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• WTF: WowAir Tailspin Threatens to Tank Iceland’s Economy

  30-03-2019 23:00
  Wow Air, a budget airline launched in 2012, targeted younger travel audiences with ultra-cheap airfare with minimal additions. The company struggled for the last two years, hemorrhaging nearly $45 million between July 2017 and June 2018. Now, their bankruptcy threatens to ripple through Iceland’s entire economy. Wow Air Bankruptcy Could Cripple Iceland’s GDP, Tank Krona According to a local government task force, Wow Air’s bankruptcy could impact Iceland’s GDP by 3 percen
  
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• WTF: Wow Air Tailspin Threatens to Tank Iceland’s Economy

  30-03-2019 23:00
  Wow Air, a budget airline launched in 2012, targeted younger travel audiences with ultra-cheap airfare with minimal additions. The company struggled for the last two years, hemorrhaging nearly $45 million between July 2017 and June 2018. Now, their bankruptcy threatens to ripple through Iceland’s entire economy. Wow Air Bankruptcy Could Cripple Iceland’s GDP, Tank Krona According to a local government task force, Wow Air’s bankruptcy could impact Iceland’s GDP by 3 percen
  
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• Binance CEO says excessive printing of fiat will lead to cryptocurrency market surge - AMBCrypto News

  30-03-2019 22:01
  Binance CEO says excessive printing of fiat will lead to cryptocurrency market surge  AMBCrypto NewsThe core principle behind the rise of the decentralized currency world is the need for financial freedom. The ability to control one's money is at the...
  
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• The “Conservative” Case For A Bitcoin (BTC) Rally To $50,000

  30-03-2019 22:00 via newsbtc.com
  While the value of Bitcoin remains down in the dumps, so to speak, its believers still have stars in their eyes. Many crypto investors are adamant that their holdings will eventually retest their all-time highs, prior to another jaw-dropping rally.
  And while countless cynics have begged to differ, these hopes were validated recently with an extremely optimistic, yet potentially rational tweet from Ryan Selkis, the chief executive of Messari.
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• Facebook’s Cryptocurrency Won’t Let You Buy Your Privacy Back - CCN

  30-03-2019 21:30
  Facebook’s Cryptocurrency Won’t Let You Buy Your Privacy Back  CCNWhatever it does, Facebok's secretive cryptocurrency won't let users buy their privacy back - and it could end up doing quite the opposite.
  
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• Facebook’s Cryptocurrency Won’t Let You Buy Your Privacy Back

  30-03-2019 21:30
  Facebook is moving into cryptocurrency, aiming to create some type of stablecoin that will make it possible for users within its gargantuan network to transfer value to each other. Why Facebook doesn’t simply use an existing cryptocurrency is, of course, a mystery. Facebook’s Not Going Full Crypto Perhaps it fears to open the minds of users too much: from cryptocurrency they might graduate to better social media platforms, like Minds.com. What will the real value of another token peg
  
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• Bithumb cryptocurrency exchange hacked a third time in two years - ZDNet

  30-03-2019 21:28
  Bithumb cryptocurrency exchange hacked a third time in two years  ZDNetHackers believed to have made off with nearly $20 million in EOS and Ripple cryptocurrencies.
  
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• Appropriate time in the future exploit commercially valuable IPs in cryptocurrency industry - The Cryptocurrency Analytics

  30-03-2019 21:26
  Appropriate time in the future exploit commercially valuable IPs in cryptocurrency industry  The Cryptocurrency Analytics“People who have been going on with their business properly have nothing to worry about at all.” Despite the huge potential of the cryptocurrency industry, ...
  
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• Japan’s Largest Railway Company Considers New Crypto Payment System for Transport Cards

  30-03-2019 20:13 via cointelegraph.com
  The largest railway company in Japan is considering adding cryptocurrency as a payment option for its transport cards
  
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• ‘Weapon of Mass Infection’ Malware Targeting Cryptocurrency and Banking Apps - BitcoinerX

  30-03-2019 20:00
  ‘Weapon of Mass Infection’ Malware Targeting Cryptocurrency and Banking Apps  BitcoinerXA new malware on Android devices dubbed Gustuff is targeting over 130 banking and cryptocurrency exchange apps.
  
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• 2nd Brexit Referendum Would Prove Theresa May Failed & Tories Lied

  30-03-2019 20:00
  Theresa May has said on multiple occasions she won’t back a second Brexit referendum. The reason? She believes it would be an affront to democracy. Without putting too fine a point on it, this just isn’t true. The reason she won’t call a referendum is that it would be admitting that she failed – and the Conservative party lied. The Brexit Referendum and the £350 Million Elephant in the Room How could requiring more input from the British People be un-democratic? Bec
  
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• EOS Slide 4.7 Percent, Prices Reacting to BitHumb Heist?

  30-03-2019 19:59 via newsbtc.com
  EOS down 4.7 prices in last day but bullish
  Three million EOS are missing from BitHumb’s hot wallets.$12.5 million worth of BitHumb’s EOS are missing, but other exchanges are taking assisting in recovery. In response, EOS prices are down 4.7 percent in the last day in an adjustment of Mar 28-29 overvaluation.
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  For the second time, BitHumb, the South Korean exchange, which claims to be ISMS certified and applying multi-signature withdrawal scheme is onc
  
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• $20 Million Bithumb Hack Exposes Alarming Threat to Bitcoin Exchanges

  30-03-2019 19:45
  Bithumb, the largest bitcoin exchange in South Korea alongside Upbit, has been hacked for around $20 million. The company said that user funds stored in crypto cold storage wallets were not hacked, but corporate funds were moved. Bithumb Hack Likely an Inside Job Cold storage wallets refer to offline wallets that are not connected to the internet that major exchanges utilize to eliminate the vulnerability of user funds in potential security breaches. In a surprising turn of events, Bithumb discl
  
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• BitStamp, Bitso Ripple (XRP) Volumes Spike, Will Prices Follow Suit?

  30-03-2019 19:22 via newsbtc.com
  Ripple prices up 1.3 percentVolumes surge as xRapid benefits flowBitstamp, Bitso, and Coins.Ph XRP related volumes are surging. As a results, it could support Ripple (XRP) prices as xRapid is now commercially available. Now that prices are steady in a bullish arrangement, it is likely that prices will break higher towards 40 cents as our trade conditions come to live.
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  We are in the early stages of a remittance revolution. Banks changing their time-tested syste
  
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• Crypto Tidbits: DragonEx Hacked For Bitcoin, VanEck ETF Delayed, Facebook Blockchain Hiring Spree

  30-03-2019 19:00 via newsbtc.com
  Another week, another Crypto Tidbits. In spite of the constant stream of bullish tweets from CNBC’s social media team, the crypto industry steadily chugged higher over the past week. Bitcoin surmounted $4,000, as a number of cryptocurrencies, like Cardano and EOS, posted staggering gains.
  Fundamentally, the industry was also strong. In fact, Flipside Crypto’s FCAS 25 index, which tracks the health of leading digital assets, neared its all-time high, as we reported previously. Maybe,
  
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• Top 5 Crypto Performers Overview: Tezos, Cardano, EOS, Binance Coin, Neo

  30-03-2019 18:31 via cointelegraph.com
  In another hack on the Bithumb exchange, more than 3 million EOS was transferred out from the exchange’s hot wallet. Let’s see how the price is reacting to this news
  
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• Crypto Clash: OmiseGo Denies $150 Million Acquisition, Slams Report as Fake News

  30-03-2019 18:30
  The founder of Omise — the company behind the OmiseGo cryptocurrency — denied reports that his Ethereum-based payments platform was acquired for $150 million by Charoen Pokphand Group, Thailand’s largest private company. Omise Founder Demands Retraction Jun Hasegawa issued an angry denial on Twitter, where he accused the crypto news website The Block of pushing fake news. Hasegawa also threatened to take legal action if a correction/retraction isn’t issued. Hasegawa has n
  
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• Bitcoin (BTC) Above $4,000 But Swedbank is now “restrictive” to Crypto

  30-03-2019 18:17 via newsbtc.com
  Bitcoin price stable and bullish
  Swedbank says crypto tools of money laundering and terrorist financing
  Transaction volumes low despite recovering pricesIronically, Swedbank is now restrictive to cryptocurrency transactions because they want to prevent “money laundering and terrorist financing.” That’s after their publicized involvement in a $151 billion money laundering scandal. All in all, Bitcoin (BTC) prices are on up, trading above a main resistance trend line.
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• PwC is Top Recruiter for Blockchain-Related Jobs on Indeed, Big 4 Auditing Firms Follow

  30-03-2019 18:10 via cointelegraph.com
  The top recruiter for blockchain-related jobs on recruitment platform Indeed is big four auditing firm PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC)
  
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• Cryptocurrency This Week: Supreme Court Sets Next Hearing In July, Coindelta Shuts Down And More - Inc42 Media

  30-03-2019 17:50
  Cryptocurrency This Week: Supreme Court Sets Next Hearing In July, Coindelta Shuts Down And More  Inc42 MediaWhile cryptocurrency exchange Coindelta ceases operations, Supreme Court has now ordered to list the crypto case in the second week of July. Read more.
  
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• Bitcoin Stays Near $4,100 as Top Cryptos See Mixed Movements

  30-03-2019 17:11 via cointelegraph.com
  Bitcoin is staying near $4,100 as the top 20 cryptocurrencies are reporting mixed movements on the day
  
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• Analytics Firm Says Cryptocurrency Market is Stronger Than a Year Ago - BTCNN

  30-03-2019 17:03
  Analytics Firm Says Cryptocurrency Market is Stronger Than a Year Ago  BTCNNIn a bid to ascertain the health of the cryptocurrency industry instead of relying just on the prices of these assets, Flipside Crypto has used its.
  
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• Former IBM and Cisco Executive Tom Noonan to Join Bakkt as Chairman of Board

  30-03-2019 16:29 via cointelegraph.com
  Former cybersecurity expert at IBM, Cisco and Endgame Tom Noonan will become the chairman of Bakkt’s board of directors
  
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• 86% of Cryptocurrency Exchanges are Operating without Regulatory Licenses - Crypto Economy

  30-03-2019 16:00
  86% of Cryptocurrency Exchanges are Operating without Regulatory Licenses  Crypto EconomyIn a recent report by London-based regulatory technology (Reg-tech) company Coinfirm, only 14% of more than 200 cryptocurrency exchanges are actually ...
  
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• Bitcoin Rally Coming: Crypto Bear Market Ended in Jan 2018, Says Analyst

  30-03-2019 15:58
  On Friday, economist and global markets analyst Alex Krüger ‏said that the crypto bear market has been over for more than three months and if bitcoin breaks out of the $4,200 resistance level, it will mark the end of the 15-month bear trend. “The crypto bear market has been over for three months now. BTC breaking above 4200 will mark the end of the bear trend that started in January 2018. Going to miss this big fellow,” Krüger said. Throughout the past three months, the
  
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• Bitcoin (BTC) Price Following Steady Uptrend, Dips Remain Attractive

  30-03-2019 15:51 via newsbtc.com
  Bitcoin price climbed higher and broke the $4,100 resistance area against the US Dollar.
  The price corrected lower recently, but the $4,040 level acted as a strong support.
  There is a crucial ascending channel in place with support at $4,060 on the hourly chart of the BTC/USD pair (data feed from Kraken).
  The pair remains supported on the downside and it could bounce back above $4,100 in the near term.Bitcoin price is following a steady uptrend above $4,000 against the US Dollar. BTC corrected
  
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• Speak Out: Discussing The Leading Names In Crypto

  30-03-2019 15:45 via cointelegraph.com
  Who is the most influential person in crypto and why? Reply!
  
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• [Not Surprisingly], a U.S. Bank Bans Customers From Buying Bitcoin

  30-03-2019 15:19 via newsbtc.com
  Regions Financial Corporation has barred its customers from purchasing cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin.
  The US-based bank and financial service clarified in its 2018 bank deposit agreement that it reserved the right to “return or decline to pay” for items related to “decentralized, non-fiat virtual currencies, cryptocurrency or another digital currency or money that relies on distributed ledger or blockchain.”2018 Regions Bank Deposit Agreement pic.twitter.com/mDtEr5T1ep
  
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• Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s Humiliating Favorability Score Shouldn’t Shock You

  30-03-2019 14:00
  So AOC is the progressives’ rising star? The Democratic party’s savior in 2020 elections and beyond? To borrow a phrase from President Trump, that’s some “ridiculous bull****” and political spin from lying Democrats. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) is viewed negatively by a plurality of Americans, and it should be no surprise given that the clueless freshman representative espouses arrogant and condescending far-left socialist views in the most successful capit
  
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• SEC Crypto Mom: ‘Dismissive’ U.S. Regulators Miss the Point of Cryptocurrency - CCN

  30-03-2019 13:58
  SEC Crypto Mom: ‘Dismissive’ U.S. Regulators Miss the Point of Cryptocurrency  CCNHester Peirce, who is affectionately known as Crypto Mom by the community, admitted that regulators have missed the mark on crypto.
  
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• SEC Crypto Mom: ‘Dismissive’ U.S. Regulators Miss the Point of Cryptocurrency

  30-03-2019 13:57
  If ever there was a canary in the regulatory coal mine, it’s Crypto Mom. U.S. SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce, who is affectionately known as Crypto Mom by the community, admitted that regulators, who have so far denied a bitcoin ETF, have missed the mark on crypto. In a sit-down interview with crypto and blockchain journalist Laura Shin, Peirce appears to suggest that crypto’s potential has been stifled by a narrow-minded SEC that refuses to embrace change. She places the fate of a b
  
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• Elections in India may hurt the state of cryptocurrency in the country | Cryptopolitan - Cryptopolitan

  30-03-2019 13:27
  Elections in India may hurt the state of cryptocurrency in the country | Cryptopolitan  CryptopolitanThe general elections in India are near and they will occur in seven phases. The elections will start on 11th April 2019 to 19 May 2019. After four days of.
  
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• Litecoin (LTC) Surges Higher Above $162 Anchoring The Cryptocurrency Market In Today's Bull Run Litecoin Price Prediction 2019: Litecoin (LTC) Surges Higher Above $162 Anchoring The Cryptocurrency Market In Today's Bull Run - Litecoin Technical Analysis -

  30-03-2019 13:15
  Litecoin (LTC) Surges Higher Above $162 Anchoring The Cryptocurrency Market In Today's Bull Run Litecoin Price Prediction 2019: Litecoin (LTC) Surges Higher Above $162 Anchoring The Cryptocurrency Market In Today's Bull Run - Litecoin Technical Analysis  SmartereumLitecoin is informally called the digital silver and referred to as the silver to Bitcoin's gold. Since the beginning of 2019, people have stopped asking how low will ...
  
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• Bithumb Hacked Again: $13 Million in EOS, 20 Million XRP On the Move

  30-03-2019 12:57
  Bithumb was hacked for the second time in less than a year as attackers managed to steal 3 million EOS coins and 20 million XRP. The subsequent laundering of the $21 million dollar haul was then tracked in real time by a twitter analyst, as the hacker swapped the tainted coins for other cryptocurrencies on non-KYC exchanges. Bithumb hacked again: 3 million EOS gone! The news broke late on Saturday morning (UST) as crypto entrepreneur and analyst Dovey Wan relayed reports apparently coming from a
  
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• Beware of the New Android Malware, 32 Cryptocurrency Apps and 100 International Banks are Targeted - CryptoNewsZ

  30-03-2019 12:35
  Beware of the New Android Malware, 32 Cryptocurrency Apps and 100 International Banks are Targeted  CryptoNewsZA new Trojan Horse malware is affecting the digital finance world. The Trojan Horse malware is targeting digital assets and fiat assets through Android phones.
  
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• OmiseGo Denies Acquisition by Thailand’s Biggest Private Company

  30-03-2019 12:27 via cointelegraph.com
  The recent rumors concerning the acquisition of Omise — the company behind OmiseGo (OMG) — have been denied by Hasegawa Jun, the firm’s founder
  
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• The Ultimate Irony of Crypto Trading

  30-03-2019 12:15
  Dave Weisberger, CEO of CoinRoutes, looks at some of the main inefficiencies of crypto markets, and how investors can navigate them.
  
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• WATCH: The Joy of Blockchain

  30-03-2019 12:00
  Bob Ross takes you on a magical tour through one of CoinDesk's favorite Consensus topics: education.
  
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• Crypto Exchange Bithumb Hacked for $13 Million in Suspected Insider Job

  30-03-2019 11:45
  South Korean crypto exchange Bithumb has had over $13 million in EOS stolen in a hack, but says customer funds are safe.
  
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• Alex Mashinsky on cryptocurrency condition and all things crypto | Cryptopolitan - Cryptopolitan

  30-03-2019 11:15
  Alex Mashinsky on cryptocurrency condition and all things crypto | Cryptopolitan  CryptopolitanAlex Mashinsky is an entrepreneur as well as the CEO and founder of the celsius Network. Aside from the Celsius Network, he is also the founder of many oth.
  
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• Apple Kills its AirPower Charging Mat to Do Something It’s Never Done Before

  30-03-2019 10:41
  Apple’s cancellation of its AirPower wireless charging pad product is a black eye to its innovation image. The move marks the first time a product rolled out during one of its famed launch events isn’t going to see the light of day. What’s going on here?! Apple chalked up the cancelation to it not being able to bring the product up to meeting its high standards. What does that say about what is supposed to be the world’s most innovative company? Add its lackluster launch
  
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• Coinbase Custody Launches Staking Program on Tezos

  30-03-2019 10:26
  Coinbase Custody’s 60 institutional clients, who currently store around $600 million on the platform, will be able to stake or “bake” Tezos (XTZ) from today forward. Staking or baking dividends are akin to interest in the regular world. By holding tokens and putting them up for stake, new blocks get minted. The larger your coin stash, the better your odds of finding a block. Earning Interest by Minting Blocks Proof-of-stake is one of two primary models for cryptocurrencies, the
  
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• Japan’s Largest E-Commerce Site Announces Cryptocurrency Exchange Launch Date - BeInCrypto

  30-03-2019 09:41
  Japan’s Largest E-Commerce Site Announces Cryptocurrency Exchange Launch Date  BeInCryptoRakuten, the Japan-based e-commerce corporation, has announced an official launch date for its newest addition — a cryptocurrency exchange.
  
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• Facebook Bitcoin Scammers Target Aussie Celebs to Con Investors

  30-03-2019 09:40
  Fraudsters and Facebook are profiting from scam ads featuring photos of popular Australian TV hosts that convince unwary Aussies to part with their cash and invest in bitcoin. You might expect this scam on an obscure internet chat room, maybe on the darknet, but nope, con-artists are using the world’s most popular social media platform and one of its biggest ad platforms to do it – and as far as Facebook is concerned it’s OK by them. The scammers doctored photos of TV presenter
  
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• Indian cryptocurrency exchange, Coindelta shuts down operations owing to country’s lack of crypto regulations - AMBCrypto News

  30-03-2019 09:32
  Indian cryptocurrency exchange, Coindelta shuts down operations owing to country’s lack of crypto regulations  AMBCrypto NewsThe lack of regulatory clarity on cryptocurrencies and the ban on cryptocurrency transactions by India's Reserve Bank of India led to one of the country's most ...
  
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• Crypto Exchange Bithumb Reportedly Hacked of Almost $19 Mln in EOS, XRP

  30-03-2019 09:25 via cointelegraph.com
  Bithumb has reported unusual withdrawal activity, saying they are working with law enforcement on the issue
  
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• Crypto Exchange Bithumb Reportedly Hacked

  30-03-2019 09:25 via cointelegraph.com
  Bithumb has reported unusual withdrawal activity, saying they are working with law enforcement on the issue
  
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• Amuse IEO Is Benefiting Participants from the Very First Second

  30-03-2019 08:41
  If there was a feeling that fundraising for crypto projects was getting more difficult, it would be worthwhile to know that BitTorrent raised a whopping $7.2 million in less than 15 minutes. Fetch. AI hit its hardcap of $6 million in just 22 seconds. What is happening here? Are we seeing the golden glory days of the ICOs? In all probability, yes. But these fundraising processes are different from ICOs and are called IEOs, or Initial Exchange Offerings. IEOs, it would seem, have brought the fun b
  
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• Cryptocurrency Market Update: Make or Break Point - Coinnounce

  30-03-2019 08:32
  Cryptocurrency Market Update: Make or Break Point  CoinnounceCryptocurrency market cap stands at $145 billion and is up by around 2% from the last 24 hours, the daily trading volume is moving towards a yearly high.
  
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• Crypto Market Wrap: Daily Volume Approaches Yearly High, Is a Big Move Imminent?

  30-03-2019 08:00 via newsbtc.com
  Crypto market volume reaches yearly high; Tezos pumping, Ethereum, Cardano and NEO moving up.
  Market Wrap
  Levels are holding on crypto markets as we start the weekend. There has been no major sell offs and total market capitalization remains above $140 billion, bouncing off a new weekly high a couple of hours ago.
  Bitcoin hit a monthly high of $4,120 a few hours ago before sharply pulling back. Daily volume is at a three month high of over $11 billion and there is hope that resistance may be bro
  
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