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• CFTC Chair Says Ether Futures ‘Likely’ in 2020

  21-10-2019 23:45
  Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Chairman Heath Tarbert says the crypto world will see ethereum futures contracts sometime in 2020.
  
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• WATCH: Ecash Creator David Chaum On His New 'Quantum-Resistant' Cryptocurrency, Praxxis - CoinDesk

  21-10-2019 23:30 via coindesk.com
  WATCH: Ecash Creator David Chaum On His New 'Quantum-Resistant' Cryptocurrency, Praxxis  CoinDesk
  
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• WATCH: Ecash Creator David Chaum On His New ‘Quantum-Resistant’ Cryptocurrency, Praxxis 

  21-10-2019 23:30
  We spoke with Chaum at Devcon in Osaka, Japan where he shared his vision for a more secure blockchain.
  
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• WATCH: David Chaum Explains His New ‘Quantum-Resistant’ Crypto, Praxxis 

  21-10-2019 23:30
  We spoke with Chaum at Devcon in Osaka, where he shared his vision for a more secure blockchain.
  
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• Mahatma Gandhi Would Oppose India’s Ban on Cryptocurrency - CCN.com

  21-10-2019 23:04 via ccn.com
  Mahatma Gandhi Would Oppose India’s Ban on Cryptocurrency  CCN.com
  
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• Canadian Terminal Operator Joins Maersk and IBM's TradeLens

  21-10-2019 23:04 via cointelegraph.com
  Global Container Terminals, a container terminal operator in North America, has joined Maersk and IBM's blockchain shipping platform TradeLens
  
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• Mahatma Gandhi Would Oppose India’s Ban on Cryptocurrency

  21-10-2019 23:00
  India’s finance minister and reserve bank governor both cautioned India against embracing cryptocurrency this week. Their reasoning? It’s what authorities in other countries are telling them. But the father of modern India, Mahatma Gandhi, would oppose India’s ban on cryptocurrencies like bitcoin if he were alive today. Here are three reasons why. 1. Gandhi Envisioned […]
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• Bitcoin Flashes Bullish Signals as Bulls Hold it Above Key Technical Levels

  21-10-2019 23:00 via newsbtc.com
  After hovering around the $8,000 region for an extended period of time, Bitcoin has been able to garner some hints of bullishness as its buyers have pushed its price up over 3%. This latest surge further confirms the upper-$7,000 region as a strong level of support for BTC.
  Analysts are noting that today’s surge pushed BTC past multiple key technical levels that had previously been suppressing its price, which may mean that it is positioned for significantly further gains in the near-term.
  
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• Bernie Sanders Rips Amazon for ‘Outrageous’ Attacks on Seattle Socialist

  21-10-2019 22:52
  Less than three weeks after Bernie Sanders, 78, suffered a heart attack, his presidential campaign is already back on track. The senator from Vermont not only put together his finest debate performance last week, but four days later scored perhaps the most coveted endorsement in politics, as Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez joined him in Queens for a […]
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• Blockchain Firm Algorand Announces Sharia Certification for Islamic Finance

  21-10-2019 22:48 via cointelegraph.com
  Blockchain firm Algorand announced that it is now certified for Sharia-compliant financing by Bahrain’s Shariyah Review Bureau
  
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• Bitcoin Mining Moves to Texas, Bitmain Announces Partner for Massive New Facility

  21-10-2019 22:00 via newsbtc.com
  The Bitcoin mining giant Bitmain has just announced that it will work with a Canadian startup to help create a facility with potentially 300MW of power in Texas. DMG Blockchain Solutions Inc. will be providing the Chinese firm with project management services.
  The news comes less than a week after a different startup announced its intentions to also bring Bitcoin mining to Texas. Layer 1 aims to create an all-in-house mining facility and has received funding of $50 million to help it achieve thi
  
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• ‘Death Cross’ Dampens $8.8K Hopes as Bitcoin Price Recovery Stalls

  21-10-2019 21:49 via cointelegraph.com
  An impending death cross on key moving averages could prevent Bitcoin price from making a successful run at $8.8K
  
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• Dow Rises as Trump & Kudlow Tease Ambitious Trade War Timeline

  21-10-2019 21:27
  The Dow Jones managed to barely capitalize on an extremely positive mood in financial markets on Monday. Boeing stock continues to suffer after Friday’s safety system bombshell, battering an index that might otherwise have surged in response to ambitious trade war proclamations from President Donald Trump and Larry Kudlow. Dow Jones Battered by Boeing Despite […]
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• Blockchain and DNA-Based Fuel Tracking Solution Launches Commercially

  21-10-2019 21:19 via cointelegraph.com
  Bunkertrace, a blockchain and DNA-based fuel tracking solution, has launched commercially after a successful pilot earlier this month
  
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• apM Coin Spoke at Bittrex Global's 'The Future of Cryptocurrency' - PRNewswire

  21-10-2019 21:15 via prnewswire.com
  apM Coin Spoke at Bittrex Global's 'The Future of Cryptocurrency'  PRNewswire
  
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• Netflix May Be Playing the Long Con With Scorsese’s ‘The Irishman’

  21-10-2019 21:00
  The movie has not been released yet; so, no one but critics has seen it. But if we are to believe what the critics tell us, Martin Scorsese’s upcoming Netflix movie, “The Irishman,” is the best movie of all time. If we can’t rely on critics to tell us what is good and what isn’t, […]
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• Crypto Analyst Calls As Low As $300 Bitcoin, Cites Lack of Demand

  21-10-2019 21:00 via newsbtc.com
  While Bitcoin has risen at its peak over 350% in 2019 from its bear market bottom, the crypto asset failed to breach above a local high of $14,000 and fell short of retesting its previous all-time high of $20,000. The failure by bulls to push Bitcoin higher and reignite the FOMO from the crypto hype bubble has caused fear to take hold of crypto investors who are worried the bear market bottom isn’t actually in, and new lows may be set.One crypto analyst, says that not only could new l
  
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• Price Analysis 21/10: BTC, ETH, XRP, BCH, LTC, EOS, BNB, BSV, XLM, TRX

  21-10-2019 20:51 via cointelegraph.com
  Bitcoin’s bounce off the support points to accumulation taking place. If Bitcoin price moves higher, several major cryptocurrencies are likely to follow suit
  
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• The Chainsmokers Back Blockchain-Based Ticketing Platform Yellowheart

  21-10-2019 20:27 via cointelegraph.com
  Popular American EDM-pop duo The Chainsmokers are backing a new blockchain-based ticketing platform to eliminate scalpers
  
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• Data Model Predicts Bitcoin Price Will Multiply 7X in Just Seven Months

  21-10-2019 20:00
  The price of bitcoin has been heading south over the past three months, but one quant analyst that goes by the name of PlanB on Medium predicts that the flagship cryptocurrency could surge in the coming days. ”The model predicts a bitcoin market value of $1trn after next halving in May 2020, which translates in […]
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• Bitcoin Fixes This: Fake Gold Bars Could Turn Investors Toward Digital Counterpart

  21-10-2019 20:00 via newsbtc.com
  Bitcoin has been dubbed digital gold because the cryptocurrency shares many similar attributes with the precious metal.
  However, a recent situation involving a forgery crisis in the gold industry shows how one important aspect of Bitcoin gives it an enormous advantage over its physical gold counterpart and could drive more investors seeking a safe-haven or store of value into the first-ever cryptocurrency.
  Investors Beware: High-Purity Counterfeit Gold Bars Flooding the Market
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• Facebook Lays On the Charm for Its Libra Cryptocurrency Plan - The New York Times

  21-10-2019 19:43 via nytimes.com
  Facebook Lays On the Charm for Its Libra Cryptocurrency Plan  The New York Times
  
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• Former Trump Advisor to Release Stablecoin Backed by Fractional Reserve

  21-10-2019 19:33 via cointelegraph.com
  Former Donald Trump campaign adviser Stephen Moore is planning to launch a stablecoin that is stabilized by a fractional reserve
  
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• Steam Leak: Defiant Devs Expose 2019 Holiday Sale Secrets

  21-10-2019 19:30
  If you missed out on picking up the year’s hottest video games at heavily discounted prices, fret not, because the dates for the next three 2019 Steam holiday sale sales events have leaked. Leak Spills the Beans on 2019 Holiday Sales As usual, Valve communicated the dates ahead of time to developers, but despite the […]
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• iP2PGlobal Filling up the Void in Crypto Financing Markets

  21-10-2019 19:02
  Upcoming Shariah compliant P2P financing platform aims to be the first to introduce unsecured crypto loan products. One important feature seems to be missing in the ever expanding crypto credit market, there are still no unsecured crypto loan products. This is primarily due to the issue of enforcement in the event of loan default. Whereas […]
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• Heads Must Roll at Dow Jones Component Boeing: Ralph Nader

  21-10-2019 19:02
  The latest hit for troubled airplane maker Boeing (NYSE: BA) is an analyst downgrade by Credit Suisse. The Wall Street firm lowered its rating on Boeing’s (BA) stock to Neutral with a $323 price target, which reflects a 2% decline from where the stock is currently trading. Analyst downgrades are the least of Boeing’s troubles, […]
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• Lower-Related Cryptocurrency Exchanges Have Been Gaining Market Share, Report Finds - CryptoGlobe

  21-10-2019 18:55 via cryptoglobe.com
  Lower-Related Cryptocurrency Exchanges Have Been Gaining Market Share, Report Finds  CryptoGlobe
  
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• Death Stranding Director Hideo Kojima Teases Final Launch Trailer

  21-10-2019 18:28
  The final Death Stranding trailer is almost here and it has gamers incredibly enthusiastic for the next masterpiece from legendary director Hideo Kojima. News that the final trailer is ready comes directly from Kojima himself via a Tweet on Monday morning. DS launch (final) trailer! Done👍🌈🦀☔️🐬🐋🐟💀👶✋ pic.twitter.com/lBLttlZcHl — HIDEO_KOJIMA (@HIDEO_KOJIMA_EN) October 21, 2019 Unfortunately for […]
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• Indian University Students Create Blockchain-Based System for Online Voting

  21-10-2019 18:17 via cointelegraph.com
  Students from the Malla Reddy Engineering College for Women in India have created a blockchain-based system for online voting
  
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• Global Economy Is Barreling Towards Recession Under Trump’s Watch: Moody’s

  21-10-2019 18:00
  Finance ministers from the Group of 20 are slowly coming to terms with the possibility of a global recession in the not-too-distant future. Whether they truly understand the dangers remains an open question. The U.S.-China trade war is getting much of the blame, as evidenced by the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) recent downgrade to global […]
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• Crucial Stock Market Catalyst Is ‘Plummeting’ as Rally Enters 2nd Decade

  21-10-2019 17:56
  “This stock market rally has everything,” the New York Times proclaimed earlier this year, “except investors.” What the Times was hitting on was the curious fact that while major stock indices mounted spectacular recoveries, investors weren’t the ones driving equities prices higher. In fact, as CCN reported in July when the Dow Jones Industrial Average […]
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• Counter Network, the First P2P Exchange to Integrate UD

  21-10-2019 17:35
  Counter Network has completed the integration for Unstoppable Domains, a simple and easy way to acquire uncensorable blockchain domain names. Through this integration, Counter Network aims to provide a better service and increase convenience for all of our users. Unstoppable Domains is a San Francisco-based company building secure decentralised domains on blockchains. Blockchain domains from Unstoppable […]
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• UNICEF Fund Manager: Cryptocurrency Could Revolutionize Humanitarian Aid - Cointelegraph

  21-10-2019 17:30 via cointelegraph.com
  UNICEF Fund Manager: Cryptocurrency Could Revolutionize Humanitarian Aid  Cointelegraph
  
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• UNICEF Fund Manager: Cryptocurrency Could Revolutionize Humanitarian Aid

  21-10-2019 17:30 via cointelegraph.com
  Cryptocurrency adoption continues as UNICEF unveils plan to accept donations and distribute aid in Ether and Bitcoin
  
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• Burency – The World’s First Insured-Cryptocurrency Exchange

  21-10-2019 17:27
  If you are looking at getting into cryptocurrency, your first port of call will most likely be an exchange or a brokerage platform. According to CoinMarketCap there are more than 3,000 cryptocurrencies in circulation today, with a combined market cap of over $220 billion. Despite the 2018 bear market, the interest around cryptocurrency and blockchain […]
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• Trump’s Former Fed Pick Stephen Moore Announces Cryptocurrency to Compete With Central Banks - Fortune

  21-10-2019 17:05 via fortune.com
  Trump’s Former Fed Pick Stephen Moore Announces Cryptocurrency to Compete With Central Banks  Fortune
  
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• G7 Says Bitcoin Has Failed On Its Two Main Use-Cases but Data Says Otherwise

  21-10-2019 17:00
  Crypto enthusiasts see bitcoin as a unique asset. Many rely on the cryptocurrency as a store of value while others use it as a payment solution, especially for transactions that involve huge sums of money. Outside of the crypto community, however, many see the king of cryptocurrencies as an unreliable asset. Recently, the Group of […]
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• Fortnite Clone ‘Lightnite’ is a Battle Royale Shooter With Bitcoin

  21-10-2019 16:52
  Satoshis Games Studio has announced the first-ever Bitcoin battle royale game, dubbed Lightnite in a rather conspicuous reference to Epic Games flagship Fortnite, albeit without the fanfare of its game-changing Chapter 2 launch. So how does it work? What Is Lightnite? As of writing details are scarce, but Lightnite features all the trappings of any […]
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• Fidelity Fully Rolls Out Cryptocurrency Custody Services - Dash News

  21-10-2019 16:52 via dashnews.org
  Fidelity Fully Rolls Out Cryptocurrency Custody Services  Dash News
  
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• ShapeShift CEO: U.S. Federal Debt Is the Biggest Bubble in the World

  21-10-2019 16:15
  Many have called bitcoin as the biggest bubble in history. Who can blame them? The meteoric rise of the cryptocurrency from $0.06 in 2010 to as high as $20,000 in 2017 has left many dumbfounded. The fact that bitcoin is still alive and starting a new bull trend is giving critics ammunition to call the […]
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• Bitmain Launches Large Cryptocurrency Mining Farm in Texas - CryptoGlobe

  21-10-2019 15:55 via cryptoglobe.com
  Bitmain Launches Large Cryptocurrency Mining Farm in Texas  CryptoGlobe
  
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• As Lightning’s Economy Takes Shape, Devs Are Split on Proposed Fee Hike

  21-10-2019 15:45
  At the lightning network's inaugural conference in Berlin, the future economics of the bitcoin payment technology took center stage.
  
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• Dow Clings to Narrow Gains After Boeing Clips Wall Street’s Wings

  21-10-2019 15:37
  The Dow clung to narrow gains on Monday morning after the ongoing Boeing scandal dashed any hope of a substantial rally predicated on a positive development in the US-China trade war. Dow Edges Higher Despite Struggles in Core Stock The US stock market’s major indices diverged on Monday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average clawed to […]
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• University of Malta Introduces Blockchain and DLT Master’s Degree

  21-10-2019 15:02 via cointelegraph.com
  The University of Malta introduced a master’s program in blockchain and DLT
  
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• INSIGHT: Cryptocurrency Taxation—Recent Guidance Is a Good Start, But More Is Needed - Bloomberg Tax

  21-10-2019 15:02 via news.bloombergtax.com
  INSIGHT: Cryptocurrency Taxation—Recent Guidance Is a Good Start, But More Is Needed  Bloomberg Tax
  
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• Binance Announces Ruble Trading at Russian Gov't-Sponsored Event

  21-10-2019 14:56 via cointelegraph.com
  Binance CEO announced that users will be able to buy crypto on the exchange directly using the Russian ruble
  
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• Australia Ratings Board Rises to Eject NSFW ‘Song of Memories’ From Steam

  21-10-2019 14:56
  The Australian Classification Board is once again flexing its game rating standards and denying Australian gamers access to yet another game, this time focusing on NSFW interactive romantic visual novel, Song of Memories. The Board has a habit of banning games granted classification in numerous other territories as seen most recently with the hoop-jumping antics […]
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• Bitcoin Lacks Direction after Weekend Gains; Correction Incoming?

  21-10-2019 14:52 via newsbtc.com
  Bitcoin was trading in positive territory on Monday to uphold gains it made during this weekend.
  The benchmark cryptocurrency surged by 0.07 percent to trade near $8,230 as of 1140 UTC. At its session high, it was trading at $8,301.85, which was 4.37 percent higher than Friday’s closing point. The upside came as a part of technical correction after bitcoin tested $7,800 as support. More ideally, the cryptocurrency tested the lower trendline of the sideways channel, wherein it is trending s
  
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• What Role Should Central Banks Have Launching Stablecoins Like Libra?

  21-10-2019 14:13 via cointelegraph.com
  Facebook wasn’t prepared for the backlash associated with Libra. But should central banks have a role in helping the stablecoin launch — and if so, what? #Sponsored
  
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• Why Institutions Have Yet to Delve Into Bitcoin: Crypto VCs Explain

  21-10-2019 14:00 via newsbtc.com
  Bitcoin (BTC) has long been described as a movement to phase out institutions. But ironically, it is institutions that many cryptocurrency investors have claimed to rely on to boost Bitcoin to fresh all-time highs.
  Related Reading: Happy 18 Millionth Bitcoin! BTC Scarcity Implies Large Price Rally
  Yet, as of now, institutions have seemingly yet to have made a large impact on the crypto markets. Industry upstart BlockFi, for instance, reported earlier this month that the metaphorical “
  
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