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• Ethereum Founder Buterin: ‘Traditional Assets Are Safest Bet’ for Life Savings

  17-02-2018 21:59
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  Blockchain veteran Vitalik Buterin, co-founder of the Ethereum network behind No. 2 cryptocurrency by market cap ETH, is a realist. While last year may have put cryptocurrencies on the map, Buterin brings up the risk/reward profile. He doesn’t want investors to have false illusions about pie-in-the-sky returns without identifying any of the risks. Meanwhi
  
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• What Is the Cryptocurrency Anti-Phishing Working Group? - The Merkle

  17-02-2018 20:08 via themerkle.com
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  What Is the Cryptocurrency Anti-Phishing Working Group?
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  Cryptocurrency users are often targeted by criminals of all kinds. Whether through malicious software, hacked platforms, or phishing sites and emails, the number of threats has not diminished in the slightest. To counter all of this, there is a ...
  
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• Telegram ICO: Scam Among Cryptocurrency Scams - Forbes

  17-02-2018 19:13 via forbes.com
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  Jason Bloomberg , Contributor I write and consult on digital transformation in the enterprise. Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. Looking for the center of the action in cryptocurrency today? Bitcoin is so passé – the big money is ...and more »
  
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• Solve This Videogame’s “Mind-Blowing” Test, Get a Bitcoin

  17-02-2018 19:12
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  Beat the game, win a Bitcoin. Simple, right? That’s the premise of MonteCrypto: The Bitcoin Enigma, a PC game scheduled for release next week. The mysterious game, the latest in a long tradition of public treasure hunts, offers players the opportunity to achieve a lucrative payday — if they can solve the game’s two dozen
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• Bitcoin Mining Facility Interferes With T-Mobile’s LTE Network Verifying Payments

  17-02-2018 18:45
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  US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) revealed in an official “notification of harmful interference” document that a bitcoin mining facility based in Brooklyn, New York interfered with T-Mobile’s LTE network by sending harmful radio emissions to the telecom’s 700 MHz band. Antminer Interferes With LTE Network The FCC noted in an document published on
  
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• Venezuela's Cryptocurrency Attracts Middle Eastern, US Investors ... - teleSUR English

  17-02-2018 18:39 via telesurtv.net
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  Venezuela's Cryptocurrency Attracts Middle Eastern, US Investors ...
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  The Venezuelan government, which says the petro will help skirt financial sanctions by Washington, has scheduled the first petros sale for Tuesday.and more »
  
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• Atari Is Launching Its Own Cryptocurrency, Atari Token, Because Of Course It Is - Forbes

  17-02-2018 17:31 via forbes.com
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  Atari Is Launching Its Own Cryptocurrency, Atari Token, Because Of Course It Is
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  Paul Tassi , Contributor News and opinion about video games, technology and the internet Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. Universal. Atari in Blade Runner 2049. Atari remains one of the most perplexing brands in gaming, a shell ...
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• Anonymous Cryptocurrency Trader Buys $400 Million in Bitcoin - Investopedia (blog)

  17-02-2018 17:10 via investopedia.com
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  Anonymous Cryptocurrency Trader Buys $400 Million in Bitcoin
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  Cryptocurrencies have had a tumultuous start to 2018. At the start of the new year, many digital currencies were riding a wave of price growth, and the market capitalization of the industry grew to the point that a $1 trillion valuation didn't seem ...and more »
  
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• Cryptocurrency Trader Loses $603,000 in Margin Trading, Steals $2 Million

  17-02-2018 17:01
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  Earlier today, it was revealed that 24-year-old trader Joseph Kim, who worked for a Chicago based firm Consolidated Trading, allegedly stole $2 million to cover losses he made in margin trading and personal investments in the cryptocurrency market. Over $600,000 Lost Due to Greed According to the criminal complaint obtained by Bloomberg, Kim illegally transferred
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• Game Developer Atari Unveils Blockchain-Fueled Dual-Cryptocurrency Gaming Reboot

  17-02-2018 16:07
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  The video game console for hits like eighties favorite Pac-Man is readying a pair of digital tokens, which is likely to rack up points with investors.  The Atari Group revealed a two-pronged initiative for which it has inked a couple of partnerships involving not one but two cryptocurrencies. Atari is the latest in what appears
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• Bitstamp Enlists Onfido to Improve New Customer Onboarding

  17-02-2018 15:39 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The digital currency exchange Bitstamp has chosen Onfido’s identity verification engine to onboard new customers.  Onfido provides a full-stack identity verification platform, which will assist Bitstamp in processing its large amount of new customer signup requests. In December, due to the massive surge in demand for cryptocurrencies, many exchanges were forced to close their doors […]
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• Emotion vs Reason, Round 1: Historical Technology Hypes

  17-02-2018 15:27
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  Emotion vs Reason I’m sure most decisions you make are based on numbers rather than intuition or perception.  However, some are clearly misinformed. Not because you did not search thoroughly, or because you couldn’t find enough data. Rather, there’s something increasingly more difficult to analyse than numbers and facts: people’s feelings towards an event. –disclaimer:
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• Swiss Financial Regulators Publish “Pretty Reasonable” ICO Guidelines

  17-02-2018 15:12 via newsbtc.com
  FINMA, the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority, yesterday published guidelines explaining to organisers and investors how existing financial legislation would be applied to initial coin offerings. The document also details the criteria by which the regulator will judge each fundraising effort. The aim is to dispel uncertainty in the space and should allow investors and organisers alike to act with greater confidence.
  A press release accompanying the document stated that FINMA felt the c
  
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• The World Needs a New Kind of Currency, Bitcoin: Investor Tim Draper

  17-02-2018 14:36
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  Tim Draper, the founder of venture capital firm Draper Fisher Jurvetson, says the world needs a new kind of currency. Speaking from Stanford, California, Draper, an early investor in Bitcoin and a victim of the infamous 2014 Mt. Gox hack, spoke to Bloomberg TV of his confidence in cryptocurrencies. Draper lost around 40,000 Bitcoins in
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• The Secrets of Converting into Cryptocurrency from SELFLLERY!

  17-02-2018 14:18
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• XinFin ICO Enters Second Week, Announces Institutional Partnership

  17-02-2018 13:36 via newsbtc.com
  XinFin’s Hybrid Blockchain ICO was announced last week after launching minimum viable products and ongoing pilot projects with several institutions. The utility coin XDCE offering has now entered its second week.
  XinFin, the first of its kind Hybrid blockchain platform is entering into the second week of the ICO for its utility coin XDCE. XDCE is an ERC 20 token that is also 1:1 swappable with the XDC that has utility in hosting masternodes as well as to be used on tradefinex.org platform
  
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• XinFin ICO Enters Second Week, Announces Institutional Partnerships

  17-02-2018 12:32
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• Cryptocurrency Market Recovers to $500 Billion as Bitcoin, Ethereum Record Gains

  17-02-2018 12:32
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  For the first time in February, the cryptocurrency market has recovered to $500 billion, as most major cryptocurrencies including bitcoin and Ethereum recorded large gains in the past two days. Within the past 24 hours, bitcoin recorded a price increase 9 percent, rising from $10,030 to $10,850. Premiums in the South Korean cryptocurrency market have
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• Realista, the First Global Real Estate Platform

  17-02-2018 12:22
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• Launch of CryptoCities Triggers Race amongst Early Users to Discover Location Based Assets

  17-02-2018 12:11
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• In 10 Years We Won't Have Blockchains

  17-02-2018 12:00
  Instead, we may have something that does what a blockchain does, only faster, cheaper and scalable. It'll look more like a graph than a linear chain.
  
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• Popular Online Casino Site Adds Bitcoin as a Payment Option

  17-02-2018 11:59
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• ZeroEdge.Bet Opens New Office in London

  17-02-2018 11:00 via newsbtc.com
  ZeroEdge.Bet, a start-up that is building a blockchain based online casino network, is expanding its reach and will be opening brand new offices in London. The move was prompted by the unprecedented growth of the business, ahead of the proposed ICO dates later this year.
  The ZeroEdge team is extremely excited to meet fans and followers of the Zero Edge online casino network when their new offices open within the next few weeks. The team, comprising of a range of experts in their respective field
  
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• U.S. Courts Mining Cryptocurrencies?

  17-02-2018 11:00 via crypto-news.net
  The critical highs and lows which had plunged the cryptocurrency market into chaos seems to be taking its toll on cryptocurrency investors and miners as the U.S. Court systems and about 4000 websites unwittingly became cryptocurrency miners over the weekend.
  This attack was said to be a scheme to generate profits for the perpetrators by forcing unsuspecting visitors of the website to mine the cryptocurrency Monero. The perpetrators were said to have exploited the software code, Browsealoud, a te
  
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• The CryptoKitties Competitors: 4 Ethereum Games That Are Catching Up

  17-02-2018 11:00
  CryptoKitties may be the best-known ethereum app, but other games are fast winning users and registering notable volumes for expensive collectables.
  
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• Just CryptoKitties? Ethereum Games Are Catching On

  17-02-2018 11:00
  CryptoKitties may be the best-known ethereum app, but other games are fast winning users and registering notable volumes for expensive collectables.
  
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• Ethereum Game CryptoKitties Now Has Some Serious Rivals

  17-02-2018 11:00
  CryptoKitties may be the best-known ethereum app, but other games are fast winning users and registering notable volumes for expensive collectables.
  
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• ABN AMRO Launches Blockchain Bank Accounts to Kill Escrow Accounts

  17-02-2018 10:13
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  Dutch ‘big four’ bank ABN AMRO has launched a new service wherein bank accounts are issued to individual clients via the blockchain, as alternatives to escrow accounts. ABN AMRO is shifting gears in its blockchain endeavor. The Amsterdam-based banking giant has announced a new service wherein individual client within non-bank organizations entrusted with client funds
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• DCC —Realizing the Dream of Inclusive Finance

  17-02-2018 10:00 via newsbtc.com
  “The issue of competitive currencies by private-sector organizations and the survival and loss of currencies due to market competition is an ideal institutional system.”– Friedrich Hayek, Nobel Prize-Winning Economist
  The rise of blockchain technology is making Hayek’s dream become reality. There is still much progress to make though; competitive currencies alone are not enough to destabilize the existing traditional financial system, nor to establish a truly desirable on
  
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• Altcoin Analysis: NEO, EOS, LTC, IOT and Lumens

  17-02-2018 08:27 via newsbtc.com
  It is likely that most altcoins will complete a 3-bar bull reversal pattern known as a morning star right at key support levels in the weekly chart.
  LTC, Lumens and EOS/USD will lead the charge and offer wonderful buy opportunities next week.
  My advice is for buyers to wait for meaningful entries next week and not to buy at peaks at current prices.
  Let’s have a look at these charts:
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  XLMUSD Daily Chart for February 17, 2018
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• Visa and Worldpay Dismiss Worries about Coinbase Double Charging

  17-02-2018 08:15
  The companies have issued a statement to introduce some clarity for end-clients.
  
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• 7 speakers of Blockchain & Bitcoin Conference Thailand

  17-02-2018 06:52 via newsbtc.com
   
  Cryptocurrency investments, blockchain trends and industry development vectors will be discussed at Blockchain & Bitcoin Conference Thailand
   
  On March 6, Bangkok will host a large-scale international conference on blockchain, cryptocurrency and ICO – Blockchain & Bitcoin Conference Thailand. The event will be held at the five-star hotel Pullman Bangkok Grande Sukhumvit.
  Leading experts of the cryptocurrency sector from Thailand, as well as international experts from ot
  
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• Asian Altcoin Trading Roundup: Top Cryptocurrency is Neo

  17-02-2018 05:42 via newsbtc.com
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  The Asian holiday weekend is upon us and markets are looking good. Most digital assets are in the green and Bitcoin is holding steady at over $10k again. Altcoins are once again being pulled up by their big brother and, as expected, one is standing out from the crowd.
  According to Coinmarketcap NEO is the only altcoin trading in double digit gains during this morning’s Asian session. Up to $140 from $121 this time yesterday, Neo is having a solid run and is 13% higher. All oth
  
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• Visa: We’re Not to Blame for Coinbase Overcharges

  17-02-2018 03:04
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  Credit card processing giant Visa is pushing back against allegations that it is to blame for unauthorized charges reported by a growing number of Coinbase customers in recent days. Earlier this month, Coinbase users began reporting that they had been overcharged — sometimes by as much as 50 times their original purchase — for transactions
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• Could the Small Industrial Towns of Canada Provide the Ideal Home for Crypto Miners?

  17-02-2018 03:00 via newsbtc.com
  Cryptocurrency mining is more competitive than ever. With enormous rig constructions consuming more energy than many of the nations of the world dominating the once cottage industry, cutting every possible cost is vital. For this reason, miners like cool climates where electricity is cheap. Endless rows of components brute forcing numerical combinations to release cryptocurrency is warm work and extraction units cost money to buy and run. For these reasons, miners have previously favoured the li
  
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• Patent Stockpiling: Bank of America Holds 45 Crypto-Related Patents

  17-02-2018 01:30 via newsbtc.com
  A patent grants its holder exclusive rights to an invention, such as a piece of technology, for a certain period of time. While designed as a means of protecting the intellectual property of inventors, the system is not without its critics who believe that patenting deters innovation and wastes resources.
  Consider crypto founding fathers like Satoshi Nakamoto, individuals and groups who place ideas ahead of profit and are more aligned with open source principles than filing patents and closely g
  
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• FCC: Bitcoin Miner Interfered with T-Mobile’s LTE Network in Brooklyn

  17-02-2018 00:15 via newsbtc.com
  The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has taken action against a Brooklyn resident who was using a Bitcoin miner because the machine was interfering with T-Mobile’s 700 MHz LTE network in the city. FCC Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel commented on the incident in a Tweet:Okay, this @FCC letter has it all: #bitcoin mining, computing power needed for #blockchain computation and #wireless #broadband interference. It all seems so very 2018. https://t.co/EaXxmBAMXH
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