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• Report: Swiss Fintech Market Grew by 62 Percent in 2018

  28-02-2019 23:45 via cointelegraph.com
  A new study from the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences analyzes Switzerland’s fintech sector growth in 2018
  
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• Russia Said it Will Regulate Crypto 3 Times in the Past 2 Years, Could it Work This Time?

  28-02-2019 23:00 via newsbtc.com
  Russian President Vladimir Putin has issued a fresh order to Russia’s government demanding that they draft and approve a regulatory framework for the crypto industry.
  Although this seems like a positive development for the industry, similar orders have been issued on multiple occasions over the past few years to no avail, which calls into question the clout that these orders truly hold within the Russian government.
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• Kraken Exchange Offers $100K Reward for Missing QuadrigaCX Crypto

  28-02-2019 23:00
  Kraken is offering up to $100,000 to anyone who can help locate QuadrigaCX's missing cryptocurrency holdings.
  
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• Putin’s Bitcoin Regulation Deadline Might Not Lead to Actual Crypto Rules

  28-02-2019 22:52
  Bitcoin skeptic Vladimir Putin has set a July 2019 deadline for crypto regulations to be put in place in Russia. Putin made the announcement on the Kremlin website in a February 27 notice. In his order, President Putin told the Russian State Duma and the Council of the Federation of Russia to adopt cryptocurrency rules by July 1. The regulations are designed to promote the digital economy in Russia, which is struggling financially amid US economic sanctions. Previous July 2018 Deadline Larg
  
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• Surprise Pot Stock Pivot Lifts Arcadia Biosciences Shares 61%

  28-02-2019 22:48
  Arcadia Biosciences Inc.’s share price surged 61 percent while trading on the Nasdaq Thursday after the agricultural biotech firm announced plans to dive into the hemp industry. The company’s core business area is producing food ingredients made from wheat and soybeans. The company is jumping into the cannabis space as “with an initial focus on the hemp market,” according to a news release published Thursday. “Now, the company will apply its expertise to the bu
  
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• Ethereum’s Constantinople, St. Petersburg Upgrades Have Been Activated

  28-02-2019 22:45 via cointelegraph.com
  Ethereum’s Constantinople and St. Petersburg upgrades have gone live in accordance with the schedule
  
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• Bittrex Leads $1.5 Million Round for South African Crypto Exchange VALR

  28-02-2019 22:30
  South Africa's VALR exchange is launching March 1, expanding bitcoin access across the continent.
  
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• Bitcoin Scammers Take Advantage of Already-Dismal Square Earnings

  28-02-2019 22:15
  Just when Jack Dorsey’s week was starting to look up, he must contend with yet another cryptocurrency giveaway scam. But while Twitter has long been rife with these fraudulent schemes, this particular bitcoin scam targets his other company – digital payments firm Square. Square Earnings Attract Bitcoin Giveaway Scammers In tandem with Square’s earnings results on Wednesday, scammers began sending emails – purportedly from the company – announcing that they had added
  
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• Spot the Difference: Bitcoin Bulls Versus Bitcoin Bears

  28-02-2019 22:00 via newsbtc.com
  For pretty much its entire ten-year history, Bitcoin has divided opinion. Some have nobly championed the cause of censorship resistant, decentralised money through immense market volatility, whilst others have slung as much dirt as humanely possible at the world’s most established digital asset.
  It is interesting to notice a distinct division between those who support Bitcoin use and adoption, and those who deem the fintech innovation overdue for the rubbish heap. Most of the latter repres
  
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• NASDAQ of Pot Stocks Grows Money 16,000% More Than S&P 500

  28-02-2019 21:53
  The biggest U.S. and Canadian marijuana stocks have been on a wild ride over the last two years, but their share prices are getting pretty high. In October 2017, the Marijuana Index (think of it as the NASDAQ of marijuana stocks) started growing like a weed from $113 on Oct 26, 2017 to $363 by Jan 23, 2018. If you had invested in the S&P 500 in October 2017, then by last October, a year later, you had returns of 9.78% on the growth in those 500 company’s shares. If you bought Big Weed,
  
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• NASDAQ of Pot Stocks Grows Money 1600% More Than S&P 500

  28-02-2019 21:53
  The biggest U.S. and Canadian marijuana stocks have been on a wild ride over the last two years, but their share prices are getting pretty high. In October 2017, the Marijuana Index (think of it as the NASDAQ of marijuana stocks) started growing like a weed from $113 on Oct 26, 2017 to $363 by Jan 23, 2018. If you had invested in the S&P 500 in October 2017, then by last October, a year later, you had returns of 9.78% on the growth in those 500 company’s shares. If you bought Big Weed,
  
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• Crypto Exchange Coinbase Adds Support for XRP on Retail Platform and Mobile Apps

  28-02-2019 21:46 via cointelegraph.com
  Coinbase has launched support for XRP on its retail trading platform and on its Android and iOS apps
  
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• Japan shows spike in crypto-associated money laundering from 2018

  28-02-2019 21:36
  Although 2018 was home to an influx of regulatory action, it also saw an increase in crypto-related suspicious activities. Japan reportedly saw a major influx in crypto associated money laundering in 2018.
  Increased nefarious totals
  Last year, the National Police Agency (NPA) received more than 7,000 reported instances of suspected money laundering affiliated with cryptocurrencies, as reported by the Japan Times in a February 28th 2019 article.
  April through December of 2017 only saw 6
  
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• XRP Added to Coinbase Consumer Exchange, XRP Price Remains Flat

  28-02-2019 21:27 via newsbtc.com
  Less than a week after the announcement of full trading support for XRP on the Coinbase Pro division of the San Francisco-based brokerage and exchange platform, the same functionality is coming to the consumer-facing wing of the firm. In addition, full support will be made available on both the Android and iOS Coinbase applications.
  Unlike following the previous announcement, the XRP price has remained consistent. The news that the digital asset was being launched on Coinbase Pro was greeted wit
  
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• Swiss Crypto Bank Warns Customers About Company Masquerading as Partner

  28-02-2019 21:27 via cointelegraph.com
  Switzerland-based online crypto bank Dukascopy has warned customers about a “clone” firm misrepresenting itself as a bank affiliate
  
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• Ethereum Upgrades as Hard Forks Activate on Blockchain

  28-02-2019 21:09
  Two long-anticipated upgrades appear to have officially activated on the ethereum blockchain, the world’s second-largest by market value, without incident. At 19:57 (UTC), the sixth and seventh system-wide upgrades to the software, dubbed Constantinople and St. Petersburg, respectively, rolled out on the main network at block number 7,280,000. As seen on blockchain monitoring website Fork Monitor, there is […]
  
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• Hong Kong Entrepreneur Who ‘Made It Rain’ from High-Rise Arrested for Crypto Mining Fraud

  28-02-2019 21:05 via cointelegraph.com
  An alleged Bitcoin millionaire, who was reportedly involved in “making it rain cash” on the streets of Hong Kong, is now reportedly accused of mining-related fraud
  
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• $67,193: Veteran Crypto Trader Explains His Oddly-Specific Bitcoin Price Target

  28-02-2019 21:01
  Veteran trader Peter Brandt has an oddly specific bitcoin price target – $67,193. Brandt, who boats of 40-plus years’ experience in commodity trading, arrived at this figure by taking the combined value of the 33,000 tonnes of central bank-owned gold and dividing it by bitcoin‘s fully-diluted currency supply of ~21 million coins. $67,193This is what one $BTC will be worth if the the composite value of Bitcoin (at 21 MM mined) equals the value of the 33k tonnes of Gold $GC_F #GO
  
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• Counter Argument: A Caracas-Based Journalist Says Bitcoin is Not Saving Venezuela

  28-02-2019 21:00 via newsbtc.com
  While Venezuela’s economy continues to suffer under the haphazard mismanagement by Nicolás Maduro, it has caused the country’s citizens to rely on Bitcoin as a currency, store of value, and its use to transfer funds across borders.
  Bitcoin has been at the center of many discussions claiming that the entire country is turning to the leading crypto by market cap, with one recent op-ed in the New York Times offering up a story how it saved one struggling Venezuelan citizen’
  
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• Notorious Spyware Creator Joining Forces With Coinbase Spells Doom For Your Privacy

  28-02-2019 20:48
  Privacy has been a heated discussion for decades. Recently, legislation has been passed to provide greater protections for consumer data including GDPR, BDSG-New, and CCPA. The age-old question is: “If you aren’t doing anything wrong, why do you need privacy?” The answer isn’t so simple. Ranging from the mental health impacts of not having privacy to determining what is “wrong” or who decides what is “wrong”, arguments have no bounds on the topic,
  
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• After a Brief Decline, Crypto Market Cap Is Stable Around $130 Billion, Stocks Are Down

  28-02-2019 20:41 via cointelegraph.com
  Following a brief sell off, crypto markets continue trading sideways, while total market cap has remained stable around $130 billion
  
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• German Government to Introduce Blockchain Strategy in Mid-2019

  28-02-2019 20:21 via cointelegraph.com
  An official statement by the Cabinet of Germany says that the country’s blockchain strategy will be introduced in mid-2019
  
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• XRP Is Now Live and Trading on Coinbase’s Consumer App

  28-02-2019 20:09
  Coinbase has added XRP to its consumer apps and website, allowing customers in most jurisdictions to trade the No. 3 cryptocurrency.
  
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• Constantinople Will Improve Ethereum But Will ETH Dump?

  28-02-2019 20:00 via newsbtc.com
  Ethereum prices bearish, strong liquidation at $170
  Constantinople in progress
  Transaction volumes increase in last weeks but will accumulation trigger bullsAfter previous attempts flopped, we expect the ongoing Constantinople upgrade to be a success. Whether that will rouse price action, we don’t know, but for bulls to be firmly in control, prices must rally above $170 or Dec 2018 highs.
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• ‘Prices are Way Down’: Bitcoin Investors Should Buy Post-Crash Dip Now, Says VC Chief

  28-02-2019 19:50
  Venture capitalist Fred Wilson suggested that bitcoin investors buy the post-crash dip because there are a lot of exciting developments right now that make the crypto industry worth investing in. Wilson proffered the advice in a February 28 blog post: “We are in the post-crash cycle in crypto, and that has made the sector interesting to me again. Prices are way down and there is a lot of great work being done on projects we are invested in and projects we want to invest in.” That&rsq
  
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• Facebook Plans Cryptocurrency Launch in First Half of 2019: NYT Report

  28-02-2019 19:43
  A report from the New York Times says plans to launch a cryptocurrency product in the first half of 2019.
  
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• The Crypto Frenzy Is Creating A New Generation Of Investors In Asia

  28-02-2019 19:35 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The cryptocurrency frenzy of these past years has created a new generation of investors in Asia, according to new data released by investing platform eToro. 73% of new investors that joined eToro globally in 2017 and 2018 purchased crypto. Of these investors, 11% have since gone on to invest in other assets including stocks, commodities […]
  The post The Crypto Frenzy Is Creating A New Generation Of Investors In Asia appeared first on Coinjournal.
  
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• JP Morgan Is Quietly Testing Cutting-Edge Ethereum Privacy Tech

  28-02-2019 19:30
  Fresh off its big reveal of JPM Coin, the megabank is quietly testing a cutting-edge form of ethereum privacy tech.
  
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• No.2 cryptocurrency Ethereum faces software 'fork'; lower supply seen - Reuters

  28-02-2019 19:25 via reuters.com
  No.2 cryptocurrency Ethereum faces software 'fork'; lower supply seen  ReutersLONDON (Reuters) - Ethereum, the world's second biggest cryptocurrency, was set on Thursday for major software upgrades that traders and analysts predicted ...
  
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• No.2 cryptocurrency Ethereum faces software 'fork'; lower supply seen - Yahoo Finance

  28-02-2019 19:22 via finance.yahoo.com
  No.2 cryptocurrency Ethereum faces software 'fork'; lower supply seen  Yahoo FinanceEthereum, the world's second biggest cryptocurrency, was set on Thursday for major software upgrades that traders and analysts predicted would significantly ...
  
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• Facebook Secretly Talking with Bitcoin Exchanges about Listing its WhatsApp Cryptocurrency

  28-02-2019 19:13
  Facebook’s blockchain team has made a significant amount of progress on its secretive cryptocurrency project since Bloomberg first reported that the company was building a dollar-pegged stablecoin. So much progress, in fact, that you may soon find the WhatsApp-focused cryptocurrency listed on a bitcoin exchange near you. Facebook Has Already Met with Bitcoin Exchanges to Discuss its WhatsApp Token According to The New York Times, Facebook has already quietly met with multiple bitcoin excha
  
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• Ripple (XRP) Volumes More than Doubled in Feb, Prices in Range Mode

  28-02-2019 19:00 via newsbtc.com
  Ripple (XRP) prices in range mode
  Miguel Vias of XRP Market put to an end bribing rumors
  Transactional volumes in an uptrendAlthough it is overwhelmingly bullish that CoinBase Pro now supports XRP trading pairs, bribing rumors is a stain. Miguel Vias of XRP Markets took to twitter stating that the listing was an independent CoinBase decision. All the same, Ripple (XRP) is in consolidation above 30 cents.
  Ripple Price Analysis
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• A Majority of Economists Believe the US is Headed for Recession in 2021

  28-02-2019 18:50
  In a recent survey, most business economists believe the U.S. will fall into recession by 2021. Days after the market euphoria over a ceasefire in the ongoing trade war between China and the U.S., a new study has suggested that things might not really be so rosy for the U.S. economy moving forward. In fact, half of the business economists who were questioned believe that the U.S. economy will officially fall into a recession by 2020. This figure goes up to around 75 percent in relation to the po
  
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• Platform Allows Users to Access Numerous Exchanges Via One Trading Terminal

  28-02-2019 18:30 via cointelegraph.com
  A Ukrainian startup has created a terminal that handles trading on several exchanges via one platform #SPONSORED
  
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• Crypto Terminal Allows Traders to Build Automated Strategies and Access Multiple Exchanges

  28-02-2019 18:30 via cointelegraph.com
  A startup is offering a crypto trading terminal that allows users to build strategies using a simple drag-and-drop interface, as well as access to an array of exchanges #SPONSORED
  
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• Voyager to Acquire Wallet Platform Ethos.io for $4 Million

  28-02-2019 18:29
  The deal is expected to be closed by the end of March.
  
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• New York Times: Facebook Reportedly Shopping ‘Facebook Coin’ to Crypto Exchanges

  28-02-2019 18:17 via cointelegraph.com
  According to anonymous sources, Facebook is planning to create a crypto-powered payment systems operating from within one, united messaging system
  
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• Will Bitcoin (BTC) Collapse Because of Feb 24 Sell Off?

  28-02-2019 18:11 via newsbtc.com
  Bitcoin prices in range mode
  LocalCoinSwap launches a service allowing buying or selling of crypto without KYC
  Transactional volumes shrink to 15k in the last four days.Fiat—crypto on-ramps are indispensable liquidity doors. Enthusiasts and investors now have an option to buy or sell crypto without KYC. All the same, it is until prices race above $4,500 is when we expect prices to rally towards $6,000.
  Bitcoin Price Analysis
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  In a largely unregulated environment, regulators ar
  
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• Putin Sets July Deadline For Cryptocurrency Law in Russia - Bitcoinist

  28-02-2019 18:03 via bitcoinist.com
  Putin Sets July Deadline For Cryptocurrency Law in Russia  BitcoinistRussia's long-running cryptocurrency regulation saga may soon be at an end as Vladimir Putin has ordered a deadline of 1st July 2019 for the approval of ...
  
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• R.L. Bryer (Pittsburgh Hodlr) Interview

  28-02-2019 18:00
  R.L. Bryer, also known as The Pittsburgh Hodlr, is among the early Bitcoin adopters who decided to remain low key. According to his story, he stumbled upon Satoshi’s invention in 2009, and remained interested in cryptocurrencies to the extent that he became one of the first Litecoin adopters, and ended up making up for his silence by writing a book.
  Everyone who wants to know a little more about Mr. Bryer’s experiences can purchase the Kindle version of “Blockchain: Project Ren
  
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• Square’s Surging Bitcoin Business Will Restore Confidence in Crypto

  28-02-2019 17:58
  Square, the $31 billion payments giant, processed over $166 million in Bitcoin purchases throughout 2018. Square Bitcoin Revenue Eclipses $50 Million in Q4 According to the firm’s Q4 shareholder letter, Square processed the sale of $52.4 million in Bitcoin in the fourth quarter of last year, up nearly two-fold from its previous quarter. The relatively high Bitcoin sales figure from Square follows an annual report released by Grayscale, a subsidiary of Digital Currency Group, which revealed
  
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• Let’s reminisce about 2014’s bizarre cryptocurrency market - The Next Web

  28-02-2019 17:56 via thenextweb.com
  Let’s reminisce about 2014’s bizarre cryptocurrency market  The Next WebTake a deep breathe and close your eyes for a moment. Katy Perry's new, inspiring smash-hit, “Roar,” is playing on the radio. Open your eyes. Go catch a movie, ...
  
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• Dow Struggles as US Stock Market Wrestles with Cooling Trump Economy

  28-02-2019 17:30
  The Dow and wider U.S. stock market struggled for direction Thursday after talks between President Donald Trump and North Korea’s Kim Jong Un ended abruptly, raising the specter of a new confrontation with the hermit kingdom. Better than expected GDP data failed to stoke investor optimism after it became apparent that economic growth had slowed considerably from the first half of 2018. Dow Struggles to Hold Above 26,000 All of Wall Street’s major indexes struggled, as the Dow Jones I
  
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• South Africa’s Standard Bank to Launch Permissioned Blockchain for Overseas Exchange Services

  28-02-2019 17:16 via cointelegraph.com
  The Standard Bank of South Africa has announced the upcoming launch of its private permissioned blockchain for overseas exchange trades
  
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• Crypto Brokerage Firm Voyager From Uber’s Former CTO Acquires Wallet Startup Ethos

  28-02-2019 17:10 via cointelegraph.com
  Crypto wallet startup Ethos is being acquired by Voyager Digital, a crypto brokerage firm co-founded by a former CTO of Uber
  
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• Pundi X’s New Phone Can Switch Between Blockchain and Android

  28-02-2019 17:05
  Pundi X unveiled new specifications for its blockchain phone, which will feature dual operating systems to support both Android apps and dapps.
  
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• Tesla’s Catastrophic Debt Addiction Should Terrify Investors

  28-02-2019 16:25
  Tesla investors should be nervous right now. The company faces a looming $1 billion debt deadline on Friday. The repayment will wipe out a third of Tesla’s cash reserves instantly. But it gets worse. Tesla is reportedly about to take on a further $2 billion in loans to fund its new gigafactory in China. The situation is gloomier still. Elon Musk bought a mountain of Tesla shares with borrowed money. And he put up other TSLA shares as collateral. The company even admitted in a recent filing
  
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• Moon browser lets you shop online with crypto

  28-02-2019 16:15
  Recently, I was invited to be one of the judges for the Columbia Venture Competition where I had a chance to review ten blockchain startups that had been founded by Columbia University students and alums. The quality of the projects and the development stage varied a lot. However, there was one initiative that caught my eye – not because it was something overtly flashy and complicated, or because it featured some highly-advanced technology, as there are plenty of those. It grabbed my atten
  
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• Facebook Moderators Suffer PTSD, Turn to Guns, Sex, Weed For Solace

  28-02-2019 16:03
  Another week, and another black eye – two to be exact this time – for Facebook. The latest reveal includes privacy and workplace environments. The company is dealing with fallouts from two fronts. The first relates to a scathing report by The Verge. It details the work environment the company’s content moderators claim has forced them to do all kinds of inappropriate things, including having sex in office stairwells. On a more horrid front,  if you could imagine what could
  
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• French President Says Blockchain Could Put Europe at ‘Vanguard’ of Innovation

  28-02-2019 16:00
  Emmanuel Macron has called for increased use of data technologies such as blockchain in the EU to benefit agriculture and consumers.
  
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