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⁠1000 WBTC Minted Today on Ethereum Dwarfs Entire Lightning Network A single transaction today has created more Wrapped Bitcoin on the Ethereum network, than the total amount of BTC locked in the Lightning Network.

⁠Most Transactions on XRP, EOS and Tezos Don't Transfer Any Value Most transactions on XRP, EOS, and XTZ do not transfer any value, according to a new research study.

⁠Cambodia’s New DLT Payments Network Aims to Undermine US Dollar The director-general of the National Bank of Cambodia revealed that the central bank’s DLT payments platform will go live by the end of the year.

⁠Bitcoin Miner Riot Blockchain Racks Up $221 Million Deficit Despite increasing revenue, Riot Blockchain’s first-quarter financials reveal that the company has relied on equity and debt financing to fund its operations.

⁠Most Crypto Users Think QuadrigaCX CEO Faked Own Death Viewers polled at Consensus: Distributed believe Gerald Cotten from the defunct crypto exchange QuadrigaCX may still be alive.

⁠Craig Wright Threatened to Crash The Bitcoin Price … So What Happened? There are many halving predictions yet to come true — among them Satoshi claimant Dr Craig Wright’s ‘long term advance notice’ from 2018 that he wou…

⁠Metal Pay's New Blockchain Allows Bank and Payment Platform Integration Metal Pay, with its new mainnet blockchain Proton, makes different banks and payment platforms compatible with each other, as well as the digital a…

⁠Privacy Indifference is Conditioned, Zcash Company Says More people care more about their data and privacy than companies would like the public to believe.

⁠Study: Communication and Education Are Key To Building Trust in Crypto A study revealed that three out of four people surveyed among two million respondents are not familiar with cryptos and blockchain technology.

⁠Bitcoin Network Is at Peak Health Post-Halving, Report Shows A report indicates that despite concerns over mining after the halving, the health of the Bitcoin network remains excellent.

⁠Austrian Government-Backed Project Will Use Blockchain to Find Waste Heat Spots The Austrian government is backing a project that would let citizens submit data about industrial waste heat spots for district heating, re…

⁠New Cryptic Chinese Operation Instantly Becomes Sixth-Largest BTC Mining Pool A new Chinese mining pool swiftly takes 5% of the Bitcoin mining pie, while its origins remain unknown.

For many Japanese citizens, remote working is impossible due to a 2,000 year-old tradition: the Hanko seal. Workers continue to crowd into offices to authenticate documents - a task some critics say could be easily accom…

⁠UN Paves Path for Sustainability in Seafood Industry Using Blockchain The United Nations has released a report to raise governmental and international awareness for blockchain’s application in the seafood value chain.

⁠Breaking: Telegram Abandons Telegram Open Network and GRAM Tokens Telegram CEO announces the end of Telegram Open Network and Gram following regulatory battle.

⁠Lots of Action but No Bull Rally: Here’s How the Bitcoin Halving Went Down Monday may have been uneventful for Bitcoin’s price, but it was a historic moment nonetheless.

⁠China’s BSN Aims to Reclaim Financial Data From Tech Giants Research Fellow Martin Chorzempa argued that China’s blockchain strategy is entirely focused on domestic objectives during Consensus.

⁠Bitcoin Eyes $9K as Billionaire VC Sees Dollar ‘Deflationary Spiral’ Smoother conditions follow Bitcoin’s third block subsidy halving on Monday, but anticipation is building as fiat continues to wane.

⁠FATF’s Deadline for Travel Rule Is a Bit of a Myth, Says Siân Jones As FATF’s purported deadline for the travel rule is just a few weeks away, crypto regulation expert Siân Jones argues that its adoption could take year…

⁠Shanghai PBoC Warns Chinese Public Against Blockchain Investment Schemes A social media account for the People’s Bank of China is warning citizens against illegal fundraising schemes that involve virtual currencies and…

⁠Anthony Pompliano Says Gov't Response to COVID-19 Will Drive Crypto Adoption Anthony Pompliano argued that government stimulus measures will drive the adoption of alternative stores of value and non-correlated assets at…

⁠Binance Now Supports Deposits and Withdrawals in South African Rand In yet another expansion initiative, Binance adds support for deposits and withdrawals in South African rand.

⁠Blockchain Technology: A Remedy for De-Globalization? In light of the cracks revealed by the COVID-19 pandemic, blockchain is needed now more than ever to create a new global paradigm.

⁠New User Registrations on Binance Approach All-Time High Amid Bitcoin Halving Binance’s CEO said that the number of new user registrations has reapproached the levels seen at the peak of the 2017/2018 parabolic bull run…

⁠Open Blockchains Aren’t Secure Enough for Enterprises, Says Salesforce Exec Security concerns surrounding public blockchains may be enough to dissuade enterprises from adopting the tech, according to a Salesforce exec.

⁠JPMorgan Provides Banking Services to Crypto Exchanges Coinbase and Gemini Coinbase and Gemini reportedly had their accounts approved with JPMorgan Chase in April.

⁠Mining Titan BHP to Use Blockchain for Iron Ore Sales to Top Steel Producer Multinational mining titan BHP Group expects to complete its first blockchain iron ore transaction with major Chinese steel producer Baosteel i…

⁠Gibraltar Financial Services Minister Talks ‘Staying Ahead’ on DLT Gibraltar’s minister for digital and financial services spoke to Cointelegraph about regulating market manipulation in the blockchain sector.

⁠Crypto Companies, Law Enforcement and Intelligence Firms Team Up to Fight Human Trafficking Crypto companies, intelligence firms and law enforcement agencies team up to fight human trafficking through data sharing and e…