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• 15 Congress Members Ask SEC to Clarify Cryptocurrency and ICO Guidelines

  28-09-2018 23:35
  More than a dozen members of Congress have signed a letter asking Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman Jay Clayton to clarify the guidelines the agency uses to determine whether cryptocurrency assets are securities under federal law. The letter, which according co-signer Rep. Ted Budd (R-NC) has already been signed by 15 lawmakers across the
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• Samourai Wallet Stops Showing Fiat Value of Bitcoin Balances

  28-09-2018 23:25
  The Samourai Wallet is dropping fiat values from its platform, and will only display bitcoin balances in BTC or satoshis going forward.
  
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• Indian Crypto Exchange Zebpay Ceases All Trading Amid Regulatory Pressure

  28-09-2018 23:00 via newsbtc.com
  One of India’s largest digital asset exchange platforms has announced today that it will cease offering crypto buying and selling services.
  Zebpay Calls it a Day Due to Regulatory Pressures
  Zebpay stated that the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) clampdown on digital currencies had severely impacted its ability to do business. The exchange announced that it will be halting all digital currency trading as of 16:00 (local time) today. The firm was previously one of the largest India-b
  
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• 70% of Small-Cap Cryptocurrency Tokens Now Worth Less than ICO Raised

  28-09-2018 22:41
  More than two-thirds of small-cap cryptocurrency tokens distributed through initial coin offerings (ICOs) are currently worth less than the startups that issued them raised through their crowdfunding sales, a newly-published report has found. Small-Cap ICO Tokens are Hemorrhaging Value According to the report, which was compiled by cryptocurrency research firm Diar, the 562 ICO tokens
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• The Fight for the League of Legends S8 World Championship 2018 has Begun

  28-09-2018 22:10
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• Ethereum Security Lead Joins Effort to Oust Blockchain's Big Miners

  28-09-2018 22:05
  Security lead for the Ethereum Foundation said today that he supports swift action to remove ASIC mining hardware from the ethereum platform.
  
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• Coinbase Launches New Products Pushing Education and Ease of Entry

  28-09-2018 22:00 via newsbtc.com
  Coinbase has announced a slew of new products aimed at educating retail investors by providing them an easy way to enter the market.
  Crypto-Focused Consumer Education, Provided by Coinbase Learn
  The San Francisco-based cryptocurrency exchange and services provider has launched two new helpful resources with the purpose of guiding retail investor decision making through informative asset pages, and a new product called Coinbase Learn, according to a company blog.
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• Bitcoin Price Intraday Analysis: BTC/USD Attempts for Triangle Resistance

  28-09-2018 21:55
  Bitcoin on Friday added 7 percent gains to its prevailing near-term upside momentum as it broke through its interim bias conflict. The BTC/USD kickstarted the day backed by a strong but unusual uptrend from the previous day, which saw a $275-jump within a matter of 1-2 hours. The beginning of today’s Asian session simply saw the
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• Blockchain VC Firm Coinsilium Reports Solid Financials for H1 2018

  28-09-2018 21:48
  Coinsilium reported revenues at £1.33 million, 13 times more than the £98,000 it earned during the same period in 2017.
  
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• Visa CEO: Blockchain and Cryptocurrency Not “Much Use” to Company

  28-09-2018 21:00 via newsbtc.com
  The CEO of Visa Inc. has stated that he does not think that blockchain technology or cryptocurrency is useful to the international credit card company. In an address at Boston College yesterday, Alfred F. Kelly Jr. also stated that he felt the firm was a great example of a fintech success story.
  Blockchain is Too Slow for Visa-Style Customer Payments
  During a luncheon with executives at Boston College Executives Club, Kelly spoke about two of the hottest fintech topics of recent years – cr
  
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• WSJ Investigation Alleges $88 Million Laundered Through 46 Crypto Exchanges

  28-09-2018 20:45
  The Wall Street Journal claimed Friday that 46 crypto exchanges were used to launder nearly $90 million – with $9 million going through ShapeShift.
  
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• Institutional Cryptocurrency Dealer SFOX Adds Litecoin Trading

  28-09-2018 20:36
  SFOX, a cryptocurrency prime dealer that caters to institutional investors and high-volume professional traders, has made litecoin the fourth cryptocurrency listed on its platform. The Palo Alto-based company, which was founded in 2014, made the announcement on Thursday, stating that it chose to add support for litecoin trading in response to demand from its institutional
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• Coinfirm Releases Beta of AMLT Network. Now Everyone Can Contribute to a Safer Crypto Economy

  28-09-2018 20:01
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• Analyst: Bitcoin Momentum is Building, a Price Breakout Imminent

  28-09-2018 20:00 via newsbtc.com
  Although Bitcoin’s price has been quiet over the past few weeks, ranging between $6,000 and $7,000, a prominent financial analyst says that this month’s price action reminds him of that of September of 2017, which notably preceded the massive bull run that occurred late last year and into the first week of January of this year.
  Bitcoin has done decently well over the past few weeks, ranging between $6,200 and $6,800, firmly solidifying $6,000 as an important psychological support lev
  
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• US Lawmakers Ask SEC to Clarify ICO Regulations

  28-09-2018 18:55
  Members of the U.S. House of Representatives are asking SEC chair Jay Clayton to provide clarity on when token sales are classified as securities.
  
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• BitTorrent to Integrate Tron Tokens in New Incentive Model

  28-09-2018 18:40
  BitTorrent users will soon be able to receive Tron's tokens as rewards for maintaining files online for extended periods of time.
  
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• Tom Lee: Ethereum Price Set for a Major Rally in the Near Future

  28-09-2018 18:30
  Bitcoin bull and former J.P. Morgan Chief Equity Strategist, Tom Lee has predicted that the world’s second-largest digital asset, Ether (ETH) is poised for a major rally in the immediate future. As reported on CNBC, Lee identified an impending major trend reversal, having seen the altcoin underperform other cryptocurrencies by two standard deviations in all
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• TTC Protocol Launches “Merapi” Testnet and “TTC Connect” Wallet App

  28-09-2018 18:08
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• Federal Reserve Chief Says Crypto is Not Used; Evidence of Activity

  28-09-2018 18:00 via newsbtc.com
  Jerome Powell, the chairman of the Federal Reserve, has reportedly argued about the validity of crypto as payment tools.
  According to the Russian Market, which first reported the statement, the FED chairman said that crypto “almost” didn’t get accepted for payments by merchants. There was no evidence that could validate Powell’s comment, but it somewhat echoed similar tones the FED chief used for crypto in the past.
  Earlier in July 2018, Powell criticized Bitcoin and
  
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• Varanida is a Blockchain Startup that Aims to ‘Clean up the Internet’

  28-09-2018 17:35
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• Less Than 1 Percent of Pornhub Subscribers Are Paying With Crypto

  28-09-2018 17:30
  Less than one percent of Pornhub subscribers pay for the service using cryptocurrencies, the company said Friday.
  
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• Bear Market? CoinMarketCap Hits Milestone with 2,000 Active Cryptocurrencies Listed

  28-09-2018 17:20
  The great cryptocurrency bear market of 2018 may have put a damper on speculative investor interest in this nascent asset class, but it does not seem to have led to much of a slowdown in the number of new altcoins being released on the market. CMC Reaches 2,000 Listed Cryptocurrencies To wit, cryptocurrency resource site
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• Atlas Protocol and BitMart Reach Agreement to Promote a New Voting Campaign Utilizing Blockchain Interaction

  28-09-2018 17:18
  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. Atlas Protocol (ATP), the creators of on-chain interactive advertising products, and the BitMart Exchange, a leading global digital asset trading platform, have agreed to work together to create … Continued
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• Crypt-ON: Trust on the Blockchain

  28-09-2018 17:05
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• OSA Token Goes on Bibox!

  28-09-2018 16:51
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• LINE Announces 5 Dapps in Push to Build Its Token Economy

  28-09-2018 16:40
  LINE announced it would introduce a number of dapps in the coming weeks as part of an overarching effort to build up its own token economy.
  
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• Buy Cryptos Outright or Trade CFDs on eToro

  28-09-2018 16:32
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• Was Billionaire Investor Novogratz Corrrect? Crypto Market Shows Signs of Bottom

  28-09-2018 15:50
  Billionaire investor and hedge fund legend Mike Novogratz could be right after all. Since he called a bottom in the crypto market on September 13, the market has notably recovered, fueled by large rallies of most major cryptocurrencies. Since September 13, within less than three weeks, the cryptocurrency market has recorded a major movement on … Continued
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• Was Billionaire Investor Novogratz Correct? Crypto Market Shows Signs of Bottom

  28-09-2018 15:50
  Billionaire investor and hedge fund legend Mike Novogratz could be right after all. Since he called a bottom in the crypto market on September 13, the market has notably recovered, fueled by large rallies of most major cryptocurrencies. Since September 13, within less than three weeks, the cryptocurrency market has recorded a major movement on
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• Tech Giant GMO Wants to Help You Mine Zcash – For a Cut

  28-09-2018 15:30
  Japanese IT giant GMO Internet has made another move into the cryptocurrency space with the launch of a GPU mining client for zcash.
  
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• Varanida is Aiming to Improve the Experience of Web Users, Advertisers, and Publishers with the Blockchain

  28-09-2018 15:07 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The advertising industry is broken. In today’s digital era the internet is a place where we gather information, connect with others, and share our knowledge. Advertising is also something that greatly impacts a person’s decision on a particular product or service. Yet, while it’s an industry that powers the internet, advertising is also holding back […]
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• Coinbase Launches Poor Man’s Crypto Index Fund for Retail Buyers

  28-09-2018 15:01
  Coinbase is unveiling a suite of new initiatives designed to expand its market share. The latest update called “Coinbase Bundles,” refers to the pre-packaged collection of five cryptocurrencies available for purchase on Coinbase. The Bundle consists of Bitcoin (BTC), Bitcoin Cash (BCH), Ethereum (ETH), Litecoin (LTC), and Ethereum Classic (ETC). A bundle of five cryptocurrencies
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• Purchase BTC via Credit Card – BitMart Moves to Offer Fiat Deposit

  28-09-2018 14:40
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• Publicly-Listed Aussie Crypto Firm’s Shares Slump after $1.8 Million ICO Legal Action

  28-09-2018 14:28
  DigitalX, an Australian blockchain and crypto advisory firm listed on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) has seen its shares slide nearly 12 percent on the day on revelations of a $1.8 million federal court claim. In an obligatory disclosure under ASX guidelines, DigitalX today revealed it was served with an Originating Application and Statement of
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• The $1 Trillion Wallet: BitGo's Big Plan to Secure the Biggest Bitcoin Fortunes

  28-09-2018 14:15
  Blockchain security startup BitGo is gearing up to safeguard once-unthinkable sums of digital assets as it looks towards a tokenized future.
  
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• The $1 Trillion Wallet: BitGo's Bid to Bring Bitcoin to Wall Street and Beyond

  28-09-2018 14:15
  Blockchain security startup BitGo is gearing up to safeguard once-unthinkable sums of digital assets as it looks towards a tokenized future.
  
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• ASX-Listed DigitalX Hit With Legal Action Over ICO Involvement

  28-09-2018 13:31
  Shares in the ASX-listed blockchain firm DigitalX slumped Friday after it revealed it is facing a legal claim from investors in an ICO it advised.
  
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• Shanghai Hongkou District Court: Ethereum Is Protected by Law

  28-09-2018 13:16 via newsbtc.com
  According to Shanghai Hongkou District Court’s statement in a recent crypto-related case, Ethereum and other virtual currencies are not considered as money. However, they are still protected by the law which views them as “property.”
  Old Case Brings New View on Cryptos in China
  One of the attempted crypto transaction between an individual investor and a Beijing-based technology company ran into multiple difficulties. So many, in fact, that the company eventually demanded the tr
  
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• Dukascopy Bank Prepares to Launch Own Cryptos

  28-09-2018 13:15
  The company is mulling over the launch of own crypto Dukascoins and a stablecoin called Dukasnotes
  
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• Bitcoin Breakout Elusive As Price Retreats from One-Week Highs

  28-09-2018 13:10
  Bitcoin missed a bull breakout by a whisker, as prices backed off from a six-day high of $6,826 hit earlier today.
  
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• Gaming and Blockchain Leaders Unite in Alliance to Disrupt the Status Quo

  28-09-2018 12:41 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A coalition of industry-leading gaming and blockchain companies have formed an alliance aimed at bridging the two to increase adoption. The Blockchain Game Alliance was unveiled at the inaugural Blockchain Game Summit in Lyon, France earlier this week. Over the two-day event, blockchain gaming professionals, innovators, service providers, and industry experts were brought together. The founding members […]
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• Austria Turns to Public Ethereum Blockchain for €1.15 Billion Bond Auction

  28-09-2018 12:21
  Austria will raise a total 1.15 billion euros in a federal bond auction on Oct. 2 using blockchain notarization, according to Oesterreichische Kontrollbank (OeKB), which oversees the auctions for issuing federal bonds as a neutral capital market participant for the Austrian Federal Financing Agency (OeBFA). The auction demonstrates Austria’s pioneering role in Europe for deploying blockchain
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• IPO of Crypto Mining Giant Bitmain Could Pose More Risks Than Benefits

  28-09-2018 12:10 via newsbtc.com
  Bitmain, the world’s largest crypto mining equipment manufacturer, has filed for an initial public offering (IPO) with the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (HKSE) after recording staggering year-on-year growth. In 2017, the Chinese firm brought $2.5 billion in revenues and in the first half of this year, the revenue reached $2 billion. Ideally, Bitmain should appeal to investors as the most lucrative public company in the crypto market. But, is it?
  Bitmain Q2 Sees a Drop in Revenue
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• Kraken Adds Cardano and Quantum to Its List of Supported Crypto Assets

  28-09-2018 12:07 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Cryptocurrency exchange Kraken has announced the addition of two new assets to its platform: Cardano and Quantum, bringing the number of supported coins up to 19. Ninth-placed Cardano (ADA) and 29th-ranked Quantum (QTUM) join the likes of Bitcoin, Ether, EOS, Stellar Lumuns, Litecoin, Tether, Monero, Dash, Ether Classic, Dogecoin, Zcash, Augur, Iconomi, Gnosis, and Melon. Trading […]
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• ARCHOS Unveils the Safe-T Touch the First Hardware Wallet for Crypto-Assets Embedding a Secured Services Platform

  28-09-2018 11:33
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• Bitcoin Price Watch: BTC/USD Targets New Weekly High

  28-09-2018 11:28 via newsbtc.com
  Key PointsBitcoin price surged higher and broke the $6,540-50 resistance area against the US Dollar.
  Yesterday’s highlighted important bearish trend line was breached with resistance at $6,495 on the hourly chart of the BTC/USD pair (data feed from Kraken).
  The pair is now placed well above the $6,580 pivot level and it could accelerate towards $6,840.Bitcoin price is gaining traction above $6,640 against the US Dollar. BTC/USD is likely to move further higher towards $6,840 and $6,880 if
  
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• WCDC: Writing the Next Chapter in Crypto Adoption

  28-09-2018 11:15
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• World’s First Blockchain Identity Laboratory Launched In Scotland

  28-09-2018 11:08
  Europe’s first dedicated blockchain research facility and the world’s first advanced blockchain identity laboratory has been launched in the Scottish capital of Edinburgh. Blockpass Identity Lab @ Edinburgh Napier University launches today! @scotlandis @BlockpassIDLab @EdinburghNapier pic.twitter.com/alk9ZgHftH — Blockpass (@BlockpassOrg) September 26, 2018 Known as the Blockpass Identity Lab, the pioneering blockchain research facility will focus
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• Prominent Analyst: Ethereum to Undergo Major Trend Reversal, $1,900 Likely

  28-09-2018 11:00 via newsbtc.com
  Ethereum has quickly become one of the most bruised and battered assets in the entirety of the cryptosphere, with an array of factors pushing the price of this platform-focused cryptocurrency to values that may make investors shake in their boots. But there are still industry leaders and analysts who claim that Ether is ready to see a strong rally as 2019 nears.
  Bitcoin Bull Turns To Ethereum, $1,900 Per Ether Likely
  When someone mentions the words “Bitcoin bull,” many crypto investo
  
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• 99% off Trading Fees at Nauticus Exchange – Plus 100,000 NTS Airdrop to Traders Each Week

  28-09-2018 10:47
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