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Binance.US Opens Crypto Assets Marketplace to Millions of Florida Cryptocurrency Traders
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Binance.US Opens Crypto Assets Marketplace to Millions of Florida Cryptocurrency Traders

Binance.US will now open its digital assets marketplace to Florida citizens and cryptocurrency traders.

Ripple Co-Founder says US-China Tech Cold War Will Be Won and Lost on Crypto and Blockchain Battlefield
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Ripple Co-Founder says US-China Tech Cold War Will Be Won and Lost on Crypto and Blockchain Battlefield

Ripple Co-Founder, Chris Larsen believes the Cold Tech War between China and the United States is going to be won and lost on the blockchain battlefield.

Grayscale Predicts Bitcoin Price and Use-Cases to Increase as Economic Inflation Accelerates
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Grayscale Predicts Bitcoin Price and Use-Cases to Increase as Economic Inflation Accelerates

Grayscale believes that the US floating the economy with aggressive quantitative easing has seen Bitcoin investors convert to long-term holders

US Government Seize Bitcoin Terrorism Funding for Islamic State and Al-Qaeda
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US Government Seize Bitcoin Terrorism Funding for Islamic State and Al-Qaeda

The US Justice Department has revealed that it has seized cryptocurrency worth millions of dollars intended to fund the activities of terror groups like the military arm of Hamas, the Islamic State, and Al-Qaeda. This breakthrough is the largest clampdown on online terrorist fundraising,

TikTok Encryption Layer Bypassed Google Android Safeguards to Track Users Data
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TikTok Encryption Layer Bypassed Google Android Safeguards to Track Users Data

Following President Trump’s executive order against TikTok, new evidence has revealed that the social media app had been collecting unique identifiers from millions of mobile devices, allowing the China-based app to track user’s online without permission.

Banks Are Increasingly Starting to Offer Cryptocurrency Services in 2020
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Banks Are Increasingly Starting to Offer Cryptocurrency Services in 2020

Banks have increased their interest in cryptocurrencies. Many of them have decided to join the cryptocurrency market, either by offering investments in cryptocurrency or by exploiting the capabilities of blockchain technology, which is already used in various areas with financial services.

Bill Gates Confused by Trump’s Terms for Microsoft TikTok Deal, Twitter Reportedly Joins Race
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Bill Gates Confused by Trump’s Terms for Microsoft TikTok Deal, Twitter Reportedly Joins Race

Microsoft may be entering the social media ecosystem should they acquire TikTok, in a deal that Bill Gates is calling a poisoned chalice. Meanwhile, Twitter is now rumored to be in talks with ByteDance—TikTok’s parent company—to potentially reclaim their old video Vines territory.

SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce Confirmed for Second Term By US Senate, Crypto Mom Will Remain Until 2025
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SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce Confirmed for Second Term By US Senate, Crypto Mom Will Remain Until 2025

The United States Senate has voted in Commissioner Hester Peirce of the Securities and Exchange Commission for a second term that will see her remain with the regulator until 2025.

Trump Signs TikTok Executive Order and Seeks to Clean the Free World's Networks of China State Tech Espionage
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Trump Signs TikTok Executive Order and Seeks to Clean the Free World's Networks of China State Tech Espionage

United States President Trump has issued two executive orders against Chinese social media apps TikTok and WeChat, which are suspected of sharing US citizens’ data with the Chinese Communist Party.

Trump Administration Wants Clean 5G Networks Free of China State Actors
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Trump Administration Wants Clean 5G Networks Free of China State Actors

Mike Pompeo, Secretary of State for the Trump administration has announced the expansion of the Clean Network program, outlining five new lines of defense to protect America’s critical telecommunications and technology infrastructure from untrusted Chinese state-owned enterprises like Huawei and ZTE.

Columbia Man Pleads Guilty to Bitcoin Dark Web Chemical Weapon Purchase
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Columbia Man Pleads Guilty to Bitcoin Dark Web Chemical Weapon Purchase

A 45-year-old man from Columbia, Missouri pled guilty yesterday in a US federal court to one count of aggravated identity theft and one count of attempting to acquire a chemical weapon—via the dark web using Bitcoin.

Members of Congress Ask IRS for Relaxed Approach to Crypto Staking Taxes
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Members of Congress Ask IRS for Relaxed Approach to Crypto Staking Taxes

Innovation friendly members of United States Congress have written to the IRS request a level-headed approach to tax on cryptocurrency staking rewards.

Can a Microsoft Takeover of TikTok Ease Trump’s Concerns? App Ban could See Bitcoin Price Boom
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Can a Microsoft Takeover of TikTok Ease Trump’s Concerns? App Ban could See Bitcoin Price Boom

Microsoft is in talks to acquire TikTok from China’s ByteDance Ltd, promising to address privacy concerns that have President Trump calling for the social video apps ban. But could a TikTok ban be good for Bitcoin?

American Teen Arrested and Accused as Ringleader of Twitter Scam Involving Bitcoin
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American Teen Arrested and Accused as Ringleader of Twitter Scam Involving Bitcoin

Graham Ivan Clark, a 17-year-old from Tampa, Florida, has been arrested and accused of being the mastermind behind the Twitter hack that reaped at least $100,000 in Bitcoin from victims in a matter of hours.

Goldman Sachs Warns Inflation Threatens US Dollar’s Role as Global Reserve Currency
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Goldman Sachs Warns Inflation Threatens US Dollar’s Role as Global Reserve Currency

Goldman Sachs strategists say risks to the U.S dollar’s reserve status include increasing pandemic and political uncertainty and rising debt.