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• Bitcoin Price: Technical Flags Scream ‘Buy!’ as Market Nears Key Level

  01-04-2019 23:36
  Bitcoin continues to grind higher, and on Monday the flagship cryptocurrency hit its highest level in 2019. Many investors are stuck in the past looking at the wild volatility brought on by excessive speculation, and ignoring that right here right now, the Bitcoin price is showing maturity and stability – and could be primed for a major boom. Bloomberg reported that a popular technical indicator is now screaming buy after the last signal it generated prompted a 17% rally. Low Bitcoin Volat
  
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• Tether Daily Transaction Volume Hits All-Time High

  01-04-2019 23:20 via cointelegraph.com
  Tether’s daily transaction volume hit an all time high at 38,150 on March 31
  
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• Tron Foundation Pledges to “Collaborate” With Japanese Regulators

  01-04-2019 22:44
  By CCN.com: Following the fiasco with the Tesla drawing, Justin Sun’s Tron Foundation has issued a statement on the Japanese market. The Japanese government has yet to finalize its ICO regulations, but the most recent news on that front is the issuance of guidelines by a local blockchain business association. No Tron Gambling for the Japanese In a note to the Tron community, the Tron Foundation strongly discourages Japanese dApp developers from creating anything resembling gambling. They w
  
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• Coinbase Soft Launches International Payments with XRP and USDC

  01-04-2019 22:33
  Coinbase seems to have launched a new service for international payments, offering its users free transfers when they use XRP and USDC.
  
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• Israeli Crypto Miner to Be Delisted From Tel Aviv Stock Exchange Due to Bear Market

  01-04-2019 22:26 via cointelegraph.com
  Israel-based crypto mining company Bitfarms will be reportedly delisted from the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange due to a revenue drop caused by the price decline of Bitcoin last year
  
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• Israeli Crypto Miner Mulls Move to Toronto Stock Exchange

  01-04-2019 22:26 via cointelegraph.com
  Israel-based crypto mining company Bitfarms will be reportedly delisted from the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange due to a revenue drop caused by the price decline of Bitcoin last year
  
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• AOC’s Dismal Favorability Proves Democrats are Smarter than Republicans

  01-04-2019 22:19
  Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC) is an outspoken congresswoman with an ascendant media profile, but that isn’t fully translating into popularity. The reason? Democrats aren’t as easily mesmerized by profile and bluster than their Republican counterparts. Quinnipiac: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is Unpopular – and Surprisingly Unknown Telephone polling conducted by Quinnipiac University of 1,358 registered voters pitted Joe Biden, Beto O’Rourke, and Bernie Sanders as the leading
  
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• Bitcoin, Ethereum, Ripple, EOS, Litecoin, Bitcoin Cash, Binance Coin, Stellar, Cardano, TRON: Price Analysis April 1

  01-04-2019 22:07 via cointelegraph.com
  The action is in altcoins right now, as Bitcoin’s dominance has decreased to just over 50 percent. Let’s see where major coins are heading in the short term
  
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• Interest Rewarding Investor Accounts Are Leading The Cryptocurrency Use Case Charge This Year - Bitcoin Exchange Guide

  01-04-2019 22:04
  Interest Rewarding Investor Accounts Are Leading The Cryptocurrency Use Case Charge This Year  Bitcoin Exchange GuideThe beginning of 2019 has seen a better future for people who had bought cryptocurrencies; for now, they will get compound interests on their invested ...
  
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• Yes, Ethereum (ETH) Is Losing The Dapp Race, Dethroning Bogging Down Prices?

  01-04-2019 22:00 via newsbtc.com
  Ethereum prices up 3.8 percent but underperforming against EOS and Cardano
  The number of dApps launching off Ethereum decliningVitalik admits that Ethereum’s novelty is ending and competitor platform offering speed and scalability is clipping part of their market share. According to DApp radar, only 28 percent of dApps are off the Ethereum platform. Meanwhile, Ethereum (ETH) bulls are up but yet to close above $150, our minor buy trigger line.
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• Bitcoin Has a Massive $80M Sell Order, But Breaching it Could Lead to a Rally

  01-04-2019 22:00 via newsbtc.com
  All eyes are on Bitcoin as it brushes up against powerful downtrend resistance, while straddling the top of the current trading range the cryptocurrency has been locked in throughout all of 2019. While a number of crypto analysts and traders are anticipating a rally, a massive sell order has appeared that is currently keeping prices at bay.
  However, should Bitcoin price break through the sell wall, it could provide the rocket fuel for the potentially rally to over $5,000 per BTC that analysts ar
  
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• Lyft Stock Plunges as Insiders Race to Dump Shares on Clueless Investors

  01-04-2019 21:21
  Lyft is getting crushed on the first trading day following its much-hyped IPO, and unsophisticated investors are learning the hard way that it’s not a good idea to plow into companies as soon as they go public. Lyft Stock Dives Below IPO Price While Dow, S&P 500 Surge Lyft went public Friday at $72 a share. Almost immediately, the price rose 20% as retail buyers raced to gobble up shares, only to close well off its session high as insiders dumped their stakes. When it opened for tradin
  
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• DASH Coin Price Soars By Over 30% As Cryptocurrency Payments Protocol Update Looms - Bitcoin Exchange Guide

  01-04-2019 21:14
  DASH Coin Price Soars By Over 30% As Cryptocurrency Payments Protocol Update Looms  Bitcoin Exchange GuideOver the past month, the value of DASH has been growing steadily. The cryptocurrency, which was going for $84 per unit, is now available for $111.2, ...
  
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• Cryptocurrencies Not Currently Viable for Terrorism Financing: Think Tank

  01-04-2019 21:12 via cointelegraph.com
  U.S. nonprofit think tank RAND Corporation released a report, stating that cryptocurrencies are not well-suited for financing terrorism
  
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• 10 Best Cryptocurrency-Related Projects with the Highest Hope for Big Things to Come in 2019 - Bitcoin Exchange Guide

  01-04-2019 21:10
  10 Best Cryptocurrency-Related Projects with the Highest Hope for Big Things to Come in 2019  Bitcoin Exchange GuideOver the last decade the crypto and blockchain industry has grown and bloomed to its fullest and is on the verge of breaking through as a mainstream currency.
  
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• Ripple (XRP) In a 4 Cents Range Since Dec, When Will Bulls Break Out?

  01-04-2019 21:00 via newsbtc.com
  Ripple prices flat above 30 cents
  Ripple’s xRapid is fast, and cut-costs says World BankBarely five months after launching, XRapid benefits are filtering and commercially available for interested companies. Even with the positive media attention like mention in a World Bank report, Ripple (XRP) prices are stable above 30 cents but could print higher in days ahead.
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• Dow Blazes Past 26,000 after Chinese Data Hoodwinks Wall Street

  01-04-2019 20:50
  The Dow and broader U.S. stock market surged on Monday after better than expected Chinese data eased concerns about a protracted slowdown in the global economy. The preponderance of evidence still points to a weakening Chinese economy – a fact that investors will still grapple with in the near future. Dow Rockets Past 26,000; S&P 500, Nasdaq Follow All of Wall Street’s major indexes put up huge gains at the start of the week, reflecting a strong early session for Dow futures. The
  
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• Who Cares if Crypto Wallet MetaMask Exposes Your Ethereum History?

  01-04-2019 20:13
  Several outlets and crypto programmers have pointed out for a year or more that MetaMask, by default, broadcasts your Ethereum public key (address) to websites you visit. The assumption is that this is a privacy vulnerability – most sites have no need for such information, after all. The Next Web’s David Canellis writes: “Sharing Ethereum addresses with any tracking service that requests it is certainly a little unsettling, but there are wider implications. Think of your Ethere
  
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• US Congress Introduces Two New Cryptocurrency Bills - Bitcoinist

  01-04-2019 20:03
  US Congress Introduces Two New Cryptocurrency Bills  BitcoinistUS lawmakers are exploring new blockchain regulations. US Congress just introduced two new cryptocurrency bills aimed to address price manipulation and ...
  
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• Bitcoin (BTC) May Test $150K But Will it First Overcome $4,500?

  01-04-2019 20:00 via newsbtc.com
  Bitcoin (BTC) Prices up 3.6 percent
  Josh Rager projects BTC at $150k after 2023.Analysts are optimistic of Bitcoin (BTC) price recovery with Brendan Bernstein pointing to supportive fundamentals. At the same time, Josh Rager preview place Bitcoin at over $150k after 2023. All the same, Bitcoin prices are up 3.6 percent in the last week and look likely to reach $4,500 by end week.
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• Bezos Sext Scandal: Did Saudi Arabia Use Israeli Spyware to Hack Amazon CEO?

  01-04-2019 19:31
  Saudi Arabia hacked Amazon chief Jeff Bezos’s private sexts, according to a recent bombshell report in the Daily Beast. Shock Claim: Saudia Arabia Hacked Amazon Founder to Expose Sexts In an article penned by Gavin De Becker, a private security consultant hired by Bezos to probe the leak of his intimate messages, the investigator concludes that the Saudi regime unlawfully gained access to the tech mogul’s phone and tipped off the National Enquirer about his extramarital affair with n
  
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• Canadian Police Freezes Assets of FUEL Token Issuers due to Alleged $22 Million Fraud

  01-04-2019 19:01 via cointelegraph.com
  Canadian police have frozen the assets of the Vanbex founders, who raised more than $22 million in an allegedly fraudulent Etherparty (FUEL) ICO
  
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• Get Crypto Tax Offers a Faster, Hassle-Free Solution to Filing Your Crypto Taxes

  01-04-2019 19:00
  District of Columbia, USA. 1 April 2019. – Get Crypto Tax is offering its expertise to anyone that wants to report capital gains on cryptocurrencies. Everyone understands the complicated paths around filing taxes. These complications compound even further when cryptocurrencies enter the picture. Reporting taxes is essential, and individuals that trade in cryptocurrencies should report their capital gains, especially given that the IRS has subpoenaed Coinbase to release identifying informat
  
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• S7 Airlines Owner & Russia’s 4th-Richest Woman Dies in Plane Crash

  01-04-2019 18:57
  One of Russia’s richest women has died after the private jet she was traveling in crashed in Germany. Natalia Fileva, the co-owner and chairwoman of S7 Airlines, was flying from Cannes in France when the single-engine, six-seat aircraft crashed and burned while approaching an airport in southwestern Germany on Sunday afternoon, according to The Siberian Times. She was fondly referred to as the “Iron Lady” of Russian aviation in certain circles. In a statement S7 Airlines termed
  
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• The SEC Is Hiring a ‘Cryptocurrency Specialist’ for Its Trading and Markets Division - BeInCrypto

  01-04-2019 18:36
  The SEC Is Hiring a ‘Cryptocurrency Specialist’ for Its Trading and Markets Division  BeInCryptoThe United States SEC is looking for a cryptocurrency specialist to act as an attorney advisor to their Division of Trading and Markets.
  
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• SEC’s Latest Crypto Hire is Just a Bitcoin Smokescreen

  01-04-2019 18:35
  U.S. regulators may appear to have finally come to terms with the fact that the crypto industry isn’t going anywhere, but they are stalling nonetheless. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is on the hunt for a crypto specialist attorney, one who will seemingly provide yet more clarity as the agency navigates the choppy market terrain. While it’s good to see the agency dedicating resources to the future of bitcoin and blockchain, these developments have yet to result in any r
  
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• DRIVE Markets Announces Initial Exchange Offering for DRIVE Coin (DRV)

  01-04-2019 18:21
  Trading to open for exchange native token on April 3rd, 2019 at 1:00 PM UTC. Institutional crypto and fiat currency exchange, DRIVE Markets, announced its native token, DRIVE Coin (DRV), will open for trading on April 3rd, 2019 at 1:00 PM UTC (2:00 PM GMT). DRV will list at $0.14 with a circulating or session supply of 70M coins. DRV will be available to trade on DriveMarkets.com and through the company’s liquidity and trading desk partners As with exchange coins including BNB from Binance
  
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• True Life: I’m a Bitcoin

  01-04-2019 18:15
  What's it like to be bitcoin? It's not all it's hashed out to be.
  
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• Maya Preferred 223. A New Token That Will Overtake Bitcoin One Day

  01-04-2019 17:51
  Maya Preferred 223’s (MAPR) market capitalization may overtake that of Bitcoin, the flagship of the crypto market. The market cap of MAPR is now just behind that of Bitcoin Cash, having already overrun Binance Coin, Tether, Stellar and Cardano. Maya Preferred 223, the Ethereum Classic-based state-of-the-art ERC23 token, recently hit the crypto market, appearing on FatBTC at an initial price of about $1500. Through a week the price for the coin has risen to $2900 — its position when w
  
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• AOC’s Green New Deal Obsession Leaves New Yorkers Out in the Cold

  01-04-2019 17:41
  Freshman United States Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is justifiably feeling the heat after comparing the government’s response to climate change to the September 11 terrorist attacks, but the gaffe has exposed a deeper truth: AOC’s obsession with the Green New Deal has left her New York constituents out in the cold. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Faces Backlash for Comparing Climate Change to 9/11 They’re not happy, with several saying that her heart is not in the Bronx, the district
  
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• Elon Musk’s April Fools ‘Bankruptcy’ Joke Could Turn Prophetic for Tesla

  01-04-2019 17:35
  On April Fools’ Day last year, Tesla CEO Elon Musk tweeted that the electric carmaker had gone bankrupt. Of course it was a joke and fortunately, those were the good old days before the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission started taking issue with Musk’s tweets. Tesla Goes BankruptPalo Alto, California, April 1, 2018 — Despite intense efforts to raise money, including a last-ditch mass sale of Easter Eggs, we are sad to report that Tesla has gone completely and totally bank
  
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• 500€ Worth EST-Coins to Every New E-Resident of Estonia by piixpay.com

  01-04-2019 17:19
  Estonian government-run e-Residency program has been a huge success so far. It’s a digital identity issued by the government, providing access to Estonia’s e-services and transparent business environment. This initiative has been trusted by more than 50 000 people from 165+ countries who have established over 6000 Estonian companies.  However, good things can have their downsides as well. Strengthening the Anti-Money Laundering policy in Europe and several banks being
  
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• Crypto Markets Continue Rising While Bitcoin’s Dominance Continues to Drop

  01-04-2019 17:10 via cointelegraph.com
  Crypto markets continued to rise today, with Bitcoin seeing stable price growth but a slight decline in its market share
  
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• Speak Out: Discussing the Top Cryptocurrencies

  01-04-2019 17:00 via cointelegraph.com
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• Coincheck Launches OTC Trading Service for Bitcoin

  01-04-2019 17:00
  Japanese cryptocurrency exchange Coincheck has launched an over-the-counter bitcoin trading service aimed at clients with deep pockets.
  
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• Coincheck Launches OTC Crypto Trading for Institutions

  01-04-2019 17:00
  Japanese cryptocurrency exchange Coincheck has launched an over-the-counter bitcoin trading service aimed at clients with deep pockets.
  
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• 152% Gains: Here are March’s Best and Worst Crypto Performers

  01-04-2019 16:40
  March has been a positive month for the cryptocurrency market on the whole. The 31-day period saw the cryptocurrencies’ combined market capitalization dropping to as low as $125.09 billion, and rising to as high as $146.39 billion. A majority of the crypto-assets performed exceptionally well while a handful of them lost significant value. Below are the best and the worst crypto performers, measured by their market performance, spanning from March 1, 00:00 UTC, to March 31, 23:59 UTC, and a
  
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• Tron Supports Gambling DApps Restrictions in Japanese Market to Comply With Regulations

  01-04-2019 16:34 via cointelegraph.com
  Blockchain-based DApp platform Tron wants to comply with Japanese laws by restricting the development of gambling apps in the local market
  
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• Brexit Shocker: UK Bleeding $3.4 Billion Every Month Since 2016 Vote

  01-04-2019 16:34
  According to a report by Goldman Sachs, Brexit has cost the UK well more than £600 million ($785 million) a week, around $3.4 billion per month since the monumental 2016 referendum vote. A chart by Goldman Sachs Global Investment Research published by FT shows that the GDP of the UK declined by 2.4 percent as a result of Brexit talks. The data presented by Goldman Sachs essentially presents the opportunity cost involved with Brexit and the investment opportunities the country has lost due
  
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• Cryptocurrency exchange loses millions in heist - We Live Security

  01-04-2019 16:32
  Cryptocurrency exchange loses millions in heist  We Live SecurityMajor South Korea-based cryptocurrency exchange Bithumb has announced that it's been hit by a heist that affected its own virtual coins.
  
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• Dow Surges 330 Points as Biden Scandal Boosts Donald Trump

  01-04-2019 15:55
  The Dow entered the second quarter with a bang, surging more than 325 points to kick off the US stock market’s first April trading session. Analysts pointed to bullish data from China, though the burgeoning Joe Biden scandal – and its positive impact on Donald Trump’s 2020 presidential campaign – may be playing a role as well. Dow Jumps Higher as Stock Market Kicks Off New Quarter By Monday’s close, the Dow Jones Industrial Average had climbed a staggering 329.74 po
  
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• Dow Surges 300 Points as Biden Scandal Boosts Donald Trump

  01-04-2019 15:55
  The Dow entered the second quarter with a bang, surging more than 300 points to kick off the US stock market’s first April trading session. Analysts pointed to bullish data from China, though the burgeoning Joe Biden scandal – and its positive impact on Donald Trump’s 2020 presidential campaign – may be playing a role as well. Dow Jumps Higher as Stock Market Kicks Off New Quarter As of 1:49 pm ET, the Dow Jones Industrial Average had climbed a staggering 305.23 points or
  
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• Dow Surges 265 Points as Biden Scandal Boosts Donald Trump

  01-04-2019 15:55
  The Dow entered the second quarter with a bang, surging more than 250 points to kick off the US stock market’s first April trading session. Analysts pointed to bullish data from China, though the burgeoning Joe Biden scandal – and its positive impact on Donald Trump’s 2020 presidential campaign – may be playing a role as well. Dow Jumps Higher as Stock Market Kicks Off New Quarter As of 1:49 pm ET, the Dow Jones Industrial Average had climbed a staggering 265.1 points or
  
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• Dow Surges 220 Points as Biden Scandal Boosts Donald Trump

  01-04-2019 15:55
  The Dow entered the second quarter with a bang, surging more than 200 points to kick off the US stock market’s first April trading session. Analysts pointed to bullish data from China, though the burgeoning Joe Biden scandal – and its positive impact on Donald Trump’s 2020 presidential campaign – may be playing a role as well. Dow Jumps Higher as Stock Market Kicks Off New Quarter As of 10:36 am ET, the Dow Jones Industrial Average had jumped by 218.69 points or 0.84 perc
  
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• Facebook Shuts Down Shady Propaganda Pages by Pakistan Military, India

  01-04-2019 15:53
  Facebook has sharpened the axe and removed hundreds of propaganda pages in India and Pakistan. It’s one of Facebook’s biggest culls yet as it tried to rein in false political propaganda.  Controversially, Facebook has linked many of these pages to the Pakistan military itself. Other pages were linked to India’s second-largest political party, Indian National Congress.  According to Facebook, the pages were reportedly set up and run by fake profiles, which then dispers
  
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• The U.S. SEC to hire a “cryptocurrency specialist” amid news of Bitcoin ETF delay - FXStreet

  01-04-2019 15:49
  The U.S. SEC to hire a “cryptocurrency specialist” amid news of Bitcoin ETF delay  FXStreetThe Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in the United States announced on March 30 that it was delaying the Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) pr.
  
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• Swiss Media Giant Dumps Fiat To Pay Wages in Bitcoin

  01-04-2019 15:43 via newsbtc.com
  A Switzerland-based publishing house is willing to dump fiat currency for a comparatively volatile cryptocurrency in bitcoin.
  Netzmedien AG announced today that it would begin paying off all wages in bitcoin effectively. The decision followed the company’s earlier plans to convert half of its assets to cryptocurrencies. As the top executives went closer to deploying their fiat-to-crypto plan, they also offered their employees a choice to choose between bitcoin and Swiss Franc. A voting rou
  
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• ConsenSys Picks Latest Blockchain Startups for Accelerator Program

  01-04-2019 15:30
  ConsenSys Ventures has selected 10 blockchain startups for the second cohort of its accelerator program Tachyon, launching today.
  
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• Paytomat and CoinLoan Have Made It Possible to Invest in Tokens Without Spending Cryptocurrency

  01-04-2019 15:19 via newsbtc.com
  Investing in up-and-coming blockchain startups is now possible without selling your own cryptoassets. CoinLoan lending platform has announced a case on how to acquire tokens while HODLing due to the coming IEO token sale of Paytomat, a cryptocurrency payment solutions company.
  The token acquisition model proposed by the Coinloan platform offers all the participants an option to borrow fiat funds instead of spending their own cryptoassets. Due to this, the investor remains insured against an unfo
  
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• Bitcoin Awaking from Bear Slumber, For the First Time Since 2017

  01-04-2019 15:16
  For the first time since the bull market in 2017, the bitcoin price recorded two consecutive green monthly candles, which suggest that the dominant cryptocurrency may be en route to breaking its bear trend. In technical analysis, a green candle forms when an asset climbs higher from its opening price in a certain time frame. If a monthly candle closes as a green candle, it demonstrates a monthly upside price movement. Consecutive Monthly Green Candles are Positive For Bitcoin The February monthl
  
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