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Despite local cryptocurrency uncertainty, Russia is strengthening its leadership on major peer-to-peer exchange LocalBitcoins in the share of Bitcoin (BTC) trading volumes.Russia has traded the most Bitcoin on LocalBitcoins exchange for two consecutive months, April and May 2020, according to an analysis by crypto media startup CryptoDiffer.Russia trades nearly twice as much BTC on LocalBitcoins…

Major NGO the Russian Authors' Society (RAO) will launch a blockchain-based financial platform for intellectual property-secured loans, according to Russian news outlet TASS Nov. 16.RAO’s CEO Alexander Sukhotin revealed that the project, dubbed CoFi, is at its final stages of development and is set to be launched in the first quarter of 2019. The platform…

Kik Interactive Inc. requested the formal definition of a trial date for its lawsuit with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), as revealed by a Jan. 9 court document. The company was charged by the SEC in June 2019 for conducting an unregistered security issuance with its $100 million initial coin offering (ICO).Kik…

The incident affected the greater HTX, Tron, and BitTorent ecosystem. 85 Total views 1 Total shares HTX, formerly Huobi Global, suffered an estimated loss of $13.6 million as part of the $86.6 million HECO Chain bridge exploit on Nov. 22. According to a report by blockchain security firm Cyvers, the losses stem from three compromised hot wallets with users

From June 25 to July 1, the Russian government held a public vote with the goal of finding out whether the country’s constitution should be amended. Part of the vote was held on blockchain to “ensure security and transparency,” according to the government, making it the country’s most extensive DLT project to date.But this didn’t…

The revived Flappy Bird mobile game has the “option to use Web3,” but a spokesperson says it will “never have NFTs.”

Big four auditing firm Deloitte integrated the privacy developed by cryptography startup QEDIT into its qualification information blockchain platform Eduscrypt, a press release shared with Cointelegraph on Oct. 29 reveals.Per the release, the announcement was made at the ZKProof Community Event in Amsterdam today.Another application of ZK-ProofsThe event was dedicated to Zero Knowledge Proofs (ZK-Proofs),…

The Bank of Jamaica is getting ready to begin testing its planned central bank digital currency in collaboration with financial institutions in the country. Jamaica’s central bank will reportedly commence the initial roll-out of its central bank digital currency (CBDC) project in August.According to a report by the Jamaica Observer on Wednesday, Bank of Jamaica…

The Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) Courts and Smart Dubai have announced their partnership to develop a “Court of the Blockchain,” for streamlining the legal system, local news outlet Arabian Business reports today, July 30. DIFC and Smart Dubai will reportedly explore how the technology could aid verification of court judgements for cross-border enforcement as…