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• Blockchains in Charity – An Improvement?

  02-06-2018 23:50 via crypto-news.net
  Over the years, decentralized systems have been used several times for charity funding. A large number of charities and fundraising foundations have started to implement blockchain technology for their donations. Usually, those are the two main networks of the cryptocurrency ecosystem, Bitcoin and Ethereum. The charities belong to various and significantly different sectors of society. Many of them are trying to solve issues regarding food, education, and humanitarian crises.
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• How to Get Bitcoin Gold Online? BTG Has an Online Wallet!

  02-06-2018 23:30 via newsbtc.com
  The late 2017 was rightly termed as the Forks season, witnessing a range of junk copies of the mainstream currencies as well as successful forks like Bitcoin Gold (BTG). The BTG fork minimizes the impact of big miners like Bitmain, on the network and in general, is called “the backup copy of Bitcoin”. And one thing about the forks, is that people who have been holding tokens on main chain, can also get equal number of tokens on the forked blockchain as well. So, those holding Bitcoin
  
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• Bitcoin Mining’s Electricity Bill: Is It Worth It?

  02-06-2018 22:25 via cointelegraph.com
  The Bitcoin network consumes more electric energy in a year than the Czech Republic. Some say that Bitcoin’s high electricity cost is the price we pay for network security, others see it as a threat to the environment
  
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• Cryptocurrency Firms Announce Changes to Comply with GDPR

  02-06-2018 22:23
  The European Union approved in 2016 a strict legislation focused on the protection of user data called GDPR – General Data Protection Regulation. While it was approved two years ago, the law provided a transition period for companies to adjust before its actual implementation which occurred on May 25. According to The Guardian, the new European
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• EOS Price Jumps on News of EOSIO 1.0 Release, $50 mln Fund to Support ‘Ecosystem’

  02-06-2018 22:19 via cointelegraph.com
  Blockchain startup Block.one releases version 1.0 of their EOSIO protocol, plus a new $50 mln fund to support the project
  
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• ICOs Raise Over $9 Billion Six Months into 2018, Surpassing 2017 Figures

  02-06-2018 21:15 via newsbtc.com
  Despite the slowdown in overall cryptocurrency prices, investment in upcoming projects, in the form of initial coin offerings (ICOs), has not slowed down one bit. In fact, the amount of investment made into these projects has only skyrocketed.
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  CoinSchedule reported that over $9.4 billion has been invested into ICOs in just the past 6 months, already topping last year’s numbers. CoinSchedule attributed this rise in funding to large projects such as Telegram and t
  
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• Visa Outage in Europe Highlights Potential of Cryptocurrency Payments

  02-06-2018 20:15 via newsbtc.com
  Payment technology has introduced a high degree of convenience for consumers globally. When that technology does not work as advertised, a very problematic scenario ensues. Visa suffered from major outages across Europe for most of the day on Friday. This highlights the need for alternative solutions, including cash and even cryptocurrency.The Visa Outage in Europe
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• Months After Raising a $100 Million ICO Kik Founder Calls Blockchain”Unconvincing”

  02-06-2018 19:53
  At the True North tech conference earlier this week, Kik CEO Ted Livingston expressed his surprising opinion about blockchain: “Almost nobody should be looking at it.” Kin Founder Belittles the Blockchain What made the statement highly pessimistic is the fact that Livingston raised over $100 million via an Initial Coin Offering for his company in … Continued
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• Blockchain Start-Up to Link Consumers with Expert Skincare Advice from Dermatologists

  02-06-2018 19:53
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• Blockchain Media Company Jumps on the Journey to Disrupt the Future of Entertainment

  02-06-2018 19:48
  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. Hollywood movies are still in high demand these days. However, the role of movie stars in the entertainment market has changed. With big companies like HBO, Hulu, Netflix, … Continued
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• There Is a New Player on the Market and Things Are Looking Pretty Cool (Almost Literally)!

  02-06-2018 17:54
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• Cryptocurrency Market Gains $10 Billion; EOS Surges 16%, Bitcoin Price at $7,650

  02-06-2018 17:54
  The cryptocurrency market has increased by around $10 billion over the past 24 hours, as major cryptocurrencies including Bitcoin, Ripple, EOS, Stellar, and Tron surged in the range of 2 to 16 percent. EOS was the strongest performer today, recording a gain of 16.24 percent subsequent to its mainnet launch. No Major Movement Over the … Continued
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• Heshu Wallet: To Be the Safest and Most Convenient Management Device for Digital Asset

  02-06-2018 17:47
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• ORCA Platform Secures First e-money Institution for SEPA Payments, Partners with MisterTango

  02-06-2018 17:38
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• HyperQuant Platform Joins the Enterprise Ethereum Alliance

  02-06-2018 17:27
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• Namahe Leverages A.I. to Power up Their Blockchain

  02-06-2018 17:22
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• Partnership between DataBlockChain.io and Virtual DBS Enhances Power of Blockchain Technology Using Predictive Analytics

  02-06-2018 17:19
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• HashByte New Crypto Cloud Mining Service Changes the Game

  02-06-2018 17:15
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• CoinCrowd Advances the Blockchain Industry – Introducing a New Generation of Token Sales

  02-06-2018 17:12
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• Beldex Announces Their All New Dynamic Platform

  02-06-2018 17:08
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• WorkChain Releases Immutable CV Blockchain Solution workID

  02-06-2018 17:04
  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. WorkChain has releases workID, dubbed as “LinkedIn on the blockchain”. With an overwhelming majority of applicants lying on their resume, employers have no easy way to vet candidates.
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• Estonia Scales Back Plans of Ambitious State Cryptocurrency ‘Estcoin’

  02-06-2018 16:52
  Following criticism from the European Central Bank (ECB), Estonia’s ambitious plans to launch its “Estcoin” have been indefinitely scaled down. Estcoin Plans Squashed Previously in August 2017, Estonian officials announced their plans to issue a state-backed cryptocurrency, called Estcoin, and offer the world’s first state-backed ICO. The country’s ingenious plan to implement digital assets in
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• EOS Price Pumps after Mainnet Release, But This Rally’s Not Quite Organic

  02-06-2018 15:42
  The EOS price rallied 16 percent on Saturday following the release of the blockchain project’s open-source mainnet software, but there’s more to this pump than first meets the eye. EOS Price Makes Market-Leading 16 Percent Rally Today’s EOS price surge came as part of a wider market rally, but the token nevertheless managed to outpace
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• How to Watch the EOS Blockchain Launch

  02-06-2018 15:29
  CoinDesk gives our best guess of how the distributed launch of the much-anticipated EOS software can be expected to unfold.
  
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• Crypto Cult? Augur Founder Creates Ethereum-based Religion Called 0xΩ

  02-06-2018 15:00
  Matt Liston is starting his own religion — and he’s putting it on the blockchain. Liston has had a turbulent past in the crypto eco-system, suing the company he claims he helped found for $152 million. Augur created a market prediction tool and raised $5 million in a 2015 ICO in which 8.8 million REP tokens
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• Save the World? Blockchain's Big Dreams Come Back to Earth in DC

  02-06-2018 14:55
  "It's about being demand driven instead of supply driven."
  
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• Zimbabwe’s Biggest Crypto Exchange Golix Moves Closer to $32 Million ICO Launch

  02-06-2018 14:41
  Zimbabwe cryptocurrency exchange platform, Golix, is now proceeding ahead with its planned token sale to raise $32 million and has expanded to Kenya and Uganda with effect from the beginning of this month. Golix’s Initial Coin Offering had been disrupted after the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe banned banks from processing cryptocurrency transactions in the country.
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• Crypto Exchange Huobi Jointly Launches $93 mln China-South Korea Blockchain Fund

  02-06-2018 14:21 via cointelegraph.com
  The world’s third largest crypto exchange Huobi has partnered on a $93 mln China-South Korea investment fund for blockchain companies
  
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• End of Month Roundup: Cryptocurrency Winners and Losers in May

  02-06-2018 11:00 via newsbtc.com
  Top performing cryptocurrencies in May were Bytecoin, Zilliqa and Decred. While Cardano, Nem and Qtum suffered the heaviest losses.As we pass into another month in crypto land it is time to evaluate May’s winners and losers. After solid gains throughout April, May was set to build on them and send crypto markets higher again. It didn’t happen and the bears regained control pushing them all back down again from highs on the 6th. May has largely been a month of decline.
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• Supplemental IRS Guidance on Taxation of Cryptocurrencies is Needed: Expert Take

  02-06-2018 10:52 via cointelegraph.com
  “We recommend the IRS release immediate guidance regarding the tax treatment of virtual currency transactions”
  
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• Huobi Partners With Korean And Chinese Investors to Support Blockchain Initiatives

  02-06-2018 10:35
  Huobi, the global cryptocurrency exchange, has partnered with NewMargin Capital and Kiwoom Securities Co., Ltd. to start an investment fund to support blockchain enterprises in China and South Korea and encourage cooperation among the enterprises, according to China Money Network. The fund is targeting 100 billion won ($93 million). NewMargin Capital is a Beijing based
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• Asian Cryptocurrency Trading Update: Qtum Rising on Founder’s Future Focus

  02-06-2018 06:31 via newsbtc.com
  FOMO Moments
  Crypto markets have remained sideways as we enter the weekend. There has been no momentum in either direction and the markets are holding steady for now at around the $330 billion mark. Bitcoin has done very little over the past 3-4 days and is floating around the $7,500 level. Technical analysts are predicting a breakout as BTC approaches a major resistance level at $7,600. Ethereum has made small gains but is steadily heading upwards, currently trading around $580. The rest of the
  
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• Estonia Rolls Back Its Plan to Issue National Digital Currency

  02-06-2018 03:24 via cointelegraph.com
  Estonia has canceled its plans to issue a national cryptocurrency after criticism from the European Central Bank
  
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• Crypto Assets Could Reduce Demand for Central Bank Money: IMF Director

  02-06-2018 03:20
  The role of cryptocurrencies in the evolution of money remains a valid debate which has lingered for the best part of the last decade. How the emergence of digital assets will affect the existing monetary system that is upheld by central banks is a subject that is attracting a lot of attention. Cryptocurrencies represent digital
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• New York State Legislature Proposes Creation of Cryptocurrency Task Force

  02-06-2018 02:30 via cointelegraph.com
  The New York state legislature has proposed establishing a crypto task force to study the potential impact of the use of digital currencies on financial markets
  
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• Anthony Lusardi: Proof of Work (PoW) is Superior to PoS, dBFT, DPoS and other consensus Protocols: Ethereum Classic (ETC) Price Technical Analysis (June 2, 2018)

  02-06-2018 02:04 via newsbtc.com
  Ethereum Classic (ETC) is up one percent in the last 24 hours as I type this. Even though it is still a long way from catching up with ETH, chances are it may appreciate in months to come and close the wide gap. This analysis automatically marks this coin under the undervaluation tier meaning ETC is yet to reach full capacity. Everything shall spring back to life if we see prices crossing the $16 mark assuming the recent hard fork drew user demand.
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• Stellar Lumens, IOTA, Tron, Litecoin and EOS Price Technical Analysis (June 2, 2018)

  02-06-2018 02:02 via newsbtc.com
  Besides Tron which is nose diving after prices broke below 5.5 cents main support, IOTA and Stellar Lumens are strong buy candidates. IOTA did get a boost with DNB ASA MoU while Stellar is technically a buy with no strong fundamentals to back it. EOS on the other hand will prove their assertions today with their mainnet launch. We anticipate bullish pressure but should they collapse below $10 then it’s time to sell from Sunday on-wards.
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• Beverage-Blockchain Stock Jumps, Loses Gains in Same Hour

  02-06-2018 02:02 via cointelegraph.com
  A Chinese beverage-turned-blockchain company’s stock spiked today following the announcement of a “strategic transformation plan,” but with no long term gains
  
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• Huobi Launches Cryptocurrency ETF [And It’s Open to Retail Investors!]

  02-06-2018 02:00
  Crypto trading venue Huobi Pro has launched what it says is the world’s first cryptocurrency exchange-traded fund (ETF) targeted at retail investors. Announced on Friday, the Singapore-based exchange’s new product — called HB10 — allows investors to purchase shares in a basket of cryptocurrencies based on the firm’s recently launched benchmark index, the Huobi 10.
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• Bitmain Allegedly Sold ASIC Miners Caked With Dust

  02-06-2018 00:45
  Zooko Wilcox, the founder and CEO of Zerocoin Electric Coin Company, a company that develops privacy-focused cryptocurrency Zcash, has revealed that Chinese miners have alleged that Bitmain, the world’s biggest cryptocurrency mining equipment manufacturer, of potentially distributing hardware caked with dust, suggesting prior use. “Someone privately sent me these allegations (in Chinese) that Bitmain sold … Continued
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• Singapore Startup Secures $12.3 Bln in Assets on Blockchain Platform

  02-06-2018 00:08 via cointelegraph.com
  A Singapore-based crypto-finance company FUSION has secured $12.3 bln in financial assets on their blockchain-based platform
  
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