Cryptocurrency survives another day

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Secretum: Riding Africa and Asia’s Crypto and Messaging Boom

As mobile and cryptocurrency penetration continues to grow in Africa and Asia, Secretum will provide a never seen before cryptocurrency trading and messaging solution - serving two markets that are day after day quickly merging into a single one.

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This Coinbase-Backed Cryptocurrency Surged 75% in a Single Day

By CCN: The cryptocurrency market has been awash in bearish sentiment on Monday, with Bitcoin failing to maintain the $8,000 mark and most of the other top 20 coins moving in a sideways or downward trend.

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Tron Price Continues Uptrend Following TronLink & CoinTigerEx News

As one would come to expect, today is shaping up to be an interesting day for all cryptocurrency markets. With no real indicative momentum to take note of, markets can easily swing either way without too many problems.

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Bitcoin hits massive milestone with its 400,000,000th transaction

Bitcoin has reached a milestone! The blockchain powering the world’s most popular cryptocurrency officially processed its 400,000,000th transaction overnight. That’s right. Check the records – at pixel time, there have been at least 400,251,742 transactions sent via Bitcoin‘s independent, censorship-resistant, peer-to-peer electronic cash system.

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Ripple’s XRP Maximum Attainable Price is $10?

One very exciting part of the entire cryptocurrency market is all the speculation and forecasts that are made every day, about the future of assets either based on trends, algorithms or in some cases, a random guess.

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Brock Pierce Buys Church With Crypto Mortgage

Just when you thought April Fools’ day was safely behind you, the blockchain space throws out another headline so wacky it seems to have been drafted on a Mad-Lib. According to a cryptocurrency lending company, former child actor Brock Pierce has acquired an old church in Amsterdam, by leveraging his holdings through a smart-contract mortgage.

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Infographic: A Map of Bitcoin Forks

This infographic provides a schematic overview of the main Bitcoin-related “forks” that can happen and shows the most important forks that have happened. It does not provide an overview of all forks that have happened.

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$185 Billion: Crypto Market Storms to 2019 High as Trump Demands ‘Rocketship’ US Fed Policy

A total of $38. 06 billion have entered the emerging cryptocurrency economy in the past week. The cryptocurrency market cap, which combines the worth of all crypto assets in circulation, shot up towards circa $185.

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This Top-100 Cryptocurrency Smells of a Scam – After Spiking 382% in a Day

Vestchain (VEST) just burst into the top hundred cryptocurrencies by market cap after 382% growth in the past twenty-four hours. However, a glance at the project’s Bitcointalk forum page reveals something fishy to be afoot, and there’s ample reason to believe that Vestchain might be a scam.

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EOS sets new record for most cryptocurrency actions in one day, crosses Tron, Bitcoin and Ethereum

EOS, the sixth largest cryptocurrency on CoinMarketCap, reported significant growth over the past few days, proving to be a strong competitor for Binance Coin [BNB], Litecoin [LTC], and Bitcoin Cash [BCH].

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Boltz: A New Crypto Exchange On The Bitcoin Lightning Network

The Lightning Network is growing stronger every day. In addition to seeing the number of nodes double in a few months, a new project has added another element of crypto infrastructure: an account-free, non-custodial cryptocurrency exchange.

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Bitcoin Cash Price Continues Bullrun as $320 Value is Surpassed

As the day progresses, the cryptocurrency market momentum seems to shift at random intervals. Hourly charts start to look very bearish once again, although the daily chart is still pretty solid right now.

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Op Ed: Why Bitcoin’s “Toxic” Maximalism Makes Sense

Over the years, Bitcoin has gained a reputation for having a “toxic” community of users around it. This accusation is mostly thrown at Bitcoin by proponents of altcoins and those who have supported various Bitcoin hard fork attempts in the past.

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Cardano [ADA] & ICON [ICX] Price Action – Candles Indicate Cardano May Reverse Its Increase

Top cryptocurrency Cardano has had particularly volatile swings over the past few days price action. Significant increases were recorded across the cryptocurrency market in general on Tuesday of this week with most major cryptocurrencies recording a double-digit appreciation on the day.

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A cryptocurrency debunker’s quixotic quest to save endangered marmots with an emoji

Marmots. If you’re unfamiliar with this creature, marmots are kinda like squirrels, but the size of a house-cat.  In Canada, they’re heavily endangered, and one cryptocurrency anti-influencer is hellbent on raising awareness with an official marmot emoji.

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Tron Price Turns Bearish as TRX/BTC Gets Battered

It quickly becomes apparent not all of the cryptocurrency markets will see bullish momentum as the day progresses. As far as the Tron price is concerned, the current trend is incredibly bearish first and foremost.

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Soon… Users Of The Hacked Cryptopia Exchange May Get A ‘Rebate,’ But There’s A Problem

Soon Users Of The Hacked Cryptopia Exchange May Get A ‘Rebate,' But There's A Problem January 14 was indeed a bad day for the New Zealand-based cryptocurrency exchange as it was on this day that the exchange lost around $23 million worth of user's cryptocurrencies to hackers. After a few months of silence, the comprised […]

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Why Crypto Adoption will Take Time: the Case of Blockchain Wallet Stellar Airdrop

Cryptocurrency is seemingly becoming more popular by the day and there are scientific indicators to support this. So far, more merchants have opted for cryptocurrency as a means of settling payment and Ripple has stood out in this area.

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Elon Musk joins Dogecoin bandwagon; steps down after being ‘elected’ its ‘CEO’

April Fools’ Day saw the cryptocurrency community, including major crypto-projects and proponents, embracing the whimsies of the day. Elon Musk and his affair with the Dogecoin project was yet another episode in a series of popular pranks for the day.

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April Fools’ Day 2019: The Best Cryptocurrency Jokes

Every year, cryptocurrency creators put their best efforts into crafting convincing April Fools’ Day jokes. Some are easy to spot, and some aren’t—here are some of the best of 2019.

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Bitcoin [BTC] pump originated in Japan or South Korea, speculates eToro’s Mati Greenspan

The coin market’s latest bull surge gave rise to several speculations in the community, with crypto-enthusiasts attributing it to various reasons, from an April Fools’ Day joke to the SEC approving Bitcoin ETF, to growing institutional adoption.

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Bitcoin’s Mammoth Rally Caused This Nasdaq Stock to Surge 20%

As Bitcoin’s sudden rally higher captures the world’s attention, it is not only the cryptocurrency investment that is racing back into the light. Any company associated with BTC is experiencing a green day, and naturally, Riot Blockchain (RIOT) is no exception.

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Paxful Introduces AI-Powered, Biometric Verification to Improve KYC and AML

The peer-to-peer bitcoin marketplace Paxful announced today, April 2, 2019, that it’s introducing AI-powered identity verification to help improve know-your-customer (KYC) and anti-money laundering (AML) procedures on the platform.

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Bitcoin’s Price Rises Above Major Moving Averages In First Since 2018

Bitcoin is now trading above its 50, 100 and 200 day moving averages for the first time in nearly 15 months after the cryptocurrency breached $5,000 during Tuesday's trading session.

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Ethereum [ETH] and Tron [TRX] Price Analysis: Cryptocurrencies see short-term gains as bulls capture market

The cryptocurrency market was on a resurgent bullish wave with Bitcoin [BTC] fueling the rapid price increase. The price rise also seeped through to the rest of the market, with coins such as Ethereum [ETH] and Tron [TRX] riding the bull.

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No, a Swiss media ‘giant’ is not paying salaries in Bitcoin

It’s finally April 2. Congratulations, you survived the epic bullshit that is cryptocurrency April Fool’s Day – and hopefully without falling for the swath of intentionally fake news. The same can’t be said for a string of media outlets caught peddling an April Fool’s prank pulled by Swiss publishing house Netzmedien, which (through a fintech subsidiary) bombastically announced it would be paying employees’ salaries entirely in cryptocurrency, starting with Bitcoin.

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Bitcoin Price Skyrockets 13 Percent on The Day, Finally Shattering Resistances Clearly

Bitcoin Price has taken off, gaining upwards of 12 percent at the time of this writing. Its market capitalization surged over $80 billion, while the price has managed to hit a 4-month high. Bitcoin Price 4-Month High After a rough 2018 for Bitcoin and the entire cryptocurrency market, today marks a sea of green for […] Bitcoin Price Skyrockets 13 Percent on The Day, Finally Shattering Resistances Clearly originally published on My Bitcoin News by David Moroe.

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Tron Price Gains 11% yet TRX/BTC Faces Plenty of Pressure

It is safe to say a lot of cryptocurrency enthusiasts will be keeping a close eye on the price charts throughout the day. While it remains to be seen which markets will effectively move up or down, the Tron price appears to be in a good place at this time.

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Bitcoin Price Jumps Over $4600 as Cryptocurrency Market Adds $15 Billion in a Single Day

Coinspeaker Bitcoin Price Jumps Over $4600 as Cryptocurrency Market Adds $15 Billion in a Single DayOn Tuesday, Bitcoin price jumped nearly 20% in just under an hour registering massive recovery after heavy consolidation.

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Not April Fools: Why the US Dollar Will ‘Print’ Bitcoin to $100 Trillion

Sky’s the limit for Bitcoin, whose market capitalization could reach $100 trillion when looking at the historic trends of the US dollar and the world’s most popular cryptocurrency side by side. Dollar’s Inflation is a Feature April Fools Day aside, the only predictable thing about the US Dollar is that its purchasing power will continue to drop.

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Everyone’s Favorite Crypto Joke Rallied 20% on April Fools’

Is Dogecoin (DOGE) playing an April Fools’ prank on the cryptocurrency community? Its April 1 price chart suggests that it is. The “joke currency” today surged to $0. 002499, up more than 20 percent for the day.

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Bitcoin Price Completes Bullish Monthly Close Above $4100

Bitcoin price inched higher April 1 as the largest cryptocurrency begins a new month trading above $4100. Bitcoin Price Holds Above $4100 Data from cryptocurrency exchange Bitstamp, which traditionally hosts a more conservative price tracker than other major exchanges, showed Bitcoin at $4112 at press time Monday.

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Warning: This John McAfee-Pumped Cryptocurrency Has Major Red Flags

By CCN. com: Another day, another John McAfee tweet pumping a cryptocurrency project that has alarming red flags. The latest dubious crypto token is called Apollo, an “all-in-one” cryptocurrency with supposedly-private transactions.

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Digitex Futures Price Gains Over 4% and Bucks the Bearish Trend

It will be a very interesting day for all cryptocurrency markets, albeit not necessarily for a positive reason. As the uneasy market momentum remains in place, it remains to be seen who will buck the trend in a decisive manner.

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Zebpay Integrates Bitcoin Lightning Payments on Its Mobile App

Malta-based cryptocurrency exchange Zebpay now supports Lightning payments. The exchange announced the news via a blog post, where it claims to be the "first major exchange" to enable Lightning payments for its users.

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Galaxy Digital Shares Skyrocket After Novogratz Takes 80% Equity Stake

Analysts were congratulating cryptocurrency merchant bank Galaxy Digital CEO Mike Novogratz March 28 after share performance rocketed. Galaxy Among ‘Best Crypto-Related Performers’ Data from Bloomberg and other sources confirm something of a renaissance for Galaxy, which as recently as the end of last year had seen its fortunes decline dramatically.

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TAGZ ICO

TAGZ is Australia’s first fully licensed and regulated Dual Gateway Exchange based in Australia and registered with the Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC). Our focus is to protect our users by actively monitoring trading activity on our platform and saying goodbye to flash crashes, pump & dumps, spoofing, fake volume aswell as securing against possible data security breaches.

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EOS and ADA Surge Bitcoin Recovers to $4,050: Factors Behind the Rally

In the last 24 hours, the bitcoin price recovered beyond the $4,000 mark as alternative cryptocurrencies in the likes of Cardano (ADA) and EOS surged by more than 10 percent on the day. Many tokens and crypto assets including Nuls, Wanchain, Ontology, Crypto.

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Singapore’s DragonEx Reports Hack, Releases Suspected Wallet Addresses

The Singapore-based cryptocurrency exchange DragonEx has announced a security breach to its users via its official Telegram channel. In the message, a company administrator revealed that the hackers stole assets belonging to both the exchange and its users.

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New Messari Data: Bitcoin’s Blockchain Takes $7 Million Per Day to Stay Secure, ETH $2 Million

The cryptocurrency data portal Messari ha recently showed the world a new report in which it explains that the Bitcoin blockchain network costs around $7 million USD daily to be secured. According to the data gathered by the portal, this is how much is paid to miners in order to approve the proof of work […]

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EOS Price Remains Afloat as EOS/BTC Notes Solid Gains

The big question of the day is if and when the top cryptocurrency markets will show any signs of recovery So far, the wait seems far from over, as the hourly candles continue to look more bearish than usual.

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Bitcoin Blockchain Costs Approx. $7 Million a Day to Stay Secure

It takes an average of $7 million every day to secure the Bitcoin blockchain network, according to Messari. The cryptocurrency data portal published a new screener this Monday which outlined the revenues paid to miners for top proof-of-work coins.

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Sluggish Bitcoin Price Creates Bullish Opportunities for Wider Crypto Market: Trader

In the past 24 hours, the Bitcoin price has remained stable above the $4,020 mark, unable to break out above a key resistance level at $4,200. Meanwhile, a handful of crypto assets and tokens recorded gains in the range of 5 to 30 percent.

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ABBC Coin Price Remains Bearish and Returns to More Normal Levels

Whenever a relatively unknown and seemingly less-than-useful cryptocurrency rises in value out of the blue, there is a good chance its price retrace fairly shortly after. In this volatile industry, one of those coins can be found virtually every other day.

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We shouldn’t care about companies accepting Bitcoin in 2019

Bitcoin – the original cryptocurrency – has been around for a decade, but it’s still struggling to achieve mainstream adoption despite some major companies accepting it as a payment method. I remember when Overstock.

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New CryptoCompare Review of Crypto Exchange Performances for February 2019

The bitcoin sector always has a million and one transactions taking place every single day. A lot of these transactions are facilitated by cryptocurrency exchanges that support these cryptos and allow their customers, to buy, sell, send, receive, store and exchange many different cryptocurrencies.

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Big Day for Bitcoin Acceptance: Crypto Welcomed at Multi-Billion-Dollar Pair of Retailers

Many critics of Bitcoin often argue that its four occasionally five-figure price point is entirely unjustified based on the lack of BTC use in retail. However, over the years, plenty of companies have attempted to nurture the gradual adoption of cryptocurrency by offering to accept payment for goods and services in different digital assets.

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Bitcoin Accepted as Payment Option by Major US Electronics Company

Avnet has become the latest major enterprise to begin accepting payment in bitcoin and other cryptocurrency. On March 19, 2019, the company announced that it will allow customers to pay for goods and services using bitcoin and bitcoin cash.

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