The Daily Leo #315: Binance Finalizes Bitcoin Lightning Network Integration, Major Bank in Australia to Block Certain Cryptocurrency Platforms

about 2 years ago (Edited)

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Germany's central bank says the economy apparently returned to growth in the 2nd quarter EU
The German economy appears to have returned to slight growth in the April-June period after shrinking for two consecutive quarters, the country's central bank said Monday.

Germany’s national statistics office said in late May that Europe's biggest economy contracted by 0.3% in the first three months of this year ...

Asia markets fall; China’s economy grew 6.3%, missing expectations
Asia-Pacific markets fell on Monday as investors digested key economic data from China.

Most notably, the world’s number two economy reported that GDP for the second quarter grew 6.3%,lower than ....

Crypto Exchange Binance Finalizes Bitcoin Lightning Network Integration
Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange in terms of trading volume, today announced it has completed its integration of the Lightning Network, the popular scaling solution running atop the Bitcoin blockchain.

Binance users can now use the Layer-2 scaling solution for Bitcoin withdrawals and deposits...

Investor who lost $740K to Ontario's Crypto King among 5 men charged with kidnapping him’
A Toronto investor who lost thousands to Ontario's self-proclaimed Crypto King is one of five men facing charges connected to the alleged kidnapping, forcible confinement and assault of Aiden Pleterski last December, CBC Toronto has learned.

CBC Toronto previously reported details of Pleterski's alleged kidnapping based on a report from ongoing bankruptcy proceedings..

National Australia Bank joins crypto exchange boycott, cites ‘scams’Another major bank in Australia has said it will block certain cryptocurrency platforms, citing high levels of scam risk in the industry.

On July 17, National Australia Bank (NAB) announced a set of new measures to protect customers from fraud as part of its “bank-wide scam strategy.”..

Unstoppable Domains adds .eth domains through Ethereum Name Service Unstoppable Domains and Ethereum Name Service have dominated the decentralized domain name space as competitors — until now.

Two of the biggest platforms powering Web3 decentralized domains are now available under one roof after Unstoppable Domains announced support for .eth domain names from the Ethereum Name Service (ENS)...

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