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• Did You Ever Want to Buy Shoes with Bitcoin? With Tokia Debit Card You Can!

  27-11-2017 23:52 via newsbtc.com
  This year brought a wild ride for Bitcoin and the majority of other most popular cryptocurrencies. The market capitalization over the last year increased more than ten-fold for Bitcoin alone and now is around $150 billion in comparison with $12 billion last year.
  It is pretty clear that cryptocoins are here to stay. The value still shows strong signs of the uptrend and all your investments are probably booming as we speak. However, how come these currencies are still away from circulation in our
  
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• COMMERCEBLOCK SECURES INVESTMENT FROM MAJOR CRYPTO-CURRENCY GROUP AHEAD OF ICO

  27-11-2017 23:28 via newsbtc.com
  LONDON, 28th NOVEMBER 2017 – CB Limited (“CommerceBlock”), which is led by alumni of JPMorgan and Merrill Lynch, is delighted tomorrow to announce both the public launch of its ICO and the making of a significant equity investment in CommerceBlock by Global Advisors (Holdings) Limited (“GAHL”). CoinShares Fund 1 LP, an ICO fund affiliated with GAHL, has also made a significant commitment to CommerceBlock’s ICO.
  “We see ourselves as leading the way for re
  
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• Crying Wolf? Why You Can't Ignore Crypto Scam Claims

  27-11-2017 23:22
  Sorting the signal from the noise may be harder in the cryptocurrency space than almost anywhere else.
  
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• Crying Wolf? Why You Can't Ignore Crypto 'Scam' Accusations

  27-11-2017 23:22
  Sorting the signal from the noise may be harder in the cryptocurrency space than almost anywhere else.
  
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• Coinbase Users Outnumber Those of the Second Largest Stock Brokerage

  27-11-2017 22:28 via newsbtc.com
  The largest US-based cryptocurrency exchange now has more users than stock brokerage Charles Schwab. According to Alistair Milne of Atlanta Digital Currency Fund, Coinbase users exceeded 13.3 million on Sunday after a surge of 300,000 new registrations in a single week. This was in contrast to Schwab’s October figure of 10.6 million active accounts reported in mid-November. For comparison, Coinbase’s number during October was over 11.7 million users.
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• Coinbase Becomes #1 Trending Apple App Amid Record-Setting Bitcoin Price Rally

  27-11-2017 21:50
  Bitcoin's mainstream appeal pushes Coinbase atop the App Store's trending list.
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• Bithumb: Bitcoin Crosses $10,000 at South Korea’s Largest Exchange

  27-11-2017 21:21 via newsbtc.com
  The price of a single Bitcoin at one of the planet’s leading cryptocurrency exchanges, Bithumb, was for the first time ever above $10,000 today. In the early hours of Monday morning (GMT), the price rose to around $10,068. It has since dropped back down below the enormous five-figure psychological milestone on the largest South Korean exchange. At the time of writing, Bithumb have the price listed as $9,984.40. It is therefore still trading considerably higher than at many of the othe
  
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• Microcap stocks surge on cryptocurrency promises - Reuters - Reuters

  27-11-2017 21:01 via reuters.com
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  Microcap stocks surge on cryptocurrency promises - Reuters
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  (Reuters) - Three of the top four most actively traded U.S. stocks on Monday were all either riding a cryptocurrency-fueled surge, or pulling back from one.and more »
  
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• $30 Million: Credit Suisse Predicts Square App Revenue Gains Due to Bitcoin

  27-11-2017 20:35
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• As Price Eyes $10k, Bitcoin Faces Mainstream Moment

  27-11-2017 20:00
  As bitcoin nears $10,000, CoinDesk compiles perspectives on the technology and where its insiders think the market's headed.
  
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• As Price Eyes $10,000, Bitcoin Faces 'Mainstream' Moment

  27-11-2017 20:00
  As bitcoin nears $10,000, CoinDesk compiles perspectives on the technology and where its insiders think the market's headed.
  
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• Bitcoin is a Safe Haven from the Financial System Collapse: Analyst

  27-11-2017 19:34
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• It's 1994 In Cryptocurrency - Forbes

  27-11-2017 18:52 via forbes.com
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  It's 1994 In Cryptocurrency
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  The total market value of cryptocurrency has increased from $18 billion at the start of the year to over $300 billion today. Sometimes it seems like everyone is talking about Bitcoin, yet less than 1% of the world owns any. Cryptocurrency today is ...
  Drivers and risks of the cryptocurrency boomFinancial Times
  As bitcoin passes $10000, experts consider whether cryptocurrencies will crash or carry onCNBC
  3 ways you can be a part of the cryptocurrency wav
  
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• Bitcoin Price Rally Has Been 'Amazing' Says Nuveen's Bob Doll

  27-11-2017 18:50
  Bitcoin "feels speculative," according to the chief equity strategist for Nuveen Asset Management. 
  
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• Bitcoin Price Watch; Trading The Correction

  27-11-2017 18:38 via newsbtc.com
  We’ve just closed out on the European session and it’s time to put together the second of our twice daily analyses in the bitcoin price. This morning’s analysis was pretty simple – we wanted to see a continuation of the upside run with, ideally, a clean break through the $10,000 mark and – subsequently – a holding of said level as support.
  We didn’t get quite what we were looking for.
  Price is currently correcting pretty substantially and there’s a
  
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• Bitcoin Price Rally ‘Amazing’ But ‘Speculative’: Wall Street Strategist

  27-11-2017 18:35
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• SOLA ITO Starts Today with a 15% Discount on Tokens!

  27-11-2017 17:37
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• Tim Draper Reaps Over $110 Million With his 2014 Bitcoin Investment

  27-11-2017 17:24
  In a 2014 interview, billionaire investor Tim Draper predicted the bitcoin price to surpass $10,000 in three years.
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• Ethereum Founder Discusses 3-5 Year Roadmap; Focuses on Improving Security

  27-11-2017 17:00 via newsbtc.com
  Ethereum creator Vitalik Buterin has laid out the future plans for the technology at a blockchain conference in Taiwan. He opened with a statement in reference to the numerous Ethereum replacements that have been launched in recent months. “The Ethereum killer is Ethereum, the Ethereum of China is Ethereum, the Ethereum of Taiwan is Ethereum… 2.0.”
  Four areas of improvement to the Ethereum platform were then described; privacy, consensus safety, smart contract safety, and scal
  
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• Short-Lived Shine? Bitcoin Gold Could Revisit Sub-$300 Levels

  27-11-2017 16:45
  Bitcoin gold may have leapt up in the token rankings, but its gleam may soon dull, the price charts indicate.
  
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• Short-Lived Shine? Bitcoin Gold Could Fall Under $300

  27-11-2017 16:45
  Bitcoin gold may have leapt up in the token rankings, but its gleam may soon dull, the price charts indicate.
  
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• United Traders Reveals ICO Plans with a Vision to Solve the Liquidity Problem in the World of Cryptocurrency

  27-11-2017 16:31 via newsbtc.com
  United Traders is all set to launch a token ICO on November 30 to form a combination of platforms that would serve as a place to gather investor’s capital with investing products, a cryptocurrency exchange, and the biggest financial dictionary.
  November 13, 2017
  United Traders, a proprietary trading company that engages traders from forty-two countries worldwide, has just announced that their upcoming ICO will get underway on November 30, 2017. Right now, the pre-sale campaign has already
  
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• That Missing Hard Drive with 7,500 Bitcoins is Now worth $72 Million

  27-11-2017 16:17
  There's a missing hard drive waiting to be found in a landfill. It's contents - $72 million in bitcoin.The post That Missing Hard Drive with 7,500 Bitcoins is Now worth $72 Million appeared first on CryptoCoinsNews.
  
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• Crypto Market Surges Past $300 Billion, Sights Set on JPMorgan Chase

  27-11-2017 16:07 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The rise of the digital currency market is continuing its upward trajectory, with the combined market value setting a new record of over $300 billion during trading Monday. Figures from CoinMarketCap show that the total value reached $305.3 billion at 07:47 UTC on the 27th November. As a result of this rise in value, the […]
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• Bitcoin Price Tops $10,000 on Korean Exchanges

  27-11-2017 16:03
  The price of bitcoin is trading above $10,000 at several South Korea-based bitcoin exchanges, market data reveals.
  
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• How Social Predictions Could Create a Win-Win Scenario in The Crypto Market

  27-11-2017 15:53 via newsbtc.com
  Cryptocurrencies seem to be getting more and more powerful each day. At this rate, it’s not unlikely that people will be dealing solely with digital cash and crypto-coins in the near future. Maybe someday banks will only be studied in the history books.
  Decentralization of currency is a concept that has always dealt with more criticism and skepticism than anything else. People always considered an organization or a central committee to be more responsible than independent individuals &ndas
  
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• $300 Billion: Crypto Market Cap Surges Past Bank of America’s Total Valuation

  27-11-2017 15:11
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• Cryptocurrency Hedge Fund Fired 'Rogue' Trader Amid Claims Of Incompetence - Forbes

  27-11-2017 15:01 via forbes.com
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  Cryptocurrency Hedge Fund Fired 'Rogue' Trader Amid Claims Of Incompetence
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  A cryptocurrency hedge fund that manages $42 million and is backed by prominent venture capital firms fired a top trader in September, resulting in lawsuits that suggest the hedge fund was launched amid disarray while the mania over Bitcoin and ...
  
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• A Crypto Crystal Ball? What If Traders Settled Bitcoin Forks

  27-11-2017 15:00
  Researchers are trying to improve prediction markets as potentially valuable tools for measuring community support or opposition to protocol changes.
  
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• Tax Bills Doom Tax-Free 1031 Exchanges Of Cryptocurrency - Forbes

  27-11-2017 14:51 via forbes.com
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  Tax Bills Doom Tax-Free 1031 Exchanges Of Cryptocurrency
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  Whether you can make a tax-free swap of cryptocurrency is controversial. A 1031 exchange is a swap of one business or investment asset for another. Under the tax code, most swaps are taxable as sales. That's why the IRS says bartering is taxable to ...
  
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• AlphaEx.net starts XinFin XDC trade pair with bitcoin, ethereum and Ripple.

  27-11-2017 14:28 via newsbtc.com
  AlphaEx.net will maintain XinFin’s XDC trading pair against ETHEREUM, BITCOIN and Ripple to provide liquidity for it’s tradefinex, remittance and IoT Pilot projects with global institutions.
  (For Immediate Release) AlphaEx.net today announced that it will start XDC/ETH, XDC/BTC and XDC/XRP trading pairs to assist XinFin.org on it’s various pilots for remittances, tradefinex and IoT pilot projects that various regulated global institutions are currently undertaking on XDC01 prot
  
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• BBVA is Using Blockchain to Streamline International Trade Transactions

  27-11-2017 14:22
  The blockchain-based system reduces document verification time to 2.5 hours from 7-10 days.
  
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• $9,771: What’s Driving Bitcoin Price to New All-Time Highs?

  27-11-2017 13:51
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• $10,000 Today? Bitcoin Price Primed to Break Psychological Barrier

  27-11-2017 13:07
  With sentiment more bullish than ever, bitcoin prices look likely to test $10,000 levels – and perhaps beyond.
  
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• $10,000 Today? Bitcoin Price Looks Primed to Break Barrier

  27-11-2017 13:07
  With sentiment more bullish than ever, bitcoin prices look likely to test $10,000 levels – and perhaps beyond.
  
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• Coinbase Looks to Hire Five More Engineers to Work on any Digital Currency Protocol

  27-11-2017 13:00 via newsbtc.com
  Coinbase is one of those cryptocurrency companies looking to expand its presence. There have been rumors regarding the possible addition of other cryptocurrencies. So far, no one knows which currencies those will be exactly or when this will happen. It does appear the company is looking to hire a handful of additional engineers. These staffers could work on any digital currency protocol they would like. An interesting turn of events, to say the least.
  It is good to see Coinbase acknowledge they
  
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• “We Welcome Bitcoin” [with Regulations], Says Iran’s Cyberspace Authority

  27-11-2017 12:35
  The head of a major Iranian authority has revealed the state's intention to welcome bitcoin, with caveats.
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• Cryptocurrency Price Surge Could Boost GPU Sales, Says Wall Street Analyst

  27-11-2017 12:00
  Prices increases in ethereum, monero and other cryptocurrencies could spark a sales boost for makers of graphics cards (GPUs).
  
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• (+) Bitcoin is Close to Topping Out in the Short-Term

  27-11-2017 11:45
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• Buterin Unveils Ethereum 2.0 Roadmap as Coin Nears $500

  27-11-2017 11:26
  Updates to take 3-5 years, though some are already taking shape.
  
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• Newsflash: Bitcoin Price Sheds $500 Within Hours of Record High Near $10,000

  27-11-2017 11:20
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• Iran's Cyberspace Authority Says It Welcomes Bitcoin, If Regulated

  27-11-2017 11:10
  The secretary of Iran's High Council of Cyberspace has said the agency "welcomes" bitcoin, with the caveat that there must be regulation.
  
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• Tether Shenanigans Continue as USDT Supply Increases by Another 20 Million

  27-11-2017 11:00 via newsbtc.com
  The shenanigans surrounding Tether are far from over, by the look of things. More specifically, the company decided to issue another 10,000 USDT out of the blue. Most of these issuances coincide with a major Bitcoin price pump. Proving something nefarious is going on is pretty much impossible at this point. However, it remains a highly controversial topic of debate, that much is evident.
  Tether is quickly becoming a company non grata in the Bitcoin world. Many conspiracy theories involving this
  
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• Samsung Inks Deal with Seoul Government for Blockchain Platform

  27-11-2017 10:00
  Samsung SDS announced yesterday that it has signed an agreement with the Seoul Metropolitan Government to build out blockchain services.
  
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• DFantasy Launches ICO Backed by World’s First Fantasy Sports Betting Platform Based on Blockchain Technology

  27-11-2017 09:56
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• trade.io Adjusts Market Cap & Trade Token Price Based on the Rise in Ethereum & Entry Point $Barriers

  27-11-2017 09:46
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• Time To Bring Cryptocurrencies ‘Out Of Hiding’

  27-11-2017 09:39 via newsbtc.com
  Liquidity and volatility are ongoing challenges for cryptocurrency generally. The challenge of CopPay was to find a way to break the vicious cycle of limited usage; to get people actively using their earned or bought Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Dash on a day-to-day basis, rather keeping them stashed in a digital wallet, passively waiting for their value to increase. After all, broader adoption will drive up value, so really it’s in everyone’s interest to get crypto working.
  However, when
  
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• The Rupee Coin Utilizes Blockchain Technology & Is Becoming the Main Cryptocurrency in India & South Asia

  27-11-2017 09:39
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• Seoul Govt Selects Samsung SDS for City-Wide Blockchain Project

  27-11-2017 09:29
  Samsung SDS wins order ahead of Seoul City's 2022 blockchain upgrade.
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• Bitcoin Gold Price Technical Analysis – BTG/USD in Uptrend above $350

  27-11-2017 09:00 via newsbtc.com
  Key Points
  Bitcoin gold price moved higher recently and broke the $350 resistance against the US Dollar.
  This is a crucial bullish trend line forming with support near $350 on the hourly chart of BTG/USD (data feed from Bitfinex).
  The price is likely to continue moving higher and it could soon break $400 and $420 levels.
  Bitcoin gold price is moving nicely above $350 against the US Dollar. BTG/USD is poised to trade further higher towards the $450 level.
  Bitcoin Gold Price Trend
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