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• ZeppelinOS Software Launch Promises Easier Fix for Ethereum Contracts

  25-05-2018 23:59
  ZeppelinOS wants to incentivize developers to create smart contract libraries which they can then improve, stamping out bugs and standardizing code.
  
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• UK’s FCA Investigates 24 Cryptocurrency Firms As Bitcoin Price Dips

  25-05-2018 23:50 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The U.K.’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has opened up 24 investigations into cryptocurrency businesses, a Freedom of Information request has revealed. In a report from the Financial Times, the U.K.’s top financial watchdog also confirmed that it had opened seven whistleblower reports relating to digital currency companies so far this year. The FCA has confirmed […]
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• Bitcoin Wallet Xapo Implements Scaling Solution SegWit

  25-05-2018 23:35
  Ted Rogers, the president at Xapo, a widely utilized cryptocurrency wallet and vault, has revealed that the platform has activated Segregated Witness (SegWit), the scaling solution developed by the Bitcoin Core development team. SegWit Adoption and Importance of Xapo Earlier this month, Tom Metcalf at Bloomberg reported that Xapo’s cold wallet stored in its underground … Continued
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• Russia to Pilot ICO Technology as Investors Want Digital Tokens

  25-05-2018 23:00 via newsbtc.com
  Russia is about to test an initial coin offering (ICO) technology at its central bank’s regulatory platform, which was launched in April 2018 to pilot unregulated technologies.
  The project aims to conduct the first transaction involving tokenized assets and assess the specifics of these transactions, mitigate associated risks, and get feedback from the Bank of Russia.
  Russia Tests Initial Coin Offering at Central Bank
  Sberbank CIB, the corporate and investment banking business of Russia&rs
  
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• A 17th Century Mansion Is Being Auctioned Off on a Blockchain

  25-05-2018 23:00
  The Palazzetto in the Palazzo Albertoni Spinola is being auctioned on a blockchain in a historic moment for the 200-year-old property.
  
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• NAGA Coin (NGC) Gets Listed on Bittrex

  25-05-2018 22:53 via newsbtc.com
  Earlier this week, NAGA Coin gained a high-profile listing on the popular US-based cryptocurrency exchange Bittrex.
  ‘Another Day, Another Exchange’
  NAGA Coin (NGC) achieved new listings on the popular cryptocurrency exchanges Bittrex and UpBit.Following NGC’s listing on the US-based exchange, Bittrex, the token’s price spiked from roughly $0.60 to as high as $1.05 — before expected profit-taking and a prolonged market-wide downtrend pushed the token back down to wha
  
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• UK Company Acquires ‘Bitcoin’ Trademark, Allegedly Threatens Etsy Store over BTC-themed Items

  25-05-2018 22:35
  A UK company has acquired the trademark for “Bitcoin” and has allegedly threatened to bring a lawsuit against a small business that sells bitcoin-themed shirts. The business owner shared their plight on the Bitcoin subreddit, explaining that today, May 25, they received a letter from a company claiming to own the UK trademark for “Bitcoin.”
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• Mining Pool of Hyundai-Related Blockchain Platform HDAC Suffers Hack

  25-05-2018 22:27 via cointelegraph.com
  The mining pool of Hyundai-related IoT blockchain platform HDAC has been hacked, forcing the company to temporarily halt withdrawals
  
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• FCA Alerts Public to Unlicensed Cryptocurrency Broker Get Financial

  25-05-2018 22:19
  This warning is yet another case in which FCA ‎‎goes after illegal cryptocurrency brokers‎.
  
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• FCA Alerts Public of Unlicensed Cryptocurrency Broker Get Financial

  25-05-2018 22:19
  This warning is yet another case in which FCA ‎‎goes after illegal cryptocurrency brokers‎.
  
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• Stormy Daniels Plays Crypto Card to Trump Adult Industry Competition

  25-05-2018 22:08 via cointelegraph.com
  StormyDaniels.com will now accept the Vice Industry Token as payment for premium content
  
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• South African Police Investigate $80 Million Bitcoin Ponzi Scheme

  25-05-2018 22:00 via newsbtc.com
  The South African Police said today it has launched an investigation into an alleged fraud that has claimed more than one billion Rand ($80 million) in bitcoin from 30,000 investors.
  Funds manager of BTC Global, Steven Twain, disappeared on February 18 leaving admin staff and clients at a loss for funds.
  Ponzi Scheme Head Vanishes
  A statement on the BTC Global website said:“The admin team cannot locate him. If anyone has ANY information on how we can get in contact with him please get in t
  
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• Bitcoin Price Drop From $20,000 Likely Due to Market Manipulation: Traders

  25-05-2018 21:34
  Since December 17, the bitcoin price has been on a continuous decline, falling from $19,900 to $5,980 at its yearly low. While the bitcoin price has seen two mid-term recoveries and corrective rallies, both failed to test two major support levels at $12,000 and $10,000. Market Manipulation Theory Recently, a group of cryptocurrency researchers and
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• Tencent to Use the Blockchain to Derail China’s Counterfeit Invoice Industry

  25-05-2018 21:00 via newsbtc.com
  Sellers of counterfeit, illegally-made receipts help businesses take advantage of tax loopholes in China, but that’s set to change with the application of blockchain technology in the handling of digital invoices.
  Disrupting China’s Counterfeit Invoice Market
  Faked official invoices are big business in China. One person who creates these legal proof of payments — “fapiao” in Chinese – calls herself Mrs. Wang.
  She claims that in just 24-hours a fake receipt can
  
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• ICO PR Stunt Turns Tragic after Guide Dies Scaling Mt. Everest

  25-05-2018 20:29
  A promotional stunt for a Ukranian startup’s upcoming initial coin offering (ICO) turned tragic after a sherpa reportedly died while helping a group of climbers hide a cryptocurrency wallet at the summit of Mt. Everest. According to FT Alphaville, social networking startup ASKfm sponsored a promotion to hide a Ledger wallet containing 500,000 ASKfm tokens
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• Should Crypto Be the Universal Currency for Gaming and Entertainment?

  25-05-2018 20:28
  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 entertainment world has long been an innovator, both in terms of technology as well as finance. From pioneering new media distribution formats, to changing the way people
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• Crystal Token – A Revolutionary Multipurpose Token for Smart Investment

  25-05-2018 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. Crystal Token proposes an innovative smart investment model that offers multiple investment plans for traders who desire a reliable source of passive income. In order to make this
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• Trading Platform TrakInvest to Make Their App on Hedera Hashgraph Distributed Ledger Technology

  25-05-2018 20:02
  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. There are different facets of the development of Blockchain technology including different approaches to solving the puzzle of decentralization. Bitcoin started the revolution, but since then, different models
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• The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority Is Investigating 24 Crypto Firms

  25-05-2018 20:00 via newsbtc.com
  The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is launching investigations into 24 different cryptocurrency companies. The U.K.’s financial watchdog did not name which specific businesses they were inspecting.
  Crypto Firms Come Under Scrutiny in the UK
  According to reports in U.K. news publication CityWire, the U.K.’s financial watchdog, the FCA, is looking at 24 crypo firms. The investigations into the activities of the unauthorised businesses are to ‘determine whether they might be ca
  
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• HADA DBank Announces First Corporate Client Überstate

  25-05-2018 19:56
  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. Hada DBank has successfully reached another one of their milestones, only 2 weeks into their current token sale. Überstate have recently penned a deal to become the first
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• How This Blockchain Startup Is Set to Save the Football Industry

  25-05-2018 19:52
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• Multiversum Partnering with NEM and ProximaX to Strength Their Data Management Services through Blockchain

  25-05-2018 19:45
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• Cryptocurrency Exchange to Open in South Africa, Sygnia Says - Bloomberg

  25-05-2018 19:41
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  Cryptocurrency Exchange to Open in South Africa, Sygnia Says
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  South African money manager Sygnia Ltd. said it intends to start a cryptocurrency exchange in the third quarter of this year to tap growing interest from investors in the country in digital currencies. To be known as SygniaCoin, the exchange will ...
  
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• Open Gaming Platform Yumerium to Launch VR Games on Blockchain

  25-05-2018 19:39
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• Bitcoin’s Falling Price Nothing More Than Perception, Or Is There Manipulation?

  25-05-2018 19:08 via cointelegraph.com
  Bitcoin’s price seems low, but many traders are unfazed by its movements, while some see manipulation
  
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• Ethereum Co-Founder Lubin: Cryptocurrencies Should Stay ‘Unfettered” from Regulations

  25-05-2018 19:03
  It’s a tricky balance, but Ethereum Co-Founder Joseph Lubin believes the cryptocurrency market should embrace regulators though he also points out it’s vital not to stifle innovation. Lubin, who is at the helm of ConsenSys, welcomes regulators into the cryptocurrency space both in the United States and in other parts of the world. He made the comments
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• Chinese Blockchain Accelerator Offers Startups $ Mlns in Subsidies

  25-05-2018 18:59 via cointelegraph.com
  The Blockchain Industrial Park in the eastern Chinese city of Hangzhou has announced subsidies for individuals and startups in the blockchain space worth mlns of dollars
  
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• BitGo Is Building Its Own Digital Asset Custodian

  25-05-2018 18:45
  Blockchain security startup BitGo has decided to build its own asset custodian, and will no longer proceed with its acquisition of Kingdom Trust.
  
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• TRON Founder Reportedly Acquiring BitTorrent Inc.

  25-05-2018 18:35 via cointelegraph.com
  BitTorrent Inc., now Rainberry, reportedly being acquired by TRON founder Justin Sun
  
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• Ethereum Classic 51% Attack Would Cost Just $55 Mln, Result in $1 Bln Profit: Research

  25-05-2018 18:23 via cointelegraph.com
  New research says cryptocurrencies using PoW algorithms are at risk of profitable 51% attacks
  
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• Regulators in US, Canada Participate in NASAA’s Coordinated ICO Crackdown

  25-05-2018 18:11
  NASAA's task force also found more than 30,000 crypto-related domain ‎name registrations‎.
  
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• Company Sues CryptoKitties Creator for Allegedly Stealing Trade Secrets

  25-05-2018 18:02
  Axiom Zen, the company behind popular Ethereum DApp CryptoKitties, has been hit with a lawsuit for allegedly violating a non-disclosure agreement and stealing trade secrets. The suit, filed last week in US District Court for the Southern District of California by San Diego-based company Starcoin (which operates under the name Tradestar) and reviewed by CCN,
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• CryptoKitties Charity Auction Raises $15K for Children's Hospital

  25-05-2018 18:01
  Bella's Kitty Den, a CryptoKitties marketplace, raised over $15,000 by auctioning donated collectible kitties for the Seattle Children's Hospital.
  
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• Just One Top Crypto Bucked This Week's Market Downturn

  25-05-2018 17:15
  Shadowing the losses in bitcoin, the top-25 cryptocurrencies have all fallen over the last seven days – all bar one, that is.
  
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• Bitcoin Gold Responds to Recent Double Spend Attack

  25-05-2018 17:09
  The development team behind Bitcoin Gold has released an update on last week’s 51 percent attack, which the attacker weaponized through a double spend attack to steal funds from cryptocurrency exchanges. Published on Thursday, the update confirmed that the attacker had gained majority control of the network’s hashrate and used that control to reorganize the
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• Cryptocurrency stunt to climb Mount Everest reportedly turns deadly - CNBC

  25-05-2018 17:01
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  Cryptocurrency stunt to climb Mount Everest reportedly turns deadly
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  A publicity stunt encouraging "crypto enthusiasts" to climb Mount Everest and bury a hard drive holding $50,000 worth of cryptocurrency reportedly indirectly led to a man's death, the Financial Times said Friday. Ukrainian social network ASKfm, which ...
  Cryptocurrency Stunt Leaves Sherpa Dead on Mount EverestFinance Magnates
  Sherpa guide dies on Mount Everest after publicity stunt to bury cryptocurrency at summit goe
  
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• Ukrainian ICO Publicity Stunt on Mount Everest Results in Death of Sherpa

  25-05-2018 16:50 via cointelegraph.com
  Climbing Mount Everest for an ICO publicity stunt by a Ukrainian company led to the death of one of the accompanying sherpas
  
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• $1.2 Bln in Crypto Stolen Since 2017, GDPR Will Hinder Cybercrime Enforcement, Report Shows

  25-05-2018 16:35 via cointelegraph.com
  $1.2 bln in crypto has been stolen since the beginning of 2017, with the new GDRP set to hinder cybercrime enforcement efforts, new report shows
  
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• Chinese Blockchain Complex Offers Startups Millions in Subsidies

  25-05-2018 16:30
  A new blockchain industrial park in China aims to attract talented individuals and startups by offering millions of dollars-worth of subsidies.
  
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• Jimmy Wells, Special App, and Startup Oscars: This Year BlockShow Is Gearing Up

  25-05-2018 16:10 via cointelegraph.com
  BlockShow brings many surprises and at least one huge reveal
  
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• Jimmy Wales, Special App, and Startup Oscars: This Year BlockShow Is Gearing Up

  25-05-2018 16:10 via cointelegraph.com
  BlockShow brings many surprises and at least one huge reveal
  
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• Celebrity-Themed CryptoKitties Take a ‘Cat Nap’ Amid NDA Lawsuit

  25-05-2018 15:50 via cointelegraph.com
  Lawsuit threatens CryptoKitties developer accused of NDA violation over Steph Curry deal
  
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• Russia’s Central Bank Will Host an ICO Pilot on its Regulatory Platform

  25-05-2018 15:42
  Russian banking giant Sberbank and the country’s National Settlement Depository will test an initial coin offering on a central bank regulatory platform. Sberbank and the National Settlement Depository (NSD), Russia biggest bank and the securities depository respectively, will test the issuance of an initial coin offering (ICO) on a regulatory platform established by the Bank
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• US’ Fourth Largest Railway Company Joins Blockchain in Transport Alliance

  25-05-2018 15:37 via cointelegraph.com
  US transport giant Norfolk Southern Corp. has announced it is joining the Blockchain in Transport Alliance (BiTA), which already has 250 members since its 2017 founding
  
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• Porn Star Stormy Daniels Adds Crypto Rewards to Official Website

  25-05-2018 15:00
  Adult actress Stormy Daniels has partnered with Vice Industry Token to add cryptocurrency incentives for website users.
  
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• Xapo to Expand its Operations in Gibraltar

  25-05-2018 14:52
  The bitcoin storage company already has a financial services license in the British overseas-territory
  
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• Biggest Thai Bank Joins R3 Consortium’s Trade Finance Pact Marco Polo

  25-05-2018 14:49 via cointelegraph.com
  Thailand’s biggest bank comes on board with Marco Polo, a DLT initiative from R3 Consortium
  
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• South Korean Conglomerate Hyundai’s Cryptocurrency Mining Pool Hacked, Withdrawals Disallowed

  25-05-2018 14:40
  The mining pool of HDAC, a blockchain platform and company operated by Hyundai BS&C, a subsidiary of South Korea’s biggest car manufacturer and major conglomerate, experienced a hacking attack on May 24 and was forced to halt withdrawals temporarily. Mining Pool Breach According to local cryptocurrency media outlet TokenPost, HDAC’s mining pool fell victim to … Continued
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• Crypto Markets See Some Green After Week of Lows, Bitcoin Price Hovering Around $7,500

  25-05-2018 14:17 via cointelegraph.com
  Crypto markets see positive growth today after a week of slumps
  
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• Crypto Market See Some Green After Week of Lows, Bitcoin Price Hovering Around $7,500

  25-05-2018 14:17 via cointelegraph.com
  Crypto markets see positive growth today after a week of slumps
  
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