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⁠Chinese Courts Use Blockchain for Property E-Sealing Courts in China are rolling out blockchain-based electronic seals to protect property from being disturbed or damaged.

⁠Blockchain Firm Bluzelle Uncovers a Critical Bug in Cosmos' Consensus Algorithm Cosmos already patched its Tendermint consensus protocol on July 2.

​​Gibraltar Watchdog Grants License to Belarusian Crypto Platform Currency.cоm obtained a distributed ledger technology license from the Gibraltar Financial Services Commission.

⁠Akon’s DLT Startup to Set up a Blockchain Hub in Kenya in Q4 2020 A joint initiative of Akon’s Akoin and Dutch Effect.AI, the Kenyan Opportunity Hub will promote blockchain education and new work opportunities.

⁠Tron to Set Foot Into DeFi but Fails to Impress Crypto Twitter Justin Sun announced three upcoming DeFi products from Tron, but crypto Twitter didn’t seem impressed.

⁠Trading Begins for New Treasury-Based, SEC-Registered Digital Security Arca launches Ethereum-based trading for new fund based on shares in U.S. Treasury securities.

⁠Ledger Crypto Wallet Claims Purported Vulnerability Is User Experience Flaw Ledger’s chief technology officer Charles Guillemet said that the recently revealed vulnerability is nothing more than a user experience flaw.

⁠App Connects Bitcoin and Lightning Payments Directly to Your Bank Account The Strike app hopes to encourage mass adoption of the Bitcoin and Lightning Network by connecting it directly to a bank account or debit card.

⁠Afghan Government to Use Blockchain to Combat Counterfeit Drugs Afghanistan’s healthcare ministry and several local pharmaceutical companies will use Fantom’s blockchain to combat counterfeit drugs.

⁠Blockchain Travel Platform Lost 90% of Booking Volumes Due to COVID-19 Booking volumes on the Binance-backed travel booking platform dropped by 90% during the coronavirus pandemic.

⁠Bitcoin Realized Volatility Last Did This Right Before 2018 Sell-Off 10-day realized volatility hits its lowest since just before Bitcoin price fell to $3,100 in late 2018, sparking fresh bearish fears.

⁠CEO of Alleged $16M Cryptocurrency Scam Declared Bankrupt VaultAge Solutions CEO has been tracked down by South African authorities and angered investors.

⁠Expert: China's Digital Yuan Will Target the Dollar, Not Bitcoin With its forthcoming digital yuan, China will aim to rival the U.S. dollar, not Bitcoin, say experts.

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⁠China Stocks Boom Bullish for Bitcoin? 5 Things to Watch This Week A turbulent mixture of macro, coupled with expectations of a big move in Bitcoin, could spell an interesting week for traders and holders alike.

⁠Customer Service Is Key, According to OKEx's CEO OKEx CEO Jay Hao recently touched on the importance of good customer service.

⁠Singapore’s Blockchain Landscape Has Grown More than 50% Since Last Year There are 234 companies in Singapore’s blockchain landscape.

⁠Expedia Partners With Crypto Service Travala.com for Crypto Bookings Expedia now allows its over 700,000 accommodations to be booked with cryptocurrency through crypto travel platform Travala.com.

⁠Enterprise Friendly Blockchain Tapping Into Wine Supply Chain Business Symbol from NEM makes blockchain solution to solve wine tampering and counterfeiting problems to save millions for the wine industry.

⁠Bitcoin Stagnates, Criminals Targeted, $288K Prediction: Hodler’s Digest, June 29–July 5 In this week’s Hodler’s Digest, the price level that’s key for a big BTC breakout, and the crypto executive who believes PayPal co…

⁠Smart Vending Machine Maker Popcom Crowdfunds $1.3M Smart vending machine maker Popcom raises $1.3 million through Regulated CF security token offerings.

⁠Brock Pierce Jumps into 2020 Presidential Elections Last Minute Brock Pierce joins the 2020 elections as a last-minute presidential candidate.

⁠Binance Supports Ontology Upgrade, Stops Deposit of NEP5 ONT Tokens Binance to support Ontology 2.0 upgrades and says it will not further allow NEP5-based ONT deposits.

⁠Philippine SEC Warns Against Crypto Schemes Philippine SEC warns against investment schemes including one based on the Ethreum blockchain it says is a Ponzi scheme.

⁠Digital Assets Deliberations: The Role of ISINs in Relation to Digital Assets A closer look at the role that International Securities Identification Numbers may take in the harmonization of standards for identifying dig…

⁠CBDC is the Most Important Trend in Payments Says Visa Crypto Chief Visa’s head of crypto says CBDC is the most important payments trend in the next decade.

⁠Biggest Corporations Sceptical of Introducing Crypto Payment Option Are traditional business enterprises ready to embrace a blockchain-based payments network? Maybe not, according to two research reports.

⁠UNICEF Crypto Fund to Invest $100K in Humanitarian Blockchain Projects UNICEF’s crypto fund is looking for blockchain startups from emerging countries that tackle COVID-19 and humanitarian challenges.

⁠DeFi Offers Potential Investment Opportunities said HyperChain Capital HyperChain Capital CEO says DeFi provides potential growth and investment opportunities for the digital assets management firm.

⁠Casa Releases Results on Server Implementation Test Casa finds ElectrumX to be the “best bang for the buck” for server implementations after test.