The Bank of Thailand (BOT) has announced the project to develop the prototype of the payment system for businesses using Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC).

The project will begin in July 2020 and is expected to conclude by the end of the year.

https://www.bot.or.th/English/PressandSpeeches/Press/2020/Pages/n3063.aspx

Wirecard's auditor Ernst & Young is unable to find evidence for 1.9 billion euros (over $2 billion) worth of cash balances on Wirecard’s trust accounts. Wirecard said “spurious” balances may have been provided by a third party “in order to deceive the auditor”.

As a result of the issue, Wirecard has delayed publishing its annual and consolidated financial statements for 2019 for the third time. The company said: “If certified annual and consolidated financial statements cannot be made available until June 19, 2020, loans made to Wirecard AG amounting to approximately EUR 2 billion can be terminated.”

Shares of the company fell by more than 60%

Wirecard's subsidiary Wirecard Card Solutions issues Crypto.com's MCO Visa Card and TenX's Visa Debit Card.

https://ir.wirecard.com/websites/wirecard/English/5110/news-detail.html?newsID=1984117&fromID=5000
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/68783/popular-crypto-debit-cards-issuer-wirecard-is-unable-to-locate-2-billion-worth-of-cash

According to the email shared with us:

"This message has been authorized by Order of the United States District Court, Northern District of California in the matter In re Tezos Securities Litigation, No. 3:17-cv-06779-RS."

"If you contributed money or cryptocurrency to the Tezos Foundation between July 1, 2017 and July 13, 2017, you may be entitled to share in a $25 million settlement."

The COMP price continues to rise. COMP is now trading at $237, peaking at $250.
The market capitalization is $589 million.

The ad dedicated to the 50th anniversary of Range Rover, along with other important events, mentions the creation of bitcoin in 2009.

https://youtu.be/7luxQ5VAV2s?t=38

Deposits and withdrawals on the Matic Network mainnet are now live!

Using the Matic Web Wallet, you can deposit MATIC and ETH to the Matic Network mainnet from Ethereum and make near-instant transactions to other wallets for a small fraction of the cost of the gas fees on Ethereum.

https://t.me/maticnetwork_announcements/1033
https://blog.matic.network/deposits-and-withdrawals-on-matic-network-walkthrough-guide/
💧 icodrops.com/matic-network

Ubisoft has launched an Ethereum-based collectible game similar to Cryptokitties called Rabbids Token to raise money for the UN children's Fund (UNICEF)

https://rabbidstoken.ubisoft.com/

COMP has exceeded the $300 level, peaking at ~$345.

TMTG will be listed on OKEX Global on June 24.

Deposit: June 19, 07:00 UTC.
Trading: June 24, 07:00 UTC.
Withdrawal: June 24, 09:00 UTC.

https://www.okex.com/support/hc/en-us/articles/360045142431-The-Midas-Touch-Gold-TMTG-Now-Available
Website: https://dgex.io

Trump nominates SEC Chairman Jay Clayton, who has had a strong influence on the crypto industry, as New York's Southern District attorney.

https://decrypt.co/33013/donald-trump-jay-clayton-sec-chief-nomination

Compound (COMP) now ranks 21st by market capitalization ($894M).

Binance Futures will launch KNC/USDT perpetual contract, with trading opening at 2020/06/22 09:00 AM (UTC). Users will be able to select between 1-50x leverage.

https://www.binance.com/en/support/articles/a6f4712fbf404bc995768730b7438646
💧 icodrops.com/kybernetwork

The Italian Banking Association (ABI) has announced that its banks are willing to pilot a digital euro.

https://www.coindesk.com/italian-banks-are-ready-to-trial-a-digital-euro

Nassim Taleb: "...Bitcoin is a good idea but almost all bitcoiners are total idiots..."

https://twitter.com/nntaleb/status/1274692670502383617

Investor Jim Rogers thinks Bitcoin is still in a bubble and the cryptocurrency will eventually go to zero and disappear.

https://cointelegraph.com/news/investment-guru-jim-rogers-the-value-of-bitcoin-will-drop-to-zero

Binance Adds Bank Transfers via Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA) for EUR and Faster Payments (FPS) for GBP.

https://www.binance.com/en/support/articles/411f23eba3d94c7c966204c4b0c5825c

Binance will list DigiByte (DGB) and open trading for DGB/BTC, DGB/BNB and DGB/BUSD trading pairs at 2020/06/22 2:00 PM (UTC). Users can now start depositing DGB in preparation for trading.

https://twitter.com/binance/status/1275021330925182978?s=21
https://www.binance.com/en/support/articles/61dab303cffb4582b77afe3e4e830e1f

Fintech giant PayPal plans to roll out direct sales of cryptocurrency to its 325 million users, according to three people familiar with the matter.

https://www.coindesk.com/paypal-venmo-to-roll-out-crypto-buying-and-selling

PayPal is hiring crypto engineers amid rumors that the global payment platform will enable direct cryptocurrency purchases.

https://jobsearch.paypal-corp.com/en-US/job/technical-lead-crypto-engineer/J3W31J65K3R80YP49FL
https://cointelegraph.com/news/paypal-is-hiring-crypto-engineers-amid-rumors-of-bitcoin-integration

Tether leads $10 million investment into DeFi lending network Celsius.
The stablecoin company has led the investment in the DeFi loans startup, which is now worth $120 million.

https://decrypt.co/33160/tether-leads-10-million-investment-into-defi-lending-network-celsius

Binance Futures will launch ZRX/USDT perpetual contract, with trading opening at 2020/06/24 09:00 AM (UTC). Users will be able to select between 1-50x leverage.

https://www.binance.com/en/support/articles/2218a0d29a414cd48dd3326567e9dbb5