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⁠What Top US Politicians and POTUS Election Candidates Think of Bitcoin Cryptocurrencies and politics are intertwined. Here’s what the top politicians in the U.S. elections think about cryptocurrencies.

⁠Offline Staking, Explained Defining the concept of offline staking, what benefits and risk it poses, and how it could transform the user experience.

⁠Barstool Sports Founder Unprepared for Bitcoin, Exits After $25K Loss Dave Portnoy talked a strong crypto game right up until it cost him money.

⁠Bitcoin and Economic Uncertainty: Patience Is the Name of the Game The crypto market as a whole has made tremendous strides monetarily, even though Bitcoin’s price has so far failed to meet the lofty expectations.

⁠Huobi Global Announces Measures to Strengthen Its Presence in Russia The exchange is taking advantage of the growing Russian crypto market.

⁠University of Utah Pays Ransomware Gang to Prevent Student Data Leak This is one instance where the ransomware gang got away with it.

⁠People Have Spent Almost $7M on ETH Gas for Uniswap Uniswap now accounts for more gas fees than anyone else on the Ethereum network.

⁠Looks Like DeFi is Coming to Prediction Markets Would you rather bet on YFI or BTC?

⁠Grayscale’s Litecoin-Based Asset Sees Wild Premium Swings Prices are volatile for Grayscale's LTCN stock asset.

⁠Bitcoin Balances at a 21 Month Low As Exchange Exodus Continues Bitfinex specifically lost 2/3 of its balances within the same timeframe.

⁠Bitcoin Options Open Interest Reaches $2B — Should BTC Traders Worry? Open interest on Bitcoin options reached $2 billion but should traders be worried that the majority of August options appear worthless?

⁠Law Decoded: Blockchains and the Eastern Bloc, August 14–21 As protests rage in Belarus and Alexei Navalny remains in a coma, we look at new developments in crypto across the former USSR.

⁠Equilibrium Offers a Promotional Token Swap for Test-Driving Its DeFi Platform The EOS-based DeFi project is using Polkadot technology to make it easier to recruit new users.

⁠Price Analysis 8/21: BTC, ETH, XRP, BCH, LINK, LTC, BSV, ADA, BNB, CRO Bitcoin and several altcoins have formed bearish divergences, which suggests that the bullish momentum has weakened.

⁠Q&A: What Are Tokenized Portfolios, and How Do They Work? Tokenized portfolios are increasing in popularity — but how do they work, and what’s in it for traders who launch them? We asked an expert.

⁠XRP Is Not a Security, Argues US Congressman Tom Emmer The asset still has no official distinction, however.

⁠DeFi Be Warned: The Short, Unhappy Life of Yam Finance Was Yam Finance’s short-lived rebasing project a useful economic experiment or just another scam? The crypto community is divided.

⁠Coinbase-Backed Exchange to Redistribute Seized Venezuelan Funds A major win for the people of Venezuela and the fight against government corruption.

⁠IRS Plans to Ask Every American Worker if They Used Crypto in 2020 Every American filing taxes for 2020 will have to tell the IRS whether they used crypto this year, according to new drafts from the tax agency.

⁠CFTC Seeks $429M Penalty Against Ponzi Operator Who Ghosted Them While nobody can find the man behind alleged ponzi scheme Control-Finance, the CFTC is asking the court to throw the book at him.

⁠OMG the Volatility! LINK Crashes as $12K Evades Bitcoin: Weekly Recap Bitcoin price faltered above $12,000 as many altcoin cryptocurrencies have seen significant volatility in the past week.

⁠Tesla Stock Breaks $2K as High-Risk Tech Asset Sees Bitcoin Comparison Comparisons are being made between Bitcoin and Tesla as prices soar in 2020, but BTC has a ways to go to reach TSLA.

⁠Bitcoin Ransomware and Remote Working: What the Future Holds With the global COVID-19 pandemic redefining how people work and learn, the possibility of an increase in ransomware attacks is very high.

⁠The Challenge of Taxing Proof-of-Stake Cointelegraph examines the basis of Congress calling out the IRS for threatening to tax proof-of-stake rewards beyond their actual value.

⁠X Marks the DOT: Polkadot the Unlikely Victim of Centralized Exchanges Do major crypto exchanges act in their best interest rather than respecting community-based project guidelines?

⁠US Bank Regulator Sees Potential in Fintech Solutions to Legacy Banking Issues A fintech-positive U.S. banking regulator sees a role for private companies in providing better banking services.

⁠Crypto Travel Agency Travala to Use Binance Chain for Decentralized Services The firm plans to become a fully decentralized online travel agency.

⁠Tether Could Be Enabling Capital Flight From China, Says Chainalysis The East Asia crypto market has reacted fast to news of Beijing’s national digital currency and regional economic tumult.

⁠Major EOS Block Explorer Bloks.io Acquired by Metal Pay EOSIO explorer Bloks.io now belongs to another firm.

⁠Natural Gas-Powered Trucking Could Get a Boost From Blockchain Tech Uniper has implemented a blockchain platform built by Wipro to streamline its liquefied natural gas trade process.