Links:

• Dogecoin creator slams Mozilla for pausing crypto donations
• CBDC wallet tops mobile app store charts in China
• Bitcoin Approaches Death Cross as Goldman Foresees 4 Fed Rate Hikes This Year

Links:

• China’s central bank releases pilot version of digital yuan wallet
• Kevin O’Leary-Backed DeFi Platform WonderFi to Purchase Bitbuy for $162M in Cash, Shares
• Samsung to introduce NFT platform within its new smart TVs

Links:

• China's Digital Yuan Comes With An Expiration Date | ZeroHedge
• Scarcity Cred: Crypto Is A $2 Trillion Disruptive Force | ZeroHedge
• "You’d Have To Shut Down The Internet" To Ban Bitcoin, Says SEC's Hester Peirce | ZeroHedge

Bitcoin is down 2% at $40,014
Ethereum is up 8% at $1317
and XRP is up 4% at 33 cents

Top gainers in the last 24 hours:
Dash up 50%
Maker up 47%
Bitcoin Cash up 34%

Bitcoin’s mining difficulty reaches record high.

A test for the digital yuan has given us a look at the card-based hardware wallets.

PayPal, Coinbase invest in TaxBit.

Brad Garlinghouse takes to Twitter to answer questions re: SEC lawsuit.

SoFi may go public.

Kyrgyzstan proposed first regulatory framework for crypto.

Links:

• Kyrgyzstan Has Proposed Its First Regulatory Framework for Crypto - CoinDesk
• EXCLUSIVE-SoFi to go public through merger with Palihapitiya-backed SPAC | Reuters
• TaxBit Secures Investments from PayPal Ventures and Coinbase Ventures; Winklevoss Capital Doubles Down
• Bitcoin Mining Difficulty Hits Record High Amid Miner Revenue Surge - CoinDesk
• China Is Testing A Hardware Wallet For Digital Yuan
• Brad Garlinghouse on Twitter: "I’m not going to litigate the SEC’s unproven allegations on Twitter, and as you can imagine, there are new considerations to what can / should be said publicly after the litigation process starts. However, I would like to address 5 key questions I’ve seen. 1/10" / Twitter

Bitcoin is up slightly at $12,984
Ethereum is down 1% at $413
and XRP is down 1% at 25 cents

Top gainers in the last 24 hours:
Ocean Protocol up 26%
ABBC Coin up 16%
Crypto(.)com Chain up 15%

Central bank of Russia Governor says the digital ruble pilot could launch by end of 2021.

The People’s Bank of China looks to revise banking laws: legalize digital yuan, diminish yuan-pegged stablecoins.

WordProof plugin for WordPress timestamps content on Ethereum.

MineSpot to open largest mining facility in Russia.

Links:

• PBoC seeks to revise banking law to legalize digital yuan and ban yuan-pegged tokens - The Block
• Russia could pilot a digital ruble by the end of 2021, its central bank governor says - The Block
• WordProof Timestamp – WordPress plugin | WordPress.org
• New Firm Plans Largest Bitcoin Mining Firm in Russia - CoinDesk

Bank of Canada Seeks Economist with CBDC Knowledge

Links:

• With job listing, Canada’s central bank takes additional steps towards a CBDC
• Economist, Digital Currencies and Financial Technologies
• First Users Not So Impressed by China's Digital Yuan: Report - CoinDesk

Bitstamp Leaving London for Luxembourg

Digital Yuan Tests Small Retail Transactions

OSL On Track in Hong Kong

Links:

• Bitstamp reportedly leaves London after 8 years of operation
• China's digital yuan trials reportedly limited to small retail transactions
• Hong Kong Regulator Gives Crypto Exchange OSL Tentative Licensure Approval - CoinDesk

Japan Considers CBDC

China to Test CBDC

Revolut Live in US Less and Except Tennessee

Links:

• Japan Is Seriously Considering a Digital Yen: Report - CoinDesk
• OKCoin Launches Its Own DeFi Price Oracle Based on Compound Tech
• Revolut's Crypto Trading App Expands to 49 States Following Significant Delays

Stay and Pay with Bitcoin

Matthew Graham: Digital Yuan Aimed At Dollar

Brock Pierce Runs for President

Links:

• Travala.com Lets Travelers Once Again Book Expedia Hotels in Crypto - CoinDesk
• Expert: China's Digital Yuan Will Target the Dollar, Not Bitcoin
• Brock Pierce Jumps Into 2020 US Presidential Election Last Minute

Virus Freezes Dev of Digital Yuan

Ripple Pays MoneyGram $11 Million

Links:

• China's Digital Yuan Research Delayed Amid Coronavirus Epidemic
• Coinbase Releases its Plan for the Coronavirus Spread | Cointelegraph
• MoneyGram Got Another $11M From Ripple to Use Its Cross-Border Payments Tech - CoinDesk

Digital Yen vs Digital Yuan

Altsbit Closes Due to Hack

Chinese Use Blockchain Processing Coronavirus Claims

Links:

• Japanese Official Calls for Urgent Development of Digital Yen to Counter China
• New Crypto Exchange Altsbit Says It Will Close Following Hack - CoinDesk
• Chinese Insurance Firms Use Blockchain to Process Coronavirus Claims

China Tests Digital Cash Soon

Links:

• Markets Archives - CoinDesk
• Central Banks Archives - CoinDesk

China's CBDC Out Soon

Goldman Says Buy Bitcoin

Coinbase Drops Zcash for UK Customers August 26

Links:

• China's Central Bank 'Close' to Launching Official Digital Currency - CoinDesk
• Goldman Sachs Analysts' Note Says Now's a Good Time to Buy Bitcoin - CoinDesk
• Coinbase UK Dropping Support for Cryptocurrency Zcash - CoinDesk