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world
Australia’s Central Bank Chief Wants To Bury Some Of The Hype Around Libra
Australia’s central bank chief, Philip Lowe, believes that even after the release of Facebook's Libra cryptocurrency, it will be a long time before the Libra "becomes something we're using all the time."
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business and finance
Big Four Auditor PwC Offers 'Halo' Auditing Tool To Blockchain Firms
PwC's Halo tool can help blockchain firms, or any business dealing with cryptocurrencies, track cryptocurrency payments, ownership, and accounts, as well as bring all the information together in an easy-to-follow package.
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wallets and exchanges
New Ernst & Young Report Sheds Light On QuadrigaCX CEO Thievery
Ernst & Young, QuadrigaCX's court-appointed monitor, has released a report showing Gerald Cotten, the exchange's deceased CEO, stole up to $200 million of users' funds, which may have been used to purchase the boat, aircraft, luxury vehicles, and gold and silver coins Cotten owned.
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law and legislation
Regulators Discuss Controversial FATF Rule Before G20 Summit
Prior to the upcoming G20 Summit, regulators are discussing the Financial Action Task Force's rule that would see cryptocurrency exchanges verifying $1,000 transactions, focusing on the kind of ramifications too much regulation can have.
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ecosystem
Hard Core Fund Raises 50 BTC To Help Fund Bitcoin Development
The nonprofit Hard Core Fund, co-created by Dovey Wan, has raised about $450,000 worth of bitcoin to help fund current network developers and bring more on in the process.
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world
Russia Has No Plan To Legalize Facebook's Libra Cryptocurrency
Chairman of the Russian State Duma Committee on Financial Market Anatoly Aksakov says the country will not legalize the use of Facebook's Libra despite recent bills meant to loosen the grip on the use of cryptocurrency.
Ecosystem Updates
Week in Ethereum News, June 15
The mid-June edition of Week in Ethereum News includes a look at the ENS timeline for 3-6-character domain names and Devcon updates related to speaker applications and ticket sales. See More
Empirical Energy Consumption Model Quantifies Bitcoin's Carbon Footprint (6/12)
A closer look at the energy consumption of bitcoin mining, based on where miners are located and the types of machines they are using. See More
Week in Ethereum News, June 8
The latest edition of Week in Ethereum includes a look at 0x and StarkWare's decentralized exchange solution, StarkDEX, and Blockchains LLC's acquisition of slock.it. See More
Pairwise Coordination Subsidies: A New Quadratic Funding Design (6/4)
Vitalik Buterin works out a new formulaic understanding for funding methods focused on subsidizing coordination between individuals who would not normally coordinate. See More
