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⁠State-run Chinese media has published coverage of Bitcoin, acknowledging it as “the first successful application of blockchain technology.”

⁠Industry stalwart VC firm Andreessen Horowitz will host a free, 7-week cryptocurrency and blockchain school for startup hopefuls

⁠Venezuela, Argentina trade more on Localbitcoins than ever before in their weakening currencies

⁠JPMorgan, the Monetary Authority of Singapore and state investment firm Temasek have jointly designed a prototype multi-currency blockchain-based payments network

⁠$8.7K Bitcoin is still bullish versus last month, says analyst

⁠European Central Bank’s former president Jean-Claude Trichet said that Bitcoin lacks the characteristics of a currency and is purely speculative

⁠Bitcoin appears set for further consolidation to the upside and the weekly MACD suggests that Ether price is on the verge of a strong rally

⁠In this week’s Hodler’s Digest, a lottery winner’s big gamble on Bitcoin, Russia’s ambitious new law to confiscate BTC, and Hong Kong explores a central bank digital currency

⁠Decentralized exchange IDEX announced an “infinite scaling solution” for Ethereum

⁠Reversal patterns on top-performing cryptocurrencies indicate that an altseason might be around the corner

⁠Konstantin Ignatov, the brother of OneCoin’s creator, claims that since going into hiding, his sister has been given refuge by a Russian businessman

⁠EOS blockchain congestion caused by the EIDOS token airdrop prevents most users from having their transactions processed

⁠Ethereum co-founder Joseph Lubin hopes that China’s digital currency will be open and allow for interoperability with crypto

⁠Bitcoin price going to $500,000 and then $1 million, says Bobby Lee

⁠This week’s selected cryptocurrency news from Japan, courtesy of Cointelegraph Japan

⁠Cointelegraph auf Deutsch presents a weekly digest of developments from the German-speaking world

⁠Turkish fraudsters rake in 600 BTC as the country’s president orders completion of digital lira tests by 2021 in this week’s crypto new from Turkey

⁠Tunisia’s central bank digital currency will be issued and managed by Russian blockchain platform Universa

⁠HMRC is publishing a new policy paper for individual and business crypto taxes

⁠Bitcoin hovers under the $8,800 mark as most of the top 20 cryptocurrencies report minor gains

⁠Bitcoin is now under $9,000 but the bigger bullish picture is still intact if key support levels hold

⁠Tether announced the support of podcaster Peter McCormack in his legal defense against self-proclaimed Bitcoin creator Craig Wright

⁠The imbalance in power and access in emerging technologies is linked to energy usage and cost — some blockchain protocols are set to change that

⁠The daily trading volume of Bakkt monthly Bitcoin futures has hit a new all-time high on Friday

⁠If the U.S. Marine Corps is going to put 3D printers in the field so Marines can manufacture spare parts on-site for F-35s, say, then they need to protect these workstations from hackers

⁠10% of MoneyGram’s US-Mexico business is crypto-enabled

⁠ECC gave the Zcash trademark to the Zcash Foundation

⁠Bitcoin price finally breaks under $9K, but is this another opportunity to buy the dip?

⁠Bitcoin is threatening to drag the crypto sector lower. What are the critical levels to watch out for?

⁠Malaysia plans to impose a $6,000 limit on cash transactions in 2020