Cointelegraph

⁠Adam Back: Some ICOs Funded Useful Research Despite Being Unethical Adam Back admitted that some ICOs might have funded useful research, but still contends that they are deeply unethical.

⁠Law Decoded: Tech as an Arena for International Conflict, July 31–August 7 As Trump clamps down on Chinese social media in the U.S., tech in general becomes subject to nationalism.

⁠OneCoin Co-Founder Escapes 90-Year Jail Term Following Court Settlement Konstantin Ignatov is probably breathing a sigh of relief today.

⁠California's Attorney General Warns People to Be Wary of Crypto Scams California authorities recently came out with a fresh cautionary statement on crypto crime.

⁠Monero’s Hashrate Experienced Its Largest Single Day Gains Ever Monero has experienced its biggest single day gain in hashrate since its creation back in 2014.

⁠Price Analysis 8/7: BTC, ETH, XRP, BCH, BSV, LTC, ADA, LINK, BNB, CRO Bitcoin and altcoins might consolidate or correct marginally for a few days before a possible breakout to the upside.

⁠No One Knows Why Binance.US Is Down Right Now Binance's U.S. trading platform is currently experiencing unexpected platform malfunctions.

⁠Ethereum Developers Discuss Potential Ways to Avoid ETC’s Fate After a string of 51% attacks on Ethereum Classic, developers from its core chain rival, Ethereum, discuss ways of avoiding the same fate.

There aren't many folks in the crypto space who've worked on more deals than Paul Veradittakit of Pantera Capital. If you ever wondered what a prominent VC looks for in a project... read his 6 Questions in Cointelegraph…

⁠VeChain’s Latest Blockchain Application Makes Food Safer The VeChain Foundation announced a blockchain-based food safety solution based on its Blockchain-as-a-Service platform, ToolChain.

⁠FINRA: An Unnecessary, Unqualified Digital Asset Regulator The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority’s new request for digital assets activities adds more confusion to the regulatory environment.

⁠Bitcoin Price Continues Rally, Positive Sentiment Is Off the Charts Since late July, positive tweets about Bitcoin have increased substantially, signifying growing interest in its price.

⁠Authorities Find Illegal Bitcoin Mining Farm in Kyrgyzstan Free Economic Zone Government authorities and executives at Free Economic Zone “Bishkek” are reportedly involved in running a large-scale illegal mining farm.

⁠Here’s What’s Actually Going on With the SEC and Republic’s STO Republic is trying to swap one SEC exemption for another to move its security token from the private to public markets.

⁠Blockchain Energy Trading Pilot Using Bitcoin Sidechain Goes Live in LA A U.S. startup is setting up a blockchain energy trading pilot in Los Angeles to promote electric van sharing.

⁠North Korea Reportedly Using Altcoins to Convert $1.5B in Stolen Funds to Cash North Korean hackers are reportedly using untraceable altcoins to convert stolen cryptocurrencies into cash.

⁠Winklevoss: US Dollar Is Now a 'Funny Money' Endorsement of Bitcoin Coronavirus stimulus failures show just how irrelevant the dollar supply has become and this “a wakeup call” for those not looking at Bitcoin, Cameron…

⁠'Crypto Mom' SEC Commissioner Hester Pierce Voted in Until 2025 Pierce’s successful confirmation was announced on Aug. 6 in a statement from SEC Chairman Jay Clayton and fellow Commissioners.

⁠Bitcoin Dominance Slides to 12-Month Low as Crypto Market Cap Tests Resistance Bitcoin’s dominance has fallen to a 12-month low despite its recent rally, signaling renewed strength in the altcoins markets.

⁠Analysis: Most DeFi Tokens Are Concentrated In Hands of Top 500 Holders A new analysis suggests the token supplies for most DeFi projects are not widely distributed, with up to 99% held by the top 500 addresses.

⁠Why is the ETC Price Steady Despite Risk of Further 51% Attacks? Despite suffering its second 51% in a week, and major exchanges disabling deposit, withdrawal, and some trading services, Ethereum Classic is up 2% over y…

⁠Altcoins Account for One Third of Total Crypto Mining Power Usage An analysis of the 20 largest crypto assets by market cap determined that Bitcoin mining accounted for only 66% of total power consumption.

⁠Chinese Schools Can’t Keep Up With Demand for Blockchain The Chinese academic sector can’t keep up with massive demand for blockchain professionals

⁠Investors Dollar-Cost Averaging Bitcoin Since 2017 Made a 61.8% Return Despite Bitcoin’s fall from $20K, dollar-cost averaging into BTC over the past 3 years produced a 20.1% annual return

⁠Record $830M CME Bitcoin Futures Open Interest Highlights Bullish Trend Open interest on CME Bitcoin futures reached a record $828 million, suggesting Bitcoin price action remains in favor of bulls

⁠Podcast Host Lists Himself on Balancer: ‘EVAN’ Increases 500% in 2 Hours Personal tokens are growing in popularity with the host of ‘Week in Ethereum’ listing EVAN tokens on Balancer”.

⁠Europe’s New ‘Seed-to-Shelf’ Cannabidiol Blockchain Tracking Tool Cannabidiol users in Europe can now trace a product’s journey from seed to shelf with a new blockchain-based tracking system

⁠Rival Bitcoin Cash Camps Look Set to Compromise November’s upgrades to the Bitcoin Cash protocol will also funnel 8% of newly mined coins towards development funding

⁠‘The Enron of Europe’ — What We Know So Far About the Wirecard Scandal The Wirecard scandal includes one executive hiding in Russia, the CEO under arrest in Germany, and $2 billion missing in the Philippines