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Ripple considers FTX trades Garlinghouse
Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse is reportedly interested in buying certain parts of collapsed crypto exchange FTX. Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried called him two days before the company filed for bankruptcy as he sought to round up investors to rescue the business. Approximately 130 companies affiliated with FTX, including FTXUS, were included in the bankruptcy filing in Delaware.
New York Times Experiments with Blockchain to Combat Fake News
The New York Times made an announcement regarding their new project by their research and development team focused on experiments using blockchain.
Opportunity to Thrive In Times Of Uncertainty
If history has taught us anything, it's that humanity often takes great leaps forward in times of chaos and uncertainty. This is one of those moments, but it's important that global citizens take steps to ensure that no one is left behind. Now is the time to start thinking less as nations and more as single, unified species.
Bitcoin Price Bull Run Intact Despite $1700 Price Dive on Sunday
The Bitcoin price went on a wild ride over the weekend, the bulls pushing the Bitcoin price up to $12,100, before the world’s biggest cryptocurrency plunged back to $10,640 within a matter of minutes.
New York Times Square Billboard Demands Release of Silk Road Darknet Drug Trafficker
A billboard in Times Square has been hired by the ‘Free Ross’ movement as part of a campaign to release the Ross Ulbricht, founder of the Silk Road drug trafficking marketplace on the darknet.
TrustSwap's SmartLocks Service Locked Up Four Times More than Bitcoin LN
TrustSwap, a DeFi platform dedicated to enabling the execution of timed token purchases, recently announced that its SmartLocks service has officially locked over four times more value than the Bitcoin Lightning Network. While this is a major achievement on its own, it is only one of TrustSwap's many different services and it shows the potential that the project has to dominate the DeFi sector.
TikTok and WeChat Get Banned From United States App Stores
From Sunday, TikTok and WeChat will no longer be available for download in United States App stores.
Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency Websites Take a Hit as Security Giant Cloudflare Suffers Major Internet Outage
Website security company Cloudflare underwent connectivity problems on Sunday, taking down a dozen of cryptocurrency websites with it.
Exclusive: LabCFTC's Melissa Netram Talks Advancing Policy and Regulation in FinTech and Blockchain Through Times of Crisis
The United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) established LabCFTC as an initiative under the General Counsel’s office in 2017 aimed at promoting FinTech innovation and competition. The office has been very active with over 400 different private meetings held with innovators in the last three years. In addition, LabCFTC has published three primers in the marketplace based on their understanding of smart contracts, artificial intelligence, and crypto-assets.
The PLA Could Get Blockchained
The Chinese military could benefit from the blockchain, the Global Times reports citing the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Daily.
How Likely Will Bitcoin's Price Decouple from the Stock Market?
In times of economic uncertainty, Bitcoin has strongly correlated with the stock market.
Bitcoin Bull Run to Take a Breather Before Further Price Surges and Volatility Ahead, Gold Surges Past $2,000
Bitcoin price surged past $12,100 on Aug 2, reaching its all-time high in 2020 so far. Since Bitcoin’s bull run on Sunday, Bitcoin appears to be consolidating before its next jump.
India’s Central Bank Aims to Undo the Supreme Court Ruling on Lifting the Crypto Ban
India’s central bank, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has planned to report a review petition on the recent Supreme Court’s cryptocurrency ruling, according to the Economic Times.