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⁠Sweden's Central Bank Releases 98-Page 'Economic Review' Devoted to CBDC Sweden's central bank just released a massive report on central bank digital currencies.

⁠Canadian Bitcoin Scam Expands to British Columbia Police in Burnaby have noted a surge in Bitcoin-related scams across Vancouver.

⁠Celebrities May Have Their Dirty Secrets Exposed if Crypto Ransom is Unpaid Ransomware group threatens to auction secrets stolen from a law firm specializing in the entertainment industry.

⁠Wells Fargo Expects a Stock Market Sell-Off — Bitcoin Price to Follow? Wells Fargo warned that stocks could sell-off after an amazing recovery, meaning Bitcoin price is also possibly at risk of a sharp correction.

⁠New Bill to Outlaw Encryption Without Gov’t Backdoor in US Senate A bill that would outlaw end-to-end encryption for technology companies was proposed by three Republican senators; meanwhile, Ava and Cardano would not y…

⁠Someone Has Been on a $200M Crypto Exchange Hacking Spree CryptoCore reportedly launched a phishing campaign against several crypto exchanges and managed to steal $200 million in two years.

⁠Today’s Shifting Gears Driving Tomorrow’s Mass Crypto Adoption Three major shifts will lead to crypto and blockchain adoption worldwide, and they have already started reshaping our world.

⁠Beam to Make Its First Move Towards Private DeFi With June 2020 Hard Fork Beam updates details on its June 28 hard fork, laying out foundations for the firm’s future DeFi offering.

⁠‘Invisible God’ Amassed Millions Selling Corporate Data A hacker named “Fxmsp” managed built a million dollar cybercriminal business over three years.

⁠Digital Assets Data CEO Weighs in on Bitcoin’s Mining Difficulty Bitcoin's mining difficulty recently spiked, while miners hold larger piles of Bitcoin than usual.

⁠The Future Is Stablecoins, Say Panelists for Chamber of Digital Commerce As banks look to tokenize currency and USDT volume rises, experts see a bright future for stablecoins.

⁠Price Analysis 6/24: BTC, ETH, XRP, BCH, BSV, LTC, BNB, EOS, ADA, CRO A few major cryptocurrencies are close to breaking below their critical support levels, indicating further downside in the next few days.

⁠Some Venezuelans May Be Able to Pay for New Passports Using Bitcoin Venezuela’s government reportedly accepts Bitcoin as a payment method for some passport applications.

⁠Not Just a Pretty Name: Blockchain Creating Real Value in Traditional Industries Blockchain technology is transitioning from a conceptual tool that powered the ICO boom into a value-adding service for mainstream industr…

​​A new episode of Cointelegraph Talks is coming soon! Join us and three influencers from the financial industry on June 30 to discuss our next topic: LGBTQ+ and Blockchain: Community-Powered Tech and Tech-Powered Commun…

⁠Bitcoin.cоm Forum Closes on July 23 Bitcoin.cоm’s forum will close in one month.

In an exclusive interview with Cointelegraph Magazine, William Shatner discusses the future of memory and why blockchain is creating “a revolution of knowledge.” As he tokenizes his own favorite memories on the WAX block…

​​Proof-of-Work vs. Proof-of-Stake for Scaling Blockchains Proof-of-work and proof-of-stake both have promising paths toward scalability, but which is the right path for cryptocurrency? #Sponsored

⁠Plus Token Money Launderers Stopped Short by Congestion One of the largest ponzi schemes in crypto history is still trying to launder its proceeds, but Ethereum congestion is making that difficult.

⁠Safe and Sound: Blockchain-Backed Digital Identity in the Post-Coronavirus Era Blockchain companies are developing digital identity solutions to ensure regions can safely reopen following COVID-19 lockdowns.

​​How One Digital Network Plans to Transform Ad, Shopping and Remittances Online advertising only seems to serve massive tech giants. One digital network wants consumers and advertisers to benefit, too. #Sponsored

⁠Japan's Top Idol Just Became the New Face of BitFlyer Crypto Exchange Japan's top idol is now part of bitFlyer cryptocurrency exchange's aggressive new advertising campaign.

⁠Bitcoin-Inspired Web Comic Bulltardia Hides 10 Million Satoshi Prize Almost $1,000 worth of Bitcoin is up for grabs for finding the twelve parts of a wallet’s seed phrase within the serialized web comic "Bulltardia."

⁠Second US Stimulus Package Could Drive Bitcoin Higher, Says OKEx CEO Jay Hao Hao claims that retail investors are likely to spend the extra money on Bitcoin since there’s nowhere else they can get a good return on their…

⁠Millions of Telegram Users's Data Exposed on Darknet Telegram’s built-in contact import feature was exploited to leak the personal data of millions of users onto the darknet.

⁠Circle Announces Support for USDC Stablecoin on Algorand Blockchain USD Coin, which is a joint venture of Circle and Coinbase, will soon launch on the Algorand blockchain.

⁠Contactless NFC Hardware Wallet Authorizes Crypto Transactions With a Tap A new cryptocurrency hardware wallet stores private keys securely and fully isolated, while NFC technology enables authorization of transactions…

⁠BIS Expects COVID-19 Crisis to Boost CBDC Development Worldwide The Bank for International Settlements expects the COVID-19 crisis’ impact on retail payments to have a positive effect on central bank digital currency de…

⁠Bank for International Settlements Calls CBDCs a Potential ‘Sea Change’ The leading global central bank institution has published new research on central bank digital currencies, noting a major shift in their direction…