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Telegram launched closed testing of its TON blockchain among several programming teams. Among the teams there are both foreign and Russian. Programmers will be able to install a TON blockchain network node, study the properties and network readiness, its speed and transactions that it can conduct.

VKontakte social network has stopped VK Coin's mining cryptocurrency. Now, coins can only be spent on receiving promotional codes from partners of the site or transfer to other users.

The developers of the Blockfolio tracker promise to release version 2.2 soon, in which the application can automatically update portfolios, directly connecting to the Binance, Bittrex, Coinbase, Coinbase Pro, OKEx, Poloniex and Bitfinex exchanges.

Startup Blockstack plans to hold a tokenail this year. To do this, he submitted an application to the SEC in order to obtain a license in accordance with the established provision “A +”, according to which the company can attract up to $ 50 million from US investors.

Coinbase has launched a Visa-based Coinbase Card. With its help, users from the UK will be able to pay for goods in the stores of the country with the help of cryptocurrencies with a 2.5% commission, as well as convert digital money into Fiat via ATMs.

Most users of decentralized applications prefer the Tron network, and developers prefer to create Ethereum-based dApps, according to a study on the analytical resource DApp.com.

WikiLeaks creator Julian Assange was arrested today in London. After banks blocked the accounts of Assange and he switched to cryptocurrencies, WikiLeaks managed to increase its profits by 50,000% thanks to donations in cryptocurrencies.