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• US Senators Blast Venezuela's Oil-Backed Cryptocurrency Plan

  22-01-2018 23:55
  U.S. Senators Marco Rubio (R.-Fl) and Robert Menendez (D.-NJ) have denounced Venezuela's planned cryptocurrency in a new letter.
  
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• Six Questions for Crypterium: Summing Up a Successful ICO

  22-01-2018 23:12 via newsbtc.com
  We met with the four co-founders of Crypterium– Gleb Markov, Steven Polyak, Vladimir Gorbunov, and Austin Kimm – and asked them six questions about their ICO, which recently wound up having reached its hard cap.
  Q: What are the three big takeaways from Crypterium’s successful ICO?Austin Kimm – Number one is the size of community we were able to engage with. From the evidence, I believe we are perhaps the most successful ICO in terms of the size of the audience. That doesn
  
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• 10% of $3.7 Billion in ICO Funds Lost or Stolen: Ernst & Young Report

  22-01-2018 23:06
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  New research by Ernst and Young claims that over 10% of the funds raised in initial coin offerings have been stolen or lost.  The findings come alongside a report detailing what Ernst and Young believes to be the risks of investing in such a sparsely regulated market. Hackers Phish and Feast on ICOs In their
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• Bitcoin Slides More Than 10 Percent to Near $10,000 Level

  22-01-2018 23:00
  The price of bitcoin is down more than 10% today, according to CoinDesk's Bitcoin Price Index (BPI).
  
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• SEC 'Looking Closely' at Public Company Blockchain Pivots, Says Chairman

  22-01-2018 22:40
  The SEC is investigating companies that have made recent waves in markets with their public pivots toward blockchain.
  
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• BitConnect Market Crash Analysis

  22-01-2018 22:30 via crypto-news.net
  Before starting this article, I would like to give a few words of empathy to all of the investors, small and large alike, for their loss with BitConnect. We all know what the end result was (a market crash of over 80%), but we don’t know the real reasons why.
  Here are some potential theories about what led to BitConnect’s market crash. None of this is confirmed, but we’ll explore possible reasons and scenarios for you to build your own picture.
  The state of BitConnect pricing a
  
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• XWIN Betting on Blockchain

  22-01-2018 22:18 via newsbtc.com
  The absolutely new technology becoming popular in the world of cryptocurrencies, and making its own huge impact on it is called Blockchain.
  As much as the Internet was the complete transformer of entertainment, media, government, technology, investments, hospitality, energy, sports media and many more fields since the 90’s, the Blockchain became the decentralized technology allowing the secure exchange of digital tokens and essentially disrupting the main industries in a virtual way. That
  
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• EtherZero: What Do We Know about the New Ethereum Fork

  22-01-2018 22:15 via newsbtc.com
  Multiple forks of Bitcoin blockchain created over last years has made it popular among the cryptocurrency community. The same trend is now happening with the second most popular network, Ethereum. According to a team of anonymous developers (who only have their names listed in the white paper), the EtherZero fork occurred on January 19, 2018, at block 4936270. However, there isn’t much information available about this project.
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• Low Volatility on Wall Street Leaves Investors Turning to Bitcoin for Decent Returns

  22-01-2018 21:39
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  Low volatility on Wall Street is forcing investors to look to less traditional asset classes like bitcoin in pursuit of better returns. And perhaps some more excitement. There is a dramatic increase in the correlation between the price of bitcoin and Wall Street’s ‘Fear Index’, according to analysts at Deutsche Bank. A Friday note from
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• Coinbase Taps Twitter Vet to Bolster Customer Support Team

  22-01-2018 21:10
  Coinbase has added Twitter's former vice president of operations and user services to its team in an effort to improve its customer service.
  
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• Coinbase Taps Twitter Vet to Bolster Customer Support

  22-01-2018 21:10
  Coinbase has added Twitter's former vice president of operations and user services to its team in an effort to improve its customer service.
  
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• Bitcoin Price Dips Below $11,000 as Market Endures Correction

  22-01-2018 20:37
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  The bitcoin price dipped below $11,000 on Monday during a minor market correction that saw cryptocurrency market caps decline by a combined $39 billion. EOS and stellar, meanwhile, managed to defy the crimson trend and achieve solid returns. At present, the cryptocurrency market cap is valued at $518 billion, which represents a single-day decline of
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• The End of Bitcoin Mining in China? – Interview with RootAnt CEO Lincoln Yin

  22-01-2018 20:29
  "Some of the cloud mining platforms have already raised their platform management fee for users."
  
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• Three Things You Probably Did Not Know About Peculium and AIEVE

  22-01-2018 20:08
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• Changing the Seedy Side of the WebCam Industry with Blockchain Power

  22-01-2018 20:01
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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. Erotic self broadcasting is not only a burgeoning sector in the pornographic industry, it is a business opportunity that is becoming a viable option for a lot of
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• ‘One Bitcoin Will Be Worth $1 Million,’ Cryptocurrency Pioneer Tells PayPal CEO

  22-01-2018 19:53
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  Dan Schulman, chief executive of PayPal, talks with bitcoin pioneer Wences Cesares about bitcoin, blockchain and fintech in a Facebook interview. Casares, a serial entrepreneur, has launched startups across South America and the United States, not the least of which is bitcoin wallet startup Xapo, which he currently leads. Cesares is also a member of the
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• Betting on Sports Just Got More Fun Thanks to Blockchain Technology

  22-01-2018 19:53
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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. Betting on sports is challenging. It makes gambling more fun and entertaining because players become part of a contest with viable winning chances. To many people, it’s a
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• Waves Lab Begins Operations with a Budget of $9 Million

  22-01-2018 19:40
  Startups using the lab are to receive advice, PR, marketing support and technical assistance.
  
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• Commodity Merchant Louis Dreyfus Trials Blockchain for Soybean Trade

  22-01-2018 19:00
  Louis Dreyfus, a major commodities trading company, has announced that it has piloted a blockchain-based transaction system developed by a group of financial institutions including ING.
  
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• Adamant.im Private & Decentralized Messenger

  22-01-2018 19:00 via crypto-news.net
  The overwhelming interest in instant online communication is easily observed when we take a look at the number of people using these following applications:Facebook Messenger
  WhatsApp
  TelegramThese are by far, the most popular instant messaging apps on the market right now. In this post, I want to talk to you about something different and hopefully get you to try it out, and consider participating in their pre-ICO/ICO.
  Fully Decentralized & Private Messenger
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  If you are a
  
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• First Blockchain-Based Agricultural Commodity Trade Completed

  22-01-2018 18:51
  By digitizing the process using blockchain, the necessary verification time was reduced by five times.
  
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• Bitcoin Transaction Fees are Dropping to $1, Can This be Sustained Long-Term?

  22-01-2018 18:50
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  Over the past few days, bitcoin transaction fees have dropped to around $1 for median-size payments, even though the bitcoin mempool size has remained relatively high at above 120 million bytes. $1 Fees Widely utilized bitcoin wallet platforms like Blockchain are recommending a fee of 55 satoshis per byte, which round up to just above
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• Developing the Next Generation of B2B Platform With Blockchain

  22-01-2018 18:37 via newsbtc.com
  The global market spending for B2Bs is estimated at $76 bln. In the US alone, marketing spending is worth over $26 bln, out of which $4 bln is spent online. LinkedIn, Google, Facebook and eBay are mostly customer-centric. In the B2Bs industry, the core problem is a business’s inability to establish a personal connection with other business partners.
  Lack of consistency and transparency are just two of the main challenges conventional B2Bs deal with on a daily basis. Companies are unable to
  
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• China Moves to Crack Down on Digital Currency Pyramid Schemes

  22-01-2018 18:00
  China's public security ministry says it will take aim at pyramid schemes in the country, including those that purportedly involve cryptocurrencies.
  
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• CNBC Contributor Tells Bitcoin Skeptic to ‘Piss Off’ During Heated Exchange

  22-01-2018 17:34
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  What one thinks of bitcoin and other decentralized cryptocurrencies tends to have strong correlations with one’s ideology, so it is unsurprising that proponents and skeptics alike often approach the topic with a zeal they do not reserve for traditional markets. This phenomenon was on full display during a recent CNBC segment, in which two panelists
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• Canadian Research Body Pilots Ethereum in Transparency Push

  22-01-2018 17:00
  The National Research Council of Canada is trialing the ethereum blockchain for recording government contracts.
  
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• Decentralized Knowledge Sharing Platform, Lunyr, Announces Platform Development and Alpha Launch

  22-01-2018 16:45
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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. Knowledge is power.  With knowledge, man has taken to the skies without wings and plumb the depth of the sea without gills. The advent of the internet has greatly
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• CNK to Regenerate African Cafe Industry Through Blockchain Technology, Announces ICO

  22-01-2018 16:42
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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. Africa is blessed with an overabundance of natural resources, chief amongst which is coffee, the second most traded commodity in the world, after oil. Coffee is the highest consumed
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• Bulgaria Reveals International Operation Against ‘Large-Scale Pyramid’ OneCoin

  22-01-2018 16:37
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  The Specialized Prosecutor’s Office of Bulgaria has revealed its involvement in a sweeping international operation looking at ‘neutralizing’ OneCoin, a purported digital currency scheme widely seen as a fraud. In details published on Friday, Bulgarian authorities have pointed to an ongoing international investigation with assistance from German counterparts
  
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• IRA Bitcoin Allowing for Approved Crypto Exposure in Retirement Funds

  22-01-2018 16:13
  IRA and 401k investors will be able to have access to Bitcoin, Litecoin, Ethereum, and Ripple
  
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• South Korea’s Government is Reportedly Planning to Hit Cryptocurrency Exchanges with Tax Bills

  22-01-2018 15:54 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  South Korea’s government is reportedly hitting the country’s digital currency exchanges with tax demands in a bid to control the market. According to the Yonhap News Agency, South Korean cryptocurrency exchanges will be required to pay 22 percent of corporate and 2.2 percent of local income taxes if they had an annual income of over […]
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• South Korea Cryptocurrency Ban FUD Has Shown Importance of Decentralized Exchanges

  22-01-2018 15:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Recently, the news of a South Korea cryptocurrency trading ban, which was ultimately refuted by the country’s government and the Blue House, the executive office of President Moon Jae-in, caused markets to rapidly decline.  Cryptocurrency investors and enthusiasts were outraged to discover that government officials within the Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC) initiated insider trading, by […]
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• Instant, Fee- Free Bitcoin Payments: The Lightning Network Just Had Its ‘Pizza Transaction’

  22-01-2018 15:28
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  A Lightning Network (LN) user reported that he or she has completed what may be the first transaction in which the LN was used to purchase physical goods. The Lightning Network Just Had Its ‘Pizza Transaction’ On Saturday, Reddit user btc_throwaway1337 posted a picture of an AR300M VPN Router and revealed that he or she
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• OriginTrail Raises US$22.5M For Supply Chains Blockchain Protocol

  22-01-2018 15:05 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Blockchain startup OriginTrail has reached the hard cap of its token sale, raising a total of US$22.5 million for its supply chains blockchain protocol. OriginTrail is developing a blockchain protocol for data exchange between organizations along the supply chain. The technology promises to increase trust and efficiencies, and bring transparency to supply chains. “We are […]
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• Huobi Is Launching a Token, But It's 'Not an ICO'

  22-01-2018 15:00
  China-based crypto exchange Huobi has announced that it will issue its own token based on the ethereum ERC-20 standard.
  
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• Dash and Litecoin Analysis January 23, 2018

  22-01-2018 14:40 via newsbtc.com
  DASH/USDDASH broke down below the $800 level during Monday trading, showing signs of weakness yet again. Crypto currencies are starting to roll over, and I think this one is going to go to at least the $700 level before finding support, and more than likely the $600 level. If you have the ability to short –, you may wish to do so.
   
  LTC/USDLitecoin rolled over a bit during the trading session on Monday, as we continue to see negativity in the crypto currency markets overall. We also h
  
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• Cryptocurrency Market Falls Again as Ripple, Bitcoin Cash, et al. Fall by 10%

  22-01-2018 14:36
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  The cryptocurrency market experienced yet another minor correction earlier today, after an initial decline in value on January 21. Many major cryptocurrencies in the market with the exception of several digital assets fell by around 10 percent in value, with Ripple recording a 10 percent loss and Bitcoin Cash demonstrating a 8.5 percent drop in
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• Cryptocurrency Market Falls Again as Ripple, Bitcoin Cash, et al. Fall 10%

  22-01-2018 14:36
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  The cryptocurrency market experienced yet another minor correction earlier today, after an initial decline in value on January 21. Many major cryptocurrencies in the market with the exception of several digital assets fell by around 10 percent in value, with Ripple recording a 10 percent loss and Bitcoin Cash demonstrating a 8.5 percent drop in
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• Ethereum Analysis January 23, 2018

  22-01-2018 14:35 via newsbtc.com
  ETH/USDEthereum rolled over during the day on Monday, as crypto currencies began the week by selling off again. We have broken below the $1000 level, and it looks as if we’re going to go looking towards the uptrend line below, which has a value of roughly $800. At this point, selling Ethereum is all you can do if you’re going to put money to work. A breakdown below the $800 level will send this market much lower.
   
  ETH/BTCEthereum markets went sideways during the day on Monday,
  
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• Bitcoin Analysis January 23, 2018

  22-01-2018 14:28 via newsbtc.com
  BTC/USDBitcoin rolled over during the Monday session as traders came back to work, slicing below the $11,000 level. It looks as if we are starting to see more selling, but the $10,000 level course could offer a bit of support. We are starting to see government crackdowns on digital currencies, and that of course is having a negative effect on the market. At this point, it looks as if the downward pressure is going to continue. The $12,000 level above should be resistance.
   
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• A Trillion Dollar Project Launches on ICO: Finger Prick Blood Tests Revolutionize Healthy Lifestyle

  22-01-2018 14:16
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• What a Facebook Blockchain Token Might Look Like

  22-01-2018 14:00
  If Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg really wants to experiment with decentralized systems, a publicly issued crypto-token would be hell of a way to do it.
  
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• Robert Shiller Can’t Decide if Bitcoin Will Collapse or Succeed

  22-01-2018 14:00 via newsbtc.com
  Most people are seemingly convinced Bitcoin is in a bubble. If that is the case, the value of this cryptocurrency will collapse very soon. Nobel laureate Robert Shiller agrees with most of these statements. In his opinion, the world’s leading cryptocurrency will either implode or limp on while bleeding out. He also compares it to tulip mania, which is a comparison we have seen far too many times.  So far, any statement like this has proven to be utterly wrong.
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• NEM FOUND CEILING AT $1.14 AS SELLERS TARGET $0.50

  22-01-2018 13:59 via newsbtc.com
  Perhaps the major take away is how NEM found ceiling at $1.14. At that price tag, bears turned aggressive and are now driving prices towards $0.50. Like NEO, we could see some buy potential but not now.
  And talking of NEO, bears are officially in charge and we can start planning on identifying correct potential reversal zones in the days to come even if prices appreciate towards $200.
  For all we know, we expect NEO sell pressure at around $180 and if high probability reversal patterns begins to
  
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• Tax Day Looms for Bitcoin Investors

  22-01-2018 13:56
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  Despite the decentralized nature of bitcoin, Uncle Sam is expecting his fair share come April 15. Now that tax season is upon us, investors of bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies may be filing their crypto-generated income for the first time ever. Meanwhile, given the private nature of bitcoin, not to mention an opaque regulatory framework surrounding cryptocurrencies, investors
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• Betting on Blockchain with Dragon Inc.

  22-01-2018 13:56 via crypto-news.net
  Leading the Path to the Largest Token Sale of $500,000,000(ASEAN – January 22, 2018) Dragon Inc. is now officially ready to launch its Casino & VIP rooms blockchain-based solution after successfully raising more than USD $6 million in Pre-Token Sale funding for their project in December 2017.
  Together with the USD $265 million already raised from institutional investors, and the USD $48 million raised from a closed Pre-Sale, Dragon Inc has now raised USD $320 million in capital before
  
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• Indian Banks Suspending Accounts of Multiple Bitcoin Exchanges

  22-01-2018 13:41
  Suspicious transactions have drawn the attention of banks, with an investigation of other accounts pending
  
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• Bitcoin Defends $11,000 Mark and Eyes Move Higher

  22-01-2018 13:10
  Bitcoin is stuck in a narrow range currently, but a breakout may lie ahead, the price charts indicate.
  
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• Opera Introduces Anti-Cryptocurrency Mining Feature to Mobile Browser

  22-01-2018 13:06
  The feature will be available on Opera Mini (for iOS and Android), as well as on Opera for Android.
  
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• IMF Urges International Cooperation on Cryptocurrency Regulation

  22-01-2018 12:50
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  The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is calling on regulators around the world to coordinate on policies for cryptocurrencies after warning of ‘risks’ from the soaring prices of digital assets. The IMF, the United Nations’ organization for global monetary cooperation, financial stability and economic growth, is pushing a “greater international discussion and cooperation among
  
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