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• Luxembourg Regulator Red-Flags Activities of BitPay Clone Website

  18-09-2019 23:40 via cointelegraph.com
  Luxembourg’s financial watchdog red-flagged the activities of a clone website impersonating crypto payments provider BitPay
  
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• Craig Wright’s Hidden Treasures: Court Order to Unlock the Tulip Trust

  18-09-2019 23:25 via cointelegraph.com
  The case against Craig Wright resulted in a court order, but there is still a great deal unknown
  
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• DOJ Brings Extortion Charges Against Early Advisor to Ethereum, tZero

  18-09-2019 23:10
  U.S. law enforcement has charged an early supporter of the ethereum project and former advisor to Overstock’s tZero with extortion.
  
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• Turkey Announces Plans for National Blockchain Infrastructure

  18-09-2019 23:05 via cointelegraph.com
  The Turkish Ministry of Industry and Technology has announced plans to establish a national blockchain infrastructure
  
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• Bitcoin ETF Dreams are Fantasies for Now; But Does It Matter for BTC?

  18-09-2019 23:00 via newsbtc.com
  Throughout 2019 many investors and analysts alike have been looking towards the approval of a Bitcoin (BTC) exchange traded fund (ETF) as a potential catalyst that could spark significantly further gains for the cryptocurrency.
  Yesterday, however, the ETF application that many within the crypto community had been looking towards as the most likely to garner the SEC’s favor was withdrawn by the applicant, signaling that there will not be any Bitcoin ETF in the US for the foreseeable future.
  
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• Israeli Startup Creates Offline Crypto Wallet with Online Connectivity

  18-09-2019 22:52
  Israeli startup GK8 unveiled a cold-storage crypto wallet with on-network transfer capabilities.
  
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• SEC Charges Token Sale Platform ICOBox With Securities Violations

  18-09-2019 22:46
  The SEC has charged ICOBox and its founder with violating securities and registration requirements with its token sale and operations.
  
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• Price Analysis 18/09: BTC, ETH, XRP, BCH, LTC, EOS, BNB, BSV, XLM, ADA

  18-09-2019 22:08 via cointelegraph.com
  Which altcoins offer a good buying opportunity? Let’s analyze the charts
  
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• Jamie Dimon Quashes Recession Fears — Here's Why He's Wrong

  18-09-2019 22:03
  Despite worries of an impending global recession, Jamie Dimon is still feeling rather positive about the state of the U.S. economy — but his sentiment might be misguided. The J.P. Morgan Chase chairman says his gut feeling is that the American economy isn't nearing a turn for the worse — telling reporters at the Business […]
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• Dow Mounts Stunning Recovery to Erase Brutal 200-Point Loss

  18-09-2019 22:01
  The Dow Jones dropped sharply after the Federal Reserve cut interest rates by 25 basis points to 1.75%, only to mount a stunning recovery in late afternoon trading. The US dollar surged, with Treasury yields hitting the Dow hard as the stock market trembled under the extraordinary situation of three FOMC members dissenting. US stocks […]
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• Will Binance’s Limited US Launch Impact Current Resurgence of Non-BTC Crypto?

  18-09-2019 22:00 via newsbtc.com
  Cryptocurrency exchange giant Binance launched registrations and deposits today in the United States. The popular crypto asset trading venue will be blocked from 13 states and will feature a vastly restricted set of currencies to begin with.
  With such restricted offerings from one of the planet’s major cryptocurrency exchanges serving the lucrative US market, will altcoins be able to continue their current run versus Bitcoin going forward?
  Binance.US Launches With Just Seven Crypto Assets
  
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• US Housing Market: Economist Says Stellar Data Won't Stop Recession

  18-09-2019 21:26
  The US housing market continues to mystify investors as they scrutinize economic data in search of a smoking gun that will vindicate - or vanquish - fears that the US economy is on the brink of a recession. The needle moved in the optimists’ favor on Wednesday, when the Commerce Department reported that housing starts […]
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• New Bitcoin Mutual Fund Eases Crypto Investing for Eager-Yet-Wary Asian Investors

  18-09-2019 21:26
  A new mutual fund will provide crypto currency access to accredited investors in Asia who are very interested but slow to buy the coins directly.
  
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• New Bitcoin Mutual Fund Eases Crypto for Wary Asian Investors

  18-09-2019 21:26
  A new mutual fund will provide crypto currency access to accredited investors in Asia who are very interested but slow to buy the coins directly.
  
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• US FDA to Hold Meeting on Blockchain and AI in Food Traceability

  18-09-2019 21:15 via cointelegraph.com
  The FDA has set up a meeting with international stakeholders to discuss blockchain deployment in food tracking
  
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• Trump Buries Fed Chair Jerome Powell After ‘Gutless’ Policy Decision

  18-09-2019 21:08
  The Federal Reserve’s quarter-point rate cut on Wednesday was met with hostility by President Trump, who blasted Chairman Jerome Powell for lacking vision and being totally ‘gutless’ about helping the American economy. Trump Ups Anti-Fed Rhetoric Trump took to Twitter Wednesday afternoon to complain about the Fed’s decision to lower interest rates. Based on Trump’s […]
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• Report: North Korea in Early Stages of Building Own Cryptocurrency

  18-09-2019 21:02 via cointelegraph.com
  Report: North Korea is in the early stages of building its own Bitcoin-like cryptocurrency
  
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• Crypto Analyst: Brutal Wyckoff Distribution Expected As Bitcoin Cools Offs

  18-09-2019 21:00 via newsbtc.com
  Throughout much of the bear market, one of the themes that kept crypto investor’s hope alive in crypto investors was the thought that Bitcoin was being accumulated, according to Wyckoff theory, at low prices by major players and institutions. After that, eventually, the markup phase would occur and the first-ever crypto-asset would be back in a bull market in no time.
  Now that Bitcoin price has indeed been marked up, by as much as 340% at its peak and is consolidating before its next move,
  
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• How Every Fed Member Voted on Today's Interest Rate Cut

  18-09-2019 20:39
  As expected, the Federal Reserve voted to reduce its interest rate target to 1.75% to 2.00% at its September policy meeting. The US central bank has now cut interest rates at two consecutive FOMC meetings, after not cutting rates for more than ten years amid the US economy's longest-ever expansion. How Each Fed Member Voted […]
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• Reuters: Facebook Met British Authorities Prior to Libra’s Official Announcement

  18-09-2019 20:31 via cointelegraph.com
  This spring, Facebook reportedly met with U.K. officials in a bid to get their support for Libra before its public announcement
  
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• The End of the Blockchain Scalability Problem? ILCoin Achieves 33,000+ Tx/s With 1.5 GB Blocks

  18-09-2019 20:16
  Blockchain technology has the potential to change the world and disrupt numerous industries with its positive features like increased security, transparency, traceability, and decentralization. Cryptocurrencies are one great example of the possible use-cases of blockchain technology. They allow us to send and receive inexpensive transactions anywhere in the world in 24/7/365, ignoring the bank holidays, […]
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• Alt Season 2.0: Ethereum and XRP Post 20% Gains, Litecoin and More Up 10%

  18-09-2019 20:00 via newsbtc.com
  At the start of 2019, altcoins like Litecoin, Ethereum, and XRP started to climb and show glimmers of hope that the bear market might finally be over, but a powerful parabolic Bitcoin rally sucked the momentum and capital right out of the altcoin market.
  But now that Bitcoin price is stagnating, altcoins are once again starting to rise, posting some of the largest gains seen in all of 2019. It’s caused even the most pessimistic crypto traders to consider that alt season may be finally upon
  
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• Juul’s Valuation Is Going Up in Smoke After China Terminates Sales

  18-09-2019 19:30
  Mere days after launching in the world's largest tobacco market, Juul, a leading e-cigarette producer, had its sales terminated in China; meanwhile, stock estimates have been reduced to little more than vapor, with the firm's $38 billion valuation slowly evaporating. Just last week the popular vaporizer launched a range of its products on two of […]
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• Retail Giant Overstock Seeks to Restructure Cryptocurrency Dividend - Cointelegraph

  18-09-2019 19:16 via cointelegraph.com
  Retail Giant Overstock Seeks to Restructure Cryptocurrency Dividend  CointelegraphAmerican e-commerce giant Overstock is working on the liberalization of its planned digital dividend shares trading.
  
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• Retail Giant Overstock Seeks to Restructure Cryptocurrency Dividend

  18-09-2019 19:16 via cointelegraph.com
  Overstock is working with authorities to make its digital asset-based dividend freely tradeable
  
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• BitMart Will Join The World Blockchain Forum New York 2019

  18-09-2019 19:14
  On September 27th and 28th, 2019, WBF will come back to New York City to hold the World Blockchain Forum New York 2019 & World Blockchain Awards Global at Altman Building. The event will bring together over 1000 blockchain practitioners, 200 investors from all over the world, 70 keynote speakers, and 20 exhibitors from the […]
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• Billionaire Mark Cuban: 'There Is No Streaming War'

  18-09-2019 19:14
  What streaming content wars? Billionaire sports mogul Mark Cuban says you're getting it all wrong. Considering that content streamers such as Netflix, NBC, AT&T, HBO, Disney, and Apple have reportedly poured $2 billion into content in an attempt to win over subscribers, that might seem like a shocking conclusion. According to Cuban, however, there is […]
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• Litecoin Non-Profit to Hold Undisclosed Treasury Sum with Crypto Lender

  18-09-2019 19:11
  The Litecoin Foundation has tapped Celsius Network, a blockchain-based crypto lending program, to become its preferred crypto wallet.
  
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• Litecoin Foundation to Hold Undisclosed Treasury Sum with Crypto Lender

  18-09-2019 19:11
  The Litecoin Foundation has tapped Celsius Network, a blockchain-based crypto lending program, to become its preferred crypto wallet.
  
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• Recession-Blind Federal Reserve Cuts Interest Rates to 1.75%

  18-09-2019 18:55
  The Federal Reserve’s recalibration of monetary policy continued Wednesday, as officials voted to lower the federal funds rate by 25 basis points. Although the decision was widely expected, traders had grown skeptical about the prospect of another rate cut in the days leading up to the meeting. On Tuesday, Fed Fund futures prices implied a […]
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• Luxembourg’s CSSF Warns About Fake BitPay Clone

  18-09-2019 18:36
  The commission red-flagged the activities of an entity named bitbay EUROPE S.A.
  
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• Indian Car Manufacturer Tata Motors Calls for Automotive Blockchain Tech

  18-09-2019 18:35 via cointelegraph.com
  Indian car manufacturer Tata Motors has launched a program for startups seeking blockchainsolutions for the automotive industry
  
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• Crypto Not Competitive With Gold: Barrick Gold Exec

  18-09-2019 18:09 via cointelegraph.com
  Catherine Raw, a COO at the world’s largest gold mining firm, said that cryptocurrencies are not competitive with gold
  
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• Binance Is Pitching Its Stablecoin as a Government-Friendly Libra Competitor

  18-09-2019 18:00
  Binance is now positioning its Venus stablecoin project as an alternative to Facebook's Libra, a month after downplaying any suggestions of rivalry.
  
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• Altcoin Season Is About to Return - Here's Why

  18-09-2019 18:00
  Alternative coins or altcoins have been slowly bleeding over the last two years. This is especially true for altcoins in their bitcoin (BTC) pairs. Many are down by over 90% from their all-time highs. Some mid-cap coins have even breached their historical support levels and are printing fresh lows on an almost daily basis. The […]
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• Not My Safe Haven: Investors, Speculators Dismiss Bitcoin as Global Risks Loom

  18-09-2019 17:00
  Earlier this year, the anecdote that bitcoin serves as a safe-haven asset in times of heightened macroeconomic risks received support from factual data. The benchmark cryptocurrency and its traditional rival gold both established year-to-date highs as the U.S. and China slapped tit-for-tat tariffs, the yield curve inverted and signaled a recession, and the Federal Reserve […]
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• Newton Crypto Exchange Signs Balance for Assets Custody

  18-09-2019 17:00
  The Canadian custodian stores crypto assets in secure vaults distributed across multiple locations in North America.
  
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• 66% of Europe Refuse to Use Calibra for Libra Transfers

  18-09-2019 17:00
  The results of a cryptocurrency survey conducted by the Dutch banking group, ING, revealed a significant lack of appetite for Facebook's Libra, and its designated use case: Sending payments across social media. Taking 15,000 Europeans, from 15 distinct countries, the survey collated Europe's sentiment around digital currencies. Questions ranged from the future of cryptocurrencies to […]
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• Decentralized Employment Ecosystem Opolis to Integrate MakerDAO's Dai Cryptocurrency - CoinDesk

  18-09-2019 16:45 via coindesk.com
  Decentralized Employment Ecosystem Opolis to Integrate MakerDAO's Dai Cryptocurrency  CoinDeskOpolis received a development grant from MakerDAO to integrate its Dai cryptocurrency into its decentralized employer ecosystem for payroll and benefits, the ...
  
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• Decentralized Employment Ecosystem Opolis to Integrate MakerDAO’s Dai Cryptocurrency

  18-09-2019 16:45
  Opolis received a grant from MakerDAO to integrate its Dai cryptocurrency into its decentralized employer ecosystem for payroll and benefits.
  
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• Apple Arcade Might Just Be The Best Deal In Gaming

  18-09-2019 16:40
  In anticipation of Apple Arcade's launch tomorrow, Apple has been kind enough to grant access to the platform to a selection of media outlets. The reviews are in, and the consensus is that Apple is on the right track. Much of the praise centers on a strong lineup of exclusive games and a subscription that […]
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• Germany Passes National Policy to Explore Blockchain But Limit Stablecoins

  18-09-2019 16:27
  Germany's cabinet has passed a national strategy for exploring blockchain tech, while limiting the threat of stablecoins like Facebook's Libra.
  
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• Aussie's Green-light for September 28th - TAGZ Exchange to Go Live

  18-09-2019 16:01
  Australians are anxiously awaiting the first regulated crypto exchange platform services provider to release its Exchange Platform to the public. Since the initial Alpha release of the TAGZ Exchange platform the company has been delivering on its roadmap and exceeding investor expectations. TAGZ has onboarded over 23,000 users of the platform since conception back in […]
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• Flat Bitcoin Eyes Fed Meet to Revive Its Bullish Bias

  18-09-2019 16:00 via newsbtc.com
  Bitcoin is under pressure to deliver as the Federal Reserve expects to deliver fresh rate cuts upon the conclusion of its two-day meeting this Wednesday.
  Bitcoin price flat as investors eyes the outcome of FOMC meet this Wednesday | Image credits: TradingView.com
  The benchmark cryptocurrency slipped by $14, or 0.14 percent, to $10,171.17 past London noon session. That marked its sixth consecutive day in negative territory, with a total plunge coming a little over the 3 percent mark. The price ac
  
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• Finance Expert: Dow Jones Industrial Average Is Undervalued Despite All-Time High

  18-09-2019 16:00
  The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) is on a monster decade-long bull run. In March 2009, the index bottomed out at 6,470. Since then, the market has been in a strong uptrend and in July 2019, it climbed to its all-time high of 27,398.70. That’s an impressive increase of over 323% in ten years. It’s […]
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• Dow Quivers as Wall Street Reckons With Fed Disunity

  18-09-2019 15:36
  The Dow slid back into decline on Wednesday as Wall Street quivered ahead of what an increasing number of market analysts expect will be a less-than-satisfying Federal Reserve policy statement. Dow Trades Down Ahead of FOMC Decision The US stock market took a small step backward at Wednesday’s opening bell. The Dow Jones Industrial Average […]
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• These iAngels Are Bringing New Heavyweights Into Bitcoin Investing

  18-09-2019 15:30
  The three women behind Israeli investment platform iAngels are promoting crypto adoption by connecting with traditional investors.
  
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• IBM and Citibank Join Singapore Late-Stage Blockchain Accelerator

  18-09-2019 15:18 via cointelegraph.com
  Singapore-based blockchain accelerator Tribe Accelerator now counts IBM, Citibank and Ubisoft among its members
  
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• Craig Wright Looking to Settle $10Bn Lawsuit Outside Court

  18-09-2019 15:00 via newsbtc.com
  Self-proclaimed bitcoin inventor Craig Wright has entered settlement talks with the estate of Dave Kleiman, a firm which sued him for $10 billion.
  A September 17 filing in Florida district court shows that both Wright and Kleiman estate have asked the judge to grant them a 30-day deadline. The parties have signed a non-binding agreement that would assist them in finalizing the settlement outside the court, according to the joint motion. Excerpts:
  “The parties have been engaged in extensive
  
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• Why One Key Troubled Sector Could Ruin Strong U.S. Stock Market Rally

  18-09-2019 14:59
  As markets approach the year’s end, the sentiment around the U.S. stock market is improving with important fundamental sectors like housing and manufacturing outperforming the expectations of analysts amidst a pending Federal Reserve rate cut. However, throughout the past two months, analysts expressed concerns over the likelihood of a partial trade deal with China in […]
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