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• 51% Attack? Bitcoin Wins Ron Paul Investor Poll [Again]

  16-11-2018 23:51
  Former congressman and presidential candidate Ron Paul enjoys a wide fanbase on social media and among latter generations who have an interest in pro-liberty changes to governmental policy. He is famed for his positions on issues ranging from abortion and marijuana to business regulation, and he famously authored a book which aligns with the philosophy
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• After Friday’s SEC Actions, Experts Say ICO Party ‘Is Truly Over’

  16-11-2018 23:45
  Friday's charges against Airfox and Paragon Coin may hint at how the SEC will regulate ICOs going forward.
  
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• Nvidia Grapples With Cryptocurrency Miners' Exit - WSJ - Wall Street Journal

  16-11-2018 23:04 via wsj.com
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  Nvidia Grapples With Cryptocurrency Miners' Exit - WSJ
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  The previous stockpiling habits of cryptocurrency miners have left Nvidia to battle with excess graphics-card inventory.and more »
  
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• SEC Orders Airfox and Paragon to Return Millions to Investors on ICO Registration Violations

  16-11-2018 23:00 via newsbtc.com
  The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has settled charges against two cryptocurrency companies which were accused of violating ICO securities offering registration rules.
  Both firms, Carrier EQ (Airfox) and Paragon Coin sold digital tokens in ICOs in 2017 after the regulator’s official stance on the ICO. Some crypto fundraisers can be considered securities offerings, according to its DAO Report of Investigation.
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• Bitcoin Cash: Where the 4th-Largest Cryptocurrency Stands the Day after the Fork

  16-11-2018 22:20
  Yesterday, the Bitcoin Cash network activated its second scheduled semi-annual hard fork since the cryptocurrency split away from the original Bitcoin blockchain. Unlike the previous protocol upgrade, however, this fork was contentious, with development teams launching two competing, incompatible BCH implementations. Background: Another Fork in the Bitcoin Cash Road The group adhering to the “official”
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• Oxfam Officially Launches Blockchain-Based Program That Empowers Farmers

  16-11-2018 22:00 via newsbtc.com
  Oxfam has officially launched their blockchain-based program, called BlocRice, that is aimed at giving farmers significantly more negotiation power and to increase the efficiency of the supply chain by connecting buyers and suppliers directly through their system.
  The new program, which has undergone successful trials in Cambodia, has a primary goal of increasing revenues for farmers, who can be severely underpaid, by allowing them to form agricultural cooperatives that operate similarly to
  
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• Battered Bitcoin Price Eyes Recovery as Dollar Slides

  16-11-2018 21:16
  The bitcoin price on Friday plunged 0.85 percent against the US dollar, now trading at 5528-fiat. Bitcoin Price Seeks to Claw Back Lost Ground The digital currency has had a shocking week so far, with its value losing almost $1,200 within just five days. Not only bitcoin, but the entire cryptocurrency market also had to “bear”
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• Time-Travel Crypto Once Backed by Trump-Appointed Acting Attorney General

  16-11-2018 21:00 via newsbtc.com
  Acting U.S. Attorney General Matthew Whitaker once was involved in an alleged scam promoting strange inventions, including a time-travel cryptocurrency.
  Attorney General Matthew Whitaker Backed an Alleged Scam Company
  Earlier this month, United States President Donald Trump ousted Attorney General Jeff Sessions from his post after Trump grew increasingly frustrated with Sessions’ recusal from the Russia probe. 
  In his place, Trump appointed the Chief of Staff under Sessions, Matthew W
  
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• Court: Crypto Shill John McAfee Liable for Neighbor’s 2012 Death

  16-11-2018 20:40
  John McAfee, cryptocurrency enthusiast, presidential aspirant, and millionaire founder of the near-ubiquitous McAfee Antivirus, has been found legally liable for the death of his former neighbor, Gregory Faull, who was found dead with a gunshot wound to his head back in 2012, the Register reports. The final verdict was reached in a US district court in
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• Cryptocurrency chill causes mining speculator Nvidia's stock to plunge - TechCrunch

  16-11-2018 20:12 via techcrunch.com
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  Cryptocurrency chill causes mining speculator Nvidia's stock to plunge
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  The cryptocurrency market is an exciting one, but it's also unpredictable — and when things go south, they take related businesses with them. Nvidia, a hardware giant that has been riding the cryptocurrency wave, saw its stock price take a double ...
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• Why Bitcoin Cash Was Never Going to Lose the Hash War With SV

  16-11-2018 19:40
  The cryptocurrency community expected a tight hash power battle between Bitcoin Cash (BCH) and Bitcoin Cash (SV) on November 15. But, with a decisive win and an anti-climactic result, BCH came out the winner. Bitcoin.com, a company owned by Roger Ver, saw its hash rate spike to 4 exahash, easily surpassing the entire computing power
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• “Crypto Hangover” Causes Nvidia’s Stock to Tumble 17%

  16-11-2018 19:30 via newsbtc.com
  Following a week of widespread carnage in the cryptocurrency markets, traditional retail stocks involved with the crypto sector are feeling the burn as well, with the California-based computer chip maker, Nvidia’s (NVDA) price tanking on the Nasdaq stock exchange.
  Nvidia’s plunge came about after the company reported Q3 results that were significantly below what analysts and investors had expected, causing a sharp selloff that forced its price down 17% to its current price of $167.94
  
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• HBO’s “Silicon Valley” predicted the BCH hashrate war

  16-11-2018 19:05
  On May 13th 2018, HBO has aired the eight and final episode of Silicon Valley’s fifth season. At the time, it seemed like a funny crypto story about 51% attacks and corporate interests. But in the context of the Bitcoin Cash fork, it’s easy to observe a striking resemblance between the two scenarios.
  First of all, let’s talk about the rather obvious and well-known situation of BCH. The most significant and resourceful Bitcoin fork has reached a point of turmoil, where even the
  
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• Interview: Donald McIntyre (ETC DEV Team) on the Ethereum Classic roadmap, Orbita sidechains, and Vitalik

  16-11-2018 18:30
  During his 50-minute Crypto Insider interview, ETC DEV Team’s Donald McIntyre has been candid and open about his views on immutability. In the first part, he revealed that his advocacy within the original Ethereum crew has always been for a permissionless, immutable, and truly decentralized blockchain.
  When he made the switch to the Classic side, he had already inherited his Bitcoin-inspired discourse for Turing-complete blockchains. And now that he’s accommodated his advocacy positi
  
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• Pantera Capital CEO: ‘In a Decade Billions of People Will be Using Bitcoin

  16-11-2018 18:18
  In the words of the CEO of bitcoin investment firm Pantera Capital, Dan Morehead, disruptive technologies usually earn the title ‘category killers’ but in the case of bitcoin it is a ‘serial killer’. According to  Morehead, this is because it will disrupt ‘dozens’ of sectors with the cryptocurrency already having demonstrated the capacity to potentially
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• BCH Tussle: Bitcoin ABC May Reign Supreme over Craig Wright’s “Satoshi Vision”

  16-11-2018 18:00 via newsbtc.com
  To the chagrin of Craig Wright and his camp, it has become increasingly apparent that Jihan Wu, Roger Ver, and their compatriots at Bitcoin ABC have taken a leading position in the Bitcoin Cash “Civil War.” So, after weeks, if not months of trash talking, crypto’s most recent shouting match has begun to come to a screeching halt.
  Bitcoin ABC Leaves SV in the Dust
  After months of anticipation, crypto investors woke up giddy on Thursday morning, as the scheduled Bitcoin
  
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• Vocean, Starting the Trillion Crypto Bond Era

  16-11-2018 17:52
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• Colt Teams up with BITPoint on Cryptocurrency Exchange Technologies

  16-11-2018 16:59
  Colt’s potential value to BITPoint is noteworthy given its track record in mainstream marketplaces.
  
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• SEC Settles Securities Registration Charges Against 2 ICO Startups

  16-11-2018 16:57
  The SEC has settled charges with crypto startups Airfox and Paragon for securities law violations.
  
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• EOS stolen funds arbitration ruling scoffs at decentralization

  16-11-2018 16:45
  The EOS blockchain was built with the intention of providing a means to scale transaction speed while still providing a certain level of decentralization. The extent to which EOS is decentralized, however,  has always been a point of contention since network transactions are validated by a small group of “supernodes” which must be elected every 21 blocks.The goal of decentralization, with every blockchain, is to eliminate points of central control meaning no single entity can wr
  
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• In Landmark U.S. Case, Mastermind Behind Two Fraudulent ICOs Pleads Guilty

  16-11-2018 16:32
  This is the ICO regulators warned you about. Maksim Zaslavskiy, who is the mastermind behind two ICOs for tokenized real estate and diamonds, has pled guilty to fraud in a federal district court in Brooklyn, N.Y. As the first case of ICO fraud in the U.S., this one sets a precedent, with a judge in September
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• Crypto Job Interest ‘Still Strong’ Despite Decline, Says Indeed

  16-11-2018 15:45
  Interest from both employers and job seekers in blockchain and cryptocurrency-related jobs has declined in the past year, Indeed.com data indicates.
  
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• Crypto Job Interest Has Declined But Is ‘Still Strong,’ Says Indeed

  16-11-2018 15:45
  Interest from both employers and job seekers in blockchain and cryptocurrency-related jobs has declined in the past year, new data indicates.
  
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• 0xBitcoin – Ethereum’s Answer to Bitcoin’s Proof-of-Work

  16-11-2018 15:24
  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. Kickstarting Ethereum with ERC-20 and ERC-721 Ethereum is arguably one of the most ground-breaking technologies of recent years. It was the first-mover in providing innovative new standards for … Continued
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• BLOCK 30 Labs Releases New “BLOCK 30 Index”

  16-11-2018 15:18
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• Bitcoin Puzzle Artist’s Crypto Gaming Startup Now Valued at $13 Million

  16-11-2018 15:00
  One of the bitcoin community’s best-known artists is gearing up to launch a blockchain-powered video game with investor backing.
  
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• BCH Fork Nov. ’18: What a Day

  16-11-2018 15:00
  Bitcoin Cash split into two chains today, dividing one of crypto’s most controversial communities. Bitcoin Cash (BCH) turned into Bitcoin ABC (BCHABC) and Bitcoin SV (BCHSV).
  One thing is certain – the last 48 hours have been anything but boring. (To catch up on more of the story’s background, check out Crypto Insider’s previous BCH fork article.)
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  Yesterday saw Bitcoin rapidly drop hundreds of dollars, according to real-time data from Blockmodo. O
  
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• Global Charity Oxfam Launches Blockchain Project to Empower Cambodian Rice Farmers

  16-11-2018 14:58
  Global charity organization Oxfam has launched a blockchain technology platform aimed at enhancing the transparency and traceability of the rice supply chain in Cambodia. Known as BlocRice, the app uses distributed ledger technology to implement smart contracts where details such as the farm gate price of organic rice, trade volume and method of transportation are … Continued
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• 50% Off to Buy Bitcoin! A Special Thanksgiving Treat from BitMart

  16-11-2018 14:44
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• Major Exchanges Are Already Distributing New Bitcoin Cash Tokens

  16-11-2018 14:31
  After yesterday's split of the bitcoin cash blockchain, several top exchanges have already accommodated the resulting two tokens.
  
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• BitMart Lists Decentralized Stablecoin TrueUSD (TUSD)

  16-11-2018 14:17
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• Hunimal Unveiled Companion Animal ‘Wireless Vein Scanner’

  16-11-2018 13:52
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• Binance the Latest Exchange to List Goldman Sachs-Backed USDC Stablecoin

  16-11-2018 13:44
  Leading cryptocurrency firm Binance has become the latest exchange to list the USDC stablecoin. In a statement, the cryptocurrency exchange indicated that trading of the USDC and bitcoin (USDC/BTC) pair, as well as the Binance token and the USDC (USDC/BNB) pair, will commence on November 17. Depositing the stablecoin which is pegged on a one-to-one … Continued
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• Financial Analyst Gary Shilling Shorts Bitcoin: It’s a ‘Grand Ponzi Scheme’

  16-11-2018 13:30
  Financial analyst Gary Shilling said his eponymous New Jersey investment firm, A. Gary Shilling & Co., is shorting bitcoin because it’s “some kind of a grand Ponzi scheme.” Shilling told CNBC that he’s troubled by the opaque nature of the crypto industry. Specifically, he’s concerned that the identity of Satoshi Nakamoto — the inventor of bitcoin — … Continued
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• Japan Wants to Regulate Crypto Wallets, Breach of User Privacy?

  16-11-2018 13:11 via newsbtc.com
  Crypto wallet users in Japan may have to reveal their identities as the country’s top financial watchdog prepares a law for it.
  The Financial Services Agency (FSA) on Monday revealed its plan to regulate cryptocurrency wallet providers, ItMedia reported. The decision came during a cryptocurrency study group meeting after concerns over money laundering and terrorist financing were raised. The agency also looked into pressing matters related to the protection of crypto wallet users that
  
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• Erik Voorhees, Salt Lending Being Investigated by SEC, Report Says

  16-11-2018 13:10
  Crypto loans startup Salt and its former CEO are said to be under investigation by the SEC, according to the The Wall Street Journal.
  
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• Coinmine Launches US$799 Crypto Miner

  16-11-2018 12:51 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  LA-based startup Coinmine has announced the launch of Coinmine One, a sleek, plug-in device that aims to simplify the complex cryptocurrency mining process. Similar in size and look to an Xbox, the Coinmine One is meant to allow anyone to mine cryptocurrencies easily. It began selling Wednesday for US$799. “Crypto is not just about buying […]
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• ‘Crypto Hangover’ Affects Nvidia’s Revenue Growth for Q3 2018

  16-11-2018 12:40
  Nvidia Corp., one of the biggest manufacturers of chips for computer graphics cards, gave their sales forecast on Thursday, November 15, 2018, revealing the loss of demand that happened as a result of the decrease in cryptocurrency mining.  According to the financial results for the third quarter of the 2018 fiscal year. The California-based company’s stock
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• Bitcoin Price Pattern Suggests a Bounce May Be Coming

  16-11-2018 12:30
  If past events are a guide, bitcoin could in for a recovery rally, following the formation of a "long-legged doji" on the charts Thursday.
  
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• Bitcoin Charts Suggest Price Bounce May Be Coming

  16-11-2018 12:30
  If past events are a guide, bitcoin could in for a recovery rally, following the formation of a "long-legged doji" on the charts Thursday.
  
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• ECB Economist: “Bitcoin is the evil spawn of the financial crisis”

  16-11-2018 12:25
  Benoît Cœuré made his comments at a BIS conference in Basel this week
  
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• Stablecoin Supremacy Battle Heats Up; Binance Lists USDC, Tether Below a Buck

  16-11-2018 12:00 via newsbtc.com
  Once up a time there was crypto and fiat. If you wanted to trade in altcoins you had to first buy Bitcoin. Tether changed all that when it came onto the scene on Bitfinex in 2015, today there are a slew of stablecoins all competing for supremacy.
  USDC Listed on Binance
  The controversy surrounding Tether coupled with its recent volatility has led to the birth of several similar dollar pegged stablecoins. Once has been created by Coinbase and partners at Circle, USD Coin. On Thursday USDC was gran
  
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• Crypto Market Recovers, But Could Bitcoin Price Fall to $4,800?

  16-11-2018 11:40
  After recording one of the worst sell-offs in all of 2018, the crypto market has experienced a minor corrective rally, adding $8 billion to its valuation. The Bitcoin (BTC) price is approaching a resistance level at $5,600, a minor resistance level BTC will have to surpass to potentially eye a rally to $5,800 and potentially
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• The Giant Bitcoin Rat Is Back And This Time It’s After Alan Greenspan

  16-11-2018 11:00
  The artist behind a giant, inflatable, rat-shaped piece of protest art dedicated to bitcoin is at it again – this time at the DC Fed.
  
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• Ripple Secures More Banking Partners, XRP Holds Second Spot Over Ethereum

  16-11-2018 11:00 via newsbtc.com
  San Francisco based blockchain company Ripple has secured another major banking partner in Asia this week. ASEAN’s fifth largest bank, CIMB Group, as announced that it will join RippleNet in order to utilize the firm’s cross border transfer products. Its XRP token meanwhile has held on to second spot over Ethereum.
  RippleNet Expands it Reach
  The move will allow the bank to grow its global payments network by joining those already in the Ripple network. According to the announcement C
  
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• Central Banks of Canada, Singapore and UK Propose CBDCs for Cross-Border Payments

  16-11-2018 10:36
  The reserve banks of Canada, Singapore and the United Kingdom have singled out central bank digital currencies as being one of the solutions that can be implemented in order to solve the challenges encountered when making cross-border payments. The report by the Monetary Authority of Singapore, Bank of England and Bank of Canada notes that
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• Bitcoin Price Watch: BTC/USD Could Rebound Towards $5,900

  16-11-2018 10:28 via newsbtc.com
  Key PointsBitcoin price extended declines below $5,330 and traded towards $5,200 against the US Dollar.
  There is a major bearish trend line in place with resistance at $5,550 on the hourly chart of the BTC/USD pair (data feed from Kraken).
  The price is likely positioning for an upward move above the $5,600 and $5,700 levels.Bitcoin price extended losses towards $5,200 against the US Dollar. BTC/USD is currently rebounding and it could correct higher towards $5,900.
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• Tron Price Analysis: TRX/USD Break Out Trade, Path Towards Jan 24 Lows

  16-11-2018 10:25 via newsbtc.com
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  That the Japanese are open to cryptocurrencies and similar blockchain technologies but concurrently stringent protecting investors is true. So tight are applicable laws that investors who lose their digital assets are guaranteed of a recourse. We have seen that happen with the ongoing Mt Gox Civil Rehabilitation Case. Because it is mandatory for exchanges to register with the country’s Financial Services Agency (FSA), investors are safe.
  Now, under the fund settlement law
  
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• Litecoin Price Analysis: Despite Increasing Adoption, LTC/USD Likely to Test $30

  16-11-2018 10:20 via newsbtc.com
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  In proof-of-work networks, hash is everything. Because of this, Coinmine is desirous of complete decentralization in line with blockchain dicta. As such, the startup with backing from CoinBase and Arrington Ventures is taking crypto mining to homes as their flagship rig—Coinmine One is power efficient—at 120 watts, easy to use—it has its own operating system and use GPU chipsets (AMD RX 570 (4GB)).Just preordered my @coinmine miner. This should be interesti
  
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• Bitcoin Price Analysis: BTC/USD Prices Steady but Further Losses Expected

  16-11-2018 10:15 via newsbtc.com
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  In the midst of a severe market slump that has seen Bitcoin slide more than 80 percent from 2017 peaks, Zhao Changpeng is pretty optimistic about crypto. We must note that the fall of Bitcoin has dragged altcoins to new levels with some dropping by as much as 95 percent from their 2017 highs.Nonetheless, Binance is having a stellar year. Pulling in around $3 billion in revenue in the first half of the year the exchange is officially the largest in the world by trading volumes
  
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