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Over the last several months, a number of people claiming to be Cointelegraph staff have paraded around LinkedIn and Telegram, as well as through email. These efforts often attempt to lure unsuspecting victims into sending payments in exchange for stories written about them or their companies and posted on Cointelegraph.Through work with blockchain analytics and…

The Ethereum Foundation (EF) announced that over $2.46 million in grants will be given to finance Ethereum 2.0 development.In a post published on the official blog on Aug. 26, EF announced that it has “granted financial awards to various client development teams. The teams in question are tasked with creating Test Networks (testnets) compatible with…

The latest adoption step for Bitcoin and some altcoins will receive official confirmation on Tuesday, PayPal tells Reuters. 3170 Total views 29 Total shares Bitcoin (BTC) neared $60,000 on March 30 after PayPal confirmed that it had formally launched  cryptocurrency payments.BTC/USD 1-minute candle chart (Bitstamp). Source: TradingviewPayPal: Crypto is now "legitimate funding source"Data from Cointelegraph Markets…

Assistant Governor at the National Bank of Cambodia Serey Chea said that blockchain payments will enable greater financial control and remittance efficiency in an interview with CNBC published on Oct. 22.Chea said that the National Bank of Cambodia has experimented with domestic blockchain payments for retail, but the main interest is testing them for cross-border…

Liechtenstein’s Financial Market Authority (FMA) has reportedly pulled the plug on an alleged application to bring Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao on as a major shareholder in a distressed domestic bank.As reported by Swiss financial news outlet Inside Paradeplatz on Aug. 10, the FMA rejected the purported application and also declined to approve an extension for…

In a recent keynote speech to the London School of Economics, International Monetary Fund (IMF) Deputy Managing Director, Tao Zhang, briefed the positives and negatives of a central bank digital currency (CBDC).Zhang pointed toward greater efficiency and lower costs associated with a CBDC. “In some countries, the cost of managing cash can be very high…

Pierre Dadd joins Terra Virtua as marketing director following more than 20 years of experience in marketing and brand development for various entertainment companies. 6932 Total views 19 Total shares Digital collectibles platform Terra Virtua has tapped branding veteran Pierre Dadd to lead its marketing division, offering yet another example of a high-profile executive transitioning…