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⁠Telegram Will Shut Down the TON Testnet by August 2020 The original TON development team plans to shut down TON testnet by August 1

⁠IPOs Are ‘Really Not Worth It’ Says Tim Draper Billionaire investor Tim Draper believes that crypto IPOs are useless unless a firm is worth $10 billion

⁠3 Big Blockchain Companies Teamed Up on a DeFi Product That Pays Passive Income Cosmos, Polkadot, and Terra announced a new DeFi savings product during Unitize

⁠Three Female Binance Award Nominees Get Blocked From Instagram Three female crypto influencers were “deplatformed” from Instagram after critiquing the Binance Influencer Awards.

⁠Price Analysis 7/6: BTC, ETH, XRP, BCH, BSV, LTC, ADA, BNB, CRO, EOS Bitcoin and altcoins pushed higher today and many are showing signs of a possible trend reversal.

⁠How Bitcoin Is Becoming Both Resistance Money and a National Security Concern Meltem Demirors and Andy Bromberg spoke at a Unitize panel on the future evolution of Bitcoin and how geopolitics is beginning to enter the e…

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⁠World’s Largest Pension Fund Lost the Equivalent of Bitcoin’s Entire Market Cap in Just Three Months The world’s largest pension fund posted a first-quarter loss of $165 billion, which is equivalent to the Bitcoin’s ent…

⁠Expert: Digital Yuan Will Have a Hard Time Displacing Tether in Asia China’s CBDC wants to displace the US dollar, but Genesis Block’s Charles Yang believes it doesn’t offer a compelling alternative to USDT.

⁠Chinese Courts Use Blockchain for Property E-Sealing Courts in China are rolling out blockchain-based electronic seals to protect property from being disturbed or damaged.

⁠Blockchain Firm Bluzelle Uncovers a Critical Bug in Cosmos' Consensus Algorithm Cosmos already patched its Tendermint consensus protocol on July 2.

​​Gibraltar Watchdog Grants License to Belarusian Crypto Platform Currency.cоm obtained a distributed ledger technology license from the Gibraltar Financial Services Commission.

⁠Akon’s DLT Startup to Set up a Blockchain Hub in Kenya in Q4 2020 A joint initiative of Akon’s Akoin and Dutch Effect.AI, the Kenyan Opportunity Hub will promote blockchain education and new work opportunities.

⁠Tron to Set Foot Into DeFi but Fails to Impress Crypto Twitter Justin Sun announced three upcoming DeFi products from Tron, but crypto Twitter didn’t seem impressed.

⁠Trading Begins for New Treasury-Based, SEC-Registered Digital Security Arca launches Ethereum-based trading for new fund based on shares in U.S. Treasury securities.

⁠Ledger Crypto Wallet Claims Purported Vulnerability Is User Experience Flaw Ledger’s chief technology officer Charles Guillemet said that the recently revealed vulnerability is nothing more than a user experience flaw.

⁠App Connects Bitcoin and Lightning Payments Directly to Your Bank Account The Strike app hopes to encourage mass adoption of the Bitcoin and Lightning Network by connecting it directly to a bank account or debit card.

⁠Afghan Government to Use Blockchain to Combat Counterfeit Drugs Afghanistan’s healthcare ministry and several local pharmaceutical companies will use Fantom’s blockchain to combat counterfeit drugs.

⁠Blockchain Travel Platform Lost 90% of Booking Volumes Due to COVID-19 Booking volumes on the Binance-backed travel booking platform dropped by 90% during the coronavirus pandemic.

⁠Bitcoin Realized Volatility Last Did This Right Before 2018 Sell-Off 10-day realized volatility hits its lowest since just before Bitcoin price fell to $3,100 in late 2018, sparking fresh bearish fears.

⁠CEO of Alleged $16M Cryptocurrency Scam Declared Bankrupt VaultAge Solutions CEO has been tracked down by South African authorities and angered investors.

⁠Expert: China's Digital Yuan Will Target the Dollar, Not Bitcoin With its forthcoming digital yuan, China will aim to rival the U.S. dollar, not Bitcoin, say experts.

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⁠China Stocks Boom Bullish for Bitcoin? 5 Things to Watch This Week A turbulent mixture of macro, coupled with expectations of a big move in Bitcoin, could spell an interesting week for traders and holders alike.

⁠Customer Service Is Key, According to OKEx's CEO OKEx CEO Jay Hao recently touched on the importance of good customer service.

⁠Singapore’s Blockchain Landscape Has Grown More than 50% Since Last Year There are 234 companies in Singapore’s blockchain landscape.

⁠Expedia Partners With Crypto Service Travala.com for Crypto Bookings Expedia now allows its over 700,000 accommodations to be booked with cryptocurrency through crypto travel platform Travala.com.