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• 'Belligerent' Crypto Miners Prompt Power Utility to Beef Up Security

  03-05-2018 23:45
  Chelan County's Public Utilities District is enacting new security measures to protect employees from bitcoin miners.
  
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• Revenues Down, Hashrates Up: 2018 Mining Outlook By The Numbers

  03-05-2018 23:20 via cointelegraph.com
  Bitcoin miners suffer revenue drops in 2018, but hashrates are on an upward trend
  
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• Berkeley ICO Gets Vote of Approval from City Council

  03-05-2018 23:00
  The Berkeley ICO came one step closer to becoming a reality this week, earning a significant vote of approval from the local city council. The California city wasn’t the first US locality to push for blockchain adoption, but it’s making up for lost time with innovation. City council officials in the Northern California’s Berkeley on
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• JPMorgan Seeks Patent for Blockchain-Powered Interbank Payments

  03-05-2018 22:45
  A patent application by JPMorgan Chase suggests putting financial transaction information on a distributed ledger.
  
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• Linda Healthcare, Broad Investments being investigated over ... - The Denver Post

  03-05-2018 22:44 via denverpost.com
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  The Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies is cracking down on two companies allegedly promoting cryptocurrency to Colorado residents, officials announced Thursday. The Colorado Securities Commissioner said California-based Linda Healthcare Corp ...and more »
  
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• Oscar Mayer’s ‘Bacoin’ Campaign Sent Cease-and-Desist Order

  03-05-2018 22:30 via newsbtc.com
  As reported earlier this week, meat and cold cut company Oscar Mayer is running a promotion called ‘Bacoin,’ a cryptocurrency-inspired redemption program designed to get people to promote bacon on social media. But there’s a problem.
  Bacoin Token
  According to new reports, the Kraft/Heinz-owned company weren’t the first to bring Bacoin to the market. A 27-year-old IT worker from Michigan called Kirk Steele says he created a cryptocurrency called Bacoin designed to be
  
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• Crypto Hardware Giant Bitmain to Release First Zcash ASIC Miner

  03-05-2018 22:02
  Equihash, the Proof-of-Work (PoW) mining algorithm used by Zcash and a variety of other cryptocurrencies, is about to get a lot less equitable. On Wednesday, mining hardware manufacturer Bitmain revealed that it had developed the first Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) miner capable of mining on Equihash-secured networks. Bitmain’s Zcash ASIC miner — the Antminer
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• Oscar Mayer Gets Cease and Desist Over Cryptocurrency Ads ... - Gizmodo

  03-05-2018 21:59 via gizmodo.com
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  Oscar Mayer Gets Cease and Desist Over Cryptocurrency Ads ...
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  It's only been a few days since Oscar Mayer launched its horrendous “Bacoin” ad campaign, and a hero has come along in an attempt to kill it for good. Kirk Steele started a cryptocurrency called “Bacoin” a few years ago, and now he wants Oscar Mayer to ...
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• The Smarter Solution to Manufacturing: Ins and Outs of Productivist

  03-05-2018 21:27 via newsbtc.com
  By decentralizing the supply chain, manufacturing is set for evolution
  The manufacturing sector is one of those aspects of life that you can take for granted. It works well, and it seems to be getting better – but like the inner workings of a television set, you probably don’t know why or how the result comes about.
  These logistical processes in themselves are fascinating in the post-globalization world in which we live, and their performance and development are largely underpinned b
  
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• Is Gold’s Position as a Safe Haven Asset Slipping in Favour of Bitcoin?

  03-05-2018 21:25 via newsbtc.com
  Global demand for gold appears to be dropping according to figures published by the World Gold Council earlier today. The asset had its weakest opening quarter since the global financial crisis of 2008.
  Is Bitcoin Filling the Same Niche as Gold?
  According to CNBC, worldwide demand for gold was down seven percent year-on-year for the first quarter of 2018. The WGC apparently blamed the drop on around a 15 percent decrease in investment in gold bars. Alistair Hewitt, the head of market intelligenc
  
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• Arizona's Bid to Accept Crypto for Taxes Suffers Setback

  03-05-2018 21:15
  Arizona's crypto tax bill no longer enables the Department of Revenue to collect taxes in cryptocurrency, but rather directs it to conduct a study.
  
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• Russian Crypto Blogger Found Dead In Petersburg Apartment

  03-05-2018 20:54 via cointelegraph.com
  The 23-year old Russian crypto blogger “Pavel Nyashin”has been found dead in the apartment he shared with his mother in St. Petersburg
  
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• US Judge Backs $27 Million Asset Freeze of ‘Crypto’ Firm Longfin

  03-05-2018 20:48
  A US federal judge has extended the freeze $27 million in assets owned by individuals behind Longfin, a company that saw its value surge as much as 2600% in late December following a purported pivot into the cryptocurrency space. In a ruling on Tuesday, a federal district court in Manhattan approved a motion filed by
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• 3 Reasons to Trade Cryptocurrencies on eToro

  03-05-2018 20:45 via crypto-news.net
  2017 proved to be the year of cryptocurrencies, with many reaching unprecedented popularity and smashing record after record. The domain that used to be ruled by Bitcoin alone has all of a sudden brought forth new names such as Ethereum, Litecoin, Dash and many others. Since there are over 850 cryptocurrencies available, choosing which ones to trade, and where to do so, could be a bit overwhelming. Moreover, the process of buying and selling cryptocurrencies could be daunting, and many traders c
  
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• Smart Manufacturing 2.0: The New Innovators behind the Scenes of E-Commerce

  03-05-2018 20:33
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• The Next PayPal: Blockchain Applications to Money Transfer Payments

  03-05-2018 20:28 via crypto-news.net
  Bitcoins and Ethers are no longer the only digital currencies offered in the “cyberspace banking system” due to the proliferation of crypto currencies that have recently entered the market. In fact, today it is common for cryptocurrency users to utilize ten or more different cryptocurrencies for worldwide exchange transactions. As a result, many crypto users have several wallets and accounts on multiple exchanges which they choose from for each cryptocurrency transaction.
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• Kvantor to Usher in New Levels of Economic Freeedom

  03-05-2018 20:26
  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. The banking sector is one of the first industries that come to mind when discussing effects of the blockchain. While the blockchain has numerous implications in banking as
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• Bitcoin Needs Enhancements and Institutional Money to Beat $20K Highs, Say Analysts

  03-05-2018 20:25 via newsbtc.com
  The price of Bitcoin has finally picked up since April after struggling to stay above the $6,000 mark earlier in the year. Investor confidence within the cryptocurrency market is getting on its feet as the market cap reaches $450 billion and BTC dominance drops to nearly a third of the market. There are three factors that could prompt a rally in its price capable of printing new highs, according to analysts.
  Bitcoin Rally Will Feed Off Enhancements and Institutional Money, Analysts Say
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• Blockchain Entertainment Platform SLATE Will Power the First Decentralized Video on Demand Service

  03-05-2018 20:22
  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. Video-on-demand and other streaming services provided by big companies like Netflix, Amazon and HBO rake in hundreds of billions of dollars in sales around the world. It is
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• Decentralized Marketplace for Sensor Data, DataBroker DAO TGE Is Now Live

  03-05-2018 20:19
  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. Hundreds of thousand of devices in general use today are equipped with an array of powerful sensors, collecting information for their designated use. From cars, collecting speed, acceleration
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• CFTC Officials Want Close Cooperation With SEC on Crypto Rules

  03-05-2018 20:00
  Two members of the U.S. commodities regulator spoke at a conference. One stressed enforcement, the other working with the industry.
  
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• Here’s How much Revenue Square Earned from Bitcoin Trading in Q1 2018

  03-05-2018 19:41
  Digital payments firm Square published its first-quarter earnings report this week, providing insight into how much revenue the company has raised from its recently-launched bitcoin trading platform. The company first rolled out bitcoin trading to a limited number of its Cash App users last year, and in January it unlocked the feature for the remainder
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• Does Your Project Really Need Blockchain?

  03-05-2018 19:25 via newsbtc.com
  There are at least three fundamental reasons for using blockchain technology in a project nowadays.
  First and foremost, it’s so hyped and trendy. “A blockchain-based project” – doesn’t it sound cool? All your team members could add such an impressive line to their CVs, no matter if they know what it means or not quite.
  The second reason is also important. Implementing blockchain in your business, you’ll be able to issue your own cryptocurrency and hold an ICO.
  
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• Bitmain's Latest Crypto ASIC Can Mine Zcash

  03-05-2018 19:10
  The company announced that it has developed hardware to mine the Equihash algorithm, spelling big changes for zcash and other coins.
  
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• Ethereum Mining Helping Drive Computing Boom, Says Google Co-Founder

  03-05-2018 18:50
  Google co-founder Sergey Brin credits ethereum mining with playing a central role in the recent “boom in computing” that is helping drive a “technology renaissance.” Brin made the statements in a glowing letter to investors, where he gushed, “We are truly in a technology renaissance, an exciting time where we can see applications across nearly every
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• Waves Releases Smart Contracts on Testnet, Blockchain Devs Can Build Powerful Apps

  03-05-2018 18:23 via newsbtc.com
  Waves, a decentralized blockchain platform, has released non-turing smart contracts on its testnet on April 26, which are expected to be activated on May 4.
  Smart Contracts Release
  According to Waves CEO and founder Alexander Ivanov, the smart contracts of Waves will enable blockchain developers to build scalable decentralized applications with powerful functionalities and tools. Ivanov further emphasized that developers will be able to create various tools such as smart accounts and tokens that
  
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• Square Books Small Profit for First Quarter of Bitcoin Sales

  03-05-2018 18:15
  Square made $34.1 million in Q1 revenue through bitcoin sales, according to an SEC filing.
  
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• Reddit to Reintroduce and Expand Crypto Payments to Litecoin and Ethereum

  03-05-2018 18:00 via newsbtc.com
  The online social news forum Reddit appear to have plans to relaunch cryptocurrency payments in the future. The news comes less than two months after the platform initially stopped supporting Bitcoin as a funding method.
  Reddit Dropped Bitcoin Payments in March
  Speaking to technology-focused news source Cheddar, Chris Slowe, the chief technology officer at Reddit, said that the reason behind the decision to stop accepting Bitcoin in March was twofold.
  Firstly, network fees had risen to the point
  
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• A Revolution in the Industrial Economy Sector: The Yodse Platform Provides Trade without Any Intermediaries

  03-05-2018 17:48
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• Coinbase Responds to New York AG’s Crypto Exchange Inquiry

  03-05-2018 17:46
  Coinbase has formally responded to New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman’s cryptocurrency exchange inquiry, and the San Francisco-based startup elected to share a portion of that response with the public. The five-page letter, which was drafted by Mike Lempres — Coinbase’ chief legal and risk officer — is an abbreviated version of the one that
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• BitMart Exchange Registers as an MSB under FinCEN

  03-05-2018 17:44
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• Bringing Affiliate Marketing to the Blockchain Industry

  03-05-2018 17:36
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• CryptoSolarTech Finishes Successful Pre-ICO with the Goal of Making Cryptocurrency Mining Energy-Efficient Like Never Before

  03-05-2018 17:31
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• $750: Ether's Price Hits Highest Level Since Early March

  03-05-2018 17:30
  Ether has defied regulatory concerns to regain highs from early March.
  
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• Algebraix Welcomes Esteemed Industry Leaders to Advisory Board

  03-05-2018 17:27
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• Cryptocurrency for the rest of us - Phys.Org

  03-05-2018 17:20 via phys.org
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  Cryptocurrency for the rest of us
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  Thanks to a WA startup, there's now an easy way for everyone to invest in cryptocurrencies like bitcoin. While almost everyone (and their dog) now knows about bitcoin, it is still very difficult for the average person to actually buy it. Purchasing ...
  
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• Cortex PoC Demo Release

  03-05-2018 17:20
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• TriForce Tokens Launches Beta of Mobile MOBA Game Wargate and RaidParty App – over 50 ETH and Free FORCE Tokens up for Grabs

  03-05-2018 17:07
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• The Future of Sharing: Odyssey (OCN) Protocol Announces the Development of Its Own Advanced Cross-Protocol Blockchain

  03-05-2018 17:02
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• ARK to Sponsor Globally Recognised Blockchain Conference, Consensus

  03-05-2018 16:57
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• Daily Volatility Decline? Bitcoin Has Seen $1K Range 43 Times In 2018

  03-05-2018 16:55
  Bitcoin's price may be quiet at the moment, but data through April shows it's certainly been one volatile start to 2018.
  
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• Maritime Bank Chooses VeriME as its Verification Partner

  03-05-2018 16:53
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• UTRUST Announces Partnership with Germany’s Largest E-Commerce Solution, Gambio, to Enable Cryptocurrency Payments

  03-05-2018 16:46
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• Crypto Purchase Ban Hits Mastercard’s Cross Border Volume Earnings

  03-05-2018 16:45
  Card issuer Mastercard is feeling the sting from a decision by top US banks to ban credit card transactions for cryptocurrencies. Cross-border volume growth is on a downward trend, as evidenced by a 19% increase last month compared to 21% for all of the first quarter, according to the company’s earnings results. Mastercard’s 2 percentage
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• BINEX.TRADE Announces Their New Exchange User Interface

  03-05-2018 16:41
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• Telegram cancels $1.7 billion ICO cryptocurrency crowdfund - The Independent

  03-05-2018 16:36 via independent.co.uk
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  Telegram cancels $1.7 billion ICO cryptocurrency crowdfund
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  The world's largest ever cryptocurrency fundraising effort has been put on hold after the popular messaging app Telegram scrapped plans to broaden its initial coin offering (ICO). The reason for shutting down the public ICO — the process of selling ...
  Telegram Messaging App Scraps Plans for Public Coin OfferingWall Street Journalall 80 news articles »
  
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• Bitcoin Banknotes Now Available in Singapore

  03-05-2018 16:33
  The banknotes are cold storage units of relatively low value which cannot be replicated.
  
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• NAGA and Ontology Plan to Reshape Fintech Market with Major Partnership

  03-05-2018 16:08 via newsbtc.com
  Two of the blockchain industry’s biggest players — NAGA and Ontology — have officially teamed up to forever change the way the fintech market functions. Here’s the inside scoop.
  In what is undoubtedly today’s biggest announcement, two titans of the blockchain space — NAGA and Ontology — have officially launched a long-term strategic partnership in hopes of effecting “significant and powerful change” in the way companies around the world condu
  
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• Cryptocurrency Struggles to Scale Wall Street's Pinnacle - Bloomberg

  03-05-2018 16:07 via bloomberg.com
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  Cryptocurrency Struggles to Scale Wall Street's Pinnacle
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  The barbarians, it seems, are still pretty hostile when it comes to Bitcoin and its brethren, with some good reason. At the Milken Institute Global Conference in Beverly Hills, California, this week, the outlook on pretty much everything — from the ...and more »
  
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• Standard Chartered Pushes for Wider Adoption of RippleNet Across Asia

  03-05-2018 16:00 via newsbtc.com
  Ripple technology is of great interest to financial service providers around the world. Standard Chartered is one of the many companies experimenting with these new tools. The firm has made it clear they want to expand the use of RippleNet to different countries. This is great news for the remittance-oriented payment tool.
  RippleNet Brings Home the Bacon
  In the world of finance, there is a growing demand for cheaper and faster cross-border payment solutions. Remittance companies do an adequate j
  
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