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⁠Wilshire Phoenix Files With SEC for Publicly Traded Bitcoin-Backed Fund Investment firm Wilshire Phoenix just filed with the SEC for a tradeable Bitcoin fund similar to the Grayscale Bitcoin Trust.

⁠Coinsquare CEO Accused of Orchestrating Wash Trades Leaked documents reportedly show the CEO of Canadian crypto exchange Coinsquare orchestrating wash trades to boslet volume.

⁠South Korean Experts Say Crypto is a Poor Safe-Haven Asset A leading South Korean professor from the Hongik University does not believe cryptocurrencies are safe from market recession.

⁠Steve Forbes: ‘Bitcoin is a High-Tech Cry For Help’ Media magnate Steve Forbes has described crypto assets as “a high-tech cry for help” resulting from the failures of contemporary fiat money systems.

⁠Bitcoin Price Volatility Expected as 10% Mining Difficulty Adjustment Looms Bitcoin’s mining difficulty is set to adjust by 10% within 3 days, meaning operational costs for miners could spike.

⁠Price Analysis 6/12: BTC, ETH, XRP, BCH, BSV, LTC, BNB, EOS, ADA, XTZ Bitcoin sold off as stocks corrected on June 11, but BTC and altcoins are failing to recover even as equities markets move higher.

⁠Venezuelan Petro Payments May Be on the Rise The government of Nicolas Maduro claims that 15% of fuel payments at petrol stations were made using the state-backed Petro token.

⁠Law Decoded: Dead Men Face No Charges, June 6-12 Blockchain for distributing votes and independent digital dollars take center stage in the this week’s regulation news.

⁠Blockchain Firm Pitches CBDC Operating System to Bank of England As the monetary impacts of the coronavirus drive discussions surrounding central bank digital currencies, a U.K. blockchain firm has proposed a CDBD syste…

⁠Investor Claims There's No Way to Cash Out From Grayscale's Bitcoin Trust An investor raised a major criticism about the way in which the Grayscale Bitcoin Trust is set up.

⁠Craig Wright Apparently Just Admitted to Hacking Mt. Gox Craig Wright's legal team appears to alleged that he controls one of the Bitcoin addresses affiliated with an old Mt. Gox hack.

⁠Father of JOBS Act: US Digital Dollar is Inevitable, No One Wants Chinese Currency Father of the JOBS Act does not believe there will be any demand for the Chinese digital currency.

⁠4 Reasons Why Bitcoin is The Best Hedge Against Uncertainty Bitcoin Strategist at Kraken, Pierre Rochard, explains why Bitcoin is the perfect asset against uncertainty despite its high volatility.

⁠Congressman Calls Digital Dollar Hearing 'Encouraging,' but Look Out for Privacy Congressman Warren Davidson recaps yesterday’s hearing on the digital dollar, which seemed to reach new consensus across party lines — but…

⁠Lebanon's Central Bank Burns As Protesters Rail Against Fiscal Failures A spiralling currency crisis in Lebanon sparked widespread protests targeting central banks an increasing embrace of digital assets.

⁠3 Reasons Why Bitcoin Price Could Crash if US Stock Market Collapses Experts are anticipating a stock market crash in the near term. Bitcoin may follow suit due to three main factors.

⁠Belarus Banks Announce Upcoming Token Pilot Program Belarus Central Bank authorizes several banks in the country to begin issuing tokenized offerings.

⁠Vitalik Buterin Comments on Strange Transaction Fees Ethereum creator Vitalik Buterin says recent high fees could be blackmail.

⁠Number of Active Bitcoin Addresses Could Indicate $14.7K Price Rise A key on-chain metric that Bloomberg bets on, points to a Bitcoin bull run with possible 50% price appreciation.

⁠Robotics Company Falls Prey to Ransomware Attack Ransomware gang REvil strikes a US-based robotics firm, leaking their sensitive data on the dark web.

⁠New York Times Trials Blockchain System to Combat Misleading Pictures The New York Times has worked on a blockchain solution to combat misinformation, providing metadata on pictures found in social media.

⁠Community Is Puzzled as Crypto.com's Token Receives Branded Twitter Hashtag The Crypto.com token becomes the second cryptocurrency to receive an emoji hashtag on Twitter.

⁠Brave’s International Referral Program Hits Major Roadblocks Brave has paused its BAT referral program in five countries after detecting “a high number of fraudulent referrers.”

⁠South Korean Police on the Hunt for Ethereum Crime Ring Masterminds The Seoul Metropolitan Police seize two unnamed local crypto exchanges in an effort to dismantle an ETH-related crime ring.

⁠Skale CTO: Ethereum’s Strength Is the Ecosystem, not Its Roadmap The CTO of Skale believes that the ecosystem behind Ethereum is impossible to compete with, despite delays.

⁠Crypto Analyst Claims Bitcoin's $20K All Time High Was Fake A cryptocurrency analyst has suggested that price manipulation was behind Bitcoin’s current (and previous) all-time highs, and that the $20,000 December 2017 p…

⁠Building Empires: Biggest Crypto Exchanges Push for Global Presence Crypto exchanges such as OKEx, Binance, Huobi, Kraken and Bitmex outline the key challenges they face in pushing to establish global operations.

⁠Examining the Status of Stablecoin Minting and Burning Activities We selectively analyzed six stablecoins — USDT, GUSD, HUSD, PAX, TUSD and USDC — to uncover their minting and burning activities so far in 2020.

⁠IT Contractor Stole $38,000 of Crypto While Fixing Company's Computers A man hired to fix a business’s IT systems for $1,700 was jailed for 20 months after stealing $38,000 of cryptocurrency he found while in the compan…

⁠Gaming Giant Atari to Use its ‘Atari’ Token for Betting, Gaming and Shopping Gaming behemoth Atari announced that holders of its blockchain token will be able to spend it on betting, gaming and shopping.