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• New Stablecoin Tied to Australian Dollar Is Launching on Stellar's Blockchain

  23-10-2018 23:30
  A new stablecoin launching on the Stellar network is pegged to the Australian dollar and is being pitched for consumer and business use.
  
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• Norway Bitcoin Investor Murder: Suspect Arrested in France

  23-10-2018 23:21
  Makaveli Lindén, the primary suspect in the gruesome murder of 24-year-old Norwegian bitcoin investor Heikki Bjørklund Paltto, is in police custody following a successful international manhunt. Swedish news outlet Aftonbladet reports that Oslo police have confirmed that Lindén, 20, has been captured more than a week after he allegedly stabbed Paltto to death in the
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• Albania to Explore Framework for Cryptocurrency Regulations

  23-10-2018 23:00 via newsbtc.com
  The government of Albania has stated that it will be considering the creation of cryptocurrency regulations.
  The eastern European nation hopes to encourage innovation, investment and, in turn, create jobs relating to the transformative financial technology by providing a welcoming base of operations for startups.
  Albania Hoping to Lure Investors and Startups with Crypto Regulation
  According to a report in local news source The Tirana Times, the Prime Minister of Albania has stated that creating
  
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• Ripple Co-Founder Invests in New Cryptocurrency from Digital Currency Pioneer David Chaum

  23-10-2018 22:19
  When historians set out to chronicle the development of cryptocurrency, one of the first chapters will profile DigiCash, the early digital currency startup which, decades before Bitcoin, almost fulfilled the dream of giving the internet a native currency. However, that project’s inventor, cryptography pioneer David Chaum, wants his name to appear in the book’s subsequent
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• Jack Dorsey’s Payments Startup Square Open-Sources Bitcoin Cold Storage Solution

  23-10-2018 22:00 via newsbtc.com
  San Francisco-based mobile payments firm Square announced it is open-sourcing its Bitcoin cold storage solution, which is now available on Github.
  Mobile Payments Startup Square Open-Sources Hardware Security Modules (HSMs) and Wallet Auditing Tool
  The company founded by Jack Dorsey, who is also CEO of Twitter, has built out its cryptocurrency infrastructure when it started offering Bitcoin payments with Cash App in late 2017.
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• Coinbase Approved to Offer Crypto Custody Services in New York

  23-10-2018 21:39
  Coinbase has received approval from New York regulators to form a qualified custodial firm for cryptocurrencies.
  
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• Coinbase Approved to Offer Crypto Custody Services

  23-10-2018 21:39
  Coinbase has received approval from New York regulators to form a qualified custodial firm for cryptocurrencies.
  
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• Companies Coinbase and Circle Join Up to Promote Stablecoin Adoption

  23-10-2018 21:32
  Coinbase announced that Circle’s USD Coin (USDC) will be available for trade on their platform today. Coinbase and Circle also announced their collaboration today, in a joint effort to promote the adoption of cryptocurrencies backed 1:1 with government currencies (also called stablecoins).
  USDC
  “The underlying technology behind the USDC was developed collaboratively between Coinbase and Circle, in our capacity as partners and co-founders of the new CENTRE Consortium” accor
  
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• Will the ‘Blockchain Phone’ Exodus 1 save HTC?

  23-10-2018 21:26 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  As if your phone wasn’t already enough of a target for thieves, now HTC wants you to store large amounts of cryptocurrency on it. Today they revealed the first “blockchain phone” called the HTC Exodus 1. Essentially, it is a phone with current flagship specs and walled off, hardware cryptocurrency wallet built in. Similar in […]
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• Ethereum Gets An Open Source Block Explorer

  23-10-2018 21:26 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Some much needed competition is entering the Ethereum blockchain explorer space, and this time. . . it is OPEN SOURCE, BAY BAY! Unlike bitcoin, which has several popular block explorers with a variety of functions, ethereum has been comparatively lacking. Etherscan.io is by far the most popular block explorer for the Ethereum blockchain. Etherchain, Ethplorer […]
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• Overstock’s Blockchain Unit Invests $6 Million in Crypto Social Network ‘Minds’

  23-10-2018 21:20
  Overstock.com Inc.’s blockchain subsidiary, Medici Ventures, made a $6 million Series A investment in Minds, an open-source, blockchain-based crypto social network. Under the partnership, Overstock founder and CEO Patrick M. Byrne joined Minds Inc.’s board of directors. “There has been increasing excitement in recent years over the power of blockchain technology to liberate individuals and organizations,” Byrne said in statement.
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• Crypto Social Network Minds Raises US$6M From Overstock.com Blockchain Subsidiary

  23-10-2018 21:18 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Minds, Inc., a crypto social network, has raised US$6 million in a Series A investment from Medici Ventures, the wholly-owned blockchain subsidiary of Overstock.com. Overstock.com’s founder and CEO Patrick Byrne has joined Minds’ board of directors. Founded in 2011, Minds is an open-source, community-owned social networking platform that rewards users for their activity online. The […]
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• Coinbase to List Competitor-Backed Stablecoin Amidst Growing Interest

  23-10-2018 21:00 via newsbtc.com
  Coinbase will reportedly list a stablecoin initially backed by one of its closest competitors after joining the consortium behind the USD-pegged cryptocurrency.
  Coinbase Joins CENTRE Consortium, Will List USD Coin
  San Francisco-based cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase recently listed decentralized exchange protocol utility token 0x (ZRX) to the list of cryptocurrencies it offers to consumers for trading. This follows a new policy update that was put in place, eventually leading to “thou
  
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• Bitfinex Is Publishing Data for a Tether Market That Doesn't Exist

  23-10-2018 20:30
  Bitfinex's API is feeding data to CoinMarketCap on a USDT/USD trading pair that doesn't exist. So what does that $48 million in daily volume mean?
  
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• Circle CEO: Global Cryptocurrency Regulation Needed for Industry to Advance

  23-10-2018 20:15 via newsbtc.com
  Jeremy Allaire, the CEO of the Goldman Sachs-backed cryptocurrency startup, Circle, spoke about the importance of global cryptocurrency industry regulations during a recent interview in London.
  This sentiment has been echoed by many industry experts and leaders, who all believe that global regulation will be the next evolutionary step for the cryptocurrency markets.
  Allaire spoke about regulation during a recent Reuter’s interview, in which he detailed the level and quality of regulation t
  
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• Oxfam in Sri Lanka Will Use Ethereum to Deliver Microinsurance

  23-10-2018 20:00
  Oxfam in Sri Lanka, part of the international aid group, has teamed up with blockchain startup Etherisc to bring affordable insurance to paddy rice farmers.
  
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• Global Charity Oxfam Will Use Ethereum to Deliver Microinsurance

  23-10-2018 20:00
  Oxfam, the international aid group, has teamed up with blockchain startup Etherisc to bring affordable insurance to paddy rice farmers in Sri Lanka.
  
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• Regulatory environment hinders Tezos (XTZ) with crypto exchanges

  23-10-2018 19:32
  When the Tezos (XTZ) fundraiser took place in July of 2017, the original plan was for development to be completed in 3 to 4 months before a production network would be released, at which point ICO participants could collect their coins. Following the ICO, which was the largest one-time fundraiser in blockchain history at the time, development proceeded as planned until management issues arose at the Swiss foundation created to steward the project threatened to derail the entire effort.After mont
  
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• CoinMarketCap Hits a New All-Time High (But Not for Price)

  23-10-2018 19:30
  The number of cryptocurrencies listed on CoinMarketCap has never been higher, showing demand for secure representations of value is still prevalent.
  
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• WinMiner: Bringing Cryptocurrency Mining to the Masses

  23-10-2018 19:21 via newsbtc.com
  WinMiner takes away the hurdles and complexities of cryptocurrency mining and brings forward a comprehensive, easy-to-use platform which generates profits from your unused computer power. With an experienced team of established professionals, jointly responsible for over 1 billion installs of consumer applications, WinMiner introduces its one-of-a-kind token sale on the Aion platform.Mining Made Simpler
  The majority of regular people have hard times understanding the complex principles behind cr
  
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• Tesla CEO Elon Musk Jokes About Bitcoin on Twitter With 23 Million Followers

  23-10-2018 19:15
  In a lighthearted tweet, Elon Musk referenced Bitcoin in a tweet yesterday in response to a Twitter user. He also tagged his girlfriend Grimes in the tweet, who is a successful Canadian singer and songwriter. Twitter momentarily locked the Tesla founder’s account, as well, believing that his account may have been compromised. Wanna buy some
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• HTC’s New Blockchain Phone Can Only Be Bought with Crypto

  23-10-2018 19:15 via newsbtc.com
  HTC, a Taiwan-based smartphone creator has just announced that its new smartphone, Exodus 1, is available for purchase.
  At the moment, the phone can only be pre-ordered, and the shipping will not start before December. However, the biggest twist regarding the first blockchain-enabled smartphone is that it can only be bought via Bitcoin or Ethereum.
  Exodus 1 was originally announced back in May 2018, at the CoinDesk Consensus conference. Since then, HTC has worked continuously in order to ex
  
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• Coinbase Adds Its First Stablecoin Tied to the US Dollar

  23-10-2018 18:18
  Coinbase is providing support for the Circle-issued USDC stablecoin. The token will initially be supported through Coinbase Wallet.
  
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• Breaking: Crypto Giants Coinbase and Circle Launch Digital Dollar ‘USDC’

  23-10-2018 18:09
  Cryptocurrency exchange and brokerage giant Coinbase has provided a major stamp of approval to one of several recently launched USD-pegged cryptocurrency “stablecoins” seeking to supplant tether (USDT) as the leader in this burgeoning market niche. The San Francisco-based Coinbase on Tuesday announced that beginning today, customers can buy, sell, send, and receive USD Coin, the
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• SEC Commissioner: Bitcoin ETF Applicants Should Focus on Liquidity, Custody, Market Surveillance

  23-10-2018 18:05 via newsbtc.com
  Even amid bearish market conditions, the regulatory status of crypto assets remains a hot-button topic, as global governments attempt to discern how to best approach this emerging market.
  Leading the charge for fair regulation is arguably the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), which has done its best to protect investors from unwarranted financial risk, while still treating this industry with respect.
  SEC Commissioner Stein Talks Crypto
  American attorney Kara Stein, who currently ser
  
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• Decred Jumps 34% after Politeia Announcement, Binance Listing

  23-10-2018 17:56
  A couple of strong fundamentals has pushed Decred value up by 34 percent. The DCR/USD rate on Tuesday touched new weekly highs at 50.97-fiat on Binance. The pair underwent a sharp bull run – more like a pump – as traders went on a buying-the-highs spree. It is now developing a range level between 47.27-fiat
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• New SEC Commissioner Briefed on Bitcoin ETF in October Meeting

  23-10-2018 17:45
  Representatives from VanEck, SolidX and the Cboe have met with the SEC's newest Commissioner, Elad Roisman, to discuss a bitcoin ETF proposal.
  
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• Bitcoin ETF Applicants to SEC: Stop Moving the Goal Posts, Eliminate ICO Double Standard

  23-10-2018 17:01
  Earlier this month, representatives from options exchange CBOE, fund provider VanEck, and blockchain startup SolidX met with top Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) brass, and — unsurprisingly — the group’s pending bitcoin ETF application was at the top of the agenda. Bitcoin Market Reaching Maturity In the meeting, which was held on Oct. 9, VanEck
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• Japan's SBI Group Is Building a New Crypto Exchange Wallet

  23-10-2018 17:00
  Financial services giant SBI Group has partnered with a blockchain security startup to develop a wallet for its crypto exchange VCTRADE.
  
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• Banker: Continuous Establishment of Regulation in Crypto Will Attract Institutions

  23-10-2018 16:27
  According to Daniel Santos, a former Standard Chartered executive, one major catalyst that could reverse the current trend of the crypto market is the imposition of positive regulatory frameworks by leading digital asset economies. Earlier this week, the world’s fourth largest asset manager Fidelity Investments introduced a cryptocurrency custodian solution. The unforeseen decision of the
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• EOS Ecosystem Ever Expanding as dApps Rise, But Price Still Sliding

  23-10-2018 16:00 via newsbtc.com
  A recent tweet by Block.one has highlighted that the EOS ecosystem is expanding with an increasing number of blockchain companies using the EOS public blockchain for their projects.
  A graphic posted by Block.one shows several projects from various niches including Healthcare & Fitness, Voting & Governance, Data Services, Privacy & Security, Identity, and Communication that the EOS blockchain has added to its ecosystem since its launch.
  Will EOS take over Ethereum?
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• Australian Government Agency Says Blockchain 'Interesting' But Hyped

  23-10-2018 16:00
  Australia's Digital Transformation Agency says blockchain is hyped by firms working with the tech and still has better alternatives.
  
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• First Major DAPP on Tezos Rebranded: VIAZ.io (Re-Branded from Skynetworld.org)

  23-10-2018 15:43
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• Square Open-Sources Bitcoin Cold Storage System

  23-10-2018 15:28
  Square, the digital payments giant that last year rolled out bitcoin trading through Cash App, its peer-to-peer mobile finance service, has open-sourced the system that the firm uses to manage cold storage for these cryptocurrency assets. Announced in a blog post penned by Square security engineer Alok Menghrajani, the company said that it chose to
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• Yes, This Wu-Tang Clan-Themed Cryptocurrency Is Actually Happening

  23-10-2018 15:00
  The cryptocurrency being launched by the estate of the late Wu-Tang Clan member Ol' Dirty Bastard (ODB) is soon to see a public pre-sale.
  
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• Tron Exceeds Ethereum Daily Transaction Volume after Gambling dApp Launch

  23-10-2018 15:00 via newsbtc.com
  The launch of Tron’s first large-scale decentralized application has pushed its daily transaction volume ahead of Ethereum’s for the first time.TRONbet, a provably-fair dice game, is one of the many gaming #dapps that are being built on the #TRON network. On the first day of the release, TRONbet was played over 10,000 times. Check them out here! https://t.co/sc0O712Ngu pic.twitter.com/gQfxU1xiAb
  — TRON Foundation (@Tronfoundation) October 17, 2018TRONbet, as the “dapp&rdq
  
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• HTC Releases Blockchain Phone, Hopes for Exodus

  23-10-2018 14:50
  The company wants to take some of the market back from Google and Apple.
  
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• Aussie Blockchain Startup Wins Billionaire Branson’s Tech Challenge

  23-10-2018 14:26
  Power Ledger, a blockchain startup based in Australia, won business magnate Sir Richard Branson’s Extreme Tech Challenge (XTC) 2018, as reported by Australian news channel Nine News. The challenge, whose previous finalists include Doctor on Demand and Vantage Robotics, aims to provide entrepreneurs with the right tools to help them build their tech products. Power Ledger received endorsements
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• Ethereum Developers to Postpone Constantinople Hard Fork until January 2019

  23-10-2018 14:11 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Ethereum core developers made it known in the last bi-weekly meeting on Friday, October 19, 2018, that Ethereum’s next system-wide upgrade Constantinople, will be postponed until 2019. It had been initially primed for release in November 2018 but the discovery of several bugs in the code released on Ethereum’s public testnet Ropsten, made developers opt […]
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• Moscow Bitcoin Boutique Speaks on Business and Russian Regulation

  23-10-2018 14:00 via newsbtc.com
  A physical store in Central Moscow looks like a miniature version of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE). Except, the store doesn’t list stocks on its trading screens; it lists Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.
  DeeCrypto has been in business since seven-months but is more than just a place that lets members exchange virtual currencies in a physical world. The two-floor store is an offline seller of crypto mining equipment, similar to those Apple physical stores that sell the company&rsquo
  
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• Bitcoin Pice Struggles at $6,380, BAT Falls 10% Despite Coinbase Interest

  23-10-2018 13:30
  The Bitcoin price has fallen to the $6,300 region after failing to retain momentum in the $6,400 to $6,500 range. The volume of the dominant cryptocurrency has experienced a minor recovery from $3.1 billion to $3.6 billion across major cryptocurrency exchanges. Yet, regardless of the settlement of seven consecutive weekly candles in the low $6,000
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• Is a Year End Bitcoin Bullrun Coming? December Arrival for Bakkt BTC Futures

  23-10-2018 13:15 via newsbtc.com
  The Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), will list and enable trading of the new Bakkt Bitcoin (USD) Daily Futures Contract on December 12, 2018. What is even exciting about this new announcement is that the Bakkt Bitcoin (USD) Daily Futures Contract will be physically settled for Bitcoin through the ICE’s Digital Asset Warehouse at Bakkt LLC and cleared by ICE Clear US, Inc. All quotations will be in USD and the block trade minimum quantity will be 10 Bitcoins.
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• Bitcoin Price Stuck at $6.4K But Eyes Gains Against Altcoins

  23-10-2018 13:01
  Still trading in a narrow range against the dollar, bitcoin is looking strong against ether and could soon pick up the altcoin bid.
  
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• More Platforms are implementing Hard Forks to Fight ASICs

  23-10-2018 13:00 via crypto-news.net
  The months-long decrease in market values has done little to slow crypto development, and more than ever corporate and enterprise players are controlling Proof-of-Work (PoW) mining. The primary tool of these institutions is application specific integrated circuits (ASICs), the use of which is one of the most contentious issues in the crypto space. Platform teams are, for the most part, opposed to the use of these devices, and have now begun to resort to hard forks to prevent their proliferation.
  
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• Gavin Wood Announces 'Impending Release' of DIY Blockchain Tool

  23-10-2018 12:30
  Parity Technologies founder Gavin Wood has announced that his company's new DIY blockchain tool, Substrate, is weeks from release
  
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• HTC Launches Blockchain Smartphone ‘Exodus’ with Flagship Specs

  23-10-2018 12:23
  A decade on from the launch of the first ever Android phone, Taiwanese consumer electronics giant HTC has taken the wraps off its blockchain-powered smartphone, dubbed ‘Exodus’. HTC has officially announced the early access release of Exodus 1, the company’s first-ever blockchain phone. Available for preorder on its website, the phone will ship sometime in
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• Singapore-Based Vertex Ventures Funds Binance Crypto-To-Fiat Foray

  23-10-2018 12:00 via newsbtc.com
  On early Monday morning, Changpeng Zhao, the world-renowned chief executive of Binance, announced that he was going to reveal “one more piece of good news” for his 233,000 Twitter followers. Just 12 hours after his tweet, which he jokingly referred to as a “pre-announcement of an announcement,” Bloomberg divulged that Vertex Ventures had invested in the popular exchange platform.
  Vertex Ventures Enters Cryptosphere, Funds Binance
  In early-September, Zhao reveale
  
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• Fidelity's Blockchain R&D Lead Just Went Full Crypto

  23-10-2018 11:59
  Fidelity Investments' blockchain R&D lead is leaving to join blockchain startup Bloq as its first-ever chief operating officer.
  
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• Fidelity's Blockchain Incubator Lead Just Went Full Crypto

  23-10-2018 11:59
  Fidelity Investments' blockchain R&D lead is leaving to join blockchain startup Bloq as its first-ever chief operating officer.
  
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• Caspian ICO Raises $19.5 Million for Institutional Crypto Trading Platform

  23-10-2018 11:45
  Cayman Island-based fintech startup Caspian has completed an eight-figure ICO ahead of schedule. Founded earlier this year, Caspian ties together the biggest cryptocurrency exchanges in a single user interface. The full-stack crypto asset management platform also offers compliance, algorithms, portfolio management, risk, and reporting. Its co-founders David Wills and Robert Dykes plan to channel 40 percent of the
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