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Stellar (XLM) made a breakthrough this week, adding to the list of the best performers of the so-called "altseason." Previously, Cardano and Chainlink have shown great results. XLM rose to $ 0.102 on Friday, July 17th, and jumped to its highest level since early July last year. Over the...

Altcoin Chainlink (LINK) is currently trading at its highest level in its history. If you look at the chart presented by the CoinMarketCap service, you can see that over the past two years, the cryptocurrency has been moving mainly along an upward trajectory. LINK traded just above $ 8.3 on Friday,...

The capitalization of Algorand (ALGO) rose to a new all-time high after the announcement of cryptocurrency's support by the largest US exchange Coinbase. On the night of Friday, July 17, the price of a coin increased at the moment by almost 30%. Around 19:35 PDT, the market value of ALGO rose to...

The US startup Zap, as part of its investment round earlier this year, attracted $3.5 million in funding. The company disclosed relevant information in a report to the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Just out: Visa partner Zap secretly raised $3.5 million from the unicorn-maker behind...

Attackers who managed to gain access to the accounts of many celebrities on Twitter transferred the received funds to a separate address. Previously, it was used to send funds to Coinbase and BitPay and CoinPayments services. #TwitterHack @coinbase @BitPay Please check the following Bitco_in...

Bitcoin company Casa has announced a partnership with the Human Rights Foundation (HRF) to help activists and dissidents around the world protect their Bitcoin holdings. Casa will provide HRF with its end-to-end Bitcoin secure storage solutions. The foundation will use Casa's solutions to protect...

According to Chinese media reports, the Beijing government is to publish a newsletter reflecting the use of blockchain tech in government services in China. According to him, government services are already using 140 apps running on the blockchain. Apps fall into three categories: data interchange,...

One of the most widespread Japanese financial corporations Mitsubishi UFJ, plans to launch its crypto before the end of this year. Mitsumishi Holding is part of the giant Mitsubishi. As noted by the chairman of the group, Hironori Kamezawa, initially, the developers wanted to introduce a coin in...

HDR Global Trading, the parent company of the BitMEX crypto derivatives exchange, announced the restructuring and creation of a new holding organization called the 100x Group. “100x will become the holding formation for HDR and assets, including the BitMEX platform,” said co-founder Arthur...

Japanese authorities will include the problem of working with the Central Bank's digital currency (CBDC) in the official economic plan. According to the Cointelegraph, citing local media, the CBDC will enter the Honebuto economic recovery plan, which is part of Japan’s national strategy. The...

Grayscale investment company has increased the share of bitcoin and ether in its Digital Large-Cap (DLC) fund due to other comprehensive altcoins. On Twitter, the company announced changes to the DLC in the 2nd quarter of 2020. During this period, the share of bitcoin in the fund increased from 81%...

The Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine continues to develop a mechanism for legalizing cryptos. In particular, options for amending the Tax Code are being considered. That will allow the token operations to be removed from the shadows and to charge appropriate fees from them. The...

The growing popularity of decentralized finance (DeFi) services has led to the fact that the total capitalization of tokens on the Ethereum blockchain exceeded the ETH cryptocurrency itself. The Defiant new editor-in-chief Camila Russo shared this observation. Taking the data from the Etherscan...

The capital gains tax on operations with cryptocurrencies in South Korea can be up to 20%. This was the opinion of representatives of the private sector during the discussion on legislative initiatives of the country's authorities, writes Cointelegraph with reference to local media. Proposed...

The energy consumption of BTC miners resumed growth after falling against the backdrop of a halving. This is evidenced by the Digiconomist service. Two weeks after halving, this indicator dropped by 24%, from 77.78 TW·h/year to 57.9 TW·h/year. At the moment, it is 61.44...

The second-largest crypto in terms of capitalization surpassed bitcoin in terms of the growth in the number of active addresses. Since the beginning of the year, their number has increased by 145%, while at BTC this indicator increased by 13%. According to the analytic company Messari, the number...

The authorities of the countries included in the G20 began preparations for the development and implementation of legislation governing cryptocurrency transactions. According to Kyodo News, a significant milestone in the history of the crypto sphere will be the G20 summit in Saudi Arabia in...

Altcoin Chainlink (LINK) began the new week with updating highs. Over the past 24 hours, the coin soared in price by 30% and reached $ 7.8. Cryptocurrency capitalization now exceeds $ 2.757 billion. Strengthening the LINK course is not surprising among experts, as the number of active addresses in...