May 2019 ~ Bitcoin

Friday, 31 May 2019

The Copyright for the Satoshi White Paper is Already Causing Trouble

May 31, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

Craig Wright's copyright registration of the Satoshi White Paper is causing some online services to censor the document.

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SEC’s Hinman Says Some ICOs May Be Eligible for ‘No-Action’ Relief

May 31, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

Startups that conducted ICOs may be eligible for relief from SEC enforcement actions, an agency official said.

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Coinbase President Steps Down, Emilie Choi Named as Replacement

May 31, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

Asiff Hirji is leaving Coinbase after 18 months on the job. The crypto exchange also announced that current executive Emilie Choi would take over as COO.

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Japan Hardens Rules for Cryptocurrency Storage and Trading

May 31, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

The Japanese government is creating new – and potentially expensive – rules for all cryptocurrency companies.

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Bitcoin Shines Amid Wall Street Losses

May 31, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

Bitcoin decoupled from traditional markets in the month of May, rising more than $3,000.

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EY Open-Sources ‘Nightfall’ Code for Private Transactions on Ethereum

May 31, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

One of the world's largest consultancy firms has released a new set of protocols for enabling private transactions atop the ethereum blockchain.

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SBI Plans Launch of In-Store Payments With Ripple-Powered ‘Money Tap’ App

May 31, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

SBI Ripple Asia is live testing in-store payments using its Ripple xCurrent-powered Money Tap app before a full launch "this year."

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Coinbase Adds Support for EOS Cryptocurrency on Retail Site and Apps

May 31, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

Coinbase has added support for the EOS cryptocurrency for customers on Coinbase.com and its Android and iOS apps.

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Bitcoin Price Looks Poised for Pullback But June Could Revive Rally

May 31, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

Bitcoin is teasing a short-term bearish reversal at the onset of the historically strong month of June.

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Blockchain.info Adds PAX Stablecoin to Mobile Wallet

May 31, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

Crypto-wallet powerhouse Blockchain is adding a dollar-pegged stablecoin to attract more users.

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Collapsed Crypto Exchange Cryptopia Owes Creditors $2.7 Million: Liquidators

May 31, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

The liquidators of hacked New Zealand crypto exchange Cryptopia say it owes over $2.7 million to creditors, while user losses are still unknown.

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A Crypto-Friendly Puerto Rico Bank Is Crowdfunding on Circle’s SeedInvest

May 31, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

Arival Bank aims to serve crypto firms rejected by traditional banks and is crowdfunding $3 million on Circle's SeedInvest platform.

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What to Expect at the SEC’s Blockchain Forum on Friday

May 30, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

At a fraught moment for government-industry relations, the SEC and crypto insiders are sitting down for a meeting.

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North Korean Hackers Target UpBit’s South Korean Users

May 30, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

North Korean hackers have been using a familiar phishing tool to steal UpBit customer details.

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State Farm, USAA to Pay Each Other Insurance Claims on Blockchain by 2020

May 30, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

Insurance giants State Farm and USAA are in advanced testing of a blockchain to automate claims processing.

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Ethereum Classic May Delay Upcoming Hard Fork ‘Atlantis’

May 30, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

Ethereum Classic developer failed to reach consensus today a "final call" to approve, update or reject upcoming system-wide upgrade or hard fork, Atlantis.

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Bitcoin’s Price Fades Rally Above $9,000

May 30, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

Bitcoin's price pierced $9,000 earlier today for the first time in over a year but quickly retreated to price levels sub $8,600.

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‘Everyone Can Be Satoshi’: Wei Liu Breaks Silence on Bid to Contest Craig Wright’s Bitcoin Copyright

May 30, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

Crypto trader Wei Liu says he registered a copyright on the Satoshi White Paper to poke fun at what he calls the "cult of CSW."

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Huobi Clamps Down on Crypto Wash Trading After Bitwise Report

May 30, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

Huobi said it has taken steps to discourage wash trading in the wake of a report that implied the exchange inflated trading volume.

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Binance to Offer Crypto Lending and Borrowing Through Cred Partnership

May 30, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

Binance exchange is making cryptocurrency lending and borrowing firm Cred an official partner.

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Australian Securities Watchdog Updates Guidance on ICOs and Crypto Assets

May 30, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

ASIC, the Australian securities regulator, has updated its guidance for businesses involved with initial coin offerings and crypto assets.

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Bitcoin Remains on Hunt for $9K After Defense of Key Price Support

May 30, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

Bitcoin still has potential for a move to $9,000, having established a bullish pattern at key price support in the last 24 hours.

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Another Satoshi: Second Copyright Filing Appears for Bitcoin White Paper

May 30, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

Craig Wright now has a legal rival for claimed authorship of the bitcoin white paper, as a second registration is filed with the U.S. Copyright Office.

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Three of Ireland’s ‘Big Four’ Banks Using Blockchain to Verify Staff Credentials

May 30, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

Bank of Ireland, AIB and Ulster Bank, are using a Deloitte blockchain system to verify and track employees' credentials.

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China Authorities Probe Alleged Illegal Bitcoin Mining Sites at Hydro Plants

May 30, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

Authorities in Sichuan province are reportedly probing into local bitcoin mining farms that may have been constructed without official approval.

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New Game From ‘CryptoKitties’ Creator Nets Nearly $200K in First-Week Spending

May 30, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

"Cheeze Wizards" is the new crypto game from Dapper Labs, and it's already seeing interest from NFT collectors.

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How MakerDAO Works – The Stablecoin Explainer

May 29, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

The most popular decentralized finance application on ethereum, MakerDAO, was built to keep a stablecoin's price stable. Under the hood, it's quite complex, featuring two separate tokens, a lending system and even a voting process. Here's how it works

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In First, Tezos Blockchain Activates Upgrade By Token Holder Voting

May 29, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

Tezos has activated its first ever on-chain upgrade initiated entirely by Tezos bakers during a three months period of both voting and code testing.

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Egypt Lifts Ban, Will Allow Licensed Cryptocurrency Companies

May 29, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

Egypt is considering legislation that would let the central bank issue licenses for cryptocurrency-related activities.

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Associated Press Rules ‘Crypto’ Isn’t a Substitute for ‘Cryptocurrency’

May 29, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

Cryptocurrency, bitcoin, and ethereum finally make it into the venerable AP Stylebook.

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Telegram-Based Crypto Wallet App Now Allows Fiat Purchases

May 29, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

Button Wallet, an app that puts a crypto wallet inside your Telegram account, is adding a fiat on-ramp in a partnership with Wyre.

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Scammers Boost BSV Price With Fake Satoshi Confirmation

May 29, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

Scammers boosted the price of bitcoin SV with a fake news alert purporting to show BSV's creator is also bitcoin's.

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Cloud Giant Salesforce Unveils First Blockchain Product

May 29, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

Salesforce announces its first blockchain partners including Arizona State University. The product will add blockchain to its popular CRM products.

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Everything We Know About Facebook’s Cryptocurrency

May 29, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

Here's the complete story (so far) of Facebook's potentially transformative blockchain project.

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US Lawmakers Urge Trump Advisor Larry Kudlow to Promote Blockchain

May 29, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

U.S. lawmakers have asked Trump advisor Larry Kudlow to include blockchain on a list of tech initiatives to support.

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A UK University Is ‘Fingerprinting’ National Archives With Blockchain

May 29, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

The University of Surrey has revealed that it's using blockchain tech to secure records of national video archives around the world against tampering.

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Bitfury, Tech Firm Mphasis Plan Blockchain Disruption in Trade Finance

May 29, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

Blackstone-owned IT firm Mphasis has partnered with blockchain tech firm Bitfury to automate and tokenize trade finance processes.

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Barclays Leads $5.5 Million Round for Blockchain Business Payments Startup

May 29, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

Barclays Bank has jointly led a $5.5 million Series A funding round for blockchain-based B2B payments startup Crowdz.

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Bitcoin Price Eyes Longest Monthly Winning Run Since 2017

May 29, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

Bitcoin is on track to register its longest winning streak since August 2017, with four consecutive months of price gains.

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Rakuten Brings in Compliance Partner for New Crypto Exchange

May 29, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

E-commerce giant Rakuten has partnered with blockchain analytics firm CipherTrace to ensure AML compliance for its soon-to-launch exchange platform.

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Bitbond Plans to Raise $3.9 Million in Germany’s ‘First’ Regulated STO

May 29, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

Blockchain-based lending platform Bitbond says its security token offering is the first to be approved by a regulator in Germany.

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U.K. Exchange Coinfloor Is Getting Paid to Help Crypto Firms Access Banking

May 29, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

Coinfloor will collect a fee for referring reputable crypto startups to electronic money institution Enumis for bank-like current accounts.

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Bitcoin’s ‘Toxic’ Twitter ‘Culture War’ Explained

May 28, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

A flare-up between developers, startup members and other members of the ecyostem around bitcoin raised a range of questions over the weekend.

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MakerDAO Token Holders Approve Another DAI Fee Decrease

May 28, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

After nearly two weeks of continuous voting, MakerDAO token holders have officially activated a decrease to DAI stablecoin fees.

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Car-Racing Crypto Collectable Sells For Over $100,000 In ETH

May 28, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

Someone paid over $100,000 worth of ether for a virtual Formula 1 racer.

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Tezos Is About to Enact Its First-Ever On-Chain Blockchain Update

May 28, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

For the past three months, users of the Tezos blockchain have been voting on a set of two upgrade proposals. Now, the Tezos blockchain is set to activate its first official system-wide upgrade having completed three separate rounds of voting.

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IBM, Maersk Finally Sign Up 2 Big Carriers for Shipping Blockchain

May 28, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

IBM and Maersk's shipping blockchain has finally recruited two major marine cargo carriers after early efforts floundered.

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Kik is Crowdfunding $5 Million in Crypto to Help Fight SEC

May 28, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

Messaging app firm Kik has launched a crypto crowdfunding campaign to support a likely court battle with the U.S. SEC over its ICO token, kin.

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Blockchain and Financial Services Lead Jesse Lund Leaves IBM

May 28, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

Jesse Lund, IBM’s global head of blockchain for financial services, is no longer working for the company.

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BitGo Co-Founder and Facebook Alum Joins Blockchain Capital

May 28, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

Crypto entrepreneur and investor Ben Davenport is joining Blockchain Capital as a venture partner.

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Korean Government Plans Action Over Risks of Resurgent Crypto Market

May 28, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

With the price of bitcoin surging, the South Korean government has held an inter-agency emergency meeting over the risk for investors.

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Another Crypto Billionaire Signs Gates, Buffet-Founded ‘Giving Pledge’

May 28, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

Ben Delo, billionaire co-founder of crypto derivatives exchange BitMEX, has pledged to donate much of his wealth to global challenges.

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Bitcoin Price Raises Bull Flag in Preparation for Possible Move Higher

May 28, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

Bitcoin has formed a technical pattern called a “bull flag” on the hourly chart – a pause that often refreshes higher.

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South Korea’s Shinhan Bank Turns to Blockchain to Speed Up Loan Issuance

May 28, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

Shinhan, one of the oldest and largest banks in South Korea, is using blockchain technology to speed up the approval process for loan products.

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ECB Official Says Wholesale Central Bank Digital Currency a ‘Viable Option’

May 28, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

A European Central Bank council member has come out generally in favor of wholesale central bank digital currencies.

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JPMorgan Adds New Privacy Features to Its Ethereum-Based Quorum Blockchain

May 28, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

JPMorgan has developed a new privacy feature for ethereum-based blockchains that hides both the sender and the amount in a transaction.

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Researcher Discovers Serious Vulnerability in Paper Crypto Wallet Site

May 27, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

If you have cryptocurrency in a paper wallet from WalletGenerator.net you'd best pull it off.

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0x Teams With StarkWare to Bring Speed to Decentralized Exchanges

May 27, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

Decentralized exchanges that rely on ethereum could get a huge scalability boost, thanks to a new offering from StarkWare and 0x.

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Golden Crossover: XRP Heads for Bullish Chart Pattern as Price Climbs 27%

May 27, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

XRP is teasing a long-term bullish reversal, with 27% gains and a bullish golden cross pattern likely to occur next week.

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Vroom! F1 Racing Game Offers First Crypto Collectable

May 27, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

F1 Delta Time, a blockchain-based racing game, is offering its first crypto collectable – a unique racecar called 1-1-1.

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Yahoo Japan-Backed Crypto Exchange Taotao Launches This Week

May 27, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

A new crypto exchange platform in which Yahoo Japan owns a major stake is about to launch after over a year in development.

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Want to Know Your Wine Is Genuine? EY Has Built a Blockchain for That

May 27, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

“Big Four” firm EY has built a blockchain platform for a firm that will help consumers determine wines' quality, provenance and authenticity.

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ConsenSys Launches ‘Jobs Kit’ to Help Devs Enter the Blockchain Industry

May 27, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

Ethereum development studio ConsenSys has launched a blockchain “job kit” to guide developers wishing to enter the growing blockchain space.

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Bitcoin Price Backs Off 12 Month Highs, But Bias Remains Bullish

May 27, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

Bitcoin has retreated from 12-month highs over $8,900 hit earlier today, but prices are holding well above key support at $8,390.

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Hacked Crypto Exchange Cryptopia Files for US Bankruptcy Protection

May 27, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

Cryptopia has filed for bankruptcy protection in the U.S. seeking to preserve vital user data held on servers in Arizona

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Public Perceptions of the Bitcoin Spot Market Are Wrong, Says Bitwise

May 27, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

Today's bitcoin spot market is “significantly" smaller and more efficient than is generally perceived, argues a Bitwise Asset Management paper.

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The Cat-and-Mouse Game of Crypto Regulation Enters a New Phase

May 27, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

The cat-and-mouse game between regulators and crypto developers could spur a new era of innovation around the technology, writes Michael J. Casey.

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Bitcoin Hits New 2019 High Above $8,900

May 26, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

Bitcoin's price has once again set a new high for 2019 after breaking out from a bullish pattern on the daily chart, reaching as high as $8,905.

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What Will It Take to Regulate Crypto Exchanges?

May 26, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

Regulation is needed to maintain neutrality among exchanges, but it might not be around the corner, argues Konstantinos Stylianou.

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Beacon Chain Contracts: A New Way to Deploy Dapps on Ethereum 2.0

May 26, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

A new proposal by founder of ethereum Vitalik Buterin suggests a new paradigm for decentralized application deployment on ethereum 2.0.

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The Real Discussion About Ethereum’s Next Hard Fork Is About to Begin

May 25, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

Ethereum core developers have discussed a list of 29 proposed code changes to be included in ethereum's next system-wide upgrade, Istanbul.

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Crypto Funds, Lending and Market Manipulation

May 25, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

The growing practice of asset lending by crypto hedge funds could add systemic risk to the sector if we are not vigilant, argues Noelle Acheson.

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Bitcoin Cash Miners Undo Attacker’s Transactions With ‘51% Attack’

May 24, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

Two mining pools recently carried out a 51 percent attack on the bitcoin cash blockchain.

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Swiss Telecom Company Is Bringing Crypto Collectables to TV

May 24, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

Now Swiss TV watchers can own a unique piece of digital art.

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Lightning App for Sending Bitcoin Tips on Twitter Is Now Easier to Use

May 24, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

An app that lets you send lightning tips via Twitter just got a 1.0 software release with a set of new features.

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Montana Passes Bill to Exempt Utility Tokens From Securities Laws

May 24, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

"Big Sky Country" has gone crypto friendly, with new legislation exempting utility tokens from securities laws.

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Crypto Exchange Binance Confirms Margin Trading Coming ‘Soon’: Report

May 24, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

Binance has told TechCrunch it's launching margin trading "soon," after the crypto exchange accidentally revealed the service in a tweeted image.

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Blockstream’s Samson Mow Is Launching a Space Alien Gaming Token on Bitcoin

May 24, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

Bitcoin... in space? A company led by Blockstream CSO Samson Mow is looking to bridge the worlds of crypto and online gaming.

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Long-Term Bitcoin Price Indicator Rises for First Time in a Year

May 24, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

Bitcoin has moved back above $8,000 as a widely followed long-term indicator turns bullish for the first time in over a year.

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Hollywood Producer Raises $100 Million for Media-Focused Security Token

May 24, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

Proxima Media, a firm founded by film producer Ryan Kavanaugh, has raised $100 million for a token that allows investment in film, TV and music.

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Security Token Platform iSTOX Admitted to Central Bank Sandbox

May 24, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

iSTOX, a Singapore Exchange-backed security token platform, has joined a regulatory sandbox set up by Singapore's central bank.

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LocalBitcoins Bans Bitcoin Buying in Iran in Blow to Rising Crypto Commerce

May 24, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

Another crypto buying and selling service has banned Iranian users, pushing them toward anonymous decentralized exchanges.

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Facebook to Roll Out ‘GlobalCoin’ Cryptocurrency in 2020, Report Says

May 23, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

Social media giant Facebook is set to roll out its own cryptocurrency – internally called 'GlobalCoin' – in 2020, according to a report from BBC.

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Ethereum Investment Vehicle Approved for Small Investors

May 23, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

FINRA has approved Grayscale Investments' ethereum trust shares for sale to mom-and-pop investors.

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Coinbase Opens DAI Stablecoin Trading to Retail Customers

May 23, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

Coinbase will now let its retail customers buy or trade the DAI stablecoin, so long as they don't live in New York.

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AT&T Teams With BitPay to Accept Bill Payments in Crypto

May 23, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

You can now pay your AT&T bill with crypto.

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Coinbase’s Merchant App Hits $50 Million in Volume Since 2018 Launch

May 23, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

Coinbase Commerce – the exchange unicorn's app for online retailers – hit a milestone after seeing an uptick in volume in Q2 2019.

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SEC Sues Alleged $26 Million ‘Crypto’ Ponzi Scheme Operator

May 23, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

The SEC has accused Daniel Pacheco of running a $26 million Ponzi scheme disguised as a cryptocurrency.

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Vitalik Proposes Mixer to Anonymize ‘One-Off’ Ethereum Transactions

May 23, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

Founder of ethereum Vitalik Buterin proposed Wednesday a "simple" design to enhance privacy features on the ethereum blockchain.

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Robinhood Opens Trading for 7 Cryptocurrencies in New York

May 23, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

Five months after receiving a BitLicense, Robinhood is now offering ethereum and bitcoin trading in New York State.

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Russian Central Bank to Consider Gold-Backed Cryptocurrency

May 23, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

The Bank of Russia will consider the use of a gold-backed cryptocurrency to facilitate international settlements, according to its governor.

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Japan Scrutinizing Crypto Exchanges Ahead of G20 Summit

May 23, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

Japan’s financial watchdog is said to be inspecting crypto exchanges over anti-money laundering measures ahead of June's G20 meeting.

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Decentralized Domain Registry Raises $4 Million From Draper, Boost VC

May 23, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

Unstoppable Domains says its decentralized registry can create a censorship-resistant internet, and big investors are backing the idea.

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DeFi Pioneer Compound Partners With Coinbase Wallet, Zerion for V2 Launch

May 23, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

For its Version 2 launch, crypto interest app Compound has partnerships with Coinbase Wallet, Zerion and a bridge to fellow DeFi leader Uniswap.

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Rep. Eric Swalwell Is Accepting Crypto Donations in Bid for US Presidency

May 23, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

Rep. Eric Swalwell is accepting donations in six cryptocurrencies to support his bid for the U.S. presidency in 2020.

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Price Dip Leaves Bitcoin Exposed to $7.2K Support

May 23, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

Bitcoin dived out of a narrowing price range on Wednesday, opening the doors for a deeper drop to $7,200.

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Swiss Watchmaker Franck Muller Launches ‘Functional’ Bitcoin Timepiece

May 23, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

Swiss luxury watchmaker Franck Muller has launched a limited-edition bitcoin timepiece dubbed “Encrypto” that comes with a cold wallet.

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Coinstar Expands Bitcoin Buying Service to Cover 21 US States

May 23, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

Kiosk network Coinstar has expanded its bitcoin-buying service, adding around 100 new outlets and growing U.S. coverage to 21 states.

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State Street’s Blockchain Lead Departs to Build Data Privacy Startup

May 23, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

Moiz Kohari, State Street's global chief technology architect, has left to build a new data privacy startup.

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Binance CEO CZ Is Suing VC Giant Sequoia for Reputational Damages

May 22, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao is taking Sequoia Capital back to court, claiming the VC firm hurt his reputation.

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Switzerland’s SIX Stock Exchange Is Working On a Swiss Franc Stablecoin

May 22, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

SIX, the Swiss national stock exchange group, is working on creating its own stablecoin pegged to the Swiss franc.

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The Consensus 2019 Keynote Videos Are Now Live

May 22, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

Watch nearly every Consensus 2019 talk on CoinDesk right now.

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US Copyright Office Says It Does Not ‘Recognize’ Craig Wright as Satoshi

May 22, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

No, the U.S. government didn't officially recognize Craig Wright as Satoshi.

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EU Authorities Shutdown On Bitcoin Transaction Mixer

May 22, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

A bitcoin transaction mixer has been seized and shut down by authorities in the European Union.

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Coinbase Now Lets Merchants Accept Payments in the USDC Stablecoin

May 22, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

Coinbase Commerce, the crypto exchange's merchants payments offering, has added support for dollar-pegged stablecoin USD Coin.

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Collapsed Cryptopia Exchange Founder Wants You to Put Funds in His New Project

May 22, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

Adam Clark, creator of the now-defunct Cryptopia, is trying again with a new exchange. Details are slim.

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Bitcoin Price Stuck Around $8K But Still Up Nearly 50% This Month

May 22, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

Bitcoin is teasing a downside break of its recent trading range, having again faced rejection above $8,000 today.

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‘Fortnite’ Maker Teams Up With Crypto’s Steam Competitor to Boost Game Development

May 22, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

The Abyss, a gaming platform built on crypto, is teaming up with "Fortnite" creator Epic Games in a bid to incentivize developers.

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Israeli Court Rules Bitcoin Is an Asset in Feud Over Tax Payment

May 22, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

An Israeli court has ruled against an investor in declaring bitcoin is an asset and not a currency, and thus subject to capital gains tax.

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Russia’s Central Depository to Launch Security Token Blockchain Next Month

May 22, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

Russia’s National Settlement Depository will launch its long-awaited digital asset ledger next month – 5,000 kilometers away from its Moscow HQ.

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Crypto Lending Startup BlockFi Slashing Interest Rates on Ether Deposits

May 22, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

Crypto lending startup BlockFi is almost halving the interest rates it offers on ether deposits, while some bitcoin rates will increase slightly.

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Firefox Browser Adds Option to Automatically Block Crypto Mining Scripts

May 22, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

Mozilla has released an update for its Firefox browser which includes an option to block cryptocurrency mining scripts on websites.

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Traders Accused of Illegally Collecting $56 Million in Bitcoin for Loan Scheme

May 22, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

Two OTC traders in China have been accused of illegally soliciting over 7,000 bitcoin in deposits for a supposed loan offering.

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$71 Million: Galaxy Digital Sells Stake in EOS Blockchain Maker Block.One

May 21, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

Galaxy Digital, the crypto bank founded by Michael Novogratz, has sold its position in Block.one, the maker of the EOS blockchain, for $71 million.

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$19 Million: Ethereum Foundation to Fund Work on 2.0 Upgrade, Plasma and More

May 21, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

The Ethereum Foundation issued a blog post today outlining how an estimated $30 million would be spent to further develop the ethereum ecosystem.

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Bitfinex Argues Why Judge Should Dismiss NYAG Case in Latest Court Filings

May 21, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

Bitfinex and Tether asked a judge to dismiss the New York Attorney General's case against the firms, claiming they have no customers in the state.

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At Blockchain Week, Maturity Is the Motto as Ethereum Organizations Push Toward 2.0 Upgrade

May 21, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

Improved relations between the Ethereum Foundation and ConsenSys point to a governance shift that could have major implications for the network's goals.

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Crypto Startup Circle Lays Off 30 Employees Citing Market, Regulatory Conditions

May 21, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

Circle is laying off roughly 30 people, CoinDesk has learned.

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Dutch Man Arrested Over $2.2 Million Bitcoin Mining Fraud

May 21, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

A man has been arrested in the Netherlands for allegedly scamming investors out of over $2.2 million in a fake bitcoin mining scheme.

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Craig Wright Is Playing Three-Dimensional Checkers

May 21, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

Craig Wrights efforts to copyright the Bitcoin archives are genius in a very special way.

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Bitcoin SV Suddenly Surges 200% As Wright Copyrights Satoshi White Paper

May 21, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

Bitcoin SV (BSV) suddenly surged more than 200 percent on some exchanges after Craig Wright promises to revert Bitcoin White Paper copyright to the Bitcoin Association.

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SEC Moves to Halt Diamond-Linked Crypto ‘Ponzi Scheme,’ Freeze Assets

May 21, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has taken action over what it alleges is a $30 million crypto scam based on supposed diamond investment.

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PewDiePie Helps Blockchain Video Streaming Platform to 67% Hike in Users

May 21, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

Blockchain-based live streaming service DLive has seen a 67 percent increase in users since popular YouTuber PewDiePie joined the platform in April.

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Craig Wright Attempts to Copyright the Satoshi White Paper and Original Bitcoin Code

May 21, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

Craig Wright has filed copyright registrations for the original Satoshi white paper and bitcoin code with the U.S. Copyright Office.

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Game of Thrones Actor Jerome Flynn to Advise Vegan Crypto Project

May 21, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

Jerome Flynn, the actor who plays "Bronn" in TV series Game of Thrones, is now an adviser to decentralized vegan lifestyle project VeganNation.

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Bitcoin’s Repeated Failures to Pass $8.3K Raise Risk of Price Pullback

May 21, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

Bitcoin has failed three times in seven days to find acceptance above $8,300, raising the risk of a notable short-term correction.

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Bitfinex Enters the Initial Exchange Offering Industry With Tokinex

May 21, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

Bitfinex has just announced its first foray into the increasingly popular business of initial exchange offerings.

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Australian Government Employee Charged With Mining Crypto at Work

May 21, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

A 33-year-old Australian IT contractor has been charged after he allegedly mined cryptocurrency on government computer systems.

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PBoC’s Fintech Research Institute Is Hiring Blockchain Experts

May 21, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

A research institute under the Chinese central bank has just announced 29 job openings – three of which focus on blockchain-related expertise.

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Crypto and Forex Scam Reports Tripled in the UK Last Year, Watchdog Says

May 21, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

Reports of cryptocurrency and foreign exchange scams surged in the U.K. last year, while total reported losses dropped, says the FCA.

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NYSE Arca Seeks Rule Change to List ETF Backed by Bitcoin and T-Bills

May 20, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

NYSE Arca has formally applied to the SEC for a rule change that would let it list shares in a proposed bitcoin trust managed by Wilshire Phoenix Funds.

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IRS Says It Will ‘Soon’ Issue Crypto Tax Guidance in First Since 2014

May 20, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

The Internal Revenue Service is working on its first tax guidance for cryptocurrency since 2014, the agency's commissioner told a lawmaker Monday.

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Venezuela Tries to Avoid US Sanctions By Trading In Rubles and Crypto

May 20, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

Caracas and Russia are in talks to disconnect from USD and exchange rubles and crypto.

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SEC Postpones Decision on VanEck/SolidX Filing in Latest Bitcoin ETF Setback

May 20, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has again delayed a decision on a bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) proposal.

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The Cryptopia Hackers Are Moving Funds Into at Least Four Wallets

May 20, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

The thieves who cleared at least $16 million of ether from the Cryptopia exchange appear to have begun moving the stolen crypto into multiple wallets.

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$900 Million: Coinbase Records Highest Weekly Ethereum Trading Volume Since 2017

May 20, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

Popular ethereum markets exceeded $900 million in trading volume on Coinbase last week, its highest amount since late 2017.

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MakerDAO Fee Decrease Stalls Amid Decline in Token Holder Voting Turnout

May 20, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

A decrease to fees on stablecoin DAI failed to activate over the weekend due to a lack of voter turnout.

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ABN AMRO Eyes Launch of Blockchain Inventory Platform, Dropping Wallet Plan

May 20, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

As ABN AMRO drops its exploration of a crypto wallet product, the Dutch bank says it's seeking to launch a blockchain platform for trade inventory.

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Mutual Funds Network Calastone’s ‘Real-Time’ Blockchain Platform Is Live

May 20, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

Calastone, a transactions network for the mutual funds industry, has now moved to its own blockchain-based settlement system.

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Coinbase’s Education Rewards Program ‘Earn’ Expands to Over 100 Countries

May 20, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

Coinbase now lets users in 103 countries earn rewards for learning about cryptocurrency via its Earn program.

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Beyond KYC: Global Regulators Appear Set to Adopt Tough New Rules for Crypto Exchanges

May 20, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

Exchanges will likely have to collect information about their clients' crypto transactions under new global standards expected in June.

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First Since 2017: Bitcoin Price Logs Double-Digit Gains for Third Week

May 20, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

Bitcoin has registered double digit gains for three consecutive weeks – a feat last seen at the height of the bull market in 2017.

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Ethereum-Based Stock Exchange Plans First Company Listing in June

May 20, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

SprinkleXchange, a Bahrain-basedstock exchange built with blockchain tech, is reportedly listing its first company next month.

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Cryptocurrencies Pose No Threat to Financial Stability: EU Central Bank

May 20, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

The European Central Bank has said that cryptocurrencies are currently not a threat to financial stability in the euro zone.

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‘Tackling Real World Issues’: Hackers at ETH New York Build Apps Geared Towards Social Change

May 19, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

A New York Blockchain Week ended last Friday we spent time at an ethereum hackathon where developers came together to build blockchain tools with social impact.

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I Underestimated Just How Many Subpoenas I Would Get

May 19, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

The number of subpoenas early crypto companies got from misinformed government agencies was "staggering," says Bloq's Steve Beauregard.

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My Bank Account Was Frozen for Bitcoin – And It Only Made Me Love Crypto More

May 19, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

The guy who coined the term "hodl" has a real bitcoin story that only made his interest in the technology stronger.

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Bitcoin and Blockchain: The Tangled History of Two Tech Buzzwords

May 19, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

The word "blockchain" isn't used in the bitcoin white paper, the document that started it all. So, how did the term take off as a buzzword?

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About That Orange B… The History of Bitcoin’s Logos

May 18, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

Can a logo symbolize the ethos of a project? An industry? An entire movement? Bitcoin's might have come close.

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Facebook Registers Secretive ‘Libra’ Cryptocurrency Firm in Switzerland

May 17, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

More details emerge about Facebook's secretive crypto firm, Libra.

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Bloq Labs’ Titan Aims to Simplify Crypto Farming

May 17, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

Titan is a one-step crypto miner management system from Bloq Labs.

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SEC Uncertainty Looms Over Token Summit – Again

May 17, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

Most at Token Summit 2019 seemed to agree: U.S. regulators need to decide what to do about tokens, whatever the decision may be.

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Bitfinex Will List Its New Exchange Token Starting Monday

May 17, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

Bitfinex will list its LEO exchange token on Monday, trading against bitcoin, ether, EOS, tether and the U.S. dollar.

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OneCoin Claims It’s Not a Ponzi or Pyramid Scheme

May 17, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

The OneCoin project has responded to the suggestion it is a Ponzi or pyramid scheme, arguing it does not fit a narrow definition of either.

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Unpatched Ethereum Clients Pose 51% Attack Risk, Says Report

May 17, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

Ethereum clients that still haven't patched known vulnerabilities pose a security risk to the entire network, according to new research.

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Bahamas Securities Regulator Proposes Rules for Token Sales

May 17, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

The Securities Commission of the Bahamas is pushing for a new token framework to draw blockchain businesses to the island nation.

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Bitcoin Suffers Biggest Intraday Price Drop for Over a Year

May 17, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

Amid extremely overbought conditions, bitcoin has fallen by $1,700 on Friday – its biggest intraday price drop since January 2018.

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Amazon Wins Patent for Proof-of-Work Cryptographic System

May 17, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

Tech giant Amazon has been granted a patent for a proof-of-work (PoW) cryptographic system similar to those used by many blockchains.

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Top Banks ‘Investing $50 Million’ to Build Blockchain Settlement System

May 17, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

Around a dozen banks are said to be spending $50 million to build a blockchain-based digital cash settlement system, according to Reuters.

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Digital Renminbi: A Fiat Coin to Make M0 Great Again

May 17, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

Anonymous, cryptocurrencies could become more important in an environment where government money is closely controlled, says Dovey Wan.

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Bitcoin Drops $1,000 In Value Amid Market Sell-Off

May 16, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

Bitcoin has once again come into contact with a greater crypto market sell-off, slashing its price by more than $1000.

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Tether Ordered to Freeze Transfers to Bitfinex by New York Supreme Court

May 16, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

A New York Supreme Court judge ordered stablecoin issuer Tether to refrain from loaning any funds to Bitfinex or other parties during an ongoing investigation by the NY Attorney General.

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Startup Veil Forks Augur to Create Prediction Markets for 2020 Election

May 16, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

Veil says no one has been able to support long-running markets on Augur, so they're creating AugurLite for early bets on the presidential election.

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SEC Negotiations Have Cost Kik $5 Million, Says CEO

May 16, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

Kik's CEO says the company has spent more than $5 million talking to the SEC about whether its kin ICO was an unregistered securities sale.

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Polinex, Fearing Regulatory Backlash, Prevents Sale of 9 Crypto Assets In US

May 16, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

Polinex has stopped US customers from buying and selling nine potentially non-regulated tokens.

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Brave Browser to Raise Over $30 Million in Series A Equity Round: Sources

May 16, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

Privacy-centric web browser Brave is raising a Series A round at a valuation of roughly $133 million, sources tell CoinDesk.

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Ava Labs Exits Stealth, Launches Blockchain Testnet Based on ‘Avalanche’ Protocol

May 16, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

Ava Labs is out of stealth, revealing a past $6 million funding round and a new blockchain testnet backed by the Avalanche consensus protocol.

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Amazon’s Arrival and 4 Other Enterprise Blockchain Trends From Consensus 2019

May 16, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

At Consensus 2019, conversations about enterprise blockchain were shaped by these five storylines.

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MakerDAO Votes to Decrease Stablecoin Fees for First Time in 5 Months

May 16, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

Dollar-backed stablecoin DAI is trading above a dollar for the first time in a long-time. MakerDAO token holders have voted to decrease fees on the stablecoin in order to address high market demand for DAI.

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Ripio Is Launching a Crypto Exchange for 3 Latin American Nations

May 16, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

Ripio, a startup working to boost crypto adoption in Argentina, is widening its scope with a new exchange serving Argentina, Mexico and Brazil.

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Opera Will Soon Add Tron Support to Its In-Browser Crypto Wallet

May 16, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

Opera is working to integrate support for Tron’s TRX and TRC-standard tokens in its browser-based crypto wallet.

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CoinDesk’s John Biggs Walks the Exhibit Halls of Consensus 2019

May 16, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

Meet the exhibitors in the Consensus 2019 exhibit halls.

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Litecoin Price Hits 11-Month High Above $100

May 16, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

The litecoin cryptocurrency was trading in the triple digits earlier on Thursday for the first time since last June.

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Blockchain-Based Digital Collectibles Market Meme Factory Launches Today

May 16, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

Meme Factory, an ethereum-based marketplace for creating, selling and trading digital collectibles, goes live Thursday.

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Bitcoin Faces Price Correction Toward $7.6K, Technical Charts Suggest

May 16, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

Bitcoin is facing a price correction to well below $8,000, as exhaustion leaves the bulls unable to hold onto fresh 10-month highs hit earlier today.

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Just 376 Individuals Hold 33% of All Ether Cryptocurrency: Chainalysis

May 16, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

A third of all ether is owned by just 376 whales, blockchain analysis firm Chainalysis says. Yet that number is down from some previous years.

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World Bank, CommBank Team Up for ‘World First’ Blockchain Bond Transaction

May 16, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

The World Bank says its new debt instrument "bond-i" is the first bond to have both issuance and trading recorded on a blockchain.

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Can Bitcoin Win the Digital Payments ‘Gauge War’?

May 16, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

Bitcoin could learn a lesson from the railways, says Simon Johnson: For the customer, it’s just about getting from A to B fastest and cheapest.

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2020 Presidential Hopeful Andrew Yang Says Regulators ‘Owe’ Clarity on Rules for Crypto Industry

May 15, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

Presidential candidate Andrew Yang pitched himself as a friend of the crypto community to a receptive crowd at Consensus 2019.

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Study Finds Most Ransomware Solutions Just Pay Out Crypto

May 15, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

A study has found that most ransomware recovery services are actually just paying crypto ransoms to hackers.

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Bitcoin Cash’s Scheduled Hard Fork Tripped Up By Software Bug

May 15, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

The bitcoin cash network forks after a bug emerged in the upgrade software, leading developers to put together a hotfix.

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The World’s Fifth-Largest Electrical Company Is Using an Ethereum Dapp

May 15, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

One of the world's largest electrical companies is teaming up with ethereum app iExec on a new test.

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Blockchain Project Thundercore Releases Code for ‘Pala’ Consensus Protocol

May 15, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with 2 comments /

Blockchain provider platform ThunderCore announced the open-sourcing of a new consensus protocol called Pala.

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Coinbase Custody Now Has $1 Billion of Crypto Under Management, CEO Says

May 15, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

At Consensus 2019, Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong said the exchange's custody service has been onboarding $150 million in assets under management each month.

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Blockstream Launches Security Token Platform on Bitcoin Sidechain

May 15, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

Blockstream, the bitcoin-focused startup, is creating anew security token platform on its Liquid sidechain network.

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Staking-as-a-Service Startup Raises $2 Million From DHVC, Plug and Play

May 15, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

New funding for InfStones, a node operator currently staking over $450 million worth of EOS, will fuel hiring and an expansion into more PoS networks.

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Upbit Operator Dunamu Invested $46 Million in Blockchain Startups in Last Year

May 15, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

South Korean firm Dunamu, operator of cryptocurrency exchange Upbit, says it invested $46 million in 26 blockchain startups over the last year.

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Crypto Exchange Binance Restarting Services After Post-Hack Upgrade

May 15, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

Binance has announced that trading and withdrawals will soon restart after it completed a security upgrade prompted by a recent hack.

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Free Markets and the Future of Blockchain

May 15, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

J. Christopher Giancarlo is Chairman at U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, the agency of the US government that regulates futures and options markets. This will be the last time I speak to you from the CFTC. Nevertheless, before I go, I wanted to share some thoughts, which I have been saving. My five years at […]

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Congressman Emmer to Reintroduce Tax Bill Focused on Crypto Hard Forks

May 15, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

U.S. Representative Tom Emmer plans to reintroduce a bill that would benefit taxpayers holding cryptos resulting from blockchain hard forks.

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Bitcoin Price Rally Stalls As Ether, XRP Shine

May 15, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

With bitcoin's rally showing signs of exhaustion above $8,000, investors have started pouring money into relatively cheap alternatives.

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SEC Slaps Blockchain Author Alex Tapscott, Firm With Fines Over Securities Violations

May 15, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

The U.S. securities regulator has settled with blockchain author Alex Tapscott and his investment firm NextBlock Global over securities violations.

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Bitcoin in Space? It Helps With Connection Woes, Says Blockstream’s Adam Back

May 15, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

Beaming bitcoin from satellites might sound far-fetched, but there are serious use cases, according to Adam Back, CEO of Blockstream.

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The Blockchain Paradox

May 15, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

Blockchains offer potential solutions to deep-seated problems in society, but their own governance issues need to be solved first, writes Pindar Wong.

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Hacked Cryptocurrency Exchange Cryptopia Goes Into Liquidation

May 15, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

Cryptopia, the crypto exchange hit by a major hack in mid-January, has appointed professional services firm Grant Thornton as liquidator.

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Facebook Hires Two of Coinbase’s Former Compliance Managers

May 14, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

Facebook has hired two Coinbase vets to work in compliance roles, and at least one is involved in the social network's blockchain effort.

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Hyperledger Announces Aries, a Toolkit for Blockchain-Based Identity Management

May 14, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

Aries is a new, open-source toolkit for identity management by the makers of Hyperledger.

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SEC Again Delays Decision on Bitwise Bitcoin ETF Approval

May 14, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

A filing from the SEC Tuesday did not advance one of several bitcoin ETF proposals currently waiting for regulatory sign-off.

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Crypto Hedge Funds’ Average AUM Grew Three Times in Q1

May 14, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

The average assets under management (AUM) of global cryptocurrency hedge funds increased three-fold in the first quarter of 2019, new research from PwC and Elwood indicates.

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‘Maximum Pain’: Joe Lubin, Jimmy Song Strike $500K Crypto Bet on Ethereum’s Future

May 14, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

The terms of a much-hyped bet between Joe Lubin and Jimmy Song have finally been settled – and a lot of money is on the line.

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Coinbase Rolls Out Trading in USDC Stablecoin to 85 Countries

May 14, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

Coinbase is expanding crypto-to-crypto trading in USD Coin, a dollar-pegged stablecoin, to a host of nations.

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TD Ameritrade Exec: Tens of Thousands of Our Clients Are Interested in Crypto

May 14, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

Fluctuations in the price of bitcoin have not affected overall interest in futures tied to the cryptocurrency, a TD Ameritrade executive said on Tuesday. “We get calls, emails, 60,000 clients have traded something in this complex,” Steven Quirk, TD Ameritrade executive vice president, remarked during a panel at CoinDesk’s Consensus 2019. As Quirk said later: […]

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BitGo Offers Institutional Clients New Off-Chain Settlement System

May 14, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

BitGo is launching a new clearing and settlement service, allowing off-chain transactions between clients so assets never leave custody.

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RIF Launches ‘Layer 3’ Network to Scale Bitcoin-Based Smart Contracts, Tokens

May 14, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

RIF Labs, which built the RSK sidechain for tokens and smart contracts on top of bitcoin, has launched a "third layer" to help scale this technology.

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Floyd Mayweather, DJ Khaled Escape Lawsuit Brought By ICO Investors

May 14, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

Floyd Mayweather, DJ Khaled and two employees of the Centra Tech ICO project have been dismissed from an investor lawsuit by a federal judge.

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Samsung to Roll Out Crypto Features on Budget Galaxy Phones

May 14, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

South Korean electronics giant Samsung is planning to bring crypto and blockchain features to more phones across its Galaxy range.

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Emberfund Turns Your Phone Into a Crypto Hedge Fund

May 14, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

Emberfund is a new mobile app that lets anyone buy into an index of cryptocurrencies that automatically balances itself over time.

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Bitcoin’s Monthly Price Gains Already Highest Since November 2017

May 14, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

Bitcoin clocked fresh 10-month highs earlier today and currently appears on track to post its biggest monthly rise since late 2017.

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The Elk Is a Tiny Prototyping Board for Building Blockchain-Connected Devices

May 14, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

Elk aims to make it easy to connect hardware devices to blockchains and control electronic components or accept payments.

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Coinbase Opens Up XRP Trading for New York Residents

May 14, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

New York-based users of Coinbase can now trade or store XRP on Coinbase.com or on the crypto exchange's iOS and Android mobile apps.

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HTC Has Added In-Wallet Crypto Swaps to Its EXODUS Phone

May 14, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

HTC has added Kyber Network’s liquidity protocol to its blockchain phone, enabling direct swaps between ERC-20 cryptocurrencies.

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Blockstack CEO Muneeb Ali: ‘You Don’t Need a Blockchain’ for All Dapps

May 14, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

Apps across the space are putting too much reliance (and data) on blockchains, argued Blockstack CEO Muneeb Ali at Consensus 2019.

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Yes, You May Need a Blockchain

May 13, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

Balaji S. Srinivasan is the former CTO of Coinbase, a Board Partner at Andreessen Horowitz and a member of CoinDesk’s advisory board. The following article originally appeared in Consensus Magazine, distributed exclusively to attendees of CoinDesk’s Consensus 2019 event. There’s a certain kind of developer who states that blockchains are just terrible databases. As the […]

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Proposal’s Merger Paves Way for New Bitcoin Lightning Features

May 13, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

A new routing proposal is expected to be merged today into the official “specifications” of lightning, the technology many advocates trumpet as the fix to bitcoin’s long-standing payment problems. Christian Decker, one of the most prolific lightning developers who engineers for the tech startup Blockstream, pointed out that the proposal, which he wrote, is moving on […]

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Bitfinex and Tether Ask Court to Loosen NYAG’s Restrictions

May 13, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

Tether has asked a judge for more leeway to use its cash amid the New York Attorney General's investigation of it and Bitfinex.

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Up $1,200: Bitcoin Price Surges Above $8K

May 13, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

The price of bitcoin (BTC) rose above $8,000 after surging more $1200 today alone,

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SEC’s Crypto Czar Says Exchanges That List IEO Tokens May Face Legal Risks

May 13, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

Certain initial exchange offerings (IEOs) may be breaking U.S. securities laws, an SEC official said.

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Nym Technologies Raises $2.5 Million to Anonymize Crypto Apps

May 13, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

This startup is betting tokens can help incentivize privacy infrastructure across the internet.

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Ron Paul: Anti-Crypto Congressman Is ‘Just Another Thug in Washington’

May 13, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

Former GOP lawamaker and presidential candidate Ron Paul had some harsh words for Congressman Brad Sherman, who last week called for a ban on crypto purchases in the US.

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Kadena Blockchain to Launch This October With $3 Billion Asset Manager Onboard

May 13, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

Multi-million dollar enterprise blockchain startup Kadena announced today it would be launching its own public blockchain network in October.

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Tor Makes Launching Bitcoin Lightning Nodes Easier for Users, Casa Finds

May 13, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

Casa CTO Jameson Lopp explained how Tor leapfrogs some of the thorny networking hurdles that come with setting up a node.

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$7,900: Bitcoin’s Price Extends Gains to Hit 9-Month High

May 13, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

Bitcoin (BTC) extended its recent gains today, jumping 16 percent to its highest price since July 31, 2018.

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Ripple’s Xpring, Outlier Ventures Back $4 Million Raise for Agoric

May 13, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

Agoric, which is looking to build a smart contract-focused programming language, secured $4 million in backing from Ripple's Xpring, Zcash, and others.

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Polymath, Charles Hoskinson Team Up on Security Token Blockchain

May 13, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

Polymath is partnering with Charles Hoskinson to build a blockchain network specifically designed to support security tokens.

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Enterprise Ethereum Alliance Publishes Latest Client Specs in Blockchain Standards Push

May 13, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

The EEA has published its latest client spec, which simplifies permissioning systems for enterprise blockchains, among other recommendations.

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Bakkt Sets July Test Date for Bitcoin Futures

May 13, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

Bakkt announced Monday it would be testing its bitcoin futures products in July.

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You Can Now ‘Spedn’ Bitcoin at GameStop, Barnes & Noble and More

May 13, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

Payments startup Flexa has released a crypto wallet called SPEDN to help brick-and-mortar retailers accept cryptocurrencies.

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Securitize Open-Sources Its Protocol, Partners With tZERO Token Exchange

May 13, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

Securitize has partnered with Overstock subsidiary tZERO as it open-sources the code behind its in-house protocol.

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Ex-Tron CTO Denies Founder Justin Sun’s Accusations of Embezzlement, Bribery

May 13, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

The former CTO of Tron, who left the company in January to build a "new Tron," is denying serious accusations from Tron CEO Justin Sun.

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Uphold Integrates Ledger Tools to Boost Crypto Storage Solution

May 13, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

Payments startup Uphold is implementing hardware and software from Ledger's Vault to improve its cold storage solution for investors.

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PAX Streamlines Redemptions in Battle for Stablecoin Market Share

May 13, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

Paxos is doubling down on a traditional approach to crypto custody and enabling instant stablecoin redemptions.

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Microsoft Launches Decentralized Identity Tool on Bitcoin Blockchain

May 13, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

A new decentralized ID solution from Microsoft built directly on the bitcoin blockchain could have far-reaching impacts.

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Exchange-Traded Notes for XRP, Litecoin Launch on Boerse Stuttgart

May 13, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

Germany’s second-largest stock exchange, Boerse Stuttgart, now offers trading in XRP and litecoin-based ETNs issued by XBT Provider.

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Santander, LeasePlan Testing Nivaura’s Blockchain-Based Floating Rate Bond

May 13, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

Capital markets startup Nivaura has developed a floating rate bond using blockchain tech, and it's already being tested by Santander and LeasePlan.

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CoinGecko Unveils Exchange ‘Trust Score’ to Fight Fake Volume Data

May 13, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

Crypto market data aggregator CoinGecko has a unveiled a new "trust score" for its system of ranking exchanges.

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Bitfinex’s Private Token Sale Raised $1 Billion in 10 Days, Exec Says

May 13, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

Cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex raised $1 billion via a sale of its exchange token LEO in just 10 days, according to the firm's CTO.

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Bitcoin Has Recovered Nearly 25% of Its Bear Market Price Losses

May 13, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

Despite a pullback from 9-month highs overnight, bitcoin has still clawed back nearly a quarter of the losses since its late-2017 record high.

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BitOasis Clears Hurdle in Bid to Launch Regulated Crypto Asset Exchange

May 13, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

BitOasis has secured an in-principle approval, taking it one step closer to offering a regulated crypto exchange to the Middle East.

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Fans Can Now Bet Crypto on Twitch’s Top ‘Fortnite’ Streams

May 13, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

Esports platform Unikrn is debuting a new product that lets fans bet cryptocurrency on Twitch and other gaming sites.

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Crypto Investor Awarded Over $75 Million in SIM-Swapping Hack Case

May 13, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

U.S.-based cryptocurrency investor Michael Terpin has been awarded over $75 million in a lawsuit related to a SIM-swapping fraud.

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Slowly But Surely: May Was a Quietly Big Month for Blockchain

May 13, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

Don Tapscott writes that 10 events, in particular, demonstrate just how much innovation we’ve seen during May, the "Month of Blockchain."

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From Crypto Winter to DeFi: A Year of Loss and Opportunity

May 13, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

The year since the last Consensus event wasn't just a crypto winter. It also included impressive progress in blockchain evolution, writes Michael Casey.

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Hacked Crypto Exchange Binance to Resume Deposits and Withdrawals on Tuesday

May 12, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

New security efforts will improve Binance as it plans to reopen withdrawals and deposits on Tuesday.

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Ethereum’s Reddit Moderators Rethink Approach After Community Flashpoint

May 12, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

Controversy surrounding Reddit moderation in the ethereum community has led to mods resigning and new practices being codified on the forum.

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Codename ‘TRUEngine:’ GE Aviation and Microsoft Reveal Aircraft Parts Certification Blockchain

May 12, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

Millions of dollars worth of airplane parts are unusable. GE Aviation's new blockchain tech aims to fix that.

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Blockchain’s Adoption Challenge Is a Human Problem, Not Technical

May 12, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

The “blockchain” concept has the potential to be extremely powerful, but only if society is willing to change direction and purpose, argues Maja Vujinovic.

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When the Dust Settles: The Bitfinex Probe Reveals Structural Weaknesses

May 12, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

The Bitfinex probe highlights not just the lack of reliable banking, but also – somewhat overlooked – the lack of auditing services, says Noelle Acheson.

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Above $7.5K: Bitcoin Price Hits Highest Level Since August 2018

May 12, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

Bitcoin’s price rose above $7,500 on most exchanges for the first time today in over 9 months marking a resurgence of the crypto bull market.

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ConsenSys CEO Predicts Trump Re-Election, Facebook Breakup and Crypto Revival

May 11, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

To close out the Ethereal Summit, ConsenSys founder Joseph Lubin delivered a keynote address from the year 2047 that foretold social crisis and the rise of Web 3.

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$1 Million Bitcoin Scavenger Hunt Attracts 60,000 Digital Sleuths (And New Investors)

May 11, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

Satoshi's Treasure has attracted enough sponsorship to continue making crypto-centric games even after someone wins this initial prize.

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GoTenna Partners With Blockstream Satellite to Make Using Bitcoin Without an Internet Connection Simpler

May 11, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

Sending bitcoin transactions without an internet connection just got a little bit easier. Announced at the Magical Crypto Conference on Saturday in New York City, Blockstream Satellite and goTenna are integrating their technologies to make it easier to send bitcoin transactions with technology used to onboard people without direct internet connections. Blockstream Satellite is a […]

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HTC Says Its Next Smartphone Will Run a Full Bitcoin Node

May 11, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

HTC plans to release a low-cost smartphone capable of running a full bitcoin node by the end of Q3.

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Ethereum Foundation Plans to Spend $30 Million on Ecosystem Development

May 11, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

The Ethereum Foundation's executive director, Aya Miyaguchi, announced how much the non-profit aims to spend on critical projects.

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Bitcoin Price Hits 8-Month High Close to $7K

May 11, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

Bitcoin surged to an eight-month high of $6,964 earlier today, as a bull cross of long-term moving averages occurred for the first time since 2015.

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Moving Beyond ‘The Blockchain Is the App’

May 11, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

Blockchains are useless on their own. For decentralized computing to work, they must intersect with other solutions. writes Intel's Mic Bowman.

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The Big Question at Ethereal Summit NY: Is DeFi Enough for Ethereum?

May 10, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

Day 1 of the ConsenSys-organized Ethereal Summit offered thoughts on the future of ethereum.

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Boston Fed Announces Plans To Design a Blockchain ‘Supervisory Node’

May 10, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

The Boston Federal Reserve is close to launching their own private supervisory node.

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Munich Re Insures Curv’s Crypto Wallet To the Tune of $50 Million

May 10, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

Crypto wallet firm Curv has obtained up to $50 million of insurance coverage for institutional customers from Munich Re.

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Vitalik Buterin, Joe Lubin Back $700K Donation to Ethereum Project MolochDAO

May 10, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

An ethereum funding initiative from the CEO of SpankChain is getting a major boost from two of the blockchain's biggest names.

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QuadrigaCX Has $21 Million in Assets and Owes $160 Million: EY Report

May 10, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

QuadrigaCX owes creditors $160 million, but only has $21 million in assets, according to court-appointed monitor EY's latest report.

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William Shatner Joins Effort to Fight Collectibles Fraud With Blockchain ‘Passports’

May 10, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

Star Trek acting legend and producer William Shatner has joined an initiative to tackle fake memorabilia and collectibles using blockchain tech.

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Cannacord Analysts Predict Bitcoin Price Return to $20K In 2021

May 10, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

Analysts predict that bitcoin's price will return to its $20K high in March 2021.

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US Senators Seek Information on Facebook’s ‘Libra’ Crypto Project

May 10, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

The U.S. Senate Banking Committee wants to know more about Facebook's crypto project.

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Mike Cagney’s Startup Closes $1 Billion Credit Line on a Blockchain

May 10, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

Figure Technologies, a fintech startup founded by former SoFi CEO Mike Cagney, has closed up to $1 billion “uncommitted” line of credit on a blockchain.

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What’s Holding Back Bitcoin in Venezuela? This Group Is Investigating

May 10, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

The Open Money Initiative is bringing insights from Venezuela to help crypto startups make better tools for people in distressed economies.

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Crypto Wallet Abra Adds In-App Support for ‘Thousands’ of US Banks

May 10, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

Crypto wallet Abra now let users connect to “thousands” of U.S. banks. It's also added withdrawals for all 30 supported cryptos.

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As Bitcoin Continues Its Climb, Top Altcoins Also Tease Breakout

May 10, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

Bitcoin's ascent continues, with prices hitting new multi-month highs earlier today, and other top cryptos may soon join the party.

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Ethereum Stablecoin DAI Has Returned to Its Highly Sought Dollar Value

May 10, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

For the first time in months, the dollar-pegged stablecoin DAI is trading on major cryptocurrency exchanges actually at $1.

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Binance, Bitfinex and Tether: What’s the Worst That Can Happen?

May 10, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

Recent events involving Binance, Bitfinex and Tether suggest there's potential for "catastrophic, systemic risk in crypto," Dan Cawrey argues.

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Crypto Exchange Binance Says It’s Revamping Security in Post-Hack Update

May 10, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

Cryptocurrency exchange Binance said it is revamping security measures after losing some 7,000 bitcoin in a hack earlier this week.

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A New Crypto ETF Has Just Been Filed With the U.S. SEC

May 10, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

A prospectus for a new bitcoin and ether-based exchange-traded fund has just been filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

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All of It Dark, All of It P2P: After the Binance Hack, Bitcoin Doesn’t Cut It

May 10, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

That Binance could have colluded with miners to roll back hack transactions means bitcoin is not resistant enough to censorship, says Amir Taaki.

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Halving Rally: Litecoin’s Price Logs Biggest Monthly Winning Streak Since 2017

May 09, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

Litecoin's next block reward halving is now less than 90 days away, but the world's sixth largest cryptocurrency may still have room to run before investors "sell the news."

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Crypto-Friendly US Congress Members Join New Fintech Task Force

May 09, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

The U.S. House of Representatives is launching a task force to examine financial technology, including blockchain.

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SEC Commissioner Fears ‘Heel-Dragging’ Will Stifle Crypto Innovation

May 09, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

SEC Commissioner Hester M. Peirce is worried that the regulators are moving too slowly for the crypto ecosystem.

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Weekly Bitcoin Price Indicator Prints Strongest Bull Signal Since Early 2018

May 09, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

Bitcoin's weekly relative strength index (RSI) has printed its highest value since 2018, showing its momentum is firmly back in bullish territory.

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Desktop Crypto Mining App HoneyMiner Comes to MacOS

May 09, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

HoneyMiner, the desktop-based crypto miner, now works on MacOS.

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FinCEN Says Some Dapps Are Subject to US Money Transmitter Rules

May 09, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

Decentralized applications (dapps) may sometimes qualify as money transmitters under U.S. law, FinCEN said.

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‘We’ll Tokenize the House’: Mortgages Are Coming to Ethereum This Summer

May 09, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

Fintech startup Fluidity plans to launch ethereum-powered mortgages in California and New York, CoinDesk has learned.

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‘Critical’ MakerDAO Vulnerability Could Have Frozen Voter Funds, Auditors Say

May 09, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

The vulnerability that was disclosed by the MakerDAO Foundation this week could have put user funds in jeopardy by preventing withdrawals of MKR tokens.

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Fundamental Labs Fund to Invest $44 Million in Brand-New Bitcoin Miners

May 09, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

A bitcoin mining fund is investing $44 million in brand-new hardware, a longer-term bet than most are making.

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Bitfinex Token Sale Has Lined Up $1 Billion in Commitments, Shareholder Says

May 09, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

Bitfinex's parent has received $1 billion in hard and soft commitments for its exchange token sale, a shareholder says.

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Hong Kong Fund’s Projected $400 Million Overstock Investment Ends With $5 Million Close

May 09, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

GSR Capital has closed on its investment in Overstock.com's tZERO, security token platform, after months of delays.

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CryptoKitty Creators Release New ‘Easy-To-Use’ Ethereum Wallet

May 09, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

The creators of CryptoKitties have come out with a new wallet called Dapper.

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BitGo Hires Former Wall Street Forex Trading Exec

May 09, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

Crypto custody provider BitGo has hired Nick Carmi, former head of forex trading at a number of Wall Street banks.

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Trading Firms Propose ‘Bad Actors Blacklist’ to Clean Up Crypto Industry

May 09, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

Cryptocurrency trading firms held a Chicago meeting to discuss ways to prevent the rising numbers of hacks and scams in the industry.

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Bitcoin’s Market Share Hits 8-Month High as Price Passes $6K

May 09, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

Bitcoin's recent rally looks sustainable, according to the charts, and the cryptocurrency's rising dominance rate suggests investors are bullish.

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There’s a New Medici Bank After 500 Years, And This Time It’s Crypto-Friendly

May 09, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

A descendant of the famed Medici Italian banking family has opened a cryptocurrency-friendly bank in Puerto Rico.

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JPMorgan Has Quietly Rebooted the Blockchain Tech Behind Its JPM Coin

May 09, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

JPMorgan has been replacing key privacy components of its Quorum blockchain platform over the past six months.

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Facebook Softens Policy on Crypto and Blockchain Ads

May 09, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

Over a year after its outright ban, Facebook has further lifted some restrictions on cryptocurrency and blockchain related advertisements.

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Florincoin – the 2014 Altcoin You Don’t Remember – Is Attracting Real Users

May 08, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

An obscure cryptocurrency that first started getting noticed during the 2014 altcoin boom is showing itself a true diamond in the rough.

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Above $6,000: Bitcoin’s Price Spikes to 6-Month High

May 08, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

The price of bitcoin (BTC) rose above $6,000 today with a market cap above $100 billion for the first time in nearly six months.

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Zebpay Opens Crypto Exchange In Australia

May 08, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

Popular crypto exchange Zebpay has announced that it is going down under... to Australia.

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‘A Loan Shark Situation’: MakerDAO Is Leaving Crypto Borrowers With Rising Bills – And They’re Crying Foul

May 08, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

With the DAI stability fee rising nearly 40-fold in three months, early borrowers are feeling the pinch.

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DeepDotWeb Defendants Used Bitcoin to Hide Criminal Proceeds, Say Feds

May 08, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

U.S. authorities formally charged the moderators of DeepDotWeb with money laundering using bitcoin and other crimes.

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What a Bitcoin ‘Reorg’ Is and What Binance Has to Do With It

May 08, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

The suggestion to reverse transactions on the bitcoin blockchain has caused an uproar on social media with several community members espousing such an idea is not only infeasible but reckless.

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Hackers Are Shuffling Binance’s Stolen Bitcoin

May 08, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

The Binance hackers are moving their stolen BTC into smaller and smaller wallets in an effort to hide their tracks.

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Children of the Crypto Revolution – Join Us!

May 08, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

Crypto is the new counterculture, and you, yes you are invited. You gotta start believing!

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Samsung’s ‘Digital Transformation Framework’ Includes Blockchain Tech

May 08, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

Samsung SDS is adding blockchain tech to its enterprise IT offerings.

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Ethereum-Powered Social Network Cent Launches Payments via Chat

May 08, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

Cent now enables direct messages with ether payments, even without downloading crypto wallet software.

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Over 50 Banks, Firms Trial Trade Finance App Built With R3’s Corda Blockchain

May 08, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

ABN Amro, Standard Chartered and around 50 other firms have participated in tests of Voltron, a trade finance platform built with R3's Corda.

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London-Listed Argo Blockchain Adds 1,000 Miners in Bid to Salvage Stock Price

May 08, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

Struggling crypto mining firm Argo Blockchain says it's expecting to break even in the second quarter after an investment in new equipment.

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Bitcoin Price Retreats But Bull Case Intact Above $5.7K

May 08, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

Bitcoin's bullish case is still intact after a pullback from 5.5-month highs, but prices must be held above key support at $5,700.

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Bitstamp Hires Ex-Coinbase Trading Head to Court Wall Street Money

May 08, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

Europe-based crypto exchange Bitstamp has hired former Coinbase trading head and Wall Street veteran Hunter Merghart to lead its U.S. operations.

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Alleged Multibillion-Dollar Crypto Pyramid Scheme OneCoin Sued by Former Investor

May 08, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

The cryptocurrency investment scheme OneCoin, widely claimed to be a fraud, is being sued by a former investor over her losses.

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Bitfinex Releases Official White Paper for $1 Billion Exchange Token Offering

May 08, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

Crypto exchange Bitfinex’s $1 billion private token sale will launch next month, according to its just-released official white paper.

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Staking, Ethereum’s Mining Alternative, Will Be Profitable – But Barely

May 08, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

The new miners of ethereum 2.0 are expected to make a small but positive profit for creating new blocks and validating transactions on the network.

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Binance May Consider Pushing for Bitcoin Rollback Following $40 Million Hack

May 07, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao said the team is deciding on whether it will do a rollback on the bitcoin network after hackers stole 7,000 bitcoin.

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Hackers Steal $40.7 Million in Bitcoin From Crypto Exchange Binance

May 07, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

Crypto exchange Binance has disclosed a 7,000 BTC loss following the discovery of what it called a "large scale security breach."

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New App Lets You Create Instant Crypto Collectables

May 07, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

A new app called Editional by former Facebook employees John Egan and Zac Morris wants to create a place where you can create crypto collectables.

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Orchid Tops $43 Million Raised in Token Sale for Crypto Tor Alternative

May 07, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

The project behind a blockchain protocol designed to enable private internet browsing has raised another $7 million in funding, CoinDesk has learned. According to the company, Orchid Labs has now raised a total of $43 million on an offered $125 million in a pre-sale of a token that will power its still-in-development technology. “Orchid Labs’ mission is […]

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FBI Seizes Popular Dark Market Search Site DeepDotWeb for Money Laundering

May 07, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

The FBI has seized DeepDotWeb, a comparison search system and news site for dark web markets, for alleged money laundering.

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Bitmain Discloses 88% Drop In Its Own Bitcoin Mining Power

May 07, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

Bitmain's internal bitcoin mining operations are generating 88 percent less computing power than a month ago, suggesting the industry giant has cut capacity.

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FTC Sues Smart Backpack Crowdfunder Who Spent Proceeds On Bitcoin

May 07, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

The Federal Trade Commission is suing a crowdfunder who promised a smart backpack but instead spent the proceeds on bitcoin.

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Privacy Cryptocurrency Grin Receives Mysterious $300K Bitcoin Donation

May 07, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

The developers behind the cryptocurrency project Grin are reporting that they have received an anonymous donation of 50 BTC.

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Starbucks to Track Coffee Using Microsoft’s Blockchain Service

May 07, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

Starbucks aims to give consumers and farmers more data on its coffee products using a blockchain service from Microsoft.

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Homeland Security Warns Bots Are Exploiting Decentralized Crypto Exchanges

May 07, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has warned that "predatory users" are using bots to exploit decentralized crypto exchanges.

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Messaging Giant WeChat Bans Merchant Users From Crypto Trading

May 07, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

Chinese messaging giant WeChat has updated its payments policy that will prevent merchants on the platform from engaging in crypto-related activities.

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Thai Central Bank Builds Blockchain Solution for Digital Currency Project

May 07, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

The Bank of Thailand has moved ahead with its digital currency project lnthanon by building a blockchain-based prototype solution to settle inter-bank payments.

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ASX Is Letting Clients Test Its In-the-Works Blockchain Settlement System

May 07, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

The Australian Securities Exchange now has a customer testing environment for its blockchain-based clearing and settlement system, due in 2021.

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Bitcoin Price Eyes Break Above $6,000 Ahead of New York Blockchain Week

May 07, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

Bitcoin is gaining altitude in line with the bullish developments on the technical charts and could soon rise above the psychological level of $6,000.

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‘One-Stop Shop’ for Crypto Mining and Trading to Launch Spot Market May 23

May 07, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

Crypto mining and exchange startup Bcause is weeks away from launching a spot trading market for bitcoin, ether, bitcoin cash and litecoin.

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Microsoft Releases Ethereum App Development Kit for Azure Cloud

May 07, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

Tech giant Microsoft has released a suite of tools allowing clients to build ethereum-based apps on its cloud computing platform Azure.

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Alibaba’s Ant Financial Backs $10 Million Round for Blockchain Privacy Startup

May 07, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

Alibaba affiliate Ant Financial has participated in a $10 million funding round for blockchain privacy startup QEDIT and is using the firm's tech.

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Bitcoin Miners Send Message at Fidelity: We Run on Clean Energy, Not Dirty Coal

May 06, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

Bitcoin miners made the case for their industry as a driver of clean energy adoption, rather than an ecological disaster, at Fidelity’s Mining Summit.

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Pieter Wuille Unveils Two ‘Taproot’ Proposals For Upcoming Bitcoin Privacy Soft Fork

May 06, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

Blockchain developer Pieter Wuille unveiled two Bitcoin Improvement Proposal (BIP) that offers new plans for bitcoin's possible next big upgrade.

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Kavita Gupta Out at ConsenSys Ventures in Company Reorg

May 06, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

Ethereum co-founder Joseph Lubin is reorganizing his Brooklyn-based firm ConsenSys with a new approach to venture backing.

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Judge Asks NYAG to Narrow Scope of ‘Amorphous’ Bitfinex Document Request

May 06, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

A judge has ordered Bitfinex to turn over documents to the New York Attorney General, but only once the scope of the request is narrowed.

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Buffet Calls Bitcoin a ‘Gambling Device’

May 06, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

Warren Buffet told reporters at Berkshire Hathaway’s annual meeting in Omaha, Nebraska that he still couldn't support bitcoin.

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DUST Adds Physical Products To The Blockchain

May 06, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

New diamond coatings promise to connect physical objects to blockchains. Now users of SAP's cloud service can try it out.

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Bitfinex: NYAG’s Order Is Hurting Our Customers and the Crypto Market

May 06, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

Bitfinex customers may suffer if it can't tap a credit line from Tether, the exchange's lawyers argue in a new filing in the New York Attorney General case.

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Crypto Crime Blotter: Scammers Dupe Jersey Island Man Out of £1.2 million, Backpage Laundered Cash With Crypto

May 06, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

Did Backpage launder cash through crypto? What happened to three Germans on the DarkWeb? This week's Crypto Crime Blotter.

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FCC Eyes Blockchain to Better Manage Scarce Wireless Spectrums

May 06, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

The FCC could one day use blockchain to monitor and manage wireless spectrums to support the growing requirements of the internet of things.

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Foam Turns to Token Grants to Build Out Decentralized Mapping Platform

May 06, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

Following a $16.5 million token sale, geolocation startup Foam may have found a token-curated registry model that works.

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Report: Fidelity to Roll Out Crypto Trading ‘Within a Few Weeks’

May 06, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

Fidelity is launching cryptocurrency trading service for institutional customers “within a few weeks," according to Bloomberg source.

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Craig Wright Ordered to Disclose Bitcoin Addresses in Kleiman Court Case

May 06, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

A U.S. court has ordered self-proclaimed bitcoin inventor Craig Wright to disclose bitcoin addresses from 2013 in an ongoing lawsuit.

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Bitcoin Risks Pullback After Rejections at Key 2018 Price Hurdle

May 06, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

Bitcoin could be in for a price pullback, having faced rejection at the June 2018 bottom for three consecutive days.

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PepsiCo Blockchain Trial Brings 28% Boost in Supply Chain Efficiency

May 06, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

Beverage giant PepsiCo saw an almost 30 percent increase in efficiency during a programmatic advertising trial using Zilliqa’s blockchain platform.

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SIX Stock Exchange May Issue Its Own Token, Says Exec

May 06, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

Swiss stock exchange SIX could issue a token on its planned digital assets exchange in 2020, according to its head of securities and exchanges.

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Regulators Ready to Approve Ethereum Futures, CFTC Insider Says

May 06, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

The CFTC is willing to approve an ether futures contract – provided it ticks all the right boxes, a senior official said.

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Bitfinex’s Bitcoin Price Excluded from CoinMarketCap Average Calculation

May 06, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

Crypto data provider CoinMarketCap has excluded bitcoin prices provided by the troubled Bitfinex exchange from its weighted average calculation.

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Banking, Bitfinex and the Hidden Irony of Crypto’s Newest Controversy

May 05, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

When I visited some early bitcoin startups in Hong Kong five years ago, they were unanimous about their biggest challenge: finding a bank that would let them open an account.

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Bitcoin’s Lightning Comes to Apple Smartwatches With New App

May 05, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

A new app for the Apple Watch has been launched by bitcoin startup Bluewallet, which connects users to the nascent lightning network.

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Bitfinex Shareholder Starts Pre-orders for Exchange Token’s Public Sales

May 05, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

Even though there's still not a white paper for Bitfinex's $1 billion exchange token offering, one shareholder has already started pre-orders.

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Ripple Adds SBI President To Its Board of Directors

May 05, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

Ripple has added Japanese financial giant SBI Holdings' president and CEO Yoshitaka Kitao to its board.

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Beware the Fake Bitfinex White Papers Appearing Online

May 05, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

As speculation and impatience arises over the upcoming Bitfinex token sale, opportunistic fakers are creating bogus white papers that purport to describe the details of the upcoming sale.

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Ethereum 2.0’s Nodes Need to Agree – A Solution Is ‘Hobbits’

May 05, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

On April 23 new code was unveiled that, if ultimately implemented, will facilitate basic communication between nodes that run the ethereum 2.0 software.

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NY Regulators: Bitfinex Must Be Made to Disclose Tether Deal Documents

May 04, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

The New York Attorney General's office has told a court that Bitfinex and Tether must turn over documents detailing an $850 million cover-up.

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‘Not a White Paper’: Marketing Document Details $1 Billion Bitfinex Token Sale

May 04, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

New details are emerging about a planned $1 billion token sale to be held by iFinex, the parent company of Bitfinex and Tether, two cryptocurrency companies currently being sued by the state of New York for allegedly covering up a $850 million loss in customer funds. Released today on Twitter by known company shareholder and […]

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A Visual Guide to the Hot, New Crypto Fundraising Mechanism – the IEO

May 04, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

The ICO market might have cooled, but there's still fundraising going on in the blockchain space – it's now being done through the IEO, or initial exchange offering, and we break down how this mechanism is different our latest explainer video.

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Earn.com Founder Balaji S. Srinivasan ‏Is Leaving Coinbase

May 04, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

Balaji S. Srinivasan, creator of the secretive 21.co and Earn.com, is leaving as CTO of Coinbase.

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Fidelity Hires Barclays’ Former Head of Digital Assets

May 04, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

Financial services giant Fidelity hired Chris Tyrer, former head of Barclays' digital assets project.

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Binance, OKEx and KuCoin Are Using IEOs to Command the Spotlight

May 04, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

So far, initial exchange offerings are the hottest token fundraising trend of 2019.

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MIT Economist Christian Catalini Said to Be Working on Facebook’s Crypto Push

May 03, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

Prominent crypto researcher Christian Catalini is helping Facebook with its stablecoin efforts, two sources with knowledge of the situation tell CoinDesk.

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Tokenized Securities Exchange Currency.com Launches to the Public

May 03, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

Belarus-based exchange Currency.com has left beta mode to offer trading and investment in 1,000 tokenized securities.

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As Gold Prices Stumble, Inverse Correlation with Bitcoin Reaches 14-Month High

May 03, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

Correlation isn't causation but it looks like gold's fall is driving BTC up.

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NYPD Warns $2 Million Stolen in Scam Involving Bitcoin

May 03, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

The New York Police Department warned the public to be aware of phone scams where callers impersonate government officials and demand payments in bitcoin.

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Euronet Subsidiary Ria Turns to Ripple Tech Seeking Faster Money Transfers

May 03, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

Ria Money Transfer, one of the world's biggest remittance firms, has joined Ripple's blockchain-based payments network.

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Blockchain Firm SETL Sidesteps Insolvency to Return as Leaner New Entity

May 03, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

Blockchain infrastructure firm SETL, which filed for insolvency in March, is back as a new entity formed by its management team.

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Bitcoin Price Spikes to Fresh 5-Month Highs Above $5,700

May 03, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

Bitcoin's price hit 5.5-month highs above $5,700 soon before press time, bolstering both short- and long-term bullish views.

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Bitcoin Mining’s New Bidding War

May 03, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

The cost of secondhand cryptocurrency mining equipment in China has nearly doubled in the last few weeks in response to bitcoin’s price jump.

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Facebook in Talks to Build Ecosystem for Planned Stablecoin: WSJ

May 03, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

Facebook is said to be in talks with firms, including Visa and Mastercard, to support and fund its planned fiat-backed cryptocurrency.

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Microsoft Makes JPMorgan’s Quorum the Preferred Blockchain for Azure Cloud

May 02, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

Microsoft will promote JPMorgan Chase's Quorum blockchain to the software giant's business customers in a newly created partnership.

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DAI Stablecoin’s Stability Fee Nears 20% After Latest MakerDAO Vote

May 02, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

The MakerDAO lending platform will be increasing fees by 3 percent in an effort to retract stablecoin DAI supply and push token prices up to dollar valuation.

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U.S. DOJ Moves to Detain Defendant in Crypto ‘Shadow Banking’ Case

May 02, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

U.S. prosecutors want to detain Reginald Fowler until his trial for illicitly providing banking services to crypto exchanges, which appear to have included Bitfinex.

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Qtum Lets Users Deploy a Full Blockchain Node on Google’s Cloud Platform

May 02, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

Qtum releases a new instant virtual machine service on Google's Cloud Platform.

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Code For Ethereum’s Proof-of-Stake Blockchain To Be Finalized Next Month

May 02, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

Ethereum Foundation researcher Justin Drake affirmed that plans to finalize code for ethereum's proof-of-stake blockchain were on track for June 30.

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22% of Institutional Investors Have Some Digital Asset Exposure: Fidelity

May 02, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

Institutional investors are increasingly open to adding digital assets to their portfolios, suggests new research from Fidelity Investments.

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Crypto ‘Winter’ Is Giving Bakkt’s Bitcoin Futures Plan a Boost, ICE Chief Says

May 02, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

ICE CEO Jeffrey Sprecher says crypto winter has been "helpful" to bitcoin futures exchange Bakkt by letting it buy firms on the cheap.

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London Stock Exchange Watching for ‘Interesting’ Blockchain Use Cases: CEO

May 02, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

The London Stock Exchange is waiting to see which blockchain use cases gain traction before taking the plunge itself, CEO Nikhil Rathi has said.

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Binance’s Compliance Drive Continues With New Elliptic Partnership

May 02, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

Binance has partnered with blockchain analytics startup Elliptic to combat money laundering as it continues to expand.

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Diamond Standard Launches Blockchain-Powered Token Backed by Real Gems

May 02, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

A new startup is looking to make diamonds as attractive to institutional investors as gold.

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Three Price Hurdles That Could Complicate a Bitcoin Rally to $6,000

May 02, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

Bitcoin is on the offensive, having defended key support, but a rally to $6,000 faces several resistance levels lined up in $5,400–$5,900 range.

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Five Banks Now Let Users Verify Their Identities Using a Blockchain App

May 02, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

Five Canadian banks have rolled out a new blockchain-based mobile service from SecureKey to let customers securely verify their identities.

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Central Banks Settle Cross-Border Payments With Blockchain for First Time

May 02, 2019 / in CoinDesk, Coins Feeds / with No comments /

The central banks of Canada and Singapore have for the first time settled cross-border payments using blockchain and central bank digital currencies.

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Bitcoin Core 0.18.0 Released

May 02, 2019 / in Bitcoin Core, Bitcoin feeds / with No comments /

Bitcoin Core version 0.18.0 is now available for download containing several bug fixes and minor improvements. For a complete list of changes, please see the release notes.

If have any questions, please stop by the #bitcoin IRC chatroom (IRC, web) and we’ll do our best to help you.

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