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• Facebook Bans All Cryptocurrency Ads Including Bitcoin, ICOs

  30-01-2018 23:21
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  Facebook is firing back against misleading and deceptive ad practices, and ICOs, cryptocurrencies and binary options are at the top of their list. In a blog post by Facebooks’ Rob Leathern, the social media giant is trumpeting a new policy, banning ads that “promote financial products and services that are frequently associated with misleading or deceptive
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• The ICO Round Model Advantages

  30-01-2018 22:51 via newsbtc.com
  One of the most serious problems of crypto economy and ICOs as its dominant feature is a large number of fraudulent and simply inconsistent projects with no future. This phenomenon translates into two types of unfavorable investors trends: the number of ICOs held far exceeds the number of worthy ideas and competent teams; small percentage of projects ready to present a finished product after finishing the fund-raising successfully.
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• Lydian Becomes First ICO To Accept ByteCoin as Payment Method During Its Public Crowdsale

  30-01-2018 22:16 via newsbtc.com
  Lydian becomes first ICO to accepts ByteCoin as payment method during its Public Crowdsale.
   
  Bytecoin (BCN) is the first cryptocurrency based on the CryptoNote technology, launched in July 2012, and is currently estimated to be valued at $1.2 billion on Coinmarketcap.com at the time of its release.
   
  BCN has partnered with Lydian to allow users to participate in the company’s public ICO that begins today. This is the first time the crypto community can use ByteCoin to purchase t
  
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• Facebook Removes ICOs, Bitcoin Advertising from Its Network ‎

  30-01-2018 22:04
  Facebook has also frozen ads for controversial financial instruments like ‎binary options.‎
  
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• Ransomware Creators Having Funds Stolen; Victims Locked Out

  30-01-2018 22:00 via newsbtc.com
  Ransomware distributors and other cybercriminals expecting an easy payday are having their illicitly obtained “earnings” stolen by likeminded individuals, who are hijacking the ransom payments before they are received and redirecting them into their own cryptocurrency wallets. At first glance, this may not seem like a huge problem — attackers getting a taste of their own medicine in becoming victims of cyber-theft themselves. But these attacks are also preventing ransomwar
  
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• NVidia’s GeForce Now & AMD’s Liquid Sky System

  30-01-2018 22:00 via crypto-news.net
  In this article, we will discuss the cryptocurrency mining industry and the frustration it causes for gamers around the world, as well as how the top two GPU companies Nvidia and AMD are handling the issue.
  Cryptocurrency mining causes gamers to twaddle in frustration
  Cryptocurrency mining has left the video gaming industry without the tools of its trade. Ethereum, Monero, ZCash as well as many other cryptocurrencies are regularly mined using GPU’s with a profit, a profit that is often rei
  
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• Bitconnect is Facing its Second Class Action Lawsuit

  30-01-2018 21:53
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  Another class-action lawsuit, along with a restraining order, has been filed against UK-based Bitconnect, this one in Kentucky. Brian Paige is suing Bitconnect for an undisclosed sum for operating an alleged online investment scam — a Ponzi scheme — in the second such lawsuit filed against the lending and exchange platform in a week.  At least 100
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• SEC Halts ICO for Fraud ‘Decentralized Bank’ Endorsed by Boxing Legend

  30-01-2018 21:13
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  The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filed charges against another initial coin offering (ICO) last week, arguing that AriseBank not only violated securities regulations but also made false statements to investors. The charges, which the SEC filed against the Texas-based AriseBank on Jan. 25, allege that the firm and its co-founders, Jared Rice Sr.
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• Blockchain Startup for Information Security Offers a New Approach to the Threat Detection

  30-01-2018 20:29 via newsbtc.com
  New Blockchain-based platform for information security aims to deliver better protection and reward the most rapid and effective new threat detection methods.
  Modern information security companies are unable to detect all the emerging threats accurately and fast enough and provide users and enterprises with full protection. Meanwhile, blockchain startup PolySwarm is going to change the game rules and offer consumers complex and multidimensional crowdsourced protection.
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• Facebook Is Banning Advertisements for Bitcoin, ICOs

  30-01-2018 20:26
  Social media giant Facebook has unveiled a new policy that bans advertisements involving bitcoin and initial coin offerings, among others. 
  
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• Facebook Is Banning Ads for Bitcoin and ICOs

  30-01-2018 20:26
  Social media giant Facebook has unveiled a new policy that bans advertisements involving bitcoin and initial coin offerings, among others. 
  
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• First Trustworthy Review Platform, Built With Blockchain Technology.

  30-01-2018 20:00 via crypto-news.net
  Moscow, Russian Federation, January 29th, 2018
  Revain releases version 0.4
  The first release of the 2018 is here. Today Revain is announcing next step in the development of its blockchain-based review platform. The company just released version 0.4 of its flagship Dashboard service. After several iterations aimed to test some core functions, Revain is finally adding first 20 projects to the platform.
  A few new things were included in v0.4.
  The starting page was relocated from Revain project&rsqu
  
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• CFTC Subpoenas Bitfinex over its Murky Relationship with Tether ‎

  30-01-2018 19:58
  Tether’s records showed it had $443 million in ‎bank accounts as of Sept. 15. ‎
  
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• Report: CFTC Sends Subpoenas to Bitfinex, Tether

  30-01-2018 19:50
  The CFTC has subpoenaed Bitfinex and Tether, according to a new report from Bloomberg.
  
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• CFTC Subpoenas Bitfinex and Tether as Questions Mount Over Audit

  30-01-2018 19:40
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  Questions surrounding one of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges and its relationship with embattled startup Tether are set to receive a hearing from US regulators. The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) sent subpoenas to both companies last week, according to a Bloomberg report, which cites an unnamed source familiar with the matter. “We routinely
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• Newsflash: Bitcoin Price Falls Under $10,000 After Bitfinex, Tether Subpoena

  30-01-2018 19:35
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  US regulators’ scrutiny into Bitfinex, one of the world’s largest cryptocurrency, over its dollar-pegged digital token Tether has sent bitcoin sinking below $10,000. Bloomberg is reporting that the US Commodities Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has sent subpoenas to Bitfinex and Tether, the firm behind a namesake digital token that is directly pegged to the value of
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• Bitcoin's Price Falls Below $10K Amid Wider Crypto Drop

  30-01-2018 19:13
  The price of bitcoin is down nearly 10 percent today, having slipped to close to $10,000 amid wider weakness in the cryptocurrency market.
  
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• Bitcoin Price Watch; Trading The Downside Action

  30-01-2018 19:10 via newsbtc.com
  So we are drawing to a close on yet another day of bitcoin trading and, unfortunately, it’s not been a great one from a price perspective. We said this morning that we were looking for some degree of sustainable long-term recovery and that an extended period of consolidation would provide the floor we were looking for.
  As it turns out, however, we haven’t got what we wanted.
  This doesn’t mean it won’t come – we’ve seen this sort of action weigh on price before
  
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• Bitcoin Charity Sends Free Software Foundation $1 Million Donation

  30-01-2018 19:06
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  The Free Software Foundation (FSF) has recently received a 91.45 BTC (roughly $1 million) donation from the anonymous founder of the Pineapple Fund, a bitcoin charity set to donate a total of 5,057 BTC, at press time worth about $54 million, to various organizations. We're overjoyed to announce that the FSF has received an extraordinary
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• Signal Trading Puts Bitto Ahead Of The Pack In The Crypto Exchange Space

  30-01-2018 18:24 via newsbtc.com
  As the cryptocurrency space has expanded into the mainstream over the last twelve months, the demands of the industry’s participants have increased. Many of the legacy services have had to improve on what they offer, faced with the threat of falling behind newer entrants and competitors in their respective corner of crypto.
  There’s perhaps no part of the cryptocurrency space that this is truer for than exchanges. Countless exchanges have fallen by the wayside for failing to keep up w
  
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• Lost and Found? Stolen NEM Tokens Start to Be Offloaded on Six Exchanges

  30-01-2018 18:23
  Some details are starting to emerge surrounding the $530m heist.
  
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• Lost & Found? Stolen NEM Tokens Starting to be Offloaded on Six Exchanges

  30-01-2018 18:23
  Some details are starting to emerge surrounding the $530m heist
  
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• SEC ‎Halts $1 Billion ICO of AriseBank, Discloses Criminal Background of ‎Executives

  30-01-2018 18:10
  AriseBank’s case is the third to be brought by the SEC’s new cyber unit‎.
  
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• BitConnect Hit With Second Lawsuit Over Ponzi Allegations

  30-01-2018 18:00
  Kentucky citizen Brian Page filed a class action lawsuit on behalf of each of BitConnect's former investors, alleging the company ran a Ponzi scheme.
  
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• Bitcoin Price Sinks Further as South Korea’s New Cryptocurrency Trading Rules Take Effect

  30-01-2018 17:53
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  Bitcoin price declined for a second consecutive day on Tuesday as South Korea’s new restrictive policies on cryptocurrency trading officially went into effect. As CCN reported, South Korea recently adopted new cryptocurrency trading regulations designed to curb the country’s heated markets. Beginning today, investors can no longer trade anonymously, so they m
  
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• Bitcoin Could ‘Herald a New Era’ and ‘Neuter’ Central Banks: Former US Senator

  30-01-2018 16:45
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  “Can a bunch of computers that are set up by a bunch of smart people do a better job [than central banks] of managing the vagaries of the world’s money supply?” That’s the question former US Senator Judd Gregg (R-NH) grappled with in an op-ed published this week by The Hill. Conventional wisdom says no, … Continued
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• NEM Faces Bear Market as 3-Day Slide Continues

  30-01-2018 16:19
  Down for the third consecutive day, NEM's native cryptocurrency XEM is close to seeing a revival of the bear market, technical charts indicate.
  
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• Another Blockchain ETF Has Launched

  30-01-2018 16:05
  Innovation Shares announced that it will launch a NextGen Protocol ETF that uses AI to identify and invest in blockchain innovators.
  
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• Samsung Begins Manufacturing ASIC Chips for Bitcoin Mining Rigs: Report

  30-01-2018 15:51
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  Electronics giant Samsung has begun manufacturing ASIC chips designed for Bitcoin mining, according to local media reports. The firm, which owns one of the world’s largest semiconductor manufacturing plants, completed the development of its ASIC chips last year and began mass production this month. Samsung is supplying its ASIC chips to an unnamed Chinese company
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• SEC Files Fraud Suit Against Crypto Bank ICO

  30-01-2018 15:50
  The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is charging cryptocurrency banking firm AriseBank over alleged fraud and violations of securities rules.
  
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• Humaniq Challenges Developers in Amsterdam

  30-01-2018 15:36
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• Event of the Month! Vestarin Starts the Long-Awaited Pre-ICO

  30-01-2018 15:24
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• Hong Kong Launches Cryptocurrency Educational Campaign

  30-01-2018 15:07
  The campaign will focus on the risks of cryptocurrency trading and ICOs.
  
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• 'Bitcoin Could Alter the World,' Says Former US Senator

  30-01-2018 15:00
  Former New Hampshire governor and three-term senator Judd Gregg has said he believes bitcoin could alter how the world views currency.
  
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• Hush, Neobank Of The Future, Will Offer Cryptocurrencies

  30-01-2018 14:23
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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. Neobanks (i.e., “mobile banking”) have expanded over the last 11 years in order to meet banking needs, especially in a digitized environment, for users seeking simplicity in banking services.
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• ALMBank Platform To Improve Access To Crypto Labor

  30-01-2018 14:13
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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 the cryptocurrency market continues to expand, so too does the demand for labor serving that market. Unfortunately, platforms have not been available that allow people to find secure
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• UNICEF Announces Funding Call for Blockchain Startups

  30-01-2018 14:09
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  UNICEF, the United Nations Children’s Fund, has announced funding for Blockchain-based startups through the UNICEF Innovation Fund. The organization is making available seed funding, ranging from $50,000 to $90,000, for startups with the capacity for positive global impact. The tender states- “We are interested in companies that use distributed ledger tech in new, groundbreaking, ways that
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• London Luxury Concierge Accepts Bitcoin

  30-01-2018 14:03
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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. When you think of the good life, you think of having a luxury concierge service. One Hundred Concierge, a London-based luxury concierge service, considers itself at the top of
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• Intel's Hyperledger Blockchain Sawtooth Is Ready for Business

  30-01-2018 14:00
  Intel's Sawtooth blockchain software has become the second codebase to graduate from incubation by the Hyperledger blockchain consortium.
  
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• Hyperledger Sawtooth Is Ready for Business Use

  30-01-2018 14:00
  Intel-contributed Sawtooth blockchain software has become the second code base to graduate from incubation by the Hyperledger blockchain consortium.
  
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• Hyperledger Sawtooth Is Ready for Blockchain Business

  30-01-2018 14:00
  Intel-contributed Sawtooth blockchain software has become the second code base to graduate from incubation by the Hyperledger blockchain consortium.
  
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• Bitstarz Now Accepts Litecoin (LTC) and Bitcoin Cash (BCH)

  30-01-2018 13:59
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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. Monday, Jan 29, 2018 – In an announcement that is sure to have gamblers everywhere smiling from ear to ear, BitStarz Casino is now accepting Litecoin (LTC) and
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• MyBit Partners With Alpine to Bring Sustainable Cryptocurrency Mining to Investors

  30-01-2018 13:58 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  MyBit, an open source decentralised platform, has announced that it has teamed up with sustainable cryptocurrency mining company, Alpine Mining. MyBit is aiming to be a first-class platform by giving users the opportunity to invest in smart, Internet of Things (IoT) devices on the ethereum blockchain. “There’s a lot of excitement around the Internet of […]
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• Fake Charlie Lee Tries to Scam People on Twitter

  30-01-2018 13:52
  Many users reported the account, but it is still active.
  
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• Davos discussions on Blockchain

  30-01-2018 13:45
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  Cryptocurrencies have been a hot topic for years, but the last year has been perhaps the first time that it has garnered so much attention from traditional economic circles. And traditional economic circles don’t get much wider than the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. At the 2018 World Economic Forum, one of the biggest—and
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• $10K Exposed? Bitcoin Bulls Fail to Defend Price Floor

  30-01-2018 13:45
  Bitcoin is looking at $10,000 after the bulls failed to defend a key level in the early Asian hours, price chart analysis suggests.
  
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• Do-It-Yourself Trading Strategies for All With Signals

  30-01-2018 13:30 via newsbtc.com
  You check the buy wall in the order book or the latest tweet on the coin’s feed for market-moving announcements or perhaps it’s your favorite Telegram chat room that you turn to for trading signals or a notification from a news site you rely on for up-to-the-minute information on cryptocurrency news and the coins you follow.
  And of course, there’s also the tried and trusted technical indicators honed in the stock markets over many years that have been transferred wholesale for
  
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• Samsung, South Korea’s Largest Firm, is Manufacturing ASIC Chips For Bitcoin Mining

  30-01-2018 13:24 via newsbtc.com
  Samsung, the largest company in South Korea which is accountable for a large portion of the country’s economy, has started the production phase of bitcoin and cryptocurrency mining equipment and ASIC mining chips.Local media outlets reported that Samsung partnered with a Chinese bitcoin mining equipment manufacturer last year and finished the development of its ASIC chips. Samsung, which operates one of the largest semi-conductor manufacturing plants in the world, will manufacture and supp
  
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• World Famous Brothel Bunny Ranch Considers Accepting Bitcoin

  30-01-2018 13:14
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  The Bunny Ranch, a Nevada-based legal establishment that is among the most popular brothels in the world, is considering accepting bitcoin payments according to owner Dennis Hof. Hof, who own seven brothels in Nevada, said he is exploring bitcoin in response to requests from his customers, who he said include some of the world’s wealthiest
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• Bitfury Group Launches Transaction Tracking Service for Law Enforcement

  30-01-2018 13:01
  Bitfury hopes that Crystal will allow Bitcoin to shed its shady reputation.
  
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