The Crypto Custody Conundrum: What Are We Even Talking About?

New tech usually struggles with vocabulary, says Noelle Acheson. With bitcoin, the confusion rubs off integral concepts in securities legislation.

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Billionaire Investor Eyes $1 Billion Crypto Hedge Fund

Billionaire head of Brevan Howard hedge fund, Alan Howard, is launching a crypto portfolio platform that aims to make stable investments in a notoriously volatile market.

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Telegram’s Blockchain Will Be Compatible With Ethereum: Source

Telegram's new blockchain project will be able to support dapps built for ethereum, says TON Labs CEO Alexander Filatov.

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Seoul’s Artbloc to Offer High-End Art Using Blockchain-Based Fractional Ownership

Artbloc hopes to bring high-end works to mainstream investors by using blockchain technologies

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Join the CoinDesk Team In Tel Aviv

CoinDesk is heading to Tel Aviv on September 12 and we'd love to see you.

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Zcash Developer Electric Coin Company Says It Avoided Layoffs Despite Q1 Loss

The Electric Coin Company (ECC) has issued its Q3 2019 transparency report saying the company had avoided layoffs throughout the bear market despite being in the red.

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Top 10 Cryptocurrencies Now Trading Below 200-Day Price Averages

Bitcoin now stands alone in the top 10 cryptocurrencies by market value at CoinMarketCap with the rest having fallen below a key long-term moving average.

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Bitcoin Price Faces Third Monthly Loss of 2019

Down 4.8 percent from the monthly opening price, bitcoin looks set to end August on a negative note and is on track to register its third monthly loss of the year.

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IBM-Maersk Logistics Blockchain to Be Used by Thai Customs Department

The Customs Department of Thailand will begin trialing IBM and Maersk's TradeLens blockchain platform for international shipping.

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Capital One Hacker Used Stolen Computing Power to Mine Crypto

Capital One hacker Paige Thompson had been using stolen computing power to mine cryptocurrencies, a federal grand jury indictment revealed.

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Binance Funds 40 Developers to Build Open-Source Crypto Software

One of the world's largest crypto exchanges has launched an initiative to boost open-source blockchain development.

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UN Official: Crypto Makes Policing Child Trafficking ‘Exceptionally Difficult’

Cryptocurrencies provide a "new layer of secrecy that favors the criminals," said a top-ranking staffer of the UN's Office on Drugs and Crime.

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Why Tether Volume Surged to All-Time Highs in August

The dollar-pegged stablecoin tether (USDT) has become a virtual bridge between Chinese traders and global markets.

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Amberdata Discovers ‘RPC Call’ Bug in Parity Ethereum Client

A new code release of the Parity ethereum client was released on Thursday to patch a security vulnerability found by blockchain startup Amberdata.

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World’s Largest Aircraft Manufacturer Joins Hedera Hashgraph Council

Boeing will run a node on Hedera Hashgraph's blockchain-like enterprise DLT platform after becoming the latest member of its governing council.

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China’s Digital Currency Will Be Two-Tiered, Replace Cash: Binance

Binance claims the PBOC’s system will allow fund transfers without the need for a bank account using what it terms ‘decoupled’ banking.

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Crypto-Mining Malware Attacks up 29% in Q1: McAfee Report

McAfee said some of the attacks had worm capabilities, allowing it to jump from server to server.

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Crypto Lender Dharma Pivots to Stablecoin Savings Accounts

Dharma is getting out of the lending business, launching its V2 on the Compound protocol and focusing on savings accounts for DAI and USDC.

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SEC Settles Charges With Crypto Token Issuers Accused of Fraud

The SEC settled charges with two individuals accused of selling unregistered securities with the Bitqy and BitqyM token sales.

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Ethereum Client Becomes First Public Blockchain Project on Hyperledger

Hyperledger is adding the ConsenSys-backed, enterprise-focused Pantheon to its consortium, deepening its relationship with the ethereum community.

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SBI Holdings Will Pay a Shareholder Dividend in XRP

SBI Holdings, the investment arm of Japanese financial giant SBI Group, will pay out dividends in the third largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization, XRP.

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Telegram Will Release Code for Its TON Blockchain on Sept. 1

Telegram is expected to release the code needed to run nodes on its TON blockchain on Sunday, two sources tell CoinDesk. The release will allow developers to test TON nodes in advance of a mainnet launch at the end of October.

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Popular Korean Game Maker Partners With Linka for Blockchain Payments

Wemade is fighting back against IP pirates by adopting blockchain technologies

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Hedera Hashgraph Blockchain to Launch, Release Coins Starting Sept. 16

Hedera Hashgraph is adding the first American financial services provider, FIS Global, to its governing council just weeks before a planned mainnet launch.

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Bitcoin Eyes $9K Price Support After Drop to One-Month Lows

Having dived out of a narrowing price range, bitcoin is looking weak and may end up falling to $9,000 in the next 24 hours.

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Coinbase Study Says 56% of Top 50 Universities Have Crypto Classes

Compared to last year, twice as many university students, or 18 percent, partook in a crypto or blockchain class.

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R3 Partners With Dubai Firm to Tap $120 Billion Sukuk Market

Wethaq will use R3 Corda to streamline the issuance and distribution of the Islamic financial certificates.

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Santiago Stock Exchange to Partner in Blockchain Alliance

The Santiago Stock Exchange (STE), Central Securities Depository (DCV) and the Global Trade Directory (GTD) will form a blockchain association to improve communications for stock market investors.

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Crypto Market Sees Red as Bitcoin Price Drops $600 in 30 Minutes

Beginning at 17:50 UTC and lasting until 18:20 UTC, BTC witnessed a large pullback from $10,200 to $9,600.

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US Air Force Partners With Blockchain Firm to Automate Data Management

Constellation is tasked with connecting various data silos for the armed force wing.

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Crypto-Jacking Virus Infects 850,000 Servers, Hackers on the Run With Millions

French cybersecurity, officials dubbed 'cyber gendarmes,' announced the disabling of an 850,000 server botnet operating mostly in Latin America.

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Customers Can Deposit Bitcoin to Bakkt’s Warehouse Starting Next Week

Bakkt said Wednesday it would start offering customers access to its secure bitcoin storage warehouse starting Sept. 6.

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Author Jimmy Song Talks About the Little Bitcoin Book

This week on CoinDesk Live our own Brady Dale talks with Jimmy Song about his new book.

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Korea’s SFC Chair Nominee Intends to Maintain Go-Slow Approach to Crypto

Eun Sung-soo made reformist comments but he was still cautious about crypto and offered no boost to the sector

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They Biked, Ran and Swam Over 200 Miles Across Europe – All for Bitcoin

A group of bitcoin enthusiasts just ran, biked and swam across Europe, all to promote the cryptocurrency they believe is leaving a powerful, positive mark on the world. The first “Satoshi Freeathlon” officially finished this weekend, in which a group of seven bitcoin enthusiasts flexing their athletic abilities by journeying from Switzerland’s “Crypto Valley” in […]

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Bitcoin Price Hovers Above $10.1K As Momentum Stalls Near Key Indicator

Bitcoin's price action continues to stall as the fight between buyers and sellers falls quiet above the 100-day average of price.

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Political Group Launches ‘ICO’ to Support US House Candidate

BitPAC is conducting a "politicoin" ICO as part of its efforts to support candidates like North Carolina's Dan Bishop.

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Charlie Lee Vows to Keep Funding Litecoin Foundation Amid Pay Cuts

Litecoin creator Charlie Lee said he remains committed to funding the Litecoin Foundation regardless of its financial standing.

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Bitcoin Teeters on $10K, But Can It Fend Off Another Bear?

Bitcoin’s (BTC) recent market movements have thrown into contention the mid-term direction with some asking if BTC’s demand is enough to beat off another bear market? 

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Drug Dealers Who Used Crypto Sentenced to Prison

Five drug dealers who used cryptocurrencies to launder their funds were sentenced to varying jail terms on Monday.

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Libra Association’s Crypto Members Remain Unfazed by Regulatory Backlash

Despite government scrutiny, crypto firms in the Libra Association say they're committed to the project.

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Venezuelan Pharmacy Chain to Accept Cryptocurrency Payments

The retail pharmacy chain has 22 locations that will be equipped with dash-enabled payment systems.

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Judge Confirms Ruling: Craig Wright to Forfeit 50% of Bitcoin Holdings

In a court document published August 27, Judge Bruce Reinhart confirmed Craig Wright must forfeit half his bitcoin and intellectual property acquired prior to 2014.

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P2P Exchange Hodl Hodl Sneaks Around China’s Google Firewall

Hodl Hodl said Google's reCAPTCHA service, blocked by Chinese firewalls, prevented Asian users from logging on.

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Winklevoss Twins’ Gemini Exchange Joins Silvergate Crypto Lending Network

The Silvergate Exchange Network provides a frictionless way to transfer U.S. dollars "around the clock."

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4 Agencies Are Investigating Crypto Exchange QuadrigaCX

A report from QuadrigaCX bankruptcy trustee Ernst & Young published Monday outlines which agencies are investigating the failed exchange.

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South Korea’s BC Card Is Using KT’s Blockchain for Rewards Settlement

The company says that the process has been made significantly more efficient.

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Coinbase-Backed Nomics Launches Trading Transparency Product

Of the top 10 cryptocurrencies by market cap, only binance coin has a transparency rating over 30 percent, Nomics CEO Clay Collins said.

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Facebook’s Libra Project Launches Bug Bounty With $10,000 Max Reward

The Libra Association will pay up to $10,000 to independent security researchers who find bugs in the Libra blockchain.

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Facebook’s Calibra Is Building a Compliance Team, Searching for Sanctions Lead

The Calibra wallet team is looking for more compliance professionals

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Bitcoin May Suffer Deeper Drop Below This Price Average

Bitcoin's pullback from June's high of $13,880 will likely gather pace if key moving average support is breached.

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Arrington XRP Backs Fund’s $200 Million Raise for Algorand Blockchain

Arrington XRP, NGC Ventures, among others, have backed a $200 million fund launched by a capital firm dedicated to investing in the Algorand blockchain ecosystem.

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Coinbase’s Ex-Policy Head Will Lobby for Facebook Amid Libra Crypto Pushback

Facebook has hired a lobbying firm led by a former head of policy at Coinbase amid regulatory pushback from U.S. lawmakers over its Libra project.

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Loom Launches ‘CryptoZombies’ Tutorial to Get Coders on Facebook’s Libra

Get the basics of Facebook's new Libra blockchain with a free online tutorial from Loom. JUST IN: Learn Facebook's new @Libra_ blockchain with ... zombies? @loomnetwork has built a free tutorial for curious devs. LINK @BradyDale reports

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Beyond USD: The Next Frontier for Stablecoins

The next generation of stablecoins will eschew the U.S. dollar as their basis, writes Bitspark's George Harrap.

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Judge Recommends Ruling in Favor of Kleiman in Craig Wright Case

A magistrate judge has recommended that Craig Wright turn over 50% of his bitcoin and intellectual property from before 2014 to Ira Kleiman.

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New Ransomware Targets Fortnite Players

A new ransomware masquerades as a Fortnite cheat and asks victims to pay up in crypto.

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Australian Securities Exchange Building New Blockchain Platform With VMWare, Digital Asset

ASX and Digital Asset have signed a three-party memorandum of understanding (MOU) to build a replacement platform for the existing Clearing House Electronic Subregister System (CHESS) using distributed ledger technology.

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Roger Ver–Backed CoinFlex Exchange Is Taking Aim at BitMEX Futures Market

CoinFlex closed a $10 million funding round backed by Polychain Capital and Bitcoin.com chairman Roger Ver, among others.

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Swiss Regulator Licenses Two New Blockchain Companies as It Shores up Legal Requirements

Two Swiss startups received broker dealer licenses as FINMA hardens its AML requirements.

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Overstock Loses Another Big Investor in Crypto Token Exchange tZERO

In the first investor call following the abrupt resignation of founder Patrick Byrne, Overstock provided a number of updates.

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Crypto ‘Exchange of Exchanges’ ShortHop Expands to 7 US States

ShortHop offers traders access to its own order book as well as orders from other exchanges.

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Hong Kong’s HashKey Capital Invests in Terra’s Mining Token

It is the eighth funding event in thirteen months using the mining token.

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Binance Launches Crypto Lending With Up to 15 % Annualized Interest

Crypto exchange Binance is now offering users up to 15% in annualized interest for lending their crypto assets such as BNB and USDT.

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Weekly Bitcoin Price Indicator Shows ‘Bear Cross’ in First Since February

A widely-tracked lagging bitcoin price indicator is reporting bearish conditions for the first time since February.

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Don’t Worry, Overstock’s New CEO Is Already ‘Drunk on Bitcoin’s Kool-Aid’

Overstock.com’s interim CEO Jonathan Johnson, the president of its subsidiary Medici Ventures, plans to continue the company's blockchain work.

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Switzerland Meetings Didn’t Clear US Lawmaker’s Doubts on Facebook’s Libra

A U.S. lawmaker said her concerns with Facebook's Libra crypto project remain after meeting regulators in Switzerland.

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25-Year-Old to Plead Guilty to Running Unlicensed Crypto Exchange

A man from Los Angeles agrees to plead guilty to charge for running an unlicensed crypto exchange without an effective AML program.

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The Faketoshi Circus: Even Bitcoin Can’t Escape the Politics of Money

The latest effort by someone to present themselves as the creator of bitcoin says a lot about the propensity for drama in the ecosystem, Michael J Casey writes.

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Burning Man & Crypto: Common Grounds

Burning Man, the mecca of tech industry parties, offers lessons for the cryptocurrency movement.

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In Berlin, A ‘DAO Renaissance’ Begins

New tools and the rise of DeFi have made decentralized autonomous organizations, or DAOs, newly attractive to ethereum's top developers.

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FTC Settles With Promoters of Multi-Level Marketing Crypto Scheme

Four promoters of crypto-denominated chain-referral scams are ordered to pay fines totaling less than $500,000.

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Crypto Funds Are Outperforming – You Shouldn’t Be Surprised

Josh Gnaizda of Crypto Fund Research looks into possible reasons behind the relative performance of crypto funds vs bitcoin since Q1 2017.

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Circle CEO: China’s Digital Currency Could “Bypass Western Banking System”

Circle CEO Jeremy Allaire said China is setting the pace in the development of a digital currency equivalent of its fiat currency, the renminbi.

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Blockchain Will Integrate BitPay’s Payments System For Wallet Payments

The largest wallet provider, Blockchain, partnered with the largest bitcoin payment processor, BitPay.

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Rep. Waters Says Congress Will Continue Review of Facebook’s Libra

Congresswoman Maxine Waters announced a tentative schedule for this fall including a continued review of Facebook's Libra initiative.

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Maker Foundation Tried and Failed to Register ‘DEFI’ Trademark

Under current law, the responsibility of defending trademarks falls on the holder of the trademark.

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UK Central Bank Governor Sees Digital Currency Displacing US Dollar as Global Reserve

BOE governor Mark Carney called on Friday for the creation of a wholly digital alternative to the U.S. dollar.

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Largest Korean Exchange to Review Listings and Drop Failing Coins

Bithumb will assemble a committee to periodically review its listed cryptocurrencies, becoming the second exchange in Korea to update its listing policies.

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Binance Offers VIP Accounts to Hacked Users

Binance will offer VIP accounts to affected users but recommends hacked users replace their government IDs.

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Web3’s Gavin Wood Launches Kusama Network to Test Polkadot Protocol

The Web3 Foundation launched a live experimental version of the Polkadot network on Friday. Here's what Kusama will be testing.

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Blockchain May Be Used in FDA Medical Reviews and Recalls

The FDA's acting chief information officer said the agency is rolling out a modernization plan using AI and blockchain.

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Canadians Charged for $220,000 Bitcoin Scam on Twitter

Two Canadian nationals posed as HitBTC customer service representatives in order to steal a user's login credentials.

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Bitcoin Miners Are Heating Homes Free of Charge in Frigid Siberia

Hotmine makes a bitcoin mining rig that doubles as a home heating appliance. It's targeting places where winter is brutally cold.

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$100,000 Crypto Donation to Amazon Rainforest Charity Blocked By BitPay

A large donation to a non-profit working to protect the Amazon rainforest has been blocked by compliance hurdles at crypto payments firm BitPay.

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Craig Wright Again Claims Authorship of Bitcoin White Paper

Wright has made another attempt to cement his claim to be Satoshi Nakamoto, posting bitcoin's white paper on a scientific paper hosting site.

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Bitcoin Increasingly Bearish Despite Price Bounce to $10.2K

Bitcoin's recovery to $10,255 seen in the last 24 hours could be short-lived, suggest bearish price and volume indicators.

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Litecoin’s Mining Power Has Fallen 28% Since Its Block Rewards Halving

Mining power on the litecoin network has dropped by 28 percent since its recent "halving" event as miners struggle for profit.

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Tensions Rising at Facebook Libra as Backers Consider Quitting: Report

Several backers of Facebook's Libra cryptocurrency project are said to be considering backing out due to growing "pushback" from regulators.

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Amazon Cloud Outage Causing Major Issues at Some Crypto Exchanges

Problems with Amazon's cloud service, AWS, in Tokyo are disrupting services at some cryptocurrency exchanges on Friday.

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Circle Is Raising a $100 Million Fund for Its Crowdfunding Arm

Circle is hiring a new general partner to set up a $100 million venture capital fund via SeedInvest.

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CoinDesk Talks to Supporters, Critics at Craig Wright’s Contempt Hearing

CoinDesk travels to Florida to talk to supporters and detractors of the so-called creator of bitcoin.

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Ethereum Poised to Be First Public Blockchain in Hyperledger Consortium

A proposal to add the ConsenSys-backed Pantheon project awaits a vote from the Hyperledger technical steering committee.

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PundiX’s Crypto Cash Registers Will Be Installed in 49 Retail Stores Across Venezuela

Traki department stores will integrate Pundi X’s point-of-sale device, XPOS, to offer a cryptocurrency payment rail for shoppers.

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Coinbase Now Allows You to Access Dapps on Desktop Browsers

Coinbase Wallet saves users from installing browser extensions, moving private keys across devices, to administer their wallet funds on desktop browsers.

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Rwanda’s Central Bank Is Researching a Possible Digital Currency Launch

The National Bank of Rwanda (NBR) is looking at other countries, specifically Canada, the Netherlands, and Singapore’s central bank digital currency research.

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Ripple Partnership Provides New Payment Rail for UK Remittance Firm

Ripple's newest partnership will enable UK remittance firm, Xendpay, to move money to Southeast Asia in real time.

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Iconloop Signs Deal With Art Site to Create Record of Ownership

The works include five by Lee Ufan, founder of the avant-garde School of Things, and three works of Whanki Kim, an early abstract artist in Korea.

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Patrick Byrne, Cryptocurrency Champion, Resigns as Overstock CEO

Overstock.com CEO Patrick Byrne has resigned from the company after admitting to an affair with Russian agent Maria Butina.

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Crypto Futures Exchange Deribit Launching Bulk Derivatives Trading

Deribit is teaming with institutional traders' messaging service Paradigm to facilitate block trades of bitcoin and ether derivatives.

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Major Banks Back $7.4 Million Funding Round for Korean Blockchain Firm

Blocko, a blockchain firm working on enterprise applications of the tech, says it's raised $7.44 million from investors including Shinhan Bank.

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Bitcoin Selloff Stalls at Historical Price Support Near $10K

Bitcoin's defense of the 100-day price average and a bullish RSI divergence on the hourly chart call for a minor price bounce to $10,300.

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Miller Lite Teams With Blockchain Firm for Customer Engagement Game

Miller Lite has partnered with a blockchain marketing company for a promotional game that utilizes blockchain and crypto collectibles.

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Palestinian Civilians Are Using Bitcoin More Than Terrorists

Terrorists are using bitcoin, but they aren't the only ones. Here's the real story about bitcoin usage in Palestine.

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Blockchain Education Initiatives Launch at California Universities

A VC-backed blockchain firm that helped curate courses at Harvard, Oxford and Cambridge is rolling out programs at three California universities.

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‘Power to the People’: Privacy Was the Rallying Cry of Berlin’s Web3 Summit

It may seem trivial in some cases, but digital anonymity is no joking matter to American whistleblower and privacy advocate Edward Snowden.

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White House Advisory Says Virtual Currencies Used for Fentanyl Purchases

The White House advisories state "convertible virtual currencies," particularly bitcoin, bitcoin cash, ethereum, and monero, are actively being used on dark net markets.

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Authorities Seize Crypto Mining Equipment from Nuclear Power Plant

Two raids of the South Ukrainian Nuclear Power Plant uncovered GPUs, hard drives, and cooling equipment used to mine cryptocurrencies.

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New Flexa Tech Will Let You Spend Bitcoin From Other Apps Too

Mobile wallets and other apps will soon be able to plug into Flexa's payment rails and offer crypto payments to retailers.

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Gemini Heads Down Under With Crypto Exchange Launch in Australia

Australia becomes the latest international location for the U.S.-based cryptocurrency exchange.

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Travelport, IBM Collaborate on Blockchain for Hotel Commissions

Blockchain will reduce the amount of discrepancies in booking data caused by hotel no-shows, overstays, and room modifications.

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US Treasury Blacklists Bitcoin, Litecoin Addresses of Chinese ‘Drug Kingpins’

The U.S. Treasury's OFAC has put bitcoin and litecoin addresses of three Chinese nationals on its sanctions list, the second time the agency has blacklisted crypto wallets.

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Tether to Issue Stablecoin Backed by Chinese Yuan in Belgian Bank: Insider

Tether is planning to issue a new stablecoin backed by Chiense yuan held in a bank in Belgium, says Bitfinex shareholder Zhao Dong.

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You Can Now Earn Bitcoin Rewards for Postmates Purchases

Postmates has become the latest partner for Lolli's bitcoin rewards service.

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South Korea’s Woori Financial Teams up with Kakao’s Crypto Payments Group

The banking company is latest major organization in the country to join the blockchain rush.

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Crypto Asset NYM to Fuel Test of Tokenized Facebook Login Alternative

Privacy-focused Nym Technologies plans to launch a testnet this fall. Its identity system masks identifying user data across blockchains.

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Ether’s Bull Run from December Lows Appears to Have Ended

Ethereum’s cryptocurrency, ether, is losing altitude, with signs suggesting the asset has ended a bull market from December lows with a drop below $200 last week. The second-largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization is currently trading at $183 on Bitfinex, representing a 7.3 percent drop on a 24-hour basis. Prices fell 10.18 percent last week and […]

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SEC Approves Blockchain Tech Startup Securitize to Record Stock Transfers

Token issuance tech provider Securitize has registered as a transfer agent with the SEC, a move it says will boost blockchain adoption.

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CommBank Develops Blockchain Marketplace to Boost Sustainable Development, Biodiversity

The prototype blockchain marketplace is aimed to support sustainable development and reward landowners for protecting the environment.

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Cryptopia Exchange Kept Users’ Cryptos in Pooled Wallet: Liquidator

The liquidator for the collapsed Cryptopia exchange says the way the platform was managed is slowing up the task of determining user holdings.

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Bitcoin Miners Halt Operations as Rainstorm Triggers Mudslides in China

A severe rainstorm in China's southwest has led to fatal mudslides, causing some local hydropower plants and bitcoin miners to halt operations.

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Bitcoin Risks Slide to $9.5K After Sudden $700 Price Drop

Bitcoin may fall back to recent lows below $9,500, having strengthened the short-term bearish case with a $700 drop earlier today.

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US Secretary of State Says Crypto Should Be Regulated Like SWIFT Transactions

Michael Pompeo has said he believes that cryptocurrencies should be regulated in the same way as electronic financial transactions.

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Facebook Libra Already Facing an EU Antitrust Probe: Report

Facebook is reportedly already under investigation by the EU over antitrust issues related to its Libra cryptocurrency project.

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Vitalik Buterin: Increasing Transaction Costs Risk Limiting Ethereum Adoption

Buterin said altering verification could lower fees by a factor of 100 per transaction, freeing space for organizations to build on the blockchain.

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Huobi Expanding DeFi Presence With MakerDao, Compound Support

Huobi is affirming it's DeFi-positive stance with the addition of the loan making vehicles MakerDao and Compound.

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Austrian Telecommunications Giant to Accept Cryptocurrency

Founded in 1881, the A1 mobile network is looking to add dash, ethereum, litecoin, stellar, and ripple as payment options.

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SEC Settles with ICO Service Over Undisclosed Payments for Positive Reviews

ICORating agreed to pay $106,998 in interest and a civil penalty of $162,000 without commenting on the SEC’s findings.

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Japan’s Largest Gift Card Exchange Expanding Internationally With Blockchain Firm

Amaten, a gift card marketplace, partnered with the Singapore-based cloud computing startup Aelf to make digital representations of gift cards.

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Square Crypto Hires Matt Corallo to Boost Bitcoin Development

Square Crypto just hired one of the world’s most prolific bitcoin developers.

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SEC’s Top Crypto Cop Joins Coinbase’s Law Firm

Robert A. Cohen will join corporate law firm Davis Polk & Wardwell as partner after 15 years with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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Korean Crypto Exchange ‘Prixbit’ Shuts Down Over Banking Woes

Prixbit is one of an estimated 200 players locked out of the banking system

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Pieter Wuille Unveils ‘Miniscript,’ A New Smart Contract Language for Bitcoin

Smart contracts could soon get a boost in bitcoin as prominent programmer Pieter Wuille has unveiled a new coding language designed specifically for their use. Posted to the bitcoin developer mailing list Monday, the ‘Miniscript’ language aims to make it easier for programmers to write up “smart contracts” or conditions for spending bitcoins. Programmers Wuille, Andrew […]

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Messari Disclosures Registry Tops 50 Cryptocurrencies With 10 New Additions

Ten projects – including Cardano, Lisk and Beam – joined the Messari Disclosures Registry on Tuesday in a bid to foster transparency.

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Blockchain Firm Veritaseum Calls for Assets to Be Unfrozen in SEC Response

Veritaseum has officially responded to the SEC's claims it sold illegal securities and called for its funds to be unfrozen to protect investors.

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It Took 18 Months, But This Blockchain Securities Firm Got the Nod From FINRA

FINRA has approved iownit as a broker-dealer, clearing the firm to offer digital securities on a private Hyperledger blockchain.

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Facebook Isn’t Behind the First Incubator for Libra Crypto Developers

With $125,000 committed to a virtual bootcamp in November, Libracamp is incubating development on Facebook's Libra testnet.

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Bitcoin Faces Further Losses After Rejection Near $11K Price Hurdle

Having faced rejection near the psychological hurdle of $11,000, bitcoin may end up falling below $10,000 in the next 24 hours.

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Deloitte Launches ‘Blockchain In a Box’ to Help Enterprises Showcase Tech

The "Big Four" auditing firm has launched a mobile plug-and-play product aimed to help enterprises demo blockchain solutions.

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Dark Web Drug Dealer to Forfeit Millions of Dollars in Illicit Crypto Earnings

A man has been sentenced in San Diego, California, for conspiring to sell opioids and other drugs over dark web markets for cryptocurrencies. 

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Central Banks, Stablecoins and the Looming War of Currencies

A flood of competing stablecoins is coming to the global economy, setting the stage for what could be a climactic battle with the world's biggest central banks.

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Crypto and Security Token Exchange INX to Raise $130 Million in Landmark IPO

INX, a crypto and security token exchange, plans to raise up to $130 million through an IPO in the U.S., an industry first.

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New York Supreme Court Denies Bitfinex’s Lack Of Jurisdiction Claim

iFinex claimed the NY AG lacked sufficient jurisdiction for an investigation into the company's activities.

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Salesforce Alternative Cere Raises $3.5 Million From Binance Labs, Others

A Binance Labs incubation project, Cere, plans on integrating with Binance's decentralized ecosystem, Binance Chain

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Israeli Regulator Looking to Fast Track 2,000 Fintech License Applications

Over 2,000 fintech and blockchain-businesses are currently seeking licenses from the federal regulator

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World Bank Sells $33.8 Million More of Its Private Ethereum Blockchain Bonds

The World Bank raised another $33.8 million by issuing bonds on a blockchain, bringing the total to $108 million.

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BitPay Says Cryptocurrency Spending on Real Estate to Double in 2019

BitPay processes about $5 million in bitcoin for real estate transactions through international and domestic individuals and firms.

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BitMEX Exchanges to Block Users in Hong Kong, Bermuda and Seychelles

Per a company posting, BitMEX added the geo-blocks for regulatory reasons

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Gemini Adds Cybersecurity Veteran to Executive Team

David Damoto joins Gemini with over 20 years experience in the field

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Binance’s iOS App Returns to Apple Store

The largest cryptocurrency exchange by volume, Binance’s iOS app has returned after a month's hiatus

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7 Dumb Things from the Latest Satoshi Reveal

A new Satoshi has risen and is claiming to be into occult numerology.

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Bank of America Seeks to Patent Crypto Wallet That Works Like Valet Car Key

Bank of America is seeking to patent security tech for digital currency wallets that gives different users different levels of access to stored funds.

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BitGo Hires Sales Chief From Crypto Custody Rival Xapo

Pete Najarian previously worked for bitcoin service provider Xapo as senior vice president of institutions.

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Why the Youngest Bitcoin Millionaire is Willing to Stake it All on Metal Pay

Metal Pay will grow to incorporate a digital bank, a crypto exchange, a payments application, and several features associated with traditional banking services.

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US Lawmakers to Discuss Facebook Libra on Swiss Visit: Report

Congresswoman Maxine Waters and other U.S. lawmakers will discuss Facebook's crypto project with the Swiss data privacy chief this week.

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Bitcoin’s Price is Up More Than $1K Since Bakkt Futures News

Bitcoin has gained $1,000 since the Bakkt exchange announced it has the green light to offer bitcoin futures, but key resistance still lies ahead.

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Rakuten’s Crypto Exchange Has Launched for Trading in 3 Cryptos

The Japanese e-commerce giant's Rakuten Wallet exchange has gone live for spot trading of bitcoin, ether and bitcoin cash against the yen.

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Silvergate Bank Eyes Crypto-Collateralized Loans for Institutions

Silvergate Bank, one of the cryptocurrency industry's few go-to financial service providers, is planning to become a crypto lender.

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Alive, Thriving and Totally Unauthorized: Inside the Underground Market for Telegram’s Cryptocurrency

Telegram forbade investors from selling their gram tokens before launch. Yet the secondary market for grams is lively – and rife with risk.

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Crypto Exchange Binance Announces New Stablecoin Initiative

The crypto exchange has announced that it's launching Venus, a project that will develop "localized" stablecoins around the world.

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Malta Crypto Exchange Opened by Coinone to Close Next Month

The shuttering comes as Korea's third-largest exchange shores up its local business.

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Santander to Connect Latin America to Ripple-Powered Remittance Service

Spanish banking giant Santander is expanding its use of Ripple's xCurrent payments technology to include Latin American markets.

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Fidelity’s Charity Arm Has Received Over $100 Million in Crypto Donations

Fidelity Charitable reported receiving more than $106 million in crypto donations since accepting bitcoin in 2015.

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The Real Benefits of Blockchain Are Here. They’re Being Ignored

In making the technology more accessible, many developers are sacrificing the benefits of decentralization for the sake of convenience.

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This ICO Startup Didn’t Die During Crypto Winter. It Has DAI to Thank

The London-based Monolith just added DAI to its crypto debit card product. But the startup itself has long used DAI to manage its treasury.

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These Bitcoin Users Want DAI and DeFi – Here’s How They Plan to Get It

The Cross-Chain Working Group project will (almost) enable bitcoin transactions on ethereum, opening up a new world of interacting smart contracts.

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Coinbase Reveals Password Glitch Affecting 3,500 Customers

The rare bug impacted roughly .01 percent of the exchange's 30 million customers, Coinbase revealed Friday.

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Ethereum Coders Approve 6 Changes for Upcoming Istanbul Hard Fork

Ethereum core developers have finalized a list of EIPs for the network's next system-wide upgrade.

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FinCEN Director Reminds Casinos of Crypto Compliance Requirements

FinCEN director Kenneth Blanco said that suspicious activity reports detailing crypto fraud is a matter of national security.

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All-Crypto Retirement Accounts Will Be Fined: Australian Tax Office

Investors who hold 90 percent of their retirement savings in cryptocurrencies may face penalties of up to 4,200 AUD.

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Someone Just Hacked Binance Jersey’s Twitter Account

An anonymous Twitter user has successfully hacked Binance Jersey's twitter account.

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Bakkt Says It’s ‘Cleared to Launch’ Bitcoin Futures Next Month

Bakkt says it will launch Sept. 23 after receiving a trust charter through the New York State Department of Financial Services.

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South Korea’s ‘Bit-Island,’ Jeju, Redoubles Crypto Efforts After Losing Regulatory Bid

Jeju, a small island south of Seoul, is redoubling its efforts to become South Korea's regulation-free Bit-Island after losing out to Busan.

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China’s Digital Fiat Wants to Compete With Bitcoin – But It’s Not a Crypto

China may be about to launch a fiat digital currency, but in all likelihood, it will only resemble a cryptocurrency on the surface.

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Man Offering Hacking Services for Bitcoin Gets 20-Month Jail Sentence

A British man has been handed jail time and ordered to forfeit over £400,000 ($487,000) for offering hacking services and stolen data for crypto.

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This Crypto Asset Doesn’t Exist Yet, But Soon You’ll Be Able to Stake It

Perlin's PERL cryptocurrency looks to make shipping easier, but could also democratize the proof-of-stake model.

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Moscow Blockchain Voting System ‘Completely Insecure,’ Says Researcher

A blockchain system that will soon be used to allow Moscow residents to vote in elections is currently easy to hack, according to a researcher.

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Bitcoin Defends Price Support, But Bear Case Still Intact

Bitcoin has bounced from key price support, but the outlook remains bearish as long as prices hold below Thursday's high of $10,445.

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Binance’s US Arm to Go Live ‘Within Two Months’

The dedicated U.S. arm of cryptocurrency exchange Binance should go live by November, according to CEO Changpeng "CZ" Zhao.

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ASX’s In-the-Works DLT Settlement System ‘on Track,’ Says Yearly Report

The Australian Securities Exchange has released its 2019 financial report, offering insight into its upcoming distributed ledger settlement system.

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A Big Four Audit Firm Lost $1 Million In Bitcoin. Victims Are Losing Patience

QuadrigaCX creditors are losing patience with their court-appointed law firm, demanding answers about the effort to recover their funds.

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Crypto Exchange Coinbase Acquires Xapo’s Institutional Custody Business

Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has acquired the institutional business of cryptocurrency wallet and custody solution provider Xapo.

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Brave Browser Adds Access to New Crypto Wallets

Prior to the addition, Brave users could only place BATs in Uphold, a wallet Brave partnered with for BAT.

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Privacy Coin Beam Conducts First Hard Fork Away From ASICs

Launching in January of this year, beam is one of two first implementations of the Mimblewimble privacy protocol

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South Korean Third-Largest Crypto Exchange Publishes Official Listing Criteria

Coinmine has issued official listing criteria, paving the way for more tokens in the ecosystem.

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Judge Blasts Craig Wright’s Evidence, ‘Inconsistent’ Testimony in Kleiman Trial

The judge overseeing the ongoing lawsuit against Craig Wright, who claims to have invented bitcoin, shot down a motion challenging the court's jurisdiction over the suit.

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Maryland Targets Trading Platform Fraud as It Joins ‘Cryptosweep’ Effort

The second wave of Operation Cryptosweep commenced early this year resulting in 35 enforcement actions with nearly 100 pending.

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Join Us Tomorrow for Our First On-Tap Reader Meetup in Buenos Aires

We will be visiting Buenos Aires tomorrow to talk crypto and share a few cervezas. Please join us.

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New Malware Miner Sneakily Hides When Task Manager Is Open

Meet "Norman" – a new variant of monero-mining malware that employs crafty tricks to avoid being spotted.

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Social Pricing Game MoonRekt Now Permits Players to Bet With Bitcoin

MoonRekt players now get to stake the crypto they're betting on: bitcoin!

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Crypto Miner Company CoinMine Scores $2.5 Million in Seed Round

The round was led by M13 Ventures, Republic Labs, Gumi Crypto and an early Uber investor Shervin Pishevar.

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Ripple Is Giving Away 1 Billion XRP in Massive Bid to Fund Online Content

Ripple is making a major investment in Coil, a media platform that pays content creators XRP.

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Crypto Lending Industry Has Earned Just 2% on $4.7 Billion in Loans: Report

A new report from credit assessment startup Graychain shows that demand for crypto loans is surging, but lenders aren't making much profit.

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Steemit to Automate Development Funding With New DAO

The blockchain project that focuses on monetizing social media sites is launching a DAO in its coming hard fork upgrade.

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Moscow to Develop a Blockchain System for Transparent City Services

Russia's capital is seeking a contractor to build an ethereum-based system to host some of the city's administrative services.

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Head of SIX’s Digital Asset Exchange Quits Over Strategy Disagreement

Switzerland's SIX stock exchange has just lost a key executive in charge of its in-development digital assets exchange, SDX.

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$9,650: Bitcoin Price Dips Below Key Long-Term Support

Bitcoin temporarily tumbled past a key moving average after enduring its worst single-day loss in a month.

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Bitcoin’s Surging Dominance – Is This Time Really Different?

Bitcoin's share of the total crypto market is rising rapidly, but is that necessarily good news for the sector?

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Bitcoin Drops to $10k Amid Worst Single-Day Loss in a Month

The cryptocurrency markets are flashing red again Thursday after bitcoin (BTC), the world's largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization, fell by more than $900 in 24 hours.

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Walmart Files Patent Application For Blockchain-Backed Drone Communication

Walmart has reasserted its interest in blockchain-backed drones with a recent patent application. Commerce giant Walmart filed for an application entitled “Cloning Drones Using Blockchain” in January 2019 with the United States Patent and Trademark Office publishing the patent on August 1. The patent for an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) blockchain-based coordination system was published the same […]

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Despite CEO Claims, Dash Isn’t Really the ‘Most Used’ Crypto in Venezuela

Despite wide-spread efforts and expensive advertising, Dash isn't taking off in Caracas.

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New IRS Warning Letters Target Crypto Investors Who Misreported Trades

The IRS is sending another round of warning letters to crypto users, this time to taxpayers who it thinks misreported income on exchange transactions.

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Nevada Cryptocurrency Kiosks Now Require Money Transmission Licenses

Nevada abruptly changed its regulatory stance on cryptocurrency kiosks, alarming many providers.

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How Coinbase Is Using an Ethereum Upgrade to Help Merchants Take USDC

Coinbase Commerce is putting ethereum's latest systemwide upgrade, Constantinople, to the test.

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Blockchain Provider Terra Signs Bugs, a Music Streaming Platform, to Its Alliance

The music steaming service will join twenty-five partners in a South Korean crypto payments alliance.

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Meet FumbleChain, the Purposely Flawed Blockchain

There's a new blockchain for developers to break at will. The "capture the flag" project from Kudelski Security is meant to educate.

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Blockchain Firm Settles With SEC Over Unregistered $6.3 Million SAFT Sale

A healthcare-focused blockchain firm has settled with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission over its 2017-2018 SAFT offering.

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Craig Wright’s Messages Likely ‘Faked,’ Says Bitmessage Developer

In a July 24 court hearing, Jonathan Warren confirmed it is easy to back date messages to alter dates and times.

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R3’s Marco Polo Trade Blockchain Takes Another Step Toward Production

The trade finance blockchain platform has passed another milestone in its development with a successful pilot of real-time payment triggers.

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Bitcoin’s Price Looks Set for a Drop to $10K

Bitcoin is looking south, having retraced more than 50 percent of the $3,000 rally seen in the 10 days to Aug. 6.

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Former Coinbase CTO Balaji Srinivasan Joins DeFi Blockchain Project Findora

Balaji Srinivasan, the former CTO of Coinbase, has just joined decentralized finance blockchain project Findora as a strategic adviser.

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Shinhan Bank Teams With Kakao’s GroundX for Blockchain Security Boost

One of the oldest and largest banks in South Korea has partnered with two fintech firms to build a new security system using blockchain tech.

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Samsung at Last Adds Bitcoin Functionality to Its Blockchain Phones

Samsung has added bitcoin functionality to its blockchain-enabled smartphones six months after launch.

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UK Advertising Watchdog Upholds Complaints Against BitMEX Bitcoin Promotion

The U.K. Advertising Standards Authority has upheld complaints over a bitcoin ad placed by crypto derivatives exchange BitMEX.

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Two Economists. Two Views on Bitcoin’s Ability to Disrupt Fiat Money

“Half of the audience here is like, ‘I hope you die in a fire.’”

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Barclays Is No Longer Banking Coinbase

Barclays is no longer banking Coinbase, resulting in delayed fiat withdrawals and deposits for the crypto exchange's U.K. users.

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Winklevoss-Backed Flexa Expands Crypto Payments Service to Canada

Functioning like a pipeline for commercial transactions, SPEDN processes regular purchases in cryptocurrencies like bitcoin or ethereum.

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Bitcoin’s ‘Kimchi Premium’ Vanishes Again as Trading Range Tightens

The spread between the price of bitcoin on South Korean and U.S.-based crypto exchanges has disappeared after hitting 2019 highs.

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SEC Files Emergency Action Against Organizer of ‘Fraudulent’ $15 Million ICO

The SEC is seeking to freeze the assets of Reggie Middleton, organizer of the $14.8 million Veritaseum (VERI) ICO.

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Seed CX Begins Testing Swap Contracts Settled in Real Bitcoin

Seed CX has begun testing bitcoin margin swaps with users and is waiting on regulatory approval to launch them.

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XRP Price Charts First Death Cross Since April 2018

XRP is flashing red this Tuesday morning with a long-term price indicator turning bearish for the first time in over a year. At press time, the third-largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization is currently trading at $0.2955 on Bitfinex, representing a 1 percent drop on a 24-hour basis. More importantly, however, the 50-day moving average (MA) […]

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SEC Guidance Gives Ammo to Lawsuit Claiming XRP Is Unregistered Security

Investors suing Ripple have started citing the SEC’s token guidance to back their claim that XRP is an unregistered security.

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Legal Expert Katharina Pistor Weighs in on Facebook’s Libra

Is Facebook's Libra a "concentration of power... unmatched by any meaningful accountability to anyone?" Legal expert Katharina Pistor thinks so.

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New Zealand’s ASB Bank Takes Stake in Trade Finance Blockchain Startup

ABS has invested a "significant" amount in TradeWindow, a startup working to put trade finance on a blockchain.

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This Crypto Is Worth Less Than 1 Cent. VCs Are Betting Millions on Its Future

This healthcare startup is still growing, and attracting investment, long after raising $7.2 million in a 2017 token sale.

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UK’s Pensions and Welfare Department Eyes DLT for Faster Payments

The U.K. Department for Work and Pensions is investigating distributed ledger technology as a way to boost its payments systems.

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Bitcoin’s Bulls Now Have a Target of $13.2K, Monthly Chart Suggests

Bitcoin now needs to break above $13,200 to revive the stalled bull market, a key monthly chart pattern suggests.

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Coinbase Backs $4.3 Million Raise for New Crypto Derivatives Exchange

Blade, a crypto derivatives exchange that hasn't yet launched, has already won backing from major investors including Coinbase.

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UN Investigating 35 North Korean Military-Funding Cyberattacks

A more detailed U.N. report says North Korea is attacking banks via the SWIFT network, hacking crypto exchanges and cryptojacking.

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Blockchain Firm Bitfury Turns to AI for Big Data Mining

The Bitfury Group has launched an artificial intelligence division with the aim of creating value out of the vast amounts of data now available.

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60 Latin American Banks Can Now Use Bitcoin for Cross-Border Payments

Crypto exchange Bitex wants to decrease costs associated with cross-border banking using the bitcoin blockchain.

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Investors Who Lost Big in Poloniex Flash Crash Receive Bitcoin Refunds

Poloniex allowed margin trading on the coin until a flash crash wiped out 1,800 bitcoins worth $13.5 million at the time

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PlexCorps Reaches Settlement With SEC Following Extended Legal Woes

Lacroix and Paradis-Royer each agreed to pay $1 million apiece as a civil penalty. PlexCorps must disgorge $4.56 million in addition to some $350,000 in interest.

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Amazon Managed Blockchain Gets Cloud Support

Amazon adds Managed Blockchain solution to its cloud storage services.

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Congressional Research Service Finds Potential Blockchain Uses for Energy Sector

Congressional researchers detailed the current state of energy consumption related to cryptocurrency mining and potential regulations for the energy-intensive process.

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Korea Prepaid Card Invests in Blockchain-As-A-Service Company Bezant

Korea Prepaid Card is the second largest investor in BaaS firm Bezant.

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Exit Scams Swindled $3.1 Billion From Crypto Investors in 2019: Report

In total, investors, users, and exchanges have lost some $4.3 billion from illicit activity.

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WATCH: Ted Livingston Discusses Kik’s Response to the SEC

Kik CEO Ted Livingston discussed his company's legal fight with the SEC on CoinDesk Live last week.

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SEC Delays Decisions on 3 Bitcoin ETF Proposals Until Autumn

The SEC extended the time it would have to make a decision on three different bitcoin ETF proposals Monday.

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WATCH: Inside the Story – The Attempted Binance KYC Extortion Explained

In this video we explore how we researched and wrote our Binance KYC Leak story and what we know about the hacker, the hack, and the future of Binance.

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Join CoinDesk at Our First Reader Meet-up in Argentina

Join us in Bueno Aires this Friday for our first international reader meet-up.

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Crypto Code Commits Remain Near All-Time Highs, Despite Price Declines

A new report from Electric Capital identifies which blockchains are attracting developer activity.

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Three UK Men Busted Over Bitcoin-Based Drug Ring

The trio sold their products on the dark web and shipped as far as Australia.

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Colu May Buy Back ICO Tokens in Pivot Away From Blockchain

The blockchain startup that supported local economies will repurchase approximately 54 million tokens from its ICO sale.

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New Zealand Tax Office Makes It Legal to Pay Salaries in Crypto

New Zealand's Inland Revenue Department has made it legal to receive salaries in cryptocurrency, and be taxed accordingly.

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IBM, Tata Become First Big Techs to Back Hedera Hashgraph Blockchain

IBM and Indian telecom Tata Communications have joined the governance council of Hedera Hashgraph, a blockchain alternative for enterprises.

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Goldman Sachs Analysts’ Note Says Now’s a Good Time to Buy Bitcoin

Investment bank Goldman Sachs has recommended that investors should capitalize on the current price dip and buy bitcoin.

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Bitcoin Price Faces Struggle to Hold Above $11K After Range Breakdown

Bitcoin could drop below $11,000 in the next 24 hours, after sellers took victory in a four-day-long tug of war with the bulls.

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Bitcoin Price Faces Struggle to Hold Above $11K After Range Breakdown

Bitcoin could drop below $11,000 in the next 24 hours, after sellers took victory in a four-day-long tug of war with the bulls.

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Kakao Teases 2019 Launch of Crypto Wallet, Dapp Partners

Messaging app giant Kakao – which launched its own blockchain in June – has teased the release of a crypto wallet dubbed "Klip" later this year.

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China’s Central Bank ‘Close’ to Launching Official Digital Currency

An official at China's central bank has said the institution is nearing the launch of its national digital currency.

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Coinbase UK Dropping Support for Cryptocurrency Zcash

The U.K. arm of Coinbase appears to be dropping support for the privacy-focused cryptocurrency zcash.

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IRS Warnings to Bitcoin Traders Offer Clues to Coming Tax Guidance

Though the IRS has yet to publish its promised crypto tax guidance, the warning letters recently sent to 10,000 traders hint at what to expect.

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Trump’s Currency War With China Could Be Bitcoin’s Do-or-Die Moment

Donald Trump is stoking the flames of a new currency war, creating a do-or-die moment for the cryptocurrency movement, writes Michael J. Casey.

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Derivatives Drama: The Unintended Consequences of Crypto Regulation

Noelle Acheson points out that the LedgerX confusion highlights potential CFTC priorities regarding the regulation of crypto derivatives that could lead to the opposite of what the regulator intends.

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IBM Files Patent for a Blockchain-Based Web Browser

The patent describes a peer-to-peer network for managing and storing browsing session data.

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In Big Block Hard Fork, Craig Wright’s Bitcoin Has Left Nodes Behind

After a recent network upgrade, nodes separated from the bitcoin SV blockchain, highlighting why hard forks prompt much infighting among devs.

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Crypto Gamers Are Showing Little Interest in the Decentralized Nature of NFTs

Blockchain games offer players greater control over their data. But most users don't seem too interested in those aspects, reports show.

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New Jersey Signs Blockchain Task Force Program Into Law

A new program will bring blockchain solutions to the NJ government.

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Stolen Binance Funds Still Being Laundered Through Mixers, Researchers Claim

Funds from Binance's May hack are still moving through a mixing service according to research firm Clain

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South Korea’s SK Group Proposes Blockchain-Based Donation Platform and Two Tokens

Two new tokens from South Korea's third biggest corporation will focus on the problem of tracking charitable donations.

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Binance’s US Subsidiary Is Weighing 30 Different Cryptos For Listing

The world's largest exchange, Binance, announced 30 potential cryptos and a compliance framework for its U.S. subsidiary.

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Ripple CEO Garlinghouse Intends to ‘Press Our Advantage’ With New Investments

CEO Brad Garlinghouse said Ripple is "in a very strong position... and I intend to press our advantage" through new investments.

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Crypto Entrepreneur Jeremy Gardner Pitches Reality Show to TV Networks

Blockchain investor Jeremy Gardner is shopping around a reality show about his life to television networks.

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15 Nations Plan Global Crypto Monitoring System Under FATF: Report

Fifteen nations are said to be planning to set up a system to monitor crypto transactions alongside the Financial Action Task Force.

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Bitcoin in Tug of War Between Bulls and Bears as Trading Range Tightens

Bitcoin is witnessing indecisive price action for the third day, with a break above Wednesday's high of $12,145 needed to revive the bullish outlook.

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Bitcoin Core 0.18.1 Released

Bitcoin Core version 0.18.1 is now available for download containing several bug fixes and other improvements. For a complete list of changes in this maintenance release, 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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This Tiny Bank Gave Bitcoin to Its Entire Staff. Now It‘s Taking Crypto Clients

Quontic, a small bank in New York, has started working with crypto firms, joining the very short list of institutions to embrace the sector.

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Coinbase Says It Foiled a ‘Sophisticated’ Hacking Attack

Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has revealed that it has been targeted by, and foiled, "a sophisticated, highly targeted, thought out attack."

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Senior CFTC Official Who Set Bitcoin Futures Policy Is Leaving: Report

Amir Zaidi, director of the CFTC's Division of Market Oversight, is to leave the regulator within weeks, according to Bloomberg Law.

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Blockstream Launches Bitcoin Mining Farm With Fidelity as Early Customer

Blockstream is further stepping into bitcoin mining with the Fidelity Center for Applied Technology and LinkedIn founder Reid Hoffman as customers.

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Etihad Airways to Pilot Winding Tree Blockchain

The partnership with enable Etihad Airways to test distributed ledger tech for its internal inventory maintenance.

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Overstock Will Open tZERO Security Token Market to Retail Traders Next Week

Overstock is opening up trading on its security token market, tZERO, to retail investors starting next week.

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Israeli Cryptocurrency Traders Locked Out of Banking System: Report

Crypto startups are hitting a snag when it comes to Israeli banks.

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Rhode Island Will Regulate Crypto Under Money Transmitter Laws

The latest in a patchwork of state regulations, Rhode Island pens formal legislation regarding cryptocurrencies and money transmission.

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Regulators File Cease and Desist Against Craigslist Scam Promising 900% Crypto Returns

Since launching a sweeping investigation of the crypto industry, the Texas State Securities Board has filed 24  administrative orders.

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Bitcoin Outshines Gold Amid Risk Aversion in Financial Markets

Bitcoin is outperforming gold amid heightened uncertainty in the markets, though both are no doubt reacting to geo-macro events.

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South Korean Fintechs Are Creating a Blockchain for Trading OTC Securities

A consortium of business are working together to bring smaller securities to a blockchain-based trading system.

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Crypto Startup Alum Katherine Wu Joins VC Firm Notation Capital

Former Messari director (and crypto-law Twitter fixture) Katherine Wu has joined Notation Capital, a small VC firm.

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No Humans Required: Commerzbank Develops Blockchain Payments for Automated Trucks

Commerzbank has developed a block-based solution it says allows automated trucks to pay for power charging with no human involvement.

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Gemini Exchange Data Is Being Added to CME’s Crypto Indices

Data from the Winklevoss-founded exchange Gemini is being added to eight crypto indices offered by CF Benchmarks, including its CME offerings.

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Bitcoin Price Looks Poised to Retest Highs Above $13K

Bitcoin appears to have ended its six-week-long correction on Wednesday, making way for a retest of key resistance at $13,200.

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Investment App Robinhood Wins License to Operate in UK

Robinhood, a stocks, ETFs and crypto investment app, has been given the green light to operate as a broker by a U.K. regulator.

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Australian Police Charge 5 Over $1.8 Million Cryptocurrency Scam

Five people have been charged in Australia over a cold-call cryptocurrency investment fraud that allegedly duped investors for over $1.8 million.

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SBI Holdings’ Crypto Exchange Adopts New Tech to Help Meet FATF Standards

VC Trade, the crypto exchange launched by SBI Holdings, is integrating new tech to help it comply with new international KYC standards.

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State-Sponsored Chinese Hacking Group Is Targeting Crypto Firms: Report

An intelligence company released a report indicating the connection betweens Chinese authorities and a crypto-exploitative hacking collective.

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Cryptojackers Making Secondary Income Off Security Data Seizures: Report

As monero's price fell in 2018, cryptojackers innovated by stealing user data like passwords and IP addresses.

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South Korean Crypto Exchange Signs With Security Companies to Lock Down Tokens

Coinone has partnered with two security and disclosure firms to ensure compliance with South Korea's new cryptocurrency regulations.

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A Bitcoin Extortion Gone Wrong: Inside Binance’s Negotiations With Its ‘KYC Hacker’

This is the inside story of how a "white hat hacker" approached Binance with inside information - and how it went wrong.

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New Jersey Calls Two ICOs ‘Fraudulent Securities,’ Issues Stop Order

New Jersey's Bureau of Securities has issued emergency stops on two ICOs its claims are fraudulent securities

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WATCH: Join CoinDesk LIVE With Ted Livingston, CEO of Kik

After rocky interactions with the SEC, Kik CEO Ted Livingston will join us on CoinDesk LIVE.

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Coinbase Must Face Negligence Suit Over Bitcoin Cash Launch, Judge Rules

Coinbase will have to face a negligence lawsuit from customers who bought bitcoin cash during the 2017 bull run, a judge ruled.

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North Carolina Congressman Reintroduces Crypto Tax Bill

Reintroduced cryptocurrency tax legislation is taking aim at the IRS's current code

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California Couple to Forfeit Cryptocurrency Riches After Drug Bust

The couple must forfeit an undisclosed sum of bitcoin and bitcoin cash they acquired from selling illicit goods on a dark web marketplace.

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Ex-Coinbase CTO Is Behind Mysterious Nakamoto.com, Sources Say

"Nakamoto is bitcoin country. HODL or GTFO." Sources tell CoinDesk this is the new project from former Coinbase CTO Balaji Srinivasan.

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The ‘Vault’ Is Back: Bitcoin Coder Revives Plan to Shield Wallets from Theft

Bitcoin Core developer Bryan Bishop has proposed a feature to delay transfers from cold storage so users can stop thieves from draining their wallets.

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Hacker Leaks Over 60,000 KYC Photos In Brazen Attack

Binance, the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume, said it's investigating into the alleged leak of its customers' verification information. The leak could affect up to 60,000 individual users who sent KYC information to the company in 2018 and 2019.

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National Stock Exchange Becomes World’s First to List a Tokenized Security

Seychelles' stock exchange has just listed a tokenized security representing its own equity in an apparent world first.

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ECB Says It Plans to Use More On-Chain Data to Monitor Crypto Assets

The European Central Bank has issued a new report revealing plans to use more granular blockchain data to better monitor the crypto markets.

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Bitcoin Needs Weekly Close Above Tough $12K Hurdle to Restart Price Rally

Bitcoin needs to break above stiff resistance at $12,000 to unleash the next phase of the bull market.

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Standard Chartered Completes First Transaction on Oil Industry Blockchain Voltron

Standard Chartered Bank has completed the first international letter of credit transaction on the oil industry blockchain platform Voltron.

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South Korean Watchdog Plans Direct Supervision of Crypto Exchanges

A South Korean financial watchdog under the Financial Services Commission aims to more closely supervise exchanges in line with FATF standards.

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Binance’s CZ: Like It or Not, Facebook’s Libra Coin Is Poised for Mass Adoption

Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao shares his thoughts on Facebook’s Libra and says Brexit is bullish for crypto in a wide-ranging interview.

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How Bans From GitHub and Slack Are Hurting Iranian Bitcoin Businesses

Iranian bitcoiners are showing the world what censorship resistance really looks like.

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Amazon Is Looking for an Engineer to Put Advertising Data on a Blockchain

Amazon is looking to hire a software engineer to integrate parts of its advertising business with a blockchain.

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Kik Says SEC Lawsuit ‘Twisted Facts’ About Startup’s $100 Million Token Sale

Kik claims the SEC took comments out of context and manipulated facts in its suit alleging the firm’s token sale violated securities laws.

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Bitcoin Price Sees Steep Drop After Rejection Above $12K

Bitcoin's price dropped from a daily high of $12,300 Tuesday, a price not seen since mid-July

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VeChain Tapped to Provide Transparency for China’s Wine Trade

Amid a wave of counterfeits, VeChainThor has developed a way to authenticate the provenance of fine wines in Shanghai.

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Shark Tank’s Kevin O’Leary Questions Bitcoin’s Use as ‘Safe Haven’ Asset

The business mogul critiqued Morgan Creek Digital Anthony Pompliano's financial holdings, comparing cryptocurrencies to "Vegas games"

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The City of Seoul Will Create a Cryptocurrency for Citizen Rewards

The Seoul Metropolitan Government will establish its first blockchain-based administrative services in November.

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Craig Wright’s Counsel Rebuts Forgery Evidence in Ongoing Lawsuit

A verdict was not declared in an ongoing contempt and sanctions hearing for the self-declared inventor of bitcoin.

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Overstock’s tZERO Patents Tech for Recording Trades on Public Blockchains

Security token trading platform tZERO has been awarded a U.S. patent for a method of recording trading data on public blockchains.

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British Tax Authority Seeks Customer Data from Crypto Exchanges in Search of Tax Evaders

The U.K. tax authority is pressuring crypto exchanges to reveal customers' names and transaction histories in a bid to claw back unpaid taxes, sources said.

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Bitcoin and Ether Lender BlockFi Raises $18.3 Million Series A

Winklevoss Capital, Galaxy Digital, and ConsenSys funded the crypto lender's latest round.

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Cosmos Will Have 3 Coding Languages. Here’s Why That Matters for Ethereum

Ethereum rival Cosmos will offer users the choice of coding in at least three different programming languages for smart-contract development.

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Ethereum Foundation Director’s New Role Will Help Businesses Embrace Public Blockchain

The Enterprise Ethereum Alliance has appointed the executive director of the Ethereum Foundation to help drive its new "Mainnet Initiative."

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Mastercard to Tackle Fashion Fakes with Blockchain Tracking Solution

Mastercard is to demo a new blockchain-based product tracking solution during an upcoming showcase of women fashion designers.

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Man Takes Bitcoin Miner Seller to Tribunal Over Electricity Bill and Wins

A Malta-based seller of bitcoin mining machines is in hot water after failing to refund a customer who complained over high power bills.

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Global Regulators Warn on Privacy Risks of Facebook’s Libra

Data protection chiefs from across the globe have united to express concerns over the privacy risks posed by Facebook's cryptocurrency project.

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Bitcoin Price Rises Above $12K to Hit One-Month High

Bitcoin's move above $12,000 is backed by an uptick in trading volumes and bullish readings on the daily chart.

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North Korea Stole $2 Billion in Crypto and Fiat to Fund Weapons Programs

North Korea is funding its weapons of mass destruction via hacks of banks and crypto exchanges, says a confidential U.N. report.

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Facebook Hires US Senator’s Former Aide to Lobby for Libra Cryptocurrency

Facebook has hired a former aide to the chairman of the U.S. Senate Banking Committee to lobby for its Libra cryptocurrency project.

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A Battle Between Bitcoin Wallets Has Big Implications for Privacy

Bitcoin privacy wallet Samourai announced last Thursday that its primary competitor, Wasabi Wallet, is the target of an ongoing network attack.

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Japanese Crypto Exchange Bitpoint Restarting Trade Services

The exchange lost 3 billion yuan during a hack on July 11.

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Experts Say Mexico’s Regulations Raise the Bar ‘Too High’ for Crypto Entrepreneurs

New laws are strangling crypto startups before they can begin to trade.

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Co-Founder Sues Israeli Blockchain Firm for Breach of Contract

An Israeli ICO company is facing a multi-million dollar lawsuit following a founding partner's ejection from the firm.

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Former Polychain Partner Ryan Zurrer Is Leaving Web3 to Start a DAO

Ryan Zurrer, a former partner at Polychain, has announced his next act. A new version of one of ethereum's biggest failures.

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Coinbase Considers Adding 8 New Crypto Tokens

Coinbase is looking at adding eight more tokens to its current lineup.

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Samsung Is Now Offering 17 Crypto Apps

Electronics giant Samsung is adding dapps to its online store in a bid to outpace its competition.

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Tezos Co-Creator Commits to Donating Millions in Future XTZ Proceeds

The co-founder of the Tezos blockchain has singed the Founders Pledge to contribute a significant amount of wealth to charitable causes.

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The Terra Stablecoin Is Partnering With a South Korean Fashion Market

Terra has added Sinsang Market to its alliance of internet marketplaces in an effort to create new payment systems for online shoppers.

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Thailand to Bring Cryptocurrency Under Anti-Money Laundering Rules

Thailand's anti-money laundering regulator is planning to amend the country's laws to mandate reporting by cryptocurrency exchanges.

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Lenovo, Glaxo, Nokia: Big Names Join New IBM Blockchain

IBM's new supplier onboarding blockchain is launching with a slew of big names attached.

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Bitcoin Eyes $12K Price Hurdle as Dominance Rate Hits 28-Month High

Bitcoin has broken out of bearish mode with a near 10-percent surge this morning and looks to be decoupling from alternative cryptocurrencies.

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Litecoin Just Halved Its Crypto Rewards for Miners

Litecoin, the fifth-largest cryptocurrency by market value, has just reduced its block reward for miners by half.

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Mastercard Is Building a Team to Develop Crypto, Wallet Projects

Payments giant Mastercard is seeking to hire several blockchain execs to lead cryptocurrency and digital wallet projects.

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Iran’s Cabinet Ratifies Bill Recognizing Cryptocurrencies and Mining

Iran's government has introduced a bill that lifts the illegal status of cryptocurrencies and authorizes mining as an official industry.

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Cryptocurrency in China: Over the Counter, Under the Table

Primitive Ventures partner Dovey Wan breaks down the crypto situation as it stands in China today.

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Crypto Companies May Lose Access to ‘Service Provider’ Domain Names

Amid a surge in applications, a DNS registrar may ban crypto firms from using .bank and .insurance domain names.

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Meet the ICO Pumper Who Makes His Living Manipulating Crypto Markets

In this excerpt from our exclusive interview with Alexey Andryunin the Russian trader talks about the origins of his business.

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Bitcoin’s Computing Power Sets New Record as Over 100K Miners Go Online

The total computing power now dedicated to securing the bitcoin blockchain has set yet another record.

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Bitcoin Jumps Back Above $11k for First Time In 3 Weeks

Bitcoin has risen back above the $11,000 psychological price point after regaining ground on July 8's and July 22's bearish breakdowns.

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From Ghana to the Bronx, Meet the Teen Bitcoiners Building the Future

From experimenting with zcash in the Bronx to rogue bitcoin contributors, these teens are shaping the future of cryptocurrency.

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South Korea’s Shinhan Brokerage to Offer Blockchain-Based Securities Lending

A new brokerage account in South Korea will let investors lend securities on a blockchain.

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Bitcoin Won’t Be a Global Reserve Currency. But It’s Opening the Box

Bitcoin will not become a global reserve currency, argues Noelle Acheson. But it is adding a powerful tool to the box of potential solutions.

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Bitcoin.com to Launch an Exchange

The exchange will list the major cryptocurrencies, simple ledger protocol tokens, and support BCH trading pairs.

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CFTC’s Fintech Chief Is Leaving the Agency

The director of the CFTC's experimental fintech initiative will step down in mid-August to pursue work in the private sector.

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Nexo Launches a Debit Card That Lets You Not Spend Your Crypto

Arrington XRP Capital-backed financial startup Nexo unveiled a crypto card that lets users “spend the value of their crypto without actually spending it."

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Roger Ver Steps Into Executive Chairman Role as Bitcoin.com Adds New CEO

Roger Ver is now Executive Chairman of Bitcoin.com as Stefan Rust joins as CEO

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Brazilian Tax Authorities Impose New Requirements on Crypto Trading

Information regarding crypto transactions exceeding $7,600 in value must be submitted to the National Treasury.

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Circle’s Head of Trading Is Leaving the Crypto Startup

Dan Matuszewski has announced internally at Circle that he is moving on from the company, CoinDesk has learned.

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Ex-Trump Advisor Steve Bannon: ‘Global Populist Revolt’ Only Helps Crypto

Donald Trump's former chief strategist is bullish on crypto amidst attacks on the dollar

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Grayscale’s $2.7 Billion in Crypto Assets Are Moving to Coinbase Custody

Coinbase Custody has inked a three-year agreement to hold Grayscale Investment's digital assets.

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South Korea Declares Partial ‘Regulation-Free’ Zone for Crypto Companies

South Korea will allow the city of Busan to relax some crypto restrictions in order to become a blockchain testbed.

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ConsenSys-Backed Truffle Is Taking Its Dev Tools Beyond Just Ethereum

Truffle is expanding to Hyperledger Fabric, Tezos and R3's Corda after clocking 3.5 million downloads from ethereum developers.

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MIT’s AI Lab Crunched 200,000 Bitcoin Transactions. Only 2% Were ‘Illicit’

Blockchain analytics firm Elliptic partnered with MIT to analyze $6 billion worth of bitcoin transactions. Here's what they found.

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AWS Backs $100,000 Competition to ‘Change the Face of Blockchain’

Amazon Web Services, the Ethereum Foundation and others hope to help solve a key problem for blockchains via a new competition.

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Bitcoin May be Building for a Price Move to $11K

Bitcoin is flashing green for the fourth consecutive day and could test key resistance above $11,000 over the weekend.

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Crypto Exchange CEX.IO Expands US Service to Cover 31 States

The exchange now operates in 31 U.S. states and the District of Columbia after obtaining licenses in seven new jurisdictions.

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Walmart Wants to Patent a Stablecoin That Looks a Lot Like Facebook Libra

Retail giant Walmart has applied for a cryptocurrency patent that bears some similarities to the Libra token proposed by Facebook in mid-June.

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Coders Are Trying to Connect Bitcoin’s Lightning Network to Ethereum

Blockade Games says it has successfully bridged the two networks by sending a bitcoin lightning transaction to trigger an ethereum smart contract.

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Coinbase CEO Armstrong Thinks Crypto Is the Path to Financial Inclusion

“Coinbase can’t do it alone, there needs to be thousands of companies out there," said Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong.

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R3 Doubles London Office Space for Blockchain Hiring Spree

Enterprise blockchain firm R3 is doubling its office space in London to accommodate a hiring spree.

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You Can Now Tip On Twitter with Brave’s Basic Attention Token

Tweeters can tip content using Brave’s Basic Attention Token, adding to its micro-tipping services.

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Square’s Q2 Bitcoin Revenue Nearly Doubles From Previous Record

Square sold $125 million in bitcoin through its Cash App in the second quarter of 2019, a new record for the payments company.

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NYAG Pushes Back on Bitfinex’s Claim That State’s Investigation Is Burdensome

The New York Attorney General office pushed back on Bitfinex's complaints about the cost of complying with the agency's demands for documents.

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What Happened: Why the First US Physical Bitcoin Futures Contracts Haven’t Launched

LedgerX admitted it has not launched bitcoin futures, as it previously claimed, after the CFTC said it had not approved the exchange to do so.

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Crypto Exchange Launches ‘Shitcoin Futures Index,’ Offering New Way to Short Alts

A leading crypto exchange has bundled altcoins into a one-of-a-kind futures index

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ICE CEO: Bakkt Will Launch Bitcoin Futures In ‘Very Near Future’

ICE CEO Jeffrey Sprecher said Bakkt will launch its physically-settled bitcoin futures soon, subject to regulatory approval.

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Zooko Wilcox Pushes for New Developer Fund to Support Zcash

Zcash founder Zooko Wilcox has called for the creation of a new "Dev Fund" to support the operations of the privacy-focused cryptocurrency.

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Bitcoin Lightning Wallets Are Gaining Traction in 2019

Lightning usage is growing steadily in 2019, with several startups now offering retail-friendly wallets.

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Bitcoin Price on the Rise After First Fed Rate Cut Since 2008

Bitcoin has eked out moderate gains amid the U.S. Federal Reserve’s announcement of its first rate cut in over a decade.

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Tech Firm Seagate Pilots Anti-Fraud Blockchain Tracking With IBM

Data storage giant Seagate has extended its blockchain work with IBM to gauge the fake-fighting potential of the tech.

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SpankChain Launches Crypto Payments Service for Adult Content

Adult industry-oriented blockchain project SpankChain has launched a crypto payments platform called, of course, SpankPay.

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‘Building’ Bitcoin’s Software Just Got a Bit More Trustless

There's a bit less trust now needed when developers compile the software at the heart of bitcoin.

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