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Now three Tencent-backed companies are setting themselves up to become early-stage testers for China’s digital yuan initiative.

By Paddy Baker

Jul 15, 2020 at 9:15 a.m. UTC

Jul 15, 2020

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Finance

Square

Jack Dorsey's Cash App Sponsors NASCAR Driver Bubba Wallace

The NASCAR driver has a new sponsorship deal with Jack Dorsey's Cash App. His car will sport the bitcoin logo at race events.

By Daniel Palmer

Jul 15, 2020 at 8:37 a.m. UTC

Jul 15, 2020

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Finance

Standard chartered bank

Standard Chartered Participates in Jammed $18M Round for Crypto Custodian

Standard Chartered said it invested in Metaco to improve the relatively undeveloped market infrastructure in digital assets.

By Paddy Baker

Jul 15, 2020 at 7:22 a.m. UTC

Jul 15, 2020

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Finance

Charity

Crypto Luminaries Auction NFT 'Art' for Charity

Vitalik Buterin's quadratic funding notes raised 40 ETH for an open-source grant program. He and others are auctioning off NFTs on Cryptograph for charity.

By Leigh Cuen

Jul 14, 2020 at 7:55 p.m. UTC

Jul 14, 2020

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Markets

Coinbase

Texas Man’s Alleged Use of PPP Funds for Crypto Instead of BBQ Has Feds Asking ‘Where’s the Beef?’

Investigators could not find any online reviews, any documented employees or any established bank account for the defendant's purported BBQ company.

By Danny Nelson

Jul 14, 2020 at 4:34 p.m. UTC

Jul 14, 2020

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Finance

Exchanges

Kraken Adds 3 DeFi Tokens – COMP, KAVA, KNC

Riding the surge of interest in yield farming, cryptocurrency exchange Kraken is listing three tokens from the world of decentralized finance.

By Zack Seward

Jul 14, 2020 at 4:12 p.m. UTC

Jul 14, 2020

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