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NBA Point Guard Spencer Dinwiddie’s Tokenized Contract Raises $1.3 Million

July 24, 2020

NBA player Spencer Dinwiddie has finished the token sale of his contract that is hosted on the Ethereum blockchain. The sale of Dinwiddie’s tokenized contract raised $1.3 million which was only a tenth of wha...

Banks In US Now Allowed To Offer Crypto Custody Services

July 23, 2020

Banks in US now allowed to offer crypto custody services. Senior Deputy Comptroller and Senior Counsel Jonathan Gould wrote in a public letter dated 22 July that any national bank will hold on to the specific...

Lithuania Central Bank Officially Issues Digital Coin LBCOIN

July 23, 2020

The Bank of Lithuania has officially issued its digital collector coin LBCOIN, making it the first digital coin issued by a central bank not only in the euro area but also across the world, the bank announced...

Russia Legalizes Cryptocurrencies Terming Them Property

July 23, 2020

The Russian State Duma has passed a bill on Wednesday legalizing cryptocurrencies in the country and also properly defining them. As reported by local news agency TASS, the legislative body approved the draf...

New Research Claims Satoshi Mined $10.5B Worth Of Bitcoin

July 22, 2020

New research claims Satoshi mined $10.5B worth of Bitcoin. Blockchain tracking firm Whale Alert published a study with a new estimate claiming that the Bitcoin creator mined over $10 billion worth of bitcoin....

China’s Supreme Court Calls For Better Digital Currency Protection

July 22, 2020

China's Supreme Court calls for better digital currency protection. A new guideline published from the supreme court on Wednesday, specifies that the legal system should enhance protections over new types of ...

Prime Factor Closes Books as Institutional Investors Wary of Cryptos

July 22, 2020

Prime Factor Capital Ltd., a crypto hedge fund manager, set up by former employees of BlackRock, has shuttered all operations as the retail-driven market failed to convince institutional investors to jump in....

China’s Blockchain Infrastructure To Hit Global Reach With Six Public Chains

July 21, 2020

China's blockchain infrastructure to hit global reach with six public chains. On August 10, a blockchain platform funded by the Chinese government will open its services to developers of decentralized (dapp) ...

Telecom Argentina Under Major Ransomware Attack

July 21, 2020

Telecom Argentina under major ransomware attack. Elperiodista.com, the Spanish language site, cites anonymous employees stating that the attack began last Wednesday. Initially thought of as a small IT issue, ...

French Central Bank Names 8 Partners for Digital Euro Testing

July 21, 2020

The Banque de France has chosen eight financial and tech players as potential partners to test the applications for its central bank digital currency (CBDC) interbank settlements. The named partners are Acce...