{"id":"tp-3155","type":"article-newspaper","title":"Digital Currency and Blockchain Weekly Round-Up – August 23rd, 2019","author":"Shampa Mani","publisher":"TOKENPOST Inc.","url":"https://www.tokenpost.com/news/technology/3155","datePublished":"2019-08-23T12:28:06.000Z","dateModified":"2019-08-23T12:28:06.000Z","language":"en","references":[{"title":"Cryptocurrencies used to buy fentanyl, other illicit drugs: White House","url":"https://www.tokenpost.com/Cryptocurrencies-used-to-buy-fentanyl-other-illicit-drugs-White-House-3144"},{"title":"US Treasury blacklists crypto addresses of suspected Chinese fentanyl traffickers","url":"https://www.tokenpost.com/US-Treasury-blacklists-crypto-addresses-of-suspected-Chinese-fentanyl-traffickers-3147"},{"title":"Indian Supreme Court grills RBI for cryptocurrency banking ban","url":"https://www.tokenpost.com/Indian-Supreme-Court-grills-RBI-for-cryptocurrency-business-ban-3122"},{"title":"China may launch its central bank digital currency ahead of 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