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• Bitcoin Hovers Over $3,850 as Most Top Cryptos See Losses

  02-03-2019 23:53 via cointelegraph.com
  Bitcoin hovers near the $3,850 mark as most top cryptos see losses
  
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• Asia Pacific Conservative Union Launches Blockchain Ecosystem to Fight Authoritarianism

  02-03-2019 22:50 via cointelegraph.com
  The Asia Pacific Conservative Union has launched the Liberty Ecosystem, a blockchain platform meant to fight authoritarianism
  
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• Crypto Trading Giant Circle Wants to Raise $250 Million in Funding – But Why?

  02-03-2019 22:18
  One of the world’s leading cryptocurrency startups, Circle, is seeking to raise $250 million according to sources directly involved with the initiative. Circle is the operator of the Poloniex cryptocurrency exchange, currently ranked 74 in the world by volume on Coinmarketcap. The firm acquired Poloniex for $400 million and also runs an institutional trading branch called Circle Trade. $246 Million Previously Raised Circle was valued at a formidable $3 billion at the time of its last fundi
  
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• Don’t Count Facebook’s Crypto Or JPM Coin Out, They Could Boost Bitcoin

  02-03-2019 22:00 via newsbtc.com
  At long last, incumbent corporations of legacy industries have begun to delve into cryptocurrencies, not just blockchain technologies. While Bitcoin (BTC) has continued to struggle, save for its relatively stellar performance over February, Wall Street darling JP Morgan and Silicon Valley’s Facebook have announced serious intentions to offer their own digital assets.
  Although the two multi-national enterprises seemingly have the best intentions, these offerings are inherently controversial
  
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• Obama’s Nobel Prize Should Be Stripped, Awarded to Donald Trump Instead

  02-03-2019 21:42
  President Donald Trump is scaling back military exercises in Korea, calmly and humorously building a rapport with the world’s youngest nuclear power, and making a remarkably hasty exit from Syria. He seems far more deserving of the Nobel Peace Prize than Barack Obama. Nobel Prize Committee Regrets 2009 Obama Award In 2015 Nobel Prize secretary Geir Lundestad said that Obama’s Nobel Peace Prize “didn’t achieve what ithad hoped for.” No Nobel Peace Prize award had eve
  
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• Trump at CPAC: ‘They’re Trying To Take You Out With Bullsh*t’

  02-03-2019 20:37
  US President Donald Trump reflected on his time in office during a speech at CPAC in National Harbor, Maryland, where he said that some of his own political hires have tried to take him out of office with “bullshit.”  Trump on Asking Russia to Get Clinton’s Emails: I Was Having Fun With The Audience Donald Trump harkened back to the campaign trail when he begged Russia to find the emails of former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton. “Please get us the emails,
  
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• QuadrigaCX Auditor: Most of $150m in Lost Crypto Has Been Drained, What Does This Mean for Investors?

  02-03-2019 20:30 via newsbtc.com
  The QuadrigaCX imbroglio took a turn yesterday when Big Four Auditing Firm, Ernst & Young (EY) released its “Third Report of the Monitor” that asserts that they have identified six separate crypto wallets were used to store the exchange’s cryptocurrency.
  Unfortunately for embattled QuadrigaCX investors, the wallets did not contain any of the nearly $150 million in cryptocurrency that is still missing following the death of the exchange’s CEO, and the hunt for this mis
  
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• Forget NYC: Amazon Should Invest HQ2 Money in Rural Georgia

  02-03-2019 19:50
  The small town of Toomsboro, Georgia has been on sale for a while now and is attracting some attention after an article noted that its $1.7 million list price was comparable to the cost of a single-family home in California’s San Francisco Bay area. Given that Amazon shelved its plans for the other half of HQ2 after being kicked out of New York City, Jeff Bezos and company should take the opportunity to put their dollars to work where development is needed most: rural America. Single House
  
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• Crypto Can Help Starving Artists Survive the Spotify Revolution

  02-03-2019 19:46
  Music is a vital part of our daily lives. Beats pouring out of speakers, headsets, and across crowds set the tone for much of our routine. Yet, we often demand free content from artists, never thinking of the work that went into making even the simplest song. Streaming platforms like Spotify have formed a bridge between piracy and traditional sales models, but artists who don’t bring in millions of views per month are unable to make minimum wage – much less live comfortably while pro
  
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• GoldFinX: Empowering Artisanal Gold Mining and Legitimizing Crypto

  02-03-2019 19:37
  Large corporations have always been “the most glamorous side” of the gold mining industry, equipped with machinery capable of emptying reserves at a frenetic pace while spending exorbitant budgets. Meanwhile, small-scale mining companies, the primary source of work for millions of people worldwide, subsist with limited funds, having to make use of extraction and refining methods that contaminate land, water, and put the health of their workers and the well-being of entire regions in
  
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• Why Accumulating Profits Is the New Way to Philanthropy Thanks to GoldFinX

  02-03-2019 19:30
  While some people claim that blockchain technology and cryptocurrencies have all the potential to replace the different types of assets and traditional currencies, the truth is that to date, resources such as gold continue to have a special prominence within the global economy. However, this leads to a seemingly contradictory scenario: Thanks to gold’s liquidity and reliability, entrepreneurs around the world bet on this metal to endow their investments with long-term stability. Meanwhile,
  
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• Crypto Tidbits: Ripple On Coinbase, Ethereum Constantinople Now Live, Facebook in Crypto

  02-03-2019 18:00 via newsbtc.com
  For the umpteenth week in a row, a viable argument can be made that the crypto industry saw a solid seven days. Save for one or two shortcomings, the news cycle remains more positive than not, while the Bitcoin price has continued to bounce around in a tight range. Funny enough, fundamentals have continued to drastically deviate from the market.Over the past seven days, Samsung confirmed the existence of a native crypto wallet, XRP was (finally) added to Coinbase, and Ethereum’s much-await
  
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• Bitcoin – the false narrative

  02-03-2019 18:00
  When a government wants to exercise greater control over some sphere, the narrative (or the framing of the argument) it is trying to set is important. Ceteris paribus, most human beings prefer less government involvement in their lives. When the now controversial USA Patriot Act was introduced in October 2001, just a few weeks had passed after the 9/11 attacks. The timing was perfect for the anti-terrorist narrative that was being spun by the George W. Bush administration.
  Momentarily, the natio
  
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• A Year Later Into The SEC’s Movement Into The Cryptocurrency Space And This Is What Happened - Bitcoin Exchange Guide

  02-03-2019 17:58
  A Year Later Into The SEC’s Movement Into The Cryptocurrency Space And This Is What Happened  Bitcoin Exchange GuideBack in March 2018, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) sent subpoenas to different cryptocurrency companies operating in the space.
  
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• Bitcoin is the ‘Elephant-Sized’ Investment Warren Buffett Should Make

  02-03-2019 17:30
  You could say Warren Buffett is loaded for bear. The “Oracle of Omaha” says he’d like to make permanent investments in U.S. companies with decent long term prospects, but not while the U.S. stock market is so overpriced. Maybe he should buy Bitcoin instead. Buffett Pines for ‘Elephant-Sized’ Acquisition In his 2019 annual letter to Berkshire shareholders, Buffett wrote: “In the years ahead, we hope to move much of our excess liquidity into businesses that Berk
  
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• Bernie Sanders and His $15 Wage Plan Won’t Help the Poor. Just Ask South Korea.

  02-03-2019 16:58
  U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders is running for president in 2020, and as expected, he is focusing his campaign on his signature $15 minimum wage initiative. However, contrary to what Bernie Bros think, a forced increase in basic wage could lead to a drastic decline in jobs growth, cripple small businesses, and trigger an overall slowdown in the economy. Just ask South Korea. South Korea Just Went Through the Bernie Sanders Basic Wage Initiative According to ABC News, Bernie Sanders will kick off the
  
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• Exclusive: Minds CEO Challenges Twitter’s Jack Dorsey to Walk the Walk on Bitcoin

  02-03-2019 16:15
  Minds.com CEO Bill Ottman recently appeared on the Joe Rogan Experience, where he talked about the importance of open source and decentralization. While these are subjects near and dear to his heart, they are more a vehicle for his true passion – building a social infrastructure that respects people’s rights. We caught up with Bill shortly after the podcast to talk about the growth Minds has experienced as a result of the appearance, as well as the recent forays into Bitcoin and cryp
  
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• Ethereum’s Core Dev Team Is Searching for a New Hard Fork Coordinator

  02-03-2019 15:53 via cointelegraph.com
  On Friday, the need for a new hard fork coordinator was discussed during an Ethereum core developer meeting
  
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• Bitcoin Haters Keep Calling Crypto Dead – It’s Really Stronger Than Ever

  02-03-2019 15:00
  Since 2011, mainstream media outlets, bank executives, economists, and other skeptics have gleefully proclaimed Bitcoin’s demise after every major correction from its all-time high. Bitcoin Will Keep Defying its Critics In the past ten years, Bitcoin has experienced five 85 percent corrections including the recent 14-month bear market. However, the dominant cryptocurrency has managed to survive each correction, achieving a new all-time high after every major drop and defying the critics. 2
  
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• Bitcoin Price Won’t Do Diddly Squat Until This Graph Reverses

  02-03-2019 13:25
  Public curiosity about cryptocurrency and bitcoin has declined bigly over the last year. Google Trends search interest over time for “cryptocurrency,” “bitcoin,” and “bitcoin price” queries is respectively 26%, 36%, and 29% of what it was last March. Google doesn’t publish the number of searches, but that is a massive drop off from whatever number of searches these terms were getting a year ago. Google Trends “Cryptocurrency” Interest Over Ti
  
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• Blockstream Releases Upgrade of Its Bitcoin Lightning Network Implementation

  02-03-2019 12:31 via cointelegraph.com
  A new version of Bitcoin scalability software c-lightning has been released by blockchain development company Blockstream
  
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• Monero miner Coinhive is closing down because of the cryptocurrency 'crash' - BetaNews

  02-03-2019 12:15
  Monero miner Coinhive is closing down because of the cryptocurrency 'crash'  BetaNewsCoinhive -- the controversial Monero mining *service* -- has announced that it is closing down. The decision to shut up shop has been partly blamed on the ...
  
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• $100 Bills Thrive in Underground Economy, Circulation Spikes to $1.2 Trillion

  02-03-2019 12:15
  The $100 bill – also known as the Benjamin or the C-note – now enjoys a higher circulation than even the $1 bill, the CNBC reports. Per Federal Reserve data there are now over 12 billion $100 bills in circulation around the globe. According to Torsten Slok, the chief international economist at Deutsche Bank, this number has doubled in the last decade. Slok believes that the demand for the C-note could be driven by demand in the underground economy. Additionally, the demand could be o
  
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• Bitcoin Evolution For Smart People Interested in Cryptocurrency - Thrive Global

  02-03-2019 12:01
  Bitcoin Evolution For Smart People Interested in Cryptocurrency  Thrive GlobalI have been approached by so many people who are looking to diversify their investment options with a request that I show them how to trade in bitcoins. Having ...
  
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• Will Fiat-Backed Stablecoins Pass Legal Muster With the SEC and CFTC?

  02-03-2019 12:00
  As stablecoins see greater capital inflows and adoption, regulators will likely take a harder look at their compliance status.
  
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• The list of Bitcoin millionaires: Rapper 50 Cents joins the cryptocurrency millionaire list but there is a problem - Smartereum

  02-03-2019 11:40
  The list of Bitcoin millionaires: Rapper 50 Cents joins the cryptocurrency millionaire list but there is a problem  SmartereumUpdate: 50 Cent admits in bankruptcy document that he never actually owned any bitcoin. For future reference: 50 Cent apparently doesn't deny reports that ...
  
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• IOTA price predictions 2019: The cryptocurrency to look upwards (IOTA Forecast) IOTA news today -IOTA Cryptocurrency News - Smartereum

  02-03-2019 11:23
  IOTA price predictions 2019: The cryptocurrency to look upwards (IOTA Forecast) IOTA news today -IOTA Cryptocurrency News  SmartereumIOTA price predictions 2019: IOTA has captured the attention of many cryptocurrency investors. Many investors are asking whether or not to invest in IOTA?
  
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• Long the Bankers! Why Security Tokens Need Trusted Middlemen

  02-03-2019 11:00
  Ami Ben David argues that the security token sector is not about replacing trusted middlemen. Rather, it needs them to support trust in the assets.
  
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• Spain is the Healthiest Country in the World; Cuba Trumps the US

  02-03-2019 10:04
  A few surprises to come out of Bloomberg’s Healthiest Countries report this year. Great news for those of you who dig olive oil, rice, and octopus. Not so much if you’re into calzone or spaghetti bolognese. Oh, and if Chipotle is your go-to meal source, beware–the U.S. and Mexico dropped a few spots this year to rank 35th and 53rd respectively. These are the world's healthiest countries:1. Spain2. Italy3. Iceland4. Japan5. Switzerland 35. U.S.https://t.co/EZmH07r93S — Blo
  
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• February Crypto Roundup: Maker, Binance Coin and EOS on Fire While Tron and XRP Lost Out

  02-03-2019 10:00 via newsbtc.com
  February has been a rare month of gains for crypto markets. It is only the third month markets have ended higher since the bear market began. Total market capitalization has been up trending during February following losses the previous month. Starting out at $113 billion crypto markets climbed 14% and ended the month at $129 billion. They reached a two month high of $144 billion on the 24th but this could not be sustained.
  Total market cap, February 2019
  Bitcoin’s chart for February mirro
  
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• Crypto Market Wrap: BNB Flippening as Binance Coin Jumps Tron, Stellar Next

  02-03-2019 08:00 via newsbtc.com
  Crypto markets are still stagnant on Saturday; Zero movement on the majors, Binance Coin still rolling, Litecoin waking up.
  Market Wrap
  As we begin the weekend crypto markets are looking a little more buoyant but movement is still thin on the ground. A couple of the altcoins are making good progress which has kept total market capitalization above $130 billion for the time being.
  Bitcoin, which has been pretty inactive all week, yet again touched resistance at $3,900 before pulling back. The mov
  
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• British Broadcasters Battle Netflix for the Future of Television

  02-03-2019 07:51
  The world is enamored with Netflix and this hasn’t gone unnoticed in the U.K. where the two leading TV companies have come together to create a competitor for the American powerhouse. While this might appear a strange partnership at first glance, it actually makes a lot of sense when looked at from the point of view of the two British broadcasters Fighting Back Against Netflix Dominance The motivation for the creation of Britbox is many-fold, but one key driver must have been the BBC&rsquo
  
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• Block Society, the First Cryptocurrency Advising Firm Registered with the SEC, Will Ensure Safe Investments - CryptoVibes

  02-03-2019 07:49
  Block Society, the First Cryptocurrency Advising Firm Registered with the SEC, Will Ensure Safe Investments  CryptoVibesIt has become increasingly difficult to trust your own eyes – or to put that trust in a third-party when investing in cryptocurrencies. Block Society, the first ...
  
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• Russia’s Renewed Cryptocurrency Hope to Push New Blockchain Reforms: Will it Succeed this Time? - Bitcoin Exchange Guide

  02-03-2019 07:48
  Russia’s Renewed Cryptocurrency Hope to Push New Blockchain Reforms: Will it Succeed this Time?  Bitcoin Exchange GuideRussia is well known for their single minded approach to a solution. However, on this occasion there seems to be insurmountable obstacles. In fact, the crypto ...
  
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• Indian Government Confirms Cryptocurrency Regulation in Final Stages - Bitcoin News

  02-03-2019 07:09
  Indian Government Confirms Cryptocurrency Regulation in Final Stages  Bitcoin NewsThe government of India has told the country's supreme court that the committee tasked with drafting crypto regulation is in the final stages of deliberations.
  
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• 5 Biggest Reasons to Choose Lyft IPO Over Uber in 2019

  02-03-2019 03:59
  The big debate amongst IPO investors right now is whether they prefer Uber or Lyft. Both companies might appear to offer practically the same services, but when you get into the details things become less clear. Lyft is technically a “unicorn” with a valuation at over $1 billion, and Friday’s IPO included a lot of interesting information. Utilizing these new stats and some existing information, here are five big reasons why Lyft is a significant threat to Uber. 1. Lyft is focus
  
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• No, Facebook's 'FaceCoin' Will Be Nothing Like Bitcoin (Or Even a Cryptocurrency) - Bitcoinist

  02-03-2019 03:03
  No, Facebook's 'FaceCoin' Will Be Nothing Like Bitcoin (Or Even a Cryptocurrency)  BitcoinistFacebook’s Digital Coin Is Another Knock Against the Dream of Cryptocurrency  Barron'sFacebook might launch a cryptocurrency in the first half of 2019  MashableGet ready for a Facebook-sponsored cryptocurrency  Ars TechnicaHere's what we know about Facebook's big, secretive push into cryptocurrency  Business InsiderView full coverage on Google News
  
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• Report: QuadrigaCX Wallets Have Been Empty, Unused Since April

  02-03-2019 02:51 via cointelegraph.com
  According to a new report from Ernst & Young, six wallets used by QuadrigaCX have been largely dormant since April 2018
  
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• QuadrigaCX Wallet Have Been Empty, Unused Since April 2018, Ernst and Young Finds

  02-03-2019 02:51 via cointelegraph.com
  According to a new report from Ernst & Young, six wallets used by QuadrigaCX have been largely dormant since April 2018
  
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• Here’s What Skeptics of Tesla’s $35,000 Model 3 Aren’t Saying

  02-03-2019 02:51
  Over at CNN Business, they’re asking: is this week’s arrival of a $35,000 Tesla Model 3 “too little, too late?” How did they come up with such a negative question to ask about the Tesla Model 3? Despite the six to nine month waiting list for a new Tesla, which is down from prior wait times of 12 to 18 months, people are still lining up with a $1,000 cash deposit to wait months for the electric vehicle: “Tesla said the new wait time for both its long-range and d
  
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• Major Saudi ATM Provider Partners With Blockchain Identity Platform

  02-03-2019 01:51 via cointelegraph.com
  Saudi ATM provider Alhamrani Universal and blockchain firm ShoCard will develop an ATM powered by blockchain and biometrics
  
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• Bitcoin price update: trend still undecided?

  02-03-2019 01:11
  Bitcoin’s price still continues to bounce around the $3,000-4,000 range, failing to provide a convincing upswing to signal a definite new trend. However, the price has seen a bit more movement lately than during the prior days of intense consolidation.
  Let’s see what else the charts have to say on the matter:
  1-week chart
  Image Courtesy: Tradingview.com
  Bitcoin’s weekly chart (each candle represents one week) shows price in a possible support and resistance range (white lines),
  
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• Bitcoin Trades Flat Below $3,900 After BTC Forms First Green Monthly Candle Since July of 2018

  02-03-2019 01:00 via newsbtc.com
  Following many months of consistent downturn, Bitcoin has finally been able to form its first green candle on its monthly chart. Despite this, BTC is continuing to trade sideways today, and has continued to struggle to break above $3,900 after experiencing increased levels of volatility last weekend.
  One analyst is quick to point out that Bitcoin has not incurred any major volume increase over the past month, despite its climb in price.
  Bitcoin Forms First Green Monthly Candle in Eight Months
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• Binance Offers Token Rewards for Testing New Decentralized Platform

  02-03-2019 00:58 via cointelegraph.com
  Binance is offering $100,000 in rewards for testing its recently launched decentralized trading platform Binance DEX
  
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• Federal Reserve Bank Stands Prepared to Study ‘Collapse of the Bitcoin Market’

  02-03-2019 00:46
  When the Federal Reserve conducts stress tests to measure risk in the U.S. financial markets, it may study “extraordinary” events like a “collapse in the Bitcoin market.” Indeed, the U.S. central bank has recognized Bitcoin as potentially being a “salient risk” to the market at-large. Since the 2009 Great Recession, the Federal Reserve has been constantly on the prowl for detecting where the next economic meltdown might occur. Congress and the Obama Administra
  
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• Crypto Winter Bites as EOS Faces Lagging Blockchain Development

  02-03-2019 00:28
  Development on $3.3 billion cryptocurrency EOS has slowed to an absolute crawl, and it’s not the only smart contract platform where GitHub commits have plunged in recent months. Major Crypto Blockchains See Reduced Commits According to data from Longhash, development on EOS, Ethereum, and Tron has drastically slowed over the past three months. If we consider the holiday month of December, where it is well-known that development virtually everywhere slows down, there are still two full
  
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• Search into missing cryptocurrency turns up empty 'cold wallets:' Report - The Province

  02-03-2019 00:21
  Search into missing cryptocurrency turns up empty 'cold wallets:' Report  The ProvinceA report released late Friday by court-appointed monitor Ernst and Young offered few answers for the firm's users — owed nearly $260 million in cash and ...
  
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• $100 Million Short: QuadrigaCX Audit Can’t Account for 26K Missing Bitcoin

  02-03-2019 00:19
  QuadrigaCX's court-appointed monitor has finally provided blockchain addresses for the exchange's cold bitcoin wallets. They're nearly empty.
  
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• #DeleteCoinbaseTrustChain is the new #DeleteFacebook

  02-03-2019 00:17
  If you go on Twitter and look for the #DeleteCoinbaseTrustChain, you will find many disillusioned cryptocurrency enthusiasts who condemn the expansion decisions of industry giant Coinbase. More specifically, it’s due to the acquisition of shady (and historically unethical and malevolent) cyber security company Neutrino, which has deep roots in the Hacking Team project.
  Until the second half of 2017, cryptocurrenct exchange Coinbase was considered to be among the most honest and trusty play
  
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• Securities Lawsuit Against Ripple to Stay in Federal Court

  02-03-2019 00:07 via cointelegraph.com
  According to a recent court ruling, an ongoing class action suit against Ripple should stay in federal court
  
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