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Power plants in Iran can mine cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin, but they cannot benefit from subsidies, said deputy head of Tavanir.

FiCAS AG has listed a new ETP on Bitcoin on the Swiss SIX exchange SIX dubbed Bitcoin Capital Active ETP (BTCA) and is issued by Bitcoin Capital AG.

UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has added several unregulated clone companies to its warning list, including the Blackstone 500 and Bronze FX.

A new report from a Santiment has revealed that Ethereum ‘whales’ have moved 700k ETH to exchange wallets in just three days this week.

Lithuania Central Bank issues digital collector coin LBCOIN that consumers would be able to purchase and use it from today.

The Ethereum 2.0 testnet will be launched approximately two weeks later or on 4 August, 2020. Its mainnet launch date will be early November 2020.

Telecom S.A., the largest telecommunications company in Argentina, has suffered a ransomware attack as hackers demand USD 7.5m ir privacy coin monero (XMR)

Cboe Global Markets will launch trading Mini Cboe Volatility Index (VIX) futures on August 10, 2020 at the Cboe Futures Exchange (CFE).

The Centre Consortium, the publisher of the stable coin "USDC", has frozen an Ethereum user wallet for the first time containing $100,000 USDC tokens.

Heath Tarbert, Commodity Futures Trading Commission or CFTC Chairman, said he wants to see more clarity on crypto and digital asset regulation.

Telegram will end support of Telegram Open Network (TON) Blockchain test network. The remaining TON validator will be off within August 1st.

Hackers have exploited a bug in Ravencoin (RVN), thus resulting in an unsanctioned minting of about 1.5% of its maximum supply of 21 billion RVN.

B21, a company dealing in investments in crypto assets, has launched an app to invest in and manage cryptocurrency portfolios in India.

China has made the headlines with one of the country’s biggest gold jewelry manufacturers, Kingold at the center of a fake gold scam.

The Italian Banking Association (ABI) is ready to start working on European Central Bank Digital Currency.

Hong Kong's Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has fined Chinese securities firm Guotai Junan Securities HK$25.2 million ($3.25 million).

Bank of Thailand (BOT), the central bank of Thailand, announced the plans for a prototype of a business payment system using CBDC.

Ripple may expand its international payments corridor network, on-demand liquidity (ODL) to Brazil, which could contribute to the adoption of long-term XRP.

Vitalik Buterin and China-based blockchain analytics company PeckShield have said that ransom hackers are behind the $2.6 million fee ETH transactions.

Wilshire Phoenix, an asset manager which tried to launch a bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) last year, has filed to launch a new Bitcoin Commodity Trust.