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⁠Bitcoin Could Be the Next Big Inflation Hedge High-profile investors are concerned about the possibility of rising inflation — and they are turning to cryptocurrency to hedge against it.

⁠On-Chain Bitcoin Scaling En Masse Requires Bigger Blocks, Abra CEO Says Bitcoin can scale as an adopted store of value using second-layer solutions, but not on-chain with its current technology says Abra’s CEO.

⁠Digital Yuan CBDC Momentum Grows as More Chinese Firms Get to Testing As the development of the digital yuan project progresses, the number of China’s largest companies testing the national cryptocurrency is rapidly gro…

⁠Criminal Extradited from Cyprus for Allegedly Stealing Bitcoin DOJ extradites two criminals, one for stealing Bitcoin, from Cyprus.

⁠Canadian Regulator Accuses Coinsquare of Wash Trading Canada’s Ontario Securities Commission officially accuses Coinsquare of market manipulation.

⁠Abra Building Banking Solutions on Stellar Blockchain, CEO Barhydt Says As part of its work with the Stellar blockchain, Abra plans to provide global banking features.

⁠Twitter Promises Additional Security Measures Twitter will add more security training to prevent a repeat of the hack that hit 130 accounts including celebrities.

⁠In COVID-19’s Wake, the New Normal Creates Crypto Opportunities In a global economic recession, individuals and institutions have been turning away from traditional assets and seeking opportunities in cryptocurrency.

⁠Twitter Wouldn’t Be Hacked If It Were Backed by Blockchain Technology The recent Twitter hack shows us that centralized infrastructure is still vulnerable, but DIDs, SSI and blockchains can change the paradigm.

⁠Review: VeChain Community Video Contest 2020 - Finalists and Winners The results of the second VeChain Community Video Contest are in, with quality levels so high you’ll be asking just who is part of this community.

⁠Crypto Twitter Hack Recap: A ‘Wake Up Call’ for Centralized Platforms The recent high-profile hack of Twitter accounts where 12 BTC was stolen is being investigated, and some exchanges may already know who did it.

⁠Cointelegraph Cracks Down on Staff Imposters, Investigation on the Way Cointelegraph cracks down on impersonators claiming to be staff as part of an ongoing investigation with Coinfirm.

⁠Blockchain Spreads Its Vines to Root Out Counterfeit Wines and Spirits When it comes to counterfeiting booze, wine is an easy target. Fortunately, blockchain makes a particularly good pairing with the wine market.

⁠Ethereum 2.0 and Polkadot Offer Alternative Solutions to Scaling Issue Polkadot and Ethereum have an intertwined history, but how does the newly launched Polkadot stack up against the plans for Ethereum 2.0?

⁠Grayscale Hasn't Bought A Single Bitcoin in Over 3 Weeks For several months, Grayscale was buying more Bitcoin than was being mined, but this trend came to a screeching a few weeks ago.

⁠Cryptocurrency Exchange OKEx Lists Polkadot’s DOT Token The exchange also plans to launch additional trading pairs in the near future.

⁠Grayscale Says Bitcoin ETF Only a Matter of Time Grayscale’s managing director talks inevitability of a Bitcoin exchange-traded fund, or ETF.

⁠Russian Cybercrime Surged 25x in 5 Years, Says Local AG Russian cybercrime is up 92% since last year.

⁠Law Decoded: Pushing the Legal Limits, July 10–17 In this week’s newsletter, we look at a series of developments that test the limits of governmental authority over crypto, as well as the contest with social media.

⁠Ripple's Garlinghouse Says China Leads US in Crypto Regulatory Outlook Ripple’s CEO said China is ahead of the United States in terms of crypto regulatory thought.

⁠Americans Are Googling ‘Bitcoin’ in the Middle of the Night 1 AM Eastern time is the most popular time in the US to search the biggest word in crypto.

⁠Venezuela Bans Crypto Mining From Public Housing Crypto mining can harm the country’s electricity distribution, says a Venezuelan minister.

⁠Price Analysis 7/17: BTC, ETH, XRP, BCH, ADA, BSV, LINK, LTC, BNB, CRO Bitcoin and a few altcoins are showing signs of weakness, which could result in a minor dip in the next few days.

⁠About 80% of ETH Supply Is Qualified for Staking, Says ConsenSys About 86 million ETH is held on non-exchange wallets containing enough Ether for staking on ETH 2.0.

⁠Twitter Has Been Trying To Hire Senior Security Engineers for Two Months In the months leading up to the most devastating hack in the company’s history, Twitter was trying to hire cybersecurity pros.

⁠Institutional OG: The Fact That You Can Go 100x Leverage on Bitcoin Is Pretty Wild High usage of leverage in Bitcoin futures is the symptom of a gambling mentality in crypto, argues CMS Holdings’ Dan Matuszewski.

⁠A Banking Trojan That Steals Crypto Is Targeting Latin American Users The “Mekotio” trojan went from conventional banking malware one fine-tuned to steal crypto.

⁠US Law Enforcement Is Watching for Bitcoin Drug Purchases on Darknet The NCIS has seen an uptick in darknet purchases using Bitcoin. Blockchain analytic firms discuss procedures to combat crypto-related crimes, along wi…

⁠It’s Not Too Late For Some Victims of the Twitter Scam To Get Their Money Back The countdown clock has expired for many, but not all.

⁠38,000 People Are Watching a Fraudulent VeChain YouTube Scam Right Now 38,000 viewers are reportedly tuning in to a YouTube live-stream promoting the classic “double your money” scam targeted at users of VeChain VET tok…