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Zoom Acquires Encryption Startup Keybase to Fix Privacy and Security Video conferencing app Zoom has acquired an encryption app, Keybase, to work on security and privacy issues.

⁠Gibraltar MP: Unless Outlawed, Every Country Recognizes Crypto Payments Gibraltar’s financial minister says every jurisdiction recognizes crypto payments in the absence of policies explicitly outlawing them.

⁠Google Searches For ‘Bitcoin Halving’ Skyrocket to Unprecedented Numbers Google data shows unprecedented interest in Bitcoin’s block halving, far exceeding 2016 numbers.

⁠Bitcoin Acceptance Skyrockets in Venezuela Amid Hyperinflation Crisis As Venezuela’s economy continues to endure hyperinflation, more businesses start accepting crypto.

⁠“I Can’t Wait to Throw Up Less Bitcoin”, Says Bitcoin Cartoon Hero Bitcoin from cartoon series “Bitcoin and Friends” shared his feelings about the upcoming halving and bullish view of his own future.

⁠66% of ETH Hodlers Plan to Stake At least Some of Their Coins Two-thirds of Ethereum hodlers are planning on staking their coins when ETH 2.0 goes live in the coming months.

⁠Bitcoin Went Parabolic The Last Time This Happened A key plateau was reached yesterday that is associated with some of the biggest bull runs in history.

⁠Price Analysis 5/8: BTC, ETH, XRP, BCH, BSV, LTC, BNB, EOS, XTZ, XLM After Bitcoin’s rally, several major cryptocurrencies are attempting to resume their up move.

⁠Global Fintech Firm Launches Security Tokenization Platform Fintech firm GSX Group says their securities tokenization platform is phase one of its global security token ecosystem.

⁠22 More Crypto-Stealing Google Chrome Extensions Discovered A security researcher discovered another 22 Google Chrome web browser extensions that tried to steal users’ cryptocurrencies.

⁠Bitcoin Pre-Halving Hash Rate Volatility to Shake Up the Mining Sector As the halving approaches, Bitcoin’s hash rate sees major volatility. So what does it mean, exactly?

Abby Blumer of EOS developer Block.one takes on this week's 6 Questions. Quoting Piggy and celebrating Boring Bitcoin (Perianne Boring, that is) she tells Cointelegraph Magazine which top 100 crypto projects she's readin…

⁠Algorand Partnership Offers Integrated Accounting to Token Holders Verady will integrate ALGO onto its crypto taxation platform Ledgible.

​​Interest rates provided by DeFi, such as Compound, dYdX and Aave, are more profitable for interest earnings compared to those from traditional finance. Even more volatile, Aave’s interest rates represent better investm…

⁠Belgium Losing $3.2M to Crypto Fraud in 2019 Is ‘Tip of the Iceberg’ Belgium’s economic inspectorate reported $3.2 million in losses due to cryptocurrency fraud in 2019.

⁠Top Experts Make Bitcoin Price Predictions as BTC Halving Approaches Sentiment seems to be leaning to a big upside for Bitcoin following the looming block reward halving.

⁠Tech Giants Are Role Models in Developing Cross-Chain Interoperability Analysis of the challenges and benefits of creating blockchain protocols capable of true interoperability.

⁠Bitcoin Suisse Seeks $50M to Become a Crypto Bank Unicorn Bitcoin Suisse is looking for almost $50 million of funding from investors to pursue expansion plans, which include moving into the banking sector.

⁠Binance Hires Former HSBC Banker and Fintech Veteran to Lead UK Growth Major cryptocurrency exchange Binance has hired banking and fintech veteran Teana Baker-Taylor to lead its expansion in the United Kingdom and Europ…

⁠Bitmain Exec Reportedly Arrested After Street Brawl With Co-Founder Power struggle at Bitmain intensifies as the company’s executive reportedly gets arrested for partaking in a mob attack on the company’s ousted co-foun…

⁠Proof-of-Stake or Proof-of-Work, That Is the Question An analysis of the advantages and disadvantages of the blockchain protocols that are the basis of the entire industry.

⁠Zoom Acquires Encryption Startup Keybase to Fix Privacy, Security Video conferencing app Zoom, the undisputed titan in an era of social distancing, has acquired end-to-end encryption start-up Keybase.

⁠Crypto Regulatory Clarity in India: The Missing Piece to Mass Adoption Regulation is one of the biggest hurdles for crypto in India as exchanges continue the legal battle to establish a clear framework.

⁠Bixin Unveils $65M BTC-Denominated Fund to Get More Bitcoin Bixin Global, a Hong Kong-based cryptocurrency firm, launched a fund of funds with 6,600 BTC, worth over $65 million to increase its Bitcoin holdings.

⁠IDC: EU Blockchain Spending Will See Temporary Drop Due to COVID-19 The IDC has revised down its forecasts for EU enterprise spending on blockchain development in the next few years due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

⁠New Global Campaign Urges Credit Card Companies to Block Porn Sites An international campaign calling on credit card companies to block payments to porn sites could lead to a huge wave of new cryptocurrency adopters.

⁠New Bull Market Signal? Bitcoin Bearwhale Vanishes as BTC Hits $10K The most profitable trader on Bitfinex disappeared after the Bitcoin price hit $10K in a stunning 150% rally since the Black Thursday crash.

⁠‘Perfect Wedge’ Makes $1M Bitcoin More Likely Than Ever — Raoul Pal A move to $40,000 and even higher is now easier than ever, argues the investment CEO who last month warned that “boomers are f*cked.”

⁠3 Reasons Some Top Traders Expect Bitcoin Price to Hit $15K in Q3 2020 Bitcoin price completed a V-shape recovery to $10,000 as crypto traders expect it to reach $15,000 in Q3 2020.

⁠3 Technical Factors Point to a Bitcoin Price Correction After Halving Bitcoin price has risen to $9,887 but is strongly overbought, increasing the possibility of a post-halving sell-off.