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⁠Germany’s blockchain solution hopes to remedy energy sector limitations Germany’s blockchain solution for distributed energy resources puts interoperability to the test.

⁠Bitcoin’s Taproot is ready to go, but it's unlikely to be included in the next release Developers don't want to move too fast.

⁠Armstrong says 'silent majority' supports Coinbase apolitical stance in leaked audio Leaked Coinbase audio sheds additional light on the company's apolitical sea change.

​​‘Govts know digital assets are here to stay,’ upcoming exchange says An exchange with former executives from top banks and financial institutions says governments around the world are beginning to realize digital asset…

⁠New York polls crypto firms on security measures after Twitter hack The New York Department of Financial Services found that crypto firms blocked the Twitter hackers’ crypto addresses within 40 minutes.

⁠$22M in Bitcoin moves from Huobi to OKEx despite withdrawal freeze Someone is pouring Bitcoin to OKEx despite the exchange having suspended withdrawals.

⁠‘Enormous wall of money’ will send Bitcoin to $1M in 2025 — Raoul Pal The largest cryptocurrency will “massively outperform gold” before that, says the Real Vision founder.

⁠OKEx founder reportedly under investigation as exchange suspends withdrawals OKEx founder Star Xu was reportedly questioned by police a week ago.

⁠Top Chinese chemical firm uses blockchain to cut trade financing costs Amid the pandemic, blockchain is alleviating the pressure in China’s petrochemical trade.

⁠Five Russian banks express interest in piloting digital ruble The first pilots of Russia’s digital currency are expected to launch in H1 2021.

⁠Former PwC partner to launch New Zealand ‘Power Dollar’ stablecoin Power Finance, led by former PwC partner, plans to launch a New Zealand digital dollar stablecoin early next year.

⁠Ripple donates $10M to Mercy Corps during annual Swell conference Ripple continues its effort to bring financial inclusion to struggling markets.

⁠Redditors are now spam-farming Bricks and Moons Reddit users have discovered they can farm memes for ERC-20 tokens and earn returns comparable to minimum wages in Sub-Saharan Africa

⁠BTC and OKB plunge after OKEx suspends withdrawals Crypto markets have been shaken after top Asian exchange OKEx suddenly suspended crypto withdrawals in order to cooperate with an investigation.

⁠3 years after the ICO, Filecoin (FIL) rallies 118% upon listing More than 3 years after its ICO, Filecoin listed on major exchanges and rallied 118% but it’s too early to forecast an altseason.

⁠Almost 1M Ether would have been burnt in past year if fee proposal approved The long awaited EIP-1559 would have seen almost 1 million ETH burnt in the last 365 days if it had been implemented, but miners are yet to get…

⁠33 money laundering crypto crims targeted worldwide in 3 separate cases Law enforcement representing 16 different countries cooperated to arrest 20 members of a global crypto-powered money laundering cartel in just one…

⁠Tether volume hits $600B as it attempts to take on Bitcoin as crypto’s benchmark Tether accounts for a huge percentage of transactions and is taking on Bitcoin and Ethereum in a variety of ways

⁠Korean blockchain lobby calls for crypto tax plan to be put on ice The Korea Blockchain Association wants the government to postpone the implementation of its new tax framework until 2023.

⁠Agriculture giants team up on blockchain platform to track grains in Brazil Two massive companies have teamed to create a blockchain platform to manage the agriculture sector and its first test was in Brazil

⁠Crypto Capital's NFL defendant open to guilty plea, but not for $371M A former NFL team owner has been asked to pay $371M as part of a plea deal over bank fraud, illegal money transfers, and wire fraud. He's not interes…

⁠Cointelegraph Consulting: Ethereum’s on-chain activity surges and bullish sentiment spikes Is Ethereum’s recent bullish online sentiment good or bad? Short-term holders are now in the black, is a ‘sell zone’ approaching…

⁠Bitstamp says its users are now covered against a broad web of crime Crypto needs insurance too.

⁠Attempting to stifle encryption is a waste of time, suggests Status security chief It's not a scarce resource like nuclear power, whose proliferation is more easily suppressed.

⁠‘Shorts will be dead’ — Why Dan Tapiero expects a massive Bitcoin shortage Dan Tapiero believes Bitcoin could face a supply shortage if institutional demand for BTC continues to increase.

Cryptocurrency offers a unique opportunity to learn about aligned incentives — and while some builders are constructing ever-more elaborate tokenomic mechanisms, Jack Lu is allowing classical game theory to help determin…

⁠Central banks should be ready with CBDCs, says Bank of Canada exec Timothy Lane says the central bank is developing a CBDC at "a good pace.”

⁠Governments and banks are the only winners with fiat currency, says Max Keiser His doom and gloom comments continue to roll in for global currencies.

⁠USDC set to land on Stellar in 2021 Stellar joins the ranks of Ethereum and Algorand.

⁠Foresight or folly? Data show 70% of exchanges are unmoved by DeFi volume Survey data show centralized exchanges are not worried about DeFi trading volumes, so why are they building their own DEXs?