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• MIT: Crypto Pump-and-Dumps See $7 Million in Volume Every Day

  05-12-2018 23:17
  According to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Technology Review, two researchers at the prestigious Imperial College London have utilized artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning to analyze hundreds of crypto pump-and-dump schemes to figure out a way to spot them before they occur. Since the 2017 bull market of cryptocurrencies, pump-and-dump schemes in the
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• Coinbase Increases the Number of Assets on Platform, Zcash Now Available for Trading

  05-12-2018 23:00 via newsbtc.com
  One of the planet’s most well-known digital assets businesses has added the privacy-focused cryptocurrency Zcash to the list of assets it supports.
  The move is in line with efforts from the San Francisco startup to hasten the addition of different digital assets and further broaden the appeal of its successful brokerage platform.
  Coinbase Continues to Add New Digital Assets to Its Listings
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• State #29: Robinhood Brings Zero-Fee Crypto Trading to Illinois

  05-12-2018 22:33
  Residents of the 6th most populous U.S. state, Illinois, can now access the cryptocurrency trading services of Robinhood. In a tweeted statement, the trading app disclosed that Robinhood Crypto was now available in the prairie state, making it the 29th state in the U.S. to get the commission-free round-the-clock trading service. Trade winds are blowing
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• XRP/USD Technical Analysis: Cryptocurrency struggles to climb the bullish ladder as bear continues its rounds - AMBCrypto News

  05-12-2018 22:32 via ambcrypto.com
  XRP/USD Technical Analysis: Cryptocurrency struggles to climb the bullish ladder as bear continues its rounds  AMBCrypto NewsThe bear attack on the cryptocurrency market has intensified with several coins falling off the bullish ramp. Popular cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin [BTC] and XRP...
  
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• Indian State to Boost Local Blockchain Ecosystem With Mentorships, Events

  05-12-2018 22:30
  The Indian state of Andhra Pradesh plans to support blockchain startups in the state in partnership with Eleven01.
  
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• Crypto Unicorn Coinbase Is Planning a Year-Long Identity Experiment

  05-12-2018 22:20
  The crypto unicorn is currently exploring decentralized-identity solutions, an effort that's playing out against a broader push to give users more control over their data.
  
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• Coinbase Is Planning a Year-Long Decentralized Identity Experiment

  05-12-2018 22:20
  The crypto unicorn is currently exploring decentralized-identity solutions, an effort that's playing out against a broader push to give users more control over their data.
  
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• Igor Artamonov and Donald McIntyre on the collapse of ETCDEV and the future of Ethereum Classic

  05-12-2018 22:19
  On December 3rd 2018, the ETCDEV Twitter account has posted a message to announce that the project would shut down its operations. The reason invoked was that of an inability to secure short-term funding. On the surface, this seemed like the culmination of a common issue for open-source developers: as soon as their funding runs out, they have to cease their operations and move on to other projects.
  However, the social media announcement came after a long week of infighting which culminated with
  
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• Singapore Residents Targeted in Crypto Scams, $78,000 Lost Between September and November

  05-12-2018 22:00 via newsbtc.com
  Members of the Singapore public have been targeted by the online advertisements of scammers posing as crypto brokerage services. The victims have been duped out of around $78,000 between September and November of 2018.
  Familiar Scam Plagues Singapore Residents
  According to a report in domestic news source The Straits Times, Singapore authorities have been made aware of several cases of fraud in relation to a cryptocurrency investment scheme. The scam is stated to have earned its perpetrators aro
  
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• Daily Crypto Roundup 12/5/2018

  05-12-2018 22:00
  Today in the news, Bitfinex adds new stable coins, a hospital explores blockchain application, Binance releases a demo for its decentralized exchange, Roger Ver makes positive comments on the future of crypto, and Grayscale now has 1% of circulating Bitcoin supply. Read up on the details.
  Popular Exchange Bitfinex Adds Multiple Stablecoins
  Bitfinex and Ethfinex announced several stablecoin additions to their platforms yesterday.
  USD Coin (USDC), Paxos (PAX), True USD (TUSD), and Gemini
  
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• Curated blockchain and cryptocurrency news – Week 47

  05-12-2018 22:00 via crypto-news.net
  This week we are looking at some very interesting developments in the crypto sector, and if you want a brief overview of the most important parts, you are reading the right article. The latest news show a certain maturity which has been lacking in the crypto industry, with celebrities Floyd Mayweather and Khaled being officially fined by the SEC, Coinbase launching an institutional OTC desk, South Korea testing blockchain voting, and Bitmain launching a cryptocurrency index fund.
  Many of these n
  
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• Bitwise launches two new funds to capitalize on dip in cryptocurrency market - InvestmentNews

  05-12-2018 21:49 via investmentnews.com
  Bitwise launches two new funds to capitalize on dip in cryptocurrency market  InvestmentNewsFunds are built for professional investors sick of waiting for SEC to approve a bitcoin ETF.
  
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• First Look: HTC Demos Crypto Smartphone Exodus at Slush 2018

  05-12-2018 21:45
  Ten years ago, consumer electronics manufacturer HTC made history when it released the HTC Dream, the first commercial device to utilize the Android operating system. A few months later, another monumental event took place, when Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto mined the BTC Genesis Block, birthing what Phil Chen — HTC’s “chief decentralized officer” — coined
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• Top 3 Cryptocurrency Hardware Wallets 2019 - Toshi Times

  05-12-2018 21:06 via toshitimes.com
  Top 3 Cryptocurrency Hardware Wallets 2019  Toshi TimesThe advent of cryptocurrencies has led to a dramatic influx in the number of hardware wallets on the market. However, the numerous alternatives to choose from ...
  
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• 2018's Hottest Cryptocurrency, XYO, Continues Meteoric Rise With New Listing on “Top 50” Cryptocurrency Exchange, LATOKEN - Business Wire

  05-12-2018 21:05 via businesswire.com
  2018's Hottest Cryptocurrency, XYO, Continues Meteoric Rise With New Listing on “Top 50” Cryptocurrency Exchange, LATOKEN  Business WireSAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--XYO Network, the technology bringing blockchain to the real world, today announced it has been approved and will list on ...
  
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• ConsenSys CEO is Planning Company Restructure Following Bear Market

  05-12-2018 21:00 via newsbtc.com
  The continued bear market is taking its toll on cryptocurrency investors, miners, and businesses alike, and has prompted ConsenSys to consider restructuring its business plans so it can adapt to the new market environment and continue to thrive.
  ConsenSys CEO Joseph Lubin Alerts Staff to Major Restructure
  In response to the ongoing “crypto winter” that has seen cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and Ethereum plummet as much as 90% from their all-time high prices, and in recent weeks nosed
  
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• Beyond Blocks at Blockchain Week Bangkok

  05-12-2018 21:00
  Security tokens, stable coins, scalability and regulations were hot topics at this year’s Beyond Blocks Summit Bangkok which attracted over two thousand attendees from 50 countries. Despite the bearish trend of the crypto markets, the speakers and attendees were optimistic about the long-term potential of blockchain.
  “Right now, the crypto exchanges differ significantly from traditional financial markets, however, with the development of the industry, I think long term the crypto exc
  
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• Bitcoin Price Looking to Retest Yearly Low at $3,455 as Bears Gain Foothold

  05-12-2018 20:40
  The bitcoin price on Wednesday plunged as much as 4.3 percent as the market continued to erase gains made during the weekend trading session. The BTC/USD index on Coinbase today established an intraday low at 3663-fiat after the 50-period moving average on the hourly chart capped the upside attempt. The pair nevertheless is trending inside
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• US Congressman Introducing Legislation to Designate Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency as a New Asset Class - The Daily Hodl

  05-12-2018 20:01 via dailyhodl.com
  US Congressman Introducing Legislation to Designate Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency as a New Asset Class  The Daily HodlBitcoin and cryptocurrency may finally become its own asset class, if a new bill heading to the US Congress becomes law. US Representative Warren Davidson ...
  
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• Ripple: R3 Corda’s New Settlement Layer Now Supports XRP

  05-12-2018 19:35
  R3, the distributed ledger development company which introduced its first enterprise/open source product, Corda, in 2016, has released a new element of that software suite. A “universal settler” called Corda Settler, a “Cordapp” or Corda application, that aims to allow all the things that modern businesses may require of a blockchain product. It could eventually
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• Coinbase Adds Zcash to Retail Crypto Trading Service

  05-12-2018 19:34
  Coinbase is adding support for privacy-focused zcash, a week after its professional trading platform first added the coin.
  
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• 3 Can't-Miss Cryptocurrency Price Predictions for 2019 - Money Morning

  05-12-2018 19:33 via moneymorning.com
  3 Can't-Miss Cryptocurrency Price Predictions for 2019  Money MorningCryptocurrencies took a beating this year, but we've rounded up cryptocurrency price predictions for 2019 that show a huge turnaround is coming...
  
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• Bitcoin Drops Nearly 5%, Approaches 2018 Lows Amidst Market Sell-Off

  05-12-2018 19:30 via newsbtc.com
  After being unable to stabilize above the important psychological price level of $4,000, Bitcoin has continued to sell-off and is now approaching its 2018 lows. Bitcoin’s latest leg down has led to a widespread market drop that has seen many altcoins drop 3% or more over a 24-hour trading period.
  At the time of writing, Bitcoin is trading down 4.65% in 24 hours at its current price of $3,786. Today’s drop was not unexpected, considering that it was unable to stabilize above $4,0
  
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• Gold-backed crypto OneGram defies bear market and moons

  05-12-2018 18:53
  OneGram, the only Sharia Law-compliant cryptocurrency project that is also entirely backed by gold supplies, doesn’t seem to follow the BTC-centric price action. At press time, crypto exchange Huulk.com lists OGC at $303, which means that the coin has gained $261 in value in the past week alone. The amounts are the result of a conversion, as Huulk only presents prices in euro and the numbers are 262.24 and 226.18 respectively.
  The market performance of OGC, a project which in late October
  
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• Lubin Won’t Rule Out Layoffs Amid ‘Refocusing’ at ConsenSys

  05-12-2018 18:30
  A strategic shift is in the works at ConsenSys, the sprawling venture studio dedicated to building ethereum-based businesses and products.
  
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• Blending business and tech skills, ASU alumnus spurs innovation in cryptocurrency - Arizona State University

  05-12-2018 18:15 via asunow.asu.edu
  Blending business and tech skills, ASU alumnus spurs innovation in cryptocurrency  Arizona State UniversityAn alumnus reconnects with ASU through his role with a leading cryptocurrency network, bringing support for research that is helping to drive the digital ...
  
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• World’s Largest Financial Institutions are Still Placing Big Bets on Crypto

  05-12-2018 18:08
  Sequoia, Baidu, Nasdaq, and Fidelity are amongst some of the largest VCs, technology conglomerates, and financial institutions to make big bets on crypto in the past week. Despite the bear market which has led major cryptocurrencies to lose about 80 to 90 percent in value on average, both digital asset-related businesses and blockchain protocols are
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• Binance Posts Video Demo of Its Decentralized Exchange Featuring Binance Chain

  05-12-2018 18:00 via newsbtc.com
  Binance, the biggest crypto exchange by volume, yesterday released a new video demonstration of its decentralized exchange ahead of its launch in Q1 2019.
  The broadcast exhibited the trading interface of Binance DEX – as the platform is called – along with its web crypto wallet feature and Binance Chain, Binance’s native public blockchain explorer which, according to the company, will be available on a testnet soon.
  Source: Binance YouTube
  The video tour revealed that Binance D
  
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• Bitcoin [BTC] Jesus says Japan comes first in global cryptocurrency adoption - AMBCrypto News

  05-12-2018 17:30 via ambcrypto.com
  Bitcoin [BTC] Jesus says Japan comes first in global cryptocurrency adoption  AMBCrypto NewsRoger Ver aka the Bitcoin Jesus, spoke about the Bitcoin/cryptocurrency market crash and said that waiting for the bottom and not knowing the bottom for...
  
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• Crypto Downturn Claims Another Victim: Ethereum Classic Dev. Team ETCDEV Shuts Down

  05-12-2018 17:17
  The crypto industry has the urge to purge amid the prolonged bear market. The latest victim is ETCDEV, a major Ethereum Classic development team that launched in 2016. Igor Artamonov, the founder and chief technology officer of ETCDEV, announced that the group is shutting down due to lack of funds. “As is publicly known, we have
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• XRP First Token Supported by R3’s New Payment System

  05-12-2018 17:02
  Ripple and R3 recently settled a year-long court case.
  
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• Why you should be using open-source crypto wallets

  05-12-2018 17:00
  The last couple of years have been unexpectedly great in terms of popularizing cryptocurrencies as either means of payment or speculative investments. By now, it’s pretty common to find people who store their coins in software wallets. They are quick, easy to use, and very convenient for commerce. However, the issue at stake is that a very small amount of these wallets actually benefit from the security advantages of open source software. Therefore, this article aims to point out these bad
  
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• The Dark Side of the Cryptocurrency World - Motley Fool

  05-12-2018 16:35 via fool.com
  The Dark Side of the Cryptocurrency World  Motley FoolWhen cryptocurrencies were flying high in late 2017 and early 2018, the initial coin offering, or ICO, market was raking in billions from investors with dollar signs ...
  
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• Nearly Every Major Cryptocurrency is Down at Least 90% from All-Time High - CCN

  05-12-2018 16:32 via ccn.com
  Nearly Every Major Cryptocurrency is Down at Least 90% from All-Time High  CCNAs 2019 looms, the cryptocurrency bear market remains firmly in place, with nearly every crypto token down at least 90% from its all-time high.
  
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• Nearly Every Major Cryptocurrency is Down at Least 90% from All-Time High

  05-12-2018 16:32
  Earlier this year, in February, Tom Lee — co-founder of Fundstrat Global Advisors, the first Wall Street strategy firm to embrace bitcoin — opined that the crypto market had turned a corner and would see new highs in July. Nine months and several year-end price target reductions later, cryptocurrency assets remain firmly in the red.
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• Cryptocurrency scammers dupe Singaporeans out of $78,000 in 3 months - The Next Web

  05-12-2018 16:15 via thenextweb.com
  Cryptocurrency scammers dupe Singaporeans out of $78,000 in 3 months  The Next WebCryptocurrency fraudsters duped Singaporeans out of $78K in 3 months, using phony articles featuring well-known local personalities to garner credibility.
  
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• BTC.com Adds Replay Protection, SV Extraction Tool

  05-12-2018 16:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  BTC.com has added replay protection and a coin extraction tool for the Bitcoin Cash/SV hardfork. This makes it safe to spend Bitcoin Cash from their wallet, without the possibility of losing your newly minted Bitcoin SV in the process. It also allows users to split their coins, obtaining both their Bitcoin Cash and Bitcoin SV. […]
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• 7 Southern EU Nations Unite to Take Lead on Blockchain Adoption

  05-12-2018 16:01
  Seven EU member nations have come together to promote the use of blockchain tech to boost government services and economic well-being.
  
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• Popular Exchange Bitfinex Adds Multiple Stablecoins

  05-12-2018 15:54
  Popular exchange Bitfinex and associated exchange Ethfinex announced the listing of several additional stablecoins today. The platforms will add four more stablecoins to the mix.
  Bitfinex Announcement
  Announced on Medium today, Bitfinex and Ethfinex will add USD Coin (USDC), Paxos (PAX), True USD (TUSD), and Gemini USD (GUSD).
  The announcement does however note that “[a]ll stablecoins on Bitfinex and Ethfinex will be traded against USD”.
  Bitfinex and Ethfinex tout dedi
  
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• Binance Releases Second Demo Video of Decentralised Exchange

  05-12-2018 15:53
  The project was first announced in March, and is to be ready in a few months.
  
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• Ripple, NEM and others Launch EU Blockchain Association

  05-12-2018 15:17
  Ripple and three other blockchain based companies have formed a lobbying association that would represent their interest in Europe, according to their press release. Dubbed ‘Blockchain for Europe,’ the lobbying group would aim to create a credible and unified voice for the industry in Europe. The members of the new blockchain lobbying group are Ripple,
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• R3’s New Corda App Supports Payments in XRP Cryptocurrency - CoinDesk

  05-12-2018 15:04 via coindesk.com
  R3’s New Corda App Supports Payments in XRP Cryptocurrency  CoinDeskDistributed ledger technology provider R3 has launched the Corda Settler, an application aimed to facilitate global cryptocurrency payments within enterprise ...
  
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• R3’s New Corda App Supports Payments in XRP Cryptocurrency

  05-12-2018 15:04
  R3 has launched the Corda Settler, an app aimed to facilitate global crypto payments within enterprise blockchains – and it's starting with XRP.
  
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• 7 Major EU Countries to Go Big on Blockchain: What It Means for Crypto

  05-12-2018 15:03
  On December 4, seven EU countries led by Malta and France have established a group called the “Mediterranean seven” to encourage and promote the usage of blockchain technology. In the months to come, the seven countries that include France, Italy, Spain, Malta, Cyprus, Portugal and Spain, will work to implement the blockchain in education, transport,
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• Moving Into the Security Token Landscape With ZBX - a Fully Regulated Cryptocurrency Exchange - Forbes

  05-12-2018 15:00 via forbes.com
  Moving Into the Security Token Landscape With ZBX - a Fully Regulated Cryptocurrency Exchange  ForbesWe speak with Dave Pulis, CEO of ZBX on the exchange's plans to enter the Security Token Market platform. ZBX claims to be the first fully regulated ...
  
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• Institutions Still Bullish On Crypto: Grayscale Owns 1% of All Bitcoin

  05-12-2018 15:00 via newsbtc.com
  As Bitcoin continues its chaotic price action, ceaselessly falling and ascending through key levels, some paranoid traders have feared that institutional investors have been alienated from the crypto market. Yet, reports indicate that Grayscale’s growing war chest has continued to swell, while institutional players continue to express interest in crypto assets. This, of course, makes it more than palpable that institutions see immense value in cryptocurrencies, and potentially, that a mark
  
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• The Ultimate BitPanda Cryptocurrency Exchange Review - unblock.net

  05-12-2018 14:51 via unblock.net
  The Ultimate BitPanda Cryptocurrency Exchange Review  unblock.netThis review is going to look at one of the more established European cryptocurrency exchanges – BitPanda. They are the leading European retail cryptocurrency ...
  
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• Tron [TRX] overtakes Cardano [ADA] to become tenth-largest cryptocurrency - AMBCrypto News

  05-12-2018 14:01 via ambcrypto.com
  Tron [TRX] overtakes Cardano [ADA] to become tenth-largest cryptocurrency  AMBCrypto NewsTron [TRX], after going up by over 10% over the week, has managed to secure the tenth position on CoinMarketCap top-10 coin list on November 5.
  
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• NASDAQ, Fidelity Invest in New Cryptocurrency Exchange - Bitcoinist

  05-12-2018 14:01 via bitcoinist.com
  NASDAQ, Fidelity Invest in New Cryptocurrency Exchange  BitcoinistNew cryptocurrency exchange has reportedly raised $27.5 million from investors which include NASDAQ Ventures and Fidelity Investments. The platform will ...
  
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• Crypto Lending Services Coming to Australian Markets

  05-12-2018 14:00 via newsbtc.com
  Despite the ongoing bear market of 2018 crypto startups are still entering the market with new and innovative products. Australians are about to get their first taste of crypto lending services as a new company launched into the markets this week.
  Crypto Collateral Without Liquidation
  Helio Lending is the first independent crypto lending company to launch on Australian shores according to reports. Founder and Managing Director, John O’Shea, said he was excited to be entering such an untapp
  
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