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​​European Crypto Cards Reactivate as FCA Allows Wirecard to Resume Operation Crypto.cоm and TenX’s crypto debit cards are usable again as U.K. regulators allow Wirecard to resume “regulated activity."

⁠Canada's Digital Dollar Should Focus on Inclusion and Accessibility, Say Experts Experts from the Bank of Canada have released their thoughts on how a digital dollar should be available to all Canadians.

⁠California University Pays Million-Dollar Crypto Ransom The University of California at San Francisco has paid a million-dollar ransom following unsuccessful negotiations with a ransomware hacker group.

⁠LCX and LunarCRUSH Partner to Provide Crypto Market Insights The announcement from LCX and LunarCRUSH states the partnership will provide data for better crypto trading and investment decisions.

⁠Bitcoin’s ROI Since 2015 Outperforms Five Major Indices by 70X Analyst Justinas Baltrusaitis says Bitcoin’s return on investment from 2015 to 2020 puts the digital asset ahead of many traditional markets.

⁠Soramitsu Starts Testing ‘White Tiger’ Digital Currency in Japan A Nikkei article states that Soramitsu will start testing its ‘White Tiger’ digital currency for retailers at a university in Fukushima.

⁠Blockchain Prediction Platform Augur Launches V2 on July 28 Ethereum-based predictions platform Augur announced it would be launching the second version of its platform starting on July 28.

⁠Researchers Say New Lightning Network Attack Could Create ‘Chaos’ The Lightning Network is susceptible to attacks that could drain Bitcoin wallets by flooding the blockchain.

⁠Ethereum Volatility Drops Below Bitcoin’s but ETH Options Are Bearish Ethereum’s implied volatility dropped below Bitcoin's for the first time ever, but is this a bullish or bearish development?

⁠Bitcoin as a tool to fight authoritarian regimes: Vladimir Putin critic explains Professor of Economics, Sergei Guriev, told Cointelegraph how Bitcoin can be used as a tool to combat authoritarian regimes.

⁠Qtum Preps for Mainnet Hard Fork With New Testnet Event Qtum completed a testnet hard fork prior to launching its mainnet hard fork.

⁠Researchers Say Ransomware Attacks on the Rise As More People Work From Home Proofpoint research shows that phishing-based ransomware attacks are on the rise amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

⁠Class Action Alleges Visa-Acquired Co Was ‘Data Plumbing’ Venmo, Cash App & More A new class action alleges that Plaid, which Visa recently bought for over $5 billion, had unparalleled access to the financial informatio…

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⁠Switzerland Won’t Amend Tax Law in Regard to Blockchain in Near Future Switzerland does not need to amend its current tax legislation to cover blockchain-based arrangements, the Federal Council believes.

"New funding models could change the dominance of major platforms. New gaming models could change the way we play. New revenue models could change the way value is accrued." When you consider that gaming is already one o…

⁠International Authorities Work Together to Take Down Crypto-Funded Child Porn Ring The Spanish authorities arrested several individuals related to ongoing investigations against crypto-driven child porn sites in the dar…

⁠Compound’s COMP Token Takes DeFi by Storm, Now Has to Hold Top Spot Compound’s COMP token has been wildly successful in the initial period since launching. What’s behind it, and is it sustainable?

⁠Hacker Steals Balancer’s COMP Allowance in Second Attack Within 24 Hours Balancer hacked twice within 24 hours, though this time the sum is relatively small.

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⁠Bitcoin Dormant Supply Metric Mirrors 2016 Run-Up to $20K BTC Price 61% of the Bitcoin supply has stayed in the same place for a year or more — the only time that happened was before its all-time highs.

⁠The US Plan to Monitor Illegal Crypto Activities More Sufficiently U.S. agencies sought millions of dollars in new funding to bolster national and international cryptocurrency investigations.

⁠OKEx Announced The Listing of Compound DeFi Protocol's COMP Token COMP spot trading against USDT started at 6 AM UTC today.

⁠Chances of Indian Crypto Ban Low Compared to 2019, Says Crypto Veteran The CEO of CoinSwitch shares his insights about the possibility of a cryptocurrency blanket ban in India.

⁠Beyond Bitcoin: How Advances in Blockchain Can Improve Our Financial Ecosystem Speed, reliability and availability are the cornerstones of modern finance, and DeFi has the potential to enhance and even supplant traditio…

⁠Hackathons Benefit From Blockchain Voting, Rewards and Transparency TAIKAI has announced that it will use the Telos network to facilitate a secure and auditable voting mechanism to evaluate and reward stakeholders in ha…

⁠Kyber Network Sets Date for Launch of Katalyst Protocol Upgrade The Katalyst protocol upgrade will include the changes in the in-house token model to attract more participants.

⁠Russia's Blockchain Based E-Vote System Suffers Node Attack The Bitfury-powered blockchain for the Russian constitutional amendments was reportedly attacked over the weekend.

⁠DeFi Protocol Balancer Hacked Through Exploit It Seemingly Knew About A spat between the Balancer and STA team following the $500,000 hack suggests that the DeFi protocol was aware of the weakness.

⁠Shareholders File Criminal Complaint Against EY for Alleged Role in Wirecard Scandal Shareholders in German fintech Wirecard are taking legal action against Big Four auditor EY in the fallout from the scandal now engulf…