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Bank of Spain to Weigh Digital Currency Design Proposals, ‘Implications’ Through 2021
The "priority" research comes as Spain weighs a global pivot to digital economies.
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Okex Halts Withdrawals Due to ‘Out of Touch’ Private Key Holder, Founder Star Xu Talks With Police
The digital currency exchange Okex disabled cryptocurrency withdrawals on Friday morning and explained that funds were “safe and not affected.” Following the withdrawal announcement, regional reports claim that Okex’s…
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Russian Metal Giant’s Tokenization Firm Expands to America
U.S. investors can invest in tokens representing rare metals as Russian mining giant Nornickel expands its tokenization firm.
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How DeFi Can Avoid the Irrelevance of P2P Lending and Crowdfunding
To avoid the fate of other p2p projects, DeFi protocols need incentives and feedback loops so users choose open-source over closed systems.
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Mt. Gox Rehabilitation Plan Deadline Extended Yet Again, This Time to Dec. 15
Mt. Gox's rehabilitation plan deadline of Oct. 15 has been extended yet again this time to December.
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Digital Euro Within Decade ‘Very Likely,’ Says Finland’s Chief Central Banker
Olli Rehn believes a digital euro "in one form or another" is all but inevitable.
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Blockchain Bites: OKEx Freezes Withdrawals, DeFi Audits Queue, Nigeria Urges Crypto Adoption
OKEx has frozen withdrawals, audit firms are experiencing a backlog of DeFi projects and the Trump administration is examining DLT for national defense.
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Despite Negative News, Bitcoin Only $1K Away From 2020 High: The Weekly Crypto Update
Another week passed on the cryptocurrency market, and it surely wasn’t a boring one. The cryptocurrency started off strong, causing many to believe that it might finally breach the coveted $12,000 mark.
However, the excitement was…
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DiFy Finance (YFIII) Is an In-Development Software Fork of Yearn Finance (YFI)
DiFy.Finance, like YFI, the platform it is based on, is an environment of decentralized finance (DeFi) lending aggregators: it allows users to provide liquidity for the ecosystem by parking their cryptocurrency tokens in a smart contract…
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First Mover: OKEx Private Key Snafu Sends Bitcoin Lower as China DeFi Rises
Oct 16, 2020 at 13:04 UTCUpdated Oct 16, 2020 at 13:46 UTC
The OKEx exchange had to suspend withdrawals because a founder who held a crucial private key was reportedly detained. (Creative Commons, modified by CoinDesk)…
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