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Bakkt to acquire crypto payments platform Bridge2 with plans to bring BTC payments mainstream
(opinion)(news)posted 16 days ago(businesswire.com)
BTC transactions are at record breaking highs, hitting 500M this week, & 368k on Feb 5th, 2020
(news)posted 18 days ago(bitinfocharts.com)
SEC Commissioner proposes 3 year grace period for crypto startup’s common legal issues
(news)posted 18 days ago(sec.gov)
Swiss financial regulator plans mandatory KYC/AML for all crypto transactions > $1000 USD starting April 2020
posted 18 days ago(finma.ch)
Major central banks plan meeting to discuss digital currencies and international transactions
(opinion)(news)posted 18 days ago(asia.nikkei.com)
Hong Kong based crypto lending firm PawnHub receives 1st license from HK gov. for crypto lending
(opinion)(news)posted 18 days ago(prnewswire.com)
US Federal Reserve bank studies issuing “FEDCOIN” digital currency
(news)posted 20 days ago(federalreserve.gov)
Bitcoin address connected to Mt. Gox hack still has over 79,000 BTC unmoved
(news)posted 20 days ago(bitinfocharts.com)
Blockchain startup Clear raises $13M from Fidelity to build “settlement, transaction, & clearing” system
(opinion)(news)posted 20 days ago(techcrunch.com)
Lightning Labs raises $10M & launches beta “Loop” allowing trading off-chain LN BTC for on-chain BTC
(news)posted 20 days ago(blog.lightning.engineering)
Jack Dorsey’s Square and Pantera fund $14M for “real-time” crypto settlement network startup
(opinion)(news)posted 21 days ago(coindesk.com)
BitGo enables “cold storage trading” via SettleBit API
(opinion)(news)posted 21 days ago(financemagnates.com)
TradingView’s 3 million users can now buy Bitcoin & Litecoin through Gemini partnership
(news)posted 22 days ago(tradingview.com)
US Feds auctioning 4,040 Bitcoin ($40M) in 2 weeks
(news)posted 22 days ago(usmarshals.gov)
Handshake blockchain project aims to allow simplifying & customizing Bitcoin addresses
(opinion)(news)posted 23 days ago(namebase.io)

Singaporean blockchain-based digital security trading platform iSTOX now fully licensed & operational
posted 23 days ago(businesstimes.com.sg)
Chainalysis reports 1.1% of all crypto activity in 2019 was cybercrime related
(opinion)(news)posted 25 days ago(go.chainalysis.com)
Bittrex sets new crypto industry record by taking out insurance policy of $300M USD for crypto held in its cold storage
(news)posted 27 days ago(medium.com)
Cambodia to launch central bank-backed digital currency
(news)posted 27 days ago(phnompenhpost.com)
Dubai launches a "crypto valley" to grow crypto & blockchain tech
posted 27 days ago(prnewswire.com)
US Congress reviews "Payment of choice" law
(news)posted 27 days ago(forbes.com)
Large Japanese consulting firm launches Crypto Index
(news)posted 28 days ago(mvis-indices.com)
Protonmail banned in Russia after false threats sent to schools and hospitals from protonmail email addresses
(news)posted 28 days ago(rkn.gov.ru)
Another Swiss town now accepts Bitcoin for tax payments
(news)posted 28 days ago(decrypt.co)
Singapore announces new FATF compliant AML rules for crypto businesses
(news)posted 29 days ago(sso.agc.gov.sg)
UK court orders Bitfinex to freeze $860,000 worth of BTC tied to ransom crime payment
(news)posted 29 days ago(bailii.org)
Saudi's Aramco joins Chevron by investing in the VAKT blockchain oil trading platform owned by BP, Shell, Koch, & ING bank
(news)posted 29 days ago(uk.reuters.com)
Iran issues over 1,000 licenses for cryptocurrency mining
(news)posted 30 days ago(financialtribune.com)
Bitcoin has thousands of active code contributors today
(news)posted about 1 month ago(reddit.com)
Japans virtual currency association publishes crypto tx. & acct data of its members
(news)posted about 1 month ago(bravenewcoin.com)