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HTC Opens Pre-Orders for Blockchain Phone, Payable Only in Crypto

HTC has announced that its first blockchain phone, the Exodus, is available for pre-order – and must be purchased with crypto.

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Crypto Payments Startup Uphold Launches Lending Products

Crypto payments startup Uphold is launching Earn and Borrow in collaboration with lending platform Cred.

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What China's Cashless Revolution Can Teach the West About Crypto

China appears to have achieved the crypto community's dream of a new internet of value, without blockchain. But there's more than meets than eye here.

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Gates Foundation Partners With Former Ripple CTO's Blockchain Project

The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has partnered with Coil, a startup founded by Ripple's former CTO, to provide payment services for the unbanked.

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F2Pool Founder's Crypto Wallet Startup Raises $13 Million

Cobo, the crypto wallet created by F2Pool's founder, has raised $13 million from NEO and DHVC to expand its staking pool with a cold wallet launch.

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Stablecoins All Want to Be $1, But They're Not Worth the Same

Buying bitcoin may be cheaper using a stablecoin the market has greater confidence in, like the Gemini dollar, than with an alternative like USDT.

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Mastercard Patent Hints at Plan for Multi-Currency Blockchains

A new Mastercard patent outlines how a permissioned blockchain can store multiple types of transaction info, including with different currencies.

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Italian Bank Consortium Trials Interbank Transfers on R3's Corda

Fourteen Italian banks say they have successfully completed the first phase of an interbank reconciliation trial utilizing R3's Corda platform.

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Another US Indictment Links Bitcoin to Covert Russian Intelligence Activity

Russian intelligence agents allegedly used cryptocurrencies to help fund an "influence and disinformation" effort, the U.S. government said Thursday.

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SBI Ripple Asia's MoneyTap App Has Launched in Japan

MoneyTap, a blockchain money transfer app built by SBI Holdings and Ripple, has just gone live in Japan.

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