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• Ethereum Price Cracks $1,000 as Crypto Markets Surpass $750 Billion

  04-01-2018 23:59
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  The cryptocurrency market cap achieved a new all-time high on Thursday, briefly rising above $770 billion amidst a widespread altcoin rally. The ethereum price rode this wave across the $1,000 threshold, while the ripple price appears determined to extend what has been a remarkable rally. After entering the day at $683 billion, the cryptocurrency market
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• No New Crypto: Coinbase Squashes Exchange Listing Rumors

  04-01-2018 23:30
  In a blog post, Coinbase announced it would not be adding any new tokens to its exchange, putting to rest rumors that XRP was a candidate for listing.
  
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• Polymath Aims to Legalize ICOs by Helping Companies Issue Securities Tokens

  04-01-2018 22:39 via newsbtc.com
  Initial coin offerings have become a big liability in the world of finance. That’s not only because a fair few of them are outright scams, but also because most of the tokens are securities. As a result, we will see a growing list of projects which violate securities law, especially in the US. This is where Polymath comes into the picture, as this platform helps companies issue securities tokens.
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• CFTC to Meet On Bitcoin Futures Self-Certification Issue

  04-01-2018 22:39
  Meanwhile, the SEC and a North American securities regulation group warned investors about risks of cryptocurrency products.
  
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• Estonian Enterprises Will Use the Ethereum Blockchain-Based TIME Token

  04-01-2018 22:28 via newsbtc.com
  From left to right: the Head of the G-Global Business Portal Denis Tsyro, the Deputy Chairman of the Eurasian Economic Club of Scientists Hanon Barabaner, Secretary-General of the Centre Party, Member of Parliament Mikhail Korb, ChronoBank Chief Executive Officer Sergei Sergienko
  In the Parliament of Estonia, Mikhail Korb, a Member of Parliament and the Secretary-General of the Centre Party of Estonia held the meeting with Sergei Sergienko, the owner of the Australian project ChronoBank, Denis T
  
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• Royal Bank of Scotland Snubs Gibraltar Blockchain Accounts

  04-01-2018 21:48
  Gibraltar International Bank will now look for a different correspondent bank in the UK.
  
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• Get Ready for the New Year’s Blockchain Boost!

  04-01-2018 21:44 via newsbtc.com
  In these past few years, there has been a tremendous growth in interest in blockchain technology and cryptocurrencies in general. It showed businesses a new capital investment model – Initial Coin Offerings. ICOs are the new way of startup financing due to the inclusivity and global outreach offered. The technology offers a number of unique benefits, and the token sale is quickly becoming a valuable way to raise startup funds. With the ever-growing number of startups and up-to-date technol
  
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• $100 Billion Controversy: XRP's Surge Raises Hard Questions for Ripple

  04-01-2018 21:37
  Ripple has a complicated relationship with its native cryptocurrency XRP, one that critics contend many recent buyers of the token may not understand.
  
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• Ripple Co-Founder Chris Larsen Might Be the 8th Richest Person in the World

  04-01-2018 21:04
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  The recent ripple price surge has undoubtedly made many investors quite wealthy. On Thursday, the global average ripple price rose to an all-time high of $3.84, meaning that a hypothetical $1,000 investment made on Jan. 1, 2017, would now be worth more than $600,000. No one, however, has benefited more than Ripple co-founder Chris Larsen, … Continued
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• VR Penny Stock Up 200% on Crypto Pivot Claims

  04-01-2018 20:25
  A VR penny stock saw 200 percent surge in stock price after announcing a shift in corporate focus to cryptocurrencies.
  
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• Contrary to Many “Analysts,” Billionaire Peter Thiel is Optimistic for Bitcoin

  04-01-2018 19:40
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  Peter Thiel, the billionaire entrepreneur and venture capitalist, and his VC firm Founders Fund have invested hundreds of millions of dollars in bitcoin, as CCN previously reported. Analysts Worried The investment of Thiel in the cryptocurrency came after the negative short-term predictions in regards to the price trend of bitcoin provided by many analysts. Another
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• Ripple Fever? Other Crypto Assets Are Outpacing Its 2018 Gains

  04-01-2018 19:25
  Alternative cryptocurrencies have seen a notably boost, though those that are grabbing the most news don't necessarily have the largest recent gains.
  
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• SEC Issues Warning to Crypto Investors

  04-01-2018 19:04 via newsbtc.com
  The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has issued its second warning in a month to those investing in cryptocurrencies. In a statement earlier today, the governmental body advised those involved in the space to “exercise caution” with Bitcoin and other digital currencies. SEC Chairman Jay Clayton, along with Commissioners Kara Stein and Michael Piwowar, said many companies hosting initial coin offerings were not doing so within compliance of federal and state securities regu
  
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• R3’s Lawsuit Against Ripple is Now Worth $19 Billion

  04-01-2018 18:37
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  The value of a legal dispute involving US-based fintech startups R3 and Ripple has ballooned to nearly $20 billion on the heels of a breakneck rally that has launched ripple’s market cap past $140 billion. As CCN reported last September, R3 and Ripple filed dueling lawsuits regarding a contract dispute that arose after the dissolution
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• Report: PBoC Quashes Bitcoin Mining Ban Rumor in China

  04-01-2018 18:00
  However, regulators in China reportedly plan to withdraw preferential benefits such as tax deductions and cheap electricity available to mining firms.
  
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• DMM Announces Official Founding of Cryptocurrency Mining Lab

  04-01-2018 17:45
  DMM Mining Labo aims to become one of the top mining farm companies in the world.
  
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• China’s Biggest Newspaper Calls Bitcoin a Bubble

  04-01-2018 17:23
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  The People's Daily seemingly summarizes China's bitcoin aversion
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• Ripple’s Meteoric Rise Puts Founders Amongst World’s Richest

  04-01-2018 16:54
  Ripple's growth has put its founder Chris Larsen at the top of the list of richest individuals.
  
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• $1,000: Ethereum Tops Price Milestone in Market First

  04-01-2018 16:15
  Ethereum hit a new all-time high of $955 on Wednesday, just a day after it saw $900.
  
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• Ethereum Price Hits Historic $1,000 Milestone, Eyes $100 Billion Market Cap

  04-01-2018 16:14
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  The ethereum price crossed $1,000 on Thursday, marking yet another historic milestone for the third-largest cryptocurrency. Ethereum Price Rips Past $1,000 Only four days have been marked off on the calendar, but January has already been a banner month for the altcoin markets. In this brief span, the combined value of altcoin market caps has
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• Acute Angle PC – Extraordinary Coin Mine

  04-01-2018 15:50 via newsbtc.com
  Acute Angle PC is coming out, please stay tuned.
  Acute Angle PC had been launched on its official website at 12:00 on December 12th. This is a universal hardware host based on IPFS point-to-point hypermedia protocol storage and Acute Angle Chain management of digital assets and formulating reward system for the users through smart contract.
  History of Acute Angle PC
  Based on blockchain technology, Acute Angle PC acquires digital assets by sharing idle disk space and bandwidth
  
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• TRON Price Jumps 150% as Founder Teases Major Partnership

  04-01-2018 15:25
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  The TRON price exploded by 94 percent on Thursday after the decentralized content distribution platform’s founder teased a major partnership with a publicly-listed company. Its token, TRX, is up 150% in a 24-hour period at press time. TRON Price Leaps 90 Percent on Thursday As reported by CCN sister site Hacked, the TRON price broached
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• Coinbase to Customers: Don't Forget to Pay Taxes on Bitcoin Gains

  04-01-2018 15:25
  Exchange and wallet startup Coinbase has taken to reminding its customers to pay taxes due on their cryptocurrency gains.
  
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• Icecat Works on 2.0 Cryptocurrency ICURY for Content Syndication

  04-01-2018 15:21 via newsbtc.com
  Amsterdam, January 4, 2018: Icecat, a listed company in The Netherlands and exploiting a unique and global open content catalog in the e-commerce market, is working on the creation and issuance of a so-called “2.0” cryptocoin, ICURY. The ICURY, Icecat CryptocURrencY, will be a cryptotoken that is accepted by Icecat, and will play a role in payments and content creation in Icecat’s existing ecosystem. It is a 2.0 coin in the sense that the token is issued by an existing and prof
  
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• Trade.io Completes ICO, Raising Over $31m in the Process

  04-01-2018 15:05
  The newly acquired funds will assist in the implementation of the company’s technological agenda.
  
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• Bank Blockchain Integration: A Challenge Overcome

  04-01-2018 15:00
  It's a long road yet to mainstream blockchain use, according to Santander's head of blockchain R&D. But integration, he argues, won't be the issue.
  
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• Smart Contracts Made Simple: The Fabric Token Platform

  04-01-2018 14:58
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  This is a sponsored story. CCN urges readers to conduct their own research with due diligence into the company, product or service mentioned in the content below. As a self-enforcing piece of software code that executes on a blockchain once the terms of the agreement are met, a smart contract is immutable. Hence, such contracts require
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• BitPanda Adds Bitcoin Cash to its Platform

  04-01-2018 14:58
  The Austrian brokerage service now offers support for BTC, ETH, LTC, DASH, and BCH.
  
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• JoyToken Brings Transparency and Anonymity to Online Gambling Industry

  04-01-2018 14:52
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  This is a sponsored story. CCN urges readers to conduct their own research with due diligence into the company, product or service mentioned in the content below. Game development for the online gambling industry is fraught with challenges and rigid requirements. These challenges have severely limited their access to the $35.97 billion online gambling market, robbing
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• The KWATT Coin Tokenized Electricity

  04-01-2018 14:49
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  This is a submitted sponsored story. CCN urges readers to conduct their own research with due diligence into the company, product or service mentioned in the content below. 2017 has been a record breaking, awe inspiring rollercoaster ride for cryptocurrency valuations with over 2000% valuation increases. With all the hype and global attention on Bitcoin and
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• Merrill Lynch Restricts Clients from Investing in Bitcoin Fund

  04-01-2018 14:49
  The firm enforced these rules a couple of days before the launch of the first Bitcoin futures.
  
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• War of the Words: How to Improve Public Understanding of Blockchain Technology

  04-01-2018 14:45
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  This is a submitted sponsored story. CCN urges readers to conduct their own research with due diligence into the company, product or service mentioned in the content below. It certainly is a curious case, how Bitcoin has come to be one of the most talked about economic trends of 2017. Yet if you were to ask
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• India’s Policy-Making Think Tank Outlines Blockchain Verification Trials

  04-01-2018 14:42
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  India’s foremost policy institute and think tank is exploring blockchain applications in a number of sectors including education, health and agriculture. The National Institute of Transforming India (NT), the government’s primary policy-making body, is eyeing the use of blockchain technology with work toward a proof-of-concept (PoC) to trial the decentralized technology acros
  
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• DASH and Litecoin Analysis January 5, 2018

  04-01-2018 14:41 via newsbtc.com
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  DASH continues to be a bit volatile, but we are underneath the downtrend line that makes the top of the downtrend in channel. If we can break above the $1200 level, the market could continue to go higher, perhaps reaching towards the $1400 level. If we break down below the $1000 level, then I think we go down to the $850 level.
   
  LTC/USDLitecoin fell a bit during the trading session on Thursday, but I think there is plenty support below at the $200 level to keep this market afloat.
  
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• Ethereum Analysis January 5, 2018

  04-01-2018 14:34 via newsbtc.com
  ETH/USDEthereum continues to grind higher, as it looks likely to reach towards the $1000 level over the next several days. Because of this, I believe that the markets will continue to find buyers on dips, as the large, round, psychologically significant number is far too tempting of a target. I believe that it is not until we break down below the $800 level that you should worry about the uptrend.
   
  ETH/BTCEthereum rallied against Bitcoin as well, and it looks as if the markets are starting
  
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• Bitcoin Analysis January 5, 2018

  04-01-2018 14:25 via newsbtc.com
  BTC/USDBitcoin drifted a bit lower during the trading session on Thursday, as traders continue to bounce around the head of the nonfarm payroll number coming out of the United States. This will have a drastic effect on the US dollar, and by extension Bitcoin. It looks currently as if we are consolidating still, with the $13,000 level being the “floor”, and the $16,000 level being the ceiling. Because of this, back and forth range bound trading strategies seem to be the best way to de
  
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• ISA Proposes Temporary Expulsion of Crypto Firms from Stock Exchange

  04-01-2018 14:21
  Israeli authorities are concerned about instability, taxation, money laundering and terrorism.
  
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• Rocketing Ripple Puts Founders and CEO Among the World’s Richest People

  04-01-2018 14:12
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  The value of the cryptocurrency ecosystem skyrocketed in 2017, with various cryptocurrencies surpassing 1,000% gains. Ripple’s XRP token, for example, was worth about $0,006 in the beginning of 2017 and is currently trading at $3.76. The 60,000% rise helped Ripple become the second-biggest cryptocurrency by market cap, and is now valued at over $140 billion.
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• Giga Watt ICO is the Latest Project to Commit Securities Fraud

  04-01-2018 14:00 via newsbtc.com
  Initial coin offerings have come under increased scrutiny by the SEC. That is only normal, as a lot of these projects catered to US-based investors. However, very few of these concepts effectively filed with the SEC to issue securities. After Tezos, Giga Watt is now the second major project to feel the SEC’s wrath. The company is effectively being sued for securities fraud as we speak. Whether or not this group of investors will benefit from such legal action, is a big unknown.
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• $1K Next? Ether Price Climbs to New Record High

  04-01-2018 14:00
  The price of ether, the native token of the ethereum platform, has hit a new all-time high over $970 and is looking upwards.
  
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• Ripple XRP: The influence of Exchanges

  04-01-2018 13:54 via newsbtc.com
  On December 29th Ripple soared by more than 55% to reach an all time high of $2.23 implying a market cap of more than $86 billion which was well-over Ethereum’s $73 billion at the time. Coverage seems to be infiltrating mainstream media now, with Ripple even getting a mention on the BBC.So what has caused this market reaction?I think the market is taking notice of Ripple’s speed, reliability and scalability — which has strengthened the demand for Ripple where it’s listed.
  
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• Indian Policy Think Tank Develops Blockchain Proof-of-Concept

  04-01-2018 13:48 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  NITI Aayog, a policy think tank of the government of India, is exploring the use of blockchain. The agency is developing a proof-of-concept to leverage technology in key sectors such as education, health and agriculture, a senior government official told the Economic Times. “It is a safe system for document verification and hence can be […]
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• Baofeng Bokocloud and Metaverse Announce Strategic Partnership

  04-01-2018 13:41 via newsbtc.com
  Baofeng Group (Shenzhen Stock Code: 300431) subsidiary Beijing Baofeng Xinying Technology signed a strategic partnership with Metaverse on 25 December 2017. As strategic partners, both parties will jointly research and develop the Blockchain Consensus Network (BCN) as well as Blockchain-as-a-Service architecture, with the aim of expanding blockchain technology applications.
  According to the terms of the partnership, Metaverse will provide technical support for full nodes for Baofeng Bokocloud an
  
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• Denet, a Blockchain-Startup Launches a Decentralized Hosting Service That Helps Restore Internet-Privacy

  04-01-2018 13:30
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• LiveEdu ICO – Cels Cardona from Rocket Internet Joins as CMO

  04-01-2018 13:06
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• Government Think Tank to Trial Blockchain Verification in India

  04-01-2018 13:05
  The National Institution for Transforming India is exploring blockchain's application in education, health and other sectors.
  
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• Zeepin Chain Applies Blockchain into Creative Industry to Help Three Million Practitioners Realize Their Designs

  04-01-2018 12:49
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• Bank of America’s Merrill Lynch Bans Clients from Bitcoin Fund

  04-01-2018 12:34
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  Bank of America’s brokerage arm Merrill Lynch has barred clients and their financial advisers from participating in bitcoin investments. The Wall Street Journal, upon reviewing an internal memo by Merrill Lynch, reports that the brokerage arm has specifically highlighted Grayscale’s Bitcoin Investment Trust, a open-ended trust fund directly invested in the world’s first cryptocur
  
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• Down But Not Out: Bitcoin Holds Onto Bullish Territory

  04-01-2018 12:05
  Bitcoin has come under pressure today amid sharp gains in alternative currencies, but the charts are showing no signs of panic.
  
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• Korean Law Firm Fights Back Against Government’s Cryptocurrency Trading Regulation

  04-01-2018 12:00 via newsbtc.com
  Various countries all over the world aim to regulate cryptocurrencies. That is much easier said than done, though. After all, cryptocurrencies can’t be controlled by default. In South Korea, the government has taken a slightly different approach. Their form of cryptocurrency trading regulation doesn’t sit too well with the general public. In fact, a Seoul-based law firm has filed an appeal regarding this matter.It is evident the regulation of cryptocurrency trading is a very sensitiv
  
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