Aaron Wood

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Binace has hired on a former Huobi and JPMorgan exec as its new director of European and Latin American growth and institutional business.

A new report from CV VC notes the effect of Ether prices on the valuation of top cryptocurrency and blockchain firms in Crypto Valley.

The Libra Association has formed a five-member steering committee to guid the network’s technical development.

BlockFi, a major cryptocurrency lending firm, has added two new assets to its offering, Litecoin and USD Coin.

Thai police have busted an alleged Bitcoin scam trading scheme in Bangkok, arresting 24 Chinese nationals and seizing hardware.

A new study from Cointelegraph Consulting and Insolar highlights potential massive savings to be had through enterprise blockchain adoption.

In a recent development in the SEC case against Telegram, a judge preserved the regulator’s motion to strike Telegram’s void for vagueness defense.

Binance has denied recent reports that police raided its offices in Shanghai, stating that indeed, it has no offices in the city.

Chinese police have reportedly shut down the Shanghai offices of leading cryptocurrency exchange Binance.

Bitmain co-founder Jihan Wu claimed that he was removed from the company without his consent and has said he will return, by legal methods if necessary.

The Dai stablecoin has hit its 100 million token debt ceiling ahead of an upgrade to its collateral protocol.

Trading platform eToro has acquired cryptocurrency portfolio management app Delta.

The Stellar Development Foundation has announced that it burned over 55 billion tokens and is focusing on other development goals for the currency.

Huawei has signed a strategic cooperation agreement with the digital currency research unit of the People’s Bank of China.

The Token Taxonomy Initiative has released a framework that aims to standardize the construction of different types of tokens.

Bahrain has introduced a fast-track process for fintech startups looking to do business in the country.

Binance’s U.S. platform, Binance.US, will add support for two new tokens to its platform: NEO and ATOM.

An Australian stock exchange is concerned that the blockchain-based system of its sole competitor could pose an unfair advantage.

A German startup is reportedly aiming to list a Bitcoin exchange-traded note on the Frankfurt and Luxembourg stock exchanges by December.

The head of Calibra — the wallet for Facebook’s Libra stablecoin — said that the network will have better money laundering standards than most other payment networks.

Topco Associates will use a blockchain platform for food supply chains that is based on Mastercard’s Provenance Solution.

Financial Services Committee Chair Maxine Waters said that she is still not pleased with Facebook's proposed Libra stablecoin.

Cointelegraph Japan presents a weekly digest of selected cryptocurrency- and blockchain-related news.

David Marcus of the Libra Association reportedly said that the project would be open to using government currency-pegged stablecoins.

New York District Court postpones the hearing regarding the Securities and Exchange Commission’s injunction filing against Telegram Open Network.

Telegram is asking investors whether they will agree to postpone the TON launch deadline.

The Libra Association has formed a five-member board and set ground rules for its governance today at a meeting in Switzerland.

The G-7 has released a report claiming that “global stablecoins” could pose a threat to global financial stability.

The United States SEC has rejected a proposal for a Bitcoin ETF from Bitwise Asset Management and NYSE Arca.