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• Cardano Founder Charles Hoskinson Explains Why ADA’s New Smart Contract Tools are a Boon for Fintech

  12-12-2018 23:21
  IOHK, a leading blockchain research and development firm, announced two tools developed by a world-leading team for writing smart contracts for the Cardano blockchain. The apps are called Plutus and Marlowe and were launched in test format at the first PlutusFest conference in Edinburgh, Scotland. These powerful tools will enable start-ups, the financial services and
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• Daily Crypto Roundup 12/12/2018

  12-12-2018 23:17
  Another day in the crypto bear market trenches passed as research indicates many projects as being quite centralized. Kraken announced an opportunity to invest in their operation, Calgary launched its own digital asset, and more negative comments surfaced from mainstream players, all as bitcoin’s price future remained uncertain.
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  Dogecoin Is More Decentralized Than NEO, IOTA, NEM, Stellar, And Nano
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• AmbaCoin: New Cryptocurrency from Self-Declared African Nation - CryptoGlobe

  12-12-2018 23:00 via cryptoglobe.com
  AmbaCoin: New Cryptocurrency from Self-Declared African Nation  CryptoGlobeA group of anonymous scholars and developers from Southern Cameroon have created a new cryptocurrency, AmbaCoin. The group is part of the separatist ...
  
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• Cryptocurrency Startup AriseBank to Pay $2.3 Million to Settle Fraud Accusations - The Wall Street Journal

  12-12-2018 22:59 via wsj.com
  Cryptocurrency Startup AriseBank to Pay $2.3 Million to Settle Fraud Accusations  The Wall Street JournalOne of the first startups sued by U.S. regulators over its initial coin offering will pay $2.3 million after being accused of scamming investors through claims such ...
  
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• This cryptocurrency wallet for kids isn’t nearly as stupid as it sounds - Digital Trends

  12-12-2018 22:54 via digitaltrends.com
  This cryptocurrency wallet for kids isn’t nearly as stupid as it sounds  Digital TrendsSo you've taught your 6-year-old child to read, write, and play nice with others. What's next? Give them a base understanding of cryptocurrency, of course.
  
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• Former AriseBank Execs Settle Charges in SEC ICO Fraud Lawsuit

  12-12-2018 22:45
  The SEC has settled charges with AriseBank's former CEO and COO, requiring the two to pay $2.7 million in disgorgement and $187,000 in penalties.
  
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• Cryptocurrency investor Ian Balina sees a comeback for cryptocurrency in 2019 - Digital Trends

  12-12-2018 22:45 via digitaltrends.com
  Cryptocurrency investor Ian Balina sees a comeback for cryptocurrency in 2019  Digital TrendsToday on Digital Trends Live, we chatted with cryptocurrency investor Ian Balina about what the future holds for cryptocurrencies and Bitcoin. He also gave a ...
  
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• Bitcoin Rises 4.65% as Crypto Market Creeps Toward Breakout

  12-12-2018 22:42
  The bitcoin price on Wednesday jumped as high as 4.65 percent from its opening price and established an intraday high at $3,488. The BTC/USD rate is now trading at 3440-fiat on the Coinbase exchange, coupled with a notable rise in daily volatility. The pair on December 7 established its yearly low at 3210-fiat, after which
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• Square’s Crypto-Friendly Cash App is the Most Downloaded Financial Application on Play Store

  12-12-2018 22:30 via newsbtc.com
  Just days after been named the hottest download on the iOS application store, Square’s cryptocurrency-friendly Cash App has risen to the top of another chart. This time it has been named as the most downloaded financial application on the other leading operating system’s app store, Google Play.
  Although obviously quite impressive in its own right (the Cash App is currently being downloaded more than offerings from competitors PayPal and Venmo), the news is all the more exciting becau
  
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• Edmonton Police Report an Increase in Cryptocurrency Scams - ZyCrypto

  12-12-2018 22:30 via zycrypto.com
  Edmonton Police Report an Increase in Cryptocurrency Scams  ZyCryptoAlthough the cryptocurrency market has been in a bearish condition since the beginning of the year and the trend has worsened in that last.
  
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• How will Amazon affect the cryptocurrency and blockchain industries? - Leaprate Forex Trading News

  12-12-2018 22:11 via leaprate.com
  How will Amazon affect the cryptocurrency and blockchain industries?  Leaprate Forex Trading NewsGoogle search results show that there is a potential dynamic duo: Amazon and Blockchain/Cryptocurrency. One of the largest e-commerce giants in the world is ...
  
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• Venezuela: Church’s Chicken Accepts Crypto Payments after KFC Denies Rumors

  12-12-2018 21:37
  Church’s Chicken, an international fast-food franchise known its hand-battered fried chicken, has reportedly partnered with Dash Venezuela to become the first fast-food franchise to accept cryptocurrencies throughout its locations in Venezuela. According to a press release, a strategic alliance between Dash Venezuela and Church’s Chicken Venezuela will see 13 establishments start accepting the privacy-centric cryptocurrency
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• Deutsche Telekom, Alibaba Cloud, Citi Join Hyperledger Blockchain Project

  12-12-2018 21:30
  Hyperledger has added 16 new members, including Deutsche Telekom, Europe's biggest telecommunications provider and Alibaba's cloud computing subsidiary.
  
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• Monex Group to Break into US Crypto Market in Three Months

  12-12-2018 21:10
  Monex revealed plans to gain a foothold in the US market with a dedicated offering caters mainly to institutional investors.
  
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• Monex to Open Coincheck in the US to Cater to Institutional Traders

  12-12-2018 21:01
  One of the Japanese corporation's other subsidiaries has invested in a competing exchange.
  
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• Bitcoin Climbs to $3,500, Analyst Claims There is Nothing Unique About the Crypto Bubble

  12-12-2018 21:00 via newsbtc.com
  Bitcoin was able to bounce after yesterday’s downturn, leading the entire cryptocurrency market to trade up. The latest move up may validate the support levels that multiple cryptocurrencies respected yesterday as mid-term bottoms.
  At the time of writing, Bitcoin is trading up nearly 3% at its current price of just over $3,500. Bitcoin appears to have established the $3,400 region as a level of support, as its price failed to break below this level during yesterday’s market
  
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• Does the Cashless Society Need to Consider Small Food Service Businesses?

  12-12-2018 20:55 via crypto-news.net
  Throughout history, society has used a range of different mechanisms to represent value. Whether that’s Gold, wood or rare metals – a medium of exchange can be facilitated by just about anything. Paper money, or cash, has since replaced the bartering system of times gone by, but for how much longer?We often hear about the potential a ‘Cashless Society’ offers, and it appears we may not be too far away from it. For example, in late 2017, it was reported that Sweden was on
  
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• Romania: Bitcoin Exchange CEO Vlad Nistor Arrested for Money Laundering, May Face US Extradition

  12-12-2018 20:33
  According to a local Romanian news outlet Ziar de Cluj and others, Vlad Nistor — the CEO of Romania-based Bitcoin exchange CoinFlux — has been detained on behalf of the US government and is awaiting extradition. He was arrested in the city of Cluj-Napoca on Tuesday, according to another outlet. The crypto exchange has not disclosed
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• What to Expect from Cryptocurrency Prices with the Crypto Prophet - Hade Platform

  12-12-2018 20:22 via hadeplatform.com
  What to Expect from Cryptocurrency Prices with the Crypto Prophet  Hade PlatformHadePlatform unveils its latest product the Crypto Prophet. It is a *service* that uses Prophet technology to predict the future performance of cryptocurrency prices ...
  
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• Litecoin Foundation Partners With the Crypto Invest Summit Partner to Educate Cryptocurrency/Blockchain... - Crowdfund Insider

  12-12-2018 20:21 via crowdfundinsider.com
  Litecoin Foundation Partners With the Crypto Invest Summit Partner to Educate Cryptocurrency/Blockchain...  Crowdfund InsiderCrypto Invest Summit, the U.S. largest cryptocurrency and blockchain conference, announced on Wednesday it has partnered with the Litecoin Foundation,
  
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• Is Bitcoin Dead? Cryptocurrency Still Has True Believers Despite 2018 Free Fall (Members) - Middletown Press

  12-12-2018 20:20 via middletownpress.com
  Is Bitcoin Dead? Cryptocurrency Still Has True Believers Despite 2018 Free Fall (Members)  Middletown PressBitcoin has dropped 70 percent in 2018, but several cryptocurrency veterans tell TheWrap it's not going away anytime soon. Sean Burch, provided by. Published ...
  
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• ‘What is Bitcoin’ Ranked Among Top Google Searches in 2018

  12-12-2018 19:32
  About a year ago, Google searches for “Bitcoin” surpassed searches relating to Donald Trump. Now that Google has published its 2018 year-in-review of search terms, “What is Bitcoin” is among the top questions that people are asking Google, at least in the US. Last year, the largest cryptocurrency ranked in two categories globally, both in
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• Dutch Central Bank Proposes License Requirement for Cryptocurrency Service Providers - Cointelegraph

  12-12-2018 19:18 via cointelegraph.com
  Dutch Central Bank Proposes License Requirement for Cryptocurrency Service Providers  CointelegraphNews. Cryptocurrency *service* providers will soon be required to obtain a license from the central bank of the Netherlands, major Dutch news outlet DeTelegraaf ...
  
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• Bitcoin’s price is plummeting – will the cryptocurrency survive? - New Scientist

  12-12-2018 19:07 via newscientist.com
  Bitcoin’s price is plummeting – will the cryptocurrency survive?  New ScientistBitcoin investors have had a rough ride this year as the price of the cryptocurrency has tumbled, making it less economical to produce the coins.
  
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• Anonymous Group of Southern Cameroons Launches AmbaCoin Cryptocurrency - Coingape

  12-12-2018 18:59 via coingape.com
  Anonymous Group of Southern Cameroons Launches AmbaCoin Cryptocurrency  CoingapeAnglophone separatist scholars, technocrats and developers are set to launch their own cryptocurrency known as “AmbaCoin”. The cryptocurrency is said to be ...
  
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• Crypto Exchange OKEx Relists Bitcoin ABC Under Original Bitcoin Cash (BCH) Ticker

  12-12-2018 18:30 via newsbtc.com
  Another major cryptocurrency exchange has announced that they deem recent the recently created Bitcoin ABC to be the true Bitcoin Cash. Hong Kong-based OKEx will relist the digital currency under the original Bitcoin Cash ticker, BCH.
  The announcement is the latest example of a large trading venue deciding similarly. Previously, both Winklevoss twins-founded Gemini and Coinbase have expressed support for the Bitcoin ABC chain over the “Satoshi’s Vision” side of the fork.
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• Activists Are Mining Cryptocurrency to Bail People Out of ICE Detention - Observer

  12-12-2018 18:16 via observer.com
  Activists Are Mining Cryptocurrency to Bail People Out of ICE Detention  ObserverBail Bloc wants to use the excess computing power on your laptop to mine cryptocurrency, the financial rewards of which will be donated to the Immigrant Bail ...
  
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• Bitcoin Price ‘Could Go from Bad to Worse’: Bearish Analyst

  12-12-2018 18:11
  The most potential use case of bitcoin today is the store of value. But an analyst thinks otherwise. Stephen Innes, head of Asia Pacific trading at Oanda, a New York-based forex firm, believes that the world’s leading digital currency is due for another drop because it hasn’t provided the world a “significant use-case” yet. The Bitcoin
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• US Brokerage Giant TD Ameritrade Exploring XRP and Cryptocurrency for Retail Investors - The Daily Hodl

  12-12-2018 18:02 via dailyhodl.com
  US Brokerage Giant TD Ameritrade Exploring XRP and Cryptocurrency for Retail Investors  The Daily HodlUS brokerage giant TD Ameritrade is exploring whether it should bring XRP and other cryptocurrencies to its 11 million retail investors. In response to a question ...
  
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• Ethereum’s Geth Software Upgrades Ahead of January Hard Fork

  12-12-2018 18:00
  Geth has locked ethereum's upcoming Constantinople hard fork into its latest code release.
  
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• Dogecoin is more decentralized than NEO, IOTA, NEM, Stellar, and Nano

  12-12-2018 18:00
  Decentralization is definitely one of the most important reasons to consider the use of blockchains. Not having a single point of failure, enabling for voluntary participation to the protocol, and allowing anyone to mine or stake are all must-haves for any serious cryptocurrency project. However, the situation is not always favorable for decentralization, even among the most popular projects.
  Jackson Palmer, the often bitter Dogecoin creator, has decided to take his criticism of the cryptocurren
  
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• Only 4 Crypto Exchanges Have 100,000+ Active Users

  12-12-2018 17:59 via newsbtc.com
  With crypto still being years away from being widely adopted by the mainstream public, most of the market’s activity is driven by speculators and traders seeking to leverage the wild price swings and volatility in order to turn a profit.
  However, new research data shows that the actual active users on top cryptocurrency exchanges is extremely low, with only four of the most active exchanges having over 100,000 active users.
  Coinbase, Binance, Huobi, and OKEx: Over 100,000 Active Users
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• Onegold by APMEX Now Accepts Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency Payments Powered by BitPay - Bitcoin Exchange Guide

  12-12-2018 17:05 via bitcoinexchangeguide.com
  Onegold by APMEX Now Accepts Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency Payments Powered by BitPay  Bitcoin Exchange GuideOnegold is an online precious metals' trading platform where investors go to buy precious metals such as gold and silver. Also, Onegold acts as an asset ...
  
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• Razer Wants Gamers to Mine Cryptocurrency Using their Idle GPUs — But You Probably Shouldn’t

  12-12-2018 17:01
  Gamers invest considerable sums in the GPU chips that power their computers. However, even the most hardcore “Fortnite” player will leave his or her gaming rig on idle for a significant chunk of each day while they go to work, attend school, or — at the very least — sleep. Hardware manufacturer Razer says that
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• Can ChainFront End Our Reliance on Private Keys?

  12-12-2018 17:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A key advantage to cryptocurrency is that it allows you to be your own bank. The idea of truly controlling your own money without literally hiding it under your mattress is a powerful one. But it is not something everyone wants to do and for certain applications, it would not be appropriate. ChainFront, launching today, […]
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• What is Holding Coinbase Back From Integrating Ripple (XRP) Into its Exchange?

  12-12-2018 16:35
  On December 7, Coinbase, a leading crypto-to-fiat exchange, announced it is exploring 31 crypto assets to integrate into its exchange. One of the cryptocurrencies the exchange has been looking into is Ripple (XRP), the second most valuable asset in the cryptocurrency market with a market valuation of over $12 billion. Although Coinbase expressed its intent
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• Digital Currency Trading Platform Coinsquare Announces New Cryptocurrency Referral Program - Crowdfund Insider

  12-12-2018 16:32 via crowdfundinsider.com
  Digital Currency Trading Platform Coinsquare Announces New Cryptocurrency Referral Program  Crowdfund InsiderCanadian cryptocurrency platform Coinsquare announced on Wednesday its new cryptocurrency referral program. This announcement comes just days after ...
  
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• Billionaire Mike Novogratz Says Crypto ICO Market is Pretty Much Dead Now

  12-12-2018 16:09 via newsbtc.com
  Today, the initial coin offering (ICO) market has pain written all over it. A once-popular mechanism, used by blockchain startups to raise funds using crypto to develop their products, lured speculators into investing billions of dollars for their native tokens. However, a majority of these startups either turned out to be scams or purely incompetent when it came to delivering the product. This is what initiated the massive crypto crash in 2018.
  As investors continued to lose money, trust in new
  
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• Danish Tax Agency Cracking Down On Cryptocurrency Trading Profits - Cryptocoin Spy

  12-12-2018 15:39 via cryptocoinspy.com
  Danish Tax Agency Cracking Down On Cryptocurrency Trading Profits  Cryptocoin SpyIt appears as though the Danish tax agency, Skattestyrelsen (SKAT), is cracking down on thousands of nationals that appear to have hid Bitcoin trades with ...
  
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• Bitcoin [BTC/USD] Technical Analysis: Cryptocurrency fails to climb on the bull after price stays locked down - AMBCrypto News

  12-12-2018 15:34 via ambcrypto.com
  Bitcoin [BTC/USD] Technical Analysis: Cryptocurrency fails to climb on the bull after price stays locked down  AMBCrypto NewsThe cryptocurrency market's bearish woes do not seem to have waned with several popular coins seeing a continuous price downturn. Bitcoin [BTC], XRP, and ...
  
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• Cryptocurrency Should be ‘Outlawed’: Allianz CEO Andreas Utermann - CCN

  12-12-2018 15:27 via ccn.com
  Cryptocurrency Should be ‘Outlawed’: Allianz CEO Andreas Utermann  CCNAllianz CEO Andreas Utermann said that regulators should outlaw cryptocurrency and that he is surprised they haven't done so already.
  
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• Cryptocurrency Should be ‘Outlawed’: Allianz CEO Andreas Utermann

  12-12-2018 15:26
  Despite this year’s prolonged cryptocurrency market decline, many mainstream financial institutions and wealth managers have continued to explore how to make this nascent asset class more accessible to their clients. Firms such as Goldman Sachs and Fidelity are building crypto custody products, while exchange giants Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) and Nasdaq are focusing on futures trading.
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• Binance Launched a Platform to Help You Learn More About Cryptocurrency and Blockchain - Altcoin Buzz

  12-12-2018 15:22 via altcoinbuzz.io
  Binance Launched a Platform to Help You Learn More About Cryptocurrency and Blockchain  Altcoin BuzzBinance launches a new platform to teach you about blockchain and cryptocurrency. The platform, Binance Academy, aims to educate new retail investors.
  
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• Novogratz’s Galaxy Digital Backs $4 million Raise for Crypto-Lender BlockFi

  12-12-2018 15:20
  BlockFi, a startup that offers U.S. dollar loans against crypto collateral, has raised $4 million from Mike Novogratz's Galaxy Digital and others.
  
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• Saudi Arabia and the UAE Central Banks to Create Joint Token

  12-12-2018 15:01
  Details are still being worked out, but the token will not be for use by the general public.
  
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• FATF: UK Crypto Exchanges Pose ‘Low’ Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing Risk

  12-12-2018 14:34
  The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) revealed that crypto exchanges operating in the United Kingdom pose low money laundering (ML) and terrorist financing (TF) risks. The global standard setter for ML/TF published a report to evaluate the overall efforts that the UK has put in combating the money-related illegal activities. As the study touched on
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• Allianz Global Investors Chief Calls for Cryptocurrency Ban - CoinDesk

  12-12-2018 14:30 via coindesk.com
  Allianz Global Investors Chief Calls for Cryptocurrency Ban  CoinDeskAndreas Utermann, chief executive officer and global chief investment officer of Allianz Global Investors, has said cryptocurrencies should be banned by ...
  
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• Allianz Global Investors Chief Calls for Cryptocurrency Ban

  12-12-2018 14:30
  The CEO and global CIO of Allianz's investment arm has said cryptocurrencies should be banned by regulators.
  
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• Is Cryptocurrency Mining in Trouble? - Crypto Daily

  12-12-2018 14:11 via cryptodaily.co.uk
  Is Cryptocurrency Mining in Trouble?  Crypto DailyIn 2017, when the crypto market soared, and profits flowed from every project, companies made millions selling crypto mining equipment to everyday users who ...
  
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• Redemption: Will the Altcoins Rise Again in 2019?

  12-12-2018 14:07
  Altcoins have been pushed to the edges of the cryptocurrency narrative throughout 2018. What's next?
  
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