In an interview with Harvard Law Professor, Mark Zuckerberg, the chief executive officer of the world’s largest social media network, revealed he is considering transitioning Facebook’s sign-in procedure to a blockchain. The move, he believes, would provide users with a better opportunity to govern their own data.

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Aiming to secure a total of $175 million, cryptocurrency and blockchain investment fund Pantera Capital has already raised $125 million in an ongoing third round of funding that is expected to conclude in March.

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The experience of federal-level cryptocurrency regulation in the United States is remarkable in that it is largely a model for other countries and reveals the mechanics of what is actually happening. After all, the decisive role in the administration of this market belongs to the central government, even in the U.S., where some states, such as Wyoming, allow themselves to take broader steps towards accepting the crypto market than other American regions. DeCenter figured out what the CFTC and SEC are cooking in the current regulatory pan.

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Status is a project from Swiss developers that combines a messaging platform and an open-source mobile browser that allows users to interact with decentralized applications on the Ethereum network. In Status, users completely control their own information, wealth, and digital identity.

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🇪🇺 Eurex, a major Germany-based derivatives exchange, is reportedly planning to introduce cryptocurrency futures contracts.
via The Block

🇯🇵 Mizuho Financial Group, a Japanese banking giant, is set to roll out its yen-pegged stablecoin as soon as March 1.
via Cointelegraph

🇨🇦 Cryptocurrency exchange QuadrigaCX has transferred its remaining crypto assets to EY, a Big Four auditor overseeing company’s proceedings.
via CoinDesk

✉️ As Afri Schoedon, one of Ethereum’s major contributors, recently quit the project, community leadership has released an open letter speaking out against the “toxic” behavior that led to that.
via ccn

📈 Bitcoin futures trading volume on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange hit a new record last week, and the firm says it may have been caused by institutional interest.
via Bitcoin.com

Having previously committed $3 million to Andreessen Horowitz’s crypto fund a16z back in June 2018, the University of Michigan, which has an endowment of about $12 billion, is now considering follow-up investments.

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Telefonica, one of the largest private telecommunications companies in the world, is piloting a decentralized data trading platform that would allow subscribers to regain control over their personal information and sell it “when and to whom” they want.

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Part of the crypto community believes that limited Bitcoin supply will inevitably lead to a decrease in the number of miners and, therefore, make the network less secure and operational. Those people are in favor of increasing the supply of the first cryptocurrency, which Satoshi set at 21 million coins. The majority is categorically against it and believes that this may dethrone Bitcoin. We reviewed the arguments of both sides, weighing the pros and cons.

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Partiko is a decentralized social network for content monetization, the second-most popular application on the Steem blockchain after SteemApp, which we reviewed earlier. Despite the similar goals of the two platforms in granting users profits for likes and reposts, Partiko is notable for maximum usability and high speed.

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🇧🇷 Banco BTG Pactual SA, one of the largest investment banks in Latin America, is planning to run a security token offering.
via Bloomberg

🔥 American investment behemoth Fidelity received and passed on the Lightning Torch.
via Cointelegraph

🇷🇺 According to former energy minister of Russia, the country’s plans for an oil-backed crypto asset are in “final stages.”
via ccn

📈 Dan Morehead, the chief executive officer at Pantera Capital, predicts that institutional investors will start stocking up on cryptocurrency after the next bull run has already taken off.
via Bitcoin.com

🔛 A peer-to-peer content distribution platform Ara hired former BitTorrent token (BTT) designer as an advisor.
via The Block

Forbes contributor utilized the PageRank algorithm to rank all accounts on the XRP ledger.
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Liechtenstein-based Bank Frick has announced a “globally positioned” institutional cryptocurrency trading platform subsidiary, which “combines the regulatory security of the traditional securities business with the advantages offered by the new digital token asset class.”

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An interesting article on the International Blockchain Monetary Reserve (IBMR), a Singapore-headquartered blockchain startup that aims to combat corruption in the Southeast Asian region by incentivizing local “urban working class” to publicly report problems.

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TON, Pavel Durov’s blockchain platform that was initially planned to be launched in Japan, will not sell the GRAM cryptocurrency to the residents of this country as per the contract. The Russian Telegram community Telegram News has learned this from an unpublished sales document between Pavel Durov and the investors of the second round. In addition, the project’s coins were not designed to be purchased by citizens and legal entities from the regions under the U.S. sanctions, namely Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Syria, and the Crimea. The GRAM token was sold to investors for $1.33 apiece during the second round. DeCenter examined the document and found the remaining details of the deal between TON and the early owners of GRAM.

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The TronWallet is one of the official wallets of the Tron decentralized platform, which is intended for users all over the world. Using the application, users can not only exchange TRX platform tokens but also participate in games. And there are a lot of them because Tron was initially created as a platform for entertainment content.

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➕ Coinbase Pro, a professional trading platform of the U.S.-based cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase, has added support for Ripple’s XRP token.
via Bloomberg

🔍 A group of central securities depositories (CSDs) is researching possible ways to design a crypto asset custody solution.
via CoinDesk

🇺🇸 The U.S. government has returned a small portion of Bitcoins stolen from the Bitfinex cryptocurrency exchange in a major 2016 hack.
via official blog

🔐 An EOS block producer allegedly failed to update the blacklist for Mainnet accounts, which enabled an anonymous hacker to successfully move $7.7 million worth of the network’s native digital token.
via Cointelegraph

🇧🇭 The Central Bank of Bahrain has issued a rulebook aimed to ensure that all cryptocurrency-related activity in the country complies with the regulatory requirements.
via TradeArabia

Changpeng Zhao, the CEO of world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange Binance, reported that Fetch.AI’s crowdsale had sold out in about 22 seconds on the Binance Launchpad platform. Out of those who managed to place a buy order, however, only 13.9% were lucky (and fast) enough to get the tokens.

A multi-strategy asset management platform CoVenture Crypto published a whitepaper on liquidity of cryptocurrencies. Below is The Block’s summary article about the findings of the study.

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South Korea-based digital asset trading platform Coinbin is filing for bankruptcy. The firm recently reported losses amounting to over $26 million. As per the company’s chief executive officer, the move has been caused by “a rise in debt following an employee’s embezzlement.”

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A country is not only thousands of square kilometers and millions of citizens. A state can be big or very small, like Monaco. With an area of ​​just over two square kilometers, this doesn’t bother the residents at all, but on the contrary, the state attracts tourists with its bountiful entertainment. The Monaco Grand Prix and the Monte Carlo casino are the main sources of wealth and prosperity of the country, which help it develop no worse than other, larger states. Will a super new microstate be able to achieve the same success and prosperity? And what if this is a state on blockchain, considering that the territorial issues have already been practically resolved? A new country has literally sprouted under the nose of Europe. DeCenter figured out whether a 21st century Libertalia could become a reality.

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