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• Reserve Bank of India Considers Central Bank-Issued Digital Currency

  06-04-2018 23:47 via cointelegraph.com
  Reserve Bank of India announces it is considering launching its own central bank-issued digital currency. #NEWS
  
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• Pakistan Bars Banks from Crypto and ICO Trading

  06-04-2018 23:36
  A long-running cryptocurrency exchange in Pakistan is closing its door following a new advisory from the country's central bank.
  
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• In More Good News out of Japan, Monex Confirms Acquisition of Coincheck

  06-04-2018 23:30 via newsbtc.com
  Money Group sees 10-year high share prices today after the brokerage announced that it would be paying ¥3.6bn ($33.5m) for Coincheck, a Japanese cryptocurrency exchange that deals primarily in Bitcoin.
  Confirmation of the Monex acquisition of Coincheck, which has been discussed and hinted at through the week, saw Monex shares surging 20%, a sign that investors support the firm’s shift, a move intended to enhance the company’s expertise in digital currencies and blockcha
  
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• NEO, EOS, Litecoin, Monero and Stellar: Technical Analysis April 7, 2018

  06-04-2018 23:11 via newsbtc.com
  The theme of the day had to do with Monero hard fork and EOS network developments. As we now know, Monero wants its new coin XMC to be ASIC resistant but apparently these miners have been behind it hash rate. It’s evident. Shortly after the fork, its hash rate dropped 80% before recovering hours later. EOS on the other hand is making visible progress with EOS Dawn 3.0 release. Obviously this is encouraging for coin supporters but in the short term, EOS is not finding support price wise.
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• How to Beat Any Online Casino and Win!

  06-04-2018 23:10 via newsbtc.com
  The online casino industry is arguably the biggest online industry in the world today, with millions of hopeful gamblers logging into online casinos every hour, 24/7. Online casinos make millions of dollars, some virtually by the minute. In fact, the bigger the online casino, the more dollars they are guaranteed to make every second, it’s like printing your own money!
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• Think ‘Heretical’ Thoughts: Mike Hearn tells Bitcoin Cash

  06-04-2018 22:57
  Early Bitcoin developer Mike Hearn isn’t coming back to the open-source community, but he does have some thoughts on what has transpired since he cut ties with the project in 2016. Hearn — who now develops distributed ledger technology (DLT) at banking consortium startup R3 — conversed at length about Bitcoin’s blocksize debate and its
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• Arizona's Crypto Tax Payments Bill Is Being Revamped

  06-04-2018 22:50
  Arizona's crypto tax bill is still moving forward, despite seeming to have stalled in the Senate last month.
  
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• Taklimakan Network and Morpheus Labs Announce Strategic Partnership

  06-04-2018 22:48 via newsbtc.com
  Taklimakan Network, a Singapore-based business and cryptocurrency educational platform that connects experts, analysts, and blockchain enthusiasts, announced today that they have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Morpheus Labs. The latter company is a Blockchain-Platform-as-a-Service (BPaaS) solution for enterprises wishing to build their own blockchain app. The companies report that the MOU establishes the framework for collaboration between the two to conduct blockchain research
  
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• Spain’s Tax Regulator Sends User Data Requests To 60 Crypto-Related Companies

  06-04-2018 22:42 via cointelegraph.com
  60 crypto financial institutions, exchanges, and ATMs in Spain have been asked for user IDs and other user info from the country’s tax authority #NEWS
  
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• HyperBlock Acquires Cryptocurrency Mining Firm CryptoGlobal for C$106 Million

  06-04-2018 22:37 via newsbtc.com
  Canadian technology firm HyperBlock announced the acquisition of all issued and outstanding shares of cryptocurrency mining company CryptoGlobal in a CAD$106 million deal, subject to regulatory approval.HyperBlock to Merge with CryptoGlobal in C$106 Million DealThe merger is due to take place in May 2018 under the name HyperBlock Technologies Corp. and will give absolute control of Hyperblock over CryptoGlobal’s operations and assets, including its thousands of mining rigs curren
  
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• SEC Files Complaint Against Crypto-Affiliated Longfin For Insider Trading

  06-04-2018 22:24 via cointelegraph.com
  SEC charges CEO of Longfin Corp. with securities fraud, freezing $27 mln in “ill-gotten” profits, following a publicized Blockchain acquisition.
  
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• Institutional Investors Remain Sidelined on Crypto Funds – Report

  06-04-2018 21:40
  Nearly half of institutional investors, such as pension funds, wealth management offices, sovereign wealth funds, etc. aren’t sold on cryptocurrency funds, at least not yet. This according to a report by alternative investment firm Context Capital Partners LP in which hundreds of investment officers were polled at a Miami conference over a three-day period leading
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• Texas Issues Cease and Desist for Crypto, Cannabis Investment Schemes

  06-04-2018 21:35
  The Texas State Securities Board filed an emergency cease and desist against a cryptocurrency and weed investment platform on alleged fraud charges.
  
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• Crypto and Cannabis Investment Promoter Hit With Cease-and-Desist

  06-04-2018 21:35
  The Texas State Securities Board filed an emergency cease and desist against a cryptocurrency and weed investment platform on alleged fraud charges.
  
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• India: Crypto ‘Scamsters’ Bhardwaj Brothers Arrested For Duping Investors Out Of $300 Mln

  06-04-2018 21:20 via cointelegraph.com
  India’s Infamous Bitcoin entrepreneur Amit Bhardwaj and his brother have been arrested by Pune Police for duping investors of $300 mln. #NEWS
  
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• World Bit Bank – The World’s First Legal Cryptocurrency Bank

  06-04-2018 20:52
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• We’ve Heard about How Blockchain Can Track Med Records, but Can It Find Cures?

  06-04-2018 20:44
  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. Let’s begin with an example. Say a scientist in Rio de Janeiro is studying lung cancer. He makes significant progress in learning about potential cures, but his research
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• Vitalik Buterin Continues to Troll Tron over Whitepaper Plagiarism Allegations

  06-04-2018 20:41
  April Fool’s Day is over, but Ethereum creator Vitalik Buterin is not quite finished poking fun at blockchain startup Tron over longstanding plagiarism allegations. Responding to a post from Tron Founder Justin Sun listing seven reasons why the project — which has still not yet received a mainnet release — is better than Ethereum, Buterin
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• Tim Draper: Bitcoin Should Replace the Indian Rupee

  06-04-2018 20:31 via newsbtc.com
  Despite being supportive of an announced Indian crackdown on corruption, Tim Draper believes that the nation’s increasingly anti-cryptocurrency stance will be bad for them in the long run. The billionaire venture capitalist and long-time Bitcoin bull feels that the move to ban banks from dealing with customers who use crypto will prompt India’s best and brightest to seek opportunity outside of the country.
  Yesterday’s Bank Ban on Cryptos Will Hurt India in the Long Run
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• Soros’ Fund is Ready to Add Cryptocurrencies to Investment Portfolio

  06-04-2018 20:04
  The movecontrasts with the ‎skepticism that Soros himself revealed ‎against bitcoin in January.
  
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• Coinbase Launches Venture Fund To Support Young Crypto Companies

  06-04-2018 20:01 via cointelegraph.com
  Coinbase Ventures will promote growth in the crypto ecosystem by funding “compelling” crypto companies #NEWS
  
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• Bitcoin, Ethereum, Bitcoin Cash, Ripple, Stellar, Litecoin, Cardano, NEO, EOS: Price Analysis, April 06

  06-04-2018 19:42 via cointelegraph.com
  Don’t miss the latest price overview 😉 #PRICE_ANALYSIS
  
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• ‘Bubble’ or Not, Billionaire George Soros is Set to Start Trading Cryptocurrencies

  06-04-2018 19:37
  George Soros thinks cryptocurrencies are a bubble. He’s about to start trading them anyway. The billionaire investors and business magnate won’t be trading them personally, of course, but Bloomberg reports that Adam Fisher — who runs Soros Fund Management’s macro investing operation — has secured internal approval to begin trading cryptoassets. Fisher reportedly received the
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• India's Exchanges Want to Challenge Central Bank's Crypto Crackdown

  06-04-2018 19:35
  India's cryptocurrency exchanges plan to fight back against the Reserve Bank's decision to cut them off from financial services.
  
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• Monero Hard Fork Appears Successful As Devs Shun Bitmain’s ASIC Miners

  06-04-2018 19:25 via cointelegraph.com
  Hard fork complete for Monero as the privacy-oriented altcoin spurns Bitmain’s new ASIC miners. #NEWS
  
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• George Soros Makes Spectacular U-Turn on Cryptocurrency

  06-04-2018 19:06 via newsbtc.com
  Billionaire George Soros has made an impressive turn-around on his stance on Bitcoin and digital currencies. The Hungarian-American investor is apparently now planning to trade cryptocurrencies through his family office. The news comes just three months since Soros called crypto a “bubble” and that investors were operating on “some kind of misunderstanding.”
  Has Soros Changed his Mind on Bitcoin?
  According to Bloomberg, one of the managers at Soros’ family inve
  
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• Omise Signs Agreement With Major South Korean Banking Affiliate In Win For Adoption

  06-04-2018 18:56 via cointelegraph.com
  Omise, OmiseGO announce a Memorandum of Understanding with an affiliate of major South Korean bank Shinhan Financial Group #NEWS
  
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• Vitalik Opposes Fork to Disable Ethereum ASICs

  06-04-2018 18:35
  The creator of ethereum is coming out against a proposal that would find the network altering its software to defend against powerful new miners.
  
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• Omise and OmiseGo Sign MoU With South Korea’s Crypto-Friendly Bank

  06-04-2018 18:19 via newsbtc.com
  A lot of things happen in the world of cryptocurrency and blockchain technology. Omise and OmiseGo recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Shinhan. Having such a major South Korean bank on board will undoubtedly lead to some interesting developments down the line.Shinhan Bank is Pro-Cryptocurrency
  South Korea is home to one of the most vibrant cryptocurrency ecosystems in the world. Even so, local banks are still hesitant to serve most companies and service providers in this space. Sh
  
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• Fundstrat’s Tom Lee: Bitcoin Price Set to Rise In Late-April After Tax Day

  06-04-2018 18:15
  Bitcoin prices will probably climb after April 17, when Tax Day in the United States is over. That’s what Fundstrat co-founder Tom Lee, a noted bitcoin bull, predicts. Lee said the recent drop in bitcoin’s price amid a flurry of sell-offs was partly caused by investors rabidly trying to sell off their cryptocurrency holdings to avoid
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• IBM Partnership With Sovrin Foundation Aims To Spread ‘Self-Sovereign Identity’

  06-04-2018 18:10 via cointelegraph.com
  Self-sovereign identity is focus of new IBM partnership with Sovrin Foundation. #NEWS
  
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• EOS Announces First Feature-Complete Pre-Release Version of EOSIO

  06-04-2018 18:02
  The new version comes with a raft of new features for testing before the June launch
  
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• Tax is Becoming a Problem For Spanish Cryptocurrency Traders

  06-04-2018 17:49 via newsbtc.com
  The Spanish tax agency has launched a campaign to gather information from practically its entire financial system on accounts and operations with cryptocurrency.
  Spain’s Tax Agency Wants to Know Who is Using Cryptocurrencies
  Directing requirements to more than 60 entities, including 16 large banks, the Spanish tax agency wants to know in depth who trades bitcoins. Banks, intermediaries, exchange houses, ATMs, and other companies that accept payments in cryptocurrencies must also
  
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• Testing Lightning-Enabled Bitcoin Wallet Eclair, It’s Still Very Early Days

  06-04-2018 17:34 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Note: A Redditor pointed out two clarifications for this article. First, the Blockstream Store is still selling stickers. Secondly, the Eclair wallet does display the USD-denominated capacity amount when opening a new Lightning channel. I think I missed the stickers on the Blockstream Store due to the layout of the site. I’m not sure how […]
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• Monero Hard Forks to Maintain ASIC Resistance, But ‘Classic’ Hopes to Spoil the Party

  06-04-2018 17:31
  Privacy-centric cryptocurrency Monero has followed through on its promise to alter its mining algorithm to maintain ASIC resistance, but “Monero Classic” (XMC) hopes to spoil the party. Monero activated its semi-annual hard fork on Friday, bringing a host of new upgrades to the 10th-largest cryptocurrency. One particular upgrade, though, threatens to split the network into
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• SEC Sues Public Company That Saw Crypto Stock Price Boost

  06-04-2018 17:25
  A publicly traded company that saw its stock price soar after announcing a crypto startup acquisition has been sued by the SEC.
  
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• Q1 Breaks All the Wrong Bitcoin Price Records, But Why Should Crypto Market Be Optimistic For Q2?

  06-04-2018 16:58 via cointelegraph.com
  Optimism is all about perspective. Q1 of 2018 breaks the worst Bitcoin records, but only eight months ago BTC was worth less than half of where it is today #ANALYSIS
  
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• New Protocol: Bitcoin Cash to Hard Fork in May 2018

  06-04-2018 16:24
  The lead developer of full-node client Bitcoin ABC Amaury Séchet has confirmed that Bitcoin Cash (BCH) will fork on May 15 to allow for bigger block sizes along with some other adjustments. Bitcoin ABC developers have also made the codebase for the client Bitcoin ABC 0.17.0 available for download ahead of the launch, with the … Continued
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• Verge Stole the Limelight in a Lackluster Week for the Crypto Markets

  06-04-2018 16:15
  This week, Verge was the best performing cryptocurrency among top 25 cryptocurrencies by market capitalization.
  
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• ‘No Big Risk’: Monex Defends $33.5 Million Coincheck Buyout, Eyes Relaunch

  06-04-2018 16:07 via cointelegraph.com
  Monex’s Matsumoto reveals big plans for Coincheck at press conference. #NEWS
  
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• Japanese Financial Regulator Temporarily Halts Activities Of Two Crypto Exchanges

  06-04-2018 15:58 via cointelegraph.com
  After a series of on-site inspections in the wake of the Coincheck hack, Japanese financial regulator has suspended activities at two crypto exchanges, again. #NEWS
  
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• Cofound.it Former Head of Global and Veteran Blockchain Investor Join Tip Blockchain Advisory Board

  06-04-2018 15:36
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• Coinbase Turns Early Seed Investor with New Venture Capital Fund

  06-04-2018 15:24
  Coinbase, the first cryptocurrency “unicorn,” is launching a venture capital fund to incubate early-stage startups in the burgeoning industry. The San Francisco-based cryptocurrency exchange and brokerage firm made the announcement on Thursday, stressing that the fund — dubbed Coinbase Ventures — will invest solely in companies, not cryptoassets. “We’re going to invest off our balance … Continued
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• UK Finance Watchdog Issues Warning on Crypto Derivatives

  06-04-2018 15:10
  The Financial Conduct Authority has warned that firms offering services around crypto derivatives and ICOs "likely" need to be authorized.
  
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• SPECTRE Joins The Enterprise Ethereum Alliance

  06-04-2018 14:59
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• Indian Police Arrest Leaders of Major Bitcoin Mining Scam

  06-04-2018 14:51 via newsbtc.com
  India has proven to be a major region for Bitcoin activity. Not all of the ventures in this country are completely legitimate, unfortunately. Two leaders of a notorious cryptocurrency scam were arrested earlier this week. Amit and Vivek Bhardwaj are the individuals responsible for creating some of the Bitcoin MLM schemes active in India.
  Ending Bitcoin Scams in India
  Even though the Indian government is still contemplating Bitcoin regulation, cryptocurrency is booming in the region. Local exchan
  
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• Spanish Tax Authority Seeks Cryptocurrency Users’ Details from 60 Companies: Report

  06-04-2018 14:33
  Spain’s official tax agency has reportedly sought names and trading data of cryptocurrency adopters by requesting the details from over 60 companies. Citing an official from the Agencia Estatal de Administración Tributaria (AEAT), the revenue service of the kingdom of Spain, El Confidencial is reporting that the authority is launching the country’s biggest dragnet yet … Continued
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• SKYF Drones Entering the Japanese Market

  06-04-2018 14:33 via newsbtc.com
  SKYF, the emerging manufacturer of cargo drones, has signed an agreement with Carciel Inc., a Japanese aerospace consulting company, which is officially certified by the Cabinet Office, Government of Japan (CAO) in “CAO Open Innovation Challenge 2017 Public Offering”. Carciel clients list include Honda, Kawasaki, and other Japanese industrial giants. The two companies will join efforts to develop SKYF drones applications in construction and firefighting in high-rise buildings.
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• How to Mount a Tax Defense for Unreported Crypto Income

  06-04-2018 13:55
  Most individuals with unreported cryptocurrency income have options available to mitigate and defend against civil penalties and criminal prosecution.
  
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• Analysis of the CoinJanitor Project, Its Vision and Mission

  06-04-2018 13:51 via newsbtc.com
  The CoinJanitor project is envisioned as a platform, which will offer a recycling solution to crypto coins that have lost their relevance in today’s market. It will be achieved by unlocking the value that is locked up in dead coins. This platform also wants to reduce dilution in the crypto markets by amalgamating communities of dead coins into the CoinJanitor Community.
  The Vision of CoinJanitor Creators
  Today, there are over 4500 digital coins in circulation. However, most of these coins
  
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