a few days, analysts are predicting significant disruptions to mining operations.