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  • Oct 07, 2024

Aditya Worah is a former advertising professional, a freelance tech writer and a cryptocurrency enthusiast. He is pursuing a degree in journalism from the Xavier Institute of Communications, Mumbai.

Ledn Issues Canada’s First Bitcoin-Backed Loan

Ledn becomes the first player in Canada to accept Bitcoins as a collateral for issuing loans in the country.

Bank of America Awarded New Patent for Digital Storage of Private Keys

Bank of America's latest patent allows setting up of a digital storage for private keys - which alerts the user in real-time in case of a tampering attempt.

ConsenSys Announces $500K Grants For Ethereum Projects

ConsenSys has announced $500,000 worth of grants for devs working on Ethereum projects focused on infrastructure, research, interoperability, usability, etc.

Twitter Under Heat For Allowing Promotion of Crypto Scams 

Twitter scams are back - and this time, scammers, using hacked verified accounts are able to 'promote' these Tweets.

Ripple’s Dubai Office to be Ready Before 2018 Ends: Confirms Almost 200 Partners

Ripple has announced that they are all set to open up their Dubai office before the year comes to an end. The Dubai office will focus on international payments.

Dash Launches Payment Service in Venezuela, Price Surges Following USDT Movement

Dash surged by 13% following USDT falling by 4%. Dash also launched the Dash Text service in Venezuela, users can send cryptocurrency via text messaging!

Bulgarian Officials Selling Passports in Exchange for Bitcoins Arrested 

Three high-ranking Bulgarian officials were arrested over accepting Bitcoins as bribe for issuing passport and citizenship documents.

Bitcoin Drops to #19 in China’s October Blockchain Ranking

China's Sixth Global Public Blockchain Technology Assessment Index (October 2018) Ranks Bitcoin at #19 - three points below #16 from September.

HSBC India Makes Blockchain-Based Trade Finance Transaction With Reliance Industries

HSBC India, along with ING Bank Brussels has performed a first-of-its-kind blockchain based trade finance transaction with Reliance Industries and Tricon Energy

Coinbase Pro Announces Listing of Basic Attention Token (BAT)

Coinbase has confirmed via a blog post that they are going to add the support for Basic Attention Token (BAT) to Coinbase Pro.