The Bristol Pound and the Brixton Pound were touted as the saviors of the British High Street—but their progress as local currencies was cut short, in part [...]
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16 July 2021 14:24
Pontem, an experimental blockchain network for Facebook-backed cryptocurrency Diem, has teamed up with Polkadot-based node infrastructure provider Pinknode to “provide crucial infrastructure for Web 3.0 purposes.” Per [...]
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16 July 2021 14:00
The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) discovered on July 8 a warehouse filled with 3,800 PlayStation 4 Slim gaming consoles when they investigated a massive energy leech [...]
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16 July 2021 13:39
The Chinese central bank’s digital yuan pilot is slowly picking up steam. According to a progress report published today, the People’s Bank of China’s central bank digital [...]
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16 July 2021 11:57
The price of Dogecoin has fallen 19.37% in the last week to hit $0.18—the lowest it’s been since April 23, when the price hit $0.16—according to crypto [...]
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16 July 2021 11:53
Ricardo Da Ros, Binance Brazil’s country manager, left his position just six months after he assumed the role. Brazil is one of a few countries where Binance [...]
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16 July 2021 09:50
Editor’s note: This article has been updated to include an announcement from Hong Kong’s financial regulator. After financial regulators scrutinized Binance’s stock tokens, the world’s largest crypto [...]
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16 July 2021 09:41
Since its inception in 2015, Ethereum has been the dominant platform for crypto companies to build projects on. Its combination of smart contracts and ERC-20 tokens allows [...]
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16 July 2021 09:06
The price of RUNE, the native token of decentralized finance (DeFi) liquidity protocol Thorchain, dropped by about 15% today following yesterday’s attack which saw hackers drain 2,500 [...]
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16 July 2021 08:27
A 22-year-old German man caused a minor stir on Twitter this week when he tweeted a video pitching a “Freedom Phone” he claims will let people use [...]
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16 July 2021 03:01
Axie Infinity, an Ethereum-based monster-battling game inspired by Nintendo’s Pokémon, has revealed plans to support esports competitions via funding for community-run events and a dedicated server. The [...]
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16 July 2021 01:01
PleasrDAO, an investment collective that’s spent the past few months snapping up multimillion-dollar NFTs, is putting its crypto assets to work as collateral for a $3.5 million [...]
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16 July 2021 00:10
