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⁠Gaming hardware producer Razer has upgraded its token-based reward system and launched a desktop miner that utilizes users’ idle processing power

⁠Ohio Congressman Warren Davidson suggests building a border wall using crowdfunding, blockchain and “wall coins”

⁠Bitcoin advocate Tom Lee has stated that the fair value of Bitcoin is “significantly” higher than its current price, and could reach as high as $150,000

⁠Basis’ CEO has confirmed the stablecoin will shut down, citing regulatory concerns around its “secondary tokens”

⁠South Korea’s largest messaging app operator, Kakao, has invested in Israeli blockchain startup, Orbs

​​After experiencing a small rebound yesterday, crypto markets are seeing another mild slump today, Bitcoin hovers around $3,400

​​Global consulting group PwC partners with mining company Bitfury to launch a business blockchain accelerator in Russia

​​According to a recently published study, the number of crypto users nearly doubled in the first three quarters of this year

​​Opera browser has launched its “Web 3-ready” browser for Android, with crypto wallet integration, support for Ethereum and interactions with DApps

​​UAE Exchange has partnered with Ripple to launch blockchain cross-border remittances to Asia by Q1 2019

​​USD-backed stablecoin Paxos Standard (PAX) has exceeded $5 billion worth of transaction volume

​​French political deputies want to spend €500 million on state-level blockchain deployments over the next three years

​​The Venezuelan gov’t has reportedly converted pensioners’ most recent monthly bonus into its national oil-backed cryptocurrency, the Petro

​​Port scanning attacks mean some Ethereum users and miners can lose their holdings to hackers

⁠Major algorithmic stablecoin project Basis to shut down operations and return the majority of the $133 million it raised in April, sources report

⁠12 new organizations have joined the blockchain initiative Hyperledger, including Alibaba Cloud, Citi and Deutsche Telekom, among others

⁠A blog post from the University of Oxford Faculty of Law notes the possible precedent for lost and stolen crypto claims following a recent trial in Canada

⁠A U.S. federal court has ordered the founders of crypto startup AriseBank to pay $2.7 million for allegedly defrauding hundreds of investors in its Initial Coin Offering

⁠A major Ethereum software client, Geth, has released a code upgrade that includes an activation time for the Constantinople hard fork in January 2019

​​Russia’s cryptocurrency draft bill will not be edited in any “significant” way, according to deputy prime minister of Russia Maxim Akimov

​​In the Netherlands, cryptocurrency service providers will soon be required to obtain a license issued by the Dutch central bank

​​While the current fall is a good buying opportunity, traders should not expect a vertical rally. Let’s consult the charts

⁠Crypto markets are seeing modest gains, with all the top 20 coins trading in the green today

​​Russia’s Parliament will discuss a bill on blocking suspicious financial websites — including those relating to financial pyramids — that may cover “scam” ICOs

​​⁠IBM Research teams up with U.S.-based agritech firm Hello Tractor to boost the African agriculture industry with blockchain and AI

​​Canadian city of Calgary creates Calgary dollar, allows holders to pay for local goods and services

​​A crypto exchange will be launched in the first half of 2019 due to the collaboration between SolarisBank and the Stuttgart Exchange Group

​​The CEO of Allianz Global Investors, an investment management firm with $595 billion in assets under management, has called for crypto assets to be “outlawed”

​​Chinese tech giant Tencent has opened its payment platform on WeChat for electronic blockchain invoices Shenzhen, Guangdong Province

​​India’s telecom regulator and major telecom firms have completed blockchain pilots with IBM to improve mobile network data records