World Crypto

💎 Coinbase, a major U.S.-based digital asset trading platform, has announced it will provide custodial support for Telegram Open Network’s GRAM cryptocurrency.
via Cointelegraph

🇺🇸 The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has rejected Bitwise’s Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) proposal.
via Decrypt

♎️ A group of blockchain developers plans to fork Libra and create its corporate control-free version.
via Modern Consensus

🇨🇳 Now that the wet season is over in Sichuan, Chinese miners are migrating north to access cheap thermal and wind power.
via Bitcoin.com

👮‍♀️ A Singaporean has been indicted in the U.S. on charges of stealing cloud computing power on Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Google to mine cryptocurrency.
via ccn

🇯🇵 Cryptocurrency donations are legal in Japan, according to the country’s minister of internal affairs.
via The Block

🇱🇮 Liechtenstein has approved the “Token and Trustworthy Technology Service Providers Act.”
via Bitcoin.com

💵 The widow of QuadrigaCX founder is handing over US$9 million in assets to the victims of the infamous, now-defunct exchange.
via Cointelegraph

🏀 The NBA’s Sacramento Kings will develop a token for fan rewards.
via CoinDesk

🔚 Ethereum micro-tipping platform TipJar has shut down.
via Decrypt

♎️ Libra nodes have gone live on the pre-mainnet, according to the project’s roadmap.
via Cointelegraph

🇺🇸 Two U.S. lawmakers have called on the Federal Reserve to consider a digital national currency.
via CoinDesk

💵 Coinbase now offers rewards for users holding its USDC stablecoin.
via Decrypt

🇨🇭 Switzerland-based exchange SIX has listed a BTCETH exchange-traded product (ETP).
via The Block

🇮🇳 South Korea’s largest Bitcoin exchange Bithumb is trying to convince the government of India to allow cryptocurrency trading.
via ccn

♎️ Facebook’s Libra is a “wake-up call” for central banks, according to an executive of the European Central Bank (ECB).
via The Block

➕ Major U.S.-based cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has added support for XLM and LINK for the residents of New York.
via CoinDesk

📈 The number of blockchain wallet users has reached over 40 million at the end of the first half of 2019, data from Statista shows.
via Bitcoin.com

💰 According to the big four accounting firm KPMG’s latest survey, U.S. consumers are “increasingly willing” to use digital tokens as a means of payment.
via Decrypt

📉 Bitcoin drops 75% of the time before futures expire, findings from Arcane Research revealed.
via Cointelegraph

🏦 Today, central banks from all over the world will quiz Facebook over its upcoming Libra stablecoin.
via The Block

🇩🇪 Deutsche Bank has joined J.P. Morgan’s blockchain-based network.
via Cointelegraph

🖥 Bitcoin exchange Hodl Hodl has open-sourced the code for its smart contracts.
via CoinDesk

🇪🇺 French Finance Minister and ECB board member have called for the EU to establish its own digital currency.
via Modern Consensus

🇺🇸 The U.S. has sanctioned North Korea for cryptocurrency hacks, among other reasons.
via Decrypt

🗓 Binance Futures is set to go live tomorrow, with all users getting a 50% discount on trading fees for the first 90 days.
via The Block

🏦 Spain-based banking behemoth Santander has issued a USD 20 million bond on a public Ethereum blockchain.
via CoinDesk

🇫🇷 France intends to impose a ban on the development of Facebook’s Libra project in Europe.
via Cointelegraph

⚡️ Bitcoin’s Lightning Network has resumed growth in terms of the number of network nodes and payments channels.
via Decrypt

🔝 The interest in tokenized assets is on the rise, according to a recent survey by eToro.
via Modern Consensus

💵 Paxos Trust has partnered with Binance to launch a U.S. dollar-pegged stablecoin (BUSD).
via Modern Consensus

🐋 In a recent move, whales have transferred over USD 1 billion worth of Bitcoin to a single wallet.
via Decrypt

🇯🇵 The blockchain arm of a Japanese messaging giant LINE has been granted a cryptocurrency exchange operating license from the country’s Financial Services Agency (FSA).
via Cointelegraph

🇨🇳 There are signs that Chinese locals are increasingly moving funds into Bitcoin due to the ongoing trade war with the U.S.
via CoinDesk

🇲🇹 The Malta Financial Services Authority (MFSA) is set to closely monitor cryptocurrency activity in order to prevent money laundering.
via The Block