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⁠Comparing Money Laundering With Cryptocurrencies and Fiat Laundering money with Bitcoin is actually an ineffective strategy because of its complexity and high risk.

⁠Ethereum Is the Best-Performing Asset Class of 2020 Digital assets issued on Ethereum appear to comprise the strongest asset class of 2020 with an average year-to-date gain of 130%.

⁠Theta Partners With Korean Gaming Platform to Reward Its 3M Users The token-powered Esports streaming platform Theta has expanded into Korea, partnering with the popular gaming-centric social platform Ludena Protocol.

⁠Iranian Authorities Greenlight Power Plants Mining Bitcoin The Iranian regulator said that power plants could mine Bitcoin — as long as they don’t use subsidized fuel

⁠Curve’s Daily Volume Increases 50x in Two Months Curve has consistently hosted more than $60 million in daily volume this week, which may be linked to plans to retroactively distribute its governance token

⁠Could Australia Become Asia’s Crypto Derivatives Hub? Grant Colthup, CEO of crypto exchange Mine Digital, believes Australia has the potential to become a ‘massive hub’ for derivatives projects based in Asia

⁠Polyient Games Launches Avalanche-Based DEX for Collectibles Polyient’s NFT exchange will host peer-to-peer trading and exclusive auctions for tokens from the firm’s portfolio

⁠Zeus Capital Reportedly Offers Influencers 5 BTC for LINK FUD Zeus Capital has been offering payments to prominent crypto influencers

⁠Diginex’s Equos Set To Become First Crypto Exchange Listed in US Diginex has launched its new Equos exchange ahead of a merger with the NASDAQ-listed 8i Enterprises Acquisition Corp

⁠Fidelity Calls Bitcoin an ‘Aspirational’ Store of Value and an ‘Insurance Policy’ Bitcoin is an aspirational store of value and an insurance policy against a troubled financial system, according to Fidelity

⁠More Ether Holders Are in Profit Than There Are BTC Addresses in Total Almost 32 million Ether addresses obtained the cryptocurrency below $300 and are in the green today

⁠Bitcoin Is a Better Hedge Against USD Than Gold Bitcoin is a better hedge against USD than gold, making it more attractive to some investors

⁠Russian Crypto Scams Triple in First Half of 2020 Kaspersky Labs and other malware labs have identified a growing number of crypto scams in Russia

⁠Coinbase Offers DAI Holders 2% Interest Dai holders can now earn higher interest through Coinbase than with most bank savings accounts

⁠Winklevoss Twin: Next Bitcoin Bull Run Will Be ‘Dramatically Different’ Gemini exchange founder Cameron Winklevoss says the next Bitcoin bull run will be “dramatically different” for three key reasons

⁠Maturity of the Crypto Derivatives Market Attracting More Institutional Investors Bybit exchange’s CEO argues maturity of the crypto derivatives market plays a major role in onboarding more institutions

⁠Stablecoin On-Chain Activity Explodes as Bitcoin Breaks $11K On-chain activity for Tether, DAI & USDC exploded as Bitcoin crossed $11k

⁠Dubai Debuts Nationwide Data Platform Powered by Blockchain The United Arab Emirates is debuting a blockchain-based Know Your Customer, or KYC, platform.

⁠Trezor Takes a Shot at Ledger After the Hack Trezor appears to take a shot at the competition following Ledger’s recent data breach.

⁠US Bank Regulator: Dollars on Blockchain ‘Better Than Central Bank Monopoly on the Payments System’ Acting Comptroller of the Currency Brian Brooks points to existing stablecoin projects as an example for U.S. payments…

⁠Crypto Scammers Turn Toward Terrorism With A Japanese Bomb Threat A government building in Hokkaido received a bomb threat from a group of crypto terrorists.

⁠Price Analysis 7/29: BTC, ETH, XRP, BCH, BSV, ADA, LTC, CRO, BNB, EOS Bitcoin and most altcoins could consolidate for a couple of days before resuming their uptrend.

⁠‘Crypto in Context’ Program Launches to Educate Regions in Need The company behind Zcash has begun an endeavor to educate less privileged regions on the benefits of cryptocurrencies.

⁠Cypherium to Assist China in Advancing Blockchain City Infrastructure Suzhou City, one of major cities that successfully piloted China’s central bank digital currency, signed a MoU with the Cypherium blockchain platform…

⁠Ethereum’s Adoption Rate After 5 Years Far Exceeds Bitcoin’s One metric suggests that heading into its fifth anniversary, Ethereum has had a much faster rate of growth and adoption than Bitcoin.

⁠WATCH LIVE: CEOs of Facebook, Apple, Amazon and Alphabet Square Off With Congress Tech giants face hearing before Congress that will ask whether they violate antitrust and monopoly laws in the U.S.

⁠Philippines Central Bank Becomes the Latest to Consider Issuing a CBDC The Philippine central bank has confirmed in a virtual briefing that it has formed a committee to look into issuing a digital currency.

⁠Can XRP Price Follow Bitcoin and Hit $0.30? Watch These Key Levels XRP price may see a surge to $0.30 if these key resistance levels and Bitcoin price remains relatively stable in the near term.