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LN Markets Increased Trading Limits, Hit A Record $50M Trading Volume In June
LN Markets is a Lightning-native no KYC Bitcoin derivatives trading platform.
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EU's Internal Commissioner Wants To Shut Down Social Media In Social Unrest
Social media platforms like TikTok and Snapchat will face possible shutdowns when they don't crack down on problematic content during riots under EU's Digital Services Act, Internal Commissioner Thierry Breton said.
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Bitcoin Dev Kit Foundation Established As US Non-Profit
The Bitcoin Dev Kit project is building open source tools and libraries designed to be a solid foundation for cross-platform, descriptor based bitcoin wallets.
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The First Nostr Documentary 'Social Media Is Broken. Can We Fix It?' Is Out
The film features Block's Jack Dorsey, William Casarin of Damus, Derek Ross of Nostr Plebs, Andi Pit from Ego Death Capital, and Rabble of Planetary Social. Produced by Max DeMarco.
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Bitcoin Spot ETF Applications Refiled To Bring Coinbase Surveillance to Next Level
Cboe amended five spot Bitcoin EFT filings on Tuesday to add that it has “reached an agreement on terms” with Coinbase to enter into surveillance-sharing agreements.
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Institutional Investors Are Shunning Self-Custody Solutions - PwC Report
"Institutional investors in Asia are increasingly turning to third-party custody service providers to navigate the complexities of the $1.2 trillion digital asset market, pointing to the limitations of self-custodial solutions."
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First U.S. Ban on Sale of Cellphone Location Data In Works In Massachusetts
"Massachusetts lawmakers are weighing a near total ban on buying and selling of location data drawn from consumers’ mobile devices in the state, in what would be a first-in-the-nation effort to rein in a billion-dollar industry."
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How Bitcoin Helps Civilians Escape The War in Sudan
"Sudan has been under transitional military rule since 2021, when Sudan’s revolutionary government was overthrown in a military coup."
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IMF Paper on Taxing Bitcoin Sees 'Quasi-Anonymity' as Greatest Challenge
"Policymakers are struggling to accommodate cryptocurrencies within tax systems not designed to handle them; this paper reviews the issues that arise. The risks, for now, appear more latent than real. But this can change."
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RFK Holds Up to $250K BTC In A Brokerage Account, Financial Records Show
On his June 30 financial disclosure report, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. listed a brokerage account that held between $100,001 and $250,000 worth of bitcoin.
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BRICS Gold-Backed Common Currency To Be Introduced In August
The BRICS countries could soon launch a viable alternative to the U.S. dollar, Russia confirmed this week.
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Brazilian Bitcoin Startup Bipa Raised $1.4M In Seed Round
"Founded in 2020 by Luiz Parreira, Bipa seeks to eliminate entry barriers and promote the use of bitcoin by providing a user-friendly digital account connected to instant payment networks PIX (Brazilian real) and Lightning (bitcoin)."
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