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⁠We have to be in the crypto space, Mastercard CEO says Mastercard is angling to become the go-to for governments and private entities when testing and rolling out central bank digital currencies or stablecoins.

⁠Large VCs are sidelining smaller crypto investors, PwC crypto lead says Inflated valuations for crypto businesses have raised the bar for small investors to participate in the ongoing innovation.

⁠State Street to launch crypto services for private funds clients After leading Lukka’s Series C funding round in late 2020, State Street partners with the firm to offer new digital asset services.

⁠Nifty news: Polyient marketplace, Ronaldinho drop, and a 'staggering' $4800 NFT sale ... Polyient is launching an NFT marketplace with DeFi features, Ronaldinho has entered the NFT market and Vitalik Buterin has digital…

⁠Synthetix turns on layer-two alpha, launches Olympics betting on options platform Users of the Synthetix-based Thales platform can now bet on the outcome of Olympic events.

⁠FinCEN's new digital currency advisor says crypto's 'just another means of payment' FinCEN digital currency advisor, Michele Korver, believes cryptocurrency is a natural evolution in financial technology.

⁠PayPal set to launch crypto trading in the UK and may embrace DeFi The global payments platform wants to let British customers trade crypto on its new “super app”.

⁠Congressman takes aim at peers who think crypto could cause a ‘financial 9/11’ Characterizing his contemporaries as viewing the crypto sector as a “financial 9/11,” Congressman Ted Budd has warned lawmakers against driv…

⁠MicroStrategy pledges to buy more BTC despite paper loss on its holdings of $424.8M in Q2 As of June 30, 2021 MicoStrategy held an approximated 105,085 BTC with a carrying value of $2.051 billion, at a total impairment…

⁠Bitcoin traders express mixed emotions about what’s next for BTC price Bitcoin traders are at odds about where BTC price may head after it failed to flip the $40,000 level to support.

⁠Okcoin secures regulatory approval in Malta and the Netherlands CEO Hong Fang said Okcoin was focused on Europe as part of the firm's global growth plans.

⁠Taxpayers to avoid obligations by sending mining proceeds to IRAs The IRS has considered crypto mining revenue as part of taxable income since 2014.

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⁠Bitcoin bulls control Friday's $1.7B monthly options expiry Bitcoin's surge above $40,000 boosted the bulls' advantage in this month's $1.7 billion options expiry.

​​Virtual assets trading platform launches Americas unit as part of global expansion As demand for digital assets among institutions and corporations continues to grow, a specialist trading platform has launched a new un…

⁠Altcoins pump while traders anticipate a lower support test from Bitcoin RUNE, QNT and PERP continue to gather strength even as analysts expect a lower support test for Bitcoin price.

⁠IMF intends to 'ramp up' digital currency monitoring The fund will greatly expand to cover all aspects of digital currency while also working with related financial institutions.

⁠Ethereum price can hit $14K if the March 2020 chart fractal holds One trader spotted the fractal, which employs three classic technical indicators to predict an upside trend for Ethereum.

⁠Algorithmic stablecoins show promise of reducing volatility — ShapeShift “Stablecoin experimentation is happening in real-time with billions of dollars at stake in this vast permissionless lab we call DeFi,” reads a new…

⁠Greenidge Generation will use BTC mining profits to build solar farm According to the mining firm, it aims to create high-tech jobs for residents and support local businesses with the solar farm.

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⁠Western nations need better public-private cooperation on crypto, says Mohamed El-Erian The famous economist has warned that western nations risk losing out to China in the emerging digital economy if they continue to b…

⁠COIN price fails to impress as more crypto firms are eager to go public One of the best options for larger crypto companies to maximize their liquidity reserves seems to be by going public.

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⁠Crypto population doubled to over 200M users since January, report says It only took four months for the crypto population to almost double from 106 million in February to 203 million in May, according to a new Crypto.c…

⁠Bitcoin open interest mimics Q4 2020 as new report 'cautiously optimistic' on BTC rally An allusion to the start of this year's bullish progress comes as $40,000 refuses to go quietly as resistance.

⁠Bitcoin hash rate rebounds as major miners are coming back online Restrictions in China have forced homegrown Bitcoin miners to move out to crypto-friendly nations such as Canada, Kazakhstan and the United States.

⁠Bitcoin inheritance tool to use cloud service by Russian Sberbank A new project in Russia aims to enable secure storage of inherited digital possessions like Bitcoin using a cloud-based service of state-owned Sberbank.

⁠EU entrusts $30M to new blockchain and digital assets fund The European Investment Fund invested $30 million in a new $120 million blockchain and digital assets fund, highlighting the sector’s “strategic importance” for…

⁠Cointelegraph Consulting: Rarible’s daily transactions see a rapid decline The daily transaction volume on NFT auction site Rarible has dropped significantly since peaking in April 2021 and has not recovered since.