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⁠Blockchain P2P Energy Trading Proves Workable and Popular in Australian Test An Australian government-backed trial of P2P solar trading using blockchain found that the technology is popular and technically feasible.

⁠Telos to Support Ethereum-Compatible Smart Contracts on Its Network With the launch of an Ethereum Virtual Machine, Telos is set to enable developers to create and run Ethereum-Compatible smart contracts.

⁠Bancor Discovers Critical Vulnerability, Hacks Itself to Prevent Theft The Bancor decentralized exchange has released a smart contract with a critical vulnerability, and is now hacking itself to save user funds from mal…

⁠Blockchain Platform We.Trade Reportedly Slashes Workforce by Half The blockchain trade finance platform backed by major banks reportedly laid off almost half of its workforce due to a lack of funding.

⁠BitMEX Parent Company Collaborates With OKCoin in $150,000 Bitcoin Grant BitMEX parent company HDR Global and OKCoin are collaborating on a joint $150,000 grant for an independent Bitcoin developer.

⁠Tokyo Power Company to Use Blockchain for Trading Electricity Surplus Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc partnered with Itochu Corporation to start building a blockchain-based system to trade electricity surpluse…

⁠Ontology and Bitcoin Suisse Partner to Strengthen European Ecosystems Blockchain platform Ontology has partnered with Swiss service provider Bitcoin Suisse as part of their European growth strategy.

⁠Fund Manager Files for ETF Spanning Energy, Agriculture and Bitcoin Futures A New York-based asset manager has filed for an ETF that will invest up to 5% of its capital into Bitcoin futures contracts despite focusing on…

⁠Binance CEO CZ Explains Why He Disabled Twitter Comments Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao recently restricted the ability to comment on his Twitter posts, but only partially.

⁠Chinese Police Investigate ‘Exit Scam’ by Iranian Crypto Exchange Reports indicate the Iranian-based crypto exchange ‘Bitisis’ is actually a Ponzi scheme that has attempted an exit scam.

⁠Donald Trump Told Treasury Secretary to ‘Go After Bitcoin’ According to John Bolton’s new book ‘The Room Where It Happened’, Trump was against Bitcoin long before his July 2019 Twitter tirade.

⁠Binance Joins Indian Internet Association Amid Regulatory Uncertainty As dark clouds gather above India’s crypto sector, Binance has joined the country’s top internet association in a bid to shape the industry’s future.

⁠PieDAO Launches USD++ to Reduce Risks With ‘Unstable-Coins’ PieDAO has launched its USD++ protocol, comprising a hedged basket of Ethereum-based stablecoins designed to reduce risks for long term DeFi users.

⁠Judge Orders Mark Karpeles To Face Fraud Suit From 2014 A U.S. District judge has dismissed the summary judgment request of the former Mt Gox CEO in a lawsuit from 2014 accusing Mark Karpeles of fraudulent misrepresenta…

⁠Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone: Crypto Paradise or Digital Shakedown? CHAZ inhabitants can apparently use crypto at a handful of businesses — but are less scrupulous types capitalizing on the situation?

⁠CoinShares, Ledger and Nomura Release Long-Awaited Custody Platform Global investment bank Nomura, hardware wallet manufacturer Ledger, and digital asset manager CoinShares, have released an institutional-grade custody…

⁠Singapore Carpooling App Ryde Launches Wallet for BTC Payments Singaporean carpooling app Ryde announced the launch of its own cryptocurrency wallet which will facilitate Bitcoin payments for its service.

⁠Bitcoin Broker River Financial Announces $5.7M Seed Round The San Francisco-based Bitcoin financial services firm announced it had raised $5.7M in a seed funding round led by Polychain Capital.

⁠BTC Investors Bullish Even as Bitcoin Price is Below $10K — On-Chain Data Bitcoin price is pinned below $10K but on-chain data and market correlations show investors remain bullish.