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⁠Satoshi Invented GPU Mining to Defend the Network Says Early Dev According to an early Bitcoin dev, Satoshi prepared several versions of GPU mining code to defend Bitcoin against a 51% attack.

⁠Alibaba Signs Blockchain-Related Deal With Chinese Port Operator The biggest port operator in China joined the e-commerce giant and Ant Financial to strengthen blockchain’s adoption across the port industry.

⁠Congress Fears US Is Losing Battle to Malware and Darkweb Cyberweapons As COVID-19 has the financial system more internet-dependent than ever, Congress is worried that the United States’ cyber defenses are not up to the…

⁠JPMorgan Chase Settles Crypto Credit Card Lawsuit for $2.5M JPMorgan Chase recently came to terms on a lawsuit from 2018 involving added fees for crypto purchases using credit cards.

⁠Emin Gün Sirer’s AVA Labs to Distribute 2M Tokens Ahead of Full Launch A new DeFi and enterprise blockchain app protocol, AVA Labs, will distribute 2 million tokens in a final testnet before mainnet launch in summer.

⁠Not Your Tulip Trust? Message Calling Craig Wright ‘Fraud’ May Unlock the Case Legal experts say a message in Bitcoin addresses linked to the Tulip Trust could be used against Craig Wright in his case with Kleiman estat…

You can store Bitcoin for years. You can store oysters for hours. Both are front of mind for this week's 6 Questions guest, Ledger CEO Pascal Gauthier, who explains why DeFi needs to be clearer if it's to be the next big…

⁠Blockchain Battery Grids Are Powering Up at Lightning Speed Equigy, a blockchain platform for managing batteries connected to the electric grid, is expanding its operations in the European Union.

⁠Coinbase Investor and Fundstrat Analyst Explain Why Goldman Sachs Is Incorrectly Assessing Bitcoin Here’s why Goldman’s approach to Bitcoin is ‘stale’ and ‘hasn’t evolved much.’

⁠ASIC Repair Technician Certification Coming to the US Bitmain and Core Scientific partner to offer the first certification courses in the U.S.

⁠The Big Four Are Gearing Up to Become Crypto and Blockchain Auditors Professional service giants like the Big Four are innovating in the blockchain and crypto space. Is it enough to make an impact?

⁠'New Google' Settles With SEC For $29 Million A company that was heralded as the “New Google” settles with the SEC, agreeing to return $29 million to ICO investors, in addition to a $400,000 penalty.

⁠UK Court Drops Craig Wright's Appeal Against Roger Ver Calling Wright a “fraud” is not a UK-related matter, the Court of Appeal of England and Wales rules.

⁠NGRAVE Hard Wallet Hits 450% of Crowdfunding Goal Within Two Days A hardware wallet’s IndieGoGo crowdfunding campaign reached 450% of its target funding amount within two days of launch.

⁠The Worst Crisis in a Century Is Setting the Stage for Bitcoin The world’s existing economies are suffering due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which has revealed the main benefits of decentralized tech and crypto.

⁠Maker Rallies 30% in One Hour Amid Upcoming Coinbase Pro Listing The price of Maker has surged 30% in less than one hour following news of forthcoming listings on Coinbase Pro.

⁠SEC Orders ICO Startup to Return $25.5M to Investors The United States Securities and Exchange Commission ordered crypto firm BitClave to return $25.5 million to investors.

⁠Cryptocurrency Documentary to Air on Discovery Science Channel “Open Source Money,” a documentary series on a crypto firm fully financed with cryptocurrency will air on cable television in the United States.

⁠Digital Dollar Project Releases White Paper Laying Out Groundwork for US CBDC A U.S. think tank working towards a digitized dollar has released a white paper detailing inaugural aims and use cases for a central bank dig…

⁠Crypto Users Could Soon Receive Interest From Two DeFi Protocols at Once The Aave protocol has introduced Uniswap tokens as a collateral form, which opens the door to the somewhat risky practice of leveraged liquidity p…

⁠China’s TON Community to Launch Their Own Blockchain Network As the official TON team transfers the TON development to “free source community,” the Chinese TON Community launches their own TON network.

⁠Ethereum Significantly Less Private Than Bitcoin, New Research Shows Ethereum transactions are even easier to de-anonymize than Bitcoin due to its specifics, but a lot of it comes down to careful usage of mixing tools.

⁠False Alarm? Bitcoin Upsurge to $9,600 Is a Weak Futures Driven Rally The price of Bitcoin rejected $9,600 as data shows the futures market led the BTC rally from $8,700 to $9,600.

⁠South Korea's ICON Releases Blockchain Interoperability Protocol South Korea’s largest public blockchain, ICON, has released its Blockchain Transmission Protocol, allowing individual blockchains to interact and communic…

⁠Coinbase Now Supports Tezos Staking Rewards for UK and Some EU Users Major crypto exchange Coinbase is rolling out Tezos staking rewards for users in the United Kingdom and three European countries.

⁠Canadian University Adds Two Blockchain Programs to Meet Job Demands Canada-based York University will start two new blockchain education programs in September 2020 in order to meet rising demand for professionals in th…

⁠Messari: XRP Inflation Rate Five Times Higher Than Bitcoin’s According to data research firm Messari, Ripple’s selloff causes inflation to hit 20% — five times that of Bitcoin, inflicting downward price pressure.

⁠Bitcoin Shrugs Off Goldman Sachs’ Criticism With Price Spike The crypto community has laughed off Goldman Sachs’ outdated analysis, with the Bitcoin price increasing more than 8% since.

⁠Bitcoin Price Rallies to $9.6K as Record CME BTC Contracts Expiry Looms Bitcoin’s strong rally to $9,600 increases the chance of BTC reclaiming $10K but tomorrow’s CME BTC contracts expiry is an event to monitor.