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⁠New Ransomware Uses a Banking Trojan To Attack Governments and Companies A study from Group-IB reveals the modus operandi of the newly discovered ProLock’s ransomware attack.

⁠Public Service Announcement: Beware of Imposters Posing As Cointelegraph Journalists Recently there has been a rise in the number of attempts to impersonate Cointelegraph team members and request money from organization…

The Rohingya have been described as "the world’s persecuted minority" and subjected to genocide and ethnic cleansing. A digital identity based on blockchain tech may be the first step toward providing human services - an…

⁠Bitcoin Activity on the Dark Web Grew by 65% in Q1 2020, Says Study Crystal Blockchain Analytics unveiled figures that show an increased value of Bitcoin transferred through the dark web, though the amount of Bitcoin wa…

⁠Crypto Traders Explain Where Bitcoin Price Can Go After Fifth $10K Test in 11 Days The price of Bitcoin continues to reject the $10,000 resistance level, crypto traders explain where BTC is headed next.

⁠You Can Now Buy Tezos From 10,000 Convenience Stores in France French consumers can now buy Tezos from 10,000 mini-marts, tobacco stores, and petrol stations using prepaid coupons or cards.

⁠Egg Producer's Data Poached by Ransomware, Will They Shell Out Bitcoin? Ransomware group Maze claims to have hacked United States egg producer Sparboe in a post on its website.

⁠BlockFi’s Data Breach May Allow Criminals to Extort Rich Clients BlockFi disclosed a data breach that potentially leaked physical addresses and account activity of its customers, highlighting the risks of KYC finance pl…

⁠US FinCEN Awards Secret Service For Seizing $22 M in Crypto An investigation that involved several U.S. federal agencies led to the bust of the darknet operators and seizure of $22 M in cryptocurrency.

⁠CZ on Binance’s New Chinese Domain: ‘Let’s Focus on Tech First’ Binance’s new Chinese website gets an approval from the China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology.

​​Trading Platform Focused on Tokenization Unveils New Features A trading platform that connects established traders with casual investors believes that tokenization represents the future of finance. #Sponsored

⁠Ethereum 2.0 Staking, Explained As Ethereum gears up to shift to a proof-of-stake consensus, here is a guide explaining token staking on the ETH 2.0 blockchain.

⁠Atari Partners With Litecoin Foundation — LTC Discount For Game Consoles Legendary video game producer Atari partners with the Litecoin Foundation to take advantage of the overlap between the two communities.

⁠Crypto Is the Revolution Leading Developing Countries to Financial Inclusion World regions with fast-growing financial and economic potential, such as Africa, could become the predominant crypto adopters.

⁠Libra Association Appoints Former FinCEN Head as General Counsel The Libra Association has appointed former FinCEN and OFAC head Robert Werner as its chief lawyer.

⁠BitMEX Briefly Goes Offline Amid Legal Problems Trading giant BitMEX briefly went offline just three days after being hit with a massive lawsuit, citing a trading engine error.

⁠Huobi Wallet Now Allows Crypto Credit Card Purchases Through Simplex The wallet of cryptocurrency exchange Huobi now allows users to buy cryptocurrencies with credit and debit cards.

⁠Smoke and Mirrors as Mainstream Banks Discourage Clients From Crypto A data-based approach to cryptocurrency investment shows promise, so why are investment advisors at top firms still pushing clients away?

⁠Largest Private Investment Bank in Latin America Issues Real Estate Tokens on Tezos Banco BTG Pactual, the largest private investment bank in Latin America is moving some of its real estate-backed security tokens over t…

⁠Nasdaq to Reportedly Tighten IPO Rules for Chinese Firms, Crypto Potentially Affected Some Chinese companies could be left out of the world’s second-largest stock exchange as a result of proposed changes — and crypto is…

⁠Uniswap V2 Launches With Increased Security, But It Is Still Expensive The launch of Uniswap V2 introduces new features and a more resilient oracle system, but like in many other DeFi platforms, liquidity remains an iss…

​​Blockchain banking — Is that really a thing? We are sure that you have repeatedly asked the same question, which is why the CfC St. Moritz, PwC Switzerland and Cointelegraph have decided to come together to talk about…

⁠Swiss Crypto Exchange Lykke Launches Contest to Fund Tech Against COVID-19 Lykke’s new contest looks to give money to developers to pursue new tech proposals that promise to aid the economic recovery in the wake of COVI…

⁠Advances in Blockchain Drives Banks Toward Digital Currencies, Says Bank of Korea Advances in payment settlements and decentralized ledger technology are driving central banks to consider digital currencies, according t…

⁠Blockchains and Antitrust Laws Share the Same Objective, Says Vitalik Buterin Vitalik Buterin says both blockchain and antitrust laws have the same goal: preventing the creation of monopolies by imposing decentralizatio…

⁠Celo Foundation Launches Mainnet After Raising $40 Million The Celo Mainnet is now live, enabling users to transfer Celo Gold tokens they received in the foundation’s recent $10 million auction.

⁠California Giant Berry Farms Joins IBM Food Trust Blockchain Tracking System U.S. berry producer California Giant Berry Farms joined the blockchain-based food tracking solution IBM Food Trust.

⁠Japanese Exchanges React to Revised Crypto Laws Now in Effect Atsushi Kuwabara from Japan-based exchange bitbank spoke to Cointelegraph regarding the new regulatory changes to the country’s crypto laws.