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- MIT startup says mainstream crypto trading interest starting increasing last year.
- Crypto Masterclass, featuring Uri Kolodny, co-founder and CEO of blockchain firm StarkWare, who says that Ethereum second-layer scalability solutions still need some work.
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Market Watch Coin prices today across the board are a mixed bag of red and green; however, while Bitcoin is down in value, it's only a marginal drop in price. | Bitcoin | $9,520 | -0.62% | | Ethereum | $234 | -1.54% | | Tether | $0.99 | -0.25% | | XRP | $0.201 | -1.41% | | Top 100 Winner: Flexacoin | $0.003 | +17.42% | | Top 100 Loser: Nexo | $0.121 | -9.44% | Prices are as of 4:00 p.m. ET.
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 a16z sees more Libra-like projects in the future ... | |
An MIT startup says mainstream crypto trading interest started last year ... | |
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Our Crypto Masterclass features a well-known thought leader or expert in the crypto space. Today, I focus on Uri Kolodny, co-founder and CEO of blockchain firm StarkWare, who says that Ethereum second-layer scalability solutions still need some work. "I wouldn't pop the champagne bottles just yet." | |
Square Crypto is handing out more grants for the development of Bitcoin. | |
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A report suggests that in the first five months of 2020, nearly $1.4 billion in crypto has been stolen. The report, from crypto intelligence company CipherTrace, indicated that the rise correlated with the coronavirus pandemic and the number of related scams that require crypto as a form of payment. According to CipherTrace, this year's crypto crime is on track to become the second-largest, following 2018's $4.5 billion in crypto losses. Of the $1.36 billion stolen, CipherTrace notes that most of this originates from a single fraud: Wotoken. The marketing scheme stole $1.09 billion in 2018 and 2019; however, it only came to light in May. Wotoken passed 715,000 users but eventually collapsed. Its alleged perpetrators are on trial in China. REUTERS 
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 Privacy-focused internet browser Brave has seen its monthly active users pass the 15 million mark, reaching 15.4 million. The platform said that since that launch of Brave 1.0 last November, it has experienced a 50% growth. Over the past year, that figure has risen to 125%. Its daily users have also increase, jumping to 5.3 million, up from 2 million a year ago. The organization also noted significant progress with its Brave Ads program, which rewards users with Basic Attention Tokens for voluntarily watching ads from partner brands. Since launching last year, the program has seen 1,530 campaigns, an increase of 255% from the 400 campaigns reported last October. BRAVE
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 |  | This newsletter was written and curated by Rebecca Campbell. She has been writing and reporting on various industries for the past 10 years, more specifically tech in the last three. | | | | Editor | Edited by Elizabeth Barr, who creates and consumes at the nexus of media and tech. She ran sections and sites at publications such as the Buffalo News, AOL News and the Huffington Post before becoming a software developer, creating content-discovery products like FitPop and Where the Truck. Elizabeth's all-in on newsletters, covering news and pop culture on the sometimes-funny Mediavore. | |
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