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8 Illicit Crypto-Mining Windows Apps Removed From Microsoft Store

Eight apps have been removed from Microsoft’s app store after Symantec found they could illicitly mine cryptocurrency.

Graphics card maker Nvidia has said the downturn in sales to crypto miners drove a drop in revenue in Q4, despite a record year overall.

Canada-based cryptocurrency exchange Coinsquare has acquired decentralized exchange StellarX.

Using the Lightning Network, more than 150 people bought Domino’s pizza with bitcoin this week.

While crypto-land is abuzz about JPMorgan’s plan to move dollars via blockchain, a smaller New York bank is already doing this.

A Canadian judge will appoint a legal team to represent QuadrigaCX’s customers in the coming week.

Sources in Iran say the country’s financial sector is taking clear steps toward a state-backed token economy.

Chinese search giant Baidu has launched a plug-and-play blockchain platform aimed to simplify commercial deployment of decentralized apps.

An HSBC executive has told Reuters that using blockchain slashed the costs of settling foreign exchange trades.

JPMorgan’s in-house crypto token is moving to real-world trials in “a few months,” according to a CNBC report.