Market Watch | Bitcoin | $11,087 | 7 day Δ +15.6% | | Ethereum | $328 | 7 day Δ +19.5% | | XRP | $0.244 | 7 day Δ +17.6% | Prices as of 2:30 p.m. ET
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 NASDAQ-Listed Special Purpose Acquisition Company (SPAC) acquires Hong Kong's Diginex. 8i Enterprises Acquisition Corporation (NASDAQ:JFK) plans to finalize its acquisition by September. Next steps: - Diginex concurrently launched EQUOS.io, describing it as the "first digital asset exchange listed in the United States."
- However, digital asset exchange tZERO, a majority-owned subsidiary of Overstock.com (NASDAQ:OSTK), is already publicly traded. Both Robinhood and Coinbase are also quickly advancing toward IPOs.
- 8i Enterprises has scheduled a shareholder vote on Sept. 15 to approve the merger.
- Diginex had initially planned to become publicly listed in March but encountered delays.
Bloomberg 
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 Eastman Kodak (NYSE:KODK) is no longer a crypto company. Many investors doubt the 131-year-old company ever was. Following the money: - On January 8, 2018, shares of the photography giant closed at $3.10.
- The following day, Kodak announced KODAKCoin, a cryptocurrency to "give photographers a new revenue stream."
- By January 10, shares had rallied to $13.28, a two-day gain of 328%.
- Fast-forward to July 24, 2020. Kodak's stock declined to $2.10.
- On Tuesday, Kodak announced a $765m loan from the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation to support the launch of Kodak Pharmaceuticals.
- Newly transformed into a COVID-19 company, hares hit $60 yesterday for a gain of 2,757% within one week.
Reuters
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Delphi has launched a VC fund. Delphi Ventures will focus on "early-stage projects, a majority of which will have a token element." More: - Delphi posted a four-slide statement regarding its new investment arm, including a claim that its "analysis enabled us to call the bottom in BTC in Q1 2019."
- Today's fund announcement coincides with the revamp of its website and the Delphi 2.0 member's portal.
- Delphi employs 10 analysts in New York and London.
Coin Telegraph
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 Coindesk reports that The Bank of England's Real-Time Gross Settlement (RTGS) service can be "forwards compatible" with a Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC). Earlier this month, Governor Andrew Bailey reiterated his optimism regarding an English CBDC.
More: - Accenture is the technology delivery partner for the BoE's RTGS Renewal Programme.
- Accenture is designing the system to "bolt on" a facility for digital currency transactions, should it decide to support a CBDC.
- RTGS settles roughly $900b worth of transactions daily.
- The updated system will go live by 2022.
Coindesk
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The Australian Securities & Investments Commission names several crypto scams. The public notice encourages victims to file a misconduct report, report the matter to police, and file a report with the Australian Cyber Security Centre. Names: - The Commission issues a warning against Bitcoin Evolution, Bitcoin Revolution, and Bitcoin Trader.
- The Commission is also aware of scams pretending to carry endorsements from the following celebrities: Waleed Aly, Mike Baird, Celeste Barber, Andrew 'Twiggy' Forrest, David 'Kochie' Koch, Michael Rowland, Dick Smith, Karl Stefanovic, and Virginia Trioli.
Australian Securities & Investments Commission
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Quick Hits: - Elrond's (ERD) mainnet is live.
- The number of Russian crypto scams tripled during H1 2020 versus H1 2019.
- Important macro environment update: U.S. GDP fell 32.9% in Q2 on an annualized basis, the worst decline since the U.S. Commerce Department began record-keeping in 1947.
- Coinlist, the funding platform behind Filecoin, Blockstack, and Celo, has launched a spot exchange, Coinlinst Pro.
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 |  | Written and curated by wide-eyed bitcoin watcher since $1, Aaron Wise. Streaming headline junkie, Associated Press fanboy, eye-strained news terminal watcher, 2017 founder of Cryptocurrency Newsfeed. Temporarily based in Florida while awaiting the construction of cryptopia. |  | | Editor | Edited by Eduardo Garcia in New York. Eduardo is a graduate of the Columbia Journalism School M.A. Science program and writes regularly for the New York Times Climate Fwd: newsletter. In one of his previous lives, Eduardo worked as a Reuters correspondent in Latin America for nearly a decade. | |
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