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30 July 2020 By Lilly Harvey

Indian PM Backs Blockchain as 'Frontier Technology'

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has publicly endorsed blockchain as an investment opportunity. The Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi, has endorsed blockchain as an ‘opportunity in frontier technology’, renewing hopes that the country is warming to cryptocurrencies. ... Read more

29 July 2020 By Evan Fitzgerald

Hoskinson AMA Reveals Details of Cardano Foray into Africa

In a recent YouTube AMA, Charles Hoskinson gave an update on the promotion of Cardano across the African continent. Charles Hoskinson, CEO of Cardano (ADA) developers IOHK, took to YouTube on July 25 for one of his regular ask-me-anything sessions. ... Read more

28 July 2020 By Dominic Robinson

Binance Isn't Permitted to Operate in Malaysia, Local Regulator Says

Binance is said to be “operating a recognized market” without authorization from the Malaysian regulator. Top cryptocurrency exchange Binance was added to the Securities Commission Malaysia’s list of unauthorized entities earlier today. ... Read more

27 July 2020 By Evan Fitzgerald

Americans Are Googling ‘Bitcoin’ in the Middle of the Night

1 AM Eastern time is the most popular time in the US to search the biggest word in crypto. The hourly data from Google Trends shows that US-based searches for “Bitcoin” have consistently peaked around 1 AM Eastern time for the past week. This hourly data is only available seven days into the past, so we don’t know if this is an established pattern or a new development. ... Read more

26 July 2020 By Lilly Harvey

Opera Expands Crypto Wallet Top-Ups to the UK

Opera users in the United Kingdom can now purchase cryptocurrency directly via bank accounts or digital banking app Revolut. Opera, a popular web browser, continues to expand its cryptocurrency integration by extending crypto wallet top ups to the United Kingdom. ... Read more

26 July 2020 By Dominic Robinson

Binance Coin Gains 17% on Bitcoin in July but Can ‘IEO Season’ Happen?

The price of Binance Coin has gained almost 20% on Bitcoin in July and this spells bullish for the price of the exchange’s IEO tokens. As the price of Bitcoin (BTC) has been slowly consolidating over the past few months, altcoins have been taking the spotlight. Recently, massive moves were made by Chainlink (LINK), Zilliqa (ZIL) and Elrond (ERD) and that’s just naming a few of the more popular altcoins. ... Read more

24 July 2020 By Evan Fitzgerald

Diabolical Malware Targets Windows Users to Mine Monero

A malware called “Lucifer” is targeting old vulnerabilities in Windows systems to install a well-known Monero mining application. On June 24, security experts from Palo Alto Networks’ Unit 42 warned about a new self-propagating malware that launches cryptojacking and DDoS attacks against Windows systems. The software operates under the name “Lucifer”. ... Read more

23 July 2020 By Lilly Harvey

Ethereum Challenges Hackers to Attack Proposed 2.0 Networks

The Ethereum Foundation launched two Ethereum 2.0 attack networks for hackers to break in exchange for a bug bounty. The Ethereum Foundation has launched public “attack networks” for Ethereum 2.0 based on existing stable clients. ... Read more

22 July 2020 By Evan Fitzgerald

AI-Blockchain Platform Creates Digital Assets From Personal Data

KNEO is a new platform for connected edge AI devices through blockchain technology, creating secure private networks which harvest data as digital assets. Artificial Intelligence (AI) specialist Kneron announced the launch of its KNEO platform on July 16, combining edge AI devices with blockchain technology to create secure and private personal networks. ... Read more

20 July 2020 By Lilly Harvey

Ripple's Garlinghouse Says China Leads US in Crypto Regulatory Outlook

Ripple’s CEO said China is ahead of the United States in terms of crypto regulatory thought. Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse said he considers China ahead of the U.S. as both countries wade the regulatory waters of the burgeoning crypto space. ... Read more

19 July 2020 By Dominic Robinson

One Millionaire Really Is Giving Away Bitcoin — But Is That a Good Thing?

Bill Pulte has been giving away thousands in cash, crypto, and cars for months now, but he could be inadvertently helping scammers. Millionaire philanthropist Bill Pulte has given away close to $150,000 this year in an attempt to promote the mass adoption of cryptocurrency ... Read more

17 July 2020 By Evan Fitzgerald

If Crypto Traders Abandoned Litecoin Why Are Investors Hoarding LTC?

On-chain and trading data signal that traders have abandoned Litecoin, but for some reason long-term investors are hoarding LTC. Price wise, Litecoin (LTC) has had a pretty rough year and currently the altcoin is down 51% over the past twelve months. ... Read more

16 July 2020 By Evan Fitzgerald

Diamonds Are (Finally) Forever on the Ethereum Blockchain

A company founded by Jacques Voorhees, father of ShapeShift CEO Erik Voorhees, is offering NFTs representing diamonds on the OpenSea marketplace. Non fungible tokens (NFT) representing diamonds have made their way to the OpenSea marketplace. ... Read more

15 July 2020 By Dominic Robinson

How Blockchain Technology Will Change the Marketing Industry

Blockchain tech has not yet reached its full potential for use in the marketing and advertising industries, but it definitely will in the near future. In modern business, there are no areas left where blockchain enthusiasts will not try to use the technology ... Read more

14 July 2020 By Lilly Harvey

Binance Expands Fiat Gateway to Support 15 New National Currencies

Binance added support for the new currencies through a partnership with crypto asset and fiat money institutional custodian Etana Custody. Major cryptocurrency exchange Binance has added support for deposits in 15 additional fiat currencies to its platform. ... Read more

13 July 2020 By Dominic Robinson

Blockchain Prediction Platform Augur Launches V2 on July 28

Ethereum-based predictions platform Augur announced it would be launching the second version of its platform starting on July 28. Blockchain-powered event betting company Augur says that users of its REP cryptocurrency need to migrate their tokens once a new version of the platform is available starting July 28. ... Read more