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• Ripple Adds 5th-Largest Southeast Asian Bank to Enterprise Blockchain Network

  19-11-2018 23:53
  RippleNet is expanding its network of banks by adding Malaysia’s CIMB Group to its fold. CIMB is the ASEAN’s fifth-largest bank and will team up with Ripple to work on enabling instant cross-border payments for CIMB’s markets. RippleNet’s customer base now constitutes over a hundred global financial institutions, which CIMB will be able to partner
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• Daily Crypto Roundup 11/19/2018

  19-11-2018 23:34
  Bitcoin dumped $5k today, while the headlines were filled with Bitcoin Cash talk, bullish Bitcoin predictions, political campaign mining donations, and statements regarding crypto’s future potential. Catch up on today’s news.
  Why The BCH Hash Wars Hurt The Entire Crypto Market
  The past week has been filled with Bitcoin Cash fork drama. BCH split into two chains – Bitcoin ABC and Bitcoin SV, resulting in a war between team Roger Ver, and team Craig Wright.
  Throughout the war, si
  
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• A Historically Strong Month for Crypto, November Is Off to a Brutal Start

  19-11-2018 23:22
  The cryptocurrency market rout accelerated today as bitcoin (BTC) fell below $5,000 for the first time in 13-months.
  
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• Israel: Tel Aviv Investment Firm Silver Castle Launches Trio of Crypto Funds

  19-11-2018 23:07
  The infrastructure for institutional investors in the crypto market continues to gain steam despite this year’s relentless bear market. Most recently, Israel-based crypto investment fund Silver Castle, which targets institutional and accredited investors, unveiled two crypto funds in November with another fund waiting in the wings and is targeting $50 million in assets under management (AUM)
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• KPMG Report Lays Out Incredibly Bullish Case for Crypto Assets

  19-11-2018 23:00 via newsbtc.com
  A recent report from “Big Four” auditor, KPMG, details the key challenges facing cryptocurrencies, and importantly notes that digital assets are a “big deal.”
  The report comes as institutions and corporations are becoming increasingly interested in cryptocurrencies as an investment class.
  The KPMG report opens with a section titled “Cryptoassets are a big deal,” explaining that despite the markets still being nascent and small, waves of new entrants
  
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• IBM, Columbia University Launch Blockchain Accelerator Programs

  19-11-2018 22:40
  Columbia University and IBM are launching a pair of tech accelerators to aid blockchain startups in their early phases.
  
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• Monday Massacre: Bitcoin Price Dives Below $5,000 as Support Levels Falter

  19-11-2018 22:23
  The bitcoin price kicked off this week on a depressive note, extending its current bearish bias to another low level. The BTC/USD index fell from 5502-fiat to 4886-fiat on Monday, recording more than 11 percent in losses. The price action bled through crucial support levels that had a history of reversing bearish trends. It confirmed
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• How Crypto Market Fall Influences Mining Hardware Sales and Producers’ Revenues

  19-11-2018 22:04 via cointelegraph.com
  AMD and Nvidia stocks fell by 48% and 36% correspondingly last month, and Bitmain has allegedly lost $600-700 million in Q2. Is the mining hardware industry falling along with crypto market?
  
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• Ron Paul Poll: 50% in Favor of Bitcoin as Long-Term Investment

  19-11-2018 22:00 via newsbtc.com
  Former U.S. House Representative Ron Paul recently polled his Twitter followers on which long-term investment vehicle they’d prefer if given a $10,000 gift and the choice of what to invest in. The overwhelming majority selected Bitcoin as their choice for a 10-year hold.
  Ron Paul Twitter Poll Shows Preference for Bitcoin
  Ex-Texas Congressmen and thrice-failed Presidential candidate Ron Paul took to his Twitter soapbox this week.
  He was seeking an answer to what his followers would choose i
  
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• Humans.net Launches Blockchain-Backed Freelancer Marketplace

  19-11-2018 21:47 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Humans.net has officially launched its peer-to-peer, blockchain-based freelancer marketplace, following a US$10 million seed funding round and a successful trial run in the US that attracted 200,000 users. Humans.net aims to streamline and improve the process of searching for and hiring freelancers by eliminating middlemen and instead, leveraging blockchain technology and artificial intelligence (AI) to […]
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• Twitter: Bitcoin Scams Came from Third-Party Marketing App

  19-11-2018 21:21
  Last week’s bitcoin “giveaway” scams on Twitter, which saw one of Google’s social media accounts compromised, was the result of a hacked third-party provider and not the social media platform’s system, Twitter has claimed. In an email correspondence with Hard Fork, the tech company firmly established that a loophole in an unnamed third-party app was exploited
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• Cryptocurrencies Plummet, Bitcoin Likely to Fall Further Says Analyst

  19-11-2018 21:00 via newsbtc.com
  After a week of poor performance, Bitcoin has continued its descent, and has now crashed below its previous 2018 lows of $5,500, setting fresh lows at $5,100. Bitcoin’s unprecedented drop has led many major altcoins to fall 10% or more, and according to one analyst, more blood is likely to come in the near future.
  At the time of writing, Bitcoin (BTC) is trading down 9% at its current price of $5,100, setting a new year-to-date low. BTC’s latest drop comes less than one week after it
  
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• Op-Ed: The Bitcoin Cash ‘Hash War’ was Never [Just] about the Hash

  19-11-2018 20:19
  Last week, the Bitcoin Cash ecosystem descended into civil war as a group of partisans attempted to use their superior hash power to launch a hostile takeover of the BCH protocol and return it to what they believe was Satoshi Nakamoto’s original vision for Bitcoin. This group, operating under the banner “Bitcoin SV” (BSV), controlled
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• Bitcoin Falls Below $5,000 for the First Time in 2018 on Coinbase

  19-11-2018 20:00 via newsbtc.com
  The price of Bitcoin fell below $5,000 on Coinbase for the first time in 2018 as the bear market continues to drag prices down across the board.
  Market Cap Drops to Below $87 Billion
  For the first time since October 2017, Bitcoin dropped lower than $5,000, at $4,996 on San Francisco-based crypto exchange Coinbase. As a result, its market cap was pushed down below $87 billion.#Bitcoin is officially under $5k on Coinbase… pic.twitter.com/MyT75TEWlL
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• Tencent Games Forms Partnership with Blockchain Esports Platform

  19-11-2018 19:32
  Tencent Games has announced a collaboration with SLIVER.tv, a blockchain esports entertainment platform to create a 24/7 live esports channel that will feature streamers from FaZe Clan, Method, and NRG, in addition to interactive functionality such as prediction games, trivia, and prizes for viewers. Making the announcement on November 19, the game development behemoth, which
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• DOJ’s Rosenstein: Regulators Can’t Let Criminals ‘Hide Behind’ Crypto

  19-11-2018 18:35
  Deputy U.S. Attorney General Rod Rosenstein called for a multinational approach to regulating cryptocurrencies Sunday.
  
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• Newsflash: Bitcoin Price Drops to $4,950 as Bears Pummel the Market

  19-11-2018 18:29
  The bitcoin price crossed another psychologically-significant milestone on Monday, but, unlike the last time it hit this mark, the bulls are no longer cheering. Earlier today, at approximately 16:30 UTC, the bitcoin price fell below $5,000 for the first time in 2018. On Coinbase, BTC/USD fell to $4,950 before bouncing back above the $5,000 threshold,
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• After Pulling Stunts on Warren Buffet and Jamie Dimon, Genesis Mining – the World’s Leading Cloud Mining Company, Does It Again!

  19-11-2018 18:09 via newsbtc.com
  Genesis Mining has made a name for itself in the crypto industry as one of the leading, and a reliable mining contracts provider. While the platform has got a strong following of crypto-miners, enthusiasts, and professionals, it is also known to take initiatives towards creating awareness about cryptocurrencies, their underlying blockchain technology, cryptocurrency mining and more. The educational and promotional campaigns run by Genesis Mining so far has been appreciated by the masses.
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• Tokens Plummet 15-20% Following SEC’s Crackdown on ICOs, Dark Days Ahead

  19-11-2018 18:00 via newsbtc.com
  A broad selling action in the cryptocurrency market today saw ICO coins losing 15 to 20 percent of their value. And the sentiment is likely to extend thanks to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
  The U.S. regulator at the beginning of this month charged the founder of a decentralized exchange (DEX) EtherDelta on accounts of enabling the trade of unregistered securities. The Exchange until this time was available to investors as a source of liquidity for the ICO tokens.
  Its “
  
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• Roger Ver Now ‘Pretty Damn Skeptical’ of Craig Wright Being Satoshi

  19-11-2018 17:48
  A new video released by Bitcoin.com puts their CEO Roger Ver firmly in the camp of people who do not believe that Craig Wright is Satoshi Nakamoto. Ver appeared in the video with lawyer Daniel Kelman to discuss the goings-on of Bitcoin Cash following the hard fork that took place last Friday. Several shots were
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• Below $5K: Bitcoin Drops $500 to Set New 2018 Low

  19-11-2018 17:42
  The price of bitcoin fell below $5,000 on Monday for the first time since October of last year.
  
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• Below $5K: Bitcoin Drops $500 on Day to Set New 2018 Low

  19-11-2018 17:42
  The price of bitcoin fell below $5,000 on Monday for the first time since October of last year.
  
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• BitStarz Player Wins a Whopping $70,000 – Are You Feeling Lucky?

  19-11-2018 17:23
  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 are many pretenders to the crown, but there really is only one king of cryptocurrency casinos. BitStarz has been changing the gaming scene since day one, with
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• Bitcoin Cash Fallout: OKEx Futures Contracts Cancelled Without Warning

  19-11-2018 17:05
  Many of the exchange's customers are furious, having lost money bets suddenly terminated in a market downturn.
  
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• US Election Commission Says Crypto Mining For Political Campaigns Is ‘Permissible’

  19-11-2018 17:00
  The FEC is open to allowing mining pools to donate to political campaigns, but such donations would qualify as "contributions."
  
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• Why the BCH hash wars hurt the entire crypto market

  19-11-2018 16:50
  Without a question, finding amusement in the selfish behavior of the BCH influencers and stakeholders is a lot of fun. These hash wars are also fascinating from a purely technical point of view, as “miners should govern” advocates identify more ideological justifications for their division.
  However, this big blockers’ purge makes the entire market suffer. On one hand, the combatants waste electricity and burn their resources (mostly BTC) to attain control. On the other hand, th
  
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• Market Trends: Ripple Overtakes Ethereum With Ease as ETH Plunges 10%

  19-11-2018 16:46
  Over the last 24 hours, Ripple (XRP) has fallen by 9.5 percent against the US dollar. Still, it overtook Ethereum (ETH) to become the second most valuable cryptocurrency in the global market. On November 17, XRP recorded an increase in value of around 8 percent during a period in which most major cryptocurrencies including both
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• Huobi Creates New Committee to Work With China’s Communist Party

  19-11-2018 16:25
  Cryptocurrency exchange operator Huobi Group has set up a Communist Party committee at a Beijing-based subsidiary.
  
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• BIGtoken Aims to Give Users Back Control of Their Data, Rewards for Three Most Active Beta Testers

  19-11-2018 16:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Personal data is incredibly valuable. Why, though, aren’t the people who own that data making money from it? The Facebook-Cambridge Analytica scandal earlier this year revealed the misuse of data without user consent. For many it was a wake-up call that people need to reclaim back control of their own data, deciding on who can […]
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• Kraken on Bitcoin SV (BSV): It’s ‘High Risk’ & Doesn’t Meet Listing Requirements

  19-11-2018 15:42
  As the dust begins to settle from last week’s Bitcoin Cash hard fork, crypto exchanges are now signaling which version will receive the “BCH” ticker symbol, as well as to what extent and on what terms they will support the other blockchain. US crypto exchange Kraken, like the majority of other BCH trading platforms, has
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• Draper’s Bullish Prediction: $250k Bitcoin by 2022

  19-11-2018 15:30
  Speaking at the Web Summit in Dublin, Tim Draper reaffirmed his earlier statement that the price of bitcoin will reach $250,000. He believes this threshold will be attained either by 2022 or 2023. The price of bitcoin has dropped by about ten percent since I began writing this article a few hours ago. Nevertheless, let’s look at the reasoning put forward by Mr. Draper.
  Mr. Draper cites several major drivers for this climb which can be further classified into two groups.Typical Libertarian
  
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• Ten Months, No Product: Analyst “Amazed” that TenX Hasn’t Been Sued

  19-11-2018 15:29
  Apparently, the company's president worked for an alleged pyramid scheme.
  
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• Crypto Exchange ProBit Aims to Distinguish Itself from Other Platforms

  19-11-2018 14:45 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The world of finance is changing, interest in cryptocurrencies is growing and new opportunities are being presented. This includes the number of crypto exchanges seen on the market. Yet, what makes one exchange different from another? And how can a person be sure that they have the best security in place for traders to exchange […]
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• Crypto Exchange-Traded Product to Launch on Swiss Stock Exchange

  19-11-2018 14:40
  The first ever exchange-traded product tracking multiple cryptocurrencies will start trading next week on Switzerland's Six stock exchange.
  
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• Bitcoin Market Cap Establishes New 13-Month Low, Drops to $92.53 Billion

  19-11-2018 14:34
  The market cap of the world’s leading cryptocurrency has established its new yearly bottom. Bitcoin on Monday continued its downtrend, and its valuation dropped to a new bearish low at $92.53 billion. At the same time, the price of the digital currency fell to an average of $5,322, according to aggregate data available at CoinMarketCap.com.
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• Bitcoin price: why the cryptocurrency has fallen once again - The Week UK

  19-11-2018 14:22 via theweek.co.uk
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  Bitcoin price: why the cryptocurrency has fallen once again
  The Week UK
  Cryptocurrency prices have taken a tumble once again over the past week, bringing the market to its lowest point of the year. See related. Bitcoin price: cryptocurrency 'bull run' predicted · Winklevoss twins accuse cryptocurrency investor of stealing ...
  XRP Price Recovers from November 14 Cryptocurrency Market SlumpEthereum World News (blog)
  Gloom grips cryptocurrency world as bitcoin selloff continuesT
  
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• Former exec sues cryptocurrency startup; claims $4M hack and SEC is investigating 'initial coin offering' - BusinessDen

  19-11-2018 14:06 via businessden.com
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  Former exec sues cryptocurrency startup; claims $4M hack and SEC is investigating 'initial coin offering'
  BusinessDen
  SALT recently underwent a massive domestic expansion and is now in 10 different countries. (PRNewsfoto/Salt Lending Holdings Inc.) A former executive of a Denver-based cryptocurrency lending startup claims in a recently filed lawsuit that it is being ...and more »
  
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• A token gesture? Why cryptocurrency is the future of soccer fan engagement - SportsPro Media

  19-11-2018 14:04 via sportspromedia.com
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  A token gesture? Why cryptocurrency is the future of soccer fan engagement
  SportsPro Media
  What links European soccer giants Paris Saint-Germain and Juventus with Brazilian second division side Avaí FC? On the pitch, not much. However, off the field each of these clubs have launched, or plan to launch, the sale of their own digital coins or ...and more »
  
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• Cryptocurrency Is 'a Big Deal' But Needs Institutional Investment, Says KPMG Report - Cointelegraph

  19-11-2018 13:51 via cointelegraph.com
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  Cryptocurrency Is 'a Big Deal' But Needs Institutional Investment, Says KPMG Report
  Cointelegraph
  News. Netherlands-based 'Big Four' auditor KPMG released a bullish report on cryptocurrency Nov. 15. The report argues that institutional investors must join the industry for it to “realize its potential.” The report, dubbed 'Institutionalization of ...
  KPMG: Cryptocurrency Still Far Away From a Store of Value ...Bitcoinist
  Cryptoassets have arrived. Are you ready for inst
  
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• Traders Claim Losses After OKEx Suddenly Settles Bitcoin Cash Contracts

  19-11-2018 13:30
  Traders have reportedly incurred losses after OKEx settled bitcoin cash futures contracts with little warning ahead of last week's hard fork.
  
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• Israeli Crypto Mining Firm Files for IPO in Canada

  19-11-2018 13:29
  Israeli cryptocurrency mining company Bitfarms wants to become a public company in Canada. According to its press release, the mining company revealed that it had filed a preliminary prospectus with the Ontario Securities Commission, as it commences with the regulatory process for offering public shares on the Toronto Stock Exchange. Bitfarms, the crypto mining farm
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• Ethereum Plunges 12%: Will ICOs Continue to Drag ETH Down?

  19-11-2018 13:05 via newsbtc.com
  Bears hit the cryptocurrency market today, and Ethereum was among the most severe casualties.
  The world’s third largest cryptocurrency erased as much as $2.25 billion from its market cap. Meanwhile, its value plunged 12 percent from an intraday high at $177 to $155.60 – its new intraday low – within a few hours, according to aggregated data available at CoinMarketCap.com. Aayush Jindal, a crypto market analyst at NewsBTC, predicted further declines in the Ether-to-dollar m
  
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• Research: Why Are Cryptocurrency Prices So Volatile? - CryptoGlobe

  19-11-2018 13:03 via cryptoglobe.com
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  Research: Why Are Cryptocurrency Prices So Volatile?
  CryptoGlobe
  New research carried out by Daniele Bianchi and Alexander Dickerson at the University of Warwick suggest well-informed traders with information asymmetries are driving big price swings by timing markets in a manner where others follow in their footsteps.
  
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• Cryptocurrency lending on the rise says Genesis Capital - Brave New Coin

  19-11-2018 12:50 via bravenewcoin.com
  Cryptocurrency lending on the rise says Genesis Capital
  Brave New Coin
  Despite the current bear market, a report by Genesis Capital reveals that digital asset lending has continued its uptrend through 2018. Launched in March this year, Genesis Capital is the lending arm of New-York based OTC cryptocurrency broker Genesis ...
  
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• Tron Surpasses Ethereum for dApp Transaction Volume, Launches Program for Developers

  19-11-2018 12:30 via newsbtc.com
  Ethereum has had a tough week. Not only has it been pushed down the market cap charts by XRP, now Tron has surpassed it in terms of network decentralized application volume.
  dApp Volume on Tron Higher That Ethereum
  According to analytics website dapp.review the Tron Network is now above Ethereum in dApp transaction volume:No.1 DApp on ETH
  IDEX – 2430 ETH txn volume in last 24 hours
  While on #TRON@TRONbet has over 422 MILLION #TRX txn volume
  DappReview is the first DApp platform supporting
  
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• Bank of Thailand Governor: We’re Still Far Away From Central Bank Crypto

  19-11-2018 12:28
  Veerathai Santiprabhob said that technological problems will hold back any efforts at launching such a currency
  
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• Newsflash: Bitcoin Price Hits a New 2018 Low at $5,170; is $4,000 Inevitable?

  19-11-2018 12:26
  Within a period of 12 hours, the price of Bitcoin (BTC) has dropped from $5,560 to $5,170, to a new yearly low. After dropping to $5,750 on June 11, BTC has defended the $6,000 support level relatively well with sufficient volume and trading activity in the exchange market. $6,000 has since become a major resistance … Continued
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• Bitcoin Price Hits 13-Month Low as Crypto Market Slumps

  19-11-2018 12:00
  Bitcoin (BTC) dropped to its lowest level since October 2017 on Monday, as losses are seen across the broader crypto market.
  
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• Switzerland sets precedent with world's first cryptocurrency ETP - TNW

  19-11-2018 11:44 via thenextweb.com
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  Switzerland sets precedent with world's first cryptocurrency ETP
  TNW
  We told you cryptocurrency-based exchange traded funds (ETFs) were coming. Switzerland's leading stock exchange has given the go-ahead for the world's first cryptocurrency ETP, the Financial Times reports. The ETP is called the “Amun Crypto exchange ...
  Switzerland approves the very first cryptocurrency ETP includes Bitcoin, Ethereum, XRP, Bitcoin Cash and LitecoinAMBCrypto
  Switzerland Approves First Bitcoin-Cry
  
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• Whale Attack: Jihan Wu of Bitmain May Unload his Satoshi Vision Coins

  19-11-2018 11:42
  Major holder of Bitcoin Cash and opponent of BCHSV now has an equal amount of both - what to do?
  
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