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When Bionano Genomics acquired Lineagen, Inc. in August, the genomic analysis company gained the final piece it needed to provide comprehensive structural variation detection for researchers and drug developers and a reimbursement pathway for clinicians who want to use its technology to replace cytogenetic tests to diagnose cancers and rare diseases. “What we’ve done by acquiring Lineagen is bring a great set of skills into our midst to fulfill the promise of our primary technology much faster than we could have done otherwise. This was a ‘build vs. buy’ decision,” Erik Holmlin, Ph.D., CEO, told BioSpace. Bionano Genomics and Lineagen are each experts in cytogenetics – the identification of large structural variations within the genome. The difference is that Bionano Genomics has developed an automated platform for cytogenetics while Lineagen performs the analysis as a service, using traditional methods in its CLIA-certified lab. The acquisition, therefore, gives Bionano Genomics a...

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Startup leverages cryptocurrency to push plastics... - Plastics Recycling Update Startup leverages cryptocurrency to push plastics... - Plastics Recycling Update Posted: 05 Aug 2020 12:00 AM PDT Users of the ZeLoop app will receive cryptocurrency for bringing materials to recycling collection sites. | Courtesy of ZeLoop. A mobile app in beta testing seeks to reward users for properly recycling materials at drop-off locations. The company says an exchange of currency is vital to the process. Dubai-headquartered ZeLoop has developed an app that informs users of recycling options and rewards them for bringing recyclables to those sites. The app is beginning with a focus on plastic bottles and plans to roll out its platform to cover more materials in the future. Beyond the app, ZeLoop has developed a cryptocurrency system to support the rewards program. Users will receive cryptocurrency for bringing materials to recycling collection sit...

A Radical New Crypto Just Blew Past The Bitcoin Price All-Time High—Up A Shocking 3,500% In Just One Month - Forbes A Radical New Crypto Just Blew Past The Bitcoin Price All-Time High—Up A Shocking 3,500% In Just One Month - Forbes Posted: 30 Aug 2020 04:15 PM PDT Bitcoin and cryptocurrency markets have been dominated by decentralized finance, often shortened to DiFi, over recent months . The bitcoin price , up around 40% since the beginning of 2020, has been left in the dust by the gains made some DeFi project tokens —including yearn.finance (YFI) that's up a staggering 3,500% in just a little over a month and has surged past bitcoin's late-2017 $20,000 all-time high. MORE FROM FORBES Grayscale, The World's Largest Bitcoin And Crypto Asset Manager, Has A Massive 'Premium' Problem By Billy Bambrough Bitcoin remains the biggest cryptocurrency by total value with a market capitalization of over $200 ... [+] billion, ...

Huobi Futures to launch bitcoin options on 1 September - HedgeWeek Huobi Futures to launch bitcoin options on 1 September - HedgeWeek Posted: 31 Aug 2020 02:58 AM PDT Huobi Futures, the crypto derivatives market of Huobi Group, is to launch bitcoin (BTC) options for trading on 1 September 1st at 10:00 UTC.  The new options product follows the successful roll-out of Huobi Futures' Perpetual Swaps earlier this year and aims to give traders more ways to create arbitrage and hedge risk in the crypto market. Similar to options in traditional financial markets, Huobi's BTC option is a derivative product that gives users the right, but not the obligation, to buy or sell BTC at an agreed upon price and date. Call options give the options buyer the right to buy the underlying asset at a specified price on the expiration date, while put options give options buyer the right to sell a specified amount of an underlying asset at a specified pr...