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⁠Women from small cities contribute to 65% crypto sign ups in India Mumbai-based WazirX crypto exchange's latest data shows a 2,648% growth till date in user signups from smaller cities across India.

⁠Coinbase removes ‘backed by US dollars’ claim for USDC stablecoin The Coinbase website now states that USD Coin is “backed by fully reserved assets,” contrary to the now-removed claim of “backed by U.S. dollars in a ban…

⁠Mark Cuban likens shutting off crypto growth to stopping e-commerce in 1995 Bitcoin proponent Mark Cuban is certainly not happy with the tighter rules for crypto businesses introduced in the new infrastructure bill.

⁠US Senator claims support for crypto amendments despite blocking bill Senator Shelby claims he supported the cryptocurrency provisions of the amendment to the infrastructure bill that his sole objection blocked from pas…

⁠Shark Tank's Kevin O'Leary becomes FTX spokesperson, will be paid in crypto Mr. Wonderful has signed a multi-year deal to serve as a brand ambassador and spokesperson for FTX and will be paid in crypto assets and take a…

⁠Man who minted 14M ICX tokens due to a bug can pursue lawsuit to keep them A flaw in an upgrade to the ICON blockchain in 2020 allowed a user to repeatedly mint millions of ICX tokens.

⁠Venmo enables users to automatically buy crypto with ‘cash back’ rewards Paypal-owned payments firm Venmo has expanded its crypto support by enabling credit cardholders to convert their cash back rewards into four digit…

⁠Ethereum supply flips briefly into deflation as gas fees spike A spike in gas fees and ETH burn rates has produced almost 800 deflationary blocks so far.

⁠Fake vax certificates renew calls for blockchain-based solution in Australia Experts are demanding the introduction of a blockchain-based vaccine registry in Australia as counterfeit Covid passports proliferate online.

⁠Coinbase's Q2 profits top $1.6B as ETH volume surpasses BTC’s for the first time Coinbase beat analyst estimates in Q2, after it generated $2.23 billion in revenue compared to estimates of $1.78 billion.

⁠Helium (HNT) gains 40% after $111M fundraise and 100K active nodes milestone HNT price hit a 3-month high after the network’s active nodes surpassed 100,000 and the project raised $111 million through a token sale.

⁠Cardano price is hot, but data shows pro investors haven't warmed up yet ADA has gained 57% in the past 3 weeks but derivatives data shows pro investors aren’t bullish yet.

⁠VanEck takes new approach with SEC, files for Bitcoin Strategy ETF SEC chair Gary Gensler recently hinted he would be more open to accepting ETFs based on crypto futures rather than through direct exposure.

⁠Every dog has its day: Dogecoin and Shiba Inu fetch 50% gains as altcoins rally New use cases and a massive token burn signal that the dog days of summer could be over for DOGE and SHIB.

⁠Teller Finance deploys mainnet on Polygon, migrates 2,200 NFTs Polygon allows Teller Finance to port its solutions onto a scalable network, thereby overcoming many of the current challenges associated with Ethereum.

⁠BREAKING: BitMEX announces $100M settlement with FinCEN, CFTC No mention was made of criminal charges against former CEO Arthur Hayes or any other executives at the firm.

⁠5G blockchain company raises $111M in Andreessen-led token sale Andreessen Horowitz is behind yet another major blockchain funding round. This time, Helium Inc. has raised significant capital to expand its decentralized…

⁠Exchange listings and NFT boom lift IoTeX, Rally and Axie Infinity price Bitcoin and altcoins are cooling off but data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro shows IOTX, RLY and AXS as the top 24-hour performers.

⁠Infrastructure bill passes US Senate — without clarification on crypto "This legislation imposes a badly flawed, and in some cases unworkable, cryptocurrency tax reporting mandate that threatens future technological inn…

⁠Bank of Jamaica mints the first batch of national digital currency The Bank of Jamaica plans to issue a total of $1.5 million of CBDC to institutions and authorized payment service providers as part of a pilot ending th…

⁠Biconomy’s Hyphen enables low-cost transfers between Ethereum and Polychain Biconomy is planning to launch its native token, BICO, in the near future. The company also claimed that it will expand to support over 30 dece…

⁠Cardano faces $1.60 resistance after ADA price hits 2-month highs Cardano joins the cryptocurrencies battling pivotal resistance zones after beating out bears lower down in a broad market comeback.

⁠Status plans to incentivize node operators for decentralized messaging protocol According to the project, one of the pushes for its development was Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin recently encouraging developers to…

⁠Hackers stole at least $600M in Poly exploit across three chains Paolo Ardoino reported Tether had frozen roughly $33 million in USDT from one of the affected addresses.

⁠Major Turkish sports club Fenerbahçe issues fan token on Ethereum Crypto presents an opportunity to create a significant revenue stream for sports clubs around the world, Fenerbahçe S.K. President Ali Koç said.

⁠One Bitcoin now buys 0.6 kilograms of gold as 10-year returns turn negative Gold disappoints on practically every timeframe while heading back towards all-time lows in BTC terms.

⁠South Korean banks doubled crypto transaction fee revenue in Q2 Shinban Bank, K bank and NH Nonghyup Bank reported a total revenue of 16.9 billion won coming out of partnerships with four crypto exchanges.

⁠SEC wants ‘terabytes’ of Slack communications from Ripple The SEC said that the previous production of Slack messages from Ripple was incomplete, and a massive quantity of data has not been collected.

⁠Large hodlers accumulate Bitcoin below $50K as BTC transactions over $1M soar The dominance of Bitcoin transactions of values above $1mm doubled year-over-year, hinting at a rising institutional involvement in the crypt…

⁠Bitcoin ‘golden cross’ due in days as bears draw a line at $47K BTC price Vote day for the Senate infrastructure bill is here, while BTC price action continues to cement higher support.