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⁠Researchers Say New Lightning Network Attack Could Create ‘Chaos’ The Lightning Network is susceptible to attacks that could drain Bitcoin wallets by flooding the blockchain.

⁠Ethereum Volatility Drops Below Bitcoin’s but ETH Options Are Bearish Ethereum’s implied volatility dropped below Bitcoin's for the first time ever, but is this a bullish or bearish development?

⁠Bitcoin as a tool to fight authoritarian regimes: Vladimir Putin critic explains Professor of Economics, Sergei Guriev, told Cointelegraph how Bitcoin can be used as a tool to combat authoritarian regimes.

⁠Qtum Preps for Mainnet Hard Fork With New Testnet Event Qtum completed a testnet hard fork prior to launching its mainnet hard fork.

⁠Researchers Say Ransomware Attacks on the Rise As More People Work From Home Proofpoint research shows that phishing-based ransomware attacks are on the rise amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

⁠Class Action Alleges Visa-Acquired Co Was ‘Data Plumbing’ Venmo, Cash App & More A new class action alleges that Plaid, which Visa recently bought for over $5 billion, had unparalleled access to the financial informatio…

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⁠Switzerland Won’t Amend Tax Law in Regard to Blockchain in Near Future Switzerland does not need to amend its current tax legislation to cover blockchain-based arrangements, the Federal Council believes.

"New funding models could change the dominance of major platforms. New gaming models could change the way we play. New revenue models could change the way value is accrued." When you consider that gaming is already one o…

⁠International Authorities Work Together to Take Down Crypto-Funded Child Porn Ring The Spanish authorities arrested several individuals related to ongoing investigations against crypto-driven child porn sites in the dar…

⁠Compound’s COMP Token Takes DeFi by Storm, Now Has to Hold Top Spot Compound’s COMP token has been wildly successful in the initial period since launching. What’s behind it, and is it sustainable?

⁠Hacker Steals Balancer’s COMP Allowance in Second Attack Within 24 Hours Balancer hacked twice within 24 hours, though this time the sum is relatively small.

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⁠Bitcoin Dormant Supply Metric Mirrors 2016 Run-Up to $20K BTC Price 61% of the Bitcoin supply has stayed in the same place for a year or more — the only time that happened was before its all-time highs.

⁠The US Plan to Monitor Illegal Crypto Activities More Sufficiently U.S. agencies sought millions of dollars in new funding to bolster national and international cryptocurrency investigations.

⁠OKEx Announced The Listing of Compound DeFi Protocol's COMP Token COMP spot trading against USDT started at 6 AM UTC today.

⁠Chances of Indian Crypto Ban Low Compared to 2019, Says Crypto Veteran The CEO of CoinSwitch shares his insights about the possibility of a cryptocurrency blanket ban in India.

⁠Beyond Bitcoin: How Advances in Blockchain Can Improve Our Financial Ecosystem Speed, reliability and availability are the cornerstones of modern finance, and DeFi has the potential to enhance and even supplant traditio…

⁠Hackathons Benefit From Blockchain Voting, Rewards and Transparency TAIKAI has announced that it will use the Telos network to facilitate a secure and auditable voting mechanism to evaluate and reward stakeholders in ha…

⁠Kyber Network Sets Date for Launch of Katalyst Protocol Upgrade The Katalyst protocol upgrade will include the changes in the in-house token model to attract more participants.

⁠Russia's Blockchain Based E-Vote System Suffers Node Attack The Bitfury-powered blockchain for the Russian constitutional amendments was reportedly attacked over the weekend.

⁠DeFi Protocol Balancer Hacked Through Exploit It Seemingly Knew About A spat between the Balancer and STA team following the $500,000 hack suggests that the DeFi protocol was aware of the weakness.

⁠Shareholders File Criminal Complaint Against EY for Alleged Role in Wirecard Scandal Shareholders in German fintech Wirecard are taking legal action against Big Four auditor EY in the fallout from the scandal now engulf…

⁠Counter-Strike Superstars to Play in Crypto-Powered Tournament Couter-Strike superstars with two million fans will participate in a crypto-powered tournament, while fans will be able to bet on the outcome with crypto to…

⁠Mining Giant BHP Completes $14 Million Iron Ore Trade Using Blockchain Multi-billion-dollar mining group BHP announced it has completed a $14 million iron ore trade using a blockchain platform.

⁠Crypto Research Report Predicts $397K Bitcoin Price by 2030 Researchers behind the June 2020 report from the Crypto Research Report used Bitcoin’s target addressable market to predict a rise to $397K.

⁠Andreas Antonopoulos: Use DeFi Contracts for BTC Passive Income HODLing Bitcoin may pay off eventually, but it means one’s money isn’t working for them now, says Andreas Antonopoulos.

⁠Uber Angel Investor: ‘99% of Crypto Projects Are Garbage’ Jason Calacanis, an angel investor of Robinhood and Uber, says nearly all crypto projects are run by ‘delusional’ founders or idiots.

⁠BitMEX Launching Services for Corporate Customers Crypto derivatives giant BitMEX announced it would be launching corporate services for customers at the exchange.