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As the press release explains, CryptoCompare will now provide order book and trade data on 50 cryptocurrencies for Reuters' financial desktop platform Eikon, which is aimed at institutional investors.

Bitcoin's price risks deeper losses below $8,000 as the bears seem to be winning a four-day-long tug-of-war with the bulls.

Online banking service provider Swissquote has seen a 44 percent surge in profits in the first half of 2018, an uplift attributed to the "Crypto boom" earlier this year, local news outlet Finews reports July 31.

The Dubai International Financial Center announced the launch of a new initiative in partnership with the Smart Dubai project to establish the world's first "Court of the Blockchain."

A union from a major U.S. football league is partnering with a blockchain startup to help its athletes license products on a decentralized network.

Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has announced the appointment of its first-ever chief compliance officer as it moves to become a licensed broker-dealer in the U.S. According to a blog post published on Tuesday, the company is tapping the experience of Jeff Horowitz, who joins the firm following decades working for both banks and regulatory bodies.

The Agricultural Bank of China, the world's fourth-largest bank by assets, has issued its first loan on blockchain, local news outlet Financial News reported July 31.

Another county in the U.S. state of Washington has blocked new utility applications from cryptocurrency mining outfits due to concerns over spiking energy demands.

After becoming the first financial institution to combine public and private blockchains in a live transaction, Spanish multinational bank BBVA has hit something of a quandary.

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has taken to social media to decry the heavy emphasis placed on cryptocurrency exchange-traded funds in lieu of real-world crypto adoption, stating that while complex crypto financial products are beneficial for short-term gains, the ability to easily and quickly purchase cryptocurrencies is more important.

The Agricultural Bank of China, one of the world's largest banks by total assets, has completed the issuance of a loan worth $300,000 using a blockchain system.

The Australian government has granted A$2.25 million to the Sustainable Sugar Project, Foodnavigator-Asia reports July 30.

A customer-owned utilities company in rural Washington has stopped accepting applications for electricity from crypto mining and similar blockchain operations, the Seattle Times reported July 30.

Revealed exclusively to CoinDesk, the first coder to work alongside bitcoin's pseudonymous creator Satoshi Nakamoto, Martti 'Sirius' Malmi, is joining a team of developers launching a new cryptocurrency called AXE. The project, which is combining Malmi's Identifi online reputation system with decentralized database system GUN, is taking on the long-desired mission of decentralizing the Web.

Cryptocurrency services firm AlphaPoint is powering a new decentralized exchange, the company announced Monday.

Valve Corporation has removed a game from its video game marketplace Steam that allegedly hijacked users' computers to mine cryptocurrency, Motherboard reported July 30.

A Greek court has accepted a Russian request to extradite Bitcoin fraud suspect Alexander Vinnik, complicating subsequent international litigation, the Associated Press reported July 30.

There are an increasing number of universities that have been opening groups, centers and laboratories dedicated to research into cryptocurrencies, and despite being young themselves, these promise to significantly advance the evolution of cryptocurrencies and blockchains.

On July 29th, 2018, the City of Hope, a cancer and diabetes research and treatment center, hosted its first annual "If Only" Texas Hold'em Charity Poker Tournament in Los Angeles.

Three-quarters of U.S. investors with more than $10,000 in stocks, bonds and mutual funds think bitcoin is a "Very risky" investment, a new survey revealed Monday.

The Chamber of Digital Commerce Token Alliance has released a collaborative report of proposed guidelines for "Responsible growth" of the cryptocurrency market, according to their July 30 press release.

ETH/USD Ethereum could not break out of the 50-day SMA for the past six days.

Cryptocurrency exchange giant Binance announced a partnership with decentralized global lending platform Libra Credit that will allow BNB holders to access fiat and cryptocurrency loans to borrowers that pledge Binance BNB tokens as collateral.

Cryptocurrency merchant bank Galaxy Digital is set to trade on Toronto's TSX Venture Exchange on August 1, Bloomberg reported Monday.

Litecoin founder Charlie Lee tweeted July 29 that he will be an advisor for HTC's new smartphone Exodus, which will support LTC and the Lightning Network.

Pantera Capital, one of the first investment firms to focus solely on the cryptocurrency and blockchain sector, has announced a substantial lifetime return of over 10,000% in a recent announcement celebrating the fund's 5-year anniversary.

A Bitcoin ETF, in turn, tracks Bitcoin as the underlying asset.

Huobi, currently the world's third largest crypto exchange by daily trading volumes, is set to support Indian rupee transactions on its proprietary peer-to-peer trading platform, according to an email cited by Crypto News India July 26.

Data from Cointelegraph's price tracker and Coin360 reveals a modest comedown for Bitcoin through the day, falling almost 1 percent over a 24 hour period to trade at around $8,110 by press time.

HTC's new blockchain-compatible smartphone will support litecoin, creator Charlie Lee said Sunday.