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Crypto lending firm BlockFi has secured $18.3 million in a Series A funding, spearheaded by Valar Ventures.

Support: 11658 (cloud top); Resistance: 12,000 (psychological level)

Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has revealed that it is considering adding support for eight new crypto assets on its platform.

Representatives from a number of data protection and privacy enforcement authorities from around the world have issued a joint statement on global privacy expectations of the Libra network.

In a new report, the U.N. has estimated that North Korea has stolen around $2 billion from banks and cryptocurrency exchanges via cyberattacks, Reuters reported.

Japanese crypto exchange Bitcoin is resuming some trading services on its platform following the massive $28 million hack in mid-July.

Samsung announced that it is adding 13 new apps to its official DApp store, called Blockchain Keystore.

The head of Thailand’s Anti-Money Laundering Office (Amlo) wants to amend the country’s laws to include cryptocurrency, Bangkok Post reported.

South Korea’s Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) is creating a blockchain platform as it aims to enhance its business operations.

Support: 0.0223 (5-DMA); Resistance: 0.0240 (21-EMA)

Social networking giant Facebook has appointed a former aide to the chairman of the U.S. Senate Banking Committee to lobby for Libra, its cryptocurrency project announced in June, Politico reported.

Sinsang Market, a South Korean business-to-business fashion platform, has joined Terra Alliance, Cointelegraph reported citing local news portal EconoNews.

Support: 1.3413 (23.6% Fib); Resistance: 1.5416 (Upper BB)

In a series of Twitter post on Monday, Ryan Zurrer, director at Web3 Foundation (W3F), has announced that he will be stepping down from his role.

United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) commissioner Hester Peirce expressed her support in establishing a non-exclusive safe harbor for token offerings, according to a copy of her keynote speech during…

Support: 87.43 (Lower BB); Resistance: 102.43 (55-EMA)

Financial services giant Standard Chartered has successfully completed its first blockchain-based deep-tier supply chain financing transaction with China-based supply finance firm Linklogis. The financing was intended…

Global investment platform eToro has added support for the Tezos token (XTZ) on its platform, offering people the chance to invest in the “self-amending” crypto.

IBM and Chainyard have announced a new blockchain initiative that aims to address the challenges related to supplier information management.

Support: 17.43 (61.8% Fib); Resistance: 18.77 (200-DMA)

Litecoin, the fourth-largest cryptocurrency by market cap at the time of writing, has halved its block reward for miners, CoinDesk reported.

Leading Car brand Volvo Cars has produced the first electric cars which contain recycled cobalt mapped on a blockchain, Reuters reported.

Digital asset exchange OKEx has rolled out a new comprehensive data insights platform that covers the trading trends of derivatives.

Financial giant Mastercard is seeking top-level executives for spearheading its cryptocurrency and blockchain efforts, The Block reports citing the company’s job board.

Support: 218.24 (20-DMA); Resistance: 240.09 (55-EMA)/ 256.72 (38.2% Fib)

Shinhan Financial Investment, the brokerage arm of South Korea’s oldest banking institution Shinhan Bank, has reportedly signed an agreement with financial service provider Directional to develop a blockchain-based, p…

The government of Iran has introduced a new law in the wake of people’s growing interest in mining digital currencies in order to avoid international sanctions.

Support: 10,858 (5-DMA); Resistance: 11,690 (trendline resistance)

The People’s Bank of China (PBoC) has revealed its intention to accelerate the pace of the research and development of its digital currency in the forthcoming months.

Blockchain analytics startup Elliptic in partnership with researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)’s IBM-funded AI Lab has released a public dataset of bitcoin transactions connected to illegal a…

Support: 86.86 (5-DMA); Resistance: 96 (50% Fib)

Grayscale Investments, which claims to be the largest digital asset manager in the world, has selected Coinbase Custody to be the new custodian for its digital asset holdings.

Retail giant Walmart is mulling a fiat-backed digital currency that is similar to Facebook’s Libra currency, according to its new patent filing.

Brazilian cryptocurrency traders are now required to declare their dealings to tax authorities, according to the newly published guideline by the Department of Federal Revenue of Brazil (RFB).

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UK FCA publishes regulatory guidance on crypto assets Following the consultation on cryptoasset guidance launched in January, the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published its final guidance which sets out th…

Privacy-focused web browser Brave has announced the rollout of a tipping service, whereby users can “tip” individual content creators on Twitter with Basic Attention Token (BAT).

Bitcoin.com is gearing up to launch a new cryptocurrency exchange next month which will complement its existing bitcoin-focused products and services.

Arizona has been quite enthusiastic in supporting its fintech industry and one of its latest efforts involves approving trial of payment for medical marijuana via stablecoin in its fintech sandbox.

The New York Office of the Attorney General (NYAG) has submitted a letter to Supreme Court Judge Joel Cohen, arguing that cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex and Tether should not be granted a continuing stay of demands.