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⁠Crypto firms failed to deliver 'promised benefits' from lawmaker-backed incentives, says nonprofit “At a minimum, the public should have a say in these crypto handouts," said the Tech Transparency Project.

⁠Binance and Mastercard will launch prepaid crypto cards in Argentina "Payments is one of the first and most obvious use cases for crypto, yet adoption has a lot of room to grow,” said Maximiliano Hinz.

⁠BNB rallies 39% despite smart contract deposits dropping 28% — should investors be worried? BNB Chain's total value locked dropped more significantly than its competitors, but the network’s decentralized applications ar…

⁠Meta enables Instagram NFT integration in over 100 countries Mark Zuckerberg's company, which posted a sharp loss in its Metaverse division in Q2, unveiled its digital asset expansion strategy on May 10, 2022.

⁠Worthless JPEGs: Redditor turns NFT criticism into NFTs One Reddit user collected quotes from NFT haters on the internet and famous skeptics like Warren Buffet, Peter Schiff and Dan Olson.

⁠Interview with Kevin O’Leary: $28K Bitcoin next or lower? | Market Talks with Crypto Jebb Kevin O'Leary gives his outlook on the current state of the crypto market in this exclusive live interview with Cointelegraph.

⁠Building the blockchain industry despite market drops and regulation threats Even if crypto regulation comes to America, top crypto investors are not worried as upward of 90% of cryptocurrencies are utilized outside the…

⁠Bitcoin price retests key $22.8K as metric points to 'BTC buying spree' BTC price bulls fail to take the market higher as the week continues, but buyer interest is giving hope.

⁠CME Group plans to launch euro-denominated Bitcoin and Ether futures The futures options, expected to start trading on Aug. 29, followed the CME Group launching micro-sized Bitcoin and Ether options in March.

⁠Self-custody isn’t for everyone: WisdomTree exec on ‘be your own bank’ As self-custody puts a lot of responsibility on a user, many may find self-custody way too uncomfortable or too hard to handle.

⁠UK parliamentary group calls for submissions in new crypto asset inquiry The U.K.’s Crypto and Digital Assets All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) announced it will launch an inquiry into the crypto and digital asset in…

⁠Education and aesthetics: Bringing more women into the Metaverse Brands have the potential to make the Metaverse more women-friendly by focusing on beautiful aesthetics, accessibility and education.

⁠Coinbase partners with BlackRock to create new access points for institutional crypto investing The world's largest financial asset management firm is making a major push into digital assets, beginning with Bitcoin.

⁠Cointelegraph expands to Middle East and North Africa with a new franchise Cointelegraph MENA will cover the top news and technological developments in each country in the region in Arabic.

⁠Twitter chases Citadel’s founder, Binance in a race of subpoenas The company is gathering all the possible information on Elon Musk's private claims about its number of fake accounts.

⁠Portuguese banks shutting crypto accounts citing risk management concerns The Bank of Portugal has licensed all of the exchanges that have had their accounts closed, including Criptoloja, Mind The Coin and Luso Digital…

⁠Lido’s market dominance and Ethereum decentralization post-Merge Lido’s liquid staking derivative token has over 90% of the Ethereum market share as the network ultimately transitions to proof-of-stake.

⁠'Insane evidence' Bitcoin has capitulated in past 2 months — analysis Signals that Bitcoin is in classic capitulation mode are everywhere, and each is a "rare event," says Capriole's Charles Edwards.

⁠Ethereum's L2 solution 'Optimism' rallies 300% in a month — will OP price gains sustain? Optimism eyes an increase in adoption after the Merge upgrade triggers Ethereum's "Rollup-Centric Roadmap."

⁠Japan may see a reduced 20% tax on crypto earnings with new proposal The proposal calls for a separate 20% tax on crypto earnings and exemptions of any tax on crypto gains, with losses carried forward for up to three ye…

⁠How to create and launch a cryptocurrency token with TokenMint? To create a token using TokenMint, no programming knowledge is necessary. The TokenMint platform's alpha version provides the fundamentals for creating a f…

⁠Philippine SEC cautions the public not to invest with Binance Infrawatch PH Convenor Terry Ridon said that the SEC’s response clarifies the government’s position on crypto platform operations.

⁠Senator Warren proposes reducing Wall Street's involvement in crypto Warren's letter urges OCC to collaborate with Fed and FDIC to develop an alternative cryptocurrency approach “that adequately protects consumers and t…

⁠Tourists flock to El Salvador despite Bitcoin bear market El Salvador, the first country to adopt Bitcoin as legal tender, has seen explosive growth in tourism numbers in the first half of 2022.

⁠Nansen admits neglecting DeFi plans during the NFT craze Nansen has registered over 130 million addresses and has grown 30% despite the crypto downturn in 2022.

⁠Starbucks teases Web3 rewards program to attract new customers “This will create an entirely new set of digital network effects that will attract new customers and be accretive to existing customers in our core retail s…

⁠Major hacks in play-to-earn crypto games a ‘matter of time’ — Report According to a cybersecurity auditing firm, GameFi projects are putting "profits above security" and pose a great risk to the projects and its users.

⁠Swiping left: Tinder pulls back on Metaverse dating plans Disappointing financial results have seen Tinder lay off its current CEO, slash funding to metaverse development, and ditch plans for its virtual currency Tinder…

⁠After four years, Japan brings back its first crypto ATM Local exchange Gaia Co. is set to roll out crypto ATMs in Tokyo and Osaka and has outlined plans for 130 of them over the next three years.

⁠Bitcoin may behave more like US Treasury bonds: Bloomberg Intelligence Bitcoin markets will behave more like that of Treasury bonds and gold during market recovery, said the analysts.