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Crypto News Summary - July 7

General News:
Twitter users can now send crypto to each other with Torus.
Mercedes maker Daimler tests Blockchain for supply-chain data sharing.
Germany seeks to expand digital efforts at FATF.
Active DApp users on Ethereum doubled in Q2.

Coin Specific News:
Binance will support the upcoming airdrop of NerveNetwork (NVT) tokens to NULS holders on Binance
Sphereon is integrating its product suite with LTO Network.
— Blockchain-enabled 'Neon District' RPG will launch on Matic Network
Bitcoin fails to break $9,400 despite NASDAQ’s new ATH.
Dogecoin gains 20% amidst TikTok pumping challenge.

Exchanges:
Crypto exchanges see big drop in volumes as Bitcoin volatility approaches 2020 Low.
Binance expands fiat gateway to support 15 new national currencies. The exchange also  announced acquisition of Swipe and Swipe (SXP) listing.

Cool tech fact:
The Bitcoin mining difficulty was the lowest at the time of launch and has gradually increased over the years. Between January 2017 and January 2018, the average Bitcoin mining difficulty increased by six times.

Quote of the day:
“Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.”  —Thomas Edison

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Crypto News Summary - July 8

General News:
China’s Uber, DiDi, to trial PBoC’s Central Bank Digital Currency.
— Chinese Steelmaker settles $16 million iron ore deal on Blockchain.
— Indian IT giant TCS to help financial institutions offer cryptocurrency trading.

Coin Specific News:
FIO Protocol (FIO) will have a premiere listing on BitMax on July 9th.
Marlin has released a new layer 0 framework for blockchain platforms.
TikTok sends Dogecoin price to 2-year high. Dogecoin volumes have also spiked 1,900% in 2 days.
Cardano (ADA) surges 30% in 24 hours, surpassing Bitcoin SV.
Chainlink (LINK) marks new ATH following China’s Blockchain Service Network launch.

Exchanges:
Kraken discovers supply chain attacks against ledger wallets.
Monex becomes first Japanese securities firm to list Cryptocurrency CFD.

Cool tech fact:
Until 2017, institutional investors avoided investing or even talking about cryptocurrencies. This changed in December 2017 when CBOE Global Markets introduced its Bitcoin futures trading platform.

Quote of the day:
“We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty.”― Maya Angelou

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Crypto News Summary - July 9

General News:
Malaysian regulator's Shariah advisory council allows digital asset trading.
BitTorrent adds Binance USD as a payment option.
BitFlyer partners with Brave to develop new crypto wallet.

Coin Specific News:
Following DogeCoin recent pump Binance, OKEx and Gate will enable DOGE/USDT perpetual swaps.
FIO Protocol (FIO) trading has started on BitMax. FIO is currently trading at $0.203 USD
— Nearly 6% of Kyber’s Token supply staked in one day.
Bitcoin daily chart indicates crucial bullish breakout towards $10,000.

Exchanges:
Binance lists Synthetix (SNX) as of July 9th.
Coinbase exploring stock market listing.
Binance Labs leads strategic $1 million investment round in HOPR.
Bitso hits 1M users as crypto adoption spikes in Latin America.
Centre freezes Ethereum address holding $100K USDC.

Cool tech fact:
As of March 2019, Maker coin ($676.83 per unit) was the second most expensive cryptocurrency after Bitcoin ($3,879.32 per unit)

Quote of the day:
“You must gain control over your money or the lack of it will forever control you.” – Dave Ramsey

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Crypto News Summary - July 10

General News:
Kazakhstan sets eyes on top-3 spot for global Bitcoin mining.
Banking Giant Santander plans to expand use of Ripple payments platform after reaching 19 countries.
Malaysian authority that oversees compliance with Islamic law in finance has permitted digital asset trading.

Coin Specific News:
Ferrum Network migrates to Ankr for Ethereum node infrastructure.
Matic(MATIC) has increased the share of the tokens locked in staking to 17.2% of the circulating supply
mStable (MTA) to release its token on July 15th.
Tether blacklists 39 Ethereum addresses worth over $46 Million.
Ethereum and EOSIO square up over Enterprise Blockchain Business in Latin America.

Exchanges:
Coinbase plans first-ever investor day amid talk it may go public.
Crypto custodian Curv raises $23 million in Series A funding

Cool tech fact:
An estimated 1.9 million U.K. residents hold digital assets, according to FCA study

Quote of the day:
“Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all.” —Helen Keller

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Crypto News Summary - July 11

General News:
South Korea brings Blockchain to healthcare, but that’s just the start.
New York Court approves investigation into $10 Billion cryptocurrency created by a presidential candidate.
— Crypto criminals extract $24,000,000 worth of Bitcoin (BTC) in first half of 2020.

Coin Specific News:
Bitcoin price ready for $10K retest as Algorand, Tezos continue surge.
TikTok Dogecoin pump purveyors experience their first crypto dump.
Researcher says Ethereum 2.0 may be delayed.
Correlation between Bitcoin price and Stocks reaches a new all-time high.

Exchanges:
Coinbase is selling blockchain analytics software to the US Secret Service.
Japanese Exchange holdings of Bitcoin surged during the pandemic.

Cool tech fact:
The market capitalization of Bitcoin was 86% in 2015, which dropped to 48% in 2018.

💬 Quote of the day:
“You can’t go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending.” – C.S. Lewis

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This week in Crypto- week 28

UNICEF Crypto Fund to invest $100K in humanitarian Blockchain projects.
Chinese Courts using Blockchain to secure sealed property.
Twitter users can now send crypto to each other with Torus.
Mercedes maker Daimler tests Blockchain for supply-chain data sharing.
TikTok sent Dogecoin price to 2-year high.
Coinbase planned first-ever investor day amid talk it may go public
Malaysian regulator's Shariah advisory council allowed digital asset trading.
Coinbase is selling blockchain analytics software to the US Secret Service.
Tether blacklisted 39 Ethereum addresses worth over $46 Million.

Cool tech fact:
It took five years (from 2009 to 2014) for Bitcoin price to reach the $1,000 milestone, while it took only one year (from January 2017 to January 2018) for the price to increase by $13,000.

Quote of the day:
“Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.” ― Martin Luther King Jr

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Crypto News Summary - July 13

General News:
Singapore's Blockchain payments platform ready for commercial launch.
Fidelity holds over 10% stake in bitcoin mining firm Hut 8.
Bank of England is reviewing whether it should create a central. bank-backed digital currency
Telefónica, Deutsche Telekom and Vodafone use Blockchain for roaming settlement.

Coin Specific News:
Bitcoin just confirmed a signal that preceded historical 5,000% rallies.
Compound tops $1B in crypto loans as DeFi farmers keep digging for yield.
Stafi Protocol (FIS) will launch its incentivized testnet as of July 21.
Chainlink surges 39.5% to a new all-time high.

Exchanges:
Binance lists ETHUP and ETHDOWN Binance leveraged Tokens as of July 13th.
MXC lists BZRX (BZX) in assessment zone as of July 13.
Hacker stole 336 BTC from Crypto Exchange Cashaa.
Binance will delist ARN, FUEL and LUN on July 20th.
Brazil’s top exchange Mercado Bitcoin lists sport Token Chiliz.

Cool tech fact:
As of April 2019, the total market cap of Bitcoin is $95 billion ($95,171,475,804 USD to be exact) and the 24-hour volume is $14 billion

Quote of the day:
“A dream doesn’t become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination and hard work.” —Colin Powell

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Crypto News Summary - July 14

General News:
Payments giant PayPal is developing crypto services to its users.
— Crypto taxation in South Korea could increase to 20% for capital gains.
Bank of England considering a central bank digital currency, governor says.
US citizen used $1.1M of COVID emergency loans to buy crypto.

Coin Specific News:
Orion Protocol (ORN) will have a premiere listing on BitMax on July 16.
Avalanche (AVAX) Token sale will be on July 15th.

Exchanges:
Binance rolling out crypto card for EU, UK markets
BitGo releases crypto wallet compliance tool for FATF's travel rule.
Kraken has noticed a DeFi trend and will list several DeFi coins on July 15.
Paxful reaches the $4.6B milestone in P2P Bitcoin trading volume.

Cool tech fact:
Blockchain is the biggest technology evolution the world has seen after the Internet

Quote of the day:
“Be an Encourager: When you encourage others, you boost their self-esteem, enhance their self-confidence, make them work harder, lift their spirits and make them successful in their endeavors. Encouragement goes straight to the heart and is always available. Be an encourager. Always.” ― Roy T. Bennett

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Crypto News Summary - July 15

General News:
China to test digital Yuan on Tencent-backed food delivery platform.
Binance, Gates, Musk and other high-profile Twitter accounts hacked in crypto scam. Justin Sun has offered $1 million bounty in exchange for the hackers.
Revolut partners with Paxos to bring cryptocurrency trading to the US.
Japanese banking giant to issue its own stablecoin in late 2020. 

Coin Specific News:
MATIC to get listed on ProBit Exchange as of  July 23.
Ankr powering Decentralized Finance with PlutusDeFi.
Postponed Avalanche (AVAX) public token sale started today, July 15, 10AM ET.

Exchanges:
Coinbase Pro will add support for new order books for Algorand, Chainlink XRP and Tezos
OKEx will list Celo and DMM: Governance (DMG) on July 17.
OKCoin launches its own DeFi price Oracle based on Compound Tech.
Gemini Crypto Exchange integrates with privacy-focused Brave Browser

Cool tech fact:
On July 15th 2020, Several high profile Twitter accounts such as: Obama, Elon Musk, Bill Gates, Binance, Coinbase etc. were hacked to promote a crypto scam.

Quote of the day:
“Things may come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who hustle.”― Abraham Lincoln

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Crypto News Summary - July 16

General News:
US FDA considers Blockchain for food security.
Thailand tests CBDC with businesses before mainstream launch.

Coin Specific News:
Bitcoin exchange inflows spike as analyst expects pullback to $8.8K.
CertiK Chain incentivized Testnet is now live.
COTI has released a preview of its COTI Pay v1.0 “VIPER” wallet.
Algorand (ALGO) is now available on Coinbase.
Tezos (XTZ) rallies 10% and indicators suggest “liftoff” to $3.6.
Microsoft Russia partners with Waves to Tokenize industrial assets.

Exchanges:
OKEx will host ATTN (ATTN) token sale on July 29.
Huobi will list Polkadot (DOT IOU) on July 17.
Twitter hackers caught using BitPay and Coinbase on hack-related wallet.

Cool tech fact:
There was a time when you could mine Bitcoins using any CPU, as the difficulty was just 1

Quote of the day:
“Work hard for what you want because it won’t come to you without a fight. You have to be strong and courageous and know that you can do anything you put your mind to. If somebody puts you down or criticizes you, just keep on believing in yourself and turn it into something positive.” – Leah LaBelle

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Crypto News Summary - July 17

General News:
Visa partner Zap raises $3.5 million to expand bitcoin payment.
Twitter says about 130 accounts were targeted in cyber attack this week.
Thailand already using central bank’s digital currency
Top Spanish Banks finalize trial of payments using smart contracts.

Coin Specific News:
mStable (MTA) will have a token sale (auction) on Mesa platform on July 18.
GET Protocol integrates with Chainlink.
Swipe ($SXP) is now listed on  Poloniex.
Teller raises $1M in seed funding to bring credit scores to DeFi.
Algorand spikes 30% after surprise Coinbase listing.

Exchanges:
Binance lists VeThor Token (VTHO) as of July 17.
Indian exchange Bitbns (BNS) to conduct IEO on KuCoin.
Binance Savings adds VET and XTZ to flexible savings.

Cool tech fact:
As of December 2018, the overall market capitalization of cryptocurrencies was $100 billion, which is more than the GDP of 127 countries

Quote of the day:
“Would you like me to give you a formula for success? It’s quite simple, really: Double your rate of failure. You are thinking of failure as the enemy of success. But it isn’t at all. You can be discouraged by failure or you can learn from it, so go ahead and make mistakes. Make all you can. Because remember that’s where you will find success.” – Thomas J. Watson

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Crypto News Summary - July 18

General News:
Venezuela bans crypto mining from public housing.
Institutions are pouring $57.8M into Bitcoin each week, new report reveals.
US Government misses deadline to release cryptocurrency regulations.

Coin Specific News:
Dot Perpetual & Quarterly Futures are Live
Ethereum 2.0 and Polkadot offer alternative solutions to scaling issue.
Elon Musk Tweets about Dogecoin, pumps coin by 14%.
— 77% of current ETH supply qualified for staking on ETH 2.0.

Exchanges:
Binance completes 12th quarterly BNB burn.
Trading is now open for our new MTA market says Poloniex.

Cool tech fact:
As of Dec. 2019 data, There are 2,893,675.0 Bitcoins Left to Be Mined.

Quote of the day:
“If you don’t get out of the box you’ve been raised in, you won’t understand how much bigger the world is.” – Angelina Jolie

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This week in Crypto- week 29

Telefónica, Deutsche Telekom and Vodafone use Blockchain for roaming settlement.
Singapore's Blockchain payments platform ready for commercial launch.
Payments giant PayPal is developing crypto services to its users.
Binance rolling out crypto card for EU, UK markets.
Paxful reached the $4.6B milestone in P2P Bitcoin trading volume.
Binance, Gates, Musk and other high-profile Twitter accounts hacked in crypto scam. Justin Sun has offered $1 million bounty in exchange for the hackers.
Visa partnered Zap raises $3.5 million to expand bitcoin payment.
Top Spanish Banks finalized trial of payments using smart contracts.
US FDA considered Blockchain for food security.
Binance Savings added VET and XTZ to flexible savings.

Cool tech fact:
34,660,975 was the number of blockchain wallet users worldwide, as of the first quarter of 2019.

Quote of the day:
“If you think you’re too small to make a difference, try sleeping with a mosquito.” – Dalai Lama

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Crypto News Summary - July 20

General News:
PayPal picks Paxos to supply crypto for new service, sources say.
Mastercard now allows crypto firm Wirex to issue payment cards.
Standard Chartered to launch institutional crypto custody solution.
French central bank picks Accenture, HSBC and others for digital euro pilot.
Romania is on the way to Blockchain and crypto regulation.
Major Argentine Telecom falls victim to $7.5M Monero ransomware attack.

Coin Specific News:
Ankr partners with DeFi innovator Meter for uncensorable money.
Swingby (SWINGBY) will have a premiere listing on BitMax on July 24th, 10:00 a.m. ED.

Exchanges:
KuCoin announced new token sale: Bitbns (BNS) on July 30.
Huobi Japan opens voting on listing 6 new tokens.

Cool tech fact:
Although most people (more than 80% of Americans) are aware of Bitcoin, many of them have never heard of other cryptocurrencies such as ETH

Quote of the day:
“Don’t give up, don’t take anything personally, and don’t take no for an answer.” – Sophia Amoruso

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Crypto News Summary - July 21

General News:
Bank of Jamaica invites Tech companies to test digital currency solutions.
Argentine Telecom Hackers demanded $7.5m in Monero as ransom.
Singapore regulator proposes new stricter rules for the crypto sector.
Google, Facebook, Twitter face class-action lawsuit for banning crypto ads.
Russia removes plan to criminalize Bitcoin use from the digital financial assets bill.

Coin Specific News:
Hive (HIVE) is now available on Upbit KRW market.
Ankr partners with Oasis Foundation for Community Node program.
Frontier (FRONT) has enabled BNB staking and minting USDX through integration with Trust Wallet.
COTI (COTI) will add liquidity to the network through partnership with Simplex

Exchanges:
Coinbase and other crypto exchanges are designing a P2P system for sharing user info under FATF rules.
BitMEX Owner leads $3.4M round for South African crypto exchange.

Cool tech fact:
In terms of funds raised, EOS (6/26/17 – 6/18/18) has been the most successful ICO of all time, with $4.1 billion total amount raised in a period of one year.

Quote of the day:
“When Plan “A” doesn’t work, don’t worry, you still have 25 more letters to go through.” – Unknown