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⁠Metal Pay's New Blockchain Allows Bank and Payment Platform Integration Metal Pay, with its new mainnet blockchain Proton, makes different banks and payment platforms compatible with each other, as well as the digital a…

⁠Privacy Indifference is Conditioned, Zcash Company Says More people care more about their data and privacy than companies would like the public to believe.

⁠Study: Communication and Education Are Key To Building Trust in Crypto A study revealed that three out of four people surveyed among two million respondents are not familiar with cryptos and blockchain technology.

⁠Bitcoin Network Is at Peak Health Post-Halving, Report Shows A report indicates that despite concerns over mining after the halving, the health of the Bitcoin network remains excellent.

⁠Austrian Government-Backed Project Will Use Blockchain to Find Waste Heat Spots The Austrian government is backing a project that would let citizens submit data about industrial waste heat spots for district heating, re…

⁠New Cryptic Chinese Operation Instantly Becomes Sixth-Largest BTC Mining Pool A new Chinese mining pool swiftly takes 5% of the Bitcoin mining pie, while its origins remain unknown.

For many Japanese citizens, remote working is impossible due to a 2,000 year-old tradition: the Hanko seal. Workers continue to crowd into offices to authenticate documents - a task some critics say could be easily accom…

⁠UN Paves Path for Sustainability in Seafood Industry Using Blockchain The United Nations has released a report to raise governmental and international awareness for blockchain’s application in the seafood value chain.

⁠Breaking: Telegram Abandons Telegram Open Network and GRAM Tokens Telegram CEO announces the end of Telegram Open Network and Gram following regulatory battle.

⁠Lots of Action but No Bull Rally: Here’s How the Bitcoin Halving Went Down Monday may have been uneventful for Bitcoin’s price, but it was a historic moment nonetheless.

⁠China’s BSN Aims to Reclaim Financial Data From Tech Giants Research Fellow Martin Chorzempa argued that China’s blockchain strategy is entirely focused on domestic objectives during Consensus.

⁠Bitcoin Eyes $9K as Billionaire VC Sees Dollar ‘Deflationary Spiral’ Smoother conditions follow Bitcoin’s third block subsidy halving on Monday, but anticipation is building as fiat continues to wane.

⁠FATF’s Deadline for Travel Rule Is a Bit of a Myth, Says Siân Jones As FATF’s purported deadline for the travel rule is just a few weeks away, crypto regulation expert Siân Jones argues that its adoption could take year…

⁠Shanghai PBoC Warns Chinese Public Against Blockchain Investment Schemes A social media account for the People’s Bank of China is warning citizens against illegal fundraising schemes that involve virtual currencies and…

⁠Anthony Pompliano Says Gov't Response to COVID-19 Will Drive Crypto Adoption Anthony Pompliano argued that government stimulus measures will drive the adoption of alternative stores of value and non-correlated assets at…

⁠Binance Now Supports Deposits and Withdrawals in South African Rand In yet another expansion initiative, Binance adds support for deposits and withdrawals in South African rand.

⁠Blockchain Technology: A Remedy for De-Globalization? In light of the cracks revealed by the COVID-19 pandemic, blockchain is needed now more than ever to create a new global paradigm.

⁠New User Registrations on Binance Approach All-Time High Amid Bitcoin Halving Binance’s CEO said that the number of new user registrations has reapproached the levels seen at the peak of the 2017/2018 parabolic bull run…

⁠Open Blockchains Aren’t Secure Enough for Enterprises, Says Salesforce Exec Security concerns surrounding public blockchains may be enough to dissuade enterprises from adopting the tech, according to a Salesforce exec.

⁠JPMorgan Provides Banking Services to Crypto Exchanges Coinbase and Gemini Coinbase and Gemini reportedly had their accounts approved with JPMorgan Chase in April.

⁠Mining Titan BHP to Use Blockchain for Iron Ore Sales to Top Steel Producer Multinational mining titan BHP Group expects to complete its first blockchain iron ore transaction with major Chinese steel producer Baosteel i…

⁠Gibraltar Financial Services Minister Talks ‘Staying Ahead’ on DLT Gibraltar’s minister for digital and financial services spoke to Cointelegraph about regulating market manipulation in the blockchain sector.

⁠Crypto Companies, Law Enforcement and Intelligence Firms Team Up to Fight Human Trafficking Crypto companies, intelligence firms and law enforcement agencies team up to fight human trafficking through data sharing and e…

⁠Riot Blockchain’s Bitcoin Mining Revenues in Q1 Rise 70% Year-on-Year Biotech firm-turned-Bitcoin miner Riot Blockchain disclosed strong results for Q1 2020 in its latest quarterly report filed with the U.S. Securities…

⁠Bitcoin Advocates Cry Foul as US Fed Buying ETFs for the First Time Yet another unprecedented move from the U.S. central bank to shore up the fiat economy means that it is violating its own charter, critics warn.

⁠Binance Invests in Major Indonesia Crypto Exchange Tokocrypto Major cryptocurrency exchange Binance is cementing its presence in Indonesia, announcing an investment in a major domestic regulated exchange Tokocrypto.

⁠In Apparent First, SEC-Approved Security Token Offering Seeks Listing on Coinbase Singaporean blockchain project BitcoinHD claims to have submitted the first SEC-approved security token offering for prospective listing…

⁠Tether USDT Surpasses XRP as the 3rd Largest Cryptocurrency Stablecoin Tether has just surpassed XRP as the third-largest cryptocurrency and is now the second-largest altcoin behind Ethereum’s Ether (ETH).

⁠Crypto Exchange ErisX Launches First US Ether Futures Contracts Since being granted a DCO by the CFTC and offering digital asset futures trading in December, ErisX has expanded its offering to ETH.