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⁠Bitcoin Price Drop to $8.9K Caused by Whales Selling at Major Exchanges Selling by Bitcoin whales dropped BTC reserves at major exchanges and triggered today’s sell-off to $8,900.

⁠$125 B Corporate Giant Will Use Blockchain Tech to Combat Global Warming $125-billion corporation will use blockchain to achieve deforestation free supply chain by 2023.

⁠Waves Wants to Put an End to Bogus Blockchain Speed Claims Waves Enterprise wants to ‘separate the chaff from the wheat’ when it comes to speed claims from blockchain networks, helping potential users make educated deci…

⁠Enhanced Privacy and Scalability: Charlie Lee Breaks Down ‘Litecoin 2.0’ Creator of Litecoin, Charlie Lee, discussed the upcoming MimbleWimble upgrade which aims at enhancing Litecoin’s privacy and scalability.

⁠Father of JOBS Act: Gov’t Was Concerned Libra Could Displace Dollar The father of the JOBS Act would be happy to help Telegram with an IPO if the company chooses to revert to a traditional fundraising model.

⁠Israeli Software Firm Goes Behind Regulator's Back to Pay $250,000 in BTC Ransom Israel-based Sapiens reportedly paid in Bitcoins for a ransom requested during an attack that reportedly happened between March and April.

⁠Price Analysis 6/15: BTC, ETH, XRP, BCH, BSV, LTC, BNB, EOS, CRO, ADA Recent surges in open interest on Bitcoin and Ethereum options contracts suggests institutional players are continuing to build positions in the top…

⁠CFTC Chairman Cautions Against ‘Overly Prescriptive Rules’ for Crypto Chairman of the CFTC Heath Tarbert calls for principles rather than rules to dictate the government’s handling of digital assets.

⁠Fraudulent Site Impersonates Encrypted Messaging Service to Steal Bitcoins A new Bitcoin-related scam emerged through a phishing site that impersonates a self-destructing encrypted notes service.

⁠WhatsApp Debuts Fiat Electronic Payments While Libra Remains Stuck in Regulatory Maze WhatsApp has announced instant in-app fiat payments for over 120 million users in Brazil.

⁠Crypto Taxes Are Due July 15, but Be Careful — You May Need More Time The Internal Revenue Service has already changed its deadlines to July 15, so if you are not ready to file your crypto taxes in a month, you should a…

⁠Institutional Trading and Cryptocurrency Industry Institutional interest in digital assets is growing as major financial players continue to enter the cryptocurrency space.

⁠Dash Investment Foundation Buying Gold as Part of Rebalancing Strategy Dash Investment Foundation has launched a Dash-to-gold rebalancing strategy in order to grow its gold and Dash reserves, while reducing volatility.

⁠Turkish Real Estate Firm Antalya Homes Now Supports Bitcoin Payments Turkish real estate firm Antalya Homes announced that its customers can now pay for properties listed on its platform with Bitcoin.

⁠Fireblocks Integrates Chainalysis' Know Your Transaction Feature Fireblocks will now utilize Chainalysis' Know Your Transaction tool to streamline compliance and Anti-Money Laundering measures.

⁠Peer-to-Peer Bitcoin Marketplace Integrates With Major Exchange OKEx Major cryptocurrency exchange OKEx is integrating Paxful’s Kiosk and trading services into its platform.

⁠YouTube Bans Bitcoin.com's Account for 'Basically No Reason', Roger Ver Says YouTube seems to continue its shadow crackdown on cryptocurrency coverage, as it shuts down the official channel of Roger Ver's Bitcoin.com.

⁠Ether Mining Pool Decides to Pocket One of the $2.6M Fee Transactions The Ether mining pool that received the second $2.6 million fee abnormal transaction announced that it will distribute these funds to miners after fo…

⁠Knoxville Is the Latest American City to Suffer a Ransomware Attack The city of Knoxville had to shut down its IT infrastructure following a ransomware attack launched by an unknown gang.

⁠Aeternity Co-Founder Raising €100M VC Fund Focused on Emerging Markets Nikola Stojanow has launched a €100 million venture capital fund to support blockchain opportunities in underdeveloped regions of Europe, Asia, MENA…

⁠Hardware Wallet Maker Ledger Joins the Universal Protocol Alliance The high-profile wallet maker will be integrating its security and infrastructure solutions with Universal Protocol technology and assets.

⁠South Korea to Review Legal Issues Surrounding Potential CBDC Launch The Bank of Korea has tapped six experts to assess possible legal issues surrounding the launch of a central bank digital currency.

⁠Leading Middle East Telecoms Firm Zain Joins Hedera Governing Council Major telecoms provider Zain has joined the governing council for distributed ledger platform Hedera Hashgraph.

⁠Bitcoin Price Dips Below $9K Amid Heavy Stock Market Futures Losses Bearish moves for stocks appear in line with rumors of an incoming crash, with Bitcoin hitting its lowest levels in almost 3 weeks.

⁠Baseline Co-Founder Says Crypto Is 'Pre-CompuServe' an Still in Its Early Days The co-founder of the Baseline Protocol believes that crypto is still 15–20 years away from finding significant mainstream adoption.

⁠Ripple to Expand On-Demand Liquidity to Brazil ‘Very Soon’ According to Ripple Head of Global Banking Marjan Delatinne, the company’s On-Demand Liquidity may soon be available in Brazil.

⁠Bitcoin Transaction Fees Drop Under $1, Returning to April Levels After increasing more than 1600% between April 5 and May 20, Bitcoin transaction fees have now dropped to $0.56.

⁠Crypto Lending Platform Compound to Start Distributing Tokens The Compound community approved a proposal calling for the distribution of the COMP token to all users of the DeFi protocol.