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Join us live from the show floor at Invest:Asia, our premier crypto global investment event. For the next two days we’ll be talking to folks like Jocelyn Chang of MakerDAO, Jeremy Allaire of Circle, and Benjamin Soong of Ledger. You’ll be able to chat with us on YouTube, ask questions, and interact with our guests as we explore the booming Asian markets.

You can watch the stream live on YouTube here and on Twitter here.

The show kicks off at 10pm Eastern/2am UTC and we will be streaming all day. You can click below to view all of our content from the show.

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A Digital Art Project Might Have an Answer to the Woes of Staking Centralization

Jun 6, 2020 at 09:36 UTCUpdated Jun 6, 2020 at 09:47 UTCJosh Lee and Tony Yun of Chainapsis (Credit: Chainapsis)A Digital Art Project Might Have an Answer to the Woes of Staking CentralizationWhat if better behavior on blockchains could be encouraged with fun rather than value? Josh Lee and Tony Yun of Chainapsis built a…

Ether Options Market Shows Bias for Price Weakness Over Next 6 Months

Ethereum's native token Ether (ETH) fell to a six-week low on Tuesday, with traders in the options market betting on price weakness over the next six months.The second-largest cryptocurrency by market value fell to $1,815 during Asian hours, reaching the lowest since June 21, according to CoinDesk data.Ether's six-month call-put skew, which gauges the spread…

Crypto Exchange Gemini Passes Security Compliance Audit Conducted by Deloitte

news Cryptocurrency exchange and custodian Gemini has said it has passed a security compliance review conducted by “Big Four” auditing firm Deloitte. Announcing the news on Tuesday, Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss-founded Gemini claimed to be the first crypto firm to have successfully completed the System and Organization Controls (SOC) 2 Type 1 examination. “SOC 2…

Asus Allows Gamers to Mine Crypto With Their Idle Graphics Cards

Taiwan-based tech giant Asus is now letting gamers use the number crunching power of their graphics cards to earn a share of profits from cryptocurrency mining. The company announced Thursday that it has partnered with mining app provider Quantumcloud to allow gamers to earn “passive income” by allowing access to their Asus graphics cards (or GPUs)…

IMF Chief Lagarde Calls for ‘Exploration’ of State-Backed Digital Currencies

NEWS Christine Lagarde, managing director and chairwoman of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), has encouraged the exploration of a central bank digital currency (CBDC) in the light of decreasing demand for cash and rising preference for digital money. In a prepared speech for the Singapore Fintech Festival on Wednesday, Lagarde said: “I believe we should…

El Salvador’s Volcano Energy Secures $1B in Commitments for 241 MW Bitcoin Mine

Volcano Energy announced $1 billion in commitments to build a 241 megawatt (MW) bitcoin mine in the Metapán region of El Salvador, according to a Monday press release on Twitter. One of the investors is Tether, the issuer of stablecoin USDT, according to a separate press release shared with CoinDesk.The mining site will be powered…

Ferrari, McLaren and $15M in Crypto Seized as Chinese Police Bust Arbitrage Scam

Jul 9, 2020 at 10:30 UTCUpdated Jul 9, 2020 at 10:31 UTCChinese police car (Efired/Shutterstock)Chinese police have seized over $15 million in crypto and supercars worth $2 million from the alleged operators of a novel scam that sold counterfeit tokens. In an article published Thursday, China’s Ministry of Public Security, which oversees the country’s police…

U.S. Judge Sets Stage for NFT Securities Trial as DraftKings Lawsuit Moves Forward

A U.S. judge in Massachusetts has denied a motion to dismiss a class action suit against DraftKings alleging its NFTs are securities. This sets the stage for a future trial about NFTs as securities. A U.S. Judge in Massachusetts has denied a move by DraftKings to dismiss a class action lawsuit brought on by buyers

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