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• ASRock to Launch Four New Mining GPUs

  04-04-2018 23:27 via newsbtc.com
  According to a leaked presentation slide, ASRock will soon release four new mining GPUs. The news comes just a week after the American motherboard manufacturer published details of a new range of gaming graphics cards.
  ASRock Comes Into the Crypto Space Swinging
  Early last month, DigiTimes reported on rumours that ASRock was going to enter the cryptocurrency space. It now appears that these rumours have been confirmed.
  The new graphics cards from ASRock first appeared via a leaked Tweet by user
  
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• Student Cryptocurrency Miners Face Rising Costs, Squeezed Margins

  04-04-2018 23:22
  Savvy college students who have been mining bitcoin from their dorm rooms are facing a one-two punch from lower cryptocurrency prices and rising mining costs. Even though the electricity bill is included under room and board, giving today’s college kids a key advantage in the bitcoin mining process, the persistently low cryptocurrency prices of late
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• NEO, EOS, Litecoin, IOTA and Stellar Lumens: Altcoins Technical Analysis April 5, 2018

  04-04-2018 23:00 via newsbtc.com
  There is an all-round depreciation of altcoins. With Litecoin reversing yesterday’s gains, we are rooting for a retest of $90. However, that’s not the only coin under our preview. Stellar Lumens might follow Litecoin route and shed further with possible bear stops at $0.07 while NEO may inch towards $40 and then $25. Despite being in an ICO, EOS value might fall to $4 in the short to medium term if we base our projections on altcoins technical analysis.
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• CEO of Defunct Mt. Gox Doesn’t Want to Get Rich Taking ‎Creditors’ Bitcoins

  04-04-2018 22:46
  Karpeles could stand to gain 160,000 bitcoin ‎and bitcoin ‎cash from the remaining assets in the Gox estate‎.
  
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• Bank of Montreal Expands Crypto Purchase Ban

  04-04-2018 22:45
  Canada's Bank of Montreal will prohibit customers from purchasing cryptocurrencies using Interac debit cards, on top of an existing Mastercard ban.
  
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• Ripple Struggles to Get Listed on U.S. Exchanges as Regulators Determine What Coins Are Deemed Securities

  04-04-2018 22:30 via newsbtc.com
  XRP is marketed as a valuable link between the world of traditional banking and digital currencies, supposedly designed to revolutionize how banks move cash across borders, making transactions faster and cheaper. Despite this, Ripple is struggling to get listed on two major U.S.-based cryptocurrency exchanges, Gemini and Coinbase.According to people familiar with the matter who asked to remain anonymous, last year, a Ripple executive asked whether a $1 million cash payment could p
  
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• Instant, Zero-Commission Cryptocurrency Messenger and Transfer Ecosystem Paymon Reaches $500k in First Stage of ICO

  04-04-2018 22:24 via newsbtc.com
  Crypto messenger and payment platform Paymon has reached its $500,000 soft cap in the first phase of its initial coin offering. Paymon’s development began in 2016 and has steadily gained interest within crypto circles for its unique blockchain that promises zero-fee transactions, unlimited speed, atomic swaps, and massive scalability.
  The team behind Paymon recently released the beta versions of their encrypted messenger service as well as smart wallet apps for securing crypto assets. As P
  
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• Here’s What It Costs to Get Your ICO Token Listed on an Exchange

  04-04-2018 22:15
  Initial coin offering (ICO) founders aren’t the only ones getting rich from token sales. According to research from Autonomous Next LLP, cryptocurrency exchanges are raking in millions of dollars from ICO operators seeking to secure a spot for their tokens on high-volume trading platforms. “It sounds like the market price to list a crypto token
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• Federal Reserve Governor: We’re Monitoring ‘Extreme Volatility’ of Cryptocurrencies

  04-04-2018 22:00
  Federal Reserve Governor Lael Brainard said the central bank is monitoring the “extreme volatility” of cryptocurrency prices, particularly bitcoin, but does not believe virtual currencies pose a current threat to U.S. financial stability. Brainard made the remarks April 3 during a speech at the Stern School of Business in New York, where she warned investors to
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• ICOs Can Pose 'Fundamental Issues' Says Ontario Securities Regulator

  04-04-2018 21:55
  Canada's most populous province wants to retain its image as an "innovation hub," but worries that investors don't "understand what they're buying."
  
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• OKEx Denies Responsibility for Bitcoin Price Crash on Futures Exchange

  04-04-2018 21:16
  Cryptocurrency exchange giant OKEx is pushing back against allegations that it is responsible for market manipulation that caused the Bitcoin price to crash below $5,000 on its futures exchange last week. In a statement released Wednesday, the Hong Kong-based exchange denied allegations that it had actively manipulated the futures markets to liquidate the positions of … Continued
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• SMRT Project Leverages Blockchain Technology To Jumpstart The Startup Economy

  04-04-2018 21:00
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• Korean Regulator Tells Crypto Exchanges to Revise User Agreements

  04-04-2018 20:45
  South Korean regulators, whose decisions have shaken cryptocurrency markets in the past, are reportedly cracking down on exchanges' contract terms.
  
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• Coinvest Announces Premium Hardware Wallet with Innovative Design and Architecture to Securely Store Cryptonized Assets

  04-04-2018 20:31 via crypto-news.net
  The Coinvest hardware wallet complements the Coinvest decentralized investment trading platform and offers a single integrated solution to securely invest and store cryptonized assets.
  DALLAS, TX – Coinvest, an emerging blockchain startup comprised of Microsoft alumni, is announcing the details of their hardware wallet that offers consumers a secure end-to-end solution to complement the Coinvest decentralized investment trading market for cryptocurrencies.
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• Op-ed: Is it Acceptable for Altcoins to use “Bitcoin” in Their Names?

  04-04-2018 20:21 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  One of the key talking points near the end of 2017 was that 2018 would be the year of the Bitcoin forks. After noticing the relative success achieved by Bitcoin Cash (Bitcash), some commentators believed there would be many other coins released via a similar airdrop-based methodology this year. Other than Bitcash, the only other […]
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• Lympo – Monetizing sports and health data via blockchain technology

  04-04-2018 20:16 via crypto-news.net
  Every day we are experiencing a lot of different ideas popping up in cryptocurrency and blockchain, but rarely do we see a product/service that has something to do with health. Today is going to be different because you will discover a completely new and revolutionary vision that will improve the lives of many.
  Imagine a platform that rewards you for taking care of your body. That provides you with a clear incentive to keep on running, keep on going to the gym, to keep working on yourself. Anybo
  
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• Survey: 14% of 25-30-Year-Old Japanese Male Office Workers Own Cryptocurrencies

  04-04-2018 20:00 via newsbtc.com
  A study has found that 14 percent of male Japanese office workers aged 25-30 are hodling cryptocurrencies despite market trends seeing prices taking a tumble.
  Even though the price of bitcoin has fallen below the $7,000 mark again to $6,935, amid trade war fears between China and the U.S., that doesn’t appear to be deterring some male office workers in Japan from investing in the market.
  So much so that a report suggests that 90 percent of the 4,374 participants surveyed nationwide last mo
  
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• Craig Wright Served with Summons for $10 Billion Lawsuit from Dave Kleiman’s Estate

  04-04-2018 20:00
  NChain chief scientist and self-proclaimed Bitcoin creator Craig Wright has received an official summons to appear in court in connection with a mammoth $10 billion lawsuit levied against him by the estate of early Bitcoin adopter Dave Kleiman. According to public documents dated March 15 and filed with the US District Court for the Southern … Continued
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• Skycoin’s Free Internet Service Rewards and Empowers Netizens for Sharing

  04-04-2018 19:57 via newsbtc.com
  Ninety percent of companies conducting initial coin offerings are expected to fail in the future. The often-cited statistic is no doubt intimidating to an investor in blockchain and cryptocurrency startups. Knowing why crypto projects will fail can help you invest your money more wisely in the crypto economy.
  At this early stage, the majority of crypto failures are related to scams and hacking. As ICO startups move from concept into the commercial mode, more will fail owing to the lack of a viab
  
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• 'Lack of Understanding' Derails Georgia's Bitcoin Tax Bill

  04-04-2018 19:31
  A Georgia bill to enable tax payments through cryptocurrencies failed to get out of committee, one of the measure's sponsors said.
  
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• Lionchain: How To Achieve Financial Freedom In Short Time

  04-04-2018 19:22 via crypto-news.net
  In 2017, the office workers in Beijing, with monthly salary of 20000, looking at the rising house prices, thinking when will be the exact time to buy palm size house in the city. It is clear that this desire is becoming more and more distant for those who are now paid fixed monthly wage. As a result, some people aim at the digital currency, this emerging market, with sparks, gradually form a prairie fire in the investment field. In the past year, bitcoin has shot up 14 times, and ETH has risen 1
  
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• Crowdsourced Safety App Vizsafe Uses Blockchain to Reward Users for Doing Good

  04-04-2018 19:22
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• Skycoin Free Internet Allows Users to Surf and Sell Their Digital Bandwidth

  04-04-2018 19:14
  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.   Open your internet browser and you are free to browse whatever you fancy, or so it seems. Truth is, corporate and government filters control what news and … Continued
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• UK: Online Criminal Has £50,000 Worth of BTC Seized

  04-04-2018 19:12 via newsbtc.com
  A cyber criminal from Slough, UK, has been found guilty of an elaborate online fraud. The case involves one of first seizures of Bitcoin in Britain.
  Fraudster Used Second Life to Launder Stolen Funds
  Not only has Gabriele Pearson, 23, had around £50,000 worth of Bitcoin seized from him but he also faces 15 months in jail for the crime he was sentenced to last Wednesday. Commenting on the lack of precedent for such a case, the head of Surrey and Sussex’s Joint Cyber Crime Unit Detecti
  
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• Digipham Links up with Swiss Blockchain Giant, Announces Partnership

  04-04-2018 19:07
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• Google Bans Cryptocurrency Mining Extensions in a Bid to Protect Users from Cryptojacking

  04-04-2018 19:06 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Google is no longer accepting extensions from its Chrome Web Store that mine cryptocurrency as it works at protecting users’ from extension cryptojacking. The California-based company made the announcement earlier this week, stating that existing extensions that mine digital currencies will be delisted from its store in late June. It added, though, that extensions with […]
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• Blockchain VR Platform ImmVRse Partners with Sharing Economy Marketplace Origin Protocol

  04-04-2018 19:04
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• Buterin Calls Craig Wright a ‘Fraud’ at Deconomy Conference

  04-04-2018 18:56
  Wright is a vocal supporter of Bitcoin Cash, an arch-rival of the Bitcoin community.
  
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• Trezor to Implement Cashaddr Support For Bitcoin Cash

  04-04-2018 18:49
  The timeline for the project is yet to be announced publically.
  
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• Washington State County Shuts Down 'Unauthorized' Crypto Miners

  04-04-2018 18:40
  Washington State's Chelan County shut down three rogue cryptocurrency mining operations due to the power draw and safety risk.
  
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• Mt. Gox CEO Mark Karpeles tells Creditors: I’m on Your Side

  04-04-2018 17:58
  Former Mt. Gox CEO Mark Karpeles has a simple message for creditors of the disgraced, now-defunct Bitcoin exchange: I’m on your side.
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• Iranian Cyberspace Authority Says Telegram’s Upcoming Crypto Threatens National Currency

  04-04-2018 17:32 via cointelegraph.com
  Iranian cyberspace authority wants Telegram banned to prevent national currency from being “undermined” by crypto #NEWS
  
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• S. Korean Regulator Orders 12 Crypto Exchanges To Make Contracts More Consumer-Friendly

  04-04-2018 17:07 via cointelegraph.com
  South Korean regulatory commission cites 12 crypto exchanges for a lack of customer protection in their contracts, orders revisions #NEWS
  
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• Humaniq Announces the Cooperation with TransBox, Personal Data Security Company

  04-04-2018 17:01
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• Ether's Start to 2018 Has Broken Records (In a Bad Way)

  04-04-2018 17:00
  Ethereum's ether token fell 47.5 percent in the first three months of 2018 – its worst quarterly drop on record.
  
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• The Process of Crypto Currency Generating in United Crypto Mining Group Farms: Key Benefits

  04-04-2018 16:57
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• SkyCoin — Why Is the Blockchain Significant?

  04-04-2018 16:51
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• Hacken Launches Its Tokenized Bug Bounty Platform

  04-04-2018 16:48
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• A Blockchain P2P Binary Options Platform Betex Improves Token Sale Conditions for Contributors

  04-04-2018 16:44
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• ‘A Fraud’: Ethereum Founder Buterin Calls Out ‘Satoshi’ Craig Wright

  04-04-2018 16:34
  A video of Vitalik Buterin calling out Craig Wright at the two-day Deconomy 2018 conference in Seoul is sure to be going viral in the community. Buterin has the floor for questions after a talk given by Craig Wright titled “A Visual Depiction of Bitcoin Scaling and Enterprise Growth.” Buterin appears to take issue with
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• Fed Governor Calls Out Crypto Market 'Volatility'

  04-04-2018 16:30
  Lael Brainard, a governor at the U.S. Federal Reserve, has said bitcoin and its peers raise investor protection and money laundering concerns.
  
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• Fed Governor Calls Out Crypto Market Over 'Extreme Volatility'

  04-04-2018 16:30
  Lael Brainard, a governor at the U.S. Federal Reserve, has said bitcoin and its peers raise investor protection and money laundering concerns.
  
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• South Korean Regulator Orders 12 Cryptocurrency Exchanges to Revise Contracts

  04-04-2018 16:23
  Meanwhile, local cryptocurrency exchanges reported huge profits in 2017.
  
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• Mt. Gox Ex-CEO Karpeles Says He ‘Doesn’t Want’ Leftover $1 Bln Post-Liquidation Funds

  04-04-2018 16:11 via cointelegraph.com
  Former Mt. Gox CEO calls keeping spare $1 bln liquidation cash for shareholders “distasteful”. #NEWS
  
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• Why the Time Is Right for the First Blockchain Governor

  04-04-2018 16:00
  The value propositions of blockchain tech are central to the business of public institutions, argues Alec Ross, a candidate for governor of Maryland.
  
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• Alibaba Sues Dubai ICO Over ‘Intentionally Misleading’ Use Of Its Brand

  04-04-2018 15:54 via cointelegraph.com
  Alibaba sues a Dubai ICO that “intentionally misleading[ly]” used the e-commerce giant’s brand #NEWS
  
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• Iran’s Government May Ban Telegram Over Its $1.7 Billion ICO

  04-04-2018 15:47
  Messaging app provider Telegram has just concluded the second round of its record-setting initial coin offering (ICO), and Iran’s government is none too pleased. The app — extremely popular in the authoritarian country — has long incurred the ire of government officials, particularly since it played an important role in enabling residents to organize a
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• IBM Working on ‘Permissioned But Public’ Blockchain Networks

  04-04-2018 15:30 via newsbtc.com
  International Business Machines Corporation, aka IBM, is developing ‘permissioned but public’ blockchain networks in response to high demand for digital asset issuance, according to Jesse Lund, the newly appointed head of blockchain technology.
  IBM To Converge Public and Private Blockchains
  IBM has been heavily invested in the blockchain space for some time now as it offers a commercial platform for companies and developers wanting to experiment and work with the technology. The
  
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• “Is That Legal?” Social Experiment Reveals Attitudes to Cryptocurrency

  04-04-2018 15:29
  40 percent of people surveyed were prepared to accept at least part of their salaries in cryptocurrency.
  
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• Traditional Markets Start Off Q2 With Record Low, Crypto Markets See Slight Growth

  04-04-2018 15:12 via cointelegraph.com
  Crypto markets continue to experience their slow upticks, while traditional markets report worst start of 2nd quarter since the Great Depression #NEWS
  
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