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• Cryptocurrency Market Trades Sideways as Bitcoin Hovers Shy of $12,000 - Cointelegraph

  04-07-2019 23:55 via cointelegraph.com
  Cryptocurrency Market Trades Sideways as Bitcoin Hovers Shy of $12,000  CointelegraphThursday, July 4— The number one cryptocurrency Bitcoin (BTC) is seeing mild gains on the day as ether (ETH) and ripple (XRP) trade sideways.
  
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• Cryptocurrency Market Trades Sideways as Bitcoin Hovers Shy of $12,000

  04-07-2019 23:55 via cointelegraph.com
  Top cryptocurrencies are mostly trading sideways, with some slight gains for Bitcoin at press time: no evidence of holiday-fueled FOMO yet
  
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• Florida Inmates Used Bitcoin to Bankroll Crazy Money Laundering Scheme

  04-07-2019 23:00
  Authorities at the Pasco County jail in Florida recently caught inmates in an elaborate money laundering scheme involving Bitcoin and the dark web. Florida Inmates Find The Best Money Laundering Counterparty: The Government The scheme reportedly involved buying stolen credit card information on the dark web with Bitcoin. Then, using the stolen cards to fund […]
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• Facebook’s Libra Uses Bitcoin and Ethereum as Stepping Stones to Take Over Banks

  04-07-2019 23:00 via crypto-news.net
  Ever since Facebook announced its upcoming cryptocurrency,
  tech geeks have been curious to get their hands on the whitepaper to know more
  about this thrilling project. Recently, Facebook ended the anxiety by rolling
  out a 29 pager, explicitly showing off the talent onboard and making an
  electrifying entry in the crypto niche.Of course, the paper also aims at explaining the protocol
  behind the venture and discusses the goal of its launch as well, which
  evidently favors low volatility and ability
  
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• Crypto Analyst: Bitcoin Market Cap Due to Surpass $1 Trillion this Cycle, $8 Trillion Next

  04-07-2019 23:00 via newsbtc.com
  Crypto asset market analyst and partner at Adaptive Capital, Willy Woo, believes that the market capitalisation of Bitcoin alone will surpass $1 trillion dollars in the coming years. After letting off steam, he believes the next cycle will take Bitcoin’s market capitalisation to levels that rival that of gold today in terms of value.
  The analyst also takes a rather unique, hyper extended view of Bitcoin. He consider the asset in the wider context of money and sees crypto as the beginning o
  
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• Fujitsu Unveils Blockchain-Based Identity and Credential Rating Service

  04-07-2019 22:19 via cointelegraph.com
  Fujitsu has unveiled a blockchain-based solution designed to improve trust in online transactions by using history and ratings to assign users a trustworthiness score
  
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• $100 Million More in Tether Printed: How Will This Affect Bitcoin Price?

  04-07-2019 22:00 via newsbtc.com
  A “whale alert” is a type of Twitter alert that notifies traders when large sums of crypto or Bitcoin is moved from one point to another on the blockchain. It often helps analysts and traders predict large selloffs in advance, or other market movements made by large players known as whales or “market makers.” Other times, it’s used to identify when the Tether treasury has printed more of the Tether stablecoin cryptocurrency that’s backed by fiat reserves and o
  
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• Craig Wright Uses Falsified Docs to Prove Innocence in Kleiman Case: Report

  04-07-2019 21:15 via cointelegraph.com
  Self-proclaimed Bitcoin creator Craig Wright has allegedly fabricated court documents in an attempt to prove a deed of trust with Kleiman
  
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• Craig Wright Uses Falsified Docs to Prove Innocence in Kleiman Case

  04-07-2019 21:15 via cointelegraph.com
  Self-proclaimed Bitcoin creator Craig Wright has allegedly fabricated court documents in an attempt to prove a deed of trust with Kleiman
  
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• This UK Brewery Is Selling Stock for Bitcoin

  04-07-2019 21:12
  Founded in April 2007, BrewDog is currently soliciting crypto investments. The Bitcoin-friendly microbrewery is one of the fastest developing outfits in its industry in the UK. Invest Your Bitcoin in Beer Celebrating the occasion, they’ve created a new beer called Cryptonite, according to a video published on their website. According to the same video, the […]
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• Ripple’s Optimism: $500 Million Spend On XRP Use Case Development

  04-07-2019 21:00 via newsbtc.com
  Ripple (XRP) under pressure
  $500 million has been spent in over 20 companies by Ripple’s Xpring.Xpring has spent over $500 million in over 20 companies. Their focus is to “build the best crypto infrastructure through contributions to open source crypto protocols such as the XRP Ledger and InterLedger projects.” Even so, XRP is under pressure and down 15.1 percent week-to-date.
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• Tether Stablecoin: Can the Crypto Market Live Without It?

  04-07-2019 20:15 via cointelegraph.com
  What will it take for the markets to escape Tether’s influence and can it do it at all?
  
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• Bitcoin (BTC) In A Pole Position To Soar After Trump’s Recent Remarks

  04-07-2019 20:00 via newsbtc.com
  Bitcoin (BTC) bulls are firm, adds 4.2 percent
  Slashing rates and weakening the USD is bullish for BTCBecause of Trump’s pressure on the Federal Reserve, the central bank could end up cutting interest rates. According to Pompliano, such a lax monetary policy could see capital flow to Bitcoin. In turn that will lift prices toward $100,000 by 2021.
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• Mystery Troll Uses $20,000 Domain Loser.com to Mock Craig Wright

  04-07-2019 19:37
  An anonymous person bought Loser.com, a domain worth over $21,000, according to GoDaddy, and has used it to savagely mock self-proclaimed Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto Craig Wright. That person has decided to forward the domain to Craig Wright’s official Wikipedia page. A snapshot of the page exists at Everipedia, a Wikipedia fork that incentivizes users […]
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• President Maduro Orders The Bank of Venezuela to Accept Petro Crypto

  04-07-2019 19:24 via cointelegraph.com
  Because of an order emitted by Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro, the country’s leading bank Banco de Venezuela will accept the Petro
  
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• President Maduro Orders Bank of Venezuela to Accept Petro Crypto

  04-07-2019 19:24 via cointelegraph.com
  Because of an order emitted by Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro, the country’s leading bank Banco de Venezuela will accept the Petro
  
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• Latin America’s Biggest Investment Bank to Sell $1 Billion in STOs Using Tezos

  04-07-2019 19:00 via cointelegraph.com
  Latin America’s largest investment bank, BTG Pactual, plans to co-sell over $1 billion worth of STOs based on the Tezos blockchain
  
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• Ethereum Prefered For dApps, ETH Prices and User Activity Correlate

  04-07-2019 19:00 via newsbtc.com
  Ethereum (ETH) prices unchanged
  Developers prefer Ethereum as the smart contracting space heats upA latest dApp research report backs Ethereum. Despite limitations, Ethereum is a top-choice for developers. Meanwhile, prices are stable. Because of June 26-27 candlestick arrangement, there is a chance of ETH prices printing lower in days ahead.
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  Tokenization is possible because of smart contracts. Ethereum showed the way, and now the space is congested. With va
  
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• Bitcoin Traps Gold’s Market Share as Sovereign Bonds Become Unattractive

  04-07-2019 18:20 via newsbtc.com
  Bitcoin’s revival is considered to be Facebook’s Libra doing. The social media’s giant sudden foray into the cryptocurrency industry gave bitcoin, as many believe, a perfect reason to grow its valuation.
  That is until one considers a simultaneous price rally that took place in the gold market. Bitcoin’s rise above the $13,000 level has only one potential link to the yellow metal’s ascent above $1,400 an ounce: a weaker US dollar sentiment.
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• Tesla’s ‘Turning Point’ Matches the Hubris of Elon Musk

  04-07-2019 18:15
  Controversial Tesla CEO Elon Musk has finally enjoyed a public relations victory to match his brazen and often caustic public persona. Tesla (TSLA) stock was at one point up more than seven percent during yesterday’s holiday-shortened trading session as the company set new delivery and production records. TSLA closed at $234.90 for a gain of […]
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• Bulls**t Gold Asteroid is #FakeNews Created to Pump Bitcoin, Rips Skeptic

  04-07-2019 18:11
  Goldbug and bitcoin skeptic Peter Schiff has cast doubt on reports that the massive 16 Psyche asteroid contains abundant amounts of gold. According to the CEO of investment advisory firm Euro Pacific Capital, the report is ‘just nonsense’ being propagated by the Bitcoin community in order to make the cryptocurrency more popular. WTF – you’re […]
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• Cyprus' Finance Minister: Blockchain Draft Bill to be Ready This Year

  04-07-2019 17:53 via cointelegraph.com
  Cyprus’ blockchain regulation draft will be ready this year, according to the country’s finance minister Harris Georgiades
  
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• Moozicore: Changing B2B Background Music Industry at Its Core

  04-07-2019 17:44
  Moozicore is a B2B music streaming service specially designed for businesses where background music plays a very important role. The United States of America itself has around 1 million such venues where background music is at the core, be it restaurants, bars, gym, cooperate offices or many other such venues. Moozicore promises to revamp this […]
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• How Malta Is Becoming the Global Capital of Crypto | Cointelegraph Documentary

  04-07-2019 17:27 via cointelegraph.com
  Have you been waiting for the follow up to our Malta documentary? It's here! We are happy to present the second part of Cointelegraph's series on the Blockchain Island
  
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• Monero security flaw could’ve seen XMR stolen from cryptocurrency exchanges - The Next Web

  04-07-2019 17:18 via thenextweb.com
  Monero security flaw could’ve seen XMR stolen from cryptocurrency exchanges  The Next WebPrivacy-focused altcoin Monero has suddenly disclosed nine security vulnerabilities — including one that could have allowed hackers to steal XMR from ...
  
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• #FontGate: Bitcoin Pretender Craig Wright Exposed by Calibri Typeface

  04-07-2019 17:07
  The comedy of errors surrounding self-proclaimed Bitcoin creator Craig Wright took another turn this week. Documents presented during the ongoing Kleiman trial appear to show that despite Wright’s best efforts to fool the court, he was undone in the end by a simple typeface. Bitcoin Pretender Goes Back to the Future Among the exhibits presented […]
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• Bitcoin Price Recovery Banishes Slump as Momentum Tests $12,000

  04-07-2019 17:03
  On strictly regulated crypto exchanges such as Coinbase, the bitcoin price fell to $9,700 on July 2, recording a 30 percent drop from its yearly peak at $13,868 achieved in late June. In the past two days, within a 48-hour span, the bitcoin price has shown rapid recovery from $9,700 to $11,800, demonstrating a four […]
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• Litecoin Outperforms Top-10 Cryptos Ahead of August Reward Halving

  04-07-2019 17:00
  With the supply of new coins to be halved in less than five weeks, litecoin is outpacing its peers.
  
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• Cardano Joins GDF to Set Regulatory Guidelines for Crypto

  04-07-2019 16:39
  GDF included Cardano in various working groups.
  
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• Twitter Study Finds US Posts Most on Bitcoin and Facebook’s Libra

  04-07-2019 16:33
  New research has found that the U.S. leads the world in the volume of tweets referencing bitcoin and Facebook's planned cryptocurrency.
  
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• Blockchain Association Reveals Security Audit Certification

  04-07-2019 16:20
  The Security Audit Certification is designed to perform security checks and test various blockchain-based business.
  
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• Scammer Taunts Couple Who Lost Thousands in Bitcoin Fraud

  04-07-2019 16:00
  An Australian couple lost over AU$20,000 in a bitcoin scam, and were even taunted by the perpetrator over their losses.
  
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• Dow Jones: Trade War Fireworks Could Trigger Fourth of July Hangover

  04-07-2019 15:57
  The US markets will remain closed on Thursday while Americans celebrate the Fourth of July Independence Day holiday, ensuring that the Dow Jones Industrial Average and other major stock indices will enjoy the new all-time highs they set on July 3 for at least one more day. However, when Wall Street returns to action on […]
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• Crypto Company Gives Individuals a Chance to Mine Bitcoin Without Sky-High Energy Bills

  04-07-2019 15:52 via cointelegraph.com
  Leasing hashing power from high-end data centers can enable individuals to mine for Bitcoin without expensive equipment, a crypto company says #SPONSORED
  
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• 4th of July Celebrations & Donald Trump’s Shenanigans

  04-07-2019 15:50
  Watch Will’s analysis of Trump’s plan to create a military parade on July 4th and the comeback of our famous large inflatable Trump baby balloon. Make sure to subscribe CCNMarkets on Youtube: https://bit.ly/2Kvn6xn
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• Meet the BTC 2019 Blockchain Startup Competition Finalists

  04-07-2019 15:48
  Finance Magnates and Finnovating co-sponsor search for the region’s most promising new blockchain companies
  
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• 39,000 More Merchants Can Accept Litecoin With Flexa Integration

  04-07-2019 15:43 via cointelegraph.com
  Litecoin is now accepted by around 40,000 more merchants including Whole Foods, following integration with Flexa network
  
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• Prominent Analyst Shares His Reasoning For $40,000 Bitcoin By 2019

  04-07-2019 15:34 via newsbtc.com
  Since April this year, significant moves by Bitcoin has seen the price pump from $4,100 to almost $14,000. Once again, cryptocurrencies are gracing the home pages of mainstream media outlets, and public interest is duly peaked.
  Sentiment on whether crypto winter is indeed over still divides opinion, but Fundstrat’s Thomas Lee continues to push a bullish narrative. As long ago as May, following Consensus 2019, Lee cited 13 signs that a recovery is well underway. And in a recent interview, h
  
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• Maduro Orders Venezuela’s Biggest Bank to Accept Crypto Petro Nationwide

  04-07-2019 15:29
  The president of Venezuela, Nicolas Maduro, has announced an order requiring Banco de Venezuela —the country’s biggest bank— to open desks for transactions in Petros in each of its near 790 agencies across the country. Maduro stated: “I am giving the explicit order to open Petro transaction desks at all Banco de Venezuela agencies.” #EnVivo […]
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• Brazilian Bank Plans to Use Tezos Blockchain for STOs Worth $1 Billion

  04-07-2019 15:00
  BTG Pactual, Brazil's fifth largest bank, plans to utilize the Tezos blockchain for security token offerings potentially worth $1 billion.
  
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• Major Chinese Financial News Provider Quietly Adds Crypto Index

  04-07-2019 14:06 via cointelegraph.com
  Sina Finance, major Chinese financial news source, has silently launched crypto index on its mobile app, according to local reports
  
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• Altcoin Apocalypse Coming: 3 Reasons Leading to a Brutal Altcoin Reckoning

  04-07-2019 14:05
  As bitcoin roars back into a bull market, traders are eagerly awaiting “alt-season,” a parabolic jump in altcoins that historically follows bitcoin’s rise. But they’re going to be disappointed. There won’t be an alt season in this hype cycle. Not like 2017, anyway. Altcoins like XRP, EOS, XLM, BSV and many others in the top […]
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• South Korea’s Shinhan Bank Is Cracking Down Harder on Anonymous Crypto Users

  04-07-2019 14:00
  New rules make it even harder to create anonymous crypto exchanges in South Korea.
  
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• Six Years After First Bitcoin ETF Filing, How Close are We For One?

  04-07-2019 13:42 via newsbtc.com
  It seems inevitable that two of the financial world’s hottest trends would cross roads with each other. For bitcoin enthusiasts and investors looking to benefit from the growing popularity of exchange-traded funds (ETF), the possibility of a derivative that tracks the value of cryptocurrencies is the best chance for connecting the two worlds.
  But the chair which holds power to approve a bitcoin-based ETF is uncertain about its real-world prospects. The Securities and Exchange Commission (S
  
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• Nordic Growth Market Lists Crypto Contracts of Vontobel

  04-07-2019 13:22
  The exchange will offer both long and short positions on the derivatives.
  
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• Epic Confirms Fortnite Crossover to Juice Your Stranger Things Binge

  04-07-2019 13:06
  Hours before Stranger Things season three was released on Netflix, fans began noticing portals inspired by the show were popping up in Fortnite. This led to speculation that there would be a crossover event featuring the two entertainment juggernauts, with Epic Games and Netflix subsequently confirming the news. Taking to the game’s official Twitter, Epic […]
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• Russia is strangely calm about Facebook's Libra cryptocurrency - Quartz

  04-07-2019 13:00 via qz.com
  Russia is strangely calm about Facebook's Libra cryptocurrency  Quartz"No one is going to ban it," said Alexei Moiseev, Russia's deputy finance minister.
  
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• Bitcoin Eyes Independence Day Price Gains for Fifth Year Running

  04-07-2019 13:00
  After clawing back 25 percent of recent losses, bitcoin looks set to close in the green on July 4 for the fifth consecutive year.
  
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• This Artist Explores the Art and Politics of Crypto Culture

  04-07-2019 12:00
  The crypto artist has worked with Dorian Nakamoto and recently expanded his reach into South America.
  
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• Bitfin.io to Sue Bitfincoin for Trademark Infringement

  04-07-2019 11:49
  Bitfincoin launched its ICO on December 2017 with major claims.
  
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