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⁠Unknown Cybercrime Gang Holds Thousands of Databases For Ransom MongoDB suffered a “Wiping & Ransom” attack that wiped around 22,900 unsecured databases.

⁠TRX in Trouble? Binance Moves $300M Tether From Tron to Ethereum Does this week’s 300 million USDT migration from Tron to Ethereum blockchain mean trouble is brewing for TRX?

⁠Sun Sets on Offshore Banking as Assets Worth $11 Trillion Uncovered The three-year old Common Reporting Standard is uncovering offshore assets on a massive scale, highlighting cryptocurrencies as a potential alternative…

⁠Lithuania to Launch CBDC This Month — Intended for Collection Purposes, Not Trade Lithuania might become one of the first countries to issue a CBDC — but there’s a catch.

⁠Bitcoin Price Rally by 2021 Looks Likely From Five Fundamental Factors Five key fundamental factors suggest that Bitcoin is preparing for an extended uptrend by 2021.

⁠Bitfinex Investor Reportedly Detained by the Chinese Authorities Zhao Dong was taken in custody by the police with no official statement as to his detention.

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⁠Blockchain Is the Leading Agent in Our Advance Toward Industry 4.0 Blockchain is a revolutionary technology swiftly disrupting many industries, and it could answer some of the most pressing efficiency concerns in the co…

⁠Tesla Stock Surpasses $1,200 — Now 30% Higher Than Bitcoin Market Cap The stock price of Tesla surpassed $1,200 in pre-market, and is now 30% higher than the market cap of Bitcoin.

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⁠Algorand Joins Blockchain Gaming Alliance After Bringing Chess to DLT Algorand to provide creation of nonfungible tokens for the gaming industry within the Blockchain Game Alliance.

⁠The Rise of Virtual Hackathons: Tackling Blockchain Challenges Online Virtual hackathons may allow developers to solve technical problems and create new solutions, yet it’s not all easy going for these online events.

⁠Data Startup Wants to Rank Every Cryptocurrency Product From Media to Wallets Nomics wants to provide an algorithmic ranking for every cryptocurrency product category from wallets to crypto media outlets.

⁠Chainlink Expected to Spend $25M More on Development Than Ethereum According to the latest report from Flipside Crypto, Chainlink is expected to spend $20 million more than Ethereum on ecosystem development this year.

⁠Blockchain Explorer to Educate Users With a Bitcoin Transaction Privacy Score Multi-blockchain explorer Blockchair has added a privacy score for each Bitcoin transaction with the goal of educating users on how to not re…

⁠Russia's Blockchain Voting System Let Users Decrypt Results Before Count According to local reports, the blockchain-based system allowed constituents to decipher their own private votes or let third-parties do so.

⁠Sri Lanka Central Bank Selects Shortlist for Blockchain Proof-of-Concept Sri Lanka’s central bank has selected a shortlist of three firms to develop a proof-of-concept for a shared Know Your Customer facility using bloc…

⁠Blockchain Exec Says Decentralized Platforms Won't Necessarily Replace YouTube While decentralized platforms provide a viable alternative to YouTube, Theta Labs' Wes Levitt believes there is still a place for centralize…

⁠Bitcoin, Stocks at Risk as Dr. Fauci Predicts 100K Daily New COVID Cases Stocks and Bitcoin prices could correct sharply if Dr. Anthony Fauci’s dire coronavirus warning plays out.

⁠S2F Bitcoin Price Prediction Model as Accurate as Astrology, Says Exec Before crypto analyst PlanB released another ‘red dot’ for its stock-to-flow chart, critics of the prediction model were voicing skepticism.

⁠Public Mint Launches, Announces 200 Banks Are On Board Public Mint wants its tokenized fiat currencies to power DeFi-like open financial applications.

⁠‘Boring’ Bitcoin Hits Multiple Year-to-Date Highs Bitcoin hit new heights on a variety of metrics today, despite some characterising the cryptocurrency as ‘boring’.

⁠Brazil Eases WhatsApp Ban — But It’s Still Suspended Despite Brazilian regulators lifting a suspension on WhatsApp’s payments, the country’s central bank is still blocking the launch.

⁠Lebanese Pound Falls 50% in Ten Days — Now Worth One Satoshi A deepening monetary crisis has seen Lebanon’s national currency plummet a further 50% over the last ten days to reach parity with a single satoshi.

⁠Court Likens Coinbase to a ‘Traditional Bank’ in Child Porn Appeal Case A court has likened Coinbase to a “traditional bank” in rejecting an appeal from a convicted child porn purchaser who appealed using the Fourth Ame…

⁠Binance Security Report Sheds Light On Crypto Scams A report released by crypto exchange Binance illustrates how scams targeting cryptocurrency investors attempt to gain credibility.

⁠Boomer and Gen-X Interest in Bitcoin Surges During Pandemic Boomers and Gen-X investors have increased their Bitcoin investments by a factor of nine since the start of the global lockdown.

⁠Pomp Converts Comedian Bill Burr: ‘I’m getting Bitcoin! F—- this!’ Comedian Bill Burr has seen the light after hearing Anthony Pompliano explain the disadvantages of legacy systems.

⁠LocalBitcoins Revenue Up 10% Despite KYC Impacting Market Share LocalBitcoins reported a 10% increase in annual revenue for 2019 despite the platform's KYC overhaul impacting trade volume on the platform.

⁠Russian Court: Theft Of 100 BTC Isn’t A Crime Because Bitcoin Isn’t Property A Russian court turned down a request from a victim of a 100 Bitcoin theft seeking restitution, with the court arguing that cryptocurrencies h…