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• Malaysia: Nine Arrested Over Bitcoin Miner Theft

  27-02-2018 23:50 via newsbtc.com
  A criminal gang have been arrested in connection with the theft of cryptocurrency mining equipment in Malaysia. The group of nine are thought to have stolen at least 58 machines.
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  The theft occurred in the town of Seri Kembangan, formerly Serdang New Village. Arrests were made at around 10pm local time on February 23. The OCPD Assistant Commissioner Megat Mohammad Aminudin Megat Alias told domestic news source The Star of the group’s a
  
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• Trump Administration Working on 'Comprehensive Strategy' for Crypto

  27-02-2018 23:15
  A senior U.S. official said Tuesday that the government is looking into creating a "comprehensive strategy" around cryptocurrencies.
  
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• Japanese E-Commerce Giant Rakuten To Launch Its Own Cryptocurrency

  27-02-2018 23:00 via cointelegraph.com
  Japanese e-commerce giant Rakuten plans to launch its own cryptocurrency to encourage loyalty services globally. #NEWS
  
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• AirPod: privatizing comfort for transit travelers

  27-02-2018 22:18 via newsbtc.com
  Currently, there is a growing number of passenger traffic in airports across the globe while governments and other stakeholders move to enhance airport infrastructure in an effort to improve overall customer experience. As a result, the travel and napping industry has mostly been driven by the need to grow the throughput of passengers in transit from one airport to the other with airports offering solutions towards the establishment of smart airport concepts. However, these developments are yet
  
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• Goldman Sachs Exec: Central Bank Cryptos Could Be 'Incredibly Useful'

  27-02-2018 22:00
  A Goldman Sachs exec believes that cryptocurrencies – at least those that might one day be created by central banks – could be "incredibly useful."
  
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• Venezuelan President Claims ‘Petro’ Has Received 171,000 Pre-registrations

  27-02-2018 21:55
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  The initial coin offering (ICO) presale for Venezuela’s high-profile ‘Petro’ cryptocurrency has been a resounding success — at least according to state-run media outlets. Venezuela Claims ‘Petro’ Cryptocurrency Has Received 171,000 Intents to Contribute On Monday, Nicolas Maduro announced through the official presidential Twitter account that m
  
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• Coinbase is Sending 13,000 Customer Records Over to the IRS

  27-02-2018 21:12
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  Coinbase investors knew this day was coming. The top US cryptocurrency exchange for bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash, Ethereum and Litecoin on Feb. 23 notified the 13,000 affected investors by email, informing them the other shoe had dropped. Coinbase will comply with a judge’s ruling in a California federal court to share customer data of 13,000 of its users
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• The Telegram ICO: What We Know (And Don't) About 2018's Biggest Token Sale

  27-02-2018 21:00
  Encrypted chat app Telegram hasn't formally announced an initial coin offering, but that isn't stopping a flurry of information about the deal.
  
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• The Telegram ICO: What We Know (And Don't)

  27-02-2018 21:00
  Encrypted chat app Telegram hasn't formally announced an initial coin offering, but that isn't stopping a flurry of information about the deal.
  
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• Sikurphone: A Mobile Phone Secure Enough to Store Cryptocurrency?

  27-02-2018 21:00 via newsbtc.com
  It’s common knowledge in the cryptocurrency community that storing Bitcoin on a mobile device is a bad idea. Sophisticated hackers have come up with increasingly elaborate methods to compromise the security of mobile phones and once inside, it’s no challenge for them to export private keys and drain wallets. The brains behind SikurPhone believe they’ve created a device secure enough to make these concerns a thing of the past, however.
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• Nano Price Continues to Rise With 30% Gains

  27-02-2018 20:50
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  Cryptocurrency Nano leaps ahead in price by 30%. The move places the coin in the top twenty in terms of marketcap with a total valuation of $2.06b, making each Nano coin worth at $15 the time of writing. This jump is the latest in a period of huge volatility for the virtual currency, gaining 20% in just one
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• Texas Officials Issue Cease and Desist to Another Cryptocurrency Related Scam

  27-02-2018 20:29
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  The Enforcement Division of the Texas State Securities Board has issued an immediate cease and desist order to LeadInvest, which was a platform that allowed investors to “earn interest on the crypto market.” According to the order, LeadInvest was targeting investors in Texas and was failing to both disclose the background and qualifications of its … Continued
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• Goldmoney Adds Ethereum and Bitcoin Cash to Cold Storage Vault

  27-02-2018 20:17
  The Toronto-based firm offers its crypto services through a spin-off business ‎called ‎Netagio‎.
  
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• Swedish-Born Theodor Forselius Hopes To Replace Wikipedia With Crypto Alternative

  27-02-2018 19:54 via newsbtc.com
  22-year old Swede Theodor Forselius co-founded Everipedia, an organization that intends to take on Wikipedia as the internet’s premier encyclopedia. Earlier this month, Everipedia landed a $30 million deal with former Goldman Sachs partner Michael Novogratz’ new crypto-bank Galaxy Digital.
  Everipedia aims to overtake Wikipedia as the world’s leading digital encyclopedia. The company was co-founded by Theodor Forselius — a Swedish high school drop out and entrepr
  
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• StarbucksCoin? Exec Says Coffee Seller Will 'Probably' Use Blockchain

  27-02-2018 19:45
  StarbucksCoin? Recent comments from the coffee chain's executive chairman suggest the idea isn't so far-fetched.
  
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• Goldman Sachs is Also Sweating on Cryptocurrencies as a ‘Business Risk’

  27-02-2018 19:20
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  Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein might say that the investment banking giant does not have a “Bitcoin strategy,” but the company is now admitting that cryptocurrencies pose a business risk to the firm. Goldman Sachs Lists Cryptocurrencies as Business Risk The firm made this disclosure in a document dated Feb. 26 and filed with the US … Continued
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• Wait…What Happened to Bitcoin Transaction Fees?

  27-02-2018 19:04 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  To many regular participants in the Bitcoin economy, there may have been a sense that in the final months of 2017 transaction fees were rising quite significantly. There was a noticeable increase in transaction traffic across the latter part of the year, with an initial spike of high fees in late November preceding a huge […]
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• ‘These Guys Just Need Money’: What Do Venezuelan Users Think of Petro?

  27-02-2018 18:52 via cointelegraph.com
  Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro is charging headlong with the world’s first government-backed cryptocurrency, but the indications from the people who are meant to be using it are not good. #ANALYSIS
  
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• CEO of Polychain Capital Carlson-‎Wee Joins Tezos Foundation Board

  27-02-2018 18:51
  The news comes less than a week after the head of Switzerland's Tezos ‎foundation Johann ‎Gevers stepped down.
  
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• E-Commerce Giant Rakuten Is Launching Its Own Cryptocurrency

  27-02-2018 18:40
  Japanese e-commerce firm Rakuten is launching Rakuten Coin to use as part of its loyalty rewards program.
  
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• E-Commerce Giant Rakuten Is Launching Its Own Crypto

  27-02-2018 18:40
  Japanese e-commerce firm Rakuten is launching Rakuten Coin to use as part of its loyalty rewards program.
  
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• Bitcoin Millionaire 50 Cent Flips, Denies Owning Cryptocurrency

  27-02-2018 18:12
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  In courtroom documents obtained from his bankruptcy hearings, rapper 50 Cent admitted he never owned any Bitcoins. He had previously boasted owning the cryptocurrency, having accepted Bitcoin as payment for his 2014 album, Animal Ambition. Initially reported by TMZ, the rapper, whose real name is Curtis Jackson, collected around 700 Bitcoin in Animal Ambition album … Continued
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• Communication, Love, and the Blockchain

  27-02-2018 17:46
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• Venezuelan Leader Claims Big Demand for Petro Cryptocurrency

  27-02-2018 17:45
  Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro said the government has received 171,000 certified purchase orders for the petro, most of them from individuals.
  
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• Blockchain Based Advertising Network To Deliver Free Wi-Fi Worldwide

  27-02-2018 17:41
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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. World Wi-Fi, a Singapore-based blockchain platform, promises a free global Wi-Fi network that will make the digital advertising industry more transparent and provide advertisers more tools for targeting and … Continued
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• Your Data Is for Sale. Now You Can Profit from It

  27-02-2018 17:39
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• Leading Cryptocurrency Marketer Jeremy Epstein Joins the ARK Team as Lead Advisor

  27-02-2018 17:29
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• Hada DBank Team up with Scandinavian Exchange F1Cryptos, Listing Their Native HADA Tokens

  27-02-2018 17:25
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• Virtual Reality Blockchain Based Platform ImmVRse Official Sponsors of Tech XLR8

  27-02-2018 17:20
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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. ImmVRse, a project seeking to develop a blockchain based Virtual Reality content platform is now official sponsors of the Tech-XLR8 conference, Europe’s largest and most prominent tech festival.
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• Something to Trust Again – Blockchain Startup Brings Transparency to Digital Gambling

  27-02-2018 17:16
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• E-Commerce Giant Rakuten to Launch Cryptocurrency Rewards Program

  27-02-2018 17:11
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  Leading Japanese e-commerce platform Rakuten will transition its rewards program to a blockchain-based system featuring a company-developed cryptocurrency. E-Commerce Giant Rakuten to Launch Cryptocurrency-Based Rewards Program Rakuten CEO Hiroshi “Mickey” Mikitani made this announcement at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, according to a TechCrunch report, explaining that the token
  
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• Steve Wozniak ‘Loses 7 BTC’ In Unlikely Credit Card Fraud

  27-02-2018 17:04 via cointelegraph.com
  ‘It was that easy’? Woz alleged Bitcoin theft raises suspicions. #NEWS
  
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• Israeli Supreme Court Rules for Bitcoin Broker in Bank Dispute

  27-02-2018 16:15
  A cryptocurrency brokerage based in Israel won't have its bank account closed – for now – thanks to an intervention by the Supreme Court. 
  
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• EU Financial Stability Chief Hints at Broad Cryptocurrency Regulation

  27-02-2018 16:13
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  A European Union official raised the possibility of outlining new regulatory framework and guidelines for cryptocurrency markets and ICOs across the EU. In a speech delivered yesterday during a roundtable on cryptocurrencies, European Commission vice president Valdis Dombrovskis raised the possibility of introducing a broad EU regulatory framework after determining current guidelines surrounding
  
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• Rakuten Goes All In on Crypto: to Launch Its Own Cryptocurrency‎

  27-02-2018 16:00
  The move comes nearly two years after the e-retailer acquired Bitcoin ‎payments startup Bitnet.
  
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• Europol Sees “Distinct Shift” Towards Privacy-Based Altcoins

  27-02-2018 16:00
  Bitcoin is not anonymous enough for criminals.
  
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• A Ray of Hope for Utility Tokens

  27-02-2018 15:30
  Wyoming’s utility token bill, if enacted, is likely to be influential beyond its borders, as a model for other states and for the federal government.
  
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• Litecoin Price Posts Lonely Decline as LitePay Debit Card Launch Fails

  27-02-2018 15:21
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  The Litecoin price posted a lonely decline on Tuesday after LitePay’s much-anticipated debit card launch was scrubbed at the last minute and delayed indefinitely. Litecoin Price Makes Lonely Retreat The cryptocurrency markets continued to shake off their weekend slump on Tuesday, and most large-cap cryptocurrencies posted strong returns against the US dollar. But while the
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• Telegram Conundrum: Will It Give a Refund if Not Launched Before Deadline?

  27-02-2018 15:16
  The huge sums and the proven team puts the chance of not launching the platform at a bare minimum.
  
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• Japan's Finance Watchdog Eyeing ICO Regulation, Says Report

  27-02-2018 14:40
  Japan's financial regulator is reportedly mulling the creation of a regulatory framework for firms raising funds through initial coin offerings.
  
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• Study: 0.04% of US Cryptocurrency Adopters are Paying Taxes

  27-02-2018 14:39
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  Online finance company Credit Karma and research firm Qualtrics shared the results of a survey that kept a close eye on 250,000 Americans and their tax activities in terms of cryptocurrency. 100 or fewer of these people filed for cryptocurrency taxes while the rest of them did not. The reasons were not unintentional – prior
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• Bitcoin Cash Rallies on 38% Rise in Trading Volume

  27-02-2018 14:00
  Bitcoin cash is on the rise amid rising volumes, but can it break out of the bearish falling-channel pattern?
  
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• Bitcoin Cash Gains on 38% Rise in Trading Volume

  27-02-2018 14:00
  Bitcoin cash is on the rise amid rising volumes, but can it break out of the bearish falling-channel pattern?
  
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• Could We See EU-Wide Cryptocurrency Regulation in the Future?

  27-02-2018 13:54
  The EU is preparing to discuss cryptocurrency regulation at the G20 meeting in March.
  
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• Сryptocurrency Wallet Rahakott Has Added Two More Currencies: Bitcoin Cash and Litecoin

  27-02-2018 13:50
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• Blockchain Powered 3D and VR Open Source Platform MARK.SPACE Announces the Launch of CRYPTO.VALLEY Virtual City

  27-02-2018 13:43
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• AltairVR ICO: Business or Social Mission?

  27-02-2018 13:37
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• XinFin Integrates the Bancor Protocol, Provides Token Liquidity to XDCE Community

  27-02-2018 13:29
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• Bitcoin Price Leads $30 Billion Market Rally

  27-02-2018 13:29
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  The cryptocurrency market cap gained $30 billion on Tuesday, bolstered by a comprehensive advance that saw more than 80 of the 100 largest coins and tokens rise against the value of the US dollar. The Bitcoin price was the day’s headliner, soaring 10 percent to threaten the $11,000 threshold, but a number of other cryptocurrencies
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• Owning Bitcoin Gets Easier in 2018 with Cold Storage Coins™

  27-02-2018 13:26
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