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• Bitcoin Cash Hard Forks In Bid to Ease Mining Difficulties

  13-11-2017 23:30
  Bitcoin cash appears to be successfully navigating a planned hard fork. At press time, the majority of the network nodes (roughly 82 percent) have transitioned to new software (version 0.16.0 or later) that includes rules aimed at making the protocol's reward distribution more attractive to the miners that secure its blockchain. Executed at roughly 21:00 […]
  
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• Bitcoin Cash Hard Forks Blockchain In Bid to Ease Mining Difficulties

  13-11-2017 23:30
  Bitcoin cash appears to be successfully navigating a planned hard fork. At press time, the majority of the network nodes (roughly 82 percent) have transitioned to new software (version 0.16.0 or later) that includes rules aimed at making the protocol's reward distribution more attractive to the miners that secure its blockchain. Executed at roughly 21:00 […]
  
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• Singapore Mining Rig Manufacturer Reports Massive Surge in Sales

  13-11-2017 22:23 via newsbtc.com
  A small mining rig manufacturer in Singapore has reported a huge surge in sales in recent months. Dexter Ng of Mining.sg estimates that the company has gone from selling around 15 rigs each month in July to now selling over 100. He told Channel News Asia:
  Customers come in and order 50 rigs on their own. Compared to last time, probably one person only buys one or two. Now we get customers who buy 10, 20 or even 50.
  In a few short months the company has expanded from a couple of friends selling s
  
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• Vemanti Group Sets Corporate Focus On Blockchain Technology And Cryptocurrency - GlobeNewswire (press release)

  13-11-2017 22:00 via globenewswire.com
  Vemanti Group Sets Corporate Focus On Blockchain Technology And Cryptocurrency
  GlobeNewswire (press release)
  NEWPORT BEACH, Calif., Nov. 13, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Vemanti Group, Inc. (OTC PINK:VMNT), a technology-driven holding company, today announced that it has made a strategic realignment in corporate direction to focus purely on blockchain ...and more »
  
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• Bitcoin Gold Launches to Little Fanfare

  13-11-2017 21:39
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• Bitcoin Cash (BCH) Market Capitalisation Briefly Exceeds That of Ether (ETH)

  13-11-2017 21:22 via newsbtc.com
  The market capitalisation of Bitcoin’s August 2017 hard fork, Bitcoin Cash, briefly exceeded that of the native cryptocurrency on the Ethereum blockchain, Ether, in the early hours of Sunday morning. The Bitcoin offshoot’s price surged to an all-time high of $2,577 at around 1:49am. It has since settled back into third position at a total market cap of $23.35 billion or $1389.62 which is still more than double the currency’s previous all-time high. It sits behind Ether at $30.2
  
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• BP and Shell Among Those Developing an Energy Blockchain Trading Platform

  13-11-2017 21:18 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A consortium of major energy companies and banks are working together to build a blockchain-based digital platform for energy commodities trading. BP, Dutch Royal Shell, and Norwegian oil firm Statoil have invested in the new venture. Other members of the consortium include trading houses Gunvor, Koch Supply & Trading, and Mercuria; and banks ABN Amro, […]
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• Good News for DS Plus Users and PlusCoin Investors

  13-11-2017 20:46 via newsbtc.com
  From the very beginning, the development of DS Plus has been about putting the user first.
  The mission of the application is, and has always has been, to “to make it possible for people everywhere to make money just by doing what they always do – by buying their morning coffee, going out for dinner, getting groceries, and hanging out with friends after work.” They are achieving their mission with PlusCoin (PLC). It might be for this reason that the mobile marketing application,
  
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• US Customs and Border Protection Discovers 14 Blockchain Use Cases

  13-11-2017 20:24
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• Investors' greed stokes perils in the cryptocurrency gold rush - Financial Post

  13-11-2017 20:21 via business.financialpost.com
  Investment Week
  Investors' greed stokes perils in the cryptocurrency gold rush
  Financial Post
  Gangsters, pranksters and outright fraudsters are flooding the market with initial coin offerings. Sober voices are calling to rein them in, before they bring down the US$196 billion sector. Play Video. Play. Mute. Current Time 0:00. /. Duration Time 0 ...
  ESMA issues twin warnings over 'high risk' cryptocurrency productsInvestment Weekall 36 news articles »
  
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• CME CEO: Bitcoin Futures Could Begin Trading As Soon As December

  13-11-2017 19:53
  CME chairman and CEO Terry Duffy has said that the derivatives exchange operator could list a planned bitcoin futures product as early as next month.
  
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• Chess Legend Garry Kasparov: Bitcoin Is Pure Speculation

  13-11-2017 19:14
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• Parity Floats Fix for $160 Million Ether Fund Freeze

  13-11-2017 19:10
  Work continues on a possible way to free up the more than $150 million worth of ether stuck in multi-signature wallets following a hack last week.
  
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• Start-up from the heart of Berlin has pioneered decentralized mobile mining by combining blockchain with regenerative energy

  13-11-2017 18:44 via crypto-news.net
  Envion AG has created a technology for the first truly mobile data-center that uses low-priced local energy to mine a broad spectrum of cryptocurrencies (Bitcoin, Ethereum, etc.). By harvestinglocally available clean energy right at the source, envion can operate at lower costs than competitors and at the same time reduces the CO2 footprint of the blockchain industry. Envion aims at decentralizing the highly-concentrated mining market (China holds 80% in Bitcoin mining) and at bringing control o
  
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• Cryptocurrency Mining Presents New Threat to Business, says Check Point - GlobeNewswire (press release)

  13-11-2017 18:38 via globenewswire.com
  Cryptocurrency Mining Presents New Threat to Business, says Check Point
  GlobeNewswire (press release)
  SAN CARLOS, Calif., Nov. 13, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Check Point® Software Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ:CHKP), a leading provider of cyber-security solutions globally, revealed that according to the company's latest Global Threat Impact Index, ...and more »
  
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• Bitcoin Price Watch; Here’s Our Take On Today’s Action

  13-11-2017 18:29 via newsbtc.com
  So that’s another day done in our bitcoin price trading efforts and we’ve had a pretty strong day as far as entry points are concerned. For anyone that missed this morning’s coverage, we were on the lookout for some breakout entries to help us draw a profit from the market as and when we saw any volatility.
  These breakout entries come when price closes above or below a key level (that we have predefined as part of our intraday strategy) and, once entered, they mature to complet
  
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• Coinbase Likely to Lose Battle to Protect Users from IRS Bitcoin Tax Probe

  13-11-2017 18:18
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• Cryptocurrency Taxation: Looking for Light at the End of the Tunnel ... - American Institute for Economic Research (blog)

  13-11-2017 17:54 via aier.org
  American Institute for Economic Research (blog)
  Cryptocurrency Taxation: Looking for Light at the End of the Tunnel ...
  American Institute for Economic Research (blog)
  Imagine if every time you bought a sandwich for a few dollars, the IRS forced you to treat as capital gains or losses any change in value of those dollars on the ...and more »
  
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• Dutch Regulator: ICO Environment Is a 'Dangerous Cocktail'

  13-11-2017 17:45
  Regulators have issued a new warning to investors in the Netherlands about putting money into initial coin offerings (ICOs).
  
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• Ever Heard of Bitcoin ATMs? Here Is What You Need to Know

  13-11-2017 17:36 via newsbtc.com
  Bitcoin has recently surpassed the value of Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and hovers above $100 billion. However, the wider public is yet to be introduced to Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies.
  Even so, on October 2013, Bitcoin ATMs made their debut at the Bitcoiniac`s kiosk in one of Vancouver’s coffee shops. Today, just four years later, there’s more than 8 million Google search results for “Bitcoin ATM near me’’.
  But how does a Bitcoin ATM work?
  In this guide, we present yo
  
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• Dash Hits New All-Time High as Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash Struggle

  13-11-2017 17:18
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• Dash Cryptocurrency Builds Base After Setting Record Above $500 - CoinDesk

  13-11-2017 16:52 via coindesk.com
  CoinDesk
  Dash Cryptocurrency Builds Base After Setting Record Above $500
  CoinDesk
  After reaching a new record above $500 on Sunday, the sixth-largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization fell back to near $350 today before regaining poise above the $400 mark. As of writing, the dash-U.S. dollar (DASH/USD) exchange rate is $403.and more »
  
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• Dash Cryptocurrency Builds Base After Setting Record Above $500

  13-11-2017 16:45
  The world's sixth largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization rose to record highs above $500 on Sunday, and is now trading above the $400 mark.
  
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• Bitcoin retains its crown as crypto king — but issues still hang over the cryptocurrency - Business Insider

  13-11-2017 16:29 via businessinsider.com
  Business Insider
  Bitcoin retains its crown as crypto king — but issues still hang over the cryptocurrency
  Business Insider
  Bitcoin crashed more than 25% from Wednesday's all-time high of $7,721 to a low of $5,617 on Sunday, according to data from CoinDesk. Over the weekend, bitcoin appeared to give up market share to bitcoin cash, a clone coin created to improve bitcoin's ...
  Bitcoin cash briefly replaced rival digital coin ether as the second-largest cryptocurrencyCNBC
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• NewsBTC In Conversation with Vladimir Smerkis, Co-founder of Tokenbox

  13-11-2017 16:25 via newsbtc.com
  After a week of scheduling and rescheduling, NewsBTC finally sat across with Vladimir Smerkis, the co-founder of Tokenbox, and discussed the future of tokenized funds in the new age markets. As the conversation matured, Vladimir opened up about the practicality, as well as the legal structure around the tokenized fund market. He also elaborated Tokenbox in a nutshell. Here are some of the key excerpts from our interview:
  Yashu Gola: Before we begin, could you tell us a bit about your professiona
  
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• Bitcoin Cash Soars and Falls Over the Weekend; Is it Sustainable?

  13-11-2017 16:05
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• Tim Draper: “This is the greatest technology since the internet’’

  13-11-2017 16:00 via newsbtc.com
  Tim Draper has never been shy about his bullishness for Bitcoin. Last month, he expressed in no uncertain terms his believe that BTC was better than fiat currency and back in 2014, he made a then outlandish price prediction for a $10,000 Bitcoin in the next three years.  At a tech conference last week, he reaffirmed his stance on cryptocurrency, reiterating how important a technology he deems it.
  Draper spoke to a reporter from Bloomberg at WebSummit – a technology conference taking p
  
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• Ex-CFTC Commissioner Bart Chilton: Bitcoin Isn't a Scam

  13-11-2017 16:00
  Former U.S. trading commissioner Bart Chilton has said that bitcoin is "not a scam or fraud," according to a news report.
  
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• European Financial Regulator Warns Investors On ICO Risks

  13-11-2017 15:30
  The European Securities and Markets Authority has issued statements outlining the perceived risks of ICOs for investors and startups.
  
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• Current Cryptocurrency Market Developments - PR Newswire (press release)

  13-11-2017 15:10 via prnewswire.com
  Current Cryptocurrency Market Developments
  PR Newswire (press release)
  According to a report published by Market Research Future, the cryptocurrency market is expected to grow to about USD 51 billion by 2023, with a compound annual growth rate of 14 percent. The report indicated that the major drivers of the growth in ...and more »
  
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• Bitcoin cash dethroned Ethereum as 2nd-largest cryptocurrency during wild night of trading - Business Insider UK

  13-11-2017 15:02 via uk.businessinsider.com
  Business Insider UK
  Bitcoin cash dethroned Ethereum as 2nd-largest cryptocurrency during wild night of trading
  Business Insider UK
  Bitcoin cash reached an all-time high of $2,500 a coin early Sunday morning, surpassing Ethereum as the second- largest cryptocurrency on the market. The coin was trading up 14.7% at $1,525 by 11:35 a.m. ET. Bitcoin cash had a wild night.
  Bitcoin Cash surpassed Ethereum as world's second most popular cryptocurrencyDigital Trends
  Bitcoin price: Cryptocurrency plummet
  
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• Hedge Funds Introduce Institutional Money to Cryptocurrency - Nasdaq

  13-11-2017 15:01 via nasdaq.com
  Nasdaq
  Hedge Funds Introduce Institutional Money to Cryptocurrency
  Nasdaq
  The exuberant rally in cryptocurrencies since the start of the year has sparked an increased interest in Bitcoin and its peers among private investors. This development has also raised eyebrows in the institutional investor community, which is finally ...
  
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• The SAFT Is a Symptom of Regulatory Uncertainty

  13-11-2017 15:00
  The SAFT framework, despite its limitations, is a reasonable path forward for token issuers given the ambiguity of current laws, writes Jerry Brito.
  
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• Bitcoin Price Recovers to $6,550 as Bitcoin Cash Rally Reverses

  13-11-2017 14:57
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• United Nations Blockchain Pilot Aims to Crush Global Child Trafficking

  13-11-2017 14:17
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• 'Immature' No Longer: Brazil's Central Bank Is Ramping Up Its Blockchain Work

  13-11-2017 14:00
  Brazil's central bank is now moving to increase the quantity of its blockchain work – months after abandoning the effort.
  
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• Brazil's Central Bank Is Ramping Up Blockchain R&D

  13-11-2017 14:00
  Brazil's central bank is now moving to increase the quantity of its blockchain work – months after abandoning the effort.
  
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• (+) Bitcoin Cash is Making a Splash

  13-11-2017 14:00
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• Recovery In Doubt? Bitcoin Price May Not Sustain Above $6,500

  13-11-2017 13:30
  Bitcoin is in a recovery mode today, bouncing back from a sell-off that occurred after the suspension of the Segwit2x hard fork last week.
  
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• British Economist Worked Out 57% Bitcoin Interest Rate, Ahead of its Time

  13-11-2017 13:05
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• Bitcoin Gold Launch is Erratic and Problematic, Leaves Community Frustrated

  13-11-2017 13:00 via newsbtc.com
  Bitcoin Gold has been a very controversial project from day one. There have been many proponents of this solution, even though everyone wants their free coins. Claiming this money is still very difficult at best, to say the very least. The launch of BTG has been very problematic, so far, as miners and users experienced a lot of issues already. It is evident things will remain pretty tense for this altcoin in the coming days and weeks.
  Everyone knew from day one Bitcoin Gold would be a problem ch
  
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• Coinfirm, Leading Blockchain Regtech Company, Adds Citigroup, KPMG, Publicis Groupe and SAP Veterans to the Advisory Board

  13-11-2017 12:24
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• ESMA Joins Fellow Regulators in Warning Against ICOs

  13-11-2017 12:07
  The AFM of Holland also releases statement, advises investors to avoid buying tokens.
  
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• Global Network Hashrate Turns Against Bitcoin Cash Once Again

  13-11-2017 12:00 via newsbtc.com
  Things have been rather uneasy in the world of cryptocurrency this weekend. Bitcoin Cash had a good run, but things are slowly coming to an end. Most of the mining power is also coming back to Bitcoin as we speak. With BCH being more difficult and less profitable to mine, a crisis is seemingly averted. This doesn’t mean Bitcoin it out of the woods entirely, though. This tense situation will firmly remain in place for quite some time to come.
  The big story this weekend how Bitcoin Cash succ
  
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• European Commission to Assess Potential of EU-Wide Blockchain Infrastructure

  13-11-2017 12:00
  The European Commission (EC) is launching a study aimed to assess the potential of an EU-wide blockchain infrastructure.
  
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• Bitcoin Gold Price Technical Analysis – Can BTG/USD Resume Uptrend?

  13-11-2017 11:48 via newsbtc.com
  Key Points
  Bitcoin gold price after trading above $450 against the US Dollar corrected lower.
  There is a connecting bearish trend line forming with resistance at $300 on the hourly chart of BTG/USD (data feed from Bitfinex).
  The price is correcting higher from $180, but it is facing a major hurdle on the upside.
  Bitcoin gold price declined sharply from $480 against the US Dollar. BTG/USD is recovering, but might struggle to break the $300 level.
  Bitcoin Gold Price Resistance
  During the past few
  
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• Bitcoin tumble wipes $38bn off value of cryptocurrency - The Independent

  13-11-2017 11:40 via independent.co.uk
  The Independent
  Bitcoin tumble wipes $38bn off value of cryptocurrency
  The Independent
  Bitcoin has suffered a dramatic slump as the cancellation of a technology upgrade prompted some users to switch out of the cryptocurrency, spooking speculators who had profited from a more than 500 per cent surge this year. As of Monday morning, the ...and more »
  
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• Australia and UK “Concluding Negotiations” for New FinTech Deal

  13-11-2017 11:33
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• UN Agencies Turn to Blockchain In Fight Against Child Trafficking

  13-11-2017 11:00
  The United Nations has partnered with the World Identity Network to develop a blockchain identity pilot aimed to help curb child trafficking.
  
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• Japan Teaches Western Governments a Lesson in Cryptocurrency Regulation - Bitcoin News (press release)

  13-11-2017 10:50 via news.bitcoin.com
  Bitcoin News (press release)
  Japan Teaches Western Governments a Lesson in Cryptocurrency Regulation
  Bitcoin News (press release)
  Bitcoin is a phenomenon that provokes conflicting emotions in people. Fear. Excitement. Elation. Doubt. For governments tasked with regulating every new thing that comes along, be it the motor car or the internet, bitcoin presents a conundrum. How to ...
  
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