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— Bitcoin gains 8.5% as DASH spikes by 25% — BitGo introduces excess insurance on top of the existing $100M policy — Square secures limited bank charter to launch Square Financial Services — DAI now collateralised by USDC — Hawaii launches a Digital Currency Innovation Lab — Ethereum Classic Labs partners with Gitcoin — US DOJ sentence 2 Canadians for stealing bitcoin — JPMorgan Chase to close branches due to coronavirus pandemic

— Total crypto market cap drops to $147bn — China-based journalist, Sarah Zheng uses Ethereum to bypass censorship — James Wo resigns from Ethereum Classic Cooperative — BlockFi raises rates on Bitcoin and Ethereum interest accounts — Google Pay adds support for Coinbase Card — Fireblocks integrates with Compound — KuCoin establishes a core division to manage products — Venezuela P2P Bitcoin trading spikes following banks shutdown — Sparkswap DEX shuts down due to low user numbers

— Total crypto market cap returns to $150bn — Binance and WazirX set up a $50M token fund — Bakkt raises $300m — Brave files GDPR complaint against Google — Bitfinex list crypto hedge fund Fulgur Alpha — Ethereum Community Conference attendees test positive for coronavirus — Opera partners with Wyre to enable Bitcoin and Ether purchases in the US — BitMEX to payout compensation to users for last week’s platform crash — Baidu successfully sues employee for mining crypto on company servers — Philippine Stock Exchange to halt trading from today *ETHCC Spreadsheet — https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1UorrYGPbVh-KJliw4KDyeeWDGDSKRCsYgM3ieV6mh74/edit#gid=0

Our interview with Alexander S. Blum, COO of Two Prime. Tune in as we talk with Alex about the recently launched FF1 token which combines the features of a close-ended fund, asset-backed token, and a secure store of value. Furthermore, we discuss the Continuous Token Offering model and Two Prime's plans for this year. To find out more about Two Prime you can visit: > Medium https://medium.com/two-prime > Telegram https://t.me/two_prime & https://t.me/twoprimediscuss > Twitter https://twitter.com/two_prime > Facebook https://www.facebook.com/TwoPrimeAbundance/ > LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/two-prime/

— Crypto market continues to slide — US Federal Reserve cuts interest rates — Zilliqa partners with Switcheo — US woman sentenced for financing ISIS via cryptocurrency — Zimbabwe looking at regulating crypto following 2018 ban — Binance US lists Tezos

In this episode, we talk to Farbood Nivi, CEO and Co-Founder of Coinmine — a company that works towards unleashing cryptocurrency mining on the masses with its plug-and-play mining device, Coinmine One. During our conversation, Farbood tells us more about the product, its hardware and the native MineOS as well as his thoughts on the upcoming Bitcoin halving event and ETH 2.0. To find out more about Coinmine, you can visit their website https://coinmine.com/ or follow them on Twitter @coinmine

— Bitcoin drops by 25% briefly sliding below $4000 — BitMEX experiences downtime sparking rumours of foul play — MakerDAO faces emergency shutdown following Ether price drop — Coinbase launches Bitcoin batching — Chase Bank settles in crypto-related lawsuit — dYdX fees reach $20 per transaction — Federal Reserve Bank pledges $1.5T to aid markets — Pornhub integrates PumaPay to its platform

— Crypto markets experience another sharp drop — Japan makes arrests in relation to Coincheck’s $530m hack — Kraken launches FX trading service — CME to close trading floor tomorrow — Figure Technologies finalises first blockchain-based securitisation process — Crypto derivatives platform Phemex raises $3.5m — Russian authorities launch an offensive against anonymous darknet networks — Crypto.com adds XTZ to Crypto Earn

— Tezos gains 2.6% as top 20 cryptocurrencies continue to trade sideways — BNP Paribas blocking customers from sending funds to Coinbase — BlockFi partners with the Silvergate Bank — Huobi launches its Lite mobile app — Japan launches its Blockchain Governance Initiative Network — Paradigm Labs is shutting down its operations — Synthetix to launch a list of new services

— Crypto market continues to slide — Kraken recommits to the Indian market — Morningstar includes Ethereum securities ratings — Robinhood’s platform goes offline for a second time in a week — Compound sees record number of liquidations since v2 protocol launch — Celsius Network partners with Prime Trust — First Digital Trust raises $3m from Nogle Capital

An interview with Jeremy Almond, Founder and CEO of PayStand. Tune in as we talk to Jeremy about how PayStand started, the services it offers, the problems it solves for businesses around the globe, as well as more about the recent $20m funding round and partnership with Japan's biggest credit card issuer JCB. To find out more about PayStand you can visit their website at — https://www.paystand.com/ You can follow PayStand on Twitter @paystand To stay up to date with the latest CoinPM interviews or daily crypto news bulletins you can find us on all major podcast platforms or visit our website — https://coinpm.news

— Crypto market tumbles as Bitcoin drops below $8000 — Japanese exchange Zaif reveals compensation plan following $60m loss — Crex24 accused of covering up the scale of recent hack — Report: RBI to file a review petition on crypto ruling — IOTA founder to pay hacking victims back with own money — Nippon Express to invest up to $1b into a new blockchain-based network — Verizon to improve security via blockchain tech — Horizon Blockchain Games raises $5m — Crypto wallet Argent raises $12M

— South Korea moves towards legitimising the crypto industry — Canaan gets hit with securities lawsuit in the US — Hackers steal 250,000 user credentials from the Trident Crypto Fund — Los Angeles Blockchain Summit to gift $100 worth of Bitcoin to attendees — Huobi launch a crypto exchange in Thailand — Unstoppable Domains releases a Google Chrome extension — Two bitcoin developers receive grants from Square Crypto — Zabo raises $2.5m — Arweave raises $8.3m — AlphaPoint secures $5.6m funding for product expansion

— BitGo enters the Bitcoin lending space — Microsoft, ConsenSys and EY unveil the Baseline Protocol — Decrypt to launch a reader reward token — HTC launches a router for Bitcoin users — Documents reveal Russian oligarch, Roman Abramovich invested in Telegram’s $1.7b ICO — Matrixport plans to raise $40m — UK FCA cautions citizens to avoid using BitMEX — Smart contract bug costs Ethereum Name Service $25,000 to fix — Estonia grants license to Chile-based CryptoMarket

In this mid-week exclusive episode will talk crypto in India. India’s Supreme Court has delivered its verdict today in a landmark case for the cryptocurrency industry in the country. To find out why this is important and how it would benefit the crypto community worldwide we spoke to Minal Thukral, Head of Growth at CoinDCX — one of the largest cryptocurrency exchanges in the country.

— Total crypto market cap consolidates around $255b — Huobi admit using customer funds to vote down Steem’s blockchain validators — MakerDAO partners with Simplex — WAX partners with trading card giant Topps — Hyperledger announces 8 new members during #HyperledgerForum — Supreme Court of India rules out ban on serving crypto businesses — StormX introduces StormShop integration for mobile

— Crypto market recovers from the recent slide — KPMG estimates $9.8b worth of crypto stolen since 2017 — Bitcoin’s hash rate reaches new ATH — The Marshall Islands to issue own digital currently on Algorand — IOTA plans to reopen its network next week — Google Play Store takes down crypto apps — Bitfinex to delist nearly 50 trading pairs

An interview with Muneeb Ali, CEO and Co-Founder of Blockstack — company that builds a decentralised computing network and app ecosystem that puts users in control of their identity and data. Tune in as we talk to Muneeb about the recently released Proof-of-Transfer whitepaper tying the network to Bitcoin, some of the main problems with ETH 2.0, the company's milestone of 1m registered users, Stacks 2.0 and more! To find out more about Blockstack, you can visit their website — https://blockstack.org/ You can find Blockstack on Twitter @blockstack or follow Muneeb directly at @muneeb

— Binance integrates with AKbank — Kraken donates 17.5 BTC to Noisebridge — Huobi launches its open-source DeFi platform on testnet — niTROn summit postponed due to coronavirus concerns — Coinbase registers with the JVCEA — Bitstamp adds full support for SegWit bitcoin addresses — Bitfinex repays $100M of its Tether loan — Monthly trading volume on Ethereum DEX hit ATH — Microsoft updates Edge with a crypto mining protection

— Bitcoin drops by 2.5% to $8600 — LINE launches a US-based global crypto exchange — FCoin to reopen and return $130m in missing Bitcoin — OKEx and Bitfinex hit by DDoS attacks — Steven Seagal settles charges with SEC — CZ doubles his net worth in a year — FTX reports record Ether Futures volume — Binance to work with Shyft Network to comply with FATF regulations — Crypto.com partners with Travala