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• Singapore-Based Blockchain Firm Perlin Acquires Blockchain Startup Dispatch Labs

  26-07-2019 23:43 via cointelegraph.com
  Singapore-based blockchain company Perlin has acquired blockchain development startup Dispatch Labs
  
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• Bitcoin & Beauty Products Powered This Hedge Fund’s Insane 46% Surge

  26-07-2019 23:11
  Bill Miller, a former Legg Mason executive and a respected hedge fund manager, has recorded a 46 percent return year-to-date in 2019, with bitcoin and beauty product company Avon as key picks. Miller Value Partners Investors Score 46% Return in 2019 Despite the decline in the price of bitcoin from $14,000 to $9,700 in the […]
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• Report: Bakkt to Launch in Q3, Pending NY Financial Department Approval

  26-07-2019 23:10 via cointelegraph.com
  Bakkt is reportedly planning to launch some time in Q3, but it may still need N.Y. Department of Financial Services approval
  
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• Facebook’s “Cryptocurrency” Doesn’t Look Like It’s Winning Over the Public…

  26-07-2019 23:00 via newsbtc.com
  A number of surveys have indicated that most US and UK adults couldn’t care less about Facebook’s so-called cryptocurrency. Not only do they suggest that people won’t bother to use Libra but that those surveyed remain understandably sceptical of the social media company following recent scandals.
  Some in the cryptocurrency space had lauded Facebook’s entry into the industry as a great boon for Bitcoin and other digital assets. However, if these early surveys are anything
  
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• SWIFT Vs. Ripple — The Importance of Speed in Cross-Border Payments

  26-07-2019 22:30 via cointelegraph.com
  Will correspondent banking be phased out in favor of more instantaneous blockchain-based cross-border payment systems?
  
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• Bitcoin Historical Monthly Performance Could Shed Light on What’s Next for Crypto

  26-07-2019 22:00 via newsbtc.com
  Everyone has heard that history often repeats itself, and learning from the past is among the best ways to prepare for the future. The same goes for Bitcoin and crypto, and analysts often look at past bear and bull cycles to gain insight into how future price action may unfold.
  According to historical Bitcoin monthly performance, and general market sentiment, the first-ever crypto is at a critical crossroads, and depending on how August performs, it could set the stage for the greatest bull run
  
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• Price Analysis 26/07: BTC, ETH, XRP, LTC, BCH, BNB, EOS, BSV, XLM, ADA

  26-07-2019 21:51 via cointelegraph.com
  At what level will Bitcoin signal strength? Let’s look at the charts
  
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• MIT Fellow and NYU Math Professor Says Libra Copied Off Co-Authored Paper

  26-07-2019 21:35 via cointelegraph.com
  An MIT fellow has claimed that the structure of Libra is “pretty much lifted verbatim” from a paper which he co-authored last year
  
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• MIT Fellow and NYU Math Professor Say Libra Copied Off Co-Authored Paper

  26-07-2019 21:35 via cointelegraph.com
  An MIT fellow has claimed that the structure of Libra is “pretty much lifted verbatim” from a paper which he co-authored last year
  
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• Binance Coin (BNB) Uptrend Is Solid, Prices May Rally Ahead of WINk IEO

  26-07-2019 21:30 via newsbtc.com
  Binance Coin is down 2.1 percent in 24 hours
  WINk, previous TRONbet, will be crowdfunding from the Binance LaunchpadThe integration of the Kyber Network liquidity protocol with the Trust wallet is a bullish signal for investors. Furthermore, the crowdfunding of WINk from the Binance Launchpad will draw demand for BNB. At the time of writing, the coin is stable but down 2.1 percent in 24 hours
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  Months after acquiring the non-custodial Trust Wallet, Binance
  
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• PSA: The IRS Knows All About Your Secret Bitcoin Trades

  26-07-2019 21:07
  The only thing that’s certain in life is death and taxes. For buyers of Bitcoin and other cryptos, the latter has come, as the IRS is now pumping out an avalanche of notices to more than 10,000 cryptocurrency investors who probably haven’t been upfront about their trades. The source of this is Coinbase, which submitted […]
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• Apollo Cryptocurrency Brings You Database Sharing - Yahoo Finance

  26-07-2019 21:04
  Apollo Cryptocurrency Brings You Database Sharing  Yahoo FinanceApollo (APL), a cryptocurrency backed by the Apollo Foundation, said Friday it successfully implemented database sharding to reduce blockchain bloat.
  
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• Apollo Cryptocurrency Brings You Database Sharing - Benzinga

  26-07-2019 21:04
  Apollo Cryptocurrency Brings You Database Sharing  BenzingaApollo (APL), a cryptocurrency backed by the Apollo Foundation, said Friday it successfully implemented database sharding to reduce blockchain ...
  
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• Dow Lags S&P 500, Nasdaq After GDP Dump Squashes Recession Talk

  26-07-2019 21:00
  The Dow lagged the broader U.S. stock market on Friday after Dow Inc. (NYSE:DOW), one of its major components, reported declining second-quarter profits and lowered its guidance for capital expenditures. Dow Lags S&P 500, Nasdaq Unlike its peers, the Dow Jones Industrial Average struggled for direction on Friday after Dow Inc., the recently merged commodity […]
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• Cardano’s Development on Track, ADA Revival Could See Prices Rally to 10 Cents

  26-07-2019 20:30 via newsbtc.com
  Cardano (ADA) prices are oscillating below 10 cents
  Shelly is the Reward Era. Cardano is right on track, building towards VoltaireShifting from Byron to Shelly, Cardano is firm on their roadmap. Promising to be efficient, the migration of blockchain projects from competing platforms to Cardano will draw demand for ADA. In that case, ADA will likely print higher above 10 cents.
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• Huawei CEO Calls on China to Create a Rival to Facebook’s Libra Crypto

  26-07-2019 20:00
  Huawei's CEO said: "Even China is able to issue such currencies, why wait for Libra?"
  
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• Terrifying Sekiro ‘Toy Story’ Mod Will Ruin Your Childhood

  26-07-2019 19:52
  Not satisfied with Sekiro‘s heavy focus on themes of death amid an ultra-violent world of otherworldly specters and sword-wielding apes capable of downing the player with one fell swoop, a modder has taken it upon themselves to replace our favorite resurrecting shinobi with none other than Woody from Toy Story. Sekiro Toy Story Mod Turns […]
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• The IRS is warning thousands of cryptocurrency holders to pay their taxes - CNBC

  26-07-2019 19:47
  The IRS is warning thousands of cryptocurrency holders to pay their taxes  CNBCIRS goes after cryptocurrency owners for unpaid taxes  CBS NewsIRS Sending Warning Letters to More Than 10000 Cryptocurrency Holders  The Wall Street JournalIRS reminds 10,000 taxpayers that cryptocurrency is subject to taxes  EngadgetIRS is going after cryptocurrency users with warning letters about back taxes  CNNView full coverage on Google News
  
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• Biggest University in Western Australia Accepts Bitcoin for PhD Program

  26-07-2019 19:40 via cointelegraph.com
  A major Australian University is launching a Bitcoin-funded PhD program
  
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• Bitcoin (BTC) Price Drops 7% Due to Weak Technicals, Intensifying Sell Pressure

  26-07-2019 19:30 via newsbtc.com
  Bitcoin (BTC) is down 7.7 percent from last week’s close.
  Steven Mnuchin, the U.S. Secretary of Treasury, is calling for unity amongst regulators.The U.S. Attorney’s Office of the Southern District of New York has charged Jon Barry Thompson of Volantis Escrow Platform LLC, for lying and stealing $7 million from clients. Meanwhile, BTC prices are consolidating above $9,500.Bitcoin Price Analysis
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  The principal owner of Volantis Escrow Platform LLC, Jon Barry Thompson, has
  
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• Cardano Creator: Crypto Assets is Heading a Global Awakening

  26-07-2019 19:26 via newsbtc.com
  In a recent interview, IOHK CEO, Charles Hoskinson talked about crypto assets ushering in a new age of financial equality. He referred to Libra as the “Sputnik moment,” that is, the realization, by the US, that the world is changing. And that drastic action is required to stay relevant.
  However, the sting in the tail of all of this is the awakening, by the old guard, to the loss of centralized control. And, as Hoskinson alludes to, this awareness is the reason for Washington, and oth
  
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• Fresh Out of Jail, John McAfee Now Wants Boris Johnson’s Job

  26-07-2019 19:12 via cointelegraph.com
  After facing two arrests in one week, John McAfee wants to run for U.S. President and British Prime Minister simultaneously
  
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• Game of Thrones? Bitcoin Bro John McAfee Schemes to Rule US & UK

  26-07-2019 19:01
  Bitcoin millionaire John McAfee has a bold, ambitious vision: To rule over both the United States and the United Kingdom as their president and prime minister, respectively. McAfee outlined his audacious aspirations on Twitter, where he alleged that he qualifies to be both — simultaneously — because he’s a U.S. citizen born on U.S. soil […]
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• IRS Says It’s Sending Warning Letters to US Cryptocurrency Owners

  26-07-2019 18:45
  The IRS has begun contacting U.S. taxpayers, warning them about possible back taxes owed on their crypto holdings.
  
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• Novogratz Predicts $20K Bitcoin in 2019 as Galaxy Digital Gets IPO Nod

  26-07-2019 18:21 via cointelegraph.com
  Mike Novogratz argued that institutional interest would push Bitcoin price back to its all-time highs of $20,000 before the end of 2019
  
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• Investors Inexplicably Keep Throwing Cash at Elon Musk

  26-07-2019 18:11
  Just a day after Tesla reported a $408 million loss, more cash burn, and ridiculous delivery estimates, Elon Musk demonstrated once and for all why he either should leave or sell Tesla. The last straw? He announced an outside investment of $120 million in his Boring Company. Elon Musk Distracted by Boring Company Why is […]
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• Bitcoin No Longer Desirable Option for Criminals, Says CoinCorner CEO

  26-07-2019 17:32 via cointelegraph.com
  CEO of BTC exchange CoinCorner said that Bitcoin is no longer a desirable option criminals
  
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• Why Crypto Twitter’s Biggest Bull Suddenly Turned Bearish on Bitcoin

  26-07-2019 17:20
  The pseudonymous Majin isn’t the most popular trader on Crypto Twitter, but even haters must admit that he’s got a knack for reading the market and has been on a hot streak since at least December 2018. Just to give you an example of how he called the bitcoin bottom, he tweeted a chart on […]
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• Apple Stock Hiccups After Trump Thunders Ominous Warning

  26-07-2019 16:41
  Apple stock hiccuped on Friday after President Trump unexpectedly unleashed an ominous warning to the Silicon Valley tech giant. Trump: No Tariff Waivers for Tim Cook Shortly before 10:10 am ET, Trump tweeted that the White House would not give any “Tariff wavers (sic)” to the Tim Cook-led firm, which has long manufactured most of […]
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• Why We Should Like Facebook’s Cryptocurrency - The Wall Street Journal

  26-07-2019 16:33
  Why We Should Like Facebook’s Cryptocurrency  The Wall Street JournalThe ambition is grand: “Reinvent money. Transform the global economy. So people everywhere can live better lives.” So said Facebook last month in unveiling ...
  
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• Fed Will Take Interest Rates to Zero, Says Billionaire Investor Kyle Bass

  26-07-2019 16:26 via newsbtc.com
  The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) could take a final call on lowering interest rates by a quarter percentage point in its meeting next week. But according to billionaire investor Kyle Bass, the bells of a recession could force the committee to consider even zero rates.
  The founder and chief investment officer of Hayman Capital Management told CNBC that he doesn’t see Fed rate cuts as a viable method to expand the US economy. He predicted a “shallow recession” in early 20
  
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• Dow Spins Tires While Nasdaq Booms on $25 Billion Stock Boost

  26-07-2019 16:06
  The Dow spun its tires on Friday, helplessly advancing a few paltry points even as the Nasdaq surged thanks to a $25 billion helping hand from Google-parent Alphabet. Dow Stuck in Holding Pattern, Tech Stocks Soar Wall Street’s three major indices each rose on Friday, but their rallies were far from lock-step. The Dow Jones […]
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• Justice Department Slaps Escrow Firm Director in $7 Million Bitcoin Fraud

  26-07-2019 15:46
  US authorities have arrested the operator of a Bitcoin escrow company for defrauding two firms of $7 million. Jon Barry Thompson – a Pennsylvania man who is the director of the Bitcoin escrow firm Volantis – has been arrested and charged with two counts of wire fraud and two counts of commodities fraud, the US […]
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• BankLine Expands Banking Services To Online Cryptocurrency Companies - Yahoo Finance

  26-07-2019 15:07
  BankLine Expands Banking Services To Online Cryptocurrency Companies  Yahoo FinanceNew Services Support Online Cryptocurrency Companies Engaged in Over-the-Counter Sales MIAMI , July 26, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- BankLine forges key ...
  
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• Bitcoin Price Looking at a Hundredfold Jump: Analyst

  26-07-2019 15:00 via newsbtc.com
  Bitcoin could touch the $370,000 high in the future, according to famous quantitative analyst PlanB.
  The Twitterati said on Friday that each bull cycle in the bitcoin market started at so-called difficulty bottoms. The term reflects a stark drop in the bitcoin mining difficulty, which happens when miners start switching off their rigs. They do it because of unprofitability. A lower bitcoin rate, mostly, pushes small miners out of business — the ones who continue operations sell-off th
  
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• HOMEBLOC – Seven Questions That Investors Always Ask

  26-07-2019 14:58
  When faced with the task of analyzing this new project, investors will always ask the following questions. So here are our answers: What is the intrinsic value of this project? Is it unique? What is its market like? The intrinsic value of our project is its ability to decrease cost of living while increasing space […]
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• Abra Restricts Americans From Holding EOS and 4 Other Altcoins

  26-07-2019 14:44 via cointelegraph.com
  Abra will restrict U.S. users from holding EOS and other altcoins in August due to escalated regulatory uncertainty in the country
  
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• Facebook’s Libra Could Add Japanese Financial Giant Monex to Crypto Kumbaya

  26-07-2019 14:36
  Monex, the Japanese online brokerage that owns the crypto exchange Coincheck, has applied to join the Facebook Libra stablecoin project. The Libra Association will make a final decision on Monex’s application by September 30, Reuters Japan reported. The application process involves Monex investing millions of dollars to back Mark Zuckerberg’s vanity project. If approved, Monex […]
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• Tron Still Hasn’t Fully Paid for BitTorrent a Year On, Creator Claims

  26-07-2019 14:31 via cointelegraph.com
  Bram Cohen says he’s still owed for BitTorrent sale
  
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• Bitcoin Looks Up to August to Decide its Yearly Bias

  26-07-2019 14:30 via newsbtc.com
  The month of August sets the bias in the bitcoin market for the remainder of the year, Timothy Peterson of Cane Island Alternative Advisors found.
  The founder & portfolio manager studied the cryptocurrency’s performances in the said month throughout its trading history. He noted that August acted like a needle for bitcoin. If the month saw the cryptocurrency trending in positive territory, then it remained bullish for the rest of the year. Similarly, if the month returned negative
  
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• Lightning Labs Designs Monitoring Tool for ‘Layer 2’ Bitcoin Network

  26-07-2019 14:20
  The lightning network, seen as the future of bitcoin payments, is now a bit easier to monitor. This Wednesday, Lightning Labs released a new network analysis tool dubbed “Lndmon” that bitcoin lightning network users can use to pull up data about the state of their node and the rest of the network. The offering features […]
  
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• Croatian Post Trials Crypto Exchange Service Before Possible Wider Rollout

  26-07-2019 14:00
  While post offices sometimes offer banking services, Croatian Post is looking at launching a nationwide cryptocurrency exchange service.
  
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• Top-10 Philippine Bank Launches Its Own Fiat-Pegged Stablecoin Cryptocurrency

  26-07-2019 13:56
  One of the largest financial institutions of the country, the Union Bank of the Philippines, has announced the launch of its own crypto today to connect rural banks via its blockchain platform. A blockchain platform and a fiat-pegged stablecoin The stablecoin dubbed PHX – which is pegged to the Philippine Peso (PHP) – is already […]
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• CYBR Token Begins Trading on IDEX, the Decentralized Cryptocurrency Exchange - AiThority

  26-07-2019 13:53
  CYBR Token Begins Trading on IDEX, the Decentralized Cryptocurrency Exchange  AiThorityCYBR Token, the utility token that will drive CYBR's holistic cybersecurity suite, began trading on the decentralized platform IDEX earlier.
  
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• Monex to Join Facebook’s Libra Association

  26-07-2019 13:44
  The application will be reviewed by the end of summer.
  
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• Can We Trust Libra After Facebook $5 Billion Fine For Abusing Users’ Privacy?

  26-07-2019 13:39
  Watch Will’s analysis on how, after the endless scandals and mishandling our data, Facebook will now have to pay the price of $5 Billion to FTC for the privacy breach, and can we still bet on Libra? If the video doesn’t load, click on the direct link to the video: Facebook $5 Billion FTC Fine […]
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• Bitcoin Price Dips Under $10K as Analysts Disagree Over 2019 Trajectory

  26-07-2019 13:25 via cointelegraph.com
  Bitcoin bulls and traders can’t agree on 2019 price outlook
  
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• Japanese Financial Services Giant Monex Wants to Join Facebook’s Libra

  26-07-2019 13:13 via cointelegraph.com
  Online brokerage Monex Group Inc., owner of the hacked Japanese crypto exchange Coincheck, plans to join the Facebook Libra cryptocurrency project
  
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• China Can Crush Facebook’s Libra With Its Digital Currency: Huawei CEO

  26-07-2019 13:10
  The founder and CEO of Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei, Ren Zhengfei, has dismissed concerns that Facebook’s planned cryptocurrency Libra could dominate the world at the expense of China and its tech firms, Sina reports. Noting that countries have more power compared to internet firms, Zhengfei stated that China could issue its own digital currency that […]
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• Huawei CEO on Crypto: China Should Issue Its Own Libra

  26-07-2019 13:00 via newsbtc.com
  The past few weeks have been an absolute flurry for the crypto space. Facebook’s launch of Libra awoke something in the public, forcing anyone and everyone to take note of this budding industry.
  Related Reading: Fresh Bitcoin Uptrend May Start in September, But Drop to $7,000 Could Precede Bull Run
  Case in point, the chief executive-founder of one of the world’s most powerful technology companies, Huawei, was recently reported to have finally publicly addressed digital assets for see
  
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