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• South Korean Government Struggles to Find Balance in Legitimizing Cryptocurrencies

  20-01-2020 23:30 via crypto-news.net
  
  South Korea is well-recognized for being one of the early-adopter countries, with numerous established crypto exchanges, start-ups, and a significant amount of trading activity.
  The government’s ambitions to impose capital gains taxes became apparent during the summer of 2019, when various articles were published regarding their desire to levy taxes from individuals and companies.
  Since 2017, cryptocurrency exchanges are required to self-regulate and provide services to their customers wit
  
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• Maduro Announces Crypto Casino in Support of Petro and Public

  20-01-2020 23:10 via cointelegraph.com
  
  Venezuela’s Maduro announces crypto casino to run on country’s Petro
  
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• No, Chinese New Year Won’t Trigger a Bitcoin Pullback: Historical Data Shows

  20-01-2020 23:00 via newsbtc.com
  
  Chinese New Year is just around the corner and people are once again debating its possible impact on Bitcoin price. A popular theory is Chinese investors cash out holdings before the holiday, creating additional selling pressure in the market.
  The lunar festival, held during different weeks of the Western calendar each year, will mark the beginning of a new year in the traditional calendars of several Asian nations. This year, the event falls on January 25.
  Will Chinese New Year Crash Bitcoin Pr
  
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• Price Analysis Jan 20: BTC, ETH, XRP, BCH, BSV, LTC, EOS, BNB, XLM, ADA

  20-01-2020 22:00 via cointelegraph.com
  
  Bitcoin price is holding up well, which suggests that the uptrend might resume and a move to $10,000 is likely
  
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• Bitcoin Breaking This Single Level Will Spark a Parabolic 800% Rally

  20-01-2020 22:00 via newsbtc.com
  
  Bitcoin’s 2020 uptrend has drastically shifted the market structure of BTC, which was previously shaping up to be incredibly bearish while it was hovering within the $6,000 region.
  The subsequent rallies from this price region, however, have allowed it to climb all the way up to $9,200, which appears to be a key resistance level that bulls are currently in the process of contesting.
  Now, one prominent analyst is noting that Bitcoin is currently on the brink of a massive parabolic rally tha
  
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• China’s Total Blockchain Investments Dropped 40% in 2019 Compared to 2018

  20-01-2020 21:35 via cointelegraph.com
  
  Chinese blockchain spending dropped over 40% from 2018 to 2019, but was still significantly higher than back in 2017
  
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• Interview: Craig Wright Still ‘99.9999%’ Sure That He’ll Get BTC Fortune

  20-01-2020 21:30 via cointelegraph.com
  
  Despite bizarre courtroom mix-up of private and public keys, Craig Wright tells Cointelegraph that he’s confident he’ll get BTC fortune back
  
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• Interview: Craig Wright Still ‘99.9999%’ Sure That He’ll Get Access to BTC Fortune

  20-01-2020 21:30 via cointelegraph.com
  
  Despite bizarre courtroom mix-up of private and public keys, Craig Wright tells Cointelegraph that he’s confident he’ll get BTC fortune back
  
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• DigixDAO Votes to Liquidate $64M Treasury

  20-01-2020 21:17
  
  With only 52 votes, the DigixDAO treasury will dissolve, returning DGD holders their staked $ETH.
  
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• Is This Why Bitcoin SV Climbed Another 20% In the Last 24 Hours?

  20-01-2020 21:00 via newsbtc.com
  
  Although almost the entire cryptocurrency industry started 2020 with big price increases, one has stood out above the pack. Bitcoin SV (BSV) kicked off the year at below $100 and now trades for more than $300.
  Whereas most digital currencies have traded sideways over the last 24 hours, Bitcoin SV is gaining in market capitalisation once again. However, at least one market analyst believes the dramatic price pumps are anything but organic.
  Bitcoin SV Bucking the Trend Again, But Where’s the
  
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• Bitcoin Price Tightens as Traders Eye the CME Gap and $8.2K Support

  20-01-2020 20:59 via cointelegraph.com
  
  After Bitcoin price failed to hold $9.2K traders are now watching the CME gap and support crucial support at $8.6K
  
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• Altcoin Market Bottoms With Highest Buy Volume in Crypto History

  20-01-2020 20:00 via newsbtc.com
  
  Last week the altcoin market exploded, bursting through local downtrend resistance and going on a rally that added over $30 billion in value to the overall crypto market cap sans Bitcoin.
  The breakout was accompanied by the highest level of buy volume on the total altcoin market cap weekly price chart, which could indicate that the bottom is finally in for altcoins, and the market may soon reenter a bull phase.
  Altcoins Everywhere Breakthrough Local Downtrend Resistance
  On December 18, 2019, the
  
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• CME Open Interest for Bitcoin Futures Up 100% Since Start of 2020

  20-01-2020 19:48
  
  Open interest in bitcoin futures listed on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) have doubled in the first few days of the year, as noted by data analytics firm Skew.
  
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• Bitcoin’s Booming Hash Rate Is Really Bullish for the Market: Here’s Why

  20-01-2020 19:00 via newsbtc.com
  
  Bitcoin energy value — which seemingly correlates with the coin’s price — and Bitcoin’s hash rate have just hit all-time highs (ATH), showing that the ecosystem is stronger and more valuable than ever.
  Determining Bitcoin’s Fair Value
  In December, Charles Edwards and the team at investment firm Capriole Investments (@caprioleio) detailed the Bitcoin energy value equivalence. This highlighted the metric’s seeming correlation with Bitcoin’s trading price a
  
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• EIDOS Transaction Volumes Skew 2019 DApp Market Report

  20-01-2020 18:28 via cointelegraph.com
  
  EIDOS almost triples the transaction count in two months that the rest of the dApp ecosystem managed in the whole of 2019
  
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• Reliable Indicator Shows Bitcoin Rally Reached Its Top at $9,200, Brutal Correction Likely to Ensue

  20-01-2020 18:00 via newsbtc.com
  
  Bitcoin’s NVT ratio, or its network value to transactions ratio, can be used to signal tops and bottoms in the crypto asset with surprising accuracy.
  Although the tool’s creator hasn’t been giving it much credence in the past, it has repeatedly signaled the top over the last two years of price action. Now, the signal is acting up once again, suggesting that Bitcoin has topped out and a deep, November 2018-style drop could be coming in the days ahead.
  Bitcoin NVT Signals Top Is
  
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• Adam Back on Satoshi Emails, Privacy Concerns and Bitcoin's Early Days

  20-01-2020 17:52 via cointelegraph.com
  
  Adam Back discusses the origins of Bitcoin, Hashcash and emails between Satoshi Nakamoto in interview with Cointelegraph
  
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• Vinnik’s Children File a Complaint About Rights Violation to Greek Court

  20-01-2020 17:42 via cointelegraph.com
  
  The lawyers of alleged $4 billion Bitcoin launderer Alexander Vinnik file a complaint alleging violation of Vinnik’s rights on behalf of his children
  
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• Cardano Co-Founder and CEO: We Anticipate a Hard Fork in Mid-February

  20-01-2020 17:35 via cointelegraph.com
  
  Cardano to update its consensus algorithm through a hard fork in mid-February
  
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• UK Platform Cashaa Reveals New Crypto-Friendly Banking Service

  20-01-2020 17:05
  
  Cashaa’s new account type comes with cryptocurrency conversion up to £200 million.
  
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• How the Crypto World Is Preparing for Quantum Computing, Explained

  20-01-2020 17:03 via cointelegraph.com
  
  Blockchain is regarded as the most secure technology, but can it face the quantum computing threat? Learn how the crypto world is preparing for the quantum leap #Sponsored
  
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• A Deep Retracement For Ethereum and XRP is Inevitable, Based on This Indicator

  20-01-2020 17:00 via newsbtc.com
  
  All last week, the altcoin market was on fire, with many crypto assets – including Ethereum and XRP – breaking out from downtrend resistance and going on massive rallies – some of which set over a few hundred percent gains.
  However, an indicator designed to spot reversals before they happen is suggesting that the two top altcoins Ethereum and XRP are due for a deep retracement.
  TD9 Sequential Indicator Signals Sell on Ethereum and XRP
  When the total altcoin market cap broke out
  
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• South Korea Considers 20% Crypto Tax

  20-01-2020 16:43
  
  Officials from the Ministry of Economy and Finance's income tax office have reportedly been reviewing the proposal.
  
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• South Korea Considers 20% Crypto Income Tax

  20-01-2020 16:43
  
  Officials from the Ministry of Economy and Finance's income tax office have reportedly been reviewing the proposal.
  
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• Bitcoin is Still in Gloomy Bearish Territory Even After a 43% Upsurge, Here’s Why

  20-01-2020 16:12 via newsbtc.com
  
  Bitcoin is enjoying fresh gains at the start of 2020 as investors continue to speculate on its potential adoption against a series of geopolitical and macroeconomic letdowns.
  The benchmark cryptocurrency on Sunday surged beyond $9,000 for the first time in three months, up by 28.32 percent since the start of the year. The gains came as a part of a wider upside momentum that started lat last year. In total, the price rebounded by 43 percent after establishing $6,430 as its local bottom in Decembe
  
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• Cardano’s Commercial Arm to Help Uzbekistan Form Blockchain Task Force

  20-01-2020 15:51 via cointelegraph.com
  
  Cardano’s Emurgo will help Uzbekistan form a blockchain task force to develop regulations for security token offerings and exchanges
  
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• Canadian Teen Charged for $50 Million Cryptocurrency Theft

  20-01-2020 15:42 via cointelegraph.com
  
  Canadian teenager is charged for a $50 million SIM-swapping ring that targeted Consensus attendees
  
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• CoinDesk at WEF 2020: Crypto Themes to Watch as Davos Gets Underway

  20-01-2020 15:30
  
  Get your Fourth Industrial Revolution hardhats on. CoinDesk is at Davos to guide you through all things blockchain and crypto at the yearly confab of global leaders and their hangers-on.
  
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• Ripple’s XRP Falls 11% after Rising 45%; More Declines Coming?

  20-01-2020 15:00 via newsbtc.com
  
  XRP has plunged by circa 11 percent after registering superficial gains in the past 30 days.
  The Ripple’s native cryptocurrency established an intraday low of $0.224 on Monday as traders preferred to exit their long position on small profits. So it appears, the downside move was more a natural bearish correction, especially after XRP’s monstrous price rally that pushed investors’ gains up by 45 percent.
  The move led some analysts to preserve their bullish bias in the cryptocurr
  
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• Blockstream Co-Founder Joins Bitcoin-Only Startup River Financial

  20-01-2020 15:00
  
  Jonathan Wilkins, a co-founder of Blockstream, is joining up-and-coming bitcoin brokerage River Financial as Chief Security Officer.
  
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• Blockstream Co-Founder Joins Bitcoin-Only Start-up River Financial

  20-01-2020 15:00
  
  Jonathan Wilkins, a co-founder of Blockstream, is joining up-and-coming bitcoin brokerage River Financial as Chief Security Officer.
  
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• Indian IT Minister Requests Blockchain Solutions to Improve Government Schools

  20-01-2020 14:05 via cointelegraph.com
  
  India’s IT minister has called on the National Informatics Centre to develop blockchain based initiatives to improve public education
  
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• Palestinian Militant Group Has Received 3,370 Bitcoins in Donations Since 2015: Report

  20-01-2020 14:00
  
  The report from an Israeli organisation claims the group used bitcoin to avoid sanctions, offer a degree of anonymity to donors and enable cross-border money transfers.
  
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• Bitcoin Halving Isn’t Priced In Based On This Indicator, Which Means Price Will React

  20-01-2020 13:59 via newsbtc.com
  
  On May 9th, 2020, the 630,000th Bitcoin block will be mined, during which mining rewards will get cut in half to 6.25 BTC per block. And typically, speculation on how this will affect the Bitcoin price is rife.
  On the one hand, some believe the halving event is priced in, meaning there will be no room for the price to react. Whereas others point to a multitude of indicators, including interest over time, to support the counter-argument.
  Countdown clock till the Bitcoin halving (source: bitcoincl
  
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• Thai SEC Grants License to Crypto Exchange Zipmex

  20-01-2020 13:43
  
  The exchange applied for the license early last year.
  
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• Raiz to Offer Bitcoin Fund to Australian Retail Investors in 2020

  20-01-2020 13:31 via cointelegraph.com
  
  Users of Australian micro-investment startup Raiz will reportedly have access to a Bitcoin-exposed fund
  
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• Guide to WEF Davos 2020: Sustainability, Stablecoins and CBDCs

  20-01-2020 13:25 via cointelegraph.com
  
  What will the WEF Davos 2020 mean for crypto? Check this guide to find out
  
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• Binance P2P Crypto Trading Platform Supports Vietnam’s Fiat Currency

  20-01-2020 13:11 via cointelegraph.com
  
  Binance has launched peer-to-peer trading for the Vietnamese dong, making it the second supported fiat currency after Chinese yuan
  
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• Binance CEO Suggests Crypto Exchanges Are Safer Than Keeping One’s Keys

  20-01-2020 13:04 via cointelegraph.com
  
  Keeping one’s crypto assets on a cryptocurrency exchange is the safer solution for most users, according to Binance’s CEO
  
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• Binance Adds Vietnamese Dong to P2P Platform

  20-01-2020 13:00
  
  The platform now supports the fiats of China and Vietnam.
  
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• Australian Regulator Gives Green Light to App-Based Retail Bitcoin Fund

  20-01-2020 13:00
  
  The bitcoin fund is being launched by micro-investment app providerRaiz Invest Australia.
  
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• 2 Genuine Reasons Why Bitcoin Will Hit $20,000 in 2020

  20-01-2020 13:00 via newsbtc.com
  
  Coming into the first quarter of 2020, offbeat asset bitcoin is already proving to be the year’s best investment.
  The benchmark cryptocurrency’s upside run has returned roughly twenty-fold returns in January. Its rate peaked at over $9,190 on Coinbase exchange on the 19th. In comparison, it was trading at a mere $6,300 on December 18th, 2019.
  Many in the finance industry believe that the ongoing bitcoin price rally is a farce – a classic speculative bubble that would sooner or
  
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• Bitcoin Price Matches Stock-to-Flow Forecast as $100K Halving Nears

  20-01-2020 12:39 via cointelegraph.com
  
  Bitcoin follows the price forecasting tool which predicted its rise from zero to current levels — and $100,000 next year
  
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• Argo Blockchain Sees Mining Revenue Rise Tenfold in 2019

  20-01-2020 12:17 via cointelegraph.com
  
  Publicly-listed mining company Argo Blockchain increased its revenue by more than 10 times in 2019
  
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• After Sudden 8% Drop, Bitcoin Bulls Must Defend Price Support at $8,460

  20-01-2020 12:06
  
  Bitcoin must defend key price support near $8,460 to keep the short-term bullish trend intact.
  
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• Thai SEC Grants License to Asia-Pacific Crypto Exchange

  20-01-2020 12:02 via cointelegraph.com
  
  Asia-Pacific crypto-fiat trading platform Zipmex has sealed a digital assets exchange license from the Thai Securities and Exchange Commission
  
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• Bitcoin Signal That Preceded 288% Rally About to Flash, and It’s Huge for Bulls

  20-01-2020 12:00 via newsbtc.com
  
  While Bitcoin (BTC) has struggled, experiencing two plunges of 7% and 3%, respectively, the weekly chart of the cryptocurrency is on the verge of printing a bullish signal. The signal in question was last seen prior to BTC’s 288% surge from the mid-$3,000s to $14,000 in a few months’ time.
  Related Reading: This Late Night Host Just Exposed Millions to Bitcoin, Again
  Key Bitcoin Price Signal That Preceded Rally to $14,000 About to Flash
  Trader CryptoParadyme noted that with the B
  
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• Ethereum Can Reach a Trillion Dollar Market Cap, But There is a Key Roadblock

  20-01-2020 11:14 via newsbtc.com
  
  Ryan Sean Adams, founder at Mythos Capital, made a case for a trillion dollar Ethereum market cap. And it’s all about decentralized finance (DeFi).
  DeFi refers to decentralized applications or platforms that allow investors to engage in traditional financial services by using Ethereum as collateral.
  Users can receive loans, trade derivatives, make payments, and more in a peer-to-peer manner without centralized entities.The trillion dollar case for ETH
  A bullish case for ETH as economic ban
  
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• London-Listed Argo Blockchain Reports 10-Fold Increase in Bitcoin Mining Revenue in 2019

  20-01-2020 11:10
  
  For its first full year of operations, Argo says it generated just over $11 million in revenue
  
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• Chinese Blockchain-Based Mobile Payment Revolution: How Is the Biggest CO2 Polluter Becoming Leading World Solar Panels Producer

  20-01-2020 10:33 via cointelegraph.com
  
  China leads the blockchain-based mobile digital payment revolution, expert take
  
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