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⁠Successful Ransomware Attacks Decline in 2020 A report by Emsisoft showed a decline in successful ransomware attacks during the COVID-19 outbreak

⁠Chinese Police Dismantle $14M Crypto Scam Chinese police busted a crypto scam in Wenzhou that amassed $14+ million

⁠South Korean National Assembly to Discuss Crypto Transaction Transparency South Korea legislature will address money laundering and transparency in crypto transactions

⁠Court in China Implementing Blockchain for Court Reform Chinese courts want to use blockchain technology as a new way to record hearings

​​What Challenges Affect the Cost of Running a Cryptocurrency Exchange The high costs involved in launching and operating a cryptocurrency exchange are significant and few can afford them, but that may be about to change…

⁠A Record Number of Bitcoin Were Recently Withdrawn From Exchanges On July 8, a record number of Bitcoin were removed from custodial exchanges, with Coinbase leading the charge.

⁠Bad Day for Stocks Sends Bitcoin Price Below Key $9.3K Support Bitcoin price dropped below $9,200 as stocks were rattled by the U.S. Supreme Court decision on President Trump’s tax returns.

⁠Alchemy Aims to Transform Blockchain Development with New Build Tools New dev tools promise to make blockchain development open to more engineers, as well as faster and more efficient.

⁠Dogecoin Margin Trading and Saving Accounts Now on OKEx The announcement follows a Dogecoin marketing campaign that caused the coin’s price to surge 124% in two days.

⁠Hold More Gold Than Bitcoin, Says BTC Bull Mike Novogratz Michael Novogratz, who predicted BTC to hit $20,000 by the end of 2020, advises investors to own more gold than Bitcoin.

⁠Orchid Labs CEO Says New VPN Seeks to Enhance Privacy Rights U.S.-based company launched a VPN app for iOS users after witnessing a surge in VPN services demand across the world.

⁠Ripple Teams Up With Santander on International Payments Massive retail bank Santander has teamed up with crypto and blockchain company Ripple.

⁠Low Ether Volatility: No Trader Interest or Calm Before the ETH Storm? Although Ether has seen its transaction volumes surge and active addresses skyrocket, its price has failed to spike in the past month.

⁠Former Swiss President Sees the Country Leading in DLT and Technology of the Future Former Swiss President and new board member of CV VC talks the unique attitudes towards law that make Switzerland a hub for crypto.

⁠BitTorrent Adds Binance USD as a Payment Option BitTorrent users can now purchase BitTorrent and µTorrent Classic Pro with BUSD and Binance’s native token BNB.

⁠Brave Browser Fork Makes a ‘Bold’ Move Citing Legal Pressure “Braver”, designed as an adware-free fork of the Brave Browser, has allegedly been forced to rebrand due to legal threats.

⁠Uncovering the Reason Behind Female Crypto Influencers’ Instagram Bans Female crypto influencers speaking out about gender disparity in the crypto space were banned on Instagram — who’s to blame?

⁠Exclusive: Liquid Network Gets Its First General-Purpose Javascript Library A new Javascript library for Liquid could allow external developers to build a complete ecosystem around the heavily upgraded Bitcoin sidechain…

⁠Nonfungible Tokens and the Future of Commerce The unlimited potential of blockchain technology is unleashed when used in conjunction with nonfungible tokens.

​​Coinbase Reportedly Preparing for Stock Market Listing Later in 2020 Preparations for a Coinbase stock market listing are in full swing, sources report.

⁠Bitcoin Price Will Now Never Officially go to Zero — Here’s Why A massive 18.52 million BTC buy order on Bitfinex will save Bitcoin from dropping to $0, thanks to Alistair Milne.

⁠BTC Rush: High Prospects for Bitcoin Price as Mining Investments Boom Fresh investments into mining equipment by smaller companies signals an optimistic outlook for the future of Bitcoin.

⁠Texas Regulators Take Aim at South African Cryptocurrency MLM Scheme The Texas State Securities Board has successfully shut down the operations of an illegal cryptocurrency investment scheme.

⁠Cointelegraph Exclusive: CFTC Moves Annual Fintech Conference Online In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the CFTC is changing up the format for its annual Fintech Forward conference.

⁠Cardano Foundation Warns About Suspicious Activities in Japan The Cardano Foundation has warned that a suspicious firm is trying to rake in investments by claiming contact with the foundation.

⁠Malaysian Regulator's Shariah Advisory Council Allows Digital Asset Trading The Malaysian authority that oversees compliance with Islamic law in finance has permitted digital asset trading.

⁠Bitcoin Gold Copycat Rally ‘Just Started’ Amid Worries of March Repeat Growing belief in Bitcoin following gold higher contrasts with chart analysis, which shows multiple weaknesses remain.

⁠Security Is the Biggest Challenge for DeFi’s Continued Growth, Says Exe The founder of blockchain security company Quantstamp, Richard Ma, said security is the biggest challenge for DeFi’s growth.

⁠Nearly 6% of Kyber’s Token Supply Staked in One Day Over $16 million worth of KNC have been staked within 24 hours of Kyber launching the service.