Cointelegraph

⁠The president of Venezuela, Nicolas Maduro, is not as pro-crypto as he seems. He just wants to seize the opportunity to promote Petro and deal with hyperinflation

⁠HSBC has partnered with Singapore's state investment firm Temasek and Singapore Exchange to explore distributed ledger tech in the Asian bonds market

⁠Cryptocurrency-friendly mobile banking firm Revolut looks to raise $500 million

⁠The firm behind EOS, Block.One, announced that it will now use its 9.5% of EOS tokens to vote for block producers

⁠COO Adam White has revealed that Bakkt is planning to offer a cash-settled Bitcoin futures contract alongside its existing physically-settled product

⁠Reports show that fiat currency is still the favorite choice for money laundering, with 2–5% of all transactions being illicit, yet regulators ferociously attack AML policies

⁠Satoshi smoke and mirrors clouds a new, anonymous 50 Bitcoin donation to privacy coin Grin’s general fund

⁠Altcoins best bet for traders as Bitcoin stagnates

⁠Thank payment processors for Bitcoin’s future success, Draper says

⁠Bitcoin Suisse is joining forces with EU payment and transaction services provider Worldline to provide support for crypto payments in Switzerland

⁠Cat out of the bag for Ethereum’s Gods Unchained, which has beaten CryptoKitties’ volume record

⁠SEC probe against Gram cryptocurrency launch should be thrown out, says Telegram

⁠Australian crypto firm DigitalX Ltd. is launching a new Bitcoin fund open to wholesale and accredited investors

⁠Evercoin launches “safest crypto wallet” Evercoin 2 crypto at New York Invest Summit, but how does it compare to Ledger and Trezor?

⁠Product specialist joins Fidelity to oversee the company’s strategy on cryptocurrencies, custody and execution services

⁠Seemingly sidelining Libra for the time being, Facebook launches new fiat payment system

⁠One study foresees China's blockchain investments surpassing $2 billion by 2023, with a compound annual growth rate of 65.7%

⁠Cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex is considering launching options trading and a gold-backed stablecoin

⁠The crypto market is mostly trading sideways today, as Bitcoin fights to hold above $8,800

⁠Justin Sun confirms that TRX has been listed on crypto exchange Poloniex

⁠Two former Circle executives and a former DRW executive have founded proprietary crypto trading firm CMS Holdings

⁠Bjarne Stroustrup, the creator of C++ programming language, has expressed disappointment in C++’s use in Bitcoin mining operation

⁠VeChain has gained more than 100% over the past two weeks, leading analyst @CryptoMichNL to believe that the positive momentum in altcoins could kick off a new bull cycle

⁠John McAfee has argued that authorities should not require crypto companies and exchanges to help them control digital currency’s use in illicit activities

⁠Major cryptocurrency exchange Binance has integrated Paxos’ newly released Fiat Gateway

⁠Huobi public blockchain project completes open-source move

⁠CME Group has revealed the launch date for its options on BTC futures and provided contracts specifications

⁠The Central Bank of Tunisia denies reports that it was developing an “e-dinar” digital currency

⁠Abra users set to get access to 90 cryptocurrencies

⁠HTC launches a limited run of the Binance Edition Exodus 1 smartphone