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— Binance is investigating KYC leak claim — China is reportedly taking legal action against EtherDelta over alleged exit scam — Kik claims SEC lawsuit ‘Twisted Facts’ — US judge has ruled out Coinbase misconduct — ECB plans to use more on-chain data to monitor crypto assets — Crypto market remains largely unchanged in the past 24h

— Bitpoint resumes trading services following $28M hack — British Tax Authority in search of crypto tax evaders — BlockFi raises $18M in Series A funding round — Reuters reports North Korea stole $2B in crypto from exchanges — Bitcoin hits $12000

— Bitcoin’s dominance reaches 28-month high — Mastercard is hiring blockchain professionals in a bid to develop crypto products — Litecoin successfully completes halving — BitMex hits record outflows during the month of July — Thailand to include crypto to AML rules

— Coinbase Custody take control of Grayscale’s crypto assets — South Korea declares the city of Busan “regulation-free” zone for crypto — Brazilian traders now have to report transactions to the National Treasury — MIT-IBM Watson AI Lab finds only 2% of 200,000 Bitcoin transactions were illicit — Square doubles Bitcoin revenue in Q2 — Bitcoin spikes by 3.5% in the past day

— Kraken acquires Interchange — Malta Business Registry to run on blockchain — SpankChain launch crypto payments service for adult content providers — Bitwala raised €13M in Series A funding round — Judge dismisses Craig Wright’s defamation case against Roger Ver — Bitcoin has 85% of its supply in circulation

— UK regulators approve first crypto hedge fund — Bitfinex repays Tether $100M — Huobi to target decentralized finance with new blockchain project — Kopitiam now accepts crypto payments — Binance to launch crypto futures trading — Bitcoin gains 3% to the current $10,700

— Iran shuts down two crypto mining farms — Binance in talks with Facebook on listing Libra — Ethereum transaction volumes at 17-month high — TrendMicro detects crypto mining malware affecting Android devices — Ethereum devs approve code changes for “Istanbul” hard fork — PwC issues a new tool for auditing crypto transactions — Bitcoin dominance reaches 61%

CoinPM News returns after a week-long break with the some of the top crypto and blockchain headlines you may have missed. — Cardano sign MOU with Georgia’s government — Crypto exchanges in Korea update T&C to accept liability for hacks — DAI stablecoin to be tested for disaster relief efforts — Blockchain start-ups partner to bring Amazon purchases with Ethereum — Facebook’s crypto receive backing from Uber, PayPal and Visa — Binance.com to block US customers — Ethereum 2.0 planned to launch early 2020 — Parity introduces new Zcash client, Zebra — Bitcoin reaches $9300

— Azarus successfully raises $1.8M from crypto VC funds — Komodo hacks itself to save users’ funds — Andrew Keys becomes managing partner at DARMA Capital — Aion Network launches first blockchain virtual machine on Java

— Microsoft announces Ethereum smart contract verification system — Malaysia begins approving crypto exchange registrations — Jihan Wu to launch crypto OTC platform — OKCoin offers Euro pairs to non-US customers — Mark Karpeles to take CTO role in new blockchain venture — Bitcoin remains below $8000

— Blockport hints of relaunch after shut down due to failed STO — Carrefour sees positive results following blockchain tracking implementation — 14 banks join forces to launch cross-border settlements coin — LocalBitcoins confirms removal of cash trades — Bitcoin dips below $8000

A talk with Andreas Antonopolous, one of the most vocal Bitcoin advocates and host of the Let’s Talk Bitcoin podcast. Tune in to find out more about Andreas’ take on some of the recent crypto stories, Ethereum 2.0, margin trading and his European tour. To support Andreas and find out where he will be talking next, you can visit his website — https://antonopoulos.com You can also find Andreas on: Twitter — https://twitter.com/aantonop YouTube — https://www.youtube.com/aantonop LinkedIn — https://www.facebook.com/AndreasMAntonopoulos/

— Binance DEX to geo-block 29 countries including US — OKLink to release USD-pegged stablecoin — Block.one launches blockchain-based social media platform — LTO Network integrates to Binance Chain — Walmart joins blockchain consortium MediLedger — Bitcoin slides to $8500

— EY launches private transactions code ‘Nightfall’ — Cryptopia owes creditors at least $2.7M — Coinbase announce Emilie Choi as COO — Total crypto market cap gains 4% to reach $271B

— Anchorage offering “end-to-end” insurance coverage for crypto assets — CBOB to deliver national digital currency by 2020 — Telegram releases lite client for TON — The Abyss to publish Enjin-powered “Age of Rust” — Bitcoin remains over $8600

— BlockFi integrates the Gemini Dollar (GUSD) — Rakuten partners with CipherTrace for upcoming crypto exchange — Bundesbank president warns institutions of digital central bank money risks — Diar report finds 'Big Money' accumulates Bitcoin — Tezos to undergo first hard fork — Total crypto market cap hits $278B

— Kik has launched crypto crowdfunding campaign “Defend Crypto” — JPMorgan adds privacy feature to Quorum — BitMEX co-founder, Ben Delo joins “Giving Pledge” — Bitcoin retraces slightly to $8650

An interview with Erika Parn, Building Information Modelling (BIM) Coordinator at Exergy, sustainable engineering consultancy headquartered in the UK. Tune in to find out more about the implementation of blockchain, cybersecurity and digital tools within the wider construction sector.

— Bitcoin sets new 2019 highs reaching $8905 — Yahoo Japan-backed crypto exchange to launch this week — BitMex Research finds BCH hard fork has led to $1.3M double spend — Crypto.com lists ONT — First American had sensitive financial records exposed of 885M customers

— Telegram to launch TON in Q3 2019 — Ryan Kavanaugh successfully raised $100M for an entertainment project — Binance to launch margin trading — Total crypto market capitalization returns to $250M