Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs) expanded during the last year at very fast rates. Some of them have been labelled as utilities in order to avoid being regulated, although in some cases utility exists. origin »

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Coinbase Pro to Add Ethereum-based Tokens DAI, Golem (GNT), Zilliqa (ZIL) And Maker (MKR) in Key Areas.

Coinbase has many plans for 2019, but some of the plans of the most important crypto exchange in the United States are about to be launched now. According to an announcement made on the Coinbase Blog, DAI, Golem (GNT), Maker (MKR) and Zilliqa (ZIL) tokens are about to be launched on Coinbase Pro. According to […] origin »

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Former Goldman Sachs Trading Executive Bullish on Cryptocurrency.

Bitcoin (BTC), Cryptocurrency–Despite the falling price for cryptocurrency, which has only managed a slight recovery since experiencing the worst week of losses since 2011, not all institutional investors remain bearish on the digital asset. origin »

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Amazon Web Services Gets Into Blockchain With Amazon Managed Blockchain.

Amazon, the company which is often compared to Bitcoin (as both had their prices spiking during a bubble and then fell later) has been upgrading its blockchain technology. In late November, Amazon Web Services (AWS), the cloud computing arm of the company, has unveiled a new service that will let clients create their own cloud-based […] origin »

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Waves Blockchain Creates New Compliant Security Token Issuance Entity with BetterTokens (TSA).

Waves which has been established as a token generation together with a blockchain application platform just announced its signed agreement with Tokenization Standards Association, TSA. They have gotten into a written cooperation agreement with the TSA, a company that has been operating under the brand name BetterTokens, which is a non-profit organization that has been […] origin »

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Zug Blockchain Exchange Trade.io to Launch New TIO Markets FX Trading Platform This Month.

Trade. io, a company located in Switzerland and that works with blockchain technology, has decided to provide information about its FX Trading platform. The main intention is to launch it in two different phases starting from the next week, before 2019. origin »

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Messari’s Ryan Selkis Speaks on Bitcoin and Altcoins Decoupling with Bloomberg Analysts.

The Great Crypto Debate has been and gone, and with it comes a great number of projects showcasing use cases, and outspoken members of the industry vying to have their voices heard against members of centralized businesses who were, or are, otherwise detractors towards cryptocurrencies in general. One of the debates that emerged was over […] origin »

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Binance CEO Says ‘It Doesn’t Have to Be a Competition’ With Coinbase.

Upon the news that crypto to crypto trading is now live on Coinbase, TheCryptoDog blockchain investor and commentator announced that the competition was officially on between Coinbase and Binance–sparking an unexpected comment from CEO Changpeng Zhao (CZ). origin »

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AERUM Blockchain to Deliver Bethereum Social Betting Platform with Ethereum Sidechain Solutions.

AERUM, which has been considered to be the next generation in the infrastructure surrounding the blockchain technology, a platform that has been designed for the use of permission-less financial applications just went ahead to announce their commercial partnership. origin »

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CARDANO (ADA) Daily Price Forecast –December 19.

ADA/USD Medium-term Trend: Bullish Supply zones: $0. 0600, $0. 06600, $0. 06800 Demand zones: $0. 02000, $0. 01500, $0. 01000 ADA is in a bullish trend in its medium-term outlook. The strong bullish pressure pushed broke out of the two EMAs crossover at $0. origin »

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Overstock’s Medici Ventures Acquires 3.6 Million Shares’ Worth of Chainstone Labs Digital Assets.

Chainstone Labs is a startup for digital securities. To help them get off the ground, Medici Ventures has decided to purchase a portion of their digital assets, representing 3. 6 million shares in the company. origin »

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Only Sharks Will Feed on the Crypto Market’s Elusive Price Bottom.

2018 was a year of market bull traps and sliding prices. Now, as the year comes to an end, many cryptocurrency traders have been discussing the elusive “price bottom” for their favorite digital asset. origin »

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Bitcoin’s Survival Odds for the Crypto Winter are Much Higher than Any Other Blockchain Asset.

During 2017, Bitcoin had an incredible bull run. Its price moved from just under $1,000 to $20,000 at the end of the year. This allowed several crypto bullish individuals to suggest that Bitcoin could reach new highs during 2018. origin »

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Russians to Be Allowed ICO Investments up to $9,000 per Year.

Russian lawmakers have revised another bill regarding the regulation of the industry built around cryptocurrencies. In its latest version, the draft law on crowdfunding sets the maximum amount of money ordinary Russians will be permitted to invest in projects such as ICOs at less than $9,000 per year. origin »

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Dogecoin (DOGE) Third Only To Bitcoin, Ethereum For Active Addresses.

Dogecoin (DOGE) Sees Stellar Usage Amid Crypto Bear Market Dogecoin (DOGE) is often painted as a “joke” in the cryptosphere, as the asset itself is based on the Doge meme of yesteryear. origin »

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Let’s stop worshipping Silicon Valley in 2019.

Silicon Valley is basically this American generation’s Detroit. It’s a business hub, an economic engine, and the stuff we’re most proud of producing comes from there. We deify all the Silicon Valley bullshit. origin »

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2019 will be a pivotal year for Southeast Asian tech startups.

With a rising middle class and a booming tech startup scene, Southeast Asia (SEA) sits where China did 10 years ago — on the cusp of a major economic boom fueled by the tech industry. The only questions over the last few years have been: When will the tipping point be reached, and when will SEA mature from a promising regional market into the next big world economy? I’ve seen promising signs that in 2019, our region may finally reach that tipping point. origin »

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What is BlitzPredict (XBP)? | A Beginners Guide.

BlitzPredict is a blockchain sports betting platform which aggregates odds from several markets to provide clients with the best odds when making a bet. The post What is BlitzPredict (XBP)? | A Beginners Guide appeared first on CoinCentral. origin »

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Ethereum (ETH) Traders’ Short Position of $7.5 Million Sees Liquidation on BitMEX.

Monday was a great day on the floor of the cryptocurrency exchange market for both traders and investors in major cryptocurrencies, with many cryptos rebounding in value, contrary to the industry-wide erstwhile bearish market. origin »

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Bloomberg Crypto Report Says Tether Stablecoin Earned $6.6 Million in Interest in First Half of 2018.

Tether (TS) was able to earn around $6.6 million during the first six months of the year according to a report released by Bloomberg on December 18. With the US Dollars reserves that it has across different banking institutions, the company is able to make several millions of interests. At the same time, citing sources […] origin »

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Bitcoin Cash (BCH) Rallies as Volumes Recover.

The asset, which fell together with Bitcoin SV (BSV) over the weekend, is back above $100.

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Bitcoin (BTC) Price Analysis: Still Aiming Higher!.

Bitcoin is still gaining traction on its bounce and breakout from a short-term falling wedge pattern. This could put it on track for a major pullback on its longer-term slide, possibly even starting a reversal. origin »

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Bitcoin price analysis: Mini bull run starting to cool off.

Last three days have been a rare occasion in bitcoin market this year – we have seen a steady ascending of bitcoin price, from the $3217 to the current $3668 according to the data of messari. origin »

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What’s Next for Bitcoin Miners in 2019 Amid Lower Price?.

The year-long bear market finally forced many Bitcoin miners to capitulate by either scaling down or shuttering their operations. However, with the decrease in difficulty, some of these smaller establishments might want to get back into the business seeing as it is now easier to mine the top-ranked cryptocurrency. origin »

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Coinbase Adds More Ethereum Cryptos: Golem, Maker, Zilliqa, Dai.

Today, Coinbase has added four new Ethereum ERC20 tokens to Coinbase Pro: Golem (GNT), Maker (MKR), Zilliqa (ZIL), and Dai (DAI). The coins are available for trade in several major jurisidictions. origin »

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Nintendo Switch’s US sales surpass the PS4 and Xbox at the same age.

Nintendo today revealed the Switch has now sold over 8. 7 million units at the 21-month mark in the US, more than both the PlayStation 4 and the Xbox One did when they were the same “age. ” Given how little we know about the sales of at least one of the consoles past that mark, this might be the last time we get to compare the three reliably. origin »

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Darknet Vendors Charge $1 per Stolen Personal Data “Account”.

No one is surprised to learn that the darknet is firing on all cylinders at any given day. Numerous underground marketplaces have come to the forefront recently. Every individual platform has its own specific niche market, yet selling personal information on the deep web has become very common these days. origin »

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What Is a Nonce? A No-Nonsense Dive into Proof of Work.

An analysis of the role of the nonce in the Bitcoin proof of work mining process, alongside the SHA-256 algorithm and the difficulty adjustment. The post What Is a Nonce? A No-Nonsense Dive into Proof of Work appeared first on CoinCentral. origin »

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Maltese Blockchain Bank Set to Start Operations by Mid-2019.

CoinSpeaker Maltese Blockchain Bank Set to Start Operations by Mid-2019 Malta may soon launch a bank that will allow cryptocurrency startups get an access to banking services earlier available only for companies outside the crypto industry. origin »

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OpenNode Bitcoin Payment Provider Secures $1.25 Million Investment from Billionaire Tim Draper.

A Bitcoin payments processor called OpenNode ha recently received the sum of $1.25 million USD from the venture capitalist investor Tim Draper. The funds, which were raised during a seed round, will be used to expand the team of the company, especially the legal and the compliance teams. The goal of OpenNode is to offer […] origin »

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Blockchain Can Fulfil its Promise of Global Business Transformation, says Rafal Szymanski.

Rafal Szymanski, CEO of Global Tech Makers, believes that blockchain has the potential to be more than just a buzzword. The IT guru says that technology can fulfill its promise of transforming the landscape of the global business process. origin »

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German Bank Tests Blockchain For Development In Africa.

A new blockchain trial aims to solve transparency and infrastructural challenges related to international development.

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Sapien Will Reinvent the Way Users Earn Cryptocurrency.

In December 2018, Sapien will release Polaris, and it will reinvent the way users earn cryptocurrency online. Polaris is… The post Sapien Will Reinvent the Way Users Earn Cryptocurrency appeared first on Invest In Blockchain. origin »

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If Ripple Shuts Down, XRP Will Continue to Trade and Plummet in Matter of Days.

Since December 2017, XRP has seen a decline of 40 percent and is down 89 percent from its peak. Ripple currently works with the biggest financial institutions in the world and its plan is to power the whole financial sector by allowing us to make instant transactions at just a fraction of current cost. origin »

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Bitcoin Cash Price Push Continues With Another 33% Increase.

As the bullish cryptocurrency momentum trucks on, there is a growing sense of contentment among enthusiasts and traders. It is very impressive to see how easily these current gains can be sustained, especially where Bitcoin Cash is concerned. origin »

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Bitcoin Price Recovers Above $3.7K as Novogratz Predicts No Further Losses.

Cryptocurrency merchant bank Galaxy Digital CEO Mike Novogratz repeated his faith in the Bitcoin price December 18, forecasting no further big losses. Novogratz: ‘This Isn’t Tulips’ In an interview with Bloomberg, the investment mogul said he was “fairly convinced” a “digital store of value” would emerge for the world, and that it would be Bitcoin. origin »

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Coinbase Continues to Refine Platform, Watchlist Lets Users Streamline Experience.

As a part of their “12 Days of Coinbase” campaign, popular U.S. crypto exchange Coinbase recently released a “watchlist… The post Coinbase Continues to Refine Platform, Watchlist Lets Users Streamline Experience appeared first on Invest In Blockchain. origin »

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This guy just covered his short after nailing the bitcoin top back in December.

Last December Bitcoin had all eyes set on it – it was barreling through obstacles, crushing resistance levels and peaking at around $20k. Just about that time, one trader decided it was time to short the crypto ringleader. origin »

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Bitcoin Is Here to Stay: Blockstream Satellite Expansion Makes Sure of It.

“… But what if the government was to turn the internet off. . ?” I am sure you have all heard this argument before when you have been explaining to someone how robust the Bitcoin security model is and how even Interpol would be biting off far more than they could chew by attempting to bring the network. origin »

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Teacher of the year for life: Professor hired mercenaries to rescue student from ISIS.

Charlotta Turner, a chemistry professor at Sweden’s Lund University, hired a team of mercenaries to extricate a student from ISIS-occupied territory when she found out they were going to be late on an assignment. origin »

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New Zealand’s Callaghan Innovation Report Show How Blockchain Can Benefit the Info Tech Sector.

According to a new report made by a New Zealand’s innovation agency called Callaghan Innovation, the third biggest sector of New Zealand, which is information technology, could be boosted a lot because of the blockchain. origin »

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Moving beyond ‘all models are wrong’ and into rational AI.

The cold, calculating ‘mind’ of a machine has no capacity for emotion. Alexa doesn’t care if you call it names. DeepMind’s AlphaGo will never actually taste the sweet joy of victory. Despite this, they’re more like humans than you might think. origin »

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Atari and Animoca Brands Team Up to Bring Classic Games to the Blockchain.

Blockchain technology has found a convenient use case in games, and it looks like Atari Inc. has recognized the opportunity. A recent announcement shows that the famous game maker has established a license agreement with Animoca Brands Limited, allowing them to create the class mobile games in a blockchain variation. Some of the specific games […] origin »

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Novogratz: Interest Left Crypto for Macro, But Bitcoin Will Emerge As Store of Value.

Outspoken Bitcoin bull and founder of the cryptocurrency-focused Galaxy Digital, Mike Novogratz, believes that investor interest in cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and Ethereum have left the market for macro trading. origin »

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New Transnistria Crypto Regulations Established to Make Bitcoin Miners and Farms Welcome.

Mining is a crucial part of the cryptocurrency ecosystem throughout the world. Though there are a select group of countries that support mining, the government in Transnistria has decided to expand their regulations to allow a place for miners to come into their economy. origin »

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Cointext Rolls Out Mobile BCH Services in Bangladesh, Now Services 38 Countries.

Cointext has launched internet-free mobile BCH wallet services to users in Bangladesh. The announcement comes following the recent rollout of Cointext’s services in many new regions, bringing the total number of countries now able to access the company’s services to 38. origin »

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Nobel Laureate Paul Romer: The Best is Yet to Come for Bitcoin and Cryptocurrencies Innovations.

The Best is yet to Come for Cryptocurrencies, Innovations and Cryptography While cryptos may be reaching their respective bottoms and lower supports, innovation and potential for institutional use and application are nowhere near that. origin »

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Fold Announces Shopping Support for Target, Allowing Users to Spend Crypto Online or In-Store.

Crypto payment card app Fold just announced support for Target, one of America’s biggest retailers. Starting today, Fold users can use bitcoin to load a card with money, then spend that money at Target. origin »

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