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• Interview: CEO of imToken, the World’s Largest Ethereum Wallet, Talks EOS Adoption in China

  03-07-2018 23:04
  Chinese cryptocurrency wallet startup imToken may not have much name recognition in the West, but the firm, which raised $10 million during its recently-concluded Series A funding round, claims to operate the world’s largest ethereum wallet, which boasts more than 4 million active users. ImToken recently added support for EOS to its multi-currency wallet, which
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• Institutional Investment In Cryptocurrencies Growing Despite Price Volatility

  03-07-2018 23:00 via crypto-news.net
  The market declines that have affected cryptocurrencies this year have prompted many traders to express concern about the future value of the technology, but actions by players behind the scenes paint a very different picture. Interest from professional and institutional investors is growing swiftly, and the mood is very optimistic. This year has seen a myriad of such actors move into the space, and they are little concerned with the retracements of the past few months. These investors come from
  
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• UK FCA Unveils Cohort 4 of Regulatory Sandbox; Over 40% Are Using Blockchain, DLT

  03-07-2018 22:59 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has unveiled the 29 companies composing the fourth cohort of its regulatory sandbox. More than 40% of them will be testing blockchain or distributed ledger technology (DLT) solutions, the financial regulator said on Tuesday. Six are using DLT to automate the issuance of debt or equity, and two are […]
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• Indian Supreme Court Continues to Uphold Central Bank’s Ban on Crypto Dealings

  03-07-2018 22:51 via cointelegraph.com
  India’s Supreme Court has today ruled not to grant interim relief to businesses affected by the Reserve Bank of India’s ban on banks' dealings with cryptocurrency
  
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• Crypto Money Laundering Expected to Reach $1.5 Billion in 2018

  03-07-2018 22:45 via newsbtc.com
  A new report has revealed that three times more cryptocurrency has been stolen from crypto exchanges so far in 2018 compared to 2017.
  Data security company CipherTrace, which released the report, analyse cryptocurrency data to identify illicit money flow and money laundering.
  Money Laundering Reaches Record Highs
  Data collected by CipherTrace shows that $761 million has already been laundered via cryptocurrencies this year.
  This is almost three times the amount reached in 2017 of $266 million. D
  
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• Chelle Ecosystem Brings Blockchain Benefits to Real Estate, Unleashing Improved Access, Speed and Transparency

  03-07-2018 22:32
  Everyone working in the real estate industry knows real estate records are difficult to access, and they vary significantly in quality. As a result, real estate transactions are complex, time-consuming and often require the assistance of third parties. Hence, blockchain technology, with its unique ability to facilitate transactions rapidly, offers an opportunity to make real
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• Hong Kong Continues Taking Regulatory Action, Hopes to Become International Blockchain Hub

  03-07-2018 22:30 via cointelegraph.com
  Hong Kong has grown skeptical about crypto and ICOs, prefers becoming an international blockchain hub
  
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• High Throughput Blockchain Lists on Kucoin, Opens up Bounty Program to Developers Using the DAG Testnet

  03-07-2018 22:17
  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. Constellation Labs, which is building its horizontally-scalable DAG protocol (directed-acyclic-graph) for consumer-grade applications, announced that its DAG token will be listed on … exchange on July 3, 2018.
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• Singapore Startup Launches Exchange to Combine Tokens and Fiat Transactions

  03-07-2018 22:08 via cointelegraph.com
  A Singapore startup is building an exchange platform that could make it easier for investors to transact in fiat currencies, credit cards and crypto #SPONSORED
  
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• Official trade.io Crypto Exchange Launch Announced at Simultaneous London Events

  03-07-2018 22:08
  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. Lugano, Switzerland, Friday June 29th, 2018: trade.io today announced that their flagship product, Exchange, will be launched on July 17th, 2018.  The announcement came during CEO Jim Preissler’s
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• Decentralized Chat App Consentium Updates Roadmap after TGE Conclusion

  03-07-2018 22:02
  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. Blockchain-based chat app designed to build communities, Consentium is aiming to transcend the basic chat functions and develop a sustainable app that can cater for businesses and communities.
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• Crypto Markets Hold Recent Gains, Bitcoin Gaining Momentum Over $6,500 Price Point

  03-07-2018 21:48 via cointelegraph.com
  Crypto markets are holding their recent gains, with BTC trading above $6,500, ETH above $460, and XRP up a solid 3% over the past 24 hours
  
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• VeChain Revises Roadmap to Address Token Swap Concerns

  03-07-2018 21:45
  VeChain has changed its token swap timeline in response to pressure from token holders.
  
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• European Banks Complete Real-Time Trades on We.Trade Blockchain, Industry Responds

  03-07-2018 21:45 via newsbtc.com
  A group of nine European banks have revealed that they have completed multiple real-time commercial trades via the blockchain technology.
  Opens Up New Trading Opportunities
  According to We.Trade, seven trade transactions have been completed by 10 companies across five countries. The transactions were completed on the We.Trade blockchain platform through four banks.
  Built on the IBM Blockchain Platform, and powered by the Hyperledger Fabric, the We.Trade solution is aiming to provide customers ac
  
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• SEC Charge Two Individuals for Illegal Sale of Blockchain Firm Stock

  03-07-2018 21:03
  The Securities and Exchange Commission charged an attorney and a law firm business manager yesterday on with profiting from illegal stock sales of a company claiming to have a blockchain-related business. Attorney T.J. Jesky and the business manager of his law firm Mark F. DeStefano are alleged to have made approximately $1.4 million in sales
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• DYNO Partners with the University of Leipzig

  03-07-2018 20:52
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• Global Authorities Unite to Tackle Tax Evasion Enabled by Cryptocurrencies

  03-07-2018 20:40 via newsbtc.com
  Leaders of tax enforcement authorities from around the world have united to combat global financial crimes enabled by cryptocurrencies and other technologies. The group formed will be known as the Joint Chiefs of Global Tax Enforcement, or J5, and will comprise of participants from Australia, the U.S., Holland, Canada, and the U.K.
  J5 Formed in Response to a Call to Action from the OECD
  The idea behind the collaborative effort is to share information and to increase the ability of its members to
  
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• Huobi-Partnered Exchange HBUS Opens to US Citizens

  03-07-2018 20:00 via newsbtc.com
  Crypto exchange and U.S. strategic partner of Huobi, HBUS, has announced today it will begin new user registrations of U.S. citizens. Following a recent Amsterdam quant trading event, Huobi has also begun their Global Elites Program in the Netherlands.
  HBUS Opens to US Citizens
  San Francisco-based HBUS will begin new user registrations of U.S. citizens with deposits open from July 6. Users will be able to deposit nine cryptocurrencies including BTC, BCH, ETH, and ranked #128 by market cap, Civic
  
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• Major European Banks Complete Live Trades on IBM Blockchain

  03-07-2018 19:50
  After undergoing development for over a year, the first live trades have occurred on the IBM-powered trade finance blockchain platform, we.trade. Through four banks, 10 firms were able to execute 7 trade transactions across 5 countries in the last 5 days. These are the first such trade transactions employing blockchain technology to be considered commercially
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• MARK.SPACE Expands Horizons for Its MRK Token through QRYPTOS Listing, Payment Partnerships with FuzeX and Paxful

  03-07-2018 19:48
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• Upcoming ABCC Platform Token to Embrace Bitcoin Mining Philosophy

  03-07-2018 19:23
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• Kraken Crypto Exchange, Community Blast Bloomberg Article on Tether ‘Red Flags’

  03-07-2018 19:13 via cointelegraph.com
  Major crypto exchange Kraken issues a harsh response to a recent Bloomberg article alleging possible USDT price “manipulation” on the platform
  
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• Africa’s First Privacy Based Cryptocurrency

  03-07-2018 19:09
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• Blockstream Launches Tokenized Assets Tool on Liquid Sidechain

  03-07-2018 18:55
  Blockstream unveiled a new feature that allows users to create custom tokenized assets secured on its Liquid sidechain.
  
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• Globacap to Launch First Equity Issuance in Public Blockchain with FCA Oversight

  03-07-2018 18:52
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• Ruff and SEISYS Have Entered into a Formal Partnership to Jointly Develop an NB-IoT Based Intelligent Transport System

  03-07-2018 18:35
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• Bitmain Is Now One of the 21 Entities Processing EOS Transactions

  03-07-2018 18:34
  Controversial cryptocurrency company Bitmain has become one of the 21 entities processing transactions on the nascent EOS network. The China-based firm, best known for producing cryptocurrency mining hardware and supporting a big-block approach to Bitcoin scaling, on Tuesday received a sufficient number of votes to become an active EOS block producer, which allows it to
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• Five Nations Launch Tax Enforcement Alliance to Tackle Crypto, Cybercrime 'Threat'

  03-07-2018 18:31 via cointelegraph.com
  The U.S. IRS launches transnational taskforce together with tax enforcement agencies from four other countries to tackle crypto-enabled crimes
  
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• Ethos’s Universal Wallet Is Now Available in the Netherlands & Announces Global Release

  03-07-2018 18:22
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• “The Nebulas Rank Yellow Paper” Is Now Public, Providing the Blockchain World with a More Complete Value Measurement System

  03-07-2018 18:16
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• Economist Claims Bitcoin Futures Killed the Strong Rally in Early 2018

  03-07-2018 17:22
  The FED and prominent economists believe that the bitcoin futures market ultimately led the cryptocurrency market to crash and record the third worst correction in its history. Real Impact of Bitcoin Futures Yukio Noguchi, a Japanese economist, claimed in a recent column that the abrupt change in trend from a bull market to a strong
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• (+) Trading 101: 4 Reliable Chart Patterns in Crypto Trading

  03-07-2018 17:13
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• Court Says India's Crypto Exchange Bank Account Ban Will Continue

  03-07-2018 17:11
  India's central bank won a key victory in court this week.
  
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• Bitcoin Price: Are Cryptocurrencies Making a Comeback?

  03-07-2018 17:11 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Bitcoin and the entire cryptocurrency market hit new lows at the end of June with mainstream news outlets this weekend reporting the “Bitcoin bubble” had finally burst. But it hasn’t, Bitcoin appears to be back with a price rebound. Some are saying the rally is due to Coinbase’s institutional product launch, the Coinbase Custody service. […]
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• Blockchain Firm Globacap to Sell Digital Equity Securities from FCA Sandbox

  03-07-2018 16:34
  The company opens its doors in five days time with a fundraising drive for itself.
  
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• RBI Forces Indian Banks to Cease All Cryptocurrency Activity in Two Days

  03-07-2018 16:30 via newsbtc.com
  Financial institutions in India have only two more days to close off relationships with individuals and firms dealing in cryptocurrencies. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) gave a three-month window for activities to cease back in April which ends on July 5.
  Crypto Users can Still Trade
  In April, the RBI issued a statement to RBI-regulated entities that they must cease all activity related to cryptocurrencies. They provided a three-month window for activities to be stopped which ends on July 5. Cr
  
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• US, UK Lead 5-Nation Alliance to Combat Cryptocurrency Tax Crimes

  03-07-2018 16:26
  The tax authorities of the United States and the United Kingdom have signed on to lead an international alliance designed to combat transnational financial crimes, including those involving cryptocurrency. J5 Aims to Combat Cryptocurrency Financial Crimes Announced on Tuesday, the five-member Joint Chiefs of Global Tax Enforcement (J5) is a partnership between the Australian Criminal
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• As Hundreds of ICOs Fail, Bitcoin Gains More Dominance Over the Market

  03-07-2018 15:31
  Over the past three months, bitcoin, the most dominant cryptocurrency in the global market, has gained more dominance over the market amidst the third worst correction in the market’s history. 35% to 42% in Two Months In May, the dominance index of bitcoin was at around 35 percent, during a period in which the cryptocurrency
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• FSA Considers Changing Japanese Cryptocurrency Regulations

  03-07-2018 15:30 via newsbtc.com
  New information points towards the FSA, Japan’s financial regulating body, changing the legal basis on which cryptocurrencies are overseen in the country.
  FSA Considers Change to Regulatory Basis
  As was reported in local Japanese media Sankei on July 3, the Financial Services Agency is considering changing the legal foundation on which cryptocurrency regulation is based, from the Payment Services Act to the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act (FIEA). This move would require ex
  
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• Xiaomi Token Sale not Authorised by Xiaomi

  03-07-2018 15:02
  A Russian firm is selling tokens based on the share price of the smartphone giant.
  
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• Gaming Company Allows Players to Win Cryptocurrency in Its New First-Person Shooter

  03-07-2018 14:43 via cointelegraph.com
  The game that pays you back: a project reveals its new in-game currency for all ‘first-person shooter’ players #SPONSORED
  
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• Zug’s Head of Comms Calls City Blockchain Voting Test a ‘Success’, Despite Low Turnout

  03-07-2018 14:37 via cointelegraph.com
  Zug’s blockchain-based municipal vote trial was deemed a “success” by the city’s head of communication, despite low voter turnout
  
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• Survey Shows 40% of Canadians Have Sold Their Cryptocurrency

  03-07-2018 14:30 via newsbtc.com
  A recent study investigating the investments habits of Canadians found that 40% of Ontario’s resident investors have sold their cryptocurrency holdings.
  40% of Ontario Investors Have Sold their Crypto Holdings
  The study put out by the Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) was conducted to measure the habits of those invested in cryptocurrency as well the level of understanding those who invest have of the nascent market.
  The study which focused on the 14 million person population of Ontario
  
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• SEC Seeking Comments on Application for Yet Another Bitcoin ETF

  03-07-2018 14:21 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is seeking comments on yet another application for a proposed exchange-traded fund (ETF) that would track the price of Bitcoin. An exchange-traded fund is a marketable security that allows investors to bet on the performance of an underlying asset (or assets) without requiring the investors to maintain custody of […]
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• Philippines’ Bitcoin Exchanges Outperform Traditional Finance Platforms

  03-07-2018 14:13
  Bitcoin exchanges and cryptocurrency businesses in the Philippines have been outperforming traditional financial platforms in popularity and user activity throughout 2018. Practical Policies On July 2, CCN reported that the Cagayan Economic Zone Authority (CEZA), an economic zone in the northern part of the Philippines supported by the government, will embrace up to 25 cryptocurrency
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• Why Companies Need to Get on the Tokenization Train

  03-07-2018 14:00
  EY's blockchain lead makes the case for enterprises to embrace tokenization and move away from simply treating blockchains like fancy notaries.
  
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• Ripple Pushes Towards Utility by Giving Away XRP

  03-07-2018 13:30 via newsbtc.com
  San Francisco based Ripple has become one of the most successful startups in the last decade, which has been full of overnight success stories in the fintech space. Since it launched its XRP token in 2013 it has made its way into the top five cryptocurrencies along with Bitcoin and Ethereum. The 2017 crypto market run-up left the company flush with cash. The only problem they seem to be having is no one is using XRP for the right reasons.
  Ripple Giving Away XRP
  XRP was created to
  
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• India’s Supreme Court Refuses to Lift Cryptocurrency Banking Ban

  03-07-2018 13:12
  In a ruling today, India’s highest court of law refused to grant any temporary respite against the central bank’s ban on banking services to cryptocurrency exchanges. On April 5, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) – the country’s central bank – issued a circular to all regulated financial institutions including banks to prohibit them from
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• Bitcoin Price Builds Momentum for Push to $7K

  03-07-2018 13:00
  The bullish falling channel breakout has opened the doors for a stronger rally towards the $7,000 mark.
  
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• $7K Ahead? Bitcoin Charts Appear Constructive Short-Term

  03-07-2018 13:00
  The bullish falling channel breakout has opened the doors for a stronger rally towards the $7,000 mark.
  
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