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⁠Even $7.9K Bitcoin Price Won’t Help Bears Ahead of $1B Options Expiry Even a 15% correction won’t help bears as Bitcoin price remains bullish ahead of Friday’s record $1.06 billion BTC options expiry.

⁠COVID-19 Ransomware Plagues Canadian Android Users CryCyptor ransomware poses as a government-backed COVID-19 Android tracing app to deploy its attack.

⁠SEC Charges Lobbying Kingpin Jack Abramoff With Fraud For Promotion of 2018 ICO Abramoff and the founder of AML Bitcoin face charges for fraud in misrepresenting the token’s compliance, with the founder himself facing j…

⁠Research Suggests Transparency is Key for Utility-Based Crypto Projects Crypto prices on the secondary market may depend on how much information is given to stakeholders says fintech researchers.

⁠BTC Payments Reportedly Now Disabled for Venezuelan Passport Purchases Bitcoin’s payments for Venezuelan passport applications disabled “temporarily” without official explanation.

⁠Cybercriminals Use the Blockchain to Relay Secret Messages SophosLabs published a study that revealed hackers use the blockchain network to share secret messages.

Japan has exported NINE of the world's top 25 media franchises - including the top two. Why are Japanese characters so successful around the world, and what does this mean for NFTs and blockchain gaming? A fascinating se…

⁠Regional CBDCs Can Fuel International Trade, but USD Seems Unbeatable As Libra and COVID-19 give a push to CBDCs, some projects are looking to dethrone the main international currency.

⁠Former US Treasury Head Calls Payment ‘Friction’ the Best Argument for Crypto Clinton-era Treasury Secretary Summers doesn’t buy some of the crypto community’s anarchic sentiments but agrees that they are solving a majo…

⁠Coinbase Welcomes Compound DeFi to its Platform Coinbase has listed Compound's COMP asset.

⁠Oops. Roger Ver Says Bitcoin.com’s Forum Closure Post Was Premature Roger Ver says that Bitcoin.com’s forum closure announcement was premature, but the closure alert is still on the website.

⁠Diabolical Malware Targets Windows Users to Mine Monero A malware called “Lucifer” is targeting old vulnerabilities in Windows systems to install a well-known Monero mining application.

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⁠Foul Play Alleged at Bitcoin.org by the Site's Long-Time Overseer A recent message from one of Bitcoin.org's overseers hints at foul play.

⁠JPMorgan’s Blockchain Offshoot Kadena Gets First Ever Token Listing Kadena preps its first ever listing on Bittrex Global, with initial trading pairs including Bitcoin and Tether.

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⁠Crypto Users Can Now Buy Fractional Shares in Google, Tesla & More A new service from Uphold allows crypto holders in Latin America to invest in Amazon, Google, or Tesla for as little as 10,000 Satoshis.

⁠Latest Eth 2.0 Testnet on Track for June Launch Ethereum 2.0 developers agreed in a call to move up the launch of a milestone 0.12 testnet to Monday, to ensure all engineers are on deck for the genesis block.

⁠Dragonchain to Showcase 'Provably Fair' Blockchain System on Cable TV Dragonchain will demonstrate its new blockchain-based contest system in a televised contest with a $50,000 prize.

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⁠Financial Inclusion, Cryptocurrency and the Developing World Regions of the world with fast-growing economic potential and young populations, such as India and Africa, will become leaders in crypto adoption.

⁠SEC Asks Court to Order Telegram to Pay $1.2B Back for $1.7B ICO Despite the original TON project being officially terminated, the U.S. SEC asks Telegram to return $1.2 billion.

⁠Russia's Blockchain Voting System Malfunctions Soon After Going Live Russia’s blockchain vote, powered by Bitfury, is off to a shaky start.

⁠Tone Vays: Bitcoin Price Won’t Leave $6K-$10K Range Until 2021 The S&P 500 is in danger of a major crash in the event of a daily close below 3,000 points, warns Tone Vays as data shows Bitcoin is 95% correlated.

⁠Researcher: Satoshi Nakamoto Apparently Didn't Mine Bitcoin for First 5 Minutes According to the latest research from Sergio Demian Lerner, Satoshi likely restrained himself from mining Bitcoin in the first five minutes…

⁠ISIS-Affiliated News Website to Collect Donations with Monero A news website for the jihadist movement associated with ISIS has adopted Monero donations after having taken donations in Bitcoin for three years.

⁠Galaxy Digital and Bitmain Lead AVA Project’s $12M Private Token Sale In anticipation of AVA mainnet launch this summer, Emin Sirer’s AVA project raises $12 million from major industry investors.

⁠Bitcoin Options Open Interest Hits Peak Hours Before Giant $1B Expiry CME Group sees a new all-time high for combined Bitcoin derivatives open interest, with options driving the momentum.

⁠NY Regulators to Pair Companies with 'Guardians' for a Conditional BitLicense The New York Department of Financial Services is requesting comments on its amendment to the BitLicense that would help smaller companies be…