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• Ethereum Co-Founder’s Polkadot Closes Token Sale, Claims $1.2 Billion Valuation

  27-06-2019 23:55
  Polkadot has closed on a private token sale that it says values the blockchain interoperability project as a tech unicorn.
  
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• Ethereum Co-Founder’s Polkadot Closes Token Sale, Claiming $1.2 Billion Valuation

  27-06-2019 23:55
  Polkadot has closed on a private token sale that it says values the blockchain interoperability project as a tech unicorn.
  
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• US Lawmakers Question Terrorist Use of Facebook Cryptocurrency - CoinDesk

  27-06-2019 23:47
  US Lawmakers Question Terrorist Use of Facebook Cryptocurrency  CoinDeskMembers of the U.S. House of Representatives questioned Financial Crime Enforcement Network (FinCEN) director Kenneth Blanco about Facebook's planned ...
  
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• US Lawmakers Question Terrorist Use of Facebook Cryptocurrency

  27-06-2019 23:47
  U.S. lawmakers questioned FinCEN director Kenneth Blanco about potential terrorist use of Facebook's libra cryptocurrency.
  
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• US Lawmakers Question FinCEN on Terrorist Use of Facebook’s Libra

  27-06-2019 23:47
  U.S. lawmakers questioned FinCEN director Kenneth Blanco about potential terrorist use of Facebook's libra cryptocurrency.
  
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• Trump Administration in Talks With Crypto Startup on Israeli–Palestinian Peace Plans

  27-06-2019 23:31
  Crypto startup Orbs has been working with the Trump administration to explore blockchain solutions related to the Israeli–Palestinian conflict.
  
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• Seychelles to Host First Regulated Tokenized Security on a National Stock Market

  27-06-2019 23:30 via cointelegraph.com
  MERJ Exchange Ltd says it will issue security tokens alongside its company stocks, purportedly the first regulated tokenized security on a national stock market
  
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• Stop Blaming Coinbase for That Bitcoin Price Collapse

  27-06-2019 23:09
  The rumor on the street is that Coinbase succumbing to technical difficulties led to a significant $1,400 drop in the price of Bitcoin across the entire global cryptocurrency market. If this is remotely true, that would mean too much of the crypto market relies on a single outlet. But can it be? Or did bears […]
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• MAS in talks with Facebook over its Libra cryptocurrency - The Straits Times

  27-06-2019 23:00
  MAS in talks with Facebook over its Libra cryptocurrency  The Straits TimesFacebook's new Libra cryptocurrency could help to solve ineffi-ciencies in cross-border payments, but the social media giant's initiative needs deeper study, ...
  
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• Grin Developers Agree to Alter Technical Development Roadmap

  27-06-2019 23:00
  Developers behind the cryptocurrency Grin agreed to hold off on changes to planned proof-of-work updates for the foreseeable future.
  
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• Financial Analyst: Current Correction is Healthy if Bitcoin (BTC) Support Found Above $10k

  27-06-2019 23:00 via newsbtc.com
  One of the regular financial analysts on CNBC’s “Future’s Now” segment has argued that the sharp drop in the Bitcoin (BTC) price over the last 24 hours is healthy for the market. Jim Iuorio is hoping to see prices bounce above the $10,000 mark.
  If Bitcoin is able to find support above the psychologically-relevant price point, Iuorio has faith that the price will continue on the generally upwards trajectory of the last few months.
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• Mike Novogratz: Bitcoin Will Stabilize Between $10,000 and $14,000

  27-06-2019 22:59 via cointelegraph.com
  Mike Novogratz has predicted that Bitcoin’s price will stabilize between $10,000 and $14,000
  
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• Apex Offers Broker Dealers Access to Cryptocurrency Investments

  27-06-2019 22:56
  Broker dealers working with Apex Clearing will be able to offer cryptos alongside traditional brokerage assets.
  
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• Some Idiot Paid $5,000 for Ethereum Yesterday

  27-06-2019 22:40
  Ok, maybe we should have seen yesterday's bitcoin price crash coming. Let me rephrase that: I should have seen yesterday's bitcoin price crash coming. Here's why: I watched some idiot buy ethereum at $5,000 in real-time. So I don't know why I was so surprised when, just a few hours later, the bitcoin price began […]
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• Brimhall Foods to Deliver Products Through Blockchain-based Ordering System

  27-06-2019 22:35 via cointelegraph.com
  Surge Holdings is slated to distribute 15 Brimhall Foods products through its product ordering/refilling blockchain solution for retail stores
  
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• Gemini Exchange Expands into Windy City to Capture Institutional Wave

  27-06-2019 22:30
  Gemini, the cryptocurrency exchange launched by Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, has expanded its footprint into Chicago. A Gemini spokesperson told CCN that they are "opening [the new office] with five employees." One of them, Andrew Page, appears to have been poached from Coinbase, base on his LinkedIn profile. Page spent one month as senior product […]
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• BitMart’s Mid-Year Promotion is On Your Way!

  27-06-2019 22:09
  2019 is already halfway through! BitMart, a premier global digital asset trading platform, recently announced their Mid-Year promotion campaign. A series of exciting promotions are on the way! From 10:00 AM June 24th to 10:00 AM July 18th (EDT), BitMart will be hosting Millions of Crypto Candy Airdrop, BMX Trading Competition, Invite Friends to Earn […]
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• ShapeShift Founder Says Crypto Exchange Service Will Support Libra

  27-06-2019 22:00
  Erik Voorhees thinks that Facebook's currency will be a gateway for bitcoin adoption.
  
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• Crypto Chaos: Altcoin Capitulation Continues, But Bitcoin Bull Run is Just Beginning

  27-06-2019 22:00 via newsbtc.com
  As Bitcoin price approached $14,000 just mere hours after breaking through $13,000, a violent flash crash occurred that knocked the price of the leading crypto asset by market cap down by more than $2,000 in seconds, and with it took out many top crypto exchanges.
  While Bitcoin continues to climb, altcoins are experiencing a major capitulation event, reaching lows not seen in years relative to their BTC trading pairs. Now, as even USD values of altcoins start dropping, many are calling for doom
  
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• Cryptocurrency firm Gemini founders Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss open Chicago office - Crain's Chicago Business

  27-06-2019 21:50
  Cryptocurrency firm Gemini founders Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss open Chicago office  Crain's Chicago BusinessThe firm, founded by twin financial entrepreneurs Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, opens an office in the Loop, joining locations in Oregon and New York.
  
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• Brazilian Exchanges to Integrate the Real-T, a Stablecoin Pegged to the Real

  27-06-2019 21:42 via cointelegraph.com
  Several Brazilian crypto trading platforms are planning to roll out support for the Real-T, a stablecoin backed one-to-one with the national currency
  
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• Khipu, the Dark Horse of Blockchain Technology

  27-06-2019 21:38
  Since Satoshi Nakamoto first published the Bitcoin whitepaper in November 2008, blockchain technology has developed from a small-scale cryptocurrency experiment into large-scale distributed applications with millions of users worldwide. Meanwhile, the architecture of enterprise applications has progressed from service-bearing mainframes to the parallel computing systems with large distributed clusters, providing services to billions of consumers […]
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• Momentum Protocol Announces Juergen Hoebarth Joining as CMO

  27-06-2019 21:11
  Momentum Protocol announced today that Juergen Hoebarth has joined the blockchain-centric loyalty rewards point infrastructure company as Chief Marketing Officer. He brings extensive experience in blockchain and enterprise decentralization space as well as expertise in digital marketing and communication to the position.  Hoebarth began his career as a Multimedia and Digital designer before becoming an […]
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• Dow Runs on Hope & Fumes as Treasury Yields Spell Economic Doom

  27-06-2019 21:08
  The Dow and broader U.S. stock market advanced on Thursday, as trade-deal optimism offset the sickly feeling on Main Street that the economy was barrelling toward recession. Dow Extends Rally; S&P 500 and Nasdaq Follow Wall Street's major indexes traded higher for most of the session on Thursday despite mixed pre-market conditions for Dow futures. […]
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• Apex Clearing and Apex Crypto Partner to Deliver First Integrated Cryptocurrency Trading Platform for Brokers and Advisors - PRNewswire

  27-06-2019 21:05
  Apex Clearing and Apex Crypto Partner to Deliver First Integrated Cryptocurrency Trading Platform for Brokers and Advisors  PRNewswireDALLAS, June 27, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Apex Clearing Corporation and Apex Crypto have announced the launch of a first-of-its-kind cryptocurrency platform ...
  
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• State TV: Iran closes down 2 cryptocurrency mining farms - Washington Post

  27-06-2019 21:03
  State TV: Iran closes down 2 cryptocurrency mining farms  Washington PostTEHRAN, Iran — Iran's state TV is reporting that authorities have shut down two cryptocurrency mining operations in the central part of the country. The Thursday ...
  
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• Bitcoin's 40% Weekly Move is 'Bad for Crypto' for These 3 Reasons

  27-06-2019 21:00
  Enjoying the bitcoin disbelief rally in the last two weeks? Enjoy it while you can because exponentially strong moves like this tend to typically fall hard. We are seeing the first consequences in the last 24 hours. The leading cryptocurrency was up by more than 40 percent in one week, and nothing about this ascent […]
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• Blockchain Protocol Polkadot Sells 500,000 of Its Tokens, Price Still Unspecified

  27-06-2019 20:48 via cointelegraph.com
  Blockchain interoperability protocol Polkadot has reportedly sold 500,000 DOT
  
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• Winklevoss’ Gemini Exchange Launches Chicago Office to Serve as Engineering Hub

  27-06-2019 20:36 via cointelegraph.com
  Winklevoss’ Gemini exchange launches a Chicago office, planned to serve as an engineering hub for the platform’s institution-grade services
  
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• Bitcoin Falls Under $10,800 as US Stock Market Sees Minor Uptrend

  27-06-2019 20:25 via cointelegraph.com
  Bitcoin falls under the $10,800 mark again as most of the top 20 cryptocurrencies are reporting significant losses on the day
  
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• Bitcoin (BTC) Prices Striving For Equilibrium, New Billionaires Registered

  27-06-2019 20:00 via newsbtc.com
  Bitcoin (BTC) drops 8.1 percent
  Bisq and The Winklevoss Twins upgradedWhile Bisq is registering new BTC trade volumes following the migration of traders from LocalBitcoins, The Winklevoss Twins are the latest Bitcoin billionaires. Because of recent price spikes, their wealth swelled to over $1.4 billion. Even so, it seems like the euphoria is over, and BTC bulls are taking profits as prices drop 8.1 percent in 24 hours.
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• Bitcoin Price Takes Another Tumble, Shedding Nearly $1K in 20 Minutes

  27-06-2019 19:51
  The overall crypto market has shed some $80 billion over the past 24 hours.
  
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• Bitcoin Price Takes Another Tumble, Shedding Nearly $1,000 in 20 Minutes

  27-06-2019 19:51
  The overall crypto market has shed some $80 billion over the past 24 hours.
  
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• Billionaire Richard Branson Puts His Money Where Elon Musk's Mouth Is

  27-06-2019 19:50
  SpaceX founder Elon Musk loves to talk about going to space. Fellow starstruck billionaire Sir Richard Branson plans to actually travel there. Next month. He'll ride aboard one of his own Virgin Galactic rocket ships. The Daily Beast reports Branson's virgin space flight will coincide with the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon landing. […]
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• Michael Novogratz: Bitcoin Put a Tradeable Top in at $14,000

  27-06-2019 19:45
  If you're wondering why the bitcoin price suddenly tanked yesterday, you can blame Michael Novogratz. We're kidding, of course, but the Galaxy Digital CEO has been selling some of his holdings, according to an interview he did with CNBC. On Wednesday, the BTC price reached nearly $14,000 before suddenly falling off a cliff to where […]
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• Watch CoinDesk LIVE: Bitcoin in FLUX

  27-06-2019 19:43
  We will be live all day talking about Bitcoin in Flux. Join us to talk about pricing, predictions, and commentary.
  
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• EU Banks to Deploy Instant Payments System in Response to Competition From Libra

  27-06-2019 19:36 via cointelegraph.com
  A comprehensive instantaneous payments system may be in place in the European Union by 2020
  
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• Regtech Startup Coinfirm to Investigate XRP's Compliance With AML Provisions

  27-06-2019 19:06 via cointelegraph.com
  Ripple has signed an agreement with Coinfirm to explore XRP's compliance with AML provisions
  
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• Binance Coin (BNB) Bull Party May be Over, Flimsy Above $30

  27-06-2019 19:00 via newsbtc.com
  Binance Coin (BNB) under pressure, down 4.2 percent
  Changpeng Zhao calls for cautionAfter suffering an “expensive hack,” Changpeng Zhao considers exchange security as inviolable. Already fixed, Firefox could turned out to be a weak link from where hackers would have exploited Coinbase, causing loss of funds. At the time of writing, BNB is down 4.2 percent in 24 hours.
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• Newsflash: Bitcoin Price Crashes Below $11,000 to Cap 20% Plunge

  27-06-2019 18:56
    The bitcoin price crashed below the $11,000 mark on Thursday, extending the vicious sell-off that began the previous day. Bitcoin Price Careens Down to $10,800   A suddenly-heavy BTC had struggled to defend the $12,000 mark for much of the morning, and around 12:00 pm ET traders capitulated to the stifling downward pressure. In […]
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• QuadrigaCX Users Lose $190M as Speculations Over Cotten’s Death Swirl

  27-06-2019 18:48 via cointelegraph.com
  Gerald Cotten, the founder of the largest Canadian crypto exchange, QuadrigaCX, potentially stole almost $200 million and reportedly died
  
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• Facebook Seeks Wallet Engineers as Blockchain Job Openings Top 30

  27-06-2019 18:45
  Facebook is looking to hire more than 30 blockchain professionals, including six engineers for the Calibra crypto wallet.
  
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• Will Facebook's Libra Bring Cryptocurrency into the Mainstream? - Knowledge@Wharton

  27-06-2019 18:44
  Will Facebook's Libra Bring Cryptocurrency into the Mainstream?  Knowledge@WhartonFacebook's announcement of its new cryptocurrency has drawn thumbs up from Wall Street, but calls for tough scrutiny from those in the sector.
  
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• Colorado $100m cryptocurrency data centre causes renewable energy controversy - Data Economy

  27-06-2019 18:41
  Colorado $100m cryptocurrency data centre causes renewable energy controversy  Data EconomyIt is believed the facility will provide some services other than crypto mining, but with that sector being deemed 'dirty' by some critics, the fears are that it will ...
  
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• tZERO Debuts Cryptocurrency App - pymnts.com

  27-06-2019 18:36
  tZERO Debuts Cryptocurrency App  pymnts.comTo serve investors who want to participate in the digital currency market, Overstock.com subsidiary tZERO has rolled out a digital wallet as well as an exchange ...
  
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• Overstock’s tZero Launches Mobile Crypto App Touted as Hack-Resistant

  27-06-2019 18:35 via cointelegraph.com
  Overstock’s crypto subsidiary tZero officially launched its mobile crypto app, touting it as a hack-resistant wallet and exchange tool
  
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• Winklevoss Bros are Billionaires Again After Bitcoin's Blowout Party

  27-06-2019 18:31
    Cryptocurrency entrepreneurs Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss have once again reclaimed billionaire status after Bitcoin soared to new 2019 highs this week. The twin brothers' net worth ballooned to $1.45 billion according to Bloomberg's Billionaires Index. We've broken the Troposphere, passing through the Stratosphere, next stop is the Mesophere on our way...to the moon! 🚀 […]
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• Survey: 27% of UK Residents Want to See Crypto in More Real-World Applications

  27-06-2019 18:19 via cointelegraph.com
  CEX.io's new survey gives new insight into public expectations for cryptocurrencies as well as their reasons for hesitation
  
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• The Bitcoin Bite: Iran Says Power Grid Hit By Cryptocurrency-Mining Surge - RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty

  27-06-2019 18:11
  The Bitcoin Bite: Iran Says Power Grid Hit By Cryptocurrency-Mining Surge  RadioFreeEurope/RadioLibertyIran has blamed an "unusual" spike in electricity consumption in the country on cryptocurrency miners, while warning that such illicit operations will be cut off ...
  
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• Better Than Bitcoin? 2019's Top Stock Has Serious Flaws

  27-06-2019 18:06
  According to CNBC, only one stock in any major index has outperformed Bitcoin in 2019. Praised as "better than Bitcoin," Ohio-based ATM manufacturer Diebold Nixdorf (NYSE: DBD) shares have rocketed 250% this year to claim the title of 2019's best-performing asset. Barely. The Bitcoin price has surged more than 200% this year, even after dropping […]
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