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• Canada Elections Body Clarifies Cryptocurrency Donations for Political Use - Bitcoin News

  14-01-2019 23:50 via news.bitcoin.com
  Canada Elections Body Clarifies Cryptocurrency Donations for Political Use  Bitcoin NewsCanada's electoral body has started consultations on how political parties should handle cryptocurrency donations ahead of general elections slated for ...
  
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• Crypto Asset Manager LedgerX Launches Bitcoin Volatility Index

  14-01-2019 23:35 via cointelegraph.com
  CFTC-regulated crypto asset manager LedgerX has launched its first Bitcoin price volatility index LXVX
  
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• Fake News: Why Russia is Probably Not Planning a $10 Billion Bitcoin Buy

  14-01-2019 23:08
  Several crypto “news” outlets have gone ham with a story about the Russian government allegedly planning a massive purchase of bitcoin. Russia has made no official announcement to this effect. This reporter first came in contact with the story as it “broke” at The Daily Hodl, a site previously not known to this reporter as
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• TradeStation to Launch Crypto-Focused Brokerage in 2019

  14-01-2019 23:07
  Monex has previously filed a money service business registration with each US state regulator.
  
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• Fee Spike on Ethereum Classic Raises Fears of More Exchange Attacks

  14-01-2019 23:00
  Abnormal network activity this past Sunday on ethereum classic caused certain miners to receive thousands of dollars in payout. These peculiar transactions also caused average transaction fees and hashrate levels to reach unprecedented highs.
  
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• Bitcoin Bounces to Above $3,700 Leading the Crypto Markets to Surge

  14-01-2019 23:00 via newsbtc.com
  Following the crypto market’s recent downturn that sent many altcoins spiraling down 10% or more as Bitcoin fell to lows of approximately $3,550, the markets have regained some strength and bounced today, leading most altcoins to surge 5% or more.
  Today’s upwards move after a volatile weekend seems to confirm that Bitcoin is in fact caught in a trading range between $3,550 and $4,200, as analysts previously expected.
  Bitcoin Confirms Previously Suspected Trading Range 
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• Bitcoin, Ripple, Ethereum, Bitcoin Cash, EOS, Stellar, Litecoin, Tron, Bitcoin SV, Cardano: Price Analysis, Jan. 14

  14-01-2019 22:55 via cointelegraph.com
  With some institutional players signalling diametrically opposite stances on crypto, we turn to the charts to see what the market’s next move will be
  
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• Pot Stock Canopy Growth Jumps on NY Hemp Plant Licence Approval

  14-01-2019 22:38
  Canadian cannabis company Canopy Growth has been granted a license to produce and process hemp in New York. This quickly following the US farm bill, which legalized the production of hemp in the US. Canopy shares are rising on the Nasdaq and inspiring rallies in other so-called “pot stocks.” Canopy Growth to Open $150 Million
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• Daily Crypto Roundup 1/14/2019

  14-01-2019 22:33
  Today in the crypto space, an attacker returned hacked Ethereum Classic funds, Bakkt posted a notable acquisition, and HSBC bank touted successful distributed ledger technology usage. Bittrex exchange also announced over-the-counter crypto trading and Russia saw possible bitcoin investment.
  In more depth today, Crypto Insider explored Columbia University and IBM blockchain involvement. Additionally, the outlet dove into crypto as a way of learning financial markets, as well as cry
  
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• More Layoffs: Bitcoin Mining Giant Bitmain Makes Cuts in Amsterdam & Texas

  14-01-2019 22:08
  Bitmain’s problems continue, as the world’s largest bitcoin mining firm has announced a fresh round of layoffs. Bitmain is rumored to have lost over $700 million in Q4 2018, and late last month reports broke out that the Chinese mining giant is set to fire 50% of its workforce. Later, the company shut down its
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• Danish Tax Agency to Collect User Data from Crypto Exchanges

  14-01-2019 21:30
  The Danish Tax Agency has got the green light to collect trader information from local cryptocurrency exchanges to see if they are paying their dues.
  
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• No US Recession for at Least 5 Years: OppenheimerFunds Investment Boss

  14-01-2019 21:28
  There’s no fear of an economic recession within the next five years, so everyone anxious about bearish projections should calm down. That’s the advice of Krishna Memani, the chief investment officer at OppenheimerFunds. Memani says the US economy is slowing down a bit, but it will still increase north of 2%. Moreover, Memani says that fears
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• Trump Rejects GOP Proposal to Temporarily End Government Shutdown

  14-01-2019 21:22
  US President Donald Trump has turned down a proposal by Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) to bring the ongoing government shutdown to an end by temporarily reopening shuttered government departments while carrying on with negotiations for a proposed southern border wall. Deadlock as Shutdown Enters Day 24 Speaking earlier today to reporters in the White House ahead
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• Banking Giant HSBC’s Blockchain Platform Processed $250 Billion in Forex in 2018

  14-01-2019 21:15 via cointelegraph.com
  Banking giant HSBC saw its blockchain platform process $250 billion in forex trades in 2018
  
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• Crypto Markets Show Signs of Recovery Following Severe Losses

  14-01-2019 21:03 via cointelegraph.com
  The cryptocurrency market is showing signs of recovery, after experiencing significant losses over the last several days
  
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• Crypto and Bitcoin Ransom: A Rapidly Growing Trend

  14-01-2019 21:00 via newsbtc.com
  Between wild price volatility, the fear of Bitcoin-stealing malware, the risk of having assets left on an exchange that could become a target of hackers, and so much more, crypto investors are stuck looking over their shoulder at every turn.
  Cyber criminals are pulling out all the stops, doing everything from creating fake websites, to hacking Twitter accounts of or impersonating public figures, in order to separate an investor from their crypto assets.Last year, cryptojacking cases spiked, and
  
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• Blockchain Digital Identity Startup Authenteq Raises US$5M

  14-01-2019 20:44 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Blockchain digital identity startup Authenteq has raised US$5 million in funding from Draper Associates and Capital300. The company is reportedly in talks with additional investors about a second closing of the Series A funding round which CEO Kari Thor Runarsson expects to happen in the next coming weeks. “The reason we decided to do two […]
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• Scotland: Man Jailed after Using Bitcoin to Buy Handgun on Dark Web

  14-01-2019 20:23
  A middle-aged Scottish man has been sentenced to five years in prison for using bitcoin to purchase illegal firearms on the dark web. According to local police, David Mitchell, a 48-year-old from Edinburgh paid for a 9mm handgun, magazine, 150 rounds worth of ammunition, and a suppressor from the United States using about $2,750 worth of
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• ICE-Owned Bakkt Buys Chicago FCM Rosenthal Collins Group

  14-01-2019 20:18
  RCG acquisition is the latest push by a crypto platform to position itself in more regulated markets.
  
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• ICE-Owned Bakkt Buys ‘Certain Assets’ of Registered-FCM RCG

  14-01-2019 20:18
  Terms of the deal, which is expected to close in February 2019, were not disclosed.
  
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• $100k in funds returned after ETC hack

  14-01-2019 20:01
  A hacker recently returned $100,000 to the Gate.io exchange. The hacker allegedly gained control of the funds as part of last week’s ethereum classic (ETC) 51% attack.
  According to Gate.io Exchange’s recent tweet and associated report on the matter, the hacker gave $100,000 in ETC back to Gate.io on January 10.The recent ETC 51% hacker has returned $100k worth of ETC back to https://t.co/8kWqgDWNXb on the 10th of January. We have raised the ETC confirmation number to 4000 a
  
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• How Columbia University and IBM are accelerating blockchain technology

  14-01-2019 20:00
  Columbia University is one of the oldest universities in the country. In fact, it’s older than the country. It was founded in 1754 when New York was still an English colony and its original name was King’s College. Along with Harvard and Princeton, Columbia has played a preeminent role in American academia; 96 Nobel Prize laureates have an affiliation with the school. It has been at forefront of the scientific discovery, 33 Nobel Prize winners were affiliated with its Physics Departm
  
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• Marshall Islands Updates 2019 Roadmap for Sovereign Cryptocurrency - Bitcoin News

  14-01-2019 19:50 via news.bitcoin.com
  Marshall Islands Updates 2019 Roadmap for Sovereign Cryptocurrency  Bitcoin NewsThe team working to launch Malta's anticipated national cryptocurrency has published two documents seeking to articulate the project's roadmap for the new ...
  
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• Citigroup Stock Recovers 5% on Positive Earnings Announcement

  14-01-2019 19:49
  Barron’s reported early Monday morning that Citigroup stock had “slumped” after a positive earnings report that also showed a substantial revenue miss, but by the time of writing the trend was reversing on the NYSE. Citigroup (NYSE:C) is the fourth largest US bank with nearly $2 trillion in assets. Citigroup posted earnings of $4.3 billion
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• Real Impact of the Government Shutdown: A Primer for Donald Trump

  14-01-2019 19:34
  As many as 800,000 government workers didn’t get paid on Friday. While they will eventually receive their checks once the shutdown concludes, many of them will have to go into debt to pay bills and mortgages. Others are already at risk of losing their homes or cars completely. US President Donald Trump seems to be
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• Intercontinental Exchange's Digital Asset Platform Bakkt Announces First Acquisition

  14-01-2019 19:28 via cointelegraph.com
  Bakkt has acquired some assets in futures commission merchant RCG in advance of a previously set launch date
  
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• Stablecoin Issuer TrustToken Adds Feature to Ease Wallet Management

  14-01-2019 19:01
  TrustToken has launched an alias feature for exchanges and merchants which use TrueUSD, allowing them to provide each of their clients with a unique deposit address which all send funds to the same central wallet.
  
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• Winklevoss Twins: Bitcoin Needs Regulation so Investors Don’t Get Burned

  14-01-2019 18:57
  The crypto market hasn’t fully recovered from the effects of 2018’s “crypto winter,” with the Bitcoin price dipping below the $3,500 mark on Sunday before making a minor recovery. However, Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, co-founders of crypto exchange Gemini, are sticking with their optimistic outlook for the market. Speaking in an interview with Fortune, the Winklevoss twins
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• How the US Government Shutdown Is Halting Crypto Progress on Wall Street

  14-01-2019 18:30
  A record-breaking government shutdown in the U.S. is pushing crypto policy decisions to the back burner.
  
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• Winklevoss Twins: If Bitcoin ETF Approval Takes Six Years, So Be It

  14-01-2019 18:04 via newsbtc.com
  Among other things, 2018 was a tough year for Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) applications. Regulatory entities overseeing such proposals quickly quashed the crypto industry’s dreams, denying applications left and right. Yet, the showrunners behind a denied ETF proposal, Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, believe they have the chops to continue pushing for a green light, in spite of a handful of shortcomings.
  Related Reading: Japan Explores Bitcoin ETF but Demand for Product is Myster
  
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• PG&E, US’ Largest Energy Utility Firm, to File for Bankruptcy as Potential Liabilities From California Wildfires Reaches Billions

  14-01-2019 18:03
  U.S. utility Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) disclosed on Monday that it will file for bankruptcy. US’ largest energy utility firm with a market cap of $13+ billion said that the decision was forced by the wildfires which destroyed lives and property in California in 2017 and 2018. Per a BBC report, the utility
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• 3 top crypto investors give their 2019 predictions for cryptocurrency - Business Insider

  14-01-2019 18:03 via businessinsider.com
  3 top crypto investors give their 2019 predictions for cryptocurrency  Business InsiderBusiness Insider spoke with several prominent crypto investors to get a sense of the big developments and trends they anticipate seeing in 2019.
  
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• Tron Price Analysis: TRX Add 4.2 Percent, Accelerator Program Troubles

  14-01-2019 18:00 via newsbtc.com
  Tron Price retest 2.5 cents
  Participants at the Tron Accelerator Program say there was no transparency
  TRX is today’s top performer, up 4.2 percent in 24 hoursBTC and other coins may be struggling, but TRX is up 4.2 percent in the last day. While TRX is trading below 2.5 cents, the asset has found support at Oct 2018 lows. The first target will be at 4 cents in line with our previous trade plans.
  Tron Price Analysis
  While most investors are obsessed with Bitcoin, Ripple and Ethereum devel
  
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• Crypto as a way of learning financial markets

  14-01-2019 18:00
  Participation in crypto is exceptionally speculative, risky and unregulated. Nothing written is financial, trading or investment advice. Proceed at your own risk. Always consult a licensed professional before making any decisions.
  Many outsiders view traditional financial markets as complicated. Just hearing about financial markets can give average guys and gals a headache from complicated terminology, numbers and data. Dividends, earnings and shorts (not the wearable kind) all sound like gibber
  
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• Bitcoin Futures Market Bakkt Makes Its First Acquisition

  14-01-2019 18:00
  Bakkt acquired parts of Rosenthal Collins Group, an independent futures commission, to build up its risk management and regulatory compliance procedures.
  
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• Surprise – the 3 biggest cybersecurity threats are all cryptocurrency miners - The Next Web

  14-01-2019 17:49 via thenextweb.com
  Surprise – the 3 biggest cybersecurity threats are all cryptocurrency miners  The Next WebCybersecurity analysts ranked supposedly neutral Monero-mining script CoinHive the number one malware threat for the 13th month in a row.
  
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• Bulgarian Tax Authorities Close in on Cryptocurrency Earnings

  14-01-2019 17:44
  The NRA is the latest in a series of governmental authorities to start looking at taxing digital assets
  
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• Major Spanish Energy Company to Use Blockchain in Renewable Energy Tracking

  14-01-2019 17:36 via cointelegraph.com
  Major Spanish energy company Iberdrola has conducted a blockchain trial with two local banks, tracking the origins and the use of renewable energy
  
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• Iceland: Draper Associates Leads $5 Million Funding Round for Blockchain-Based ID Platform

  14-01-2019 17:31 via cointelegraph.com
  Iceland’s blockchain-based identity platform Authenteq has raised $5 million in a funding round led by Draper Associates and Capital300
  
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• HSBC Says It’s Settled $250 Billion in Trades With Distributed Ledger Tech

  14-01-2019 17:25
  HSBC has settled $250 billion in foreign exchange transactions using its DLT platform, the company announced Monday.
  
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• Newsflash: Bitcoin Price Pops to $3,705, Crypto Markets Turn Green

  14-01-2019 17:23
  The bitcoin price might be down, but it isn’t ready to be counted out — at least not yet, anyway. The flagship cryptocurrency, battered by three major sell-offs within the past week that dropped it as low as $3,481, staged a moderate recovery on Monday, popping above $3,705 on Coinbase and other crypto exchanges. The
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• Poised for a Comeback? Dow Jones Pares Losses after President Trump Predicts New Trade Deal with China

  14-01-2019 17:00
  U.S. stocks pared losses Monday morning after President Donald Trump predicted the United States would soon reach a comprehensive trade deal with China. Stocks Bounce Off Lows The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell by as much as 230 points Monday morning, an extension of a volatile pre-market session for Dow futures. At the time of
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• Malaysia to Regulate ICOs as Securities Offerings from Tuesday

  14-01-2019 17:00
  Malaysia’s securities watchdog will have powers to regulate digital asset offerings and crypto exchanges from tomorrow.
  
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• Bitcoin Price Analysis: BTC Exposed, ETF Hopes Dimming?

  14-01-2019 17:00 via newsbtc.com
  Bitcoin Price slide, potential support at $3,400 or 78.6 percent Fibonacci level
  SEC may not approve Bitcoin ETF
  Reaction at $3,700 important for bullsIn the short-term, sellers seem to be in charge and yesterday’s drop below our immediate support at $3,700 may lead to reductions towards $3,400. In the midst of this, we are net bullish because of buy pressures of week ending Dec 23.
  Bitcoin Price Analysis
  Events of the week ending Dec 23 and consequent follow through reinvigorated bulls.
  
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• “Jeff Bozo”: Trump Seizes Long Awaited Opportunity To Blast Amazon Founder Jeff Bezos

  14-01-2019 16:54
  U.S. President Donald Trump has launched a broadside at Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, describing him as “Jeff Bozo” in a tweet posted late Sunday night. Referencing the ongoing coverage of Bezos’ divorce, Trump sarcastically offered his sympathy to Bezos for being taken down by a rival publication. The tweet marks the latest in a long
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• Bittrex to Launches OTC Trading Desk With 200 Tokens

  14-01-2019 16:40
  As reported, OTC platform will provide “guaranteed pricing” for large transactions
  
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• Despite Bear Market, Crypto Mining Malware Tops Threat Index for 13th Month Running

  14-01-2019 16:38 via cointelegraph.com
  Three strains of crypto mining malware have topped the latest Global Threat Index from Israeli cybersecurity firm Check Point
  
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• South African National Cricket Team Falls for Bitcoin Twitter Scam

  14-01-2019 16:34
  Cricket South Africa (CSA) has been rocked by a Twitter scam, unwittingly offering a fake Bitcoin lottery to its followers, local Indian news outlets report. CSA Twitter Compromised by Bitcoin Scammers The organization’s official Twitter account, which has more than 1 million followers, was compromised overnight. This resulted in multiple tweets which attempted to sell a
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• FXCM Digs Deeper into Cryptocurrency with CFDs on Ethereum

  14-01-2019 16:30
  FXCM introduced the new asset type earlier last year when it began testing the service with its Bitcoin offering.
  
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• TradAir Partners With NEXUS for Cryptocurrency Liquidity

  14-01-2019 16:23
  The partnership should improve TradAir's crypto derivatives liquidity
  
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