Top Cryptos by Tokens Outstanding

Delta Exchange Predicts $40 Price for COMP Ahead of Governance Token Deluge

One startup has done the math and thinks the true value for Compound's COMP token right now should be more like $40.

Lightspeed Venture Invests $2.8M in Crypto Market Maker Wintermute

Funding will go towards expanding its liquidity products across the crypto derivatives market.

Blockchain Bites: Crypto’s Bailout Millions, Brazil’s Binance Ban, Lightning’s Bug

Crypto firms received at least $30 million in government-backed loans, Brazil bans Binance's derivatives trading and Mercedes Benz' parent tests blockchain.

Gelato Gives Developers a New ‘Money Lego’ Tool for DeFi Applications

Decentralized exchange Gnosis will be the first major platform to integrate Gelato's audited v1 transaction automator for token swaps on Ethereum's mainnet.

Weed Out the Soviet-Era Ponzi Scheme Eating Ethereum

The MMM Ponzi scheme accounts for 10% of Ethereum's transactions and 50% of Paxos's. It's time the Ethereum community did something about it.

Ethereum Activity Metric Hits Highest Level in 2 Years

The number of active ether addresses just clocked a recent high, possibly thanks to its growing role in decentralized finance.

Block.One Co-Founder Brock Pierce Files to Run for US President

Brock Pierce has formally filed to run for President of the United States.

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  Brock Pierce, Former Child Actor and Cryptocurrency Entrepreneur, Announces 2020 Presidential Run

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  Crypto proponents Brock Pierce and Kanye West running for US presidency

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EOS, Ethereum and Ripple’s XRP – Daily Tech Analysis – July 7th, 2020

It’s a bullish start to the day. A move back through early highs would support a run at the day’s major resistance levels and another breakout.

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  Litecoin, Stellar’s Lumen, and Tron’s TRX – Daily Analysis – July 6th, 2020

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  Bitcoin and Cardano’s ADA – Weekly Technical Analysis – July 6th, 2020

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Market Wrap: As Stocks Rally, Bitcoin Trades Above $9.3K for the First Time in 10 Days

Equities continue to beat bitcoin’s performance, but everything is making gains Monday.

Cardano at One-Year High on Shelley Upgrade

The eighth-largest cryptocurrency by market value jumped to $0.1021 on Saturday to hit its highest price level since June 2019. It has rallied by a staggering 170% in the second quarter, according to CoinDesk data.

ConsenSys, Polychain, Tron, CipherTrace: Blockchain Startups Got $30M+ in US ‘PPP’ Bailout Loans

At least 45 crypto and blockchain startups, ranging from Bittrex to the Electric Coin Company, received U.S. Paycheck Protection Program loans, new filings show.

Blockchain Bites: E-Gold Claims, Arca’s New Fund and Generation Z

Arca, a Los Angeles money manager, has launched a new fund on Ethereum, E-Gold claims the government suppressed evidence in its case and Expedia is taking bitcoin.

Visa Seeks Ethereum Developer for New ‘Distributed Application’

The world's largest payment network is looking for an Ethereum developer to help work on a new blockchain-based application.

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  Florida business pays $65,000 after violations of pay, U.S. applicants and a visa program

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  Silicon Valley’s Worst Trump Nightmare Is Coming True

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Compound’s ‘Yield Farmers’ Briefly Turned BAT Into DeFi’s Largest Coin

The digital advertising token briefly became bigger than ether in the decentralized finance space, thanks to popular lending protocol Compound.

Kraken-Owned Crypto Facilities Wins UK License to Offer Derivatives Trading

The subsidiary of cryptocurrency exchange Kraken has obtained a U.K. license allowing it to operate its derivatives platform in the EU.

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  Market Wrap: As Stocks Rally, Bitcoin Trades Above $9.3K for the First Time in 10 Days

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  Crypto Exchanges See Big Drop in Volumes as Bitcoin Volatility Approaches 2020 Low

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Afghanistan Approves Blockchain Project to Help Tackle Scourge of Counterfeit Meds

Fantom is launching a pilot to help combat Afghanistan's counterfeit drugs problem using its blockchain to trace products along the supply chain.

IOHK Invests Six-Figure Sum Into Crypto Asset Manager Wave Financial

Charles Hoskinson, IOHK's CEO, will become an adviser to Wave Financial as part of the deal.

EOS, Ethereum and Ripple’s XRP – Daily Tech Analysis – July 6th, 2020

It’s a mixed start to the day for the majors. A fall through the day’s pivot levels will bring support levels back into play.

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  Litecoin, Stellar’s Lumen, and Tron’s TRX – Daily Analysis – July 6th, 2020

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  Bitcoin and Cardano’s ADA – Weekly Technical Analysis – July 6th, 2020

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Crypto Long & Short: Crypto Markets Are Maturing, but Gen Z Is Rewriting How Markets Work

Noelle Acheson looks at the potential influence of Generation Z on how institutional crypto asset markets will evolve.

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  Kraken-Owned Crypto Facilities Wins UK License to Offer Derivatives Trading

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  Crypto Facilities Becomes First Crypto Firm to Receive MTF License in the UK

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What Is Yield Farming? The Rocket Fuel of DeFi, Explained

If all these terms ("DeFi," "liquidity mining," "yield farming") are so much Greek to you, fear not. We're here to catch you up.

EOS, Ethereum and Ripple’s XRP – Daily Tech Analysis – July 5th, 2020

It’s a relatively bullish start to the day. The majors will need to avoid a pullback through the pivot levels to avoid key support levels on the day.

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  Litecoin, Stellar’s Lumen, and Tron’s TRX – Daily Analysis – July 6th, 2020

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  Bitcoin and Cardano’s ADA – Weekly Technical Analysis – July 6th, 2020

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EOS, Ethereum and Ripple’s XRP – Daily Tech Analysis – July 4th, 2020

It’s a mixed start to the day. Expect Bitcoin to give the broader market the cues on the day.

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  Litecoin, Stellar’s Lumen, and Tron’s TRX – Daily Analysis – July 6th, 2020

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  Bitcoin and Cardano’s ADA – Weekly Technical Analysis – July 6th, 2020

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Irish Charity Receives $1.1M Grant to Build Blockchain Platform for Aid Distribution

The grant will also allow Oxfam to scale the project across the Pacific region and explore its potential in sub-Saharan Africa and the Caribbean.

Former US Treasury Secretary Laurence Summers Expects ‘a Ton of Innovation’ Around Stablecoins

Former U.S. Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers praised stablecoins last week, saying he sees use cases in cross-border transactions as one example of their usefulness.

Russian Courts Can’t Agree on Whether Crypto Is Property

A Russian court convicted two men for extortion, but did not force them to return over $900,000 in crypto since crypto has no legal definition as property. Other courts have taken a different view.

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  Market Wrap: As Stocks Rally, Bitcoin Trades Above $9.3K for the First Time in 10 Days

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  Kraken-Owned Crypto Facilities Wins UK License to Offer Derivatives Trading

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