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Law Decoded: Big Tech, Central Banks and the Hunt for Monopolies, July 24-31

Every Friday, Law Decoded delivers analysis on the week’s critical stories in the realms of policy, regulation and law. Editor’s noteThe concept of monopoly will reign in today’s Law Decoded. As a fundamental principle, blockchain technology is about distributing both inputs and outputs of information securely. In its still very young lifecycle, the technology has proven…

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Decentralized Apps May Solve SIM Swapping Woes

FIX Network is partnering with NEM to provide a solution that prevents SIM swapping. 1467 Total views 24 Total shares In the US alone, over $55m has been stolen through SIM swapping attacks since 2018. NEM, a blockchain-based ecosystem, believes that decentralized apps could provide a meaningful solution to this problem.According to NEM, they’re working…

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Five Years of Ethereum: From a Teenage Dream to a $38B Blockchain

It would seem that five years is a relatively short time for an information technology company, but Ethereum has made colossal progress during this time, growing from its own initial coin offering project to the largest blockchain platform, running about 2,000 decentralized applications. Today, the market capitalization of its native cryptocurrency, Ether (ETH), is worth…

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A 17 Year Old Was Just Arrested in Connection With Twitter’s Recent Hack

Authorities have taken a 17-year-old into custody, alleging the not-yet-adult cooked up the massive Twitter breach. "Early this morning, the FBI, IRS, US Secret Service, and Florida law enforcement placed a 17-year-old in Tampa, Florida, under arrest — accusing him of being the 'mastermind' behind the biggest security and privacy breach in Twitter’s history," a July…

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Suspected Twitter Hacker Arrested In Florida

Jul 31, 2020 at 19:03 UTCUpdated Jul 31, 2020 at 19:40 UTCThe 17-year-old hacker suspect faces 30 felony charges. (Twitter.com)Suspected Twitter Hacker Arrested in FloridaThe FBI has arrested an individual allegedly behind the largest hack in Twitter’s history. Florida resident Graham Clark was arrested Friday morning, according to Florida news channel WFLA. State Attorney Andrew…

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What a Professional Trader Thinks of the Fed, Robinhood and Real Estate, Feat. Tony Greer

Jul 31, 2020 at 19:00 UTCWhat a Professional Trader Thinks of the Fed, Robinhood and Real Estate, Feat. Tony GreerThe editor of the Morning Navigator newsletter discusses a variety of macro topics and how to trade against a very strange market. For more episodes and free early access before our regular 3 p.m. Eastern time releases, subscribe…

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Money Reimagined: Let’s Be Privacy Scolds

Jul 31, 2020 at 17:36 UTCUpdated Jul 31, 2020 at 18:34 UTCMoney Reimagined: Let’s Be Privacy ScoldsMichael Casey is on vacation this week. The following essay was written by Marc Hochstein, CoinDesk’s executive dditor. Once, I pried into a stranger’s affairs for no good reason at all. This happened almost 20 years ago, but the story…

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DeFi User Base Needs to Be More Decentralized, Says Former ConsenSys Exec

A panel of known Ethereum investors and influencers discussed decentralization and the value of the total value locked in DeFi. 1553 Total views 16 Total shares At a Kraken-hosted webinar titled “DeFi-ing expectations: the future of Ethereum,” panelists discussed the rise of decentralized finance, its defining features and how to measure its success.The webinar was…

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Blockchain Bites: Dollar’s Decline, Ether’s Moneymakers and Coinbase’s Considerations

Jul 31, 2020 at 16:39 UTCUpdated Jul 31, 2020 at 16:44 UTCCoinbase CEO Brian Armstrong (Steve Jennings/TechCrunch, used under Flickr Creative Commons license)Blockchain Bites: Dollar’s Decline, Ether’s Moneymakers and Coinbase’s ConsiderationsThe Securities and Exchange Commission appears to be interested in Binance’s eponymous blockchain, 132% of ether wallets are in profit and the Bank of Japan…

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$1.2B Bitcoin Futures and Options Contracts Just Expired — What’s Next?

A total of 106,000 Bitcoin (BTC) futures contracts and options expired today, and this has investors curious about how BTC price may respond, leading into and after the expiry. Bears were not expecting the most recent run to $11,000, especially after two months of sideways trading activity.The 52% increase in Bitcoin futures’ aggregate open interest increase…