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tZERO Patents Tech for Recording Trades on Public Blockchains

Security token trading platform tZERO has been awarded a U.S. patent for a method of recording trading data on public blockchains.

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Cosmos Will Have 3 Coding Languages – Here's Why That Matters

Ethereum rival Cosmos will offer users the choice of coding in at least three different programming languages for smart-contract development.

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Ethereum Foundation Director's New Role to Help Business Use Public Blockchain

The Enterprise Ethereum Alliance has appointed the executive director of the Ethereum Foundation to help drive its new "Mainnet Initiative."

Ethereum Foundation Executive Director Aya Miyaguchi (CoinDesk archives)

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A Battle Between Bitcoin Wallets Has Big Implications for Privacy

Bitcoin privacy wallet Samourai announced last Thursday that its primary competitor, Wasabi Wallet, is the target of an ongoing network attack.

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Litecoin Just Halved Its Crypto Rewards for Miners

Litecoin, the fourth-largest cryptocurrency by market value, has just reduced its block reward for miners by half.

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Mastercard Is Building a Team to Develop Crypto, Wallet Projects

Payments giant Mastercard is seeking to hire several blockchain execs to lead cryptocurrency and digital wallet projects.

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AWS Backs $100,000 Competition to 'Change the Face of Blockchain'

Amazon Web Services, the Ethereum Foundation and others hope to help solve a key problem for blockchains via a new competition.

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Walmart Wants to Patent a Stablecoin That Looks a Lot Like Facebook Libra

Retail giant Walmart has applied for a cryptocurrency patent that bears some similarities to the Libra token proposed by Facebook in mid-June.

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Coders Are Trying to Connect Bitcoin's Lightning Network to Ethereum

Blockade Games says it has successfully bridged the two networks by sending a bitcoin lightning transaction to trigger an ethereum smart contract.

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Zooko Wilcox Pushes for New Developer Fund to Support Zcash

Zcash founder Zooko Wilcox has called for the creation of a new "Dev Fund" to support the operations of the privacy-focused cryptocurrency.

Zooko Wilcox, CEO of Zcash developer Electric Coin Company