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Circle Is Raising a $100 Million Fund for Its Crowdfunding Arm
Circle is hiring a new general partner to set up a $100 million venture capital fund via SeedInvest.
Sean Neville image via CoinDesk archives

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CoinDesk Talks to Supporters, Critics at Craig Wright's Contempt Hearing
CoinDesk travels to Florida to talk to supporters and detractors of the so-called creator of bitcoin.
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ConsenSys founder Joseph Lubin
Ethereum Poised to Be First Public Blockchain in Hyperledger Consortium
A proposal to add the ConsenSys-backed Pantheon project awaits a vote from the Hyperledger technical steering committee.
ConsenSys founder Joseph Lubin

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PundiX's Crypto Cash Registers Will Be Installed in 49 Retail Stores Across Venezuela
Traki department stores will integrate Pundi X’s point-of-sale device, XPOS, to offer a cryptocurrency payment rail for shoppers.
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Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong
Coinbase Now Allows You to Access Dapps on Desktop Browsers
Coinbase Wallet saves users from installing browser extensions, moving private keys across devices, to administer their wallet funds on desktop browsers.
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong

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Rwanda's Central Bank Is Researching a Possible Digital Currency Launch
The National Bank of Rwanda (NBR) is looking at other countries, specifically Canada, the Netherlands, and Singapore’s central bank digital currency research.
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Ripple Chief Technology Officer David Schwartz
Ripple Partnership Provides New Payment Rail for UK Remittance Firm
Ripple's newest partnership will enable UK remittance firm, Xendpay, to move money to Southeast Asia in real time.
Ripple Chief Technology Officer David Schwartz

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Iconloop Signs Deal With Art Site to Create Record of Ownership
The works include five by Lee Ufan, founder of the avant-garde School of Things, and three works of Whanki Kim, an early abstract artist in Korea.
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Patrick Byrne, former CEO of Overstock
Patrick Byrne, Cryptocurrency Champion, Resigns as Overstock CEO
Overstock.com CEO Patrick Byrne has resigned from the company after admitting to an affair with Russian agent Maria Butina.
Patrick Byrne, former CEO of Overstock

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Crypto Futures Exchange Deribit Launching Bulk Derivatives Trading
Deribit is teaming with institutional traders' messaging service Paradigm to facilitate block trades of bitcoin and ether derivatives.
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