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• Embleema Launches Public Beta of Personal Health Records Blockchain

  17-07-2018 23:45 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Embleema, a Delaware company, emerged from stealth and launched the public beta of its HIPAA-compliant, personal health records blockchain after one year of research and development, the company said on Tuesday. PatientTruth is a decentralized application (DApp) and user interface developed by Embleema to allow stakeholders to interact with Embleema’s healthcare blockchain. But more specifically, […]
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• Cryptocurrency Market Booms – EOS, Cardano, Stellar and Neo Post Big Gains

  17-07-2018 23:33
  The cryptocurrency markets finally appear to be in full recovery mode — at least as of Tuesday afternoon when all the major coins posted considerable leaps with most in the double digits. The total market cap shot up to $291 billion, which is the highest it has been in almost two months. Bitcoin shot upwards
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• What to Expect When Congress Talks Crypto (Twice) Tomorrow

  17-07-2018 23:30
  Two Congressional committee hearings will examine whether crypto is the future of money, as well as what sort of regulation the space may need.
  
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• Blockchain to Enable Next Great Leap for the Internet of Things

  17-07-2018 23:30 via crypto-news.net
  The Internet of Things (IoT) is a phenomenon technology experts routinely assert will soon transform the modern world. Within five years, tens of billions of devices are expected to be wirelessly interconnected, communicating with each other to make the modern world vastly more efficient and productive. Blockchain developers, recognizing the revolutionary potential of this technology, have created a number of platforms that target the IoT. The result is a very unique and interesting use case for
  
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• Stellar Receives Certification from Islamic Scholars, Religious Validity of Crypto in Question?

  17-07-2018 23:00 via newsbtc.com
  Islamic scholars have given blockchain platform Stellar, and its native cryptocurrency Lumens, Islamic certification. The California-based startup was also given guidelines on the specific assets that can be traded using its blockchain by the Shariyah Review Bureau.
  Stellar’s Certification Opens Doors in the Huge Middle Eastern Remittances Market
  The Shariyah Review Bureau’s certification is part of a wider strategy by Stellar to enter the remittances market.
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• Litecoin's Lee: Bank Deal Might Lead to New Crypto Services

  17-07-2018 22:00
  Charlie Lee took to reddit Tuesday to clarify his and the Litecoin Foundation's roles in the new acquisition of nearly 10 percent of a German bank. 
  
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• DoE Backs Blockchain Energy Platform with $1 Million US Grant

  17-07-2018 22:00 via newsbtc.com
  The U.S. Department of Energy (DoE) has announced it will award 95 grants for a total of $95 million to 80 businesses in 26 states. One beneficiary is blockchain business Grid7, which is set to receive almost $1 million as a government grant.
  DoE Backs Blockchain Energy Project
  Grid7 is being awarded $999,363 by the DoE and previously received around $150,000 in 2017 through an earlier phase of the same program. The Colorado-based project aims to provide a “scalable platform for secure ene
  
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• Concern Mounts Over Potential Crypto Exchange WEX Exit Scam

  17-07-2018 21:33
  Users are increasingly concerned that an exchange claiming to be based in Singapore is pulling an exit scam following suspicious trading activity and locked wallets that are now preventing all users from withdrawing funds. On July 11, CCN reported that BTC/USD was trading on the WEX exchange at over $9,000 despite the global market average
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• Bitminer Factory – Co-Locating Cryptocurrency Mining Operations and Renewable Energy Projects

  17-07-2018 21:24 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The blockchain revolution is a disruption that is consuming as much energy as an entire country the size of Peru, Israel, or Portugal. Bitminer Factory, based in Italy, aim to make blockchain operations sustainable with renewable energy projects “while sharing the benefits with token holders.” Bitminer Factory is currently conducting a pre-ICO, with its main […]
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• What Caused Bitcoin to Surge Almost 10% in a Matter of Hours?

  17-07-2018 21:00 via newsbtc.com
  The number one cryptocurrency has seen its price dramatically increase in the last few hours. Bitcoin has absolutely smashed the $6,800 resistance level many felt crucial for bullish sentiment to return to the market.
  Could the Bulls be Back in Town?
  The price of Bitcoin has today seen massive gains from its daily low of around $6,650 according to industry analysis website CoinMarketCap. At the time of writing, a single Bitcoin is priced at over $7,338. It’s the largest jump in the price o
  
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• Crypto Market Adds $20 Billion in 30 Minutes as Bitcoin Spikes Above $7,400

  17-07-2018 20:42
  The bitcoin price has surged 10 percent over the past 30 minutes, subsequent to experiencing a substantial spike in its volume. Within one-hour period, the price of bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash, ether, Ripple, and EOS increased by 6 to 10 percent, as the valuation of the cryptocurrency market surged to $292 billion from $272 billion, by
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• Newsflash: Bitcoin Price Goes Vertical Near $7,500, Hits 5-week High

  17-07-2018 20:31
  Bitcoin price has skyrocketed on Tuesday’s evening trading session, making upward gains to peak at $7,483. The price of bitcoin, the world’s first and largest cryptocurrency, exploded to its highest trading levels since the first week of June after gaining nearly $700 in less than an hour on Tuesday evening (UTC). After trading around resistance
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• Above $7K: Bitcoin's Price Shot Up $600 in 30 Minutes

  17-07-2018 20:13
  Bitcoin's price shot well above $7,000 Tuesday in a dramatic move.
  
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• Above $7K: Bitcoin's Price Shoots Up $600 in 30 Minutes

  17-07-2018 20:13
  Bitcoin's price shot well above $7,000 Tuesday in a dramatic move.
  
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• Bitcoin Above $7,000 as Positive Momentum Continues Following Yesterday's Market Upswing

  17-07-2018 20:10 via cointelegraph.com
  Crypto markets are mostly continuing to build on a major upswing that kicked off yesterday, with virtually all of the top ten coins by market cap seeing ongoing growth
  
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• Silicon Valley Elite Duran Liu Uses Atlas Protocol to Break Blockchain’s Marketing Value

  17-07-2018 19:48
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• Japan’s GMO Internet to Use Blockchain in Its New Online Banking Business

  17-07-2018 19:37 via cointelegraph.com
  Japan’s internet services giant GMO Internet has today launched a new Internet banking business that will implement blockchain as a key part of its technological arsenal
  
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• Buy a Whole Bitcoin Before Buying Any Altcoins, Says Litecoin Creator Charlie Lee

  17-07-2018 19:00
  It’s common for longtime cryptocurrency investors to advise newcomers to invest heavily in bitcoin and — depending on their proclivity toward “Bitcoin maximalism — ethereum before investing in what many of them not-so-affectionately refer to as s–tcoins. What’s less common, though, is for an altcoin creator himself to give that same advice. Yet that’s exactly
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• TMTG Digital Gold Platform to Enable Exchanging Crypto for Tangible Assets and Fiat Currency

  17-07-2018 18:46
  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. The TMTG project, which stands for The Midas Touch Gold, uses blockchain technology to create an ecosystem for exchanging virtual currency for fiat currency and tangible goods. The project
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• Rare Opportunity to Buy Equity in Post-ICO Company

  17-07-2018 18:14
  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. For traders and hodlers looking for a solid investment in these volatile times, one equity crowdsale which is currently live on FCA-regulated crowdfunding site Crowdcube might offer just
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• Kik Beta App ‘Kinit’ Goes Live on Google Play after $100 Million ICO

  17-07-2018 18:02
  Kik rolled out its much anticipated the standalone app, KinIt just a few months after it posted its product vision on Medium. The product is quite unique in that it has the potential to instantly become the largest consumer-facing cryptocurrency app. Kin’s vision is quite ambitious but with more than $100 million in the bank form
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• Mastercard Wins Patent for Speeding Up Crypto Payments

  17-07-2018 18:00
  Mastercard is looking to improve crypto by designing a payments system that will link accounts holding both fiat currency and cryptocurrencies.
  
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• Shark Tank’s Kevin O’Leary Sees Ethereum Will Beat Bitcoin and Gain Dominance

  17-07-2018 17:38 via newsbtc.com
  Kevin O’Leary, a prominent Canadian entrepreneur, the co-founder of O’Leary Funds and SoftKey, and one of the stars of Shark Tank, has said in an interview with CNBC’s Fast Money that Ethereum has taken one step closer to become the next leader in crypto and blockchain, surpassing bitcoin.
  Developer Activity is Best Indicator For Price Trend
  Previously, Ivey Business School professor JP Vergne said the best and most accurate indicator of a cryptocurrency’s growth in price
  
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• Shark Tank’s Kevin O’Leary Sees Ethereum Beating Bitcoin and Gaining Dominance

  17-07-2018 17:38 via newsbtc.com
  Kevin O’Leary, a prominent Canadian entrepreneur, the co-founder of O’Leary Funds and SoftKey, and one of the stars of Shark Tank, has said in an interview with CNBC’s Fast Money that Ethereum has taken one step closer to become the next leader in crypto and blockchain, surpassing bitcoin.
  Developer Activity is Best Indicator For Price Trend
  Previously, Ivey Business School professor JP Vergne said the best and most accurate indicator of a cryptocurrency’s growth in price
  
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• Auctionity : NFT Will Soon Have Their Own 100% Blockchain-Based Auction Platform

  17-07-2018 17:38
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• Future Flight: Boeing Will Use Blockchain Tech to Track Unmanned Air Vehicles

  17-07-2018 17:36
  Aerospace giant Boeing has announced its intention to tap blockchain technology to keep an eye on unmanned air vehicles used for cargo transport and urban air travel in the future. Boeing is partnering artificial intelligence (AI) firm SparkCognition to develop a decentralized platform capable of ‘tracking unmanned air vehicles in flight and allocate traffic corridors
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• When Cryptocurrency Meets Fort Knox – Trade TMTG for Real Gold Bars

  17-07-2018 17:32
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• Japan: Major Finance Firm SBI Opens Its Crypto Exchange to Traders

  17-07-2018 17:30 via cointelegraph.com
  After considerable delays, SBI Holdings has finally begun accepting account registrations for its new crypto exchange VCTRADE
  
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• Mobilum Announces Roman Pogorzelski and Ishmael Malik as Its Latest Advisors

  17-07-2018 17:23
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• IBM Backs New US Dollar-Pegged Stablecoin That Runs on Stellar Network

  17-07-2018 17:20 via cointelegraph.com
  IBM has backed a new project for a US-dollar pegged stablecoin that runs on the Stellar blockchain network, and is reported to have already begun testing the token
  
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• Titanium + Deuterium, Shaken, Not Stirred: Deneum Reveals its Power Station to Revolutionize Global Energy Market

  17-07-2018 17:18
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• Noah Coin Entered Top-100 Cryptocurrencies on Coinmarketcap

  17-07-2018 17:05
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• Ongoing Hacks Highlight Need for Better Security, Decentralized Exchanges, says DEx.top

  17-07-2018 17:04
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• Russian Firm Will Reward Staff With Crypto Tokens Tied to Profits

  17-07-2018 17:00
  The blockchain subsidiary of the Russian e-payments firm Qiwi plans to incentivize staff by giving them tokens tied to the firm's net profits.
  
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• Global Financial Watchdog May Restrict Bank Exposure to Crypto

  17-07-2018 16:56 via newsbtc.com
  The Financial Securities Board (FSB) has released its report covering crypto assets for the G20 and is considering lowering the exposure of banks to cryptocurrencies. This would be to increase transparency and reduce the risk of financial instability, even though the report said crypto assets do not pose a material threat.
  FSB Considers Bank Restrictions
  The FSB has put forward the notion of restricting the exposure of banks to crypto assets. This may require banks to make changes to how much ca
  
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• SBI Holdings’ Bank-Backed Cryptocurrency Exchange Now Open to Public

  17-07-2018 16:36
  VCTRADE, the world's first bank-backed cryptocurrency exchange, was delayed for months following the Coincheck hack.
  
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• SEC Shutters Kodak-Branded Bitcoin Mining Rig ‘KashMiner’

  17-07-2018 16:35
  The developer behind the purported and much-publicized Kodak-branded bitcoin mining equipment has officially halted operations and has denied ties to Kodak. As CCN reported, KashMiner, a bitcoin mining equipment, was showcased at CES 2018 back in January by the company Spotlite USA, which claimed to be a licensee of the Kodak brand. Spotlite stated that
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• Bitcoin Mining Giant Bitmain Opens 20,000 Sq. Foot Office in Silicon Valley

  17-07-2018 15:33
  Bitmain, the cryptocurrency industry’s most valuable company, has just opened an office in Silicon Valley ahead of its planned initial public offering (IPO) later this year. The Silicon Valley Business Journal reports that the China-based cryptocurrency mining hardware manufacturer has just moved into 20,000 square feet of office space in downtown San Jose, CA, filling
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• Stasis’ First Institutional Client Holds 97% of Euro-Backed EURS Tokens

  17-07-2018 15:19
  EURS tokens are intended for use by licensed financial institutions, and appear to be fully backed.
  
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• Boeing to Develop Blockchain-Enabled Unmanned Vehicles in New Partnership

  17-07-2018 15:10 via cointelegraph.com
  Blockchain and artificial intelligence will be used by Boeing in the creation of unmanned vehicles and other products
  
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• UK Set to Become a Blockchain and Crypto Economy Leader, New Report Says

  17-07-2018 14:44 via cointelegraph.com
  The UK has all the resources to become a blockchain and crypto leader by 2022, new report says
  
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• IT Giant Oracle Confirms General Release of Its Blockchain Cloud Service

  17-07-2018 14:34 via cointelegraph.com
  Supply chains and transaction efficiency main focus of Oracle’s blockchain cloud service, which had its general release Monday
  
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• GMO's New Internet Bank Will Settle Payments With Blockchain

  17-07-2018 14:30
  Japanese digital services firm GMO Internet has just launched a new web bank that it says will soon use blockchain to facilitate payments.
  
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• ‘Big Four’ Giant PwC Director Quits, Joins Cryptocurrency Exchange as CEO in Australia

  17-07-2018 14:26
  A director at ‘big four’ accounting giant PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC)  in Australia has quit the firm to join crypto exchange bitcoin.com.au as its newest CEO. Ben Ingram left PwC Australia back in March, where he was responsible for digital strategy, accounting and consulting, as its director before taking over the exchange as its chief executive, Business
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• Hong Kong Banks, Watchdog Announce Joint Blockchain Project

  17-07-2018 14:25
  Trade finance platform by Hong Kong Monetary Authority and seven banks is intended to modernize finance industry.
  
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• Hong Kong Banks and Watchdog Announce Joint Blockchain Project

  17-07-2018 14:25
  Hong Kong Monetary Authority and seven banks build trade finance platform.
  
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• Coinbase VP Says Institutional Interest in the Crypto Market is Becoming ‘More Profound’

  17-07-2018 14:18 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Institutional investor interest in the cryptocurrency space is becoming more widespread and is helping to drive the market, according to the vice president and general manager of Coinbase. Adam White was speaking to CNBC’s ‘Fast Money‘ yesterday when he made his comments. According to him, what’s interesting about this is the fact that retail investors […]
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• Building Trust in Charity Donations with the Vantage Network

  17-07-2018 13:47 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Every year, billions are spent on charitable donations worldwide. Yet for many people, once that money has been given to a charity they don’t know where it goes. As a result, trust in the charity industry has dropped. A study from March shows that trust in charities is down by six per cent in the […]
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• World’s First Bank-Owned Cryptocurrency Exchange Launches Publicly in Japan

  17-07-2018 13:23
  Nearly two years after its initial announcement and months of delays this year, the world’s first bank-owned cryptocurrency exchange finally sees its public launch in Japan. With an announcement on Tuesday, Japanese financial giant SBI Holdings has formally launched its cryptocurrency exchange platform, dubbed ‘VCTRADE’. As reported by CCN in early June, SBI first announced
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• New Mining Pool Vows to Enhance Profitability While Reducing Power Consumption

  17-07-2018 13:03 via cointelegraph.com
  A team featuring former executives from Samsung Electronics is starting a new mining pool which aims to enhance profits but preserve power #SPONSORED
  
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