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• Alleged BTC-e.com Co-Owner Arrested

  02-08-2017 23:50 via crypto-news.net
  The bitcoin exchange BTC-e.com went offline on July 25 after the arrest of Alexander Vinnik, who is according to the US Department of Justice related to the exchange and was arrested by local police while on holidays in Greece.
  Charged by the Department of Justice for $4 billion worth of money laundering, Vinnik had a hefty title on his head while on holidays. Greek police forces cooperated with US authorities to complete this arrest. The 38-year-old had a warrant for his arrest that Greek autho
  
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• “Cloud with Me” Announces Cloud Token ICO, as It Works on Decentralized Cloud Solutions

  02-08-2017 23:02 via newsbtc.com
  The internet, which started as an internal network of the defense sector has grown into one of the basic necessities of today’s life. As the revolutionary technology of yesteryears continued to progress, it gave rise to cloud computing. However, cloud computing has a lot of room for improvement, especially when it comes to the centralized … Continue reading “Cloud with Me” Announces Cloud Token ICO, as It Works on Decentralized Cloud Solutions
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• BitDice: Not Gambling On Fairness

  02-08-2017 22:30 via newsbtc.com
  BitDice is looking to “prove the fairness” in crypto-gambling as the Blockchain gambling platform differentiates itself from the competition who are being questioned about their own fairness in results. By diversifying their technology, and even opening themselves up to the use of fiat currencies, BitDice will meld the cryptocurrency betting world, which already makes up … Continue reading BitDice: Not Gambling On Fairness
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• Transmission- A Worldwide Electronic Transfer System Gets Ready for its ICO & Pre-ICO

  02-08-2017 21:48 via newsbtc.com
  Transmission, a global, electronic multi-currency transfer platform, is all set to bring revolutionary changes in conventional currency transfers and conversions industry. The inclusion of cryptocurrency to the platform’s ecosystem now allows network users to transfer or exchange cryptocurrencies at a direct current exchange rate. For instance, if a user needs to send ETH from the … Continue reading Transmission- A Worldwide Electronic Transfer System Gets Ready for its ICO & Pr
  
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• UASF Revisited: Will Bitcoin's User Revolt Leave a Lasting Legacy?

  02-08-2017 21:30
  What to make of the most political proposal for bitcoin scaling? CoinDesk looks at the impact of the UASF movement on network development.
  
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• Bitcoin Cash to the moon? An in-depth look at BCH price and marketcap

  02-08-2017 21:29
  The author has made the explicit decision to refer to Bitcoin cash’s ticker name as BCH due to the fact that Bitconnect already has the BCC title. 
  Is all the confusion around the new Bitcoin fork hurting your head? Looking for some guidance on how this whole saga is going to pan out? Is Bitcoin cash going to go “to the moon”? Well, this piece might just make you more confused, because there’s a lot more than meets the eye when it comes to Bitcoin cash’s price
  
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• Bitfinex Is Issuing Another Token – and a New Ethereum Exchange to Go With It

  02-08-2017 19:45
  Digital currency exchange Bitfinex has revealed that it will be launching a new trading platform for ethereum-based tokens.
  
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• Cryptocurrency miners are partially responsible for delayed Vega launch - PC Gamer

  02-08-2017 18:20 via pcgamer.com
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  Cryptocurrency miners are partially responsible for delayed Vega launch
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  Vega might have launched sooner if Ethereum miners didn't create such a high demand for GPUs. Comments. Shares. In a recent interview with HardOCP, AMD's Chris Hook offered up a candid answer as to why Vega did not ship sooner. The reason?and more »
  
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• Bitmain not Mining Bitcoin Cash Hints at Continued Support for SegWit2x

  02-08-2017 18:15 via newsbtc.com
  There are many things we can learn from the initial launch of Bitcoin Cash. First of all, a lot of people sold their coins too early and will regret that decision by now. Secondly, Bitmain has no plans to support BHC for the time being. Otherwise, they would have mined at leas tone network block, … Continue reading Bitmain not Mining Bitcoin Cash Hints at Continued Support for SegWit2x
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• Chilean Regulator: Central Bank Cryptocurrencies May Be 'Many Years Away'

  02-08-2017 18:00
  The head of Chile's central bank has said he believes a central bank-issued digital currency may be "many years" from coming to fruition.
  
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• Pure Cryptocurrency Exchange Binance Gives 0% Trading Fees, Heating up Competition among Exchanges - CryptoCoinsNews

  02-08-2017 17:34 via cryptocoinsnews.com
  Pure Cryptocurrency Exchange Binance Gives 0% Trading Fees, Heating up Competition among Exchanges
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  The cryptocurrency ecosystem has recently witnessed massive growth, so much so that various cryptocurrency exchanges started struggling with increasing customer demand, to the point some suffer server outages.
  
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• Nasdaq Inks Blockchain Trading Deal With Swiss Stock Exchange

  02-08-2017 17:00
  Nasdaq has inked a deal with the operator of Switzerland's primary stock exchange to integrate blockchain into its over-the-counter product services.
  
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• Options Exchange CBOE to Launch Cryptocurrency Derivatives in ... - CoinDesk

  02-08-2017 16:04 via coindesk.com
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  The Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) has partnered with Gemini, the bitcoin exchange backed by investors Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, as part of ...and more »
  
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• Options Exchange CBOE to Launch Cryptocurrency Derivatives in 2017

  02-08-2017 16:00
  A major US options exchange is seeking to list cryptocurrency derivatives, and has inked a notable partnership to move it toward this goal.
  
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• IndSoft Systems launches Initial Coin Offering (ICO) Solution as Service for Startups and Upcoming Entrepreneurs to Raise Capital

  02-08-2017 15:03 via newsbtc.com
  In June 2017, Bancor, a startup building decentralized exchange for digital tokens, raised $153m. Weeks later, enterprise blockchain solution startup Block.one raised $183m through its EOS tokens. Followed by Tezos, one more name on a growing list of startups that recently raised astronomical funds from the public through ICO. Initial Coin Offering (ICO) is soon … Continue reading IndSoft Systems launches Initial Coin Offering (ICO) Solution as Service for Startups and Upcoming Entreprene
  
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• MultiChain 1.0: Bitcoin-Compatible Private Blockchain Opens for Enterprise

  02-08-2017 15:00
  Coin Sciences has announced the production-ready version of its long-in-development private blockchain offering, MultiChain.
  
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• Swedish Police to Seek EU Funds for Cryptocurrency Research - CoinDesk

  02-08-2017 14:09 via coindesk.com
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  Swedish Police to Seek EU Funds for Cryptocurrency Research
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  National police forces in Europe are seeking new cash for research on how to tackle cybercrimes involving cryptocurrencies. According to an evaluation report released late last month, the Swedish Police Authority and its counterparts in Austria and ...and more »
  
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• Leverate Launches Dedicated Cryptocurrency Trading Platform SIRIXCrypto

  02-08-2017 14:02
  "We already have high demand in Europe, China and South-East Asia for a standalone cryptocurrency platform.”
  
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• Swedish Police to Seek EU Funds for Cryptocurrency Research

  02-08-2017 14:00
  National police forces in Europe are seeking new cash for research on how to tackle cybercrimes involving digital currency.
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• Daniel Zakrisson, speaker at Blockchain & Bitcoin Conference Stockholm, to answer 5 key questions regarding crowdsale

  02-08-2017 13:55 via newsbtc.com
  On September 7, Daniel Zakrisson, one of Cofound.it’s founders, will share his experience in conducting a successful crowdsale campaign and reveal the ICO opportunities at Blockchain & Bitcoin Сonference Stockholm. In June 2017, his own Cofound.it platform, designed for investment-seeking and startup financing (the project was designed by the team of ICONOMI blockchain project), raised … Continue reading Daniel Zakrisson, speaker at Blockchain & Bitcoin Conference Stoc
  
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• Stox Blockchain Prediction Platform Raises $15m in Token Pre-Sale

  02-08-2017 13:21
  The Stox ICO has started off big thanks to a couple of new partnerships, including TaaS and Decentral.
  
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• Quoine Exchange Sued Over Multimillion-Dollar Bitcoin Trade Reversal

  02-08-2017 13:00
  Cryptocurrency market maker B2C2 is reportedly suing the exchange over major bitcoin trades it alleges were unfairly reversed.
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• Why a Bitcoin Fork Is Not a 'Stock Split'

  02-08-2017 12:00
  Comparing a blockchain fork to a stock split? It might seem like a nice idea, but the comparison falls apart on closer inspection.
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• Most Major Japanese Exchanges Will Embrace Bitcoin Cash After all

  02-08-2017 12:00 via newsbtc.com
  There is still a lot of uncertainty regarding Bitcoin Cash right now.  More specifically, there are a lot of exchanges still on the fence on whether or not they should support this altcoin. All of the major Japanese exchanges will seemingly do so, though. Customers will be created with the new BCH tokens accordingly. Moreover, … Continue reading Most Major Japanese Exchanges Will Embrace Bitcoin Cash After all
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• Altcoin Prices Surge As Bitcoin Undergoes Hard Fork

  02-08-2017 12:00 via crypto-news.net
  Altcoin prices have advanced over the past 12 hours in response to the hard fork of the Bitcoin blockchain and creation of Bitcoin Cash. The hard fork, which is underway, has caused concern over the value of Bitcoin, which has recently been trading at over $2800. As Bitcoin Cash threatens to devalue Bitcoin, investors are moving their holdings into competing cryptos that are perceived to be, at least for the time being, more stable.Ethereum has seen the largest price surge, rising more than 10%
  
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• South Korean Lawmaker Seeks to Tighten Cryptocurrency Rules - CoinDesk

  02-08-2017 11:06 via coindesk.com
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  South Korean Lawmaker Seeks to Tighten Cryptocurrency Rules
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  A South Korean lawmaker has proposed amending the country's Electronic Financial Transaction Act to more closely regulate cryptocurrencies. According to several South Korean media outlets, including the Financial News and Seoul Economic Daily, the ...
  
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• STOX – The Prediction Platform’s ICO Begins Now!

  02-08-2017 11:00 via newsbtc.com
  One of the biggest ventures in the blockchain market has been initiated by STOX and Invest.com Group, gaining synergized outcomes from STOX’s mass market forecasting platform’s characteristics and Invest.com Group’s financial investment solutions. STOX ‘s ICO has just been opened to the public, i.e. today, August 2, 2017. This ICO will continue for two weeks … Continue reading STOX – The Prediction Platform’s ICO Begins Now!
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• South Korean Lawmaker Seeks to Tighten Cryptocurrency Rules

  02-08-2017 10:59
  Efforts to regulate the use of cryptocurrencies in South Korea are moving forward with a proposed series of legislative amendments.The post South Korean Lawmaker Seeks to Tighten Cryptocurrency Rules appeared first on CoinDesk.
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• BTC-e Information Was Sent to UK Police by MAYZUS, MoneyPolo and OKPAY

  02-08-2017 10:52
  Sergey Mayzus has released an official statement regarding the accusations of his connection to BTC-e.
  
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• EToro Releases Crypto CopyFund to Enable Traders to Invest in Top Cryptocurrencies

  02-08-2017 10:01 via newsbtc.com
  EToro, a major social trading and multi asset brokerage company with millions of users that has raised nearly $60 million since 2007, has recently introduced its cryptocurrency investment platform CopyFund to address the rapidly increasing demand from both individual and institutional investors towards bitcoin. Investing in cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin, Ethereum, Ethereum Classic and Litecoin … Continue reading EToro Releases Crypto CopyFund to Enable Traders to Invest in Top Cryptocu
  
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• One of Ethereum's Earliest Smart Contract Languages Is Headed for Retirement

  02-08-2017 10:00
  One of the oldest ethereum smart contracting languages is showing signs of age – and it may point to underlying weaknesses in the token economy.
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• Ethereum's Smart Contract Language Serpent Is Headed for Retirement

  02-08-2017 10:00
  One of the oldest ethereum smart contracting languages is showing signs of age – and it may point to underlying weaknesses in the token economy.
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• KEVM Wins IC3-Ethereum Crypto Boot Camp 2017 Competition

  02-08-2017 08:52 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  KEVM, a framework developed by the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) with support from IOHK, has won this year’s IC3-Ethereum Crypto Boot Camp, a blockchain development event and competition. The team has modeled the world’s first complete, fully executable formal semantics of the Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM), and produced the KEVM framework, which allows […]
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• DASH/USD and LTC/USD Technical Analysis Aug 2, 2017

  02-08-2017 08:20 via newsbtc.com
  Hello and welcome to News BTC’s Market Outlook Aug 2. DASH/USD DASH continues to be volatile, as we bounced during the session on Tuesday, but continue to find quite a bit of resistance above. Quite frankly, this market is probably a bit too volatile to be trading currently, but I would suspect that the $170 … Continue reading DASH/USD and LTC/USD Technical Analysis Aug 2, 2017
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• ETH/USD and ETH/BTC Technical Analysis Aug 2, 2017

  02-08-2017 08:13 via newsbtc.com
  Hello and welcome to News BTC’s Market Outlook Aug 2. ETH/USD Ethereum rally during the day on Tuesday, using the $200 level as support. It now looks as if we are trying to break above the $225 level, and once we do we should continue towards the $250 level. There is a lot of noise … Continue reading ETH/USD and ETH/BTC Technical Analysis Aug 2, 2017
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• BTC/USD and BTC/JPY Technical Analysis Aug 2 , 2017

  02-08-2017 08:01 via newsbtc.com
  Hello and welcome to News BTC’s Market Outlook Aug 2. BTC/USD Bitcoin initially fell against the US dollar during Tuesday trading but found enough support at the $2600 level again to turn around and bounced significantly. When looking at the daily charts, it is easy to see that we are forming a bit of a … Continue reading BTC/USD and BTC/JPY Technical Analysis Aug 2 , 2017
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• Crazy For Cryptocurrency: Why South Koreans Are Risking It All On ... - Forbes

  02-08-2017 07:28 via forbes.com
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  Ideal conditions make South Korea one of the world's hottest markets for digital currencies, and investors are gladly paying the premium.and more »
  
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• Crazy For Cryptocurrency: Why South Koreans Are Risking It All On Ethereum - Forbes

  02-08-2017 07:28 via forbes.com
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  “It's not safe right now. I gotta tell everybody to get out of the market,” says Bobby Kim mid-interview as he frantically posts to his Twitter page and Naver Band chat rooms about the looming downturn of Bitcoin. As a trader and adviser on Bitcoin ...and more »
  
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• Ethereum Price Technical Analysis – ETH/USD Eyes Further Upsides

  02-08-2017 07:00 via newsbtc.com
  Key Highlights ETH price gained bullish momentum and traded towards $230 against the US Dollar. There is a connecting bullish trend line with support at $221 forming on the hourly chart of ETH/USD (data feed via SimpleFX). On the upside, a push above the recent high of $231.92 is needed for more gains. Ethereum price … Continue reading Ethereum Price Technical Analysis – ETH/USD Eyes Further Upsides
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• Ethereum Classic Price Technical Analysis – ETC/USD Buy Dips

  02-08-2017 06:08 via newsbtc.com
  Key Highlights Ethereum classic price registered good gains and moved above the $14.00 resistance against the US Dollar. There was a break above a short-term bearish trend line with resistance near $13.80 on the hourly chart of ETC/USD (Data feed via Kraken). The price is now well above $14.00 and the 100 hourly simple moving … Continue reading Ethereum Classic Price Technical Analysis – ETC/USD Buy Dips
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• Bitcoin cash to the moon?

  02-08-2017 06:00
  The author has made the explicit decision to refer to Bitcoin cash’s ticker name as BCH due to the fact that Bitconnect already has the BCC title. 
  Is all the confusion around the new Bitcoin fork hurting your head? Looking for some guidance on how this whole saga is going to pan out? Is Bitcoin cash going to go “to the moon”? Well, this piece might just make you more confused, because there’s a lot more than meets the eye when it comes to Bitcoin cash’s price
  
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• Creditbit Price Technical Analysis – CRB/BTC Declines Further

  02-08-2017 05:30 via newsbtc.com
  Key Highlights Creditbit price declined further and broke the last low of 0.000135BTC against Bitcoin. There is a steep bearish trend line forming with resistance near 0.000135BTC on the 7-day chart of CRB/BTC (data feed from Coinmarketcap). On the downside, the recent low of 0.000130BTC is providing support, but may be breached soon. Creditbit price … Continue reading Creditbit Price Technical Analysis – CRB/BTC Declines Further
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• Bitcoin Price Technical Analysis for 08/02/2017 – Back to Triangle Support

  02-08-2017 05:15 via newsbtc.com
  Bitcoin price is still consolidating inside its ascending triangle formation visible on the short-term time frames.
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• Daily Roundup – August 1, 2017

  02-08-2017 01:56
  According to Forbes, the bitcoin price has remained unscathed in light of the launch of a new altcoin, known as Bitcoin Cash. The altcoin has attempted to bootstrap its network effect by distributing Bitcoin Cash to all bitcoin holders.
  Over at International Business Times, an article has been published that included thoughts on Bitcoin Cash from various members of the cryptocurrency community.
  Over at Bitcoin Magazine, a beginners guide to claiming one’s Bitcoin Cash has been publish
  
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• What Happened to Bitcoin Today: A Recap of the Blockchain's Big Split

  02-08-2017 00:15
  Missed Tuesday's bitcoin fork? CoinDesk recaps the day's events, outlining how a band of miners broke off of bitcoin to create a new network.
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• What Happened to Bitcoin: A Recap of the Blockchain's Big Split

  02-08-2017 00:15
  Missed Tuesday's bitcoin fork? CoinDesk recaps the day's events, outlining how a band of miners broke off of bitcoin to create a new network.
  
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• Dennis Rodman, WannaCry, PotCoin – North Korea’s mysterious foray into cyberspace

  02-08-2017 00:14
  North Korea remains a mystery to most of the Western world. The isolated Asian country is usually surrounded by headlines relating to nuclear weapons, sanctions, or failed beer festivals. But the country’s elite are undoubtedly web-savvy and seemingly know a thing or two about cryptocurrencies.
  Cyber-SecurityBetween 2013 and 2015, North Korean hackers reportedly stole 100 million Korean won from its southern neighbor every month. These attacks were meant to boost North Korea’s hard c
  
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