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• Crypto Mining Firm CEO Exit Scams with $35 Million in Investor Funds

  30-07-2018 23:35
  The CEO of Sky Mining, a crypto mining company in Vietnam, has disappeared with investor funds totaling about $35 million, according to a local news outlet. About 20 investors of Sky Mining reported the matter to the local police in the Phú Nhuận District after learning that “approximately 600 mining machines had been removed” by
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• Gallup Poll: 75% of US Investors Think Bitcoin Is 'Very Risky'

  30-07-2018 23:10
  Three-quarters of U.S. investors think bitcoin is too risky to invest in, a new poll by Gallup and Wells Fargo showed Monday.
  
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• Tech Venture Investor: SEC Approval for a Bitcoin ETF is Not Far Away

  30-07-2018 22:45 via newsbtc.com
  The CEO of the Fatfish Internet Group believes that Bitcoin will continue to increase in price in the short-term. Kin-Wai Lau spoke about the market experiencing a “second wave rally,” as well as the Bitcoin ETF proposed to the SEC.
  Kin-Wai Lau: Second Wave Rally is “Very Strong”
  Kin-Wai Lau appeared yesterday on CNBC’s “The Coin Rush” segment. There, he mentioned that he believed people will see the current price action in Bitcoin and other cryptocurren
  
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• Chamber of Digital Commerce Proposes Guidelines for ‘Responsible’ Crypto Market Growth

  30-07-2018 22:40 via cointelegraph.com
  The Chamber of Digital Commerce Token Alliance’s new report on how to understand the digital token market notes that guidelines are needed to promote “responsible growth” and innovation
  
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• Crypto Market Cap Down to $295 Billion, Short-Term Drop For Bitcoin Price Expected

  30-07-2018 22:38
  Over the past 24 hours, the valuation of the crypto market has dropped slightly from $300 billion to $295 billion, as the bitcoin price declined from $8,300 to $8,150. Tokens including Aelf (ELF), Holo (HOT), Zilliqa (ZIL), Binance Coin (BNB), and 0x (ZRX), which performed well against both bitcoin and the U.S. dollar last week, … Continued
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• Bitcoin, Ethereum, Ripple, Bitcoin Cash, EOS, Litecoin, Cardano, Stellar, IOTA, TRON: Price Analysis, July 30

  30-07-2018 22:35 via cointelegraph.com
  Experts have still not reached consensus on whether the approval of a Bitcoin ETF by the SEC is all that important. Meanwhile, the markets continue reacting to the recent rejection of an ETF by Winklevoss twins - let’s check the charts
  
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• MOAC—Multi-Layer Blockchain Architecture for Commercial Applications

  30-07-2018 22:14
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• Novogratz's Galaxy Digital Will Start Trading on a Stock Exchange This Week

  30-07-2018 21:25
  Cryptocurrency merchant bank Galaxy Digital will begin trading on the Toronto TSX Venture Exchange this week.
  
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• Cryptocurrency Bank Galaxy Digital Lost $134 Million in Q1. Now It’s Going Public.

  30-07-2018 21:19
  Telling prospective investors that your cryptocurrency merchant bank lost more than $130 million during a single quarter is not the optimal way to market your firm on the eve of its public listing, yet that’s the situation in which Mike Novogratz now finds himself. According to Bloomberg, Novogratz’s firm — Galaxy Digital LP — will … Continued
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• Novogratz’s Galaxy Digital to Make Public Debut on Toronto Stock Exchange

  30-07-2018 21:15 via newsbtc.com
  Mike Novogratz’s merchant bank, Galaxy Digital, will be going public on Toronto’s TSX Venture Exchange on August 1st, making it one of the first ever public cryptocurrency focused merchant banks.
  In an interview with Bloomberg, Novogratz expressed some concerns with the upcoming IPO, mainly centered around the decline in the cryptocurrency markets.
  “If I knew what I know now, knew the crypto markets were going to swoon as much, and it was going to take so long, I might have sta
  
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• Charlie Lee to Advise Development of HTC Crypto-Compatible Smartphone Exodus

  30-07-2018 21:15 via cointelegraph.com
  Litecoin founder Charlie Lee announces announces advisory role for HTC’s new crypto-compatible smartphone Exodus
  
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• Bitcoin ETFs May Have Lost the Battle, But Not the War

  30-07-2018 20:25 via cointelegraph.com
  Here’s why the Winklevoss’ failed attempt to register a Bitcoin ETF comes with a silver lining
  
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• Newsflash: Bitcoin Price Slips to $7,861 as Market Tests Key Support Level

  30-07-2018 20:17
  The bitcoin price slipped back below the $8,000 mark on Monday, reversing the recovery that it had made heading into the weekend. Bitcoin entered the day trading above $8,100, a mark it largely held until shortly after 17:30 UTC when — after flirting with that level for approximately 20 minutes — BTC/USD experienced a sudden
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• Media: Crypto Exchange Huobi’s OTC Trading Platform to Support India Rupee Transactions

  30-07-2018 19:51 via cointelegraph.com
  Huobi, currently the world’s third largest crypto exchange by daily trade volumes, is set to support Indian rupee transactions on its proprietary peer-to-peer trading platform
  
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• Kim Kardashian Publicly Accepts Her First Bitcoin

  30-07-2018 19:36
  Will social media empress Kim Kardashian help bring more users to bitcoin? Matthew Roszak, co-founder of Bloq and other cryptocurrency initiatives, must have thought so when he presented the social media titan a physical bitcoin during the First Annual “If Only’ Texas Hold’Em Charity Poker Tournament,” an event he announced on Twitter. Big fun at
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• Biser’s Whitepaper: Profit Sharing Model behind a Chat App

  30-07-2018 19:36
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• Bitcoin Holds $8,000 as Community Weighs ETF Impact Prospects

  30-07-2018 19:30 via cointelegraph.com
  Relatively stable trading for Bitcoin and Ethereum today contrasts with large monthly growth differences — 28 percent and 2 percent respectively
  
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• Chamber of Digital Commerce Releases Guidance on ICOs to Support Self-Regulatory Approach

  30-07-2018 19:25 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The Chamber of Digital Commerce’s (CDC) industry initiative has released a comprehensive report outlining guidelines for the token ecosystem and initial coin offerings (ICOs). The report, Understanding Digital Tokens: Market Overviews & Guidelines for Policymakers & Practitioners, was prepared by the Token Alliance, an industry-led initiative of the CDC. Comprising of more than 350 global industry […]
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• HTC Says Its Crypto-Friendly Smartphone Will Support Litecoin

  30-07-2018 19:16
  Litecoin creator Charlie Lee revealed Monday he will serve as an advisor to HTC's Exodus, the blockchain-powered smartphone.
  
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• Bitmain Plans Overseas IPO, Earned $1 Billion in Net Profit in Q1, Sources Report

  30-07-2018 19:01 via cointelegraph.com
  Crypto hardware mining giant Bitmain plans an IPO overseas in a U.S. dollar denominated shares market, according to sources
  
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• UDAX Digital Asset Exchange to Launch in Hong Kong after Flagship Exchange in South Korea

  30-07-2018 18:28
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• This Cryptocurrency Hedge Fund Has a Lifetime Return of 10,136%

  30-07-2018 18:22
  Midway through 2013, when the bitcoin price was trading at $104, cryptocurrency hedge fund Pantera Capital published an investor letter that made what at the time seemed to be a moonshot prediction: The bitcoin price, the firm said, will one day hit $5,000. Five years on, a $5,000 bitcoin price target is considered bearish, and
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• Crypto Mining CEO Said to Disappear With $35 Million In Funds

  30-07-2018 18:15
  Crypto mining firm Sky Mining's CEO Le Minh Tam has reportedly stolen $35 million from investors and fled to America.
  
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• Cloudbet Celebrates Bitcoin Cash Birthday by Doubling All Deposits

  30-07-2018 18:14
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• Smart Dubai and DIFC Courts Partner to Explore Blockchain-Powered Judiciary

  30-07-2018 18:07 via cointelegraph.com
  The Dubai International Financial Centre Courts and Smart Dubai have partnered on a “Court of the Blockchain” initiative that includes refining smart contracts for the legal system
  
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• Global Player Relies on Blockchain – the Revolution in Advertising Market

  30-07-2018 17:42
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• Novogratz’s Crypto Bank Galaxy Digital to Start Trading Aug. 1 on Canadian Exchange

  30-07-2018 17:12 via cointelegraph.com
  Mike Novogratz’s crypto-focused merchant bank, Galaxy Digital LP, is set to begin trading on Canada’s TSX Venture Exchange August 1st
  
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• IOTA Partners with Audi to Examine ‘Permissionless Mobility Ecosystem’

  30-07-2018 16:57
  The teams have a week to produce a prototype which will be submitted to public scrutiny.
  
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• Bitcoin Price Intraday Analysis: BTC/USD Bias Conflict Prevails

  30-07-2018 16:42
  So now we are at the start of another week, but Bitcoin value hasn’t really managed to extend the previous week’s powerful rally towards $8,512. As far as the long-term holdings are concerned, there is nothing much happening inside the market. In the last 24 hours itself, the BTC/USD pair continued to trend sideways within
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• P2P Network to Stop Private Data Breaches and Censorship Via New Protocol, DApp Platform

  30-07-2018 16:36 via cointelegraph.com
  A peer-to-peer network says it wants to stop users from being obstructed and spied upon. They are creating the infrastructure and protocols for DApps where the personal data could be under the full control of the user #SPONSORED
  
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• DSTOQ Launches MVP of Decentralized Stock Exchange for Security Tokens

  30-07-2018 16:23 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  DSTOQ, a licensed, decentralized stock exchange for trading security tokens, has come out of stealth mode and launched its minimum viable product (MVP), the company said on Monday. The first version of the DSTOQ platform, which allows users to invest in real-world assets including equity, bonds and gold using cryptocurrency, runs on the Stellar blockchain […]
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• Vietnam: Crypto Mining Firm CEO Allegedly Flees With $35 Mln in Investor, Company Funds

  30-07-2018 16:01 via cointelegraph.com
  The CEO of a Vietnamese cryptocurrency mining outfit has allegedly stolen $35 million from investors
  
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• HyperQuant Platform Development Update

  30-07-2018 15:58
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• Bitcoin Price Headed to $500,000 in Six Years: Hedge Fund Mgr.

  30-07-2018 15:53
  The year is more than halfway over, but hedge fund manager Mark Yusko isn’t backing down from his prediction that the bitcoin price will reach a new all-time high in 2018, the first rumble of a moonshot that will see the flagship cryptocurrency crack the six-figure threshold in less than a decade. Writing on Twitter,
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• CEO of Vietnamese Cryptocurrency Mining Firm Disappears with $35 million

  30-07-2018 15:42
  Investors were invited to come and pick up their mining devices only to find company premises vacated.
  
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• CEO of Vietnamese Cryptocurrency Mining Firm Absconds with $35 million

  30-07-2018 15:42
  Investors were invited to come and pick up their mining devices only to find company premises vacated.
  
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• Refereum’s RFR Token Lists on Bittrex, Upbit and Bibox Ahead of Community Growth Engine Launch

  30-07-2018 15:22
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• Litecoin Founder Charlie Lee Confirms LTC Support for HTC Blockchain Phone

  30-07-2018 15:16
  HTC Corporation has announced that Litecoin co-founder, Charlie Lee, will serve as an advisor to HTC Exodus, the native blockchain smartphone developed by the Taiwanese consumer electronics firm. One small step for @SatoshiLite. One giant leap for blockchain. Team @HTCExodus, @philchen913 @htc are honored to have Charlie Lee to join as our advisor. cc @litecoin
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• Dubai Plans to 'Disrupt' Its Own Legal System with Blockchain

  30-07-2018 15:00
  Dubai is planning to develop what it calls a "Court of the Blockchain" as part of a wider push for smart government operations.
  
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• Kim Kardashian West Raises Stakes With Bitcoin in Charity Poker Night Out

  30-07-2018 14:43 via cointelegraph.com
  Kim Kardashian West has posted an Instagram story to her 114 mln followers in which she appears to stake physical Bitcoin at a charity poker game in LA
  
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• Indian State Embraces Blockchain Technology to Mitigate Fraud in Government

  30-07-2018 14:14
  The Indian state of Telangana looks primed as a blockchain technology forerunner in the subcontinent. On July 26, 2018, state officials signed MoUs with various blockchain startups and consultants to augment the use of the burgeoning technology in administrative services. Bringing Transparency to State Administration As reported by Business Standard, Telangana’s I.T. and Industries head
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• Exclusive: Asset Tokenization Platform DSTOQ Gets €1.7M in Funding, Launches MVP

  30-07-2018 14:00
  The platform has also obtained a stock exchange license.
  
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• Draper Dragon Backs $20 Million Raise for Alibaba Vets' Blockchain Startup

  30-07-2018 14:00
  A public blockchain project founded by former members of Alibaba's blockchain arm has raised over $20 million in a combined token and equity sale.
  
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• Commonwealth Bank of Australia Ships 17 Tons of Almonds to Europe With Blockchain

  30-07-2018 13:53 via cointelegraph.com
  A new partnership sees the Commonwealth Bank of Australia send 17 tons of almonds to Europe with blockchain
  
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• EtcGame Refreshed: Only Three Steps to Make Great Profits

  30-07-2018 13:51
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• Singapore FinTech Enables Instant Blockchain Remittance for Myanmar Migrant Workers in Thailand

  30-07-2018 13:03
  Everex, a Singapore-based financial technology firm, has partnered with Myanmar’s Shwe Bank to introduce blockchain-Powered remittance Services between Myanmar and Thailand. The blockchain firm claims that the partnership will enable millions of Myanmar migrant workers living in Thailand to send money home instantly and securely at much lower transaction costs than traditional remittance methods. Blockchain
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• Bitcoin's Price Needs Move Above $8,350 to Regain Bull Bias

  30-07-2018 13:00
  Bitcoin bulls could make a strong comeback if prices find acceptance above the key resistance at $8,300.
  
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• A Blueprint for Reforming the Crypto Token Market

  30-07-2018 13:00
  The Token Alliance, a Chamber of Digital Commerce initiative, has laid out guidelines for how token sponsors and regulators can meet in the middle.
  
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• Gibraltar Football Team to Pay Players in Cryptocurrency

  30-07-2018 12:50
  Gibraltar United has partnered with a company called Quantocoin.
  
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• How Olaf Carlson Wee’s Fund Transformed $4 Million to $1 Billion in Crypto

  30-07-2018 12:22 via newsbtc.com
  While you may not have heard of him, Olaf Carlson-Wee has joined the ranks as one of the foremost crypto entrepreneurs, managing a $1 billion crypto-centric investment fund.
  From Lumberjack To “Crypto OG”
  Olaf Carlson-Wee’s passion for cryptocurrencies started at a young age, as the now 28-year-old wrote his college thesis on Bitcoin. While his professors were skeptical of this seemingly outlandish decision, his admiration for the technology behind the crypto asset remaine
  
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