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⁠South Korean University Announces New Blockchain Campus A Daegu-based university has made a deal with the Korea Artificial Intelligence Association to build a blockchain campus.

⁠Bitflyer Donates Cheezy Pies to Shelters In Honor of BTC Pizza Day Taking advantage of a memorable day in cryptocurrency history, BitFlyer decided to donate pizzas to folks in need.

⁠China Strikes Down 10% of Global BTC Hashrate, Who Will Pick Up The Slack? Citing the increase in illicit crypto-related activities, the provincial government of Sichuan moves to stamp out 10% of the global Bitcoin hash…

⁠African P2P Volume Beats Out Latin America for First Time African peer-to-peer Bitcoin trade has generated more than $14.6 million in weekly volume, comprising a new record for the continent.

⁠Wyoming’s Congressional Blockchain Committee Holds First Meeting After graduating from task force to select committee this week, the blockchain crew within Wyoming’s state legislature held their first meeting today.

⁠New Bill in Ukraine to Finally Let Crypto Firms Open Bank Accounts The Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine published crypto draft law “On Virtual Assets” in response to FATF’s June 2020 deadline.

⁠JP Morgan: CBDC Threatens Hegemony of US Dollar JPMorgan believes that central bank digital currencies may undermine the hegemony of the US dollar.

⁠Layer1 Stabilizes Texas Grids With 'Bitcoin Batteries' Layer1 Technologies has deployed its proprietary mining containers as electricity storage systems to stabilize Texas’ electricity market.

⁠Institutional Investors Buying Up BTC Like Crazy After Halving Institutional interest in Bitcoin is experiencing an unprecedented surge, with GBTC alone swallowing up 17% of newly mined Bitcoins.

⁠New Ransomware Employs Never-Before-Seen Attack Method A UK-based cybersecurity firm unveiled new details of Ragnar Locker ransomware attack that uses a VirtualBox app.

⁠Price Analysis 5/22: BTC, ETH, XRP, BCH, BSV, LTC, BNB, EOS, XTZ, ADA A few major cryptocurrencies are in an uptrend and they could offer buying opportunities in the short-term.

⁠Plus Token Leadership Faces Criminal Prosecution in China PlusToken main criminal suspect is facing public prosecution.

⁠Steem Soft Forks to Sanction Mysterious 'Community321' Account Steem has completed a soft fork which sanctions the account that went rogue and sent 23.6 million STEEM to Bittrex in protest of a recent hard fork.

⁠"It’s Just a Matter of Time" Before BTC Break's All-Time High, Investment App CEO Says One Crypto industry CEO sees Bitcoin hitting all-time highs at some point as the perfect facilitatory atmosphere sets up the move.

⁠Crypto Exchanges Speak Out as Binance Takes CoinMarketCap’s Top Spot Binance taking the top spot on recently purchased CoinMarketCap has raised concerns among executives from other top crypto exchanges.

⁠Russia Proposes 2M Rub Fine and 7 Years in Jail for Illegal Crypto Use Russian politicians suggest fines and prison terms of up to 7 years for illegal issuance and use of cryptocurrencies.

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​​Don’t forget to eat a pizza today 🍕 Today, the crypto community celebrates the anniversary of the most expensive pizza in history bought with Bitcoin. Exactly 10 years ago, on May 22, 2010, crypto enthusiast Laszlo Ha…

⁠Bitcoin Will Create a New Economic Elite in 2020 The COVID-19 pandemic has revealed serious problems of the currently existing financial system as well as the Bitcoin’s benefits over it.

⁠Baseline Demo Showcases Secure Enterprise Collaboration on Ethereum The Baseline Protocol has completed a proof-of-concept showing how multiple stakeholders can securely execute purchase orders without exposing sensitiv…

⁠Play-to-Earn Crypto Gamers Flip Virtual Properties for Fiat Rewards A blockchain game adopts a play-to-earn model that lets users receive fiat for virtual property transactions.

⁠Binance and Eosfinex Join EOS DeFi Protocol to Handle Smart Contract Upgrades An EOS DeFi project wants to make use of the blockchain’s smart contract upgrade features, enlisting the help of Binance, Eosfinex and others…

⁠Bitcoin Survived Halving, but Death Spiralists Still Say BTC Is Doomed Bitcoin survived last week’s halving, but it’s only a matter of time before BTC miners flee, say “death spiralists.” Are they right?

⁠Immunity Passports May Be Blockchain's Killer-App, Says Overstock CEO Overstock CEO Jonathan Johnson said that immunity passports to prove lack of coronavirus infection may push blockchain technology out of Bitcoin’s sh…

⁠Token Impersonates Chinese Digital Yuan as Official Launch Date Remains Unknown The launch date of China's long-awaited digital yuan remains a secret, creating space for potential fraud.

⁠Bitcoin Price Bulls Have Only One Objective Before Next Week Starts Bitcoin is now facing three scenarios with the 20-week moving average likely playing a key role in determining which way the market goes in the next fe…

⁠3 Bitcoin Price Metrics Just Converged — A Bull Run Has Always Followed A basket of one quant analyst’s favorite metrics is still overly bullish, casting aside this week’s Bitcoin price drop.

⁠Iran’s President Asks Gov’t to Plan National Crypto Mining Strategy Iran’s president has tasked officials at the central bank and ministries of energy, communications and IT with drafting plans for a national cryptocurr…

⁠Inflation-Busting Cryptocurrency Zimbocash Receives Listing on Bithumb Zimbabwe’s Zimbocash project got closer to its goal of providing a sound-money alternative to the hyperinflation of the local currency.