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• Rockefellers Go Long On Cryptocurrencies to Invest in Blockchain Startups

  10-04-2018 23:45
  The Rockefeller family’s venture-capital arm is moving into cryptocurrencies. Venrock (“Venture” plus “Rockefellers”) is partnering with the cryptocurrency investor group, CoinFund, to help entrepreneurs launch blockchain-based businesses. “We wanted to partner with this team that has been making investments and actually helping to architect a number of different crypto economies and crypto token-based projects,” Venrock
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• Twitter’s ICO “Adpocalypse” May Not Kill off Bitcoin

  10-04-2018 23:35 via newsbtc.com
  The news of Twitter’s Initial Coin Offering (ICO) ad ban has, in some critic’s opinions, put yet another nail in the cryptocurrency’s coffin. With the market as a whole taking a dip, the leading currency has taken the full force of the blow. At the close of March 2018, the price of a single bitcoin fell to $8,000 (now under $7000) and many now believe BTC fever is not only over but will never return again. However, for others, the latest dip is yet another bump in a road that s
  
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• Bitfinex Denies Money Laundering Claims After 'Internal Investigation'

  10-04-2018 23:30
  Bitfinex is pushing back against reports that Polish authorities froze $400 million of its funds.
  
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• NEO, EOS, Litecoin, IOTA and Stellar: Technical Analysis April 11, 2018

  10-04-2018 23:16 via newsbtc.com
  NEO is up 4.61% and if this rate of revival continues, sooner or later NEO prices would be testing $90 if not $110. In my view, it’s time to buy NEO considering recent events. Otherwise, we can shift our attention to EOS which is also expanding and to some degree Litecoin as it continue to on-board merchants.
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  XLM/USD (Stellar Lumens)
  XLMUSD 4HR Chart from Bittrex for April 11, 2018
  Not only is Stellar Lumens price action slow, it is also boring. Ove
  
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• Metal-Backed Cryptocurrency to add PGP Founder as Advisor

  10-04-2018 23:15
  Tiberius Coin, a cryptocurrency backed by real metals which I’ve written about in the past here made a major announcement this week. The group will be adding Pretty Good Privacy (PGP) and Silent Circle founder Phillip Zimmerman as an Executive Director/CSSO and major shareholder. Phillip Zimmerman is the creator of the first large-scale public key cryptography system.
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• US DOJ Accuses Listings Site Backpage Of Laundering Millions In Crypto

  10-04-2018 22:38 via cointelegraph.com
  Backpage indicted on 93 counts, including laundering $500+ mln in “prostitution-related revenue,” via crypto and other routes. #NEWS
  
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• Tweet Firestorm: Twitter Suspends, Then Reinstates, @Bitcoin

  10-04-2018 22:34
  The holder of the bitcoin account had three-quarters of a million fewer followers when the account was reinstated, though the numbers are starting to come back.  Accusations are flying about the temporary suspension of the wildly popular Bitcoin account on Twitter. The account holder, whose identity is unclear (though there are plenty of conspiracy theories),
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• New FSA Report Discloses Breakdown of Japan’s ‎Cryptocurrency Audience

  10-04-2018 22:24
  Japanese investors in their 20s, 30s and 40s are the biggest drivers of the ‎virtual asset boom.
  
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• Bear Market 'Largely Over,' Crypto Hedge Fund Manager Claims

  10-04-2018 22:20
  Cryptocurrency fund manager Timothy Enneking believes all factors impacting the market have been priced in, and it should soon rebound.
  
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• Bear Market 'Largely Over,' Crypto Fund Manager Claims

  10-04-2018 22:20
  Cryptocurrency fund manager Timothy Enneking believes all factors impacting the market have been priced in, and it should soon rebound.
  
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• Cryptocurrency Fraud Widespread, Warns Regulator - Forbes

  10-04-2018 21:42 via forbes.com
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  Ted Knutson , Contributor I am your guru for cybersecurity/fintech/Bitcoin SEC/CFTC/FTC/OCC. Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. Fraud is widespread among cryptocurrency investment promoters, a regulator warned today (Photo by ...
  
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• Blockchain is Going Mainstream from the Laboratory: EU Official

  10-04-2018 21:33
  A European Commission vice-president has called on EU nations to commit to blockchain technology which he says is moving out of the lab and going mainstream. In a speech centered on digitization, a vice president of the European Commission – the executive arm of the European Union – pinpointed blockchain technology as an area that
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• Ledger Wallet Users Can't Access Their Bitcoin Cash

  10-04-2018 21:20
  Ledger hardware wallet users are still unable to access their bitcoin cash.
  
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• Canadian Crypto Exchange Coinsquare Launches TV Ad Campaign Ahead of September IPO

  10-04-2018 20:28
  Canadian cryptocurrency exchange Coinsquare has unveiled its first television commercial as it seeks to build out its customer base before going public later this year. The exchange — often described as “Canada’s Coinbase” — on Monday released an advertisement that will begin running on television later this week. The ad, which describes Coinsquare as “Canada’s
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• Analysis: Crypto Backlash in India – Can the Industry Survive?

  10-04-2018 20:23
  The central bank’s decision followed a massive distress selling by the investors of the country.
  
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• UK Cyber Security Division Issues Warning on PC 'Cryptojacking'

  10-04-2018 20:00
  The UK National Cyber Security Centre highlighted the rising number of browser apps which force computers to mine cryptocurrencies in a new report.
  
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• Ahrefs Finds 1 in 7,353 Websites Are Running Cryptocurrency Mining Scripts

  10-04-2018 19:55 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  SEO tools provider and marketing data company Ahrefs analyzed 175 million websites in their database to find out exactly how many websites are crypto-mining using their visitor’s computers. Cryptojacking is a growing issue for website owners and organizations globally, with many falling victim to cryptocurrency mining malware hacks.  These hacks install mining scripts into websites […]
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• European Commission Urges EU To Play ‘Leading Role’ In Blockchain Dev

  10-04-2018 19:41 via cointelegraph.com
  European Commission VP declares that EU countries should contribute to Blockchain technology ‘both politically and financially’. #NEWS
  
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• India: Police Officers Beat, Extorted 200 BTC From Businessman, Local Sources Say

  10-04-2018 19:27 via cointelegraph.com
  An Indian businessman has accused police officers of kidnapping and beating him in order to force him to pay them a ransom of over $2 mln #NEWS
  
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• India: Police Officers Beat, Exhorted 200 BTC From Businessman, Local Sources Say

  10-04-2018 19:27 via cointelegraph.com
  An Indian businessman has accused police officers of kidnapping and beating him in order to force him to pay them a ransom of over $2 mln #NEWS
  
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• Herd Immunity Against Bitcoin? Analysts Claim Bitcoin ‘Virus’ Has Peaked

  10-04-2018 19:14 via cointelegraph.com
  Epidemic over? Analysts liken Bitcoin to a virus, saying investors are now immune and sellers “in recovery” will keep prices down. #NEWS
  
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• Warning Celebrity Cryptocurrency Endorsers: You May Be Sued For Promoting Fraud ICOs

  10-04-2018 19:05
  Celebrity endorsers of initial coin offerings and other cryptocurrency products could soon face legal action as regulators continue to crack down on fraud. That’s what securities attorneys warned amid the rash of SEC actions against scam ICOs. “They are clearly sending a signal,” former SEC attorney Nick Morgan told the Financial Times. Morgan, a partner in
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• Crypto Exchange Bittrex Is Taking New Customers Again

  10-04-2018 19:00
  Cryptocurrency exchange Bittrex began accepting new users today after temporarily halting registrations last December.
  
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• Another ICO, Another Scam: Fake Telegram ICO Firm Registers in the UK

  10-04-2018 19:00
  Telegram’s ICO had tackled with various other fake sites after the announcement of its ICO.
  
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• Winklevoss Twins’ Crypto Exchange Gemini To Begin Block Trading With BTC, ETH

  10-04-2018 18:55 via cointelegraph.com
  Block trading has entered the crypto sphere – the Winklevoss twins will release Gemini Block Trading on April 12 #NEWS
  
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• (+) Ripple and Stellar Decline on Monday as Competition Intensifies

  10-04-2018 18:39
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• Europol Nabs 11 in Crypto Drug Money Laundering Case

  10-04-2018 18:30
  Europol has shut down an alleged drug trafficking operation that used cryptocurrencies to launder money from Spain to Colombia.
  
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• Future of Medical Diagnosis and How AI Is Shaping It Today

  10-04-2018 18:12
  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. It is estimated that the telemedicine market will reach USD 113 billion in 2025, while the healthcare Artificial Intelligence (AI) market is expected to reach USD 200 bln
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• Safer Skies Are a Worthwhile Investment

  10-04-2018 18:07
  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. Flight safety in the aviation industry is of critical importance. In the first three months of 2018 alone, 200 people have lost their lives in air accidents in
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• Aitheon Aligns with International Companies to Revolutionize AI and Robotics through the Blockchain

  10-04-2018 18:01
  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. Modern technology has insinuated a pivotal role in relinquishing some certain percentage of humans work to robotics effectively. This has since become an integral part of business operations
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• Cryptocurrency Traders Protest Poland’s Move to Tax All Transactions

  10-04-2018 18:00
  Cryptocurrency traders in Poland launched a petition to protest the government’s decision to tax all cryptocurrency transactions, even those that aren’t profitable. “We are demanding the release of the blockchain technology market and the abolition of all taxes related to this industry,” according to the Change.org petition, which has already been signed by more than 2,700
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• Blockchain-Based Domain Name Marketplace Dynatiq to Launch Token Sale

  10-04-2018 17:57
  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. Finech firm Dynatiq, which aims to decentralize the domain name and website industry via its blockchain-based marketplace, has announced a token generation event for April 25th, 2018. Attempting
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• Ubank Receives Investment from Inventure Partners for the Development of Its Blockchain-Based Platform Ubcoin Market

  10-04-2018 17:46
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• Overstock's tZERO Reveals Prototype Of Security Token Trading Platform

  10-04-2018 17:46 via cointelegraph.com
  Overstock’s Blockchain subsidiary tZERO introduces the prototype of its token trading software #NEWS
  
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• Singapore-Based eSports Platform Bountie Is Launching Their ICO in April 2018 to Enable Gamers to Monetize Their Hobby with Bountie Coins

  10-04-2018 17:41
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• eCoinomic.Net Platform MVP Is Successfully Presented at the BCT21, Seoul. One Month before the Schedule.

  10-04-2018 17:35
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• Blockchain Is 'Going Mainstream' Says European Commission Official

  10-04-2018 17:35
  European Commission vice president Andrus Ansip stressed the need for governments and private firms to invest in blockchain technology.
  
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• Meet CryptoCashbackRebate – $3.20 Million Raised in Pre-Sale

  10-04-2018 17:26
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• Blockchain Startup BitUN Offers Promising Cryptocurrency Bank in 2018, Launch in April

  10-04-2018 17:20
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• Skycoin Aims to Fix Fatal Flaws of Bitcoin and Ethereum

  10-04-2018 17:15
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• May the Fork Be with You: Blockchain Casino Cloudbet Unveils Bitcoin Cash Giveaway

  10-04-2018 17:12
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• Goldman Sachs Exec Leaves To Join Mike Novogratz’s Crypto Merchant Bank, Report Says

  10-04-2018 17:07 via cointelegraph.com
  Wall Street’s “brain drain” continues, as now former Goldman Sachs exec allegedly joins Mike Novogratz’s crypto merchant bank #NEWS
  
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• Bitcoin Price Bubble Pops as Investors Develop Immunity to ‘Infection’, Barclays Claims

  10-04-2018 16:52
  The Bitcoin price bubble is popping, and Barclays says that this time it will not see a future recovery. Writing in a Tuesday note to clients, a group of Barclays analysts led by Joseph Abate argued that Bitcoin and other so-called asset bubbles chart a similar course to the spread of infectious diseases, which plateaus … Continued
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• Vietnam: Pincoin, Ifan ICOs Exposed As Scams That Allegedly Stole $660 Million

  10-04-2018 16:38 via cointelegraph.com
  Vietnamese ponzi scheme allegedly stole $660 mln in possibly largest ever cryptocurrency scam. #NEWS
  
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• Indian Government Think Tank Trials Blockchain to Combat Fake Meds

  10-04-2018 16:30
  An Indian government think tank is working on a blockchain solution aimed to combat the country's roaring counterfeit drugs trade.
  
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• International Cryptocurrency Miners Flock to Scandinavia for Cheaper Power

  10-04-2018 16:00 via newsbtc.com
  Cryptocurrency mining will always remain a peculiar industry. A lot of people make good money from it, even though there’s also a degree of centralization involved. The quest for cheap electricity is far from over in this industry, though. It now seems Norway and Sweden are entering that particular show. Both countries attract a lot of attention from miners, which paints an interesting future.
  Sweden and Norway Prove to be Quite Appealing
  Very few countries around the world provide cheap a
  
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• Below $400: 'Death Cross' Hits Ether But Damage May Be Done

  10-04-2018 16:00
  Ether will likely shrug off today's lagging "death cross" indicator and could even rise toward $475.
  
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• Bitcoin Price Stabilizes at $6,700 as Cryptocurrency Market Slips

  10-04-2018 15:52
  On April 9, the bitcoin price recorded a minor drop from $7,100 to $6,700, by around 4 percent. The $400 drop in the bitcoin price was not expected by investors. Bitcoin Fundamentals Yesterday, various technical indicators and momentum oscillators pointed toward short-term stability for bitcoin. The relative strength index (RSI) and Williams’ Percent Range (WPR) … Continued
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• Coinbase Engages SEC about Turning into a Regulated Brokerage: Report

  10-04-2018 15:01
  The San Francisco-based cryptocurrency exchange is reportedly in talks with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) about becoming a regulated brokerage firm and trading platform. According to The Wall Street Journal, Coinbase reached out to regulators about the getting licensed even as the SEC moves closer to crafting some regulatory framework by which exchanges … Continued
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• 'Big Four' Firm Deloitte Appoints New Head of Blockchain Services

  10-04-2018 15:01
  Deloitte has announced Linda Pawczuk as its new blockchain lead, following the departure of Eric Piscini from the role.
  
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