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🌐 According to a recent investor update, the Telegram Open Network (TON) is now 90% complete, with the test network scheduled to launch next month.
via The Block

🤝 Cryptocurrency brokerage startup Voyager is going public in Canada through structuring the deal with an inactive mineral exploration company as a reverse merger.
via CoinDesk

👥 A recent survey of Amazon customers found that 12.7 percent of respondents would feel comfortable purchasing cryptocurrencies under the company’s brand.
via Investing.com

🇰🇷 South Korea’s central bank stated in its latest report that the issuance of a central bank digital currency (CBDC) would lead to a decrease in liquidity and growth in interest rates.
via Bitcoin.com

💸 CENTRE Consortium released a report claiming that USD Coin (USDC) is the second-largest stablecoin, with over 5.5 billion tokens transferred on-chain as of the end of the previous month.
via Cointelegraph
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🔍 Canada’s largest securities regulator has started looking into the infamous Canadian cryptocurrency exchange, QuadrigaCX.
via Reuters

🗓 The launch date of the Intercontinental Exchange’s long-awaited Bakkt platform remains unclear.
via Cointelegraph

🇧🇷 A Brazil-based cryptocurrency exchange Mercado Bitcoin has won a case over the closure of its bank account.
via Bitcoin.com

🇲🇺 An African state of Mauritius will introduce licensing of digital asset custodians in an attempt to become the region’s fintech hub.
via CoinDesk

💧 IBM has started piloting the blockchain technology for monitoring groundwater usage in the U.S. state of California.
via Forbes
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💵 Despite the returning of funds, investors who used Bitcoin and Ether—and not the U.S. dollar—to buy into the failed stablecoin project Basis at the pre-sale report significant losses due to the cryptocurrency market slump.
via The Block

📉 Median transaction fees on the Bitcoin network have dropped to the 2014 levels.
via Cointelegraph

🤝 General Motors Financial has partnered with a blockchain startup Spring Labs aiming to combat identity fraud.
via Forbes

🗓 Square CEO Jack Dorsey has said “it’s not an ‘if,’ it’s more of a ‘when’” regarding the company’s possible integration with the Lighting network.
via CoinDesk

🇵🇭 Major Philippines bank Union Bank has announced the launch of the country’s first two-way cryptocurrency ATM.
via ccn
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💴 Japan-based IT giant GMO Internet has announced that it will issue a Japanese yen-pegged stablecoin dubbed GYEN by the end of the year.
via Cointelegraph

🗓 Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange by daily trading volume, plans to release its decentralized exchange for public testing on February 20.
via Twitter

👁‍🗨 According to a recent analysis, more than 85% of the Monero network is currently dominated by ASIC miners.
via Bitcoin.com

👋 A co-founder of China-based Bitcoin mining hardware manufacturer Canaan has decided to step down from his position as a board member due to having a different opinion on the firm’s strategy.
via CoinDesk

👩‍⚖️ LocalBitcoins, the world’s largest peer-to-peer cryptocurrency exchange, has announced it will comply with the European Union’s new anti-money laundering directive.
via The Block
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🔙 A California-based asset manager Reality Shares has withdrawn its exchange-traded fund proposal that, if approved, would have included Bitcoin futures.
via CoinDesk

🇺🇸 The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has named cryptocurrency surveillance practices one of its top examination priorities for registrants.
via Cointelegraph

👁‍🗨 NASDAQ has announced the launch of two new indices tracking Bitcoin (BTC) and Ether (ETH) prices.
via Bitcoin.com

📉 Japanese IT giant GMO Internet’s cryptocurrency exchange and mining business reported major losses in 2018.
via ccn

🇮🇱 An Israeli civil rights NGO Shurat HaDin (Israel Law Center) has demanded that Coinbase ban a foreign terrorist organization Hamas from accepting donations via the platform.
via The Jerusalem Post
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👛 Coinbase, a leading U.S.-based digital asset exchange, has enabled its users to send Bitcoin SV to an external wallet. The platform, however, does not support purchases or sales of the cryptocurrency.
via Cointelegraph

💸 Banking giant HSBC has managed to reduce foreign exchange trade settlement costs by 25% thanks to its blockchain-based solution.
via Reuters

💵 Digital currency asset manager Grayscale attracted $30.1 million in capital in the last quarter of the previous year.
via The Block

📉 According to statistical data from Coinschedule, the amount of money initial coin offering (ICO) projects raised has plummeted from $5.8 billion in March 2018 to $291 million in January 2019.
via Bitcoin.com

🇮🇩 To participate in cryptocurrency futures trading, the citizens of Indonesia are now required to hold a deposit of at least $5.7 million.
via ccn
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💳 Shift Card, a debit card that enabled Coinbase users to spend cryptocurrency directly from their account, is shutting down.
via Bitcoin.com

🗓 Erik Voorhees, the chief executive officer of cryptocurrency exchange ShapeShift, has announced a massive rebrand of the platform later this year.
via CoinDesk

📲 A major update of Rakuten Pay mobile application will reportedly include support for cryptocurrency payments.
via Cointelegraph

🖥 World’s leading social network Facebook is looking to expand its blockchain arm as it posts 13 related job ads.
via The Block

👨‍⚖️ U.S. District Judge Gonzalo reversed his ruling issued in late November that determined the SEC did not have enough evidence to claim that Blockvest’s BLV token is a security under federal law.
via Decrypt Media
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🏦 Just like Nouriel ‘Dr. Doom’ Roubini, some analysts from the Wall Street have voiced skepticism about J.P. Morgan’s upcoming cryptocurrency.
via The Block

💡 Pension and endowment consulting firm Cambridge Associates is certain that institutional investors should embrace cryptocurrencies despite the potential risks.
via Bloomberg

💻 Blockchain tech firm Blockstream has released the Schnorr-based test code for the upgrade of the first cryptocurrency’s blockchain.
via CoinDesk

🔋 Chinese Bitcoin mining equipment manufacturer Bitmain has announced a brand new 7nm processor designed to boost energy efficiency.
via Cointelegraph

💵 Privacy-focused cryptocurrency startup Beam has attracted capital from Recruit, a “Japanese LinkedIn.”
via Recruit
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📑 A Bitcoin ETF proposal re-submitted by VanEck, SolidX, and the Cboe BZX Exchange has been formally published in the Federal Register.
via CoinDesk

👛 Coinbase has enabled users of its non-custodial wallet application to store Bitcoin Cash directly.
via Bitcoin.com

🎙 In a recent interview, Tesla CEO Elon Musk said that Bitcoin is “a far better way to transfer value than pieces of paper.”
via The Block

💰 Ethereum creator Vitalik Buterin has disclosed all his crypto investments in a post published to an “Ask Me Anything” (AMA) Reddit thread.
via Cointelegraph

🚪 Afri Schoedon, one of the leading Ethereum core developers, has quit the community over “conflict of interest” attacks.
via ccn
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📱 New Samsung Galaxy S10 will allow users to securely store cryptocurrency private keys.
via Cointelegraph

📈 The total cryptocurrency daily trading volume has reached a 10-month high.
via CoinDesk

📉 According to a recent report from Vision Hill Advisors, cryptocurrency-dedicated funds lost approximately 20 percent in aggregate in the last quarter of the previous year.
via The Block

👩‍⚖️ Crypto startup Gladius has settled charges over an unregistered securities offering with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
via ccn

🇨🇦 Two Canadian law firms have been ordered by the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia to represent customers of cryptocurrency exchange QuadrigaCX.
via Bitcoin.com
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🇪🇺 Eurex, a major Germany-based derivatives exchange, is reportedly planning to introduce cryptocurrency futures contracts.
via The Block

🇯🇵 Mizuho Financial Group, a Japanese banking giant, is set to roll out its yen-pegged stablecoin as soon as March 1.
via Cointelegraph

🇨🇦 Cryptocurrency exchange QuadrigaCX has transferred its remaining crypto assets to EY, a Big Four auditor overseeing company’s proceedings.
via CoinDesk

✉️ As Afri Schoedon, one of Ethereum’s major contributors, recently quit the project, community leadership has released an open letter speaking out against the “toxic” behavior that led to that.
via ccn

📈 Bitcoin futures trading volume on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange hit a new record last week, and the firm says it may have been caused by institutional interest.
via Bitcoin.com
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🇧🇷 Banco BTG Pactual SA, one of the largest investment banks in Latin America, is planning to run a security token offering.
via Bloomberg

🔥 American investment behemoth Fidelity received and passed on the Lightning Torch.
via Cointelegraph

🇷🇺 According to former energy minister of Russia, the country’s plans for an oil-backed crypto asset are in “final stages.”
via ccn

📈 Dan Morehead, the chief executive officer at Pantera Capital, predicts that institutional investors will start stocking up on cryptocurrency after the next bull run has already taken off.
via Bitcoin.com

🔛 A peer-to-peer content distribution platform Ara hired former BitTorrent token (BTT) designer as an advisor.
via The Block
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Coinbase Pro, a professional trading platform of the U.S.-based cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase, has added support for Ripple’s XRP token.
via Bloomberg

🔍 A group of central securities depositories (CSDs) is researching possible ways to design a crypto asset custody solution.
via CoinDesk

🇺🇸 The U.S. government has returned a small portion of Bitcoins stolen from the Bitfinex cryptocurrency exchange in a major 2016 hack.
via official blog

🔐 An EOS block producer allegedly failed to update the blacklist for Mainnet accounts, which enabled an anonymous hacker to successfully move $7.7 million worth of the network’s native digital token.
via Cointelegraph

🇧🇭 The Central Bank of Bahrain has issued a rulebook aimed to ensure that all cryptocurrency-related activity in the country complies with the regulatory requirements.
via TradeArabia
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📱 At the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Samsung representative revealed the names of tokens that will be supported in the company’s new flagship phone Galaxy S10.
via Cointelegraph

🏙 In a record deal, Inveniam Capital Partners is going to lead an Ethereum blockchain-based tokenization of a $66 million building.
via CoinDesk

🤝 Online lending startup SoFi plans to launch cryptocurrency trading in partnership with Coinbase.
via ccn

🇨🇭 A 125-year-old Swiss-based private bank has announced a partnership with cryptocurrency banking startup.
via Bitcoin.com

🇺🇬 The Binance Charity Foundation has launched a blockchain-powered donation pilot for its Lunch for Children program in Uganda.
via Forbes
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💵 Payment processing company Square sold more than $166 million worth of Bitcoin in 2018, with a large percentage coming from Q4.
via The Block

🤝 Peer-to-peer payments technology firm Circle has partnered with Nice Actimize, a financial surveillance provider company.
via Bitcoin.com

💰 London Stock Exchange has led a $20 million funding round for capital markets blockchain startup Nivaura.
via Forbes

👋🏻 Coinhive, the in-browser Monero mining firm, will cease operations from March 8.
via Cointelegraph

💳 Switzerland-based Pangea Blockchain Fund has secured $22 million in a seed round backed by famous crypto entrepreneur Roger Ver.
via CoinDesk
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The Constantinople hard fork upgrade has gone live on the Ethereum network.
via The Block

Coinbase, one of the leading U.S.-based digital asset trading platforms, has added support for Ripple’s XRP token to its retail platform and mobile apps.
via Cointelegraph

🏦 J.P. Morgan Chase has been quietly testing the zero-knowledge proof (ZKP) privacy technology.
via CoinDesk

💵 U.S.-based cryptocurrency exchange Kraken is offering “USD 100,000 (fiat or crypto) as a reward for the tip(s) that best lead to the discovery of the missing” QuadrigaCX crypto assets.
via official blog

🇯🇵 According to a recent study, cryptocurrency amounts to less than 2% of all money laundering cases in Japan.
via Bitcoin.com
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🗣 Coinbase’s head of sales revealed that the decision to acquire blockchain analysis startup Neutrino was made because the exchange’s previous provider was selling user data.
via Cheddar

⭕️ Cryptocurrency trading company Circle is reportedly seeking to raise an additional $250 million.
via The Information

💸 Five out of six cold wallets used by notorious Canadian cryptocurrency exchange QuadrigaCX have been empty since April 2018.
via Bloomberg

🗞 According to a recent study from KPMG, 41% of technology leaders support the idea of adopting blockchain for business in the next three years.
via Forbes

👨‍💻 Binance has announced a $100,000 simulated trading competition that will take place on its decentralized exchange from March 7 to March 21.
via Cointelegraph
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👋🏻 Coinbase has fired those Neutrino employees who previously worked for Hacking Team.
via The Block

🤝 Cryptocurrency trading firm Circle has finalized the acquisition of an equity crowdfunding platform SeedInvest.
via CoinDesk

💵 Tether has announced it will launch its USDT stablecoin on the TRON blockchain.
via Cointelegraph

🔎 A new pilot project, backed by dominant fashion houses, aims to use blockchain to ensure the integrity of organic cotton supply chains.
via Forbes

🏦 According to Bloomberg, companies in the cryptocurrency industry still have trouble opening bank accounts.
via Bloomberg
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👨🏽‍💻 Big four accountant PwC has found that cryptocurrency exchange WEX is linked to Iranian ransomware operators.
via CoinDesk

🏦 Cryptocurrency challenger bank BlockFi that is custodied by Gemini has launched accounts that pay interest in Bitcoin.
via Forbes

💠 Switzerland’s largest stock exchange has launched an Ethereum-backed exchange-traded product (ETP).
via Bitcoin.com

👀 Blockchain surveillance firm Chainalysis has stated that it neither collects nor sells user personal data.
via Cointelegraph

👩‍⚖️ 1Broker, a platform for buying financial derivatives with Bitcoin, has settled two lawsuits with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission.
via The Block
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🙅‍♂️ The information about a Japanese banking giant Mizuho Financial Group launching its yen-pegged stablecoin has turned out to be fake.
via Quartz

🗣 Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse has doubted the J.P. Morgan Chase internal digital currency’s adoption by other banks in the future.
via CoinDesk

⭕️ Opera has announced the launch of a browser with built-in cryptocurrency wallet for iOS users.
via The Block

📲 U.S.-based startup VaultTel has released a tiny cryptocurrency hardware wallet that fits in the SIM tray of a smartphone.
via Cointelegraph

🇨🇦 The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA), the country’s tax authority, is reportedly auditing investors in cryptocurrencies.
via Forbes