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• Fewer Pronouncements of BTC's Death in 2019, but Here Are the Top 5

  31-01-2020 23:52 via cointelegraph.com
  
  The number of Bitcoin obituaries has declined drastically in 2019 — Cointelegraph looks at the top 5 Bitcoin “burials” of the year
  
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• BitFlyer Now Offers US Users 0% Fees When Buying Bitcoin With USD

  31-01-2020 23:36 via cointelegraph.com
  
  U.S. residents now have one more option to buy Bitcoin with USD through bitFlyer’s zero-fee BTC/USD trading pair campaign
  
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• Crypto Exchange Zebpay Reopens in India Despite Banking Ban

  31-01-2020 23:28 via cointelegraph.com
  
  Singapore’s Zebpay crypto trading platform reopens to Indian customers despite central bank crypto ban
  
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• USDT Moves Every Eight Days on Average, Data Shows

  31-01-2020 23:02 via cointelegraph.com
  
  Recent data shows each USDT does not sit in one place for too long, moving locations every eight days, on average
  
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• Cardano Up 47% in 2020, But Does Blockchain’s Usage Warrant it?

  31-01-2020 23:00 via newsbtc.com
  
  Like many crypto assets, the price of Cardano (ADA) has increased over the opening month of 2020. Starting the year at around $0.033, the digital currrency now trades at more than $0.054.
  Although the same could be said about many of the thousands of other digital currencies, the gains do not appear to be based on actual usage. In fact, a look at the Cardano blockchain shows that very few people are using the cryptocurrency at all.
  Cardano Clearly a Long Way from Mass Adoption
  According to data
  
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• Europe’s First Crypto License Issuer Warns of New Unregistered Crypto Firm

  31-01-2020 22:50 via cointelegraph.com
  
  Luxembourg financial watchdog CSSF warns against a crypto firm claiming to be headquartered in the country
  
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• Options Growth Will Ignite Innovation in the Bitcoin Market – but Not in the Way You Think

  31-01-2020 22:17
  
  Richard Rosenblum, co-founder of GSR, points out the lackluster growth in listed options hides the real action taking place in OTC hedges.
  
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• Cambodia To Launch A National Cryptocurrency In The Coming Months – Crypto.IQ | Bitcoin and Investment News from Inside Experts You Can Trust - CryptoIQ

  31-01-2020 22:08 via cryptoiq.co
  
  Cambodia To Launch A National Cryptocurrency In The Coming Months – Crypto.IQ | Bitcoin and Investment News from Inside Experts You Can Trust  CryptoIQ
  
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• This Eerily Accurate Fractal Suggests Bitcoin Will Soon Explode to $12,000

  31-01-2020 22:00 via newsbtc.com
  
  After facing a constant stream of buying pressure that led Bitcoin’s price to climb as high as $9,550, BTC faced a large influx of overnight selling pressure that sent it reeling down to lows of $9,200 before it found some support.
  The sharp decline from $9,550 does make this 2020 high look like a local top for the cryptocurrency, and it is a strong possibility that the crypto sees some further short-term downside.
  In spite of this, one eerily accurate fractal pattern formed between May an
  
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• Bitcoin Price Drops 3% on Brexit and Coronavirus Case in the UK

  31-01-2020 21:55 via cointelegraph.com
  
  Bitcoin’s GBP dropped 3% as the coronavirus spread to the UK and Brexit occurred but the BTC/USD pair remains bullish
  
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• Scotland’s Bitcoiners Share Canny Tales of ‘Buying the Dip’

  31-01-2020 21:53
  
  A meetup in Scotland afforded a forensic examination of bitcoin's rollercoaster cycle – with plenty of examples of the emotional trauma that accompanied the ride.
  
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• Kobe Bryant wallpaper shows how hackers exploit mourning fans for cryptocurrency mining - The Independent

  31-01-2020 21:01 via independent.co.uk
  
  Kobe Bryant wallpaper shows how hackers exploit mourning fans for cryptocurrency mining  The Independent
  
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• How Fund Managers View Lending and Staking: 3 Takeaways From a CoinDesk Research Webinar

  31-01-2020 21:01
  
  In December, we invited two fund managers, both long bitcoin and other crypto assets, for a CoinDesk Research webinar on lending and staking. Jordan Clifford of Scalar Capital and Kyle Samani of Multicoin Capital joined us to discuss how they evaluate risk and returns in crypto lending and staking, what crypto assets' risk-free rate might look like, and what DeFi needs to do to attract investors and new users.
  
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• Craig Wright Talks Bitcoin SV with Senior UK Politicians, Says nChain Exec

  31-01-2020 21:00 via newsbtc.com
  
  Rumours are circulating that the main Bitcoin SV (BSV) proponent Craig Wright has been in private talks with members of the UK’s House of Lords. An nChain executive said Wright spoke for the senior British politicians yesterday.
  Osmin Callis claims that Wright used the opportunity to explain Bitcoin SV’s benefits to the senior legislative house. Those in attendance were reportedly welcoming of his ideas.
  Did Craig Wright Really Just Shill Bitcoin SV to UK Politicians?
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• Google Reinstates Bitcoin Rewards Game Suspended for ‘Deceptive Practices’

  31-01-2020 20:51
  
  The “Bitcoin Blast” app is back on the Google Play store, though Google still hasn’t clarified why it was taken down in the first place.
  
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• Popular Cryptocurrency Wallet Gets Cracked – In 15 Minutes: Kraken Report - The Daily Hodl

  31-01-2020 20:30 via dailyhodl.com
  
  Popular Cryptocurrency Wallet Gets Cracked – In 15 Minutes: Kraken Report  The Daily Hodl
  
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• Seychelles’ Stock Exchange Will List Ethereum Tokens Representing Supercars

  31-01-2020 20:05
  
  MERJ, the only licensed stock exchange in the Seychelles, plans to list ethereum tokens representing shares in supercars issued by CurioInvest, starting with a $1.1 million Ferrari.
  
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• Last Year’s Top Crypto Market Performers Are Lagging Behind Altcoins in 2020

  31-01-2020 20:00 via newsbtc.com
  
  Last year’s most successful investments in the crypto market are strangely lagging behind the year’s top-performing altcoins thus far.
  Is this a sign of things to come, or are oversold assets simply correcting more powerfully than assets that have had less overall drawdown?
  Bitcoin and Exchange Tokens Lag Behind Altcoins in 2020
  2019 was the year of the exchange token, led primarily by the native cryptocurrency token of the leading crypto exchange by trading volume, Binance.
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• Price Analysis Jan 31: BTC, ETH, XRP, BCH, BSV, LTC, EOS, BNB, ADA, ETC

  31-01-2020 19:55 via cointelegraph.com
  
  Several major cryptocurrencies are in a minor corrective phase and this might provide another opportunity for traders to buy after the uptrend resumes
  
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• Top 5 Performing Cryptocurrency In Jan 2020: Ethereum Classic, Litecoin, Bitcoin SV are Among them - Coingape

  31-01-2020 19:31 via coingape.com
  
  Top 5 Performing Cryptocurrency In Jan 2020: Ethereum Classic, Litecoin, Bitcoin SV are Among them  Coingape
  
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• How does risk and reward work in cryptocurrency? - Coin Rivet

  31-01-2020 19:22 via coinrivet.com
  
  How does risk and reward work in cryptocurrency?  Coin Rivet
  
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• Bitcoin SV Plunges as Founder Admits to Whale Involvement

  31-01-2020 19:15 via newsbtc.com
  
  That Bitcoin SV (BSV) price rally is appearing to hit an end.
  The fifth-largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization suffered huge losses during the Friday trade as its rate plunged by up to 12.36 percent. The move downhill led Bitcoin SV to establish an intraday low of $261.29. At its monthly best, it was trading at $458.74.
  Bitcoin SV this Friday was down by up to 43.04 percent from its monthly top | Source: TradingView.com, BitFinex
  The weak intraday performance was accompanied by a lower
  
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• Kraken Says Trezor Wallets Can be Hacked in 15 Minutes

  31-01-2020 19:11
  
  Criminals could mass produce a consumer-friendly glitching device that could be sold for about $75, Kraken said.
  
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• The Founders of Synthetix and Chainlink on DeFi, Derivatives and 25 New Decentralized Price Feeds

  31-01-2020 19:00
  
  Yesterday Chainlink released price reference data for 25 of its decentralized oracle networks which, together, power more than $100m in DeFi.
  
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• Bitcoin’s System is The Only Way to Build Cryptocurrency: Investment Firm Exec - newsBTC

  31-01-2020 19:00 via newsbtc.com
  
  Bitcoin’s System is The Only Way to Build Cryptocurrency: Investment Firm Exec  newsBTC
  
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• Trezor Wallets Can Be Hacked, Kraken Reveals

  31-01-2020 18:59 via cointelegraph.com
  
  Trezor hardware wallets can be hacked, and software fixes are impossible
  
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• Bitcoin’s System is The Only Way to Build Cryptocurrency: Investment Firm Exec

  31-01-2020 18:55 via newsbtc.com
  
  Founder of Morgan Creek Capital, Mark Yusko, believes Bitcoin’s Proof of Work (PoW) consensus is the only viable protocol on which to build a digital asset. In an interview, he discussed why the coin is a “beautiful use case of blockchain,” and why 99% of other coins will eventually go to zero.
  Proof of Work Only Viable Consensus
  Mark Yusko – a longtime Bitcoin bull – sung Bitcoin’s praises on the latest episode of RT’s Keiser Report, calling the coin a
  
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• Cryptocurrency Exchange Bitpanda Trolls Brits Over Brexit - BeInCrypto

  31-01-2020 18:36 via beincrypto.com
  
  Cryptocurrency Exchange Bitpanda Trolls Brits Over Brexit  BeInCrypto
  
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• Tesla Showing Similarities to 2017 Bitcoin, What Happens Next?

  31-01-2020 18:00 via newsbtc.com
  
  Tesla is among the top-performing assets of 2020 so far, and one of the few financial assets that has outperformed Bitcoin and the rest of the cryptocurrency market.
  Tesla is even showing similarities to that of the 2017 Bitcoin bull run, however, what does this mean for the price per share of the futuristic automaker if it continues to follow the same path?
  Is Tesla Following The Path of 2017 Bitcoin?
  Since the moment markets opened in 2020, Tesla has been on an absolute tear, rising from a sha
  
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• Telsa Showing Similarities to 2017 Bitcoin, What Happens Next?

  31-01-2020 18:00 via newsbtc.com
  
  Tesla is among the top-performing assets of 2020 so far, and one of the few financial assets that has outperformed Bitcoin and the rest of the cryptocurrency market.
  Tesla is even showing similarities to that of the 2017 Bitcoin bull run, however, what does this mean for the price per share of the futuristic automaker if it continues to follow the same path?
  Is Tesla Following The Path of 2017 Bitcoin?
  Since the moment markets opened in 2020, Tesla has been on an absolute tear, rising from a sha
  
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• Listen to Elon Musk’s Latest EDM Beats on the CoinDesk Crypto Roundup

  31-01-2020 18:00
  
  We've got the 'hawt' new single from Tesla CEO Elon Musk and as bitcoin ends its best January ever, traders eye a price move above the psychological level of $10,000.
  
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• Cryptocurrency start-up Electroneum to work directly with Cambodian MNO Cellcard - Telecompaper

  31-01-2020 17:25 via telecompaper.com
  
  Cryptocurrency start-up Electroneum to work directly with Cambodian MNO Cellcard  Telecompaper
  
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• Investigators Bust €6 Million Bitcoin and Gold Fraud Scheme

  31-01-2020 17:11 via cointelegraph.com
  
  Investigators take down fraudulent crypto and gold investment scheme
  
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• Luxembourg’s Regulator Warns on False Regulation of Crypto Bull

  31-01-2020 17:04
  
  The announcement also reveals that the aforementioned entity has published false data about its alleged headquarters .
  
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• Extreme Volatility Inbound: Why Today Is Critical For the Crypto Market

  31-01-2020 17:00 via newsbtc.com
  
  Thus far, 2020 has been a stellar year for the crypto market, adding over $70 billion to the total market cap since the clock struck midnight into the new year, thanks to short-term uptrends in Bitcoin, Ethereum, XRP, and the rest of the altcoin market.
  Bitcoin and the rest of the altcoin market may be gearing up for some extreme volatility starting today, suggesting that today may be the crypto market’s most critical day yet.
  Big Day for Bitcoin: CME Expiration, Monthly Close, and More
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• Ethereum Miners’ ETH Holdings Near Record Highs

  31-01-2020 16:56
  
  Ethereum miners are hoarding ether tokens, and this could indicate high confidence in the project.
  
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• Miners Accumulating Ethereum at a Rapid Rate May Take ETH to Record High

  31-01-2020 16:03 via newsbtc.com
  
  The Ethereum  (ETH) price could explode to record highs on the backs of an optimistic accumulation behavior.
  Data provided by cryptocurrency market analysts at Santiment shows that miners are now holding more ETH rewards than they did three months back. At 1.69 million ETH, which roughly equals about $300 million, the cumulative balance of all Ethereum mining pools is now sitting atop a new all-time high.
  Miners’ ETH holdings are reaching its all-time high | Source: Santiment
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• Bitcoin Startup Casa Names New CEO as Node Service Goes Open-Source

  31-01-2020 16:00
  
  Bitcoin startup Casa is charging into 2020 with a new look – by winding down its hardware product and shuffling its front office.
  
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• Bitcoin on Track for Best Q1 in Seven Years | Cryptocurrency News - Crypto Briefing

  31-01-2020 16:00 via cryptobriefing.com
  
  Bitcoin on Track for Best Q1 in Seven Years | Cryptocurrency News  Crypto Briefing
  
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• Bitcoin on Track for Best Q1 in Seven Years - Crypto Briefing

  31-01-2020 15:58 via cryptobriefing.com
  
  Bitcoin on Track for Best Q1 in Seven Years  Crypto Briefing
  
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• Bitcoin Investors Be Aware: Kraken Finds Way to Hack Into Trezor Hardware Wallets

  31-01-2020 15:57 via newsbtc.com
  
  The security research team at Kraken has found a way to hack into the popular Trezor bitcoin hardware wallet. In merely 15 minutes with physical access to the device, the team extracted seeds from the wallet.
  Only works if hacker has physical access to the wallet
  According to Kraken Security Labs, breaking into a Trezor wallet is possible through the usage of cheap equipment. By conducting a voltage glitch-based attack, hackers can extract keys from the wallet and therefore withdraw funds from i
  
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• Financial Firm SBI Holdings to Offer XRP Cryptocurrency as Shareholders' Benefit - CoinDesk

  31-01-2020 15:06 via coindesk.com
  
  Financial Firm SBI Holdings to Offer XRP Cryptocurrency as Shareholders' Benefit  CoinDesk
  
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• Bitcoin Price Pulls Back to $9.2K, BTC Realized Cap Hits All-Time High

  31-01-2020 15:05 via cointelegraph.com
  
  Bitcoin price pulls back as bulls target $10,000
  
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• Financial Firm SBI Holdings to Offer XRP Cryptocurrency as Shareholders’ Benefit - Yahoo Finance

  31-01-2020 15:01 via finance.yahoo.com
  
  Financial Firm SBI Holdings to Offer XRP Cryptocurrency as Shareholders’ Benefit  Yahoo Finance
  
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• Financial Firm SBI Holdings to Offer XRP Cryptocurrency as Shareholders’ Benefit

  31-01-2020 15:01
  
  Japan's crypto-friendly financial firm SBI Holdings is to give shareholders the option to receive the XRP cryptocurrency as a benefit. They can alternatively accept health supplements.
  
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• Bitcoin Will Be $8 Trillion Economy by 2030, Top Wealth Manager Explains Why

  31-01-2020 15:00 via newsbtc.com
  
  Bitcoin could become an $8 trillion asset by 2030, according to Andy Edstrom of California-based WESCAP Group.
  The wealth manager said the cryptocurrency could take away a part of capitalization from all the leading markets. They include gold, shares, fiat, offshore assets, or demonetized store of values like real estates. He added that investors would explore bitcoin also because of its new use-cases as its technology grows in the next decade. Excerpts:
  “Whether it’s micropayme
  
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• Overstock’s tZERO to Launch Broker Dealer in First Half of 2020

  31-01-2020 14:28 via cointelegraph.com
  
  Overstock’s blockchain arm tZERO expects to roll out a digital assets broker dealer, tZERO Markets, in the first half of 2020
  
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• ‘Key Milestone’ for Hyperledger as Fabric Blockchain Platform Reaches 2.0 Release

  31-01-2020 14:00
  
  Version 2.0 marks the most significant release since Fabric first launched in 2017.
  
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• Liquid Cryptocurrency Exchange Improves Security, Transaction Speed - ITPro Today

  31-01-2020 13:57 via itprotoday.com
  
  Liquid Cryptocurrency Exchange Improves Security, Transaction Speed  ITPro Today
  
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• Bitfinex Users Can Now Trade Tether Gold Stablecoin Against Bitcoin

  31-01-2020 13:54 via cointelegraph.com
  
  Bitfinex rolls out Tether Gold trading against Bitcoin after launching support for the gold-backed stablecoin last week
  
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