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⁠Bakkt Bitcoin futures smashes daily volume record by 36% Despite the milestone, Bakkt’s future volumes pale in comparison to those of top crypto exchanges Binance and Huobi.

⁠Philippines SEC warns of 'cloud mining' Ponzi related to Bitcoin Vault The Philippines SEC has identified ‘Mining City’ as a Ponzi scheme and warned promoters of the scam that they could face up to 21 years imprisonment…

⁠Suspended ePayments platform will relaunch without crypto ePayments is preparing to relaunch but there will be no crypto or peer-to-peer payments.

⁠Yam Finance readies for less-disastrous relaunch Yam is gearing up for its V3 release later this week after undergoing a security audit from PeckShield.

⁠Regulatory risks grow for DeFi as a 'money laundering haven' DeFi could fall under regulatory pressure if it is seen as a haven for money laundering.

⁠Privacy coins ‘pose less risk of money laundering than other coins’ Privacy coins aren’t a major money laundering risk a new white paper argues.

⁠Russian star transfers song rights on blockchain as major labels watch Russian musician Oleg Kenzov transferred the digital rights to one of his songs through a government-backed blockchain platform.

⁠Binance US on track to launch in all 50 states by 2021 ‘100% coverage is our goal,’ said Binance US.

⁠China’s Blockchain Service Network integrates three more public chains China’s BSN is moving forward with its plans.

⁠Kiss front man Gene Simmons suggests he’s working to make crypto more accessible What could the rockstar be cooking up for the blockchain industry?

⁠Tassat will be able to launch Bitcoin swaps after all, says CFTC The fintech firm was supposed to reinstate its CFTC registration after 12 months of no trading but will not have to face an enforcement action.

⁠Germany-based gaming company releases RPG on the Litecoin blockchain “It’s the first major game that utilizes the Litecoin blockchain for all of its interactions,” said LTC creator Charlie Lee.

⁠Venezuelans are running out of crypto P2P trading options What will happen to foreign P2P marketplaces operating in Venezuela?

⁠eToro, BlockFi & Nexo capitalize on Brave ads for ‘unmatched engagement’ What do eToro, Nexo, BlockFi have in common with underwear?

⁠7.6B more ADAs were transferred to Binance with its price shedding 30% Did ADA holders decide it was time to cash out some of the gains they made in the proceeding bull months?

⁠Algorand staking now compatible with Ledger wallet's desktop software Self-custody staking arrives for Ledger's hardware wallets.

⁠Unikrn ICO faces further SEC action Another remnant of 2017 gets hit by regulation.

⁠Blockchain gaming project seeks to go mainstream with new Matic Network migration The company hopes to solve issues that were prevalent on its previous mainnet.

⁠Fight fire with fire: MIT scholar suggests ETC counters 51% attacks Game theory suggests ways for Ethereum Classic to deter double-spend assaults, say MIT researchers.

⁠First ICO mandating buyers to ‘use’ tokens is successful, collects $5M The average contribution was just over $1,300.

⁠Tron legitimized a project before it pulled an exit scam, community says Tron’s primary DeFi project whitelisted what looks like a scam.

⁠Bitcoin price charts hint $11K will likely cause trouble for BTC bulls The price of Bitcoin is regaining bullish momentum, however, the critical resistance level around $11,000 may remain intact for an extended period.

⁠Where does the next Japanese prime minister stand on crypto? Yoshihide Suga is set to replace retiring PM Shinzo Abe.

⁠Polkadot DeFi developers may soon get a new oracle provider with historic data Polkadot snatches yet another oracle provider from a different blockchain.

⁠BitPay decides to let all employees work from home permanently Crypto seems to thrive on remote work.

⁠Nearly 30,000 blockchain votes were recorded in Russian elections — the most ever Has Russia fixed its elections with permissioned blockchain technology from Waves?

⁠State-by-state licensing for crypto and payments firms in the US just got much easier New money transmitter licensing promises to roll 40 states into a single exam and license.

⁠Web 3.0 would enable new possibilities and opportunities Web 3.0 will certainly be a step toward a more decentralized, immutable and censorship-resistant version of the web.

⁠MicroStrategy makes good on promise to buy another 17K Bitcoin MicroStrategy is competing with Grayscale in Bitcoin acquisition race according to Barry Silbert.

⁠Alleged crypto Ponzi scheme targeting Spanish speakers freezes user funds Researchers are warning that the supposed scheme could have swindled billions.