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• Bank of England to Test DLT Use in New Settlement System

  27-03-2018 23:45
  The Bank of England has launched a proof of concept that will explore DLT-compatibility with its real time gross settlement service.
  
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• Poll: Two-Fifths of South Korean Millennials Keen to Invest in Bitcoin

  27-03-2018 23:42
  South Korean millennials are keen to invest in cryptocurrencies more than any other generation presently, according to a new report by the Bank of Korea (BOK). Not only are they interested but anxious to get in on the opportunity. Cryptocurrency trading has gripped the South Korean population and inspired a bandwagon effect in which the
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• Partnership Between Coingate and Prestashop Gives 80,000 Merchants the Ability to Accept Cryptocurrencies

  27-03-2018 23:30 via newsbtc.com
  In a promising move towards mainstream adoption, Coingate and Prestashop are teaming up to pave the way for 80,000 merchants in Europe to accept cryptocurrencies. The arrangement will permit consumers to pay for goods and services at any of the e-stores that use Prestashop’s e-commerce software solutions, using Bitcoin, Ether, Litecoin, Ripple, Dash, as well as 50 other altcoins the payment provider accepts.Coingate and Prestashop
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• NEO, EOS, LTC, IOTA and Lumens: Altcoins Technical Analysis March 28, 2018

  27-03-2018 23:00 via newsbtc.com
  Because of the obvious bad press, LTC took the brunt of the markets in the last 24 hours losing 3.5% according to CoinMarketCap. Of course, that was inevitable and with LitePay closing down after using $50K of Litecoin Foundation’s money, Lee should make due diligence before shilling LTC and giving spineless guarantees to a tax evader.
  Apart from that, the altcoins market is relatively calm with EOS back in the green and Lumens ranging in lower time frames. IOTA is not badly off and stable
  
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• Blockstream Introduces Lightning Applications With The Week of LApps

  27-03-2018 22:50 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The last few months have seen an exciting increase in the pace of updates and news from the three main development teams working on the different Bitcoin Lightning Network clients. The recent mainnet beta announcement from Lightning Labs, has been followed for the past few days with an exciting series via the Blockstream blog outlining […]
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• China’s Ant Financial Touts Blockchain, Nixes ICO Chatter

  27-03-2018 22:31
  Jing Xiandong, Ant Financial’s chief executive, called the blockchain “a cornerstone of trust” but dashed any hopes that the payments leader will pursue an initial coin offering. Xiandong, who also goes by Eric, set the record straight at the annual China Development Forum over the weekend. “The core of the blockchain lies in using technology to
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• AMD Bolsters Crypto Mining in Latest GPU Software Update

  27-03-2018 22:00
  The latest version of AMD's Adrenalin Edition driver for its Radeon processors fixes an issue impacting blockchain processes.
  
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• Bitfinex Refuses to List Venezuelan Petro Digital Currency

  27-03-2018 21:50 via newsbtc.com
  One of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges has issued a statement regarding the recently launched “El Petro” (PTR) – a digital currency supposedly backed by Venezuela’s crude oil reserves. Bitfinex are refusing to list the planet’s first ever state-issued cryptocurrency.
  The Petro Offers “Limited Utility”
  The reasons cited in the blog post from Bitfinex that was published earlier today are two fold. Firstly, the company declared that
  
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• Chilean Exchanges Seek Clear Regulations On Crypto After Banks Denied Them Services

  27-03-2018 21:36 via cointelegraph.com
  Two Chilean crypto exchanges urge the country’s Bank Association to take a transparent stance on crypto after several banks denied them service. #NEWS
  
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• Crypto Exchange Bitfinex Won’t Support Venezuela’s Petro, Following US Gov’t Ban

  27-03-2018 21:25 via cointelegraph.com
  Major crypto exchange Bitfinex will not include the Petro (PTR) or any similar tokens on its platform. #NEWS
  
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• Biotron.io Launches Public Initial Token Event

  27-03-2018 21:13 via newsbtc.com
  Analytics business Biotron.io has launched its Public Initial Token Event and proprietary BTRN token to drive crowdfunding for its personal data analytics platform. The BTRN utility token will be used to facilitate payment for data between data producers (Biotron users) and customers of Biotron’s analytics products. Biotron closed their private Initial Token Event yesterday having raised a total of 5200 ETH.
  Biotron is a fully transparent data analytics platform. It gives users control ove
  
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• Reddit Disables Bitcoin Payments Amid Coinbase Commerce Overhaul, But Are They Gone Forever?

  27-03-2018 21:08
  Reddit no longer accepts Bitcoin payments for its premium membership program, Reddit Gold, although the feature may return to the social media platform in the future. Last week, a Reddit user noticed that he or she was unable to use Bitcoin to gift another user a Reddit Gold subscription, a common way to show appreciation … Continued
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• Massachusetts Watchdog Halts Five Firm’s ‘Unregistered’ ICO Sales

  27-03-2018 21:02
  The list includes Mattervest Inc, Pink Ribbon ICO, Across Platforms Inc, ‎Sparkco Inc and 18 ‎Moons.
  
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• Massachusetts Halts 5 ICOs on 'Unregistered Securities' Grounds

  27-03-2018 21:00
  The U.S. state of Massachusetts halted five token sales, alleging all involved the sale of unregistered securities.
  
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• Massachusetts Halts 5 ICOs for Selling Unregistered Securities

  27-03-2018 21:00
  The U.S. state of Massachusetts halted five token sales, alleging all involved the sale of unregistered securities.
  
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• Forty Seven Bank Announces the Official Release of its API

  27-03-2018 20:58 via newsbtc.com
  The Forty Seven Bank has been surpassing one milestone after another since the beginning of its ICO. Now, in yet another showcase of progress, the platform has announced the launch of its API that allows developers to create applications and publish them on the Forty Seven App Store.
  It is an important development as the newly-released API can benefit the developer community by making it easy for them to create third-party fintech applications under the Forty Seven umbrella. They also get to lev
  
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• Bithumb Exchange To Bring Crypto Payments To 8K South Korean Merchants By 2019

  27-03-2018 20:57 via cointelegraph.com
  Bithumb users could soon be able to pay in offline stores with crypto following a new partnership with Korea Pay. #NEWS
  
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• Singapore, Japan Associations Sign Agreement For Joint Fintech Development

  27-03-2018 20:40 via cointelegraph.com
  Singapore and Japan’s fintech associations form new partnership to “bridge the gap between the two fintech communities.” #NEWS
  
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• Bitify Now Looks Like a Darkweb Marketplace

  27-03-2018 20:33 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Stolen giftcards, hacked logins, copyrighted books, email and password lists. It sounds like what would be available on the darkweb in some silk road successor site. But all that is being sold in the open, on the regular internet. Bitify claims to be “the world’s largest Bitcoin Marketplace and Auction site” and touts a strong […]
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• Reddit Drops Bitcoin Payment Option For 'Gold' Membership

  27-03-2018 20:30
  Reddit no longer allows users to pay in bitcoin for subscriptions to its premium membership program, Reddit Gold.
  
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• Bitcoin Bull Mark Yusko Raising Capital for $500 Million Cryptoasset Hedge Fund

  27-03-2018 20:04
  One of Bitcoin’s biggest bulls is doubling down on his conviction that the future is bright for cryptoassets. Mark Yusko, founder and chief investment officer at Morgan Creek Capital, announced that the Chapel Hill, North Carolina-based firm is seeking to raise up to $500 million to start a new hedge fund focused exclusively on cryptoassets … Continued
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• Russian Finance Ministry Says Venezuela Has ‘Not Offered’ To Pay Its Debts In Petro Coin

  27-03-2018 19:54 via cointelegraph.com
  Russian government says Venezuela has not offered to repay debts using the country’s Petro coin. #NEWS
  
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• Ford Patent Envisions Car-to-Car Crypto Transactions

  27-03-2018 19:30
  A patent awarded to Ford suggests the U.S. automaker is considering cryptocurrency as a way to help cars on the road communicate and reduce traffic.
  
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• eToro’s Intuitive Platform Enables Trading Cryptocurrencies and Other Assets

  27-03-2018 19:29
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• Facebook, Google and Twitter Ban Ads, But Do Their Founders Really Dislike Crypto?

  27-03-2018 19:28 via cointelegraph.com
  There’s a disconnect between social media platforms banning cryptocurrency related advertising and their leaders singing the praises of the technology #FOLLOW_UP
  
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• DLT for Securities Settlements Feasible but Complex BoJ & ECB Conclude

  27-03-2018 19:26
  Distributed ledger technology offers new possibilities but its rigid design structure brings its own set of problems
  
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• BitRewards Uses Blockchain To Simplify And Combine Loyalty Rewards

  27-03-2018 19:25
  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. Loyalty reward programs, while important, are costly for companies and difficult to manage, oftentimes frustrating customers with the difficulty of earning and redeeming points. Many such programs are discontinued
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• How to Identify the Best Crypto Exchanges from the ‘Rest’

  27-03-2018 19:13
  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. Many top exchanges present similar offerings as each other to investors and traders. As a result, many people choose their favourite based on branding or preferred user interface.
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• Celebrities Get a Blockchain Platform to Introduce Fans to Blockchain

  27-03-2018 19:08
  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. Endorsing Blockchain projects and investing in ICOs is becoming more and more common for celebrities. Among the already involved stars are Paris Hilton, Jamie Foxx and Floyd Mayweather.
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• Komodo Platform Partners With ValueNet Capital Ahead of First Decentralized ICO

  27-03-2018 18:59 via newsbtc.com
  Komodo Platform, a cryptocurrency project that focuses on providing anonymity through zero-knowledge proofs and security through a novel Delayed Proof of Work (dPoW) protocol, has entered a strategic partnership agreement with ValueNet Capital, Beijing-based venture capital fund.
  Komodo Platform To Launch World’s First Decentralized ICO With Help From ValueNet Capital
  Forked from Zcash by the SuperNET team, Komodo Platform offers complete independence on the blockchain, including dece
  
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• Cboe Letter to SEC Argues Industry Can Support Cryptocurrency ETFs

  27-03-2018 18:53 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The president and COO for the Cboe Global Markets has sent a new letter to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) expressing the view that the industry can support the launch of a cryptocurrency exchange-traded product (ETP). The letter, from Chris Concannon, the company’s head, which was in response to a January staff letter […]
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• Russian Official: Venezuela Won't Be Paying Its Debt in State Crypto

  27-03-2018 18:30
  A Russian Finance Ministry official has stated that Venezuela will not pay off its $3.5 billion debt using the petro.
  
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• CBOE Nudges SEC to Allow Bitcoin ETFs in New Letter

  27-03-2018 18:29
  The first regulated US exchange to list bitcoin futures contracts has asked the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to reconsider its hardline approach toward Bitcoin ETFs and other cryptocurrency-based exchange-traded products (ETPs). In a letter dated March 23, CBOE President Chris Concannon addressed concerns raised that the SEC had raised in a January letter sent
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• China: PBOC Begins Blockchain Rollout With ‘Blockchain Registry Open Platform’

  27-03-2018 18:24 via cointelegraph.com
  China: Blockchain Registry Open Platform marks the first Blockchain project realized by the central bank #NEWS
  
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• Bitfinex Denies Listing Venezuela’s Petro Token Anytime Soon

  27-03-2018 17:57
  Bitfinex‎ points to US President Trump’s executive order, which prohibits US ‎citizens from engaging in Petro ‎transactions. ‎
  
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• Bitfinex Denies Listing Venezuela’s Petro Anytime Soon

  27-03-2018 17:57
  Bitfinex‎ pointed to Donald Trump’s executive order which prohibits U.S. ‎citizens from engaging in Petro ‎transactions. ‎
  
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• LitePay Merchant Solution Ceases Operations, Litecoin Foundation Apologizes For Hype

  27-03-2018 17:51 via cointelegraph.com
  The closure of LitePay, a merchant solution promoted by LTC founder Charlie Lee and the Litecoin Foundation, has led to apologies from both for a lack of “due diligence”. #NEWS
  
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• Central Banks Say Blockchain Could Shake Up Securities Settlement

  27-03-2018 17:45
  The second report from the project 'Stella' initiative explores applications of distributed ledger technology to securities settlement mechanisms.
  
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• Twitter Bans Cryptocurrency & ICO Advertising, Starting Today

  27-03-2018 17:25
  Following previous reports of a rumored ban, Twitter has announced that cryptocurrency and ICO-related advertisements will be banned from its website from Tuesday. Micro-blogging giant Twitter has confirmed its new policy in following the likes of Facebook and Google in banning advertisements promoting cryptocurrencies and initial coin offerings (ICOs) from its platform. The ban will
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• Post Poloniex, Circle Hires Ex-Square Exec As Its New Chief Financial Officer

  27-03-2018 17:13 via cointelegraph.com
  As Circle drives Poloniex expansion, Square’s Naeem Ishaq comes on board as CFO. #NEWS
  
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• Coinbase in Talks to Acquire Earn.com, Its Biggest Acquisition Ever: Report

  27-03-2018 16:34
  Cryptocurrency brokerage Coinbase is preparing to make the largest acquisition in its nearly seven-year history, sources close to the situation say. Citing people “directly involved with the discussions,” CoinDesk reports that Coinbase is in talks to acquire Earn.com, a platform that allows users to earn cryptocurrency by replying to emails and completing other microtasks such
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• Coinbase ‘Paves Way’ For New Altcoin Support With ERC20 Upgrade

  27-03-2018 16:19 via cointelegraph.com
  Coinbase announces ERC20 support, but remains secretive about specific incoming new tokens. #NEWS
  
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• RWTH Aachen University To Explore IOTA For Industrial Use Cases

  27-03-2018 16:10 via cointelegraph.com
  The German University RWTH Aachen will explore IOTA’s Tangle technology for potential industrial use cases. #NEWS
  
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• Bitcoin: Safe Haven Asset or Lead Indicator for the S&P?

  27-03-2018 16:00
  Bitcoin is yet to find acceptance as "digital gold," an S&P 500 and bitcoin price comparison suggests.
  
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• Ubank Launches Blockchain-Based Platform to Enable Mass Consumer Investment in Cryptocurrency

  27-03-2018 15:50
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• “New Pose” for Cross-Chain Transaction-TNC Cross-Chain Converter

  27-03-2018 15:41
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• €1 Billion Stolen From Banks Worldwide and Laundered via Cryptocurrency

  27-03-2018 15:37
  Europol arrests the leader of the criminal gang responsible.
  
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• China To Cut Bureaucracy With Blockchain Technology

  27-03-2018 15:32 via newsbtc.com
  The Hangzhou Blockchain Research Institute, a subsidiary of the People’s Bank of China (PBoC), has launched a blockchain-based platform, the first of its kind to be launched under China’s central bank.
  China Launches Blockchain Registry Open Platform To Cut Through Bureaucracy
  The organization, also known as the Zhongchao Blockchain Research Institute, has reportedly presented its Blockchain Registry Open Platform (BROP) at the Global Financial Science and Technology S
  
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• Exit Wounds: Steven Seagal, Founders Abandon Bitcoiin as ICO Ends

  27-03-2018 15:27
  It’s not altogether unusual for the founders of a dubious initial coin offering (ICO) to abandon the project once they have collected funds. It’s rare, though, for the ICO operators to issue a statement announcing their “exit” from the project. That, however, is exactly what ushered in what may be the last chapter in the
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• Is This the New “Unicorn”?

  27-03-2018 15:18
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