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Blockchain Startup Filament Joins IoT Research Project Backed By Nevada

Filament, a blockchain hardware startup, is now working on the University of Nevada, Reno's autonomous vehicle project.

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Binance Launches Decentralized Exchange Ahead of Schedule

Top cryptocurrency exchange Binance has launched its decentralized exchange platform, with trading to go live soon.

Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao

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Privacy Crypto Monero Celebrates Its 5th Birthday

The privacy coin Monero celebrated yesterday five years of existence.

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Aragon Vote Aims to Restrict Ethereum App from Funding Polkadot Blockchain

Ethereum project Aragon is getting ready to vote on whether to expand operations to include blockchain interoperability platform Polkadot.

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MakerDAO Voters Divided on How Much to Hike Fee for DAI Stablecoin

MakerDAO token holders approved a 3 percent fee increase on the programmatic loan system issuing DAI tokens. Yet token holders appear to be more divided on how high of an increase is warranted for the MakerDAO system.

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Bitcoin Fees Jump to Nearly 1-Year Highs – But Why?

The average fees required to send a bitcoin transaction are on the rise again, hitting their highest level in nearly a year in early April.

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Gemini Is Now the Largest Bitcoin Exchange to Add 'Full' SegWit Support

Gemini says it has added "full" support for SegWit, an important bitcoin code change that paves the way for scaling improvements.

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KuCoin Exchange Traders Can Now Self-Custody Their Crypto Assets

Cryptocurrency exchange KuCoin has launched a beta feature allowing users to custody their own crypto assets while trading.

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Turing Award Winner's Blockchain Opens Test Network to Public

The test network for the Algorand blockchain platform – co-founded by MIT professor Silvio Micali – has been opened to the public.

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Ethereum Core Developers Debate Benefits of More Frequent Hard Forks

Ethereum core developers are discussing the possibility of executing more frequent hard forks as the software aims to offer new features.

Bitcoin Cash successfully split into two blockchains, again.