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• Bermuda Signs MOU with Blockchain Project Shyft for $10 Mln in Economic Development

  16-05-2018 23:54 via cointelegraph.com
  Bermuda has signed a memorandum of understanding with blockchain network Shyft, which provides ID solutions for compliance and due diligence mandates
  
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• I Hope Bitcoin Will Be Internet’s ‘Native Currency’: Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey

  16-05-2018 23:00
  Jack Dorsey — CEO of both Twitter and Square — hopes that bitcoin will one day be the internet’s native currency. Dorsey made this statement during an interview with Elizabeth Stark of Lightning Labs at a fireside chat today at the Consensus 2018 conference in New York. Dorsey revealed that grew up in St. Louis, MI
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• SEC Launches Mock ICO to Show Investors Warning Signs of Fraud

  16-05-2018 22:24 via cointelegraph.com
  The SEC Office of Investor Education and Advocacy launches fake ICO website to illustrate common warning signs of a scam
  
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• Codex Crypto Live Art Auction Raises Over $190,000 for Blockchain Charity

  16-05-2018 22:00 via newsbtc.com
  A cryptocurrency and decentralized registry for unique assets has announced that it has raised over $190,000 at a live art auction, which will be donated to the Foundation for Arts & Blockchain.
  Live Art Auction Raises $140,000 for Unique Cryptokitty
  Over the weekend, Codex Protocol, a decentralized title registry for the $2 trillion arts & collectibles (A&C) ecosystem, which includes art, fine wine, collectible cars, antiques, decorative arts, coins, watches, jew
  
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• Ethereum Client Parity Adds Support for Encrypted Smart Contracts

  16-05-2018 21:58
  Ethereum client Parity has added support for on-chain private transactions in its latest software update, providing developers with the ability to create and deploy encrypted smart contracts. Released on Tuesday, Parity 1.11.1-beta introduces several new features to the software client, which remains popular even though several bugs in Parity’s multisig smart contract libraries have given
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• Oju X: A Secure Blockchain Based Trading Platform

  16-05-2018 21:20
  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. While cryptocurrencies have managed to gain mainstream relevance within the past few years, the potential of the asset class’ underlying technology, blockchain, was not fully recognized until more recently.
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• HPE, Nokia Tap Streamr To Allow Consumers To Monetize Blockchain Tokenized Data

  16-05-2018 21:16
  Nokia and Hewlett Packard Enterprise have teamed with a Swiss startup called Streamr that will enable consumers to control and market tokenized data collected by Internet-connected devices, according to Fortune. The partnerships, announced at the Consensus conference in New York, signal emerging efforts to use blockchain technology to empower consumers. Streamr will tokenize the data in
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• SupplyBloc (SUPX) Launches Its PRE-ICO: A Global Solution to Supply Chain Management

  16-05-2018 21:10
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• BlockShow set to use world’s first blockchain polling application during their blockchain conference in Berlin

  16-05-2018 21:05 via crypto-news.net
  May 16, 2018 – Blockchain conference, BlockShow Europe 2018, is set to use the first blockchain-based application for polling at their Berlin conference in May. Taking place on May 28-29, the polls will identify the distinguished women leaders and game-changing companies who are building the tools and services that will continue to propel blockchain forward.
  The polls will be conducted using Polys, a secure, transparent, easy-to-deploy system that allows for the creation of blockchain-base
  
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• PBSA Appoints New Strategy and Partnerships Exec

  16-05-2018 21:03
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• Daniel Pinto of JPMorgan Chase Addresses Bitcoin in Interview

  16-05-2018 21:00 via newsbtc.com
  The head of the corporate and investment bank at JPMorgan Chase, Daniel Pinto, has addressed Bitcoin and other financial topics in an interview published today. The 55-year-old Argentinian stated he believes cryptocurrency will be important in the future, but not in its current form.
  Pinto Thinks Cryptocurrency Tech Is Important but Not in Its Current Form
  During an exclusive interview conducted by CNBC at his Park Avenue headquarters that was published earlier today, Daniel Pinto of JPMorgan Ch
  
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• Trident Coin-World’s First Coin Based Crypto Index Fund

  16-05-2018 20:53
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• SEC Launches Mock Website to Highlight ICO Risks

  16-05-2018 20:51
  The fictitious‏ ‏site, HoweyCoins.com, shows many sales tactics in which an ‎‎investor is attracted by the fraudulent ICOs.
  
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• OPEN Chain Addresses Interoperability and Scalability

  16-05-2018 20:48
  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. OPEN clearly envisions a decentralized future. For that to happen, it is absolutely essential that cryptocurrencies function like fiat currencies. Only when believers in blockchain technology are able to
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• Can FuzeX Restore Confidence in Broken Crypto Payments Scene

  16-05-2018 20:47 via newsbtc.com
  Cryptocurrencies have the potential to change the way people view and use the money. There is a massive push across the world for limiting cash, with Australia becoming the latest country to join the war on cash. In a world where cash use would be limited, cryptocurrencies not only have the potential to emerge as a viable means of payment but may also one day completely replace physical money. Thomas Frey, a senior futurist at the DaVinci Institute was quoted by Time as saying, “Cryptocurr
  
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• OSA DC: A Welcomed Solution to the Retail Industry’s Myriad Problems

  16-05-2018 20:37
  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. OSA DC is building a network that will revolutionize how retailers, manufacturers, and consumers interact, setting a new standard for supply chain operations and consumer goods management. Spelled out,
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• Bitxoxo, India’s Favorite Crypto Exchange, Sells out 5m XOXO Tokens in Pre-Sale

  16-05-2018 20:23
  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. Bitxoxo’s future receives a solid boost India’s biggest, fastest and most-used cryptocurrency exchange, Bitxoxo, has announced a successful pre-sale, with every one of its 5 million XOXO tokens sold.
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• Jack Dorsey Hopes Bitcoin Will Become Web's 'Native Currency'

  16-05-2018 20:03
  Is bitcoin destined to become the default currency of the Internet? Square's Jack Dorsey hopes so.
  
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• Jack Dorsey Hopes Bitcoin Will Become The Web's 'Native Currency'

  16-05-2018 20:03
  Is bitcoin destined to become the default currency of the Internet? Square's Jack Dorsey hopes so.
  
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• eToro announces expansion plans

  16-05-2018 20:02 via crypto-news.net
  – Launch of a crypto exchange and wallet –– Bringing crypto offering to the U.S. market –
  Global investment platform eToro has today announced plans to expand its cryptocurrency capabilities and subject to regulatory approvals will launch an exchange and a digital wallet. eToro will also bring its cryptocurrency offering to the United States, launching the platform to U.S. customers later this year under the leadership of the newly appointed U.S. Managing Director Guy Hir
  
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• Blockchain Firm Shyft Enters Partnership with Bermuda to Build Crypto Regulatory Framework

  16-05-2018 20:00 via newsbtc.com
  Bermuda is continuing to make itself known in the cryptocurrency space after signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Shyft, a blockchain-based KYC/AML solution that aims to build out the country’s regulatory framework.
  Bermuda to Lead the Way
  Announced at Consensus, the partnership between the the Government of Bermuda and the Toronto-based digital identity provider, aims to establish Bermuda as the blueprint for leveraging cryptocurrency and blockchain technol
  
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• Cryptocurrency Exchange Kraken Will “Probably” Pursue SEC Registration

  16-05-2018 19:46
  San Francisco-based cryptocurrency exchange Kraken will “probably” register with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) as a broker-dealer and an alternative trading system (ATS), the company’s chief executive said on Tuesday. “We would probably get registered as a broker-dealer and then an ATS,’’ Kraken co-founder and CEO Jesse Powell told Bloomberg in an interview
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• NagriCoin ITO Will Officially Accept US Accredited Investors – NagriTech Receives a D Class License from SEC

  16-05-2018 19:37
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• The SEC Just Launched a Fake ICO Website to Educate Investors

  16-05-2018 19:17
  The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission wants to make sure investors know what a scam ICO looks like. Even if it has to launch its own.
  
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• Blockchain.com Hires Author of First Cambridge Crypto Course to Head New Research Team

  16-05-2018 18:27 via cointelegraph.com
  Garrick Hileman, the University of Cambridge’s first ‘cryptocurrency academic,’ is to head Blockchain.com’s new “research arm”
  
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• Earn Interest with Cryptocurrency: LedgerX Launches BTC Savings Account

  16-05-2018 18:18
  The investing technique allows investors to select the required implied rate ‎and the amount of invested Bitcoins.
  
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• Bitcoin Price Declines To Nearly $8k Amidst Bing Crypto Ad Ban

  16-05-2018 18:16 via cointelegraph.com
  Amidst news of Bing’s crypto ad ban, markets see a sharp decline: Bitcoin nears $8000, Ethereum dips below $700
  
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• Financial Pundit: Crypto Is Here to Stay, Financial Advisers Need to Learn About It

  16-05-2018 18:00 via newsbtc.com
  Lex Sokolin of Autonomous Research has stated that he feels it’s time that financial advisers started doing their jobs properly and learned about cryptocurrency. He claimed that since investors will buy into digital currencies either way, it’s irresponsible for many so-called advisers to remain clueless about the ever-expanding financial innovation.
  Sokolin: Cryptocurrency is “Really Here to Stay”
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• We’re ‘Looking into’ Cryptocurrencies: JPMorgan Co-President

  16-05-2018 17:35
  Multinational investment banking JPMorgan is “looking into” cryptocurrencies, company co-president Daniel Pinto said. Pinto made this revelation during a wide-ranging interview with CNBC, explaining that although the firm is not optimistic about cryptocurrency in its current incarnation, it believes this technology will “play a role” in the financial system moving forward. He said: “We are
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• Amazon Launches Blockchain Cloud Partnership With Ethereum Studio ConsenSys’ Kaleido

  16-05-2018 17:30
  Amazon has partnered with blockchain incubator ConsenSys to enable its customers to build and manage their own blockchain platforms in an easy-to-use manner with ConsenSys’ Ethereum-based cloud platform called Kaleido. The move is part of an effort to make blockchain, the technology underpinning bitcoin, more accessible to customers of Amazon Web Services, the cloud-computing arm
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• ICO-Listing Website ListIco.io Survey – Participate for a Chance to Win 0,1 ETH

  16-05-2018 17:25
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• IDChain: Establish an Efficient Verification Method with the Identity Authentication of Blockchain Technology

  16-05-2018 17:19
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• Jennifer Aniston, Prince Charles Falsely Used to Promote Crypto Scam

  16-05-2018 17:10
  Texas' securities regulator has issued a cease-and-desist to a crypto investment scheme that faked endorsements from high-profile individuals.
  
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• Blockchain and Its Advantages — Meet a New Messenger ADAMANT

  16-05-2018 17:10
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• Safein Takes down the ICO Battle and 250,000 Usd at ICoinSummit 2018

  16-05-2018 17:06
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• TrustLogics – A Blockchain-Based Hiring Disruptor, Launches Unique Surprise Box Token Sale

  16-05-2018 17:01
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• Minexcoin Presents the «Four-Functions» Development Strategy

  16-05-2018 16:56
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• Russia’s Digital Economy Bill Supported by State Duma Committee in Move Towards Crypto Regulation

  16-05-2018 16:48 via cointelegraph.com
  A State Duma committee will support the first reading of Russia’s initiative for adding digital economy norms to the Civil Code
  
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• Exclusive: 200 Million Users Messaging Giant LINE Partners Blockchain Project ICON

  16-05-2018 16:46
  ICON, the $1.6 billion blockchain project created by developers from South Korea, has secured an official partnership with LINE, Japan’s largest messaging app that supports more than 200 million monthly active users. LINE’s Entrance Into Cryptocurrency Exchange Market On January 31, CCN reported that LINE is set to launch a cryptocurrency exchange within 2018 with
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• 200 Million Users Messaging Giant LINE Partners Blockchain Project ICON

  16-05-2018 16:46
  ICON, the $1.6 billion blockchain project created by developers from South Korea, has secured an official partnership with LINE, Japan’s largest messaging app that supports more than 200 million monthly active users. LINE’s Entrance Into Cryptocurrency Exchange Market On January 31, CCN reported that LINE is set to launch a cryptocurrency exchange within 2018 with … Continued
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• New Data Storage Platform Intends To Become The Safest Way Of Storing Information Online

  16-05-2018 16:37 via cointelegraph.com
  A new blockchain platform claims to be the securest way of storing data ever. The storage is “completely self-sufficient and independent”, as it does not rely on a centralised system #SPONSORED
  
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• Tel Aviv Stock Exchange Launches Blockchain-Based Securities Lending Platform

  16-05-2018 16:30
  The project is a collaboration with The Floor, Accenture, Hyperledger and Intel.
  
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• Nokia Is Letting Consumers Monetize Their Data With Blockchain

  16-05-2018 16:20
  The long-anticipated launch of Streamr's real-time data platform was accompanied by two high-profile partnership announcements.
  
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• Binance Co-Founder Denies Rumors of Company's Plans to Build Blockchain Country on Private Island

  16-05-2018 16:16 via cointelegraph.com
  Binance’s co-founder He Yi has denied the sci-fi-esque claims of a Chinese media platform that the company plans to build its own blockchain nation on a private island
  
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• Snoop Dogg Performs at Ripple’s Consensus 2018 After-party

  16-05-2018 16:00 via newsbtc.com
  New York’s Blockchain Week, aka Consensus 2018, is not only serious talk among experts, entrepreneurs, and regulators. The cryptocurrency people gathering in Manhattan also want to have fun. At least, that’s what Ripple Labs thought when its representatives invited Snoop Dogg to headline their after-party at a secret location in Manhattan’s Meatpacking District.
  Snoop Dogg Headlines Ripple’s Afterparty at Consensus 2018
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• ICO Project Polymath Is Trying to Buy a Stake In a Real Stock Exchange

  16-05-2018 15:45
  If one announcement summarizes the ambitions of crypto project Polymath, it might be Wednesday's acquisition of the domain "Tokens.com" One of its several this week, it cuts to the heart of the project's aims to dominate the issuance of tokenized securities. But the plans go beyond just the acquisition of potentially popular domain names. In the […]
  
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• Ethereum Futures Watch: CME Group Says It’s Gauging Client Interest

  16-05-2018 15:39
  Chicago-based derivatives exchange CME Group said that it plans to gauge client interest for an ethereum futures product now that it has launched a price index and benchmark for ether, the world’s second-largest cryptocurrency. Speaking with Bloomberg on the sidelines of an industry conference in New York, Tim McCourt, CME’s head of equity products, said … Continued
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• Coinigy Launches Subscription-Based Cryptocurrency Trading Mobile App

  16-05-2018 15:18 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Coinigy, a cloud-based cryptocurrency trading platform, has announced the launch of Coinigy Mobile, a subscription-based mobile cryptocurrency trading application for iOS and Android, providing customers with a platform to place limit and stop orders throughout nearly 20 exchanges with data connectivity across more than 40 exchanges. Unlike nearly all cryptocurrency trading platforms, the Coinigy Mobile […]
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• Blockstack Announces 'Universal' Dapp Store for the Decentralized Web

  16-05-2018 15:18
  Blockstack announced app.co, a decentralized app store aimed at bringing together all dapps for users' convenience.
  
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• Enterprise Ethereum Alliance Unveils Common Blockchain Standards

  16-05-2018 15:05
  The Enterprise Ethereum Alliance announced the release of a common technical specification at Consensus 2018 on Wednesday.
  
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