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The Supreme Court of Nova Scotia has ordered Canadian law firms Miller Thomson and Cox & Palmer to represent customers of cryptocurrency exchange QuadrigaCX in upcoming proceedings. The ruling was announced in a court filing published on Feb. 19.On Tuesday, Justice Michael Wood rendered a decision that Miller Thomson and Cox & Palmer will act…

ConsenSys, the Ethereum-focused company founded by Joseph Lubin, announced on Feb. 25 that it will spin off its health division. The new ConsenSys Health company will develop blockchain use cases to tackle issues in the U.S. healthcare industry.The announcement is part of ConsenSys’ strategy shift of favoring products such as Codefi and Infura, which led…

Leading cryptocurrency exchange Binance is adding support for credit card crypto purchases through its partnership with payment processor Simplex, according to a press release shared with Cointelegraph Jan. 31.Changpeng Zhao, Binance’s CEO, said that the firm “want[s] to provide Binance traders with fast and easy access to crypto, in the most secure way possible.” Zhao…

Bitcoin trading activity in South Korea has reportedly dipped amid rising interest in smaller altcoins. 3170 Total views 15 Total shares South Korea’s “big four” crypto exchanges — Bithumb, Korbit, Upbit and Coinone — are showing a marked cooling off in Bitcoin (BTC) enthusiasm.Meanwhile, altcoins are now accounting for the highest 24-hour trading volume according…

Following the first phase of the Unblocked Cash program in Vanuatu, Oxfam is readying to launch the pilot program’s second phase using the Dai stablecoin to distribute disaster relief.Speaking exclusively to Cointelegraph, Oxfam Pacific Cash and Livelihoods lead and co-founder of partner company Sempo Nick Williams discussed the challenges and successes of the program’s first…

Could their partnership with a new age guru save lives? Hashgraph has partnered with the Chopra Foundation to develop a mental health platform that they hope will scale to 1 billion users within five years. The platform's initial focus will be on suicide prevention, though they hope to eventually turn it into a broader mental…

Bitcoin (BTC) is being championed as the solution to a new payment crisis affecting the adult entertainment website Pornhub. In a blog post on Nov. 14, Pornhub revealed that payment processor PayPal had abruptly stopped servicing its models. Pornhub hits out at attack on “livelihoods”Previously, models throughout the world received payouts via PayPal, which has not…

Swedish digital marketing company Tradedoubler has launched a blockchain-based platform to connect publishers with advertisers, according to a press release published on Feb. 27.The digital ad network, which will serve as a decentralized data storage, enables automated and more transparent interactions between advertisers and publishers, or websites looking to host ads. The platform is scheduled…