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In Berlin, A 'DAO Renaissance' Begins
New tools and the rise of DeFi have made decentralized autonomous organizations, or DAOs, newly attractive to ethereum's top developers.
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FTC Settles With Promoters of Multi-Level Marketing Crypto Scheme
Four promoters of crypto-denominated chain-referral scams are ordered to pay fines totaling less than $500,000.
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Crypto Funds Are Outperforming – You Shouldn't Be Surprised
Josh Gnaizda of Crypto Fund Research looks into possible reasons behind the relative performance of crypto funds vs bitcoin since Q1 2017.
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Circle CEO: China’s Digital Currency Could 'Bypass' Western Banks
Circle CEO Jeremy Allaire said China is setting the pace in the development of a digital currency equivalent of its fiat currency, the renminbi.
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Blockchain.com CEO Peter Smith
Blockchain Will Integrate BitPay's System For Wallet Payments
The largest wallet provider, Blockchain, partnered with the largest bitcoin payment processor, BitPay.
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Rep. Waters Says Congress Will Continue Review of Facebook's Libra
Congresswoman Maxine Waters announced a tentative schedule for this fall including a continued review of Facebook's Libra initiative.
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Maker Foundation Tried and Failed to Register 'DEFI' Trademark
Under current law, the responsibility of defending trademarks falls on the holder of the trademark.
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UK Central Bank Chief Sees Digital Currency Displacing US Dollar as Global Reserve
BOE governor Mark Carney called on Friday for the creation of a wholly digital alternative to the U.S. dollar.
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Largest Korean Exchange to Review Listings and Drop Failing Coins
Bithumb will assemble a committee to periodically review its listed cryptocurrencies.
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Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao
Binance Offers VIP Accounts to Hacked Users
Binance will offer VIP accounts to affected users but recommends hacked users replace their government IDs.
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