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• Terrorists, including Hamas, relying on Telegram to raise cryptocurrency, says report - JNS.org

  29-08-2019 23:44 via jns.org
  Terrorists, including Hamas, relying on Telegram to raise cryptocurrency, says report  JNS.orgResearch contains examples from *content* shared by jihadi groups that are using and fundraising with cryptocurrencies.
  
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• Philippines’ Largest Bank, UnionBank, Launches its Own Cryptocurrency

  29-08-2019 23:30 via crypto-news.net
  UnionBank has released a digital currency dubbed PHX. According to the Philippine Star, the Bank will use the Stable coin to carry out transactions via the Blockchain. Aside from being the biggest bank in the Philippines, the financial establishment is now the first in the archipelagic country to develop a cryptocurrency.
  The bank joins other top financial institutions to build a crypto settlement system. According to UnionBank‘s fintech team boss Arvie de Vera, coin processing was execute
  
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• Bitcoin Price Hovers Around $9,500 Following Sudden Price Drop

  29-08-2019 23:20 via cointelegraph.com
  Bitcoin’s price is trading around $9,500 and the crypto market is largely red
  
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• Capital One Hacker Used Stolen Data to Mine Cryptocurrencies

  29-08-2019 23:01
  The hacker had already got access to Amazon Web Services (AWS) servers and managed to steal sensitive data.
  
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• Bitcoin Bulls Remain Confident Despite Ongoing Crash

  29-08-2019 23:00 via newsbtc.com
  After breaking below $10,000 yesterday, Bitcoin has faced a significant influx of selling pressure that has sent its price reeling down towards the lower-$9,000 region. This sell-off has drastically altered the overall market sentiment and came shortly after BTC made a failed attempt to surge towards $11,000.
  Some major Bitcoin bulls are still expressing confidence that Bitcoin is still likely to surge higher in the near future, with one billionaire investor explaining that investors who employ
  
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• Ethereum Muscles Bitcoin Out of Tether Racket

  29-08-2019 22:36
  Tether (USDT) transactions on the Bitcoin blockchain are losing ground to Ethereum at an ever-increasing rate. Ever since the Tether stablecoin was issued on Ethereum in January 2018, it has slowly gone on to become the most utilized version of the USDT token (of the four in existence). Data from Coinmetrics.io shows the gradual takeover […]
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• EOS, Etheruem, and Litecoin Lead Massive Bitcoin Dump

  29-08-2019 22:00 via newsbtc.com
  Yesterday’s crypto market carnage saw over $20 billion in USD value wiped out from the total crypto market capitalization. The dump affected nearly all crypto assets, including Ethereum, EOS, and Litecoin – even Bitcoin, which has maintained support despite altcoins collapsing around it.
  But new data shows that it may have been altcoins collapsing that dragged down Bitcoin. A side-by-side comparison of the price action in select altcoins shows that Ethereum, EOS, and Litecoin led the
  
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• EOS, Ethereum, and Litecoin Lead Massive Bitcoin Dump to $9,500

  29-08-2019 22:00 via newsbtc.com
  Yesterday’s Bitcoin carnage saw over $20 billion in USD value wiped out from the total crypto market capitalization. The dump affected nearly all crypto assets, including Ethereum, EOS, and Litecoin – even Bitcoin, which has maintained support despite altcoins collapsing around it.
  But new data shows that it may have been altcoins collapsing that dragged down Bitcoin. A side-by-side comparison of the price action in select altcoins shows that Ethereum, EOS, and Litecoin led the dump,
  
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• Dow Rallies 326 Points Because Wall Street Buys the China Rumor

  29-08-2019 21:47
  The Dow and broader U.S. stock market shot higher on Thursday, as investors bought into the rumor that the United States and China will resume trade talks shortly. Dow Surges; S&P 500, Nasdaq Follow All of Wall Street’s major indexes reported big gains, mirroring a strong pre-market for Dow futures. The Dow Jones Industrial Average […]
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• Dharma Announces Closed Beta for Version 2 of Lending Platform

  29-08-2019 21:27 via cointelegraph.com
  New version of lending platform Dharma is now in beta, with new infrastructure and open source smart contracts
  
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• Bitcoin: Self-proclaimed cryptocurrency creator Craig Wright ordered to pay billions - The Independent

  29-08-2019 21:22 via independent.co.uk
  Bitcoin: Self-proclaimed cryptocurrency creator Craig Wright ordered to pay billions  The IndependentThe self-proclaimed inventor of bitcoin has been ordered to pay up to $5bn over a dispute relating to the inception of the cryptocurrency. Australian IT consultant ...
  
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• Shaq Ignites Twitter Backlash Over Shameless $500 Contest

  29-08-2019 21:18
  NBA Hall-of-Famer Shaquille O’Neal ignited a Twitter firestorm this week when he launched what can only be described as the Kazaam of animation contests. Shaq, it seems, needs content for a new show called Shaq Life. But rather than hire employees to do the work, he decided to farm it out to volunteers who stand […]
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• China’s Digital Currency Will Be Two-Tiered, Replace Cash: Binance

  29-08-2019 21:00
  Binance claims the PBOC’s system will allow fund transfers without the need for a bank account using what it terms ‘decoupled’ banking.
  
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• Altcoins Still In a Bear Market, But What About Bitcoin?

  29-08-2019 21:00 via newsbtc.com
  Recently, the crypto market fear and greed index hit its lowest point in history, despite Bitcoin price trading above $10,000 and at that point had yet to break down. The fear was mostly driven by altcoin holders who have been selling any remaining bags at a substantial loss at an alarming rate.
  While even altcoins did rally in early 2019, it’s becoming increasingly clear that the crypto industry is still in a bear market, except for Bitcoin. But with altcoin sentiment so low, and Bitcoin
  
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• US SEC Reaches $10 Million Settlement With Digital Assets Issuers

  29-08-2019 20:37 via cointelegraph.com
  The US SEC has settled with a Dallas-based digital assets company and its founders for $10 million
  
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• Crypto-Mining Malware Attacks up 29% in Q1: McAfee Report

  29-08-2019 20:30
  McAfee said some of the attacks had worm capabilities, allowing it to jump from server to server.
  
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• China Telecom Releases White Paper on 5G Blockchain Phones

  29-08-2019 20:28 via cointelegraph.com
  China Telecom releases a white paper on blockchain-powered smartphones in the 5G Era
  
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• This Bitcoin Price Dump Isn’t Over – Not Even Close

  29-08-2019 20:07
  By CCN Markets: The bitcoin price suffered a massive setback on August 28th, crashing through support at $10,000 before testing the low $9,000s. We warned that this dump would eventually happen, and unfortunately for bulls, technical analysis reveals that the pain isn’t over yet – not even close. Bitcoin Price Technical Analysis Reveals Bearish Outlook […]
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• Bitcoin Price Breaks Down From Triangle, Target Suggests Revisit of $6K

  29-08-2019 20:00 via newsbtc.com
  Carnage and fear have returned to the crypto market in a big way, now that Bitcoin price has dropped from the trading range it has been locked in over the last 3 months. It’s caused even the most bullish crypto investors to consider bearish scenarios.
  The trading range that’s now in Bitcoin’s rearview mirror eventually formed a descending triangle, that has now begun to break down. The target of the triangle may take Bitcoin price back down toward previous bear market support n
  
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• Why Asian Tech Companies Are Betting Big on dApps

  29-08-2019 19:39 via newsbtc.com
  The jury is still out on dApps. Despite dApp stores, smart contracting platforms, launchpads, and distributed storage solutions soaking up vast amounts of ICO money before the tide went out on that fundraising model, they’ve yet to achieve critical mass within the cryptosphere, let alone mainstream society. “It’s still early – give it time,” dApp defenders will say, and they’ve got a point. But crypto can’t stay like 1996 for the internet forever. At the
  
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• Stablecoins Vulnerable to Regulatory Uncertainty: European Central Bank

  29-08-2019 19:35 via cointelegraph.com
  The European Central Bank says stablecoins with clear governance may be hampered by regulation uncertainty
  
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• CNN: Trump Lied to Pump the Flailing Stock Market

  29-08-2019 19:33
  It appears that stock market investors might not be the only ones feeling the heat from the US-China trade war. In a bombshell leak from Donald Trump’s private aides, CNN confirms the rumor that President Trump lied about the phone call with China to pump flailing US stocks. CNN reports (emphasis added): “Though Trump and […]
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• Crypto Lender Dharma Pivots to Stablecoin Savings Accounts

  29-08-2019 18:54
  Dharma is getting out of the lending business, launching its V2 on the Compound protocol and focusing on savings accounts for DAI and USDC.
  
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• Lendingblock Launches Institutional Crypto Lending Business

  29-08-2019 18:32
  The demand side would include hedge funds, market makers, trading houses, OTC providers, crypto lending firms and exchanges.
  
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• SEC Settles Charges With Crypto Token Issuers Accused of Fraud

  29-08-2019 18:31
  The SEC settled charges with two individuals accused of selling unregistered securities with the Bitqy and BitqyM token sales.
  
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• New Parity Update Fixes a Vulnerability Present in Some ETH Nodes

  29-08-2019 18:30 via cointelegraph.com
  Blockchain software development firm Parity releases an update for its Ethereum node software to fix an RPC vulnerability
  
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• Dow Jones Surges as Wall Street Laughs Off Dire Economic Fundamentals

  29-08-2019 18:25
  The Dow Jones soared toward a major resistance level on Thursday, even after weak pending home sales data threatened to dent the buoyant mood. While investors cheered China’s measured rhetoric on the trade war, US economic fundamentals continue to suffer from uncertainty, keeping the Dow locked in a stifling long-term sideways range. Dow Jones Rises, […]
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• Twitch Steals Top YouTube Fortnite Streamer Nick Eh 30

  29-08-2019 18:23
  The streaming wars are heating up. Today, YouTube Live’s biggest Fortnite streamer, Nicholas ‘Nick Eh 30’ Amyoony, announced he is taking his 4.6 million-strong legion of subscribers known as the Eh Team over to rival Amazon-owned streaming platform Twitch. Starting from Sep. 1, 24-year old Nick Eh 30 will stream exclusively on Twitch abandoning a […]
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• Elon Musk & Tesla Insurance Ignore Warren Buffett’s Warning

  29-08-2019 17:54
  By CCN Markets: Tesla CEO Elon Musk wasn’t fazed by Warren Buffett’s discouraging words on the EV maker potentially getting into the auto insurance business. Tesla announced this week that it would do just that, beginning in its back yard: California. Tesla Insurance launches today in California to offer better rates for Tesla owners.https://t.co/rDjbEvBxzY — […]
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• Ethereum Client Becomes First Public Blockchain Project on Hyperledger

  29-08-2019 17:32
  Hyperledger is adding the ConsenSys-backed, enterprise-focused Pantheon to its consortium, deepening its relationship with the ethereum community.
  
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• Ethereum Client Becomes First Public Blockchain on Hyperledger

  29-08-2019 17:32
  Hyperledger is adding the ConsenSys-backed, enterprise-focused Pantheon to its consortium, deepening its relationship with the ethereum community.
  
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• PrimeToken – The Wallet Token Revolution?

  29-08-2019 17:29
  In recent months, the trend of token wallets has risen sharply. Securing cryptocurrencies on wallets with the latest blockchain technology is a new trend.  The difference to these wallets?  On an ordinary hot wallet, the user usually stores a few bitcoins. These are just sitting around and do not multiply or make money themselves. Furthermore, […]
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• Why Colleges are Focusing on Cryptocurrency - WTMJ-TV

  29-08-2019 17:17 via tmj4.com
  Why Colleges are Focusing on Cryptocurrency  WTMJ-TVWith colleges and universities at the forefront of innovation, would it surprise you to know that the leading higher education institutions around the world, ...
  
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• Spectral Financial LAUNCHES SOLUTIONS FOR COMPREHENSIVE CRYPTOCURRENCY TRANSACTIONAL SAFETY AND REGULATORY COMPLIANCE SERVICES - GlobeNewswire

  29-08-2019 17:00 via globenewswire.com
  Spectral Financial LAUNCHES SOLUTIONS FOR COMPREHENSIVE CRYPTOCURRENCY TRANSACTIONAL SAFETY AND REGULATORY COMPLIANCE SERVICES  GlobeNewswireOrlando, FL, Aug. 29, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- (via Blockchain Wire) Spectral Financial, LLC a new firm that strives to reduce risk in the cryptocurrency ...
  
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• Blame Bitcoin: UN Cyber Czar Makes Crypto a Child Slavery Scapegoat

  29-08-2019 16:53
  By CCN Markets: A senior UN official, Neil Walsh, claims that Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies have made the task of fighting money laundering, terror financing, and cybercrime tougher than ever due to the relative anonymity they allegedly offer. According to Walsh, the cybercrime and anti-money laundering chief at the United Nations Office on Drugs and […]
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• SBI Holdings Will Pay a Shareholder Dividend in XRP

  29-08-2019 16:45
  SBI Holdings, the investment arm of Japanese financial giant SBI Group, will pay out dividends in the third largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization, XRP.
  
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• SBI Holdings Subsidiary Will Pay a Shareholder Dividend in XRP

  29-08-2019 16:45
  SBI Holdings, the investment arm of Japanese financial giant SBI Group, will pay out dividends in the third largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization, XRP.
  
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• Binance Launches Dev Education and Collaboration Platform Binance X

  29-08-2019 16:37 via cointelegraph.com
  Major crypto exchange Binance introduces its new developer-focused platform, Binance X
  
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• Telegram Will Release Code for Its TON Blockchain on Sept. 1

  29-08-2019 16:35
  Telegram is expected to release the code needed to run nodes on its TON blockchain on Sunday, two sources tell CoinDesk. The release will allow developers to test TON nodes in advance of a mainnet launch at the end of October.
  
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• Lawsuits and Ripple Labs Sales are Bad News for XRP

  29-08-2019 16:07
  By CCN Markets: To say that Ripple (XRP/USD) is a laggard would be a huge understatement. The cryptocurrency has been in a long downtrend ever since it posted an all-time high of $3.30 in January 2018. It is currently trading around $0.25 which is a massive devaluation of over 92 percent in over a year and […]
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• G Mining Inc. — Your Partner in Bitcoin Cloud Mining

  29-08-2019 15:51
  If you’re considering Bitcoin Cloud Mining, then G Mining Inc. is the best partner to hold your hand. The company offers very reasonable prices when it comes to BTC cloud mining; besides, the staff is friendly and can guarantee the best services. The Mining Facility at G Mining Inc. G Mining Inc. is recognized and […]
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• Alibaba will help distribute Chinese Government Cryptocurrency - Market Realist

  29-08-2019 15:40 via marketrealist.com
  Alibaba will help distribute Chinese Government Cryptocurrency  Market RealistFor a long time, China's stance concerning cryptocurrencies was unfriendly. As such, Alibaba's (BABA) cryptocurrency operations, like other Chinese companies ...
  
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• UN Official: Cryptocurrency Makes Criminals Harder to Catch - Cointelegraph

  29-08-2019 15:36 via cointelegraph.com
  UN Official: Cryptocurrency Makes Criminals Harder to Catch  CointelegraphA United Nations official warned that cryptocurrencies have made combating money laundering significantly harder.
  
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• UN Official: Cryptocurrency Makes Criminals Harder to Catch

  29-08-2019 15:36 via cointelegraph.com
  Cryptocurrencies have made combating money laundering significantly harder, according to a United Nations official
  
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• Dow Erupts Higher But ‘Big Short’ Investor Fears Market ‘Bubble’

  29-08-2019 15:35
  By CCN Markets: The Dow erupted higher on Thursday, surging more than 225 points after Beijing - not President Trump - flinched ahead of a crucial trade war tariff deadline. However, famed investor Michael Burry - who was played by Christian Bale in The Big Short - warns that a bubble is forming in a […]
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• Broader Crypto Circulation Getting Close to Reality - Bloomberg

  29-08-2019 15:30 via bloomberg.com
  Broader Crypto Circulation Getting Close to Reality  BloombergSome new developments may finally solve the question of how to distribute digital currencies and get people to use them.
  
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• ‘Legend of Mir’ Game Maker Inks Agreement for Blockchain Payments

  29-08-2019 15:00
  Wemade is fighting back against IP pirates by adopting blockchain technologies
  
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• Bitcoin Bullish Bias Intact despite $950 Drop – Here’s Why

  29-08-2019 15:00 via newsbtc.com
  Bitcoin has dropped towards the $9,300 level for the first time in the last 30 days as investors continue to explore traditionally perceived safe-haven assets against global market risks.
  The benchmark cryptocurrency plunged by $950 within a matter of a few hours. The move downhill coincided with the expiration of CME bitcoin futures contract, which typically sends the bitcoin prices lowers across the top spot exchanges. It also occurred at the time when bitcoin’s rival assets, including g
  
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• EEA Publishes Blockchain Uses for T-Mobile and Other Major Telecoms

  29-08-2019 14:56 via cointelegraph.com
  The EEA has released a document on how to use blockchain in the telecoms industry
  
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• Bitcoin Price Targets 3-Week Losing Streak in $14 Billion Overnight Wipeout

  29-08-2019 14:46
  By CCN Markets: The bitcoin price crumbled overnight, breaching the psychological barrier of $10k and dropping as low as $9,334 on Coinbase. The fall marked a nine percent collapse in a matter of hours, wiping out a total of $14 billion in BTC market capitalization.  The collapse is primarily a technical move coupled with low […]
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