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​​Love is in the air today, so take advantage of it and enjoy the HODLday! Wishing you everything that makes you happiest, today and always. Happy Valentine’s Day!

⁠Google joins Hedera Hashgraph’s governance council, demonstrating the potential for enterprise growth and drawing comparisons with Libra

⁠Traders waiting to buy the dip could be stuck waiting as strong momentum in the crypto market could carry prices higher

⁠Steemit partners with Tron to move its blockchain-based platform and token STEEM to the Tron blockchain

⁠Jonathan Johnson, CEO of Overstock, backs Voatz app amid circulating claims of the app’s security vulnerabilities

⁠Ether is currently more overbought than at any time since May 2019, according to one indicator

⁠OKEx partnered with India’s largest cryptocurrency trading platform, CoinDCX, to launch a new crypto futures product in the country

⁠Could Russian lead BRICS countries in finding innovative solutions to the functioning of the current global framework in transitioning to green economies

​​Cointelegraph Consulting releases its first endorsed vendor page for VeChain, featuring client cases, joint reports and tech reviews. VeChain is a top enterprise-level public blockchain platform supporting enterprises…

⁠Google search activity is fast heating up around Bitcoin as it circles $10,000

⁠The U.S. intelligence community is racing to anticipate developments that could usurp the dollar’s global dominance

⁠Fifteen more currencies can be used to purchase crypto on Binance through its debit and credit card partner Simplex

⁠Governments across the Middle East and Africa to increase blockchain spending by 400% in four years, a new IDC report says

⁠Cryptocurrency hardware wallet manufacturers, Ledger and Trezor, have again clashed over which has the most secure device

⁠Despite a reduction in match-fixing, illicit gambling on Asian soccer has increased thanks to cryptocurrency, local sports authorities state

⁠With the Ether price doubling in weeks, the founder of Synthetix, Kain Warwick, has said he believes Ethereum is the reason people are “getting excited about crypto again”

⁠Fed Nominee Judy Shelton speaks about the need for a digital dollar at a confirmation hearing in the US Senate

⁠Nancy Sumption joins SEC Chairman Jay Clayton as his Senior Advisor for Cybersecurity Policy

⁠Blockfolio users can now import their existing crypto portfolios into TokenTax’s automated software

⁠Oil companies are trialing blockchain to slash costs and increase security — “More than 40% of executives in oil and gas sector are considering blockchain.”

⁠Bitcoin price loves Valentine’s Day, historic data shows

⁠Increasing demand from students and employers has seen American universities embrace blockchain - but which one will be the first to offer a full time course?

⁠WATCH: Spencer Bogart from Blockchain Capital says we’re in a new era where almost all development will shift to four blockchains

⁠Tech giants, corporations and governments could dramatically change blockchain tech from decentralized to centralized on their path to its adoption

⁠A Chinese group is in talks to buy CoinPY, one of the leading Bitcoin mining firms in Latin America

⁠Coinbase commerce has integrated Dai for millions of merchants to accept the stablecoin for payment method

⁠South Korean government is investing $16 million in future digital finance experts

⁠An Ohio native faces several charges of illegal activity, including laundering 350,000 Bitcoin through a Dark Web tumbler service

⁠Poloniex starts adding Russian language support on its website just about three months after leaving the U.S. market

⁠Anthony “Pomp” Pompliano suspended from Twitter