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CEO Binance Changpen Zhao threatens to split Bitcoin SV due to the behavior of Craig Wright, who sued Twitter user under the nickname Hodlonaut for fraud charges. It was Hodlonaut who ran the Lightning Torch relay.

The US Department of Energy wants to use the blockchain to protect power grid facilities from hacker attacks. Because of the burglars, Americans have already lost electricity, although the system reported on work in normal mode.

OKEx Hong Kong Exchange added three new fiat currencies to its peer platform: the ruble, the euro and the Turkish lira.

A division of Rostec “RT-Design Technologies” together with “Seldon” will create the country's largest certification center on the blockchain, which will provide online cash desk services, electronic document management, data exchange and invoices.

The head of a large investment bank Goldman Sachs, David Solomon, denied media reports that the company plans to open a cryptocurrency unit or exchange.

According to the new law, French life insurance companies can invest through professional funds in cryptocurrencies and tokens without restrictions on the amount of investments, and also provide insurance products based on digital assets to customers.

The hardware wallets manufacturer Ledger intends to cut 20 people from its staff into 200 employees.

A member of the Belarusian Association of Blockchain Association Alexander Lozben addressed the Eurovision director John Ola Sand with a proposal to transfer the competition to the blockchain in order to increase its transparency.

Duo Vitaly Buterin with developer Karl Flescher read a rap about the Ethereum 2.0 ecosystem at the Edcon 2019 developer conference in Sydney on April 11th.