Cointelegraph

⁠Coil Invests in Hacker Noon to Deliver Streaming Micropayments Coil takes an 8% stake in tech news platform Hacker Noon, seeking to implement Web Monetization for their 10,000 plus contributing writers.

⁠EToro CEO Predicts Market Crash ‘Within 3 Weeks’ — Safe Haven Bitcoin? The largest cryptocurrency’s gradual “decoupling” from stocks may see a major test in the coming weeks, warns eToro’s Yoni Assia.

⁠Cosmos-Based Interoperable DeFi Project Launches on Mainnet With BNB Collateral The Kava decentralized finance project has launched on the Cosmos blockchain, giving users the ability to put BNB for collateral to receive…

⁠Alabama City Plans to Pay Ransomware Group Despite Warnings Florence, AL was targeted by the DoppelPaymer ransomware attack and officials plan to pay the ransom demanded.

⁠Two Sides of the Same Derivative: Comparing Traditional and Crypto Markets Here’s how the crypto derivatives market compares to the traditional derivatives one.

⁠Ethereum 2.0 Charges Ahead With New ‘Onyx’ Testnet Launch Blockchain firm Prysmatic Labs announced the launch of a new test network of the Ethereum 2.0 blockchain.

⁠Binance Reportedly Trades Crypto in China Despite Ban, Says It Runs 'Test Site' Binance is said to be operating a mysterious domain for Chinese traders.

⁠4,000 Chinese Bank Accounts Reportedly Frozen Due to Crypto Connections About 4,000 Chinese bank accounts of over-the-counter cryptocurrency traders were allegedly frozen by law enforcement.

⁠Bitcoin Options Open Interest Rises 50% in a Month to Hit $1.5 Billion Just over a month since open interest in Bitcoin options hit a record high of $1 billion, the latest figures show that it has increased 50% to break…

​​Mobile Crypto Trading Terminal Says It Has 103,000 Daily Active Users A mobile crypto trading terminal says its apps are among the highest rated on Apple’s App Store and Google Play and that it delivers the best user e…

⁠Bitfury to Launch Bitcoin Mining Fund for Institutional Investors in Japan Bitfury is planning to launch a Bitcoin mining fund in Japan following a rollout of the offering in North America last month.

⁠Bitmain Struggle Continues as Ousted CEO Reportedly Halts ASIC Deliveries Bitmain’s operations in Shenzhen are reportedly being disrupted as Micree Zhan forbade shipment of mining devices following his recent takeover o…

⁠Ngrave Launches Physical Encrypted Private Key Backup The crypto security firm has launched officially its new key backup for crypto hardware wallets, Ngrave Graphene.

⁠Investors to File Lawsuit Against CEO of Alleged $17M Cryptocurrency Scam Investors in an alleged $17 million crypto scam are filing a lawsuit with the Port Elizabeth High Court against the CEO of VaultAge Solutions.

⁠Ghana’s Central Bank Confirms It’s Still Looking to Pilot a Digital Currency The Bank of Ghana’s first deputy governor says the institution remains committed to piloting a central bank digital currency.

⁠India to Expand Darknet Policing Amid ‘Operation Trace’ Arrests Indian police are collaborating with local research and academic institutions to inform an AI-powered online portal to aid policing initiatives targeting t…

⁠South Korea’s NH Bank Forms Blockchain Financial Services Consortium The South Korean NH NongHyup Bank has announced a memorandum of understanding to research and develop blockchain-based financial services through a ne…

⁠Report: Less Than 6 Accounts Control 80% of Wealth on Top Stablecoins A report by CoinMetrics has found at least 80% of the entire capitalization of five top stablecoin projects is held in less than six accounts on each…

⁠Former Bakkt CEO Faces Stiff Competition in November Special Election Though former Bakkt CEO Kelly Loeffler’s Georgia Senate seat faces no risk in the June 9 primary, everything is up for grabs in November.

⁠BitMEX Taunts Plaintiff: ‘Incorporated in Seychelles, Come At Me Bro' The plaintiff in a lawsuit against BitMEX has asked a court to preserve thousands of email records that could show the exchange was operating illegal…

⁠MakerDAO Up By 30% After Vote For ‘Real-World’ Loan Collateral MKR is up 30% in 24 hours following the MakerDAO community’s vote in favor of introducing tokenized “real-world” assets as collateral for Dai loans.

⁠UAE Flight Attendant Faces Jail Over $100K Crypto Loan Default A foreign resident of Abu Dhabi is facing jail time after his crypto investments from a $100K loan in 2017 tanked and he can no longer afford the payments.

⁠One Third of Institutions Have Invested in Crypto Says Fidelity A survey published by Fidelity has found that more than one-third of institutional investors globally are exposed to crypto assets.

⁠Japanese Firm Unveils New Privacy Feature For Bitcoin Wallets Japanese crypto firm Freessets announced a new technology that enhances Bitcoin wallet privacy.

⁠German Stock Exchange Will List Bitcoin ETP Investment firm ETC Group plans to list a Bitcoin ETP on Germany's Xetra digital stock exchange in late June.

⁠Bitcoin Still Faces On-Chain Scaling Trouble Ahead, Decred Co-Founder Says Can Bitcoin's network handle mainstream adoption?

⁠MoneyGram Sees 100% Growth Against 2019 Usage MoneyGram saw a significant rise in user transaction numbers for May 2020 compared to the same period last year, coinciding with a partnership with Ripple that began last Ju…

⁠Illegal Crypto Miner Caught After Stealing More Than $400K of Electricity Russian police arrested a 30-year-old crypto miner who they accuse of stealing over $494,000 in electricity from the state power network.

⁠Ethereum Layer-Two Solutions Lack Real World Usability, Says Skale CTO Cointelegraph interviewed Konstantin Kladko, CTO at Skale, to learn about his controversial opinion on why Ethereum layer-two solutions are unlikely…

Australians and New Zealanders Can Now Use Crypto in Vending Machines Major soft drink distributor Coca-Cola Amatil will now accept payments in crypto at its vending machines across Australia and New Zealand.