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• The NSA Has Been Tracking Bitcoin Users, Snowden Papers Reveals

  20-03-2018 23:34
  Not to be mistaken for another Jason Bourne thriller, the Edward Snowden papers show a US government/bitcoin connection. The Intercept is reporting classified documents leaked by Snowden prove that the US National Security Agency (NSA) in fact was keeping tabs on bitcoin users globally, as evidenced by a report that’s surfaced from March 2013. The timing
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• Volumes on Most Major Cryptocurrency Exchanges Are Fake or Inflated: Study

  20-03-2018 23:18 via cointelegraph.com
  Research has shown that most major cryptocurrency-only exchanges have significantly low liquidity, allowing price manipulation.
  
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• Could Indecent Images on the Blockchain Spell the Demise of Bitcoin?

  20-03-2018 22:47 via newsbtc.com
  A team of German blockchain researchers have discovered images of child abuse on the Bitcoin blockchain. Since many network participants need to download a copy of the entire blockchain and it is entirely immutable, the legal implications of this might be damning for the world’s most popular cryptocurrency.
  Indecent Content on the Blockchain Could Render it Illegal
  The Bitcoin blockchain is a record of every transaction that has ever occurred on the network. One of its major value proposit
  
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• Russia ‘Secretly’ Helped Venezuela Launch State Crypto Petro: Report

  20-03-2018 22:27
  Venezuela’s oil-backed cryptocurrency, the Petro, was the work of a joint collaboration between Venezuelan and Russian government officials with Putin’s personal approval, Time Magazine said Tuesday. Citing anonymous sources close to the ‘half-hidden joint venture’ between Venezuelan and Russian officials, Time Magazine is reporting that Russian president Vladimir Putin signed off on Kremlin aiding Venezuela
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• NEO, EOS, LTC, IOTA, Lumens: Technical Analysis March 21, 2018

  20-03-2018 22:10 via newsbtc.com
  It was our expectation that altcoin prices: NEO, LTC, IOTA, EOS and Stellar Lumens will continue edging higher as the market gets a reliever.
  But really, will the new realization by the G20 that cryptocurrencies doesn’t pose a systemic risk to the establishment continue buoying prices? Well, that’s a question everyone else is asking and we shall see how prices react to that in the coming days.
  Let’s have a look at these charts:
  XLM/USD (Stellar Lumens)
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• A16z, USV Lead $12 Million Funding for Ethereum App CryptoKitties

  20-03-2018 22:05
  CryptoKitties will break away from its developer, Axiom Zen, after raising $12 million of venture capital.
  
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• A16z, USV Lead $12 Million Funding for CryptoKitties

  20-03-2018 22:05
  CryptoKitties will break away from its developer, Axiom Zen, after raising $12 million of venture capital.
  
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• Bermuda to Vote on Bill Introducing ICO-Friendly Regulations ‎

  20-03-2018 21:42
  ICO issuers will be required to ‎provide adequate, accurate, and balanced ‎information regarding their ‎projects
  
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• Bermuda Moves Ahead with Introducing ICO-Friendly Regulations ‎

  20-03-2018 21:42
  ICOs issuers will be required to ‎provide adequate, accurate and balanced ‎information over their ‎projects.
  
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• Official: G20 Calls for Cryptocurrency Regulation Recommendations by July 2018

  20-03-2018 21:25
  The world’s economic leaders gathered in Buenos Aires, Argentina for the G20 summit, and sought for proposals of cryptocurrency regulations to come by July 2018 according to the G20 communique. The document backs the words of Frederico Sturzenegger, Argentina’s Central Bank chief, who noted cryptocurrencies need to be examined. Having seen the document, CCN can
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• Maryland Bills Call for Study, Possible Regulation of Blockchain

  20-03-2018 21:00
  Maryland's proposed Financial Consumer Protection Act would represent the U.S. state's first regulatory pronouncements on cryptocurrency since 2014.
  
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• Altcoin Markets in ‘Purgatory’, Will Turn Bullish Late Summer: Bitcoin Bull Tom Lee

  20-03-2018 20:30
  The altcoin bloodbath may finally be nearing its culmination, but small-cap coins will likely spend the next quarter in “purgatory” as they await a late-summer bull market. That’s according to market strategist and noted Bitcoin bull Tom Lee, whose firm — Fundstrat Global Advisors — was the first Wall Street strategy firm to recommend cryptocurrencies
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• Wikipedia Rival Everipedia Plans Token Airdrop in June

  20-03-2018 20:05
  Decentralized encyclopedia startup Everipedia announced it would airdrop its IQ tokens to members in June.
  
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• Binance and Bitrex List Better Coins Than Their Competitors, Study Says

  20-03-2018 19:46
  The study is based on the all the coins that started trading in 2017/18 on the exchanges.
  
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• G20 Calls for Crypto Regulation Recommendations By July

  20-03-2018 19:45
  Argentina's Central Bank chairman, Frederico Sturzenegger, said the G20 members are looking for "specific recommendations" on cryptocurrencies.
  
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• About Trump’s Petro ‘Ban’: Cryptocurrencies Ignore Invisible Lines

  20-03-2018 19:36
  As CCN earlier reported, US president Donald Trump has banned US citizens from trading in the Venezuelan-government backed Petro cryptocurrency. This isn’t like a chat ban, though. It’s a law. They have to send some guys after you if you decide to ignore the law, and of course, in this editorial, I don’t mean to
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• Don’t Read Too Much into the FSB’s Letter to the G20 on Bitcoin: Expert Take

  20-03-2018 19:28 via cointelegraph.com
  The FSB note was in part a procedural step to the G20 summit, which includes discussions on a range of supervisory matters, including cryptocurrencies #EXPERT_TAKE
  
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• The Floor Opens the ‘Blockchain Factory’, Looks to China and India

  20-03-2018 19:02
  The Israeli financial technology centre is accepting early-stage startups for the first time.
  
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• The Floor Opens ‘Blockchain Factory’, Looks to China and India

  20-03-2018 19:02
  The Israeli financial technology center is accepting early-stage startups for the first time.
  
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• Crypto Markets Fluctuate After Rapid Rebound, But Decline Is Still Insignificant

  20-03-2018 18:41 via cointelegraph.com
  Cryptocurrency markets continue bouncing around yesterday’s levels, news about G20 proceedings to make further signals. #NEWS
  
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• Switzerland Welcomes Real Estate Crypto Token SwissRealCoin

  20-03-2018 18:37 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A young Swiss startup called Crypto Real Estate is looking to use blockchain technology to improve transparency and efficiency in the management and portfolio management of properties in Switzerland. The company is building a platform that is set to bring real estate assets onto the blockchain and provide investors with easy access to the Swiss […]
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• Bitcoin’s ‘Explosive Growth’ Sees UK Government Launch Crypto Study

  20-03-2018 18:34
  Britain’s junior finance minister John Glen has confirmed an upcoming government research effort in seeking to better understand and look into potential risks of cryptocurrencies like bitcoin. Speaking at a financial conference on Monday, Glen cited concerns with crypto-related risks, particularly after the “explosion of growth” of prominent currencies like bitcoin in the mainstream. As
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• Report: Russians Helped Venezuela Launch the Petro

  20-03-2018 18:31
  Time Magazine reported Tuesday that the Russian government helped Venezuela develop the petro cryptocurrency with the support of Vladimir Putin.
  
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• Bytecoin’s Latest Wallet Revolution – March 20th

  20-03-2018 18:31
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• Stellar Gears up to Implement Lightning Network in 2018

  20-03-2018 18:28
  The protocol will bring much-needed scalability improvements to current blockchain networks.
  
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• Canadian Bitcoin Entrepreneur Slams BCH As ‘Scam’ During Parliamentary Testimony

  20-03-2018 17:49 via cointelegraph.com
  Canadian BTC advocate calls BCH a ‘scam’ during Parliamentary testimony, then jokingly asks for donations on Reddit and is shot down by angry Reddit users #NEWS
  
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• Football Stars Become Official Supporters of Blockchain Platform Globatalent

  20-03-2018 17:44
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• This Tiny Altcoin Proves There’s Light in the Crypto Tunnel!

  20-03-2018 17:37
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• Bermuda Drafting ICO-Friendly Legislation to Draw Crypto Businesses

  20-03-2018 17:30
  Bermuda is drafting ICO regulation in the hopes of creating a friendly environment for crypto businesses, the island's premier has said.
  
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• Ripple Chief Brad Garlinghouse is Keeping It Real on ICOs

  20-03-2018 17:28
  Ripple’s chief executive has some words of advice for issuers behind ICOs: don’t spend all of your funds in one place. Brad Garlinghouse, who is at the helm of the blockchain startup that’s behind the XRP token, admonished ICO companies to “save some of the proceeds” in the event they find themselves the target in
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• Robotina ICO: Improving Energy Efficiency with Blockchain

  20-03-2018 17:18
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• Stellar Announces Plans To Implement Lightning Network

  20-03-2018 17:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Ever since The Lightning Network was developed, it has been proclaimed as the solution for the scalability issues that are plaguing various cryptocurrencies, including Bitcoin. Soon after the reveal of the beta for the Lightning Network on the 15th of March, Stellar announced that they will be utilizing and integrating the Lightning Network into their […]
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• New Survey Shows Around 26 Mln Americans Own - And 8 Percent Plan To Buy - Cryptocurrencies

  20-03-2018 16:58 via cointelegraph.com
  A survey on Americans and cryptocurrency shows 8 percent, or 26 mln Americans, own crypto #NEWS
  
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• Boxing Legend Manny Pacquiao Latest Celebrity to Turn ICO Promoter

  20-03-2018 16:39
  Boxing Legend Manny Pacquiao has become the latest celebrity to license his personal brand to an initial coin offering (ICO). The Filipino fighter, an eight-division world champion, has become the latest celebrity ambassador for the Singapore-based Global Crypto Offering Exchange (GCOX), a startup that allows celebrities to create their own cryptocurrencies which fans can then
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• US Treasury Publishes 5 Tips For Blockchain Projects

  20-03-2018 16:30
  The US Treasury Department has just published five tips for building blockchain projects based on lessons learned during work on a proof-of-concept.
  
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• XcelTrip Announces the Sale of XcelToken

  20-03-2018 16:08
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• How Ethereum Kickcstarted a Crowdfunding Revolution

  20-03-2018 15:54
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• Stellar Preps Lightning Network Implementation for December Release

  20-03-2018 15:42
  The development team behind blockchain project Stellar has revealed that they intend to launch a mainnet implementation of the Lightning Network (LN) by the end of the year. On Monday, the Stellar team released the technical specifications and roadmap for its implementation of the Lightning Network, a technological upgrade that allows cryptocurrency networks to increase
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• Enhancing the Freelancer Market with the Blockchain

  20-03-2018 15:37
  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. A team of Brazilian entrepreneurs plans to enhance their existing freelancing platform by linking service providers’ reputation to the blockchain. Crafty.work has a minimum viable product (MVP) called
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• German Researchers: Child Abuse Content Found On Bitcoin Blockchain, Users Must Be Protected

  20-03-2018 15:36 via cointelegraph.com
  Blockchain must deal with illegal content and keep users safe from prosecution, says new research. #NEWS
  
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• Crypto Exchange Lists the Blockchain Startup Protecting Autonomous Cars

  20-03-2018 15:06 via cointelegraph.com
  Driverless car protection available for crypto trading: Hong Kong-based OKEx has become the first exchange to listhigh tech startup Cube #SPONSORED
  
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• Bitcoin Price Chart Reminds Morgan Stanley of Nasdaq Tech Bubble, But Claims It’s Moving 15 Times Faster

  20-03-2018 14:56 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Bitcoin has had a difficult start to the year, and according to strategists at Morgan Stanley, the cryptocurrency’s price chart looks similar to the fall of Nasdaq. The only difference, though, is that bitcoin is moving 15 times faster. In mid-December, bitcoin enjoyed a high of over $19,000; however, in early February its price had […]
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• G20 Considers Crypto As Assets, Not Currencies, According To Document Draft

  20-03-2018 14:51 via cointelegraph.com
  G20 draft document released before Tuesday crypto discussion writes of crypto as an asset rather than a currency #NEWS
  
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• Blockchain Tech Provider Bitfury Gains Government Approval For $35 Mln Norway Datacenter

  20-03-2018 14:34 via cointelegraph.com
  $35 mln datacenter to be built in Norway in Bitfury energy efficiency drive. #NEWS
  
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• Bitcoin Price Holds Above $8,500 as Market Fights to Cement Recovery

  20-03-2018 14:30
  The Bitcoin price held above $8,500 on Tuesday as the market fought to cement yesterday’s widespread recovery. On Monday, the cryptocurrency market cap swelled by $45 billion, with virtually every top-tier cryptocurrency experiencing a double-digit percentage advance against the US dollar. The market ebbed from its intraday high leading into Tuesday morning, but it is
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• Below $500? Ether Price Seeks Floor After 40% Drop

  20-03-2018 14:00
  Ether's long-term price floor looks to have dropped to $300, courtesy of a bearish head-and-shoulders breakdown.
  
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• Below $500? Ether Price Seeks Floor After 40% Decline

  20-03-2018 14:00
  Ether's long-term price floor looks to have dropped to $300, courtesy of a bearish head-and-shoulders breakdown.
  
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• Kenneth Goodwin–FinTech-Blockchain Advisor joins Zerocoin – CryptoCurrency for Gambling

  20-03-2018 13:59 via newsbtc.com
  Meet Kenneth Goodwin – Blockchain Advisor to ZeroEdge.Bet
  Kenneth Goodwin shares over 20 years of wisdom and knowledge gleaned through diverse fields including Financial Technology (FinTech), Regulatory Technology (RegTech), Artificial Intelligence, U.S., and Japan central banking, and of course, Blockchain and ICO. Ken is also a Mike and Maureen Mansfield Fellow is a regular U.S. White House Business Council/Business Forward member and has been featured in several leading financial public
  
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• Largest Bitcoin Mining Farm in UK Seeking Investors

  20-03-2018 13:37 via newsbtc.com
  Bladetec, a UK tech company with past experience in IT support for NATO and the UK Ministry of Defense, is building the first Bitcoin mine in Europe funded by investors in a limited company protected by UK law.
  Bladetec Raising £10 million To Build Largest Bitcoin Farm In The UK
  Located in the Southeast of the United Kingdom, the facility – Third Bladetec Bitcoin Mining Company (TBBMC) – will cover 3,500 square feet divided in three locations in London, Surrey, and Su
  
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• Sierra Leone Gov’t Says No Blockchain Officially Used In Elections After Misleading Media Hype

  20-03-2018 13:27 via cointelegraph.com
  Headlines claiming “first Blockchain election” by voting tech company Agora in Sierra Leone lead to gov’t denial of Blockchain use, explanation of media hype by Agora #NEWS
  
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