Crypto News
Crypto stories without the hype
My favourites from the cryptouniverse in the past month.
Advice
= encouraging more acceptance/watch out for FOMO, = negative/watch out for FUD
A Gentle Introduction To The Lightning Network — bitcoinmagazine — 27 August 2021 (LINK)
These are the 5 must-follow rules when investing in bitcoin, according to Fundstrat's Tom Lee — source — 22 August 2021 (LINK)
Trading fees across spot exchanges — source — 20 August 2021 (LINK)
"Luno, Liquid, Binance US, and FTX are the cheapest spot exchanges overall. FTX is the cheapest exchange for retail traders. Huobi, Gemini, Bitstamp, and Coinbase are the most expensive exchanges."
NFTs are a game changer for independent artists and musicians — cointelegraph — 1 August 2021 (LINK)
How Bitcoin Solves The Store Of Value Problem — bitcoinmagazine — 1 August 2021 (LINK)
Global
Google takes down eight fake crypto-mining apps from its Play Store, several remain — coinnounce — 26 August 2021 (LINK)
Bankers Issue 'Seismic' Warning : Bitcoin, Ethereum, BNB, Cardano And XRP Could Replace The Dollar In Just Five Years As Crypto Market Price Adds $1 Trillion (podcast) — forbes — 23 August 2021 (LINK)
Binance announces mandatory, immediate KYC for all citing 'user protection' — ambcrypto — 20 August 2021 (LINK)
Ethereum Fees Highest Since May as NFT Craze Continues — cryptonews — 18 August 2021 (LINK)
In 2014, Selected MIT Students Got $100 Of Free BTC. What Did They Do With It? Three out of 4 hodled: their BTC is now worth $13.5K — source — 18 August 2021 (LINK)
Ukraine's Ministry of Digital Transformation's employees may be first in country to get their salaries in crypto — source — 18 August 2021 (LINK)
Bank of America Sees Long Road Ahead for Coinbase to Become the 'Amazon of Crypto Assets' — news.bitcoin.com — 17 August 2021 (LINK)
Dark Web Criminals Have Built a Tool That Checks for Dirty Bitcoin — decrypt — 15 August 2021 (LINK)
Crypto Market Cap Inches Closer To $2 Trillion, What To Expect From The Market — newsbtc — 10 August 2021 (LINK)
Crime?
Hacker returns all $610 million in cryptocurrency stolen in cyberattack — cnet — 23 August 2021 (LINK)
Swedish Government Returns Over $1 Million in Bitcoin to Drug Dealer — decrypt.co — 20 August 2021 (LINK)
China's Central Bank Clamps Down on 11 Crypto Firms in Shenzhen — decrypt.co — 18 August 2021 (LINK)
Poly Network Hacked, Loses $610 Million in Crypto Funds Only to Get Half of It Back — livebitcoinnews — 15 August 2021 (LINK)
Darknet Drug Dealer Allegedly Laundered $136M Worth Of BTC — dcforecasts — 15 August 2021 (LINK)
UK police seize USB stick with $9.5 million in ETH from crypto scam operators — finbold — 15 August 2021 (LINK)
DeFi Lender In Trouble: SEC Charges Perpetrators For Raising $30 Million Illegally — bitcoinist — 10 August 2021 (LINK)
Poloniex exchange agrees to $10m SEC fine for operating unregistered crypto — cryptopolitan — 9 August 2021 (LINK)
Israel: 8 Years in Prison for Stealing DASH Coins Worth $6.8 Million from friend — cryptopotato — 9 August 2021 (LINK)
SEC claims first enforcement action in $30M fraud case involving DeFi project — cointelegraph — 6 August 2021 (LINK)
Alleged Tether (USDT) 'shadow banker' set for 2022 trial — cryptoslate — 6 August 2021 (LINK)
DeFi Project Popsicle Finance Suffers $25 Million Attack — cryptobriefing — 4 August 2021 (LINK)
Former Monero Lead Developer Arrested for Fraud Unrelated to XMR — cryptopotato — 3 August 2021 (LINK)
Coins
3 reasons why Tezos (XTZ) price has gained 85% this month — cointelegraph — 28 August 2021 (LINK)
Cardano: Alonzo Enters Final Stage, Smart Contracts On The Horizon — newsbtc — 28 August 2021 (LINK)
USDC: reserves in cash and Treasury only (podcast) — cryptonomist — 24 August 2021 (LINK)
Solana ($SOL) Up Over 21%, Analyst Says 'Reaching for All Time Highs Soon' — cryptoglobe — 15 August 2021 (LINK)
Tether is more than two-thirds controlled by only 2 companies, Alameda and Cumberland — ccnews24 — 15 August 2021 (LINK)
Stellar-powered remittance corridor between 27 EU countries and Thailand goes live — finbold — 13 August 2021 (LINK)
Save the Children Senior Advisor: We Chose ADA Because Its Backed by the Cardano Foundation — bitcoin — 10 August 2021 (LINK)
Bitcoin investment products still suffering outflows despite price recovery — cointelegraph — 10 August 2021 (LINK)
Latest Tether Report Says USDT Is 10% Backed by Cash — cryptobriefing — 9 August 2021 (LINK)
Newly Discovered Monero (XMR) Glitch Will Negatively Affect Transaction's Privacy — newsbtc — 6 August 2021 (LINK)
Elrond Becomes First Carbon Negative Blockchain in Europe — cryptopotato — 6 August 2021 (LINK)
Tezos Completes Seventh Forkless Upgrade With Introduction Of Granada — zycrypto — 6 August 2021 (LINK)
Craig Wright's Bitcoin SV Price Holds Despite 51% Attack — cryptobriefing — 4 August 2021 (LINK)
Cardano ($ADA) Is Finally Getting Listed in Japan — cryptoglobe — 3 August 2021 (LINK)
Founder Zooko Wilcox advocates that Zcash should move to proof of stake — theblockcrypto — 3 August 2021 (LINK)
National
UK's Financial Conduct Authority has declared Binance to be Compliant — thecurrencyanalytics — 28 August 2021 (LINK)
Jamaica's Central Bank to Roll Out Digital Currency Next Month — cryptoknowmics — 27 August 2021 (LINK)
Cuba becomes the latest country to authorise and regulate cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin — euronews — 27 August 2021 (LINK)
Binance incapable of effective supervision, British regulator states — cointelegraph — 26 August 2021 (LINK)
24 Crypto Exchanges to Close in South Korea – and 18 More Could Follow — cryptonews — 26 August 2021 (LINK)
U.S. Congress Introduced 18 Bills Regarding Cryptocurrency Assets in 2021 — bitcoinist — 23 August 2021 (LINK)
U.S. SEC boss says DeFi platforms are 'highly centralized' and will need to register — cointelegraph — 20 August 2021 (LINK)
Vietnam has the highest number of crypto holders – Finder poll — cryptopolitan — 15 August 2021 (LINK)
Crypto compromise dies in the Senate due to last-minute defense spending proposal — theblockcrypto — 9 August 2021 (LINK)
America Braces For Coders Exodus — trustnodes — 9 August 2021 (LINK)
London Law Firms Launch Global Crypto Fraud and Asset Recovery Network — coingape — 9 August 2021 (LINK)
Dueling amendments on crypto tax reporting become key battleground in Senate infrastructure bill — theblockcrypto — 6 August 2021 (LINK)
Crypto Community Unites to Halt Controversial Tax Plan — cryptobriefing — 6 August 2021 (LINK)
Government To Legalize Cryptocurrency Payments In Ukraine — coingape — 6 August 2021 (LINK)
South Korea will shut down a dozen of crypto exchanges amid new regulations — source — 7 August 2021 (LINK)
U.S. SEC boss Gary Gensler: Clear Regulations Needed for Mainstream Crypto Adoption — btcmanager — 4 August 2021 (LINK)
Crypto Provision In Infrastructure Bill May Force Bitcoin Miners And Blockchain Companies To Flee U.S. — forbes — 3 August 2021 (LINK)
Singapore grants first regulatory in-principle approval to crypto exchange — cointelegraph — 3 August 2021 (LINK)
Swiss
Swiss Fintech Trio Enabled Asset Tokenization via Tezos: XTZ Spikes 15% — cryptopotato — 24 August 2021 (LINK)
Switzerland's Leonteq Offers Crypto Assets to Investors in Germany and Austria — bitcoin.com — 12 August 2021 (LINK)
Switzerland Blockchain Company Bitcci 'Is the Next Gem in the Blockchain Industry' — cryptoglobe — 10 August 2021 (LINK)
Business
Cryptocurrency Exchange Binance Denies It Ever Manipulated Crypto Markets — zycrypto — 25 August 2021 (LINK)
Coinbase to Buy $500M of Cryptocurrencies and Invest 10% of Profits, Says CEO — cryptopotato — 20 August 2021 (LINK)
US banking giant Wells Fargo files for a Bitcoin fund — coinnounce — 20 August 2021 (LINK)
Binance reveals new appointment to make 'wider industry a safer place' — ambcrypto — 18 August 2021 (LINK)
Critical vulnerability found in SushiSwap put $350 million at risk — cryptoslate — 18 August 2021 (LINK)
Alex Saunders again under fire after virtual HQ in Decentraland fails to launch — cointelegraph — 17 August 2021 (LINK)
Cake Wallet Brings Unstoppable's Readable Usernames to Its Crypto Wallets — coindesk — 11 August 2021 (LINK)
Lootboy and Signum reframe gaming industry through sustainable blockchain — ambcrypto — 10 August 2021 (LINK)
AMC Entertainment is planning to accept Bitcoin payments for movie tickets by 2022 — coinnounce — 10 August 2021 (LINK)
USDC's Circle is becoming a commercial bank — coingeek — 9 August 2021 (LINK)
Coinbase partners with Apple Pay to offer crypto services — cryptopolitan — 9 August 2021 (LINK)
Circle Envisions Becoming a Digital Currency Bank In the U.S. — coingape — 9 August 2021 (LINK)
Brian Brooks Leaves Binance US, Citing 'Differences' With the Board — Just As The Head of Binance Brazil Did 3 Weeks Ago — cryptopotato — 7 August 2021 (LINK)
Binance Restricts Crypto Derivatives Products in Hong Kong, Existing Positions Have 90 Days to Close — bitcoin — 7 August 2021 (LINK)
Google running crypto ads again as new policy goes into effect — cointelegraph — 4 August 2021 (LINK)
National Fast Food Chain Quiznos To Accept Bitcoin This Month — bitcoinmagazine — 3 August 2021 (LINK)
Wells Fargo Starts Offering Crypto Investments to Clients — bitcoin — 3 August 2021 (LINK)
On the Wild Side (includes prices and predictions)
Cardano defies Peter Brandt's 90% crash warning, ADA price doubles to new high — cointelegraph — 20 August 2021 (LINK)
ChilliSwap sells its first ever artist approved physical token "Ambition Man" — ambcrypto — 9 August 2021 (LINK)
DeFine [DFA], the first project from Huobi Primepool, hikes by 3476% in 5 minutes — cryptocompare — 7 August 2021 (LINK)
Someone Bought a CryptoPunks NFT for $443 three years ago, Sold It for $4.4 Million in Ethereum — decrypt — 6 August 2021 (LINK)
BAT Holds Possibility to Reclaim Its All-time High — cryptonewsz — 3 August 2021 (LINK)
Catch Up
Earlier roundups