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Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong (CoinDesk archives)
Coinbase Acquires AI Customer Support Startup Agara
Under the deal, Agara’s mostly India-based staff will join Coinbase’s operations.
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Stacks Foundation, Brink to Fund Bitcoin Development Fellowship Using ‘Stacking’ Rewards
The organizations estimate they will raise $165,000 over one year.
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Frothy NFT Market Remains ‘Healthy’ as Developers Hold ETH or Reinvest: Nansen
While the NFT market may look unsustainable, a look under the hood shows that the “drops” may keep rising.
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Blockstream's Christian Decker at Construct 2019, image via CoinDesk archives
'Multi-Part' Payments Could Bring Bigger Bitcoin Sums to Lightning Network
With its latest "major release," bitcoin tech startup Blockstream said its c-lightning software team is the first to release a working version of "multi-part payments."
Blockstream's Christian Decker at Construct 2019, image via CoinDesk archives

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New Tool Will Find Secrets – Including Crypto Keys – in Your Public Code
A clever tool scours GitHub for secret keys and passwords that programmers inadvertently made public.
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Watch Facebook's Libra Videos: An Inside Look at the Calibra Wallet
Facebook provided video primers on its new blockchain tech. Here are a few of the best.
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Cloud Provider Xunlei Launches Blockchain File System
Xunlei Limited announced that it has launched a distributed file system called ThunderChain File System (TCFS) for its blockchain platform.
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Facebook Has a New Director of Engineering for Blockchain
Facebook is getting even more serious about blockchain, appointing a new director of engineering to focus on the technology.
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Tencent, Chinese Officials Partner to Fight Blockchain Crime
Technology giant Tencent said it was teaming up with the Chinese government to fight blockchain-related security problems and crimes.
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National Chinese Science Academy Launches Blockchain Lab
China's federal science institution, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, is eyeing blockchain technology, the school announced this week. 
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