Cryptocurrency and Blockchain News - We're officially less than 1 week from the #Bitcoin Halving  - and more price volatility is expected from all cryptocurrencies. Algorand Blockchain is has added Tether as a trading asset, drastically reducing times (to less than 5 sec) to send USDT. Dr. Craig Wright is found to have copied parts of his PhD thesis. Vechain Partners with MasterCard and Alipay in Australia-China Supply Chain Consortium.