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• Nasdaq Says It Can Stop Cryptocurrency Market Manipulation - Bitcoinist

  01-11-2018 23:02 via bitcoinist.com
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  Nasdaq Says It Can Stop Cryptocurrency Market Manipulation
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  Nasdaq says it can lead the fight against market manipulation and fraud that has been plaguing the cryptocurrency market. In fact, a few exchange platforms are already adopting the exchange operator's market surveillance technology.and more »
  
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• BlackRock Won’t Launch Bitcoin ETF Until Crypto Is ‘Legitimate,’ Says CEO Larry Fink

  01-11-2018 23:01
  BlackRock — the world’s largest asset manager and ETF provider — has slowly been warming to crypto, but will not launch a bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) until the industry becomes “legitimate,” said CEO Larry Fink. “I wouldn’t say never —  when it’s legitimate, yes,” Fink said at the New York Times Dealbook conference, as reported by CNBC.
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• Financial Advisers Are “Shying Away” from Crypto Despite Investor Interest, Says eToro

  01-11-2018 23:00 via newsbtc.com
  Investor appetite to crypto is growing, yet independent professional financial advice for it is lacking, according to research.
  A Genuine Lack of Knowledge
  The study from social trading and crypto platform eToro, was conducted by Opinium, a market research company, among 206 advisers and 2,003 U.K. adults in September.
  According to the data, 38 per cent of investors who seek financial advice regarding pensions would also seek financial help on crypto. Notably, though, 62 per cent of adviser
  
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• Blockchain Set to Disrupt Major Utilities & Create Entirely New Usecases

  01-11-2018 23:00 via crypto-news.net
  The blockchain revolution promises to dramatically change how people live, yet much of the benefit will not be directly seen by the public. Institutions that provide products and services will soon become vastly more efficient as a result of distributed ledgers. Topping this list may be utility providers, most of which are developing plans to implement the technology into their systems.Energy providers across the globe are presently taking a close look at how blockchain can impact their operatio
  
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• Binance Signs Up 40,000 Crypto Traders in Its First Week in Uganda

  01-11-2018 23:00
  Unlike its parent company, Binance Uganda handles fiat currency (in partnership with a local mobile payment provider) and requires full customer ID.
  
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• The Broth Thickens: More Details Emerge in Oyster Protocol Exit Scam Scandal

  01-11-2018 22:16
  Oyster Protocol issued $90,000,000 worth of PRL (pearl) near the end of last year. The crypto product is designed to enable website owners to earn money by participating in the storage and securing of files within the IOTA Tangle rather than advertising. Users contribute computing resources to the website instead of viewing advertisements. The PRL
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• Daily Crypto Roundup 11/1/2018

  01-11-2018 22:00
  North Korea sees crypto hacking funds, Hong Kong regulation talk, more comments from Jamie Dimon, a Bitlicense for a Bitcoin ATM service, and Tether solvency evidence, all while Bitcoin rattles around slightly in price at around $6,315 (via Blockmodo press time data). Lets take a closer look!
  North Korea’s $571 Million Crypto Hacks Are Just The Tip Of The Iceberg
  Cybersecurity Intelligence agency “Group-iB” recently released information showing a North Korea as the home to
  
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• 'Ruff' Month? Dogecoin's Price Slid 36 Percent in October

  01-11-2018 21:45
  The price of dogecoin fell over 36 percent in October, making it the worst performer out of the world's 25 largest cryptocurrencies.
  
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• Hong Kong Plans to Regulate Crypto with New Sandbox

  01-11-2018 21:30 via newsbtc.com
  Reports suggest that Hong Kong’s securities watchdog has come up with new plans to regulate cryptocurrency funds and exchanges.
  While it is known for being crypto-friendly, Hong Kong is still not satisfied with the amount of protection that its crypto users currently enjoy.
  As a result of this, the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) announced plans to regulate the space via its “sandbox”, reports the Financial Times. This means that they will adapt existing regulation
  
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• Origin Adds TrueUSD Stablecoin

  01-11-2018 21:26 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The Ethereum powered, sharing economy platform Origin is adding another stablecoin: TrueUSD. The news comes in the form of a blog post, explaining the need for a stablecoin in their peer-to-peer economy. “[T]here are solvable problems standing between us and a future of truly peer-to-peer commerce. One of these problems, cryptocurrency price volatility, has a […]
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• Bitcoin Investment Trust Creator Has Raised Record $330 Million This Year

  01-11-2018 21:26
  Ten months into a bear market that has seen cryptocurrency prices decline approximately 75 percent from their all-time highs, analysts differ on whether the bitcoin price has found a bottom or could continue to decline over a time horizon as long as 18 more months. However, Grayscale Investments, the crypto investment firm that created the
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• Why the decline of Facebook and rise of privacy apps is bullish for bitcoin

  01-11-2018 20:30
  Facebook, Google, and other major hubs of personal data have come under increased scrutiny over the past year due to high-profile data breaches, lack of privacy, and revelations around the ways in which Internet companies handle user data. Although it often seems as if no one cared about the security of their personal data in the past, 2018 has seen an awakening in terms of just how much some of these Internet giants know about their users.
  As the old meme goes, this is good for bitcoin.
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• Bitcoin Price Intraday Analysis: BTC/USD Recovers amid Downside Vulnerability

  01-11-2018 20:25
  Bitcoin on Thursday is trending inside a narrow trading channel, sustaining the 1 percent gain it made the previous day. The BTC/USD instrument is rebounding from the highs made during the Wednesday trading session, now 0.67 percent down at 6307-fiat. The high ticks in bitcoin’s volume index somewhat explain how new money has entered the
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• BlackRock to Wait Until Crypto Market is Legitimate Before Offering ETF

  01-11-2018 20:00 via newsbtc.com
  BlackRock, the world’s largest asset management firm, will not be offering a cryptocurrency exchange traded fund (ETF) until the markets are further legitimized. Despite the asset management firm’s CEO, Larry Fink, being bullish on blockchain technology, he still has reservations regarding cryptocurrency.
  Fink’s comments regarding the cryptocurrency markets came about during the New York Times Dealbook Conference in Manhattan on Thursday, reports CNBC, where he was as
  
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• Sia Completes Hard Fork as Bricked Miners Form Rival Blockchain

  01-11-2018 19:30
  Innosilicon's mining equipment no longer works on Sia following a planned algorithm change. But not everyone went along with the fork.
  
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• Coinsource Becomes First Bitcoin ATM Operator with Bitlicense

  01-11-2018 19:18
  The New York DFS grants the twelfth bitlicense to the Bitcoin ATM operator
  
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• Another Stablecoin Just Launched With 'Real-Time' View of Dollar Backing

  01-11-2018 18:30
  Crypto startup Stably has just launched its StableUSD, a dollar-backed competitor to the reigning tether (USDT) stablecoin.
  
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• Coinsource Receives First BitLicense to Operate Bitcoin ATMs in New York

  01-11-2018 18:16
  The world’s largest bitcoin ATM company has finally received official approval to operate in New York. They had previously been operating in New York almost since the company’s inception via a provisional license. Last year, they received coverage in the New Yorker and have frequently been in the news with word of new ATMs across
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• HOQU Is Introducing the Beta Version of Their Application for Merchants. Application for Affiliates Has New Features

  01-11-2018 17:43
  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. The HOQU team is pleased to announce the accomplishment of the beta version of its app for merchants following the release of the app for affiliates this summer.
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• Tether Produces Letter Vouching for Dollar Deposits, But Bank Hedges

  01-11-2018 17:30
  Deltec Bank & Trust Limited said its letter confirming Tether's dollar balances as of Oct. 31 was provided "without liability" to the institution.
  
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• Hong Kong Issues New Rules to Regulate Cryptocurrency Funds and Exchanges - Cointelegraph

  01-11-2018 17:27 via cointelegraph.com
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  Hong Kong Issues New Rules to Regulate Cryptocurrency Funds and Exchanges
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  News. Hong Kong's securities regulator issued a statement setting out guidelines for funds dealing with cryptocurrency Thursday, Nov. 1, saying it could move to formally regulate exchanges. In what it called “guidance on regulatory standards,” the ...
  Hong Kong watchdog outlines plans to regulate cryptocurrency industryFinancial Times
  Cryptocurrency rules unveiled by SFC as Hon
  
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• BitMax.io Launches Innovative Mining to Benefit Crypto Trading and Exchange Community

  01-11-2018 17:21
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• eToro becomes first investment platform to offer Binance Coin

  01-11-2018 17:11 via crypto-news.net
  eToro, the global, multi-asset, investment platform with over ten million registered users, has today added the Binance Coin (BNB) to its product range. This brings the total number of cryptoassets available on eToro to thirteen. eToro is the first platform to offer BNB to investors and traders to buy or sell using fiat.
  BNB is a token issued by Binance, which is one of the world’s largest crypto exchanges. Following an ICO in 2017, Binance issued BNB which is an ERC-20 token on the Ethere
  
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• BlackRock won't offer a cryptocurrency ETF until the industry is 'legitimate,' CEO Larry Fink says - CNBC

  01-11-2018 17:08 via cnbc.com
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  BlackRock won't offer a cryptocurrency ETF until the industry is 'legitimate,' CEO Larry Fink says
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  The world's largest asset manager is not launching an exchange traded fund for cryptocurrency — at least not until the industry grows up a bit. "I wouldn't say never, when it's legitimate, yes," BlackRock CEO Larry Fink said at the New York Times ...
  CEOs and Politics Are a Bad MixWall Street Journalall 42 news articles »
  
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• Breaking: Tether Opens $1.8 Billion Bank Account in the Bahamas

  01-11-2018 17:01
  Tether Limited, the issuer of controversial USD-pegged cryptocurrency stablecoin tether (USDT), has confirmed that it has established a banking relationship with a small financial institution based out of the Bahamas. The firm, notorious for its opaque operations, broke from standard practice on Thursday, announcing publicly that it has formed a banking partnership with Deltec Bank,
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• ICO Market Shrank Five-Fold in Third Quarter, New Report Shows

  01-11-2018 16:21
  Three takeaways from the CoinGecko quarterly report.
  
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• Updated Morgan Stanley Report Hails Cryptocurrency as 'New Institutional Investment Class' - Cointelegraph

  01-11-2018 16:19 via cointelegraph.com
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  Updated Morgan Stanley Report Hails Cryptocurrency as 'New Institutional Investment Class'
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  News. Bitcoin and altcoins has been a “new institutional investment class” since 2017, U.S. multinational investment bank and financial services company Morgan Stanley claims in a new report released Oct. 31. The document, titled "Bitcoin Decrypted: A ...
  CoinGecko's Q3 Cryptocurrency Report Suggests Rough Outlook for EthereumEthereum World News (blog)
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• New York Awards First-Ever BitLicense to Bitcoin ATM Company

  01-11-2018 15:59
  Bitcoin ATM operator Coinsource has received a BitLicense from New York's financial watchdog, a full three years after first applying.
  
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• Stablecoin Wars: Coinbase Token Attracts Capital But PAX Dominates Trading

  01-11-2018 15:54
  It’s now been nearly two months since Winklevoss-led cryptocurrency exchange Gemini fired the first shot in the stablecoin wars through the launch of its USD-pegged crypto token, the eponymous Gemini Dollar. That same day, Paxos — like Gemini an NYDFS-regulated firm — made a similar announcement, and before long, crypto unicorns Circle and Coinbase revealed
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• October Crypto Market Review: Top 20 Cryptocurrencies Crushed

  01-11-2018 15:30 via newsbtc.com
  XRP, Bitcoin Cash, Cardano, Iota, Neo, VeChain falling hard, Tron survives while Maker and 0x recover well.
  For the eighth month this year cryptocurrency markets have fallen. October has been no exception with a 9.4% decline in total market capitalization. This has resulted in the loss of over $20 billion from cryptocurrencies during the month. The Friday 12 monthly low to $197 billion was not as deep as September’s dip but very close. At the end of October markets were at just over $200 b
  
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• Shakepay Introduces Crypto OTC Trade Desk in Canada

  01-11-2018 15:19 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Shakepay, a Montreal-based crypto startup, has launched an over-the-counter (OTC) trading desk to serve high net-worth individuals, businesses and institutions in Canada looking to exchange large value of Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH). Shakepay OTC was launched in response to the “overwhelming demand for a personalized service for large volume trading,” Jean Amiouny, CEO of […]
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• 'Blockchain' is now more popular than 'cryptocurrency,' according to Google data - TNW

  01-11-2018 15:18 via thenextweb.com
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  'Blockchain' is now more popular than 'cryptocurrency,' according to Google data
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  It's not the flippening everyone has been talking about, but Google search data reveals people are finally starting to show more interest in blockchain than cryptocurrency. Following the massive hype cycle at the end of last year, Google Trends ...and more »
  
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• Japanese Financial Giant SBI to Use Ripple (XRP) Extensively With R3

  01-11-2018 14:59
  At the SBI Financial Results Briefing, SBI Group CEO Yoshitaka Kitao announced that the firm has already begun the discussions to create a project for R3 that uses Ripple (XRP) more extensively. “We have already begun discussions to create a project to use XRP for R3. By using R3, XRP is used more extensively,” Kitao
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• Korean Crypto Giant Bithumb Makes U.S. Foray with Security Token Exchange Deal

  01-11-2018 14:33
  Cryptocurrency exchanges continue to demonstrate resilience despite this year’s downturn in trading volume and prices. Most recently, Bithumb, which is South Korea’s biggest cryptocurrency exchange, is making an expansion push, having partnered with seriesOne, a Miami, Florida-based crypto and ICO fundraising portal, to launch an exchange for regulated security tokens in the U.S. The companies
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• Singapore Launches ‘Token Day’ to Bring Crypto to The Masses

  01-11-2018 14:30 via newsbtc.com
  Yesterday, October 31st, cryptocurrency Bitcoin (BTC) celebrated its tenth birthday. As part of the celebration, a company called Bizkey has decided to start a new campaign called “Token Day” in Singapore.
  Token Day is a campaign that is supposed to allow the public to get more familiar and better acquainted with cryptocurrencies according to reports. Not exactly a day as it will be held from October 31st to November 18th. During this period, every cryptocurrency holder in Singapore
  
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• Google and Samsung: Cute Cats Power Serious $15 Million CryptoKitties Round

  01-11-2018 13:59
  CryptoKitties' latest funding round means it has raised $27 million this year. Fur real!
  
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• Cute Cats Power Serious $15 Million Funding for CryptoKitties Creators

  01-11-2018 13:59
  CryptoKitties' latest funding round means it has raised $27 million this year. Fur real!
  
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• North Korea’s $571 million crypto hacks are just the tip of the iceberg

  01-11-2018 13:50
  In a new report released by Group-iB, a cybersecurity intelligence agency, it has been revealed that 65 percent of the $882 million in cryptocurrency stolen from exchanges ends up in North Korea.
  With sanctions from the United States and Europe continuing to weigh on Pyongyang, North Korea has reportedly turned to cryptocurrencies to generate additional revenue.
  According to the report, North Korean hackers have stolen as much as $571 million since January 2017, making up nearly 5 percent of the
  
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• Hong Kong Reveals Regulatory Framework for Crypto Exchanges, Funds

  01-11-2018 13:43
  The Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) released a statement today stipulating the regulatory standards that would define the trajectory of virtual assets portfolio managers and fund distributors, according to an announcement on its website. As per CCN’s report, the regulator had proposed the framework in a research paper published in October 2018. The
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• Crypto Developments Aplenty at Devcon4, Ethereum 2.0 Among Them

  01-11-2018 13:30 via newsbtc.com
  Amid a declining market, one of the crypto industry’s foremost events recently flew under the radar of many investors. The event, Devcon4, an Ethereum-centric event attended by some of this industry’s best and brightest, highlighted the fact that while the market is tanking, crypto’s fundamentals are booming beyond belief.
  Among the multitude of developments announced at the ongoing Devcon4, which is hosted in Prague — a crypto-friendly city in and of itself &md
  
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• Bithumb, SeriesOne to Launch Security Token Exchange in the US

  01-11-2018 13:30
  Crypto exchange Bithumb has teamed up with crowdfunding platform seriesOne to launch a compliant security token exchange in the U.S.
  
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• Bank Blockchain Now Live in Hong Kong

  01-11-2018 13:23
  The trade finance blockchain is similar to We.trade in Europe, and the two will collaborate.
  
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• BitMart Lists Goldman Sachs-Backed Stablecoin USD Coin (USDC)

  01-11-2018 12:44
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• World’s First Secure Private Transactions Launched on Ethereum Public Blockchain

  01-11-2018 12:30 via newsbtc.com
  Ernst & Young (EY), one of the ‘Big Four’ public service firms, has devised a solution that allows businesses to enjoy the full benefits of private transactions over a public blockchain. This they have called the EY Ops Chain Public Edition (PE).
  Running on the public Ethereum blockchain, the solution leverages on the privacy benefits of zero-knowledge proofs (ZKP) and the security or Ethereum itself, which is powered by thousands of distributed computers spread across the world.
  
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• Bitcoin Price May Break Three-Month Losing Streak in November

  01-11-2018 12:21
  Bitcoin ended October on a weak note, confirming its first three-month losing streak since 2015, but things may be looking up for November.
  
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• Binance Freezes WEX Accounts Caught Moving Possibly Stolen Funds

  01-11-2018 12:21
  Intrigue abounds around the allegedly Singapore-based WEX exchange, whose ownership and activities have both been called into question in recent months. Particularly of interest was the exchange listing a much higher market price for BTC and weirdly overcharging for USDT. CCN previously gave our readers an overly interesting report on the exchange in which writer
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• SFC of Hong Kong Announces Plan to Revamp Cryptocurrency Laws

  01-11-2018 12:09
  We hope to encourage the responsible use of new technologies and also provide investors with more choices and better outcomes.
  
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• Top VC Investor Bullish on Cryptocurrency, Like Internet in The 1990s

  01-11-2018 11:30 via newsbtc.com
  On October 29, Benedict Evans, a leading venture capital investor at one of the world’s largest VC firms, Andreessen Horowitz, tweeted about the current state of cryptocurrency, likening it to that of the internet in the 1990’s. His bullish comments on crypto signal a larger trend of traditional investors increasing their openness to the nascent technology.
  Many Parallels Between Cryptocurrency and Early-Stage Internet
  In a series of tweets on the topic, Evans importantly notes
  
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• EOS Rises 5% as Tokens Record Big Gains, Crypto Market Adds $2 Billion

  01-11-2018 11:17
  Tokens and several major cryptocurrencies such as EOS have demonstrated strong short-term momentum over the last 24 hours, pushing the valuation of the crypto market to $206 billion. The volume of Bitcoin, which declined to the mid-$3 billion region, recovered to $4.2 billion, showing a clear increase in trading activity across major cryptocurrency exchanges. Affected
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• Coinbase's Emilie Choi: $300 Million Raise Was 'For a Rainy Day'

  01-11-2018 11:00
  Coinbase's $300 million Series E was about a "war chest" for expansion, not necessity, says Emilie Choi, its VP of corporate and business development.
  
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