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⁠Blockchain Energy Trading Pilot Using Bitcoin Sidechain Goes Live in LA A U.S. startup is setting up a blockchain energy trading pilot in Los Angeles to promote electric van sharing.

⁠North Korea Reportedly Using Altcoins to Convert $1.5B in Stolen Funds to Cash North Korean hackers are reportedly using untraceable altcoins to convert stolen cryptocurrencies into cash.

⁠Winklevoss: US Dollar Is Now a 'Funny Money' Endorsement of Bitcoin Coronavirus stimulus failures show just how irrelevant the dollar supply has become and this “a wakeup call” for those not looking at Bitcoin, Cameron…

⁠'Crypto Mom' SEC Commissioner Hester Pierce Voted in Until 2025 Pierce’s successful confirmation was announced on Aug. 6 in a statement from SEC Chairman Jay Clayton and fellow Commissioners.

⁠Bitcoin Dominance Slides to 12-Month Low as Crypto Market Cap Tests Resistance Bitcoin’s dominance has fallen to a 12-month low despite its recent rally, signaling renewed strength in the altcoins markets.

⁠Analysis: Most DeFi Tokens Are Concentrated In Hands of Top 500 Holders A new analysis suggests the token supplies for most DeFi projects are not widely distributed, with up to 99% held by the top 500 addresses.

⁠Why is the ETC Price Steady Despite Risk of Further 51% Attacks? Despite suffering its second 51% in a week, and major exchanges disabling deposit, withdrawal, and some trading services, Ethereum Classic is up 2% over y…

⁠Altcoins Account for One Third of Total Crypto Mining Power Usage An analysis of the 20 largest crypto assets by market cap determined that Bitcoin mining accounted for only 66% of total power consumption.

⁠Chinese Schools Can’t Keep Up With Demand for Blockchain The Chinese academic sector can’t keep up with massive demand for blockchain professionals

⁠Investors Dollar-Cost Averaging Bitcoin Since 2017 Made a 61.8% Return Despite Bitcoin’s fall from $20K, dollar-cost averaging into BTC over the past 3 years produced a 20.1% annual return

⁠Record $830M CME Bitcoin Futures Open Interest Highlights Bullish Trend Open interest on CME Bitcoin futures reached a record $828 million, suggesting Bitcoin price action remains in favor of bulls

⁠Podcast Host Lists Himself on Balancer: ‘EVAN’ Increases 500% in 2 Hours Personal tokens are growing in popularity with the host of ‘Week in Ethereum’ listing EVAN tokens on Balancer”.

⁠Europe’s New ‘Seed-to-Shelf’ Cannabidiol Blockchain Tracking Tool Cannabidiol users in Europe can now trace a product’s journey from seed to shelf with a new blockchain-based tracking system

⁠Rival Bitcoin Cash Camps Look Set to Compromise November’s upgrades to the Bitcoin Cash protocol will also funnel 8% of newly mined coins towards development funding

⁠‘The Enron of Europe’ — What We Know So Far About the Wirecard Scandal The Wirecard scandal includes one executive hiding in Russia, the CEO under arrest in Germany, and $2 billion missing in the Philippines

⁠Ransomware Threatens Production of 300 Ventilators Per Day DoppelPaymer ransomware has been deployed on manufacturer Boyce Technologies’ systems, threatening the production of life-saving ventilators

⁠Raoul Pal: ‘It May Not Be Worth Owning Any Asset Other Than Bitcoin’ The former Goldman Sachs fund manager admits he is already ‘irresponsibly long’ on the crypto asset

⁠Pomp: Goldman Sachs’ Interest In Blockchain Shows Innovation Out of Necessity Anthony Pompliano states innovation inevitability in light of recent blockchain comments from new Goldman Sachs brass, Mathew McDermott.

⁠Nigerian Crypto Activity Has Been On the Rise Since April Nigeria saw the largest influx of activity on Blockchain.com’s wallet since April

⁠North American Investors Vastly Favor Bitcoin Over Other Cryptocurrencies North American investors “disproportionately favor Bitcoin,” compared to traders in Asia, Chainalysis found

⁠Someone Transferred a Billion Dollars in Bitcoin for Less Than $5 Someone paid a mere $4 for a billion dollar transaction, transferred from an unknown Bitcoin wallet

⁠Pantera’s Founder Foresees $100K+ Bitcoin On the Horizon Dan Morehead disagrees with his firm, Pantera Capital, on how long it will take Bitcoin to hit $100k

⁠Kazakhstan May Tax Crypto Mining At a Flat-Rate of 15% Kazakhstan’s Ministry of the Economy proposed a 15% tax on crypto mining as a way to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic

⁠Sundays Are the Perfect Time to Buy the Bitcoin Dip, Data Shows Historical data shows Sunday evenings are the best time to buy Bitcoin

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⁠Alleged Twitter Hacker's Digital Hearing Overtaken By Pornography and Rap Music Someone hacked the digital court hearing of the alleged 17-year-old Twitter breacher.

⁠Ethereum 2.0 Devs Discuss Medalla Issues as Network Stabilizes Ethereum’s Medalla testnet is now stable, giving developers time to discuss what could be improved, reports @shvandrew

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