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⁠Polkadot reveals ‘initial parachain offerings’ to counter traditional IPOs Polkadot reveals details of a new crowdfunding mechanism: the initial parachain offering.

⁠Blockchain-backed food supply chain management solves the problem Blockchain tech provides opportunities for progressive food enterprises to be more competitive and contribute to sustainability measures.

⁠RSK Bitcoin sidechain ports Dai to connect with Ethereum DeFi Interoperable DeFi platforms can help with Ethereum's high transaction fees.

⁠With the rise of NFTs, 'pay to win' games have got mightily expensive It's one thing to "win at all costs," but what if that cost is half a million dollars?

⁠$1 Bitcoin investment beats gold and stocks despite 2020 gains — data 2020 is no exception to the rule that putting $1 into Bitcoin nets investors more than traditional assets.

⁠DBS and Standard Chartered to launch blockchain platform to curb trade finance fraud DBS and Standard Chartered will soon launch a trade finance platform for central banks worldwide.

⁠Port of Rotterdam testing blockchain and AI for renewables trading The Port of Rotterdam's Innovation Dock has been testing a high frequency decentralized energy market for renewables since August 2020.

⁠UK's FCA bans retail crypto derivatives after year-long consideration CoinShares' pleas last year went unheard as crypto futures and ETNs will be soon banned.

⁠Binance unlikely to enter Japan in 2020 after negotiations fail A spokesperson for Tao Tao said it "could not agree on a strategy" with Binance.

⁠Report: Europe’s new crypto regulations pose existential questions for DeFi Decentralized finance “may prove difficult to subject to regulatory requirements,” a regulatory adviser says.

⁠French municipality accepting blockchain voting for road project "The vote will be 100% secure," said Avosvotes CEO Florian Ribière.

⁠Litecoin relaunches MimbleWimble testnet as Europol targets privacy protocols Litecoin's privacy feature testnet returns as news emerges that Europol sees privacy and coin mixing technologies as major digital threats

⁠DeFi indexes crash despite strong fundamentals Binance Futures’ DeFi Composite Index has lost half of its value since launching, while TokenSets’ DeFi Pulse Index is down by one-third.

⁠MetaMask hits 1M monthly users thanks to DeFi boom The booming DeFi sector is driving up MetaMask’s user base, with the popular Ethereum wallet report now reporting more than one million active monthly users

⁠Lagging Bitcoin futures premium shows BitMEX is losing investor trust BitMEX is maintaining respectable liquidity and open interest but the exchange could still face a total client exodus.

⁠SEC bring John McAfee to court over ICO promotion The cybersecurity millionaire and former presidential candidate sees new additions to his legal woes.

⁠Fraudsters are switching from credit cards to Bitcoin, says consumer protection company Scammers are taking advantage of one of Bitcoin's strengths, as once lauded by Satoshi Nakamoto.

⁠These China-based notaries are using the Blockchain to manage their client’s cases They’ve been quietly handling thousands of cases for months now.

⁠Bloomberg: Bitcoin ‘has had a tendency of adding zeroes to its price’ Bitcoin may take twice as long to get to $100,000 than previously surmised.

⁠This country accepts more retail crypto transactions than anywhere else in Latin America Venezuela may have the most crypto volume, but this country bests all of Latin America when it comes to retail crypto transactions…

⁠Long and short positions, explained Unlike stock trading, which makes it more difficult to go short, cryptocurrencies allow traders to go both directions with ease. Read this article to find out the nuances of each of t…

⁠Price analysis 10/5: BTC, ETH, XRP, BNB, BCH, DOT, LINK, CRO, LTC, ADA Traders are attempting to kickstart a new trending move in Bitcoin and altcoins by attacking overhead resistance levels.

⁠Many yield farmers lost more than they bargained for when they trusted this DeFi dev Some UniCats users saw their entire token balances drained due to a malicious contract.

⁠Bank of Canada calls central bank digital currencies risky, especially storage Is risk in the eye of the beholder?

⁠No single blockchain can carry all of DeFi right now, MyEtherWallet founder says Scaling solutions sometimes come at the cost of decentralization.

​​Crypto compliance company now monitors 2,500 service providers globally A crypto intelligence and compliance software company says it helps exchanges and fintech companies achieve compliance in an age where regulations…

⁠Bitcoin pioneer predicts $1T BTC market cap by 2022 or 'sooner' Adam Back believes that Bitcoin could boost its market cap by 400% in under two years.

⁠Centralized data management hampered the global response to COVID-19 Blockchain-supported decentralization has a chance to improve the difficulties for pharmaceutical and life sciences supply chains.

⁠Bitcoin options open interest sets new high sparked by rising liquidity Bitcoin options open interest hits an all-time high as increased liquidity points to investors still being bullish on BTC.

⁠Emerging technologies can change the African financial landscape The ease and convenience of services backed with the emerging techs can dramatically improve the financial landscape in Africa.