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CIA's New Research Lab to Study Blockchain

CIA Labs will give officers an outlet to patent and profit from their tech inventions.

The cryptographic puzzle/statue "Kryptos" at CIA headquarters.

Policy

Stripe to Pay $120,000 in PlexCoin ICO Settlement With Massachusetts Attorney General

The payments processor facilitated millions of dollars of PlexCoin investments before shuttering accounts in September 2017.

Suffolk County Superior Court in Boston.

Finance

Former HSBC, Citigroup, Merrill Lynch Asia Execs Start $50M Crypto Fund

Liquibit Capital is also said to be managed by a former Barclays Capital vice president and two current JPMorgan and Wells Fargo technicians.

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Markets

Three Iranian Power Plants Plan to Sell Electricity to Crypto Miners

Three Iranian power plants with enough output to supply half of New York City will begin selling some surplus power to crypto miners.

The Shahid Salimi Power Plant outside of Neka, Iran

Policy

China Sees Advantages in Being First on New Digital Currency 'Battlefield'

The nation would wield stronger influence in the world as a result of the digital yuan issuance, according to a magazine from the People’s Bank of China (PBoC)

People's Bank of China's headquarters in Beijing

Markets

NVIDIA Lawyers Dismiss Investors' Crypto Mining Doc Requests: Report

Investors accuse NVIDIA of bungling the chipmaker's response to 2017's mining hardware boom.

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Markets

German Lawmakers Vote 'Nein' on Blockchain for Transparency on Megaprojects

The bill sought to renew Germans' trust in their government's ability to keep megaproject spending under control.

Berlin Brandenburg Airport in 2012. The long-delayed megaproject is tentatively set to open this October. (Muns/Wikimedia commons)

Markets

Uniswap's Newly Launched UNI Token Has Already Doubled in Price

Uniswap's new UNI token has surged from just under $2.80 to over $5.50 in the past 24 hours.

UNI 24h price action (CoinGecko)

Finance

Cryptopia Users Can Claim Assets From End of 2020, Says Hacked Exchange's Liquidator

Grant Thornton said the process of repatriating $100 million worth of crypto assets from the now-defunct Cryptopia exchange will begin later this year.

Cryptopia

Finance

Investment Firm Blockchain Capital Joins Libra Association

One of the oldest venture firms in crypto has joined the Libra Association and will provide expertise and guidance on the launch of its payment system.

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