CryptoCurrency News: How MakerDAO Works – The Stablecoin Explainer

The most popular decentralized finance application on ethereum, MakerDAO, was built to keep a stablecoin's price stable. Under the hood, it's quite complex, featuring two separate tokens, a lending system and even a voting process. Here's how it works

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CryptoCurrency News: In First, Tezos Blockchain Activates Upgrade By Token Holder Voting

Tezos has activated its first ever on-chain upgrade initiated entirely by Tezos bakers during a three months period of both voting and code testing.

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CryptoCurrency News: Egypt Lifts Ban, Will Allow Licensed Cryptocurrency Companies

Egypt is considering legislation that would let the central bank issue licenses for cryptocurrency-related activities.

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CryptoCurrency News: Associated Press Rules ‘Crypto’ Isn’t a Substitute for ‘Cryptocurrency’

Cryptocurrency, bitcoin, and ethereum finally make it into the venerable AP Stylebook.

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CryptoCurrency News: Telegram-Based Crypto Wallet App Now Allows Fiat Purchases

Button Wallet, an app that puts a crypto wallet inside your Telegram account, is adding a fiat on-ramp in a partnership with Wyre.

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CryptoCurrency News: Scammers Boost BSV Price With Fake Satoshi Confirmation

Scammers boosted the price of bitcoin SV with a fake news alert purporting to show BSV's creator is also bitcoin's.

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CryptoCurrency News: Cloud Giant Salesforce Unveils First Blockchain Product

Salesforce announces its first blockchain partners including Arizona State University. The product will add blockchain to its popular CRM products.

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CryptoCurrency News: Everything We Know About Facebook’s Cryptocurrency

Here's the complete story (so far) of Facebook's potentially transformative blockchain project.

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CryptoCurrency News: US Lawmakers Urge Trump Advisor Larry Kudlow to Promote Blockchain

U.S. lawmakers have asked Trump advisor Larry Kudlow to include blockchain on a list of tech initiatives to support.

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CryptoCurrency News: A UK University Is ‘Fingerprinting’ National Archives With Blockchain

The University of Surrey has revealed that it's using blockchain tech to secure records of national video archives around the world against tampering.

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CryptoCurrency News: Bitfury, Tech Firm Mphasis Plan Blockchain Disruption in Trade Finance

Blackstone-owned IT firm Mphasis has partnered with blockchain tech firm Bitfury to automate and tokenize trade finance processes.

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CryptoCurrency News: Barclays Leads $5.5 Million Round for Blockchain Business Payments Startup

Barclays Bank has jointly led a $5.5 million Series A funding round for blockchain-based B2B payments startup Crowdz.

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CryptoCurrency News: Bitcoin Price Eyes Longest Monthly Winning Run Since 2017

Bitcoin is on track to register its longest winning streak since August 2017, with four consecutive months of price gains.

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CryptoCurrency News: Rakuten Brings in Compliance Partner for New Crypto Exchange

E-commerce giant Rakuten has partnered with blockchain analytics firm CipherTrace to ensure AML compliance for its soon-to-launch exchange platform.

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CryptoCurrency News: Bitbond Plans to Raise $3.9 Million in Germany’s ‘First’ Regulated STO

Blockchain-based lending platform Bitbond says its security token offering is the first to be approved by a regulator in Germany.

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CryptoCurrency News: U.K. Exchange Coinfloor Is Getting Paid to Help Crypto Firms Access Banking

Coinfloor will collect a fee for referring reputable crypto startups to electronic money institution Enumis for bank-like current accounts.

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