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• Coinbase Announces Final Testing Ahead of Ethereum Classic Listing

  04-08-2018 22:13
  Coinbase has announced that it is in the final stages of testing support for ethereum classic (ETC) as it prepares to offer support for the cryptocurrency across it different services. In a statement published on its official blog, the platform revealed that it is making the information public in line with its new process for
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• The Looming Trade War is Pushing Bitcoin Price Higher, Says Expert

  04-08-2018 22:00 via crypto-news.net
  So far, no expert can with certainty explain the reason for the recent bullish market. This hasn’t stopped many from trying, with Bitcoin ETFs speculations and institutional investment being the most popular. So, can anyone come up with a better explanation as to why Bitcoin has been bullish for the past week and importantly, why it shot from $7,700 to $8,300 in less than 12 hours? Well, Clem Chambers, the ADVFN CEO, thinks he knows it and it’s all about China and the looming trade w
  
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• Bitcoin Price Intraday Analysis: BTCUSD Beating Continues

  04-08-2018 20:15
  It was consolidating sheepishly until a big red candle just appeared out of nowhere. The bitcoin price, at the time of this writing, has dropped to around $7,000 in what seems like a carefully orchestrated dump. We cannot tell what has caused a $500 drop in the past four hours, but people are already blaming
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• Despite NYSE’s ‘Biggest News of the Year’ for Bitcoin, Crypto Markets Plummet in a Blink

  04-08-2018 19:28 via cointelegraph.com
  Markets have taken a rapid plunge today, with Bitcoin losing almost $500 on the day to dip below $7,000 and over $13 billion wiped from total market cap of all cryptos
  
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• Renvale Capital Holds Annual Meet the Profession Networking Dinner and Discusses Korea Legislations

  04-08-2018 19:02
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• Bitcoin Price Dips to $6,950 Despite Crypto Foray by NYSE and Starbucks,

  04-08-2018 18:53
  On August 4, after rebounding from $7,200 to $7,500, the price of Bitcoin fell below the $7,000 mark for the first time since July 18. Over the past three weeks, from July 18 to August 4, the price of Bitcoin has been relatively stable in the $7,200 to $7,500 region, recording limited volatility in the
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• Upwork: Blockchain the Fastest Growing Skill in US Freelance Job Market

  04-08-2018 18:24
  The latest quarterly skills index by global freelancing website Upwork shows that the fastest growing skill in the United States during the second quarter was blockchain. According to the Q2 2018 Upwork Skills Index, blockchain clinched this position by beating over 5,000 other skills listed on one of the largest freelancing platforms in the world.
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• Bank of Thailand Allows Banks to Open Subsidiaries for Crypto Dealings

  04-08-2018 18:19 via cointelegraph.com
  Bank of Thailand has permitted banks to set up branches for dealing with cryptocurrencies, while the main crypto-dealings ban still remains
  
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• Ripple Might Finally Be Coming to Coinbase [But You Can’t Buy It]

  04-08-2018 16:22
  Coinbase Custody has released a statement detailing its ongoing process of making a decision regarding new assets for storage, in what has become a pattern for Coinbase of recent. The statement, which appears on the official Coinbase blog specifies that the assets listed including Ripple (XRP), Monero (XMR) and EOS, are being considered for listing
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• ZUEN Chain Launches ICO Backed by World’s First TotalWellness Blockchain Alliance Platform

  04-08-2018 15:23
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• AELF Test Net Officially Goes Live

  04-08-2018 15:15
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• We Expect Future Bitcoin Price Declines: Goldman Sachs

  04-08-2018 15:03
  Investment banking giant Goldman Sachs may be launching a cryptocurrency trading desk, but that doesn’t mean that the firm is going to start making bullish bitcoin price calls. Goldman Sachs Makes Bearish Bitcoin Price Call Writing in the firm’s midyear economic outlook report, a team of Goldman investment strategists predicted that, despite having already shed
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• South Korean Crypto Exchange Bithumb to Reopen Withdrawals, Deposits for Nine Cryptos

  04-08-2018 14:56 via cointelegraph.com
  One of the world’s leading crypto exchanges, Bithumb, is set to reopen its withdrawal and deposits services for nine cryptos
  
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• Profit Sharing Project Announcing It’s 10% Affiliate Program

  04-08-2018 14:55
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• Key Objectives of aelf

  04-08-2018 14:54
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• MOAC Holds Press Conference for IPFS Subchain “FileStorm” in Qingdao

  04-08-2018 14:53
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• Crypto Mining Firm Argo Blockchain Listed on London Stock Exchange, Raises $32 Million

  04-08-2018 14:18 via cointelegraph.com
  Argo Blockchain, offering crypto mining via users’ own devices, is reportedly the first crypto-related company that has been listed on the London Stock Exchange
  
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• English Rightist Tommy Robinson Receives £20,000 In Bitcoin Donations

  04-08-2018 14:15
  Supporters of English rightist Tommy Robinson, who was recently released on bail after a 13-month jail term for contempt of court was reversed, have donated nearly £20,000 in bitcoin. The level of Robinson’s support, which comes from as far as Washington and Istanbul, has alarmed organizations that monitor right-wing activities, according to the Evening Standard.
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• Korea’s Biggest Crypto Exchange UPbit Comes Out Clean in Audit after Raid

  04-08-2018 13:07
  UPbit, currently the biggest crypto exchange in South Korea, came out clean in an audit report which proved the exchange had 100 percent of the amount its balance sheet demonstrated. Police Raid in May On May 11, as CCN reported, UPbit was raided by local authorities under the suspicion of balance sheet manipulation and inflated
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• Ethereum Classic Recovers as Coinbase Nears ETC Trading

  04-08-2018 12:30 via newsbtc.com
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  Current recovering altcoins are Ethereum Classic, Tezos, and Nano.
  The falling knife seems to have hit something solid as we enter the weekend in crypto land. The bears are having the day off and market capitalization has halted at just above $265 billion as further losses are on hold for now.
  Bitcoin has found support above $7,400 and is trading 1% up on the day to $7,470. Falling below $7k will be critical for BTC and it needs to hold above it for any hopes of a recovery. Ethereum
  
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• How Blockchains Can Be Used to Facilitate Health Economies

  04-08-2018 11:17
  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. There has been considerable interest in the past few months in the difference between a utility and a security token in the crypto world. A utility token performs
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• Crypto Mining Giant Canaan Unveils First-Ever Bitcoin Mining Television

  04-08-2018 11:12
  Canaan Creative has launched what it hopes will be the future of the blockchain and the first of a series of releases that will improve its position as it battles for increased market share in the bitcoin mining device market. Dubbed the AvalonMiner Inside, the smart TV also doubles as a bitcoin mining device, and
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• Crypto Week In Review: NYSE and Starbucks Go Full Crypto, Market Highly Optimistic

  04-08-2018 10:46 via newsbtc.com
  While the market saw a collective decline of over 10% as the speculative mania surrounding the Bitcoin ETF deflated, positive developments in this budding industry were still prevalent all throughout the past week.
  The NYSE’s Parent Company Is Set To Launch Cryptocurrency Platform 
  On Friday morning, cryptocurrency investors awoke to a promising sight, with corporate giants, like Microsoft and Starbucks, announcing that they were standing behind an upcoming cryptocurrency platform. As
  
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• NYSE Trader Following Bakkt Launch: ‘Bitcoin Is Very Iffy’

  04-08-2018 05:20 via cointelegraph.com
  An NYSE trader said in an interview with Yahoo Finance that currently Bitcoin is “very iffy,” commenting on the establishment of BTC exchange Bakkt
  
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• Turkey Establishes Country’s First University Blockchain Center

  04-08-2018 04:18 via cointelegraph.com
  Turkey has established the country’s first university blockchain center to study blockchain technology and keep up with global digitalization
  
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• Ethereum to Acquire Top-Level Domain Name With New Partnership

  04-08-2018 03:33 via cointelegraph.com
  Ethereum’s new partnership will soon allow its users to attach their addresses to a top-level domain name
  
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• South Korean Crypto Exchange Bithumb Re-opens Deposits & Withdrawals

  04-08-2018 03:19
  South Korean cryptocurrency exchange Bithumb will resume deposit and withdrawal services on Saturday at 11 am KST. The exchange had suspended all deposits and withdrawal services on its platform following the June hack on a hot wallet, which led to the loss of tokens valued at over $30 million. Hacked Crypto Exchange Bithumb Unfreezes Withdrawals
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• Square Seeing ‘Real Growth’ in Bitcoin User Base: CFO

  04-08-2018 02:25
  Square Inc. Chief Financial Officer Sarah Friar has hailed the impact of bitcoin support on the company as it continues to record strong growth driven primarily by its flagship Cash App, also known as Square Cash. “Rarefied Air” In a discussion with Emily Chang on Bloomberg TV, Friar remarked that the company is “super impressed”
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• Goldman Sachs Investment Strategy Group: ‘Crypto Mania’ a Risk to Stable 2018 Outlook

  04-08-2018 02:05 via cointelegraph.com
  In a mid-year report, Goldman Sachs Investment Strategy Group claims that “crypto mania” is a risk factor for the firm’s 2018 market outlook
  
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• XRP Technical Analysis Weekend Recap: Re-Focus on XRP, 3 Bullish Reasons Why

  04-08-2018 02:02 via newsbtc.com
  If we may ask a legitimate question, what is draining crypto valuation and XRP in particular? With every new low, there is saturation of theories—flimsy and authoritative. No matter the explanation, it doesn’t really matter because at the end of the day, prices are down and your investment in XRP is taking a rather painful hit.
  Today we summarize why, despite all the down turns, there are valid and encouraging reasons to stay put and wait for the next big XRP bullish run:First, let&r
  
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• Coinbase Brings Crypto Payment Option to Millions of Online Merchants

  04-08-2018 01:35
  Coinbase Commerce, a cryptocurrency payment provider, has announced a series of initiatives to support crypto commerce, including a WooCommerce plugin to give millions of merchants the option to accept cryptocurrencies, the ability to send bitcoin and litecoin directly, and other new capabilities. Coinbase believes the improved access will support adoption of cryptocurrency and a more
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• Can Blockchain Make Fraudulent Fisheries a Thing of the Past?

  04-08-2018 01:00 via newsbtc.com
  Think you know your halibut from hake, or your salmon from swordfish? Think again. Incidents of fraudulent fish labelling are rife – but blockchain technology could fix it.
  Blockchain Technology Set to Revolutionise Supply Chains
  Modern supply chains are incredibly complex. It’s unlikely that the food you ate today arrived on your plate straight from the farm or fishery. It probably travelled through various different businesses along the way – it certainly went to a packager a
  
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• Ex-FBI Director Louis Freeh Opens up about Tether Investigation

  04-08-2018 00:40
  The controversial “stablecoin” known as Tether has certainly had an interesting past few months. Company founders say the token is backed by physical USD at a 1-to-1 ratio, which has sparked immense discussion and debate inside of the cryptocurrency community. Some see Tether as a systemic risk to the entire virtual currency world. Others see
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• Coinbase Custody Considers Addition of 37 New Assets Including XRP, EOS and XMR

  04-08-2018 00:22 via cointelegraph.com
  The recently launched Coinbase Custody announced it is considering the addition of 37 new digital assets including Bitcoin Gold, Monero, XRP, and Cardano
  
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