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⁠How to build your first blockchain on Substrate? Setting up your development environment is the first step in starting with Substrate. After this, developers can create a small network of validators by updating the runt…

⁠'I have Bitcoin for the benefit of my kids,' says Gibraltar MP In an interview with Cointelegraph, MP Isola detailed Gibraltar’s crypto regulatory landscape and his interest in Bitcoin.

⁠Binance jumps into NFT ticketing after UEFA League fiasco Binance collaborated with Società Sportiva Lazio to launch NFT tickets for all of the sports club’s home matches at Stadio Olimpico.

⁠Lido DAO: Ethereum's biggest 'Merge' staker soars 400% in July — but technicals flash warning LDO has recently witnessed a growing bearish divergence between its price and key momentum oscillator.

⁠CoinGecko open to acquisition but now is ‘too early,’ co-founder says While CoinMarketCap was acquired by Binance during post-2017 crypto winter, the current bear market is not the right time to sell CoinGecko, its COO…

⁠Ethereum dev confirms Goerli merger date, the final update before the Merge The Goerli merger requires node operators to update both their consensus layer and execution layer clients in tandem, rather than just one of t…

⁠Law Commission for England and Wales proposes reforms for digital assets The U.K. Law Commission called for cryptocurrencies and digital assets to be classed as “data objects” in new reforms aimed at fostering growth an…

⁠Crypto mining still profitable in the long-term, expert says Steve Bassi said that a long-term holder may do well mining in the short run and then selling when the block reward goes down in 2024.

⁠GameFi industry to see $2.8 billion valuation in six years The GameFi industry holds massive potential for growth within the next six years, according to a recent report.

⁠Critic of Bitcoin’s ‘one-percenters’ still positive about future of digital assets A financial professor is skeptical about Bitcoin's design but is still very much involved in crypto research and is bullish about the fu…

⁠Critique on Helium’s $6.5K monthly revenue causes a stir The “complete lack of end-user demand for Helium should not have come as a surprise,” noted Web3 critic Liron Shapira.

⁠Japan’s crypto groups call for end of taxing paper gains Danny Talwar from crypto tax platform Koinly said Japan's regulatory environment makes it difficult for businesses and individual investors to hold digital assets…

⁠Experts yet to explain massive spike in ETH active addresses The sudden dramatic spike in active addresses on the network has left many guessing about the cause.

⁠Up in smoke: Artist Damien Hirst to burn 4,851 paintings in NFT project Almost half of the buyers of Hirst’s “The Currency” collection wanted to keep the NFT version.

⁠'Bullish rate hike' — Why crypto spiked today in the face of bad news The Fed’s attempts to reel inflation in by increasing interest rates are usually associated with a pullback of investment activity across markets.

⁠Zuckerberg unfazed about $2.8B metaverse division loss in Q2 “This is obviously a very expensive undertaking over the next several years,” said Mark Zuckerberg.

⁠Pain ahead for algorithmic and non-cash backed stablecoins: IMF director IMF Director Tobias Adrian believes uncollateralized and algorithmically-stabilized stablecoins pose too great a threat to holders and may experie…

⁠Coinbase SEC investigation could have ‘serious and chilling’ effects: Lawyer Michael Bacina, an Australian digital assets lawyer told Cointelegraph that the investigation could see a far-reaching impact on crypto exchan…

⁠FTC files lawsuit against Meta over attempted monopolization of metaverse The government watchdog previously filed a lawsuit against the social media giant in 2020 for alleged “anticompetitive conduct” in its acquisitio…

⁠Square Enix to launch FF7: Nifty Newsletter, July 20–26 The Open Metaverse Alliance for Web3 was created by blockchain platforms with the goal of setting standards for NFTs.

⁠Cuban NFT artists say they face censorship within the crypto market “Blockchain is decentralised and doesn’t obey any governments, so no embargo affects us there”, NFT artist Gabriel Bianchini explained.

⁠Tron Producer Donald Kushner creates Web 3.0-inspired Cryptosaurs NFT collection "NFTs can aid in the documentation of the creator community through smart contracts," said Kushner.

⁠Bitcoin futures data shows 'improving' mood' despite -31% GBTC premium CME futures data combines with numbers from derivatives platforms to suggest that investors are getting less fearful.

⁠Price analysis 7/27: BTC, ETH, BNB, XRP, ADA, SOL, DOGE, DOT, MATIC, AVAX Bitcoin and altcoins surged ahead of today’s FOMC meeting, but will the expected 75 basis point rate hike cap the current rally?

⁠Bitcoin spikes above $22.2K as Fed votes for 75-basis-point rate hike No surprises from the Fed as Bitcoin bulls see rewards for late longs with the press conference still to come.

⁠Steven Kokinos shifts to Algorand advisory role as company appoints interim CEO Former Algorand CEO Steven Kokinos said he will stay on as a senior advisor and be involved in “key projects” related to scaling adoption u…

⁠Tether says it holds zero Chinese commercial paper, denies 85% exposure Tether reports that its total commercial paper exposure has been cut to $3.7 billion from $30 billion just one year ago.

⁠European banking regulator sees 'major concern' in retaining staff to handle crypto: Report José Manuel Campa reportedly suggested the European Banking Authority may be unprepared for regulating the changes that come wi…

⁠NFT domains platform Unstoppable raises $65M Series A at $1B valuation The company said that users have registered over 2.5 million nonfungible token domains through its platform so far.

⁠Coinbase stock (COIN) in danger of another 60% crash by September — here's why COIN could tumble to $21 in the next few months amid Coinbase's insider trading allegations and weak technicals