According to Bitcoin.com, Australian financial authorities are looking into possible violations related to the hard fork in response to the fiasco related to The DAO last year.

Over 80 percent of Bitcoin’s network hashrate are now signalling support for the New York Agreement (also known as SegWit2x). Bitcoin Magazine has published a piece that explains what this new signalling from miners means for the future of Bitcoin.

Over at CoinDesk, a piece has been published that explores the legitimacy of the recent ICO frenzy. Some wonder whether the ERC-20 token standard has made it too easy for illegitimate projects to raise funds from unaccredited investors.

According to ABC News, China has banned a variety of synthetic opioids, which have been blamed for multiple deaths in the United States. These sorts of synthetic drugs are often purchased with bitcoin via the darknet markets.

According to Bleeping Computer, hackers have taken advantage of a leaked NSA exploit to mine Monero on victims’ computers. The malware checks to see if the computer has any available resources before beginning the mining process.

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