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⁠A Roundup of Virtual Blockchain Week Leaders throughout the Blockchain space came together to share their views on the future of the industry at Virtual Blockchain Week.

⁠What’s Next for BTC, Chainalysis Criticized, Crypto Fears Kim Jong Un’s Death: Hodler’s Digest, April 27–May 3 Uncertainty over where Bitcoin will go after its $9,400 rally, a well-known BTC educator criticizes Chainaly…

⁠MoneyGram Reports 'Quiet Quarter' For Ripple Partnership Major cross-border payments company MoneyGram has reported a “quiet quarter” with regards to its partnership with Ripple.

⁠MakerDao Brings Bitcoin to the Ethereum Blockchain MakerDAO governance token holders voted to accept wBTC as the fourth collateral asset in the Maker DeFi Protocol.

⁠US Congress Considers Blockchain-Based Voting Amid COVID-19 The United States Congress is contemplating developing a blockchain-based system to allow remote Senate voting.

⁠Block.one Awarded Patent for DLT-Based Social Media Bidding System Block.one has patented monetizing every post on a social media network using tokenized bidding and blockchain-based analysis to determine a post’s origi…

⁠Top 5 Cryptocurrencies to Watch This Week: BTC, ETC, TRX, BCH, XLM The crypto markets are expected to remain volatile this week. Hence, several short-term trading opportunities are likely to crop up.

⁠John McAfee Knows Who Satoshi Nakamoto Is The ever-entertaining John McAfee told Cointelegraph it is “easy” to figure out the identity of the pseudonymous author of the Bitcoin whitepaper.

⁠Bitcoin’s Gut Check: The Time of Crisis as the Moment of Truth If Bitcoin weathers the current financial storm, our monetary system will be on the brink of dramatic changes or even a revolution.

⁠Don Tapscott: Blockchain Enabled P2P Trust For First Time in History In the closing keynote for Virtual Blockchain Week, acclaimed author Don Tapscott argued DLT is the foundational technology of “the second digital era…

⁠Stock-to-Flow Creator Says Bitcoin Is ’Not a Toy Anymore' PlanB, the pseudonymous creator of Bitcoin's stock-to-flow model, explained Bitcoin's journey from a proof-of-concept to a mainstream financial asset.

⁠Bitcoin Halving History: Harsh Rate As a Clue to What Will Happen Bitcoin halvings are nothing new, but plenty has changed since 2016. Can the previous network dynamics provide a clue for 2020?

⁠Bitmain Recovers, Claims Profits Despite Pandemic and Power Struggle Chinese cryptocurrency mining hardware producer Bitmain is now poised for a rebound after hitting a rough patch.

⁠Gold Ownership Has Been Difficult, Until the Days of Crypto Innovations in blockchain technology are changing the paradigm and even the concept of possessing gold.

⁠Social Media Platforms for Crypto Enthusiasts — Talk and Earn Bitcoin Can blockchain-based social media platforms solve the current issues faced by mainstream platforms?

⁠Compound Implements HIstoric Community-Driven Governance Proposals Compound has implemented two historic community-driven proposals amid the launch of its governance token.

⁠Bull Flag Breakout Brings Bitcoin Price to $9,200, Altcoins Follow Suit Bitcoin bulls recaptured the $9K mark for the second time in 24-hours and this time it looks like traders are targeting the $9.4-$9.6K zone.

⁠If You Held Crypto on CoinGather in 2017 the US Government Wants to Give it Back The FBI is seeking individuals who held crypto assets on CoinGather who appeared to conduct an exit scam in November 2017.

⁠Pump and Dump Complaints Dismissed Against Crypto Mining Firm Riot Blockchain’s lawsuits dismissed by a New Jersey judge, ending a 2 year lawsuit alleging the mining firm misled shareholders.

⁠Mining Sector Sees Extreme Volatility Amid Coronavirus and Crash During Q1 TokenInsight reports that Q1 2020 saw significant hash rate volatility and some mining farms fell into negative performance.

⁠Charlie Shrem: BitInstant Was the Netscape of Crypto Speaking to Cointelegraph, Charlie Shrem discussed why Coinbase’s launch was Bitinstant’s deathknell.

⁠Bitcoin Rally Above $9K Stalls as Sellers Push BTC Back to Key Support Bitcoin price rallied to $9,000 but the TD9 on the daily timeframe and lack of volume show traders are reluctant to buy at these levels.

⁠OmiseGO's Parent Company Changes Name to SYNQA Omise Holdings, parent company of OmiseGo, now goes by the name SYNQA.

⁠Africa: COVID-19, Gold Demand and the Gold-Backed Stablecoin Opportunity The third decade of the third millennium is returning humanity to the gold standard, but this time it will be backed with decentralized ledger tec…

⁠Coinbase: Bitcoin Is Superior to Gold Coinbase published a report arguing that disruptions during the pandemic highlight Bitcoin’s advantages over gold.

The crypto industry got (yet) another reminder of the need for decentralization this week, in the form of an Epic Fail from YouTube's renegade algorithm. Who will it boot off the platform next? But Portugal scored some n…

⁠Binance Pooling Up Mining Game Amid Centralization Concerns Does Binance’s venture into mining threaten the integrity of blockchain systems?

⁠Latin American Markets Post Record P2P Volume in April While Localbitcoins trade volumes have receded globally since the platform’s KYC overhaul last year, Latin American trade has continued to surge.

⁠Tracing Global Meat Related Risks With Blockchain Amid COVID-19 To gain transparency and consumer safety, the food-processing and meatpacking plants are implementing blockchain technology to their operation services.

⁠Judge Rules Lawsuit Targeting Multi-Billion OneCoin Ponzi Can Proceed The judge presiding over a class-action lawsuit targeting the executives behind the OneCoin Ponzi scheme has allowed the case to proceed.