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⁠Satoshi Nakamoto Had Outside Cryptography Help, Says Early Bitcoin Dev Satoshi Nakamoto sought help from expert cryptographers, which allowed him to make Bitcoin secure, says an early developer.

⁠Mining Hardware Maker Canaan Looks to Issue $12.4M in Stock to Employees Cryptocurrency mining ASIC producer Canaan filed with the U.S. SEC to issue around $12.4 million worth of shares to its employees.

⁠Ledger CTO Explains Why Smartphones Won’t Ever Be Fully Safe for Using Crypto Recent developments led by some smartphone manufacturers aim to use hardware to make the system more secure, but it won’t protect from all at…

⁠Protestors Invoke Bitcoin in the Wake of George Floyd’s Death Cryptocurrencies appear on the scene of massive protests in the U.S. in response to police killing George Floyd, with many industry leaders weighing in.

⁠Hacker Steals Database of the Largest Hosting Provider on the Dark Web Sensitive data from darknet websites hosted in Daniel’s Hosting have been leaked by a hacker who claims ties to Anonymous.

⁠Cash or Plastic? Countries Where Crypto Debit Cards Are Fair Game Cointelegraph examines where crypto debit cards are available and what options they offer as wider adoption starts to take hold.

⁠Exclusive: Binance Korea to Integrate Coinfirm Real-time AML Monitoring Binance Korea will be using an anti-money laundering solution developed by Coinfirm, as the country requires a high level of regulatory compliance…

⁠Miners Have Been Selling More Bitcoin Than They Generate, Recent Data Suggests Last week, Bitcoin miners reportedly sold 11 per cent more coins than they generated over the same period.

Creative value tends to move from the bottom upwards: from creator to patron to product to platform. What if a decentralized, Web3-enabled cultural revolution redressed the imbalance?

⁠Swiss Bank Maerki Baumann Launches Crypto Custody and Trading Swiss private bank Maerki Baumann deepens crypto push by adding crypto custody and trading services.

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​​If you haven't read our new digest yet, now is your chance! A review of the main news, events and stats of the past month! Bitcoin undergoes a halving for the third time in its history, Telegram pulls out of the TON pr…

⁠XRP Price Must Shake 30-Month Lows Vs. Bitcoin to Start Rally It’s high time for XRP and XLM to catch up to not only Bitcoin but also some notable altcoin counterparts such as Ethereum and Cardano.

⁠Matic's Price Crumbles 20% Amid Mainnet Launch Despite beginning its mainnet rollout today, the price of Matic has fallen 20% in 48 hours — shedding nearly all gains made during the week leading into the launch.

Goldman Sachs, the many-tentacled monstrosity of Wall St, took aim at #Bitcoin this week with a head-scratching argument about whether #crypto is an asset class. (Hint: it is.) Are the bankers just terrified of losing th…

⁠Crypto Travel Booking Site Travala Sees 46% Monthly Increase in Bookings Despite Pandemic Cryptocurrency travel website Travala.com saw a 45.8% increase in the total number of room nights booked in May compared to April…

⁠Failing Monetary Policy Boosts BreadWallet’s Popularity in Venezuela, Says CEO The co-founder of pioneering crypto wallet BRD attributes his company’s Venezuelan success to local demand for crypto driven by failing mone…

⁠Blockchain and Smart Contracts Have a 'Dark Side', Says Researcher The immutability of blockchain ledgers and smart contracts have a “dark side,” argues UPenn professor Kevin Warbach.

⁠Kingdom Trust CEO Says Bitcoin Is Digital Manifestation of Austrian Economics The CEO of Kingdom Trust, a Bitcoin-friendly custodian managing more than $13 billion in assets, believes Bitcoin comprises a digital realiza…

⁠Ethereum Classic Follows Its Sibling’s Footsteps With Phoenix Hard Fork Ethereum Classic performed its scheduled upgrade to bring Ethereum’s Istanbul features to the classic chain, making the two protocols fully compati…

⁠Operator of Alleged Crypto Scam Flees South Africa for Mozambique The operator of an alleged seven-figure crypto scam appears to have fled the country of South Africa for Mozambique.

⁠Report: Bankruptcy Law Can Be Unclear When Crypto Custodians Go Belly Up The past few years have seen a glut of cryptocurrency exchanges becoming insolvent. But what legal rights do their customers have with regards to…

⁠Tether Integrates With Plasma Sidechain to Reduce Load on Ethereum Tether has integrated the just-launched OMG Network Plasma sidechain, formerly known as OmiseGo, promising cheaper transactions as Ethereum’s fees skyro…

⁠Bitmain Launches New T19 Bitcoin Miner After S17’s Troubled Launch World-leading mining hardware producer Bitmain launched its new Antminer T19 Bitcoin Mining ASIC.

⁠Music Video Director for Pop Superstars Dives Into Crypto Trading Famed pop music video director Joseph Kahn has announced that cryptocurrency trading is his new favorite hobby.

⁠Stocks, Safe Havens and Hodlers — 5 Things to Eye in Bitcoin This Week Wobbly stocks and oil contrast with booming gold to provide potential upside for Bitcoin, but fundamentals still need to pick up.

⁠Historic SpaceX Launch Visible in Ethereum-Based VR World Decentraland users watched SpaceX send two humans up to the space station on May 30 from the virtual reality world’s auditorium.

⁠Antonopoulos: Drop in Oil Prices Give US Miners a Competitive Edge Crypto miners based in the United States will greatly benefit from the falling electricity prices worldwide, says Andreas Antonopoulos.