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• Bitconnect Pumper Trevon James Claims the Bitcoin Price is Going to Zero

  03-12-2018 23:25
  Crypto social media personality Trevon James, who was intimately involved in the promotion of the HYIP scheme BitConnect, which eventually led to law enforcement and legal action, says, in his infinite wisdom, that the Bitcoin price will be at $0 in ten years. 10 Years from now it won't matter if you bought Bitcoin at
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• Legendary Venture Capitalist: “We’re Close to a Crypto Nuclear Winter”

  03-12-2018 23:15 via newsbtc.com
  It’s no secret that 2018 has proven to be a rough year for the cryptocurrency markets, which have seen their market capitalization plummet from highs of over $800 million in January of 2018 to recently established yearly lows of under $120 billion.
  The poor market performance, which can be attributed to little more than a boom-and-bust market cycle, has left many investors wondering when the markets will recover, and looking towards upcoming platforms and products being offered by major pl
  
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• Bitcoin Value Indicator Report: December 1, 2018 - Seeking Alpha

  03-12-2018 23:01 via seekingalpha.com
  Bitcoin Value Indicator Report: December 1, 2018  Seeking AlphaThe BVI gets complicated! For the first time the price is below the prediction of a single metric. The BVI has been revamped and undergone some positive ...
  
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• No Coins for You! Beijing Says Security Token Offerings are Illegal

  03-12-2018 22:37
  Beijing’s Municipal Bureau of Finance chief, Huo Xuewen, has advised projects considering a security token offering as a means of fundraising, stating that security token offering (STO) fundraising is currently illegal in Beijing. At a wealth management forum on Saturday, he commented on the replacement of ICOs with the new concept of STOs, saying they
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• US Mining CEO: Bitcoin Miners Are Being Flushed Out of the Market

  03-12-2018 22:15 via newsbtc.com
  The CEO of one of the largest cryptocurrency mining firms in North America says miners are being flushed out of the market after Bitcoin’s latest price drop.
  Bitcoin Mining No Longer Profitable, Miners Exiting En Masse
  While November has typically been among the most profitable months for Bitcoin investors in the past, this November led to the worst single-month decline since August 2011, dropping 37% in a month. Even with Bitcoin having already fallen over 70% from its all-time high of $2
  
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• Burstcoin (BURST): A Dark Horse That Could Become A Major Cryptocurrency, The King of Proof of Capacity – Crypto.IQ | Bitcoin and Investment News from Inside Experts You Can Trust - CryptoIQ

  03-12-2018 22:13 via cryptoiq.co
  Burstcoin (BURST): A Dark Horse That Could Become A Major Cryptocurrency, The King of Proof of Capacity – Crypto.IQ | Bitcoin and Investment News from Inside Experts You Can Trust  CryptoIQCurrently the cryptocurrency space is flooded with copycat coins and initial coin offering (ICO) tokens, most of which are moving steadily down the ranks on ...
  
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• Ethereum Giant ConsenSys Tightens Belt, Will Axe Underperforming Projects

  03-12-2018 21:47
  Ethereum development studio ConsenSys, the New York-based blockchain startup, is restructuring as part of a move to streamline its business amid the crypto bear market. ConsenSys CEO Joseph Lubin, the co-founder of Ethereum, made the announcement in a company letter. “We must retain, and in some cases regain, the lean and gritty startup mindset that made
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• Mike Novogratz Expects Crypto Market Turnaround, Adoption in 2019

  03-12-2018 21:00 via newsbtc.com
  Frankly, it would be fair to say that bears have brutalized the crypto market and its constituents in 2018, throwing Bitcoin and its altcoin brethren off metaphorical cliffs.
  However, in spite of the widespread carnage, some innovators remain tunnel-visioned, focused on bolstering the nascent crypto and blockchain ecosystem with no holds barred.
  Regulatory Fears Remain, but Galaxy Digital Bets on “Big Adaptation”
  Speaking on a conference call Friday, presumably to address his fi
  
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• Bitcoin is a Ponzi Scheme, Says Former Israel Prime Minister Ehud Barak

  03-12-2018 20:45
  Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak praised blockchain as an important technology but thinks bitcoin is a Ponzi scheme that should be avoided. Barak — who was prime minister from 1999 to 2001 — made the remarks at the Globes Most Promising Startups event in Tel Aviv, Israel. Barak recently invested in, and became chairman of, the medical cannabis
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• Empowered by the Bancor Protocol, Will TronBlock Be A Killer dApp on TRON

  03-12-2018 19:52
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• EOSBet Becomes First Licensed On-Chain Blockchain Casino

  03-12-2018 19:40
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• Bitcoin Price Erases Weekend Gains to Confirm Bearish Long-Term Trend

  03-12-2018 19:40
  The bitcoin price kicked off the week on a negative note after correcting 2 percent to the downside. The BTC/USD rate found itself unable to breach above the neckline level discussed in our previous analysis. The falling trendlines look stronger than ever in other patterns as well. The symmetrical triangle formation, for instance, on the
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• Button Wallet Releases LightySig for Easy DApp Development

  03-12-2018 19:36
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• Bitcoin Drops Below $4,000, Approaches 2018 Lows

  03-12-2018 19:30 via newsbtc.com
  Following a weekend of choppy trading action, the cryptocurrency markets have established a fresh leg down, erasing most of their gains incurred through the recent relief rally that sent the markets up 10% or more from their recently established 2018 lows.
  At the time of writing, Bitcoin is trading down 7% at its current price of $3,860, down over 12% from its recent highs of $4,400.
  In late-November, Bitcoin set its 2018 low at approximately $3,600 on the aggregated markets, and since then
  
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• Last Chance to Meet Blueshare’s Security Token Team In 2018

  03-12-2018 19:27
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• BitMart Lists Paxos Standard (PAX), Rebuilding the Trust in Blockchain World

  03-12-2018 19:14
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• US Government Is Interested in Tracking Privacy Coins, New Document Shows

  03-12-2018 19:01
  A pre-solicitation published by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security asks about conducting forensic analysis on privacy coins like zcash and monero.
  
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• US Government Interested in Tracking Privacy Coins, New Document Shows

  03-12-2018 19:01
  A pre-solicitation published by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security asks about conducting forensic analysis on privacy coins like zcash and monero.
  
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• Paxful’s ‘Built with Bitcoin’ Campaign Completes Second School in Rwanda

  03-12-2018 18:53
  Paxful, a peer-to-peer crypto exchange, has completed its second school in Rwanda using entirely Bitcoin donations through the #BuiltWithBitcoin campaign. The new school is a primary school for students up to age 14, with Paxful intending to provide students with smartphones and tablets, and the curriculum to be a return to the basic liberal arts
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• Floyd Mayweather And DJ Khaled Settle Cryptocurrency Dispute - Vibe

  03-12-2018 18:50 via vibe.com
  Floyd Mayweather And DJ Khaled Settle Cryptocurrency Dispute  VibeThe Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) reached a settlement with Floyd Mayweather and DJ Khaled. According to the Associated Press, the pair were ...
  
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• Report: At Least 77.6% of Bitcoin Mining Powered by Renewable Energy

  03-12-2018 18:38 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The latest version of Coinshares’s bi-annual bitcoin mining report is now available, and it includes some fascinating conclusions in terms of the types of energy sources involved in the bitcoin mining process. According to the report, at least 77.6% of bitcoin mining is powered by renewable energy, which is in direct contrast to the sorts […]
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• Cryptocurrency Tax Coming to South Korea - Finance Magnates

  03-12-2018 18:20 via financemagnates.com
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  Cryptocurrency Tax Coming to South Korea
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  Reports in South Korea indicate that the country's financial authorities are considering a cryptocurrency tax. Responding to questioning by a member of South Korea's Democratic Party, the country's Minister of Economy and Finance, Hong Nam-ki, said ...and more »
  
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• Cryptocurrency Tax Coming to South Korea

  03-12-2018 18:17
  The country's economy minister said lawmakers are still determining how the tax should be implemented
  
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• Bitcoin Mining Difficulty Just Saw its Second-Largest Drop in History

  03-12-2018 18:10
  The crypto market’s prolonged decline has finally begun to manifest in the bitcoin mining industry, which had at times seemed impervious to falling prices but is now experiencing a moderate exodus. Bitcoin Hash Rate Begins Rare Decline At a basic level, miners produce Bitcoin blocks by competing to solve complex mathematical problems. When the hash
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• Long-Time Investor: IOTA is Centralized, Single Point of Failure Exists

  03-12-2018 18:00 via newsbtc.com
  An early-age IOTA investor has claimed that the project is centralized and is exposed to a single point of failure.
  Limo, who runs an IOTA-specific blog called TangleBlog.com, identified issues related to how IOTA’s data structure operates. The project uses Tangle, a Directed Acyclic Graph, known as a DAG, whose primary purpose is to hold transactions. Unlike a Proof of Work (PoW) blockchain, which enables an entire network to confirm blocks carrying transactions, IOTA’s Tangle does
  
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• G20 Leaders Pledge Crypto-Asset Regulation After Buenos Aires Meeting

  03-12-2018 18:00
  G20 leaders declared that they would regulate crypto to mitigate financial crimes in a statement after this weekend's summit.
  
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• The 10 Hottest Cryptocurrency Startups Of 2018 - CRN

  03-12-2018 17:33 via crn.com
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  The 10 Hottest Cryptocurrency Startups Of 2018
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  The top 10 cryptocurrency startups this year include companies solving challenges around accessing short and leveraged tokens, hosting cryptocurrency reference material, and offering a trading platform for digital assets. By Michael Novinson December ...
  
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• It's Time To Wake Up And Smell The Bitcoin - Seeking Alpha

  03-12-2018 17:18 via seekingalpha.com
  It's Time To Wake Up And Smell The Bitcoin
  Seeking Alpha
  Blockchain, or something like it, is useful or possibly necessary to get past one of the biggest limitations that we know of, the speed of light. The internet has organized and made information readily available in such a way that we already take it ...
  
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• Elon Musk Crypto Giveaway Scams Grow More Sophisticated

  03-12-2018 16:56
  Elon Musk is not giving away any crypto, so you know. It’s not a thing that happens, no matter what you’ve heard. Which is what scams like this rely on: word of mouth. Hey, did you hear you can get free Bitcoin and Ether from Elon Musk? I saw it on his Twitter page. The … Continued
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• Estonia to Beef Up Cryptocurrency Laws

  03-12-2018 16:53
  The Baltic state is adapting its law to EU anti-money-laundering legislation.
  
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• Newsflash: Bitcoin Price Drops to $3,801 as Breakout Attempt Fails

  03-12-2018 16:36
  The bitcoin price dropped as far as $3,801 on Monday after an attempted breakout failed to thrust the flagship cryptocurrency back across the $4,500 level. CCN technical analyst Yashu Gola reported yesterday that BTC/USD was flirting with a breakout but stressed that a price floor would not be confirmed until the index experienced a sustained … Continued
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• A Clean Tech Makeover for Cryptocurrency (#CleanTechnica Interview) - CleanTechnica

  03-12-2018 16:25 via cleantechnica.com
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  A Clean Tech Makeover for Cryptocurrency (#CleanTechnica Interview)
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  December 3rd, 2018 by Tina Casey. The spectacular rise, fall, and rise (and fall-fall-fall) of Bitcoin has provided the public with a big, fat window into the dirty little world of cryptocurrency mining. So, it's not surprising that there is a lot of ...
  
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• Russian Marketplace Allows Users to Sell Items Priced in Cryptocurrency - Bitcoin News

  03-12-2018 16:22 via news.bitcoin.com
  Russian Marketplace Allows Users to Sell Items Priced in Cryptocurrency  Bitcoin NewsA new Russian online marketplace that allows users to buy and sell goods and services priced in cryptocurrency has rapidly expanded in recent months. The A ...
  
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• Russian Marketplace Allows Users to Sell Items Priced in Cryptocurrency - Bitcoin News (press release)

  03-12-2018 16:20 via news.bitcoin.com
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  Russian Marketplace Allows Users to Sell Items Priced in Cryptocurrency
  Bitcoin News (press release)
  A new Russian online marketplace that allows users to buy and sell goods and services priced in cryptocurrency has rapidly expanded in recent months. The Mentalmarket website has been publishing a growing number of ads in a dozen categories, from ...
  
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• Crypto still a hot topic among mainstream traders

  03-12-2018 16:00
  It’s no secret that 2018 has been a difficult year for crypto. Bitcoin’s price has seen significant downfall, especially in the past few weeks. However, mainstream financial traders are surprisingly still very interested in crypto markets.
  According to a November 29 report from Abacas Journal, traders at mainstream powerhouse Morgan Stanley are consumed by the concept of crypto trading and its related volatility.
  Abacas Journal got the chance to interview three traders over at Morgan
  
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• Exclusive: GMO Coin to Resume BCH Trading – with ABC Version

  03-12-2018 15:46
  Bitcoin Cash recently split in two; which version should be called Bitcoin Cash? One Japanese exchange has decided.
  
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• Monumental: Federal Court Rules Case in Favor of Crypto ICO Against SEC

  03-12-2018 15:33
  Last week, the U.S. federal court ruled a case between the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and a crypto initial coin offering (ICO) project called Blockvest in favor of the ICO project. Marco Santori, the president and chief legal officer at Blockchain, said: “The SEC brought an enforcement action against a company called Blockvest,
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• SEC Goes After Cryptocurrency 'Influencers,' Starting With DJ Khaled and Floyd Mayweather: Reason Roundup - Reason (blog)

  03-12-2018 15:31 via reason.com
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  SEC Goes After Cryptocurrency 'Influencers,' Starting With DJ Khaled and Floyd Mayweather: Reason Roundup
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  Background: SERGII IAREMENKO/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY/NewscomThe feds are now targeting "social media influencers" who promote cryptocurrencies. Last week, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced charges in its very first ...
  Floyd Mayweather And DJ Khaled Settle Cryptocurrency DisputeVibeall 29 news articles »
  
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• Questions Raises on Petro's “cryptocurrency” status Following Hike in Price By President Maduro - Coingape

  03-12-2018 15:29 via coingape.com
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  Questions Raises on Petro's “cryptocurrency” status Following Hike in Price By President Maduro
  Coingape
  Cryptocurrency market has lost $45 billion in total, bitcoin still stand on top and the value of other cryptocurrencies are volatile. As on December 03, 2018, the Venezuelan president, Nicolas Maduro has increased the price of Petro cryptocurrency with ...
  Maduro Orders Price of Venezuela's 'Cryptocurrency' to More Than ...Bitcoin News (press release)
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• Bitmain Launches New Cryptocurrency Index Fund - Blockonomi

  03-12-2018 15:15 via blockonomi.com
  Bitmain Launches New Cryptocurrency Index Fund  BlockonomiChinese mining giant Bitmain launched a new cryptocurrency index fund on Friday, November 30, 2018 with the goal of attracting institutional investors to the ...
  
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• Thai Government Trials Blockchain in Fight Against Tax Fraud

  03-12-2018 15:00
  The tax authority in Thailand is testing a blockchain system that tracks value-added tax (VAT) payments and potentially eliminate fakes.
  
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• Maduro raises the price of ‘el petro’ despite no functioning wallet

  03-12-2018 14:45
  Late last week, Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro ordered a hike in the value of the country’s state-sponsored cryptocurrency ‘el petro.’
  In an announcement on Thursday, President Nicolas Maduro ordered that the price of one petro be increased from 3,600 sovereign bolivars to 9,000. This move came with a 150 percent wage hike, the sixth such hike of the year as the Venezuelan economy continues its disastrous negative spiral.
  “The arrival of Christmas is very exci
  
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• ‘Worthless’ Bitcoin Has Entered Death Spiral: Finance Professor

  03-12-2018 14:35
  Earlier this year, with the bitcoin price trading around $7,000, Santa Clara University Professor of Finance Atulya Sarin published an opinion piece arguing that the rising cost of crypto mining, coupled with the ability for bearish investors to short bitcoin in the futures markets, could spell doom for the flagship cryptocurrency. Now, following a further
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• How to Buy Cryptocurrency - Bitcoinist

  03-12-2018 14:33 via bitcoinist.com
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  How to Buy Cryptocurrency
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  Cryptocurrency has been around for quite some time, but it's safe to say that they made headlines in 2017 with their unprecedented rally. Here's a guide trying to purchase Bitcoin or any other popular cryptocurrency.
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• Ohio Accelerators to Pump Over $100 Million into Blockchain Startups

  03-12-2018 14:20
  Two startup accelerators in the U.S. state of Ohio are reportedly to invest more than $100 million into blockchain firms, and more may follow.
  
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• Cryptocurrency Market Analysis December 3, 2018; Top Coins see Red - ZyCrypto

  03-12-2018 14:15 via zycrypto.com
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  Cryptocurrency Market Analysis December 3, 2018; Top Coins see Red
  ZyCrypto
  Majority of cryptocurrencies today saw red. In the top-twenty altcoins bracket, most are shaky, perhaps owing to attempts at market correction after the tumultuous Bitcoin cash Hard fork that saw a bearish momentum engulf all major cryptos. However ...
  
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• November Crypto Review: One Third of Cryptocurrency Market Wiped Out - newsBTC

  03-12-2018 14:11 via newsbtc.com
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  November Crypto Review: One Third of Cryptocurrency Market Wiped Out
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  Biggest losers in crypto for the month; Ethereum, Bitcoin Cash, EOS, Cardano, only XRP and NEM lost less than 20%. November has without a doubt been the worst month of the year for crypto markets. It marks the ninth month this year that markets have ...
  Cryptocurrency Prices Today, December 3: Cryptocurrencies Are Still in the Red ZoneThe Coin Sharkall 6 news articles »
  
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• As cryptocurrency goes global, governments find their own way - Enterprise Innovation

  03-12-2018 14:03 via enterpriseinnovation.net
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  As cryptocurrency goes global, governments find their own way
  Enterprise Innovation
  Over the last decade, the landscape of cryptocurrency has evolved dramatically. Historically, mainstream recognition of an emerging technology is a precursor to protective legislation. We've seen governments worldwide scramble to provide investors with ...and more »
  
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• November Crypto Review: One Third of Cryptocurrency Market Wiped Out

  03-12-2018 14:00 via newsbtc.com
  Biggest losers in crypto for the month; Ethereum, Bitcoin Cash, EOS, Cardano, only XRP and NEM lost less than 20%.
  November has without a doubt been the worst month of the year for crypto markets. It marks the ninth month this year that markets have fallen and the sharpest single month decline for around four years. Over $70 billion, or one third of the market, was wiped out in November plunging all altcoins to their lowest levels for well over a year.Bitcoin had its worst month for seven years
  
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• Deutsche Bank’s Money Laundering Scandal Underlines Poor Narrative Against Crypto

  03-12-2018 13:38
  Germany’s largest financial institution Deutsche Bank had its Frankfurt headquarters raided by the local authorities under the suspicion of money laundering. While crypto continues to be targeted by the press for the alleged usage of decentralized systems by criminals, a growing number of banks are being investigated for processing payments for criminal organizations. On November
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