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tZERO Plans to Support Trading of Aspencoin Ski Resort Digital Security

Token issuer Aspen Digital raised $18 million selling digital shares of the St. Regis resort in 2018.

Aspen Digital Inc. raised $18 million selling Aspencoin in 2018. (Wolfgang Moroder/Wikimedia Commons)

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Newly Discovered Botnet Infected Up to 5,000 Computers With a Monero Miner

Cisco researchers estimate the botnet may have earned its owner $5,000 worth of monero since it started operation four months ago.

Monero

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Lithuanian Central Bank's Commemorative Digital Token Goes Live Thursday

Lithuania’s central bank is set to issue 24,000 digital tokens commemorating the re-establishment of Lithuanian independence in 1918.

Vilnius, Lithuania (RossHelen/Shutterstock)

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Cryptopia Creditor Issues Legal Notice to Liquidator Over Alleged Failures, Fees

Blockchain firm GNY has sent a legal notice to Grant Thornton New Zealand over alleged high fees and failures to properly address its claim.

Cryptopia

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BitMEX Owner Awards $50K Grant to Bitcoin Smart Contract Developer

100x said the $50,000 grant to Jeremy Rubin would help fund further development of the Bitcoin smart contract language, Sapio.

Arthur Hayes (left), CEO of BitMEX, and Chase Lochmiller, general partner at Polychain Capital, speak at Consensus: Invest 2017. (Brady Dale/CoinDesk archives)

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South Korean Government Proposes Tough New 22% Tax on Crypto Trading

Crypto trading profits could be liable to a 22% tax should the Korean National Assembly approve the newly tabled proposal.

A scattering of 50,000 South Korean-won notes

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DeFi Hype Has Sent Ethereum Fees Soaring to 2-Year High: Coin Metrics

The knock-on effects of the DeFi hype include high fees and less active users on Ethereum, according to Coin Metrics.

Ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin (CoinDesk archives)

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China's Supreme Court Calls for Better Protection of Digital Currency Rights

A new guideline comes amid rising numbers of legal disputes in China over the ownership of digital currencies like bitcoin.

Gateway to China's supreme court, Beijing (Rneches/Wikimedia Commons)

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Latvian Police Seize Crypto Worth $126K in Bust of Suspected Cybercrime Ring

The “large-scale" money laundering operation ran from 2015 through 2020, police officials allege.

Latvian police (meunierd/Shutterstock)

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Grayscale Moves to List Bitcoin Cash and Litecoin Trusts for OTC Traders

Bitcoin Cash Trust and Litecoin Trust will carry the tickers BCHG and LTCN once they commence OTC trading.

Grayscale CEO Michael Sonnenshein speaks at Consensus: Invest 2018. (CoinDesk archives)