Blockchain

BTC's price nears the trendline resistance that capped upside on Monday. (TradingView/CoinDesk)
Bitcoin Analysts Express Optimism as Price Nears Resistance Level That Stymied It in May
The Bitcoin mining hashrate, a leading indicator for bitcoin rallies, has improved, one observer said, explaining the bullish outlook.
BTC's price nears the trendline resistance that capped upside on Monday. (TradingView/CoinDesk)

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Protocol Village: ZK Proofs Arrive on Bitcoin, Former Dark Web Drug Kingpin Launches Crypto Startup
The latest in blockchain tech upgrades, funding announcements and deals. For the period of July 25-31.
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Abinash Mishra, Commissioner, Raipur Municipal Corporation , Chhattisgarh, India. (Courtesy: Abinash Mishra and AirChains)
Indian City of Raipur Puts Real Estate Records on Blockchain With Airchains
"Certification should be secure and decentralization is the future we should work on," Abinash Mishra, Commissioner, Raipur Municipal Corporation told CoinDesk in an interview...
Abinash Mishra, Commissioner, Raipur Municipal Corporation , Chhattisgarh, India. (Courtesy: Abinash Mishra and AirChains)

Deutsche Telekom (Mika Baumeister/Unsplash)
Deutsche Telekom Joins RWA-Focused XDC as Infrastructure Provider in Digital Asset Push
The company already runs nodes on multiple blockchain networks and is considering bitcoin mining, its web3 head revealed last month at a conference.
Deutsche Telekom (Mika Baumeister/Unsplash)

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Protocol Village: Hemi Labs Announces 'Hemi' as Modular L2 Focused on Interoperability Between Bitcoin, Ethereum
The latest in blockchain tech upgrades, funding announcements and deals. For the period of July 18-24.
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Agriculture (Pete Linforth/Pixabay)
AgriDex Settles First Agricultural Trade on Solana Blockchain
AgriDex "settled the transactions almost instantly, charging only 0.15% to each side of the trade" while in traditional systems "fees can be several percentage points per trad...
Agriculture (Pete Linforth/Pixabay)

HNT's price rally. (Coingecko)
HNT Token Beats Bitcoin With 40% Surge as Helium Mobile's Subscriber Count Tops 100K
HNT is the second-best performing token of the past seven days.
HNT's price rally. (Coingecko)

16:9 Wallet (Prasanta Sahoo/PIxabay)
Profit-Making Crypto Address Makes $16M Investment in BTC
The address has made $30 million in trading profits in the past 12 months, according to Lookonchain.
16:9 Wallet (Prasanta Sahoo/PIxabay)

Roberta Metsola (Pier Marco Tacca/Getty Images)
Blockchain Friendly Roberta Metsola Reelected as EU Parliament President
In 2018, as a member of the European Parliament for Malta, she called for regulation on crypto and blockchain when needed, without stifling innovation.
Roberta Metsola (Pier Marco Tacca/Getty Images)

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Protocol Village: Arthur Hayes-Backed Maelstrom Pledges Grants for Open-Source Bitcoin Devs
The latest in blockchain tech upgrades, funding announcements and deals. For the period of July 11-17.
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