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Sberbank Bank Buys $15M In Debt In Pilot From Trafigura Trading Giant Using Hyperledger’s Fabric.
Sberbank, known as the largest banking institution in Russia, recently used blockchain technology to buy around $15 million USD worth of debt in accounts receivable from Trafigura, a commodity trader based in Singapore. origin »
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Harmony And Lympo Partner To Securely Share Health Data Via A Blockchain-Based App.
The Harmony blockchain network has recently decided to team up with the Lympo app, a Lithuanian company that is focused on creating a blockchain-based health app that can be used for customers to share health data easily and privately. origin »
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CryptoKitties Creator Receives $11 From Warner Music And Others For A New ‘Flow’ Blockchain.
The company behind cryptokitties, Dapper Labs, has today announced garnering of $11 million in funding to develop a new blockchain that will allow decentralized apps at large scale known as Flow. The funding round was led by Andreessen Horowitz and a participation by Warner Music Group. origin »
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Bitcoin is more traceable than fiat currency, claims MIT-IBM funded report.
Bitcoin’s immutable transparency and anonymity, while enabling a gateway for uncensored transactions, allows analysts to identify unique trends within the ecosystem. Given the ongoing war between crypto-adoption and regulatory requirements, blockchain analysis company Elliptic published an MIT-IBM Watson AI Lab-funded paper to detect various anomalies around illegal Bitcoin transactions. origin »
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Ethereum based decentralized exchange KyberSwap launches fiat-to-crypto on-ramp service.
Kyberswap, a decentralized exchange based on Ethereum, announced that it will start providing fiat-to-crypto on-ramp on its platform. This service was made available to customers in collaboration with Coindirect, making it one of the first few decentralized exchanges to have a fiat-to-crypto gateway. origin »
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PwC Crypto Hedge Fund Reports Strong Appetite From American Investors.
Auditing powerhouse PwC recently released a report on the 2018 performance of crypto hedge funds. Given the prolonged bear market that characterized the calendar year, it’s no surprise that many funds struggled. origin »
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BNY Mellon Appointed as transfer agent & administrator for Bitwise’s Bitcoin ETF.
BNY Mellon has been authorized to be the transfer agent and administrator of Bitwise Asset Management’s proposed Bitcoin exchange-traded fund. As of December 2018, the New York-based bank had over $33 trillion in assets under custody and has been involved in cryptocurrency and blockchain before. origin »
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Roger Ver Led Bitcoin.com Is Working To List BCH Futures On A CFTC Regulated Crypto Exchange.
Bitcoin Cash wants to become one of the largest cryptocurrencies in the world behind Bitcoin. They are working on multiple fronts to achieve that. David Shin, the head of the company’s exchange division is in talks to ensure that BCH also has its futures contracts listed. origin »
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Bitcoin Rages Bullish With Hash Rate’s 8-Fold Surge Since $20,000 Peak.
The hash rate of the Bitcoin network (BTC), which represents the amount of computing power securing the blockchain protocol, has increased by around eight-fold since hitting its record high at $20,000 in 2017. origin »
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Santander issues $20 million bond on Ethereum blockchain.
The fifth-largest bank in Europe, Banco Santander, is the first financial institution to issue an “end-to-end” debt-based bond on Ethereum’s public blockchain. The move is an indicator of ETH’s growing importance in finance. origin »
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Stellar adoption receives boost as co-founder of Zelle joins Interstellar as new CEO.
Interstellar, an organization focused on developing the Stellar blockchain ecosystem, announced the appointment of Mike Kennedy as its new CEO, after Adam Ludwin stepped down from his position. Mike Kennedy, co-founder of Zelle, a mobile payments company backed by large U. origin »
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Prominent Analyst: Bitcoin May Have Established Mid-Term Bottom.
Bitcoin has incurred some upwards momentum today after facing growing selling pressure around $10,000. BTC’s ability to hold above this price level may be a bullish sign, as it signals that bears do not currently have enough strength to send the crypto back to its next major support level in the lower-$9,000 region. origin »
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Bitcoin Scores in Premier League, Why Watford Shirt Deal is Important.
As part of a sponsorship deal, the kits of the UK Premier League football club Watford FC will now be adorned with the iconic Bitcoin “B” logo. The announcement comes following a three-year partnership between the team and Bitcoin sports betting platform Sportsbet. origin »
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tZERO Partners With Media Startup to Tokenize Film Financing.
Overstock’s security token subsidiary tZERO has announced a partnership with media startup BLOQ FLIX to tokenize film financing. origin »
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Here’s what games I’d be playing if National Video Game Day was a real holiday.
Oh wow it’s National Video Game Day again already? I couldn’t care less, and neither could you unless you’re selling something. It’s a stupid, nonsense holiday. But what if it wasn’t? What if we lived in a parallel universe where NVG Day was a universally revered high holy day? I might finally have a chance to catch up on a tiny portion of the gaming I desperately want to do if I spent all 24 hours glued to the screen. origin »
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Alfa-Bank and X5 Retail Group Utilize Waves Blockchain To Release Bank-as-a-Service Platform.
Alfa-Bank has recently started a partnership with the X5 Retail Group in order to launch a new blockchain-based platform that will be used for liquidity. This new platform is going to be called Distributed Treasury and Cash Management (DTCM) and its main goal will be to enable the bank to let clients manage payments, deposits […] origin »
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Chinese Authorities Clampdown on Popular ICO Startup GXChain.
Chinese police reportedly raided the office of a popular and legit ICO company recently, according to a tweet on September 11, 2019. While the main reason for the crackdown isn’t known yet, there are speculations that the actions of the Chinese local authorities may not be cryptocurrency-related. origin »
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Bitcoin Won’t Make New Highs Until S&P 500 Does: Fundstrat.
Bitcoin might have outperformed the S&P 500 index on a year-to-date scale, but the cryptocurrency would need to rely on the US equity benchmark to establish its all-time high, according to Thomas Lee of New York-based Fundstrat Global Advisors. origin »
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Bitfury’s Crystal Research Reveals UK and US Are Hotbeds For Cryptocurrency Exchanges.
Crypto exchanges are increasingly growing in popularity. Exchanges are also becoming country-specific, Binance’s proposed launch of a US exchange is evident of that. In a study titled “Report on International Bitcoin Flows 2013–2019” Bitfury’s blockchain analytics platform Crystal shows that the UK, the US, Hang Kong, and Singapore have the largest number of registered exchange. […] origin »
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Digital Asset Exchange OTCXN Adds Hong Kong Regulated, Aegis Custody, As A Crypto Custodian.
OTCXN, an institutional-grade platform for crypto investors, announced the addition of Aegis Custody to its list of digital asset custodians on Sept 12. The recent partnership aims to boost the adoption of digital assets trading among institutional investors while increasing the liquidity across the market. origin »
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Entertainment Platform from Dapper Labs Raises $11 Million from A16Z and Warner Music.
Dapper Labs has announced a capital raise of $11 million for their newest product ‘Flow’. Flow is an entertainment platform developed by Dapper Labs along with Ubisoft, that aims to build blockchain based games, authenticate collectibles, and develop fan tokens for musicians, as reported by Ledger Insight, September 13, 2019. origin »
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Attackers actively exploiting ‘Simjacker’ flaw to steal device data and spy on individuals.
Cybersecurity researchers have warned of a critical vulnerability in SIM cards that could allow remote attackers to compromise targeted mobile phones and spy on victims without their knowledge just by sending an SMS. origin »
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France calls for EU-wide cryptocurrency rules amid Libra concerns.
The European Union needs to establish a common set of rules for cryptocurrencies to counteract risks posed by Facebook’s Libra, France’s Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said today. According to Reuters, Libra could pose risks to consumers, financial stability and even “the sovereignty of European states,” Le Maire said. origin »
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FIFA 20 Demo Is A Clunky, Frustrating Disappointment.
Fresh off reporting the latest FIFA 20 happenings for the better part of the last week, we lined up for a stint at the demo the powers that be at EA kindly pushed out to the masses on Tuesday. The impressions aren’t great, and FIFA 20 plays like a clunky, frustrating mess. origin »
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Nets’ guard Spencer Dinwiddie to convert his contract into a digital investment.
Advantages of cryptocurrencies are being realized by heavy-weights because of its secure and high return value. In line with this, Brooklyn Nets guard Spencer Dinwiddie is moving ahead with converting his existing contract into a digital investment vehicle. origin »
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Will CryptoKitties New Blockchain Flow Be The Next Ethereum Killer?.
One of the first blockchain based games that was most renowned for ‘breaking’ Ethereum back in 2017 is set to return on its own platform. The founders are hoping to revive the viral CryptoKitties craze that was ridiculously popular two years ago – but will they succeed? Dapper Labs Gets Big Backers According to a report by Forbes, entertainments giant, Warner Music Group, is one of a number of investors looking into a new public Read More The post Will CryptoKitties New Blockchain Flow Be The Next Ethereum Killer? appeared first on Bitcoinist.com. origin »
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UK: Sportsbet.io Places Bitcoin Logo on Watford Football Club’s Jersey.
Watford F. C, an English professional football club, has extended its partnership with Sportsbet. io, an online sports betting firm, to enable the latter place the Bitcoin logo on the club’s shirt sleeves. origin »
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Dash (DASH) to Begin Trading on Coinbase Pro.
Coinbase Pro will add full trading support for Dash (DASH), a privacy-centric altcoin, on September 17, 2019. Cryptocurrency traders on the platform can start depositing Dash (DASH) into their wallets starting from September 16, according to a blog post on September 12, 2019. origin »
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Dow Futures Explode as Trump Considers Partial Trade Deal.
The Dow Futures indicate a powerful opening for the Dow Jones with a 74-point increase as U.S. President Donald Trump said he would consider establishing a partial trade deal with China. Prior to his visit to a congressional Republican retreat in Baltimore, President Trump said that an interim trade deal with China could be the […] The post Dow Futures Explode as Trump Considers Partial Trade Deal appeared first on CCN.com origin »
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Jeffery Epsteins Connection with MITs Digital Currency Initiative Raises Industry Concerns.
The MIT Digital Currency Initiative is well known in the cryptocurrency space for spearheading a lot of early research in analysis. The man who set it up, Joichi Ito, recently resigned as it was revealed that he had ties to deceased financier and convict, Jeffrey Epstein. origin »
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Bitcoin used to purchase British painter’s art collection.
According to reports, British painter Lincoln Townley has sold 19 paintings for a staggering 490 BTC ($4.97 million) to an undisclosed Singaporean art investor. According to Townley, all the works in his Greed collection were bought through an agent based in Gstaad, Switzerland, a month before they were to go on display at a Saatchi […] The post Bitcoin used to purchase British painter’s art collection appeared first on AMBCrypto. origin »
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Cryptocurrency Market in Uncertain Times, Claims Report.
A monthly report published by exchange platform SFOX (San Francisco Open Exchange) identifies an air of uncertainty within the industry about cryptocurrency’s place in the future of finance. origin »
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U.S. Treasury Yields Continue to Surge as Mnuchin Considers “Dangerous Temptation”.
U. S. government debt yields rose on Thursday after core inflation exceeded analysts’ estimates, signaling that the economy is performing better than previously feared. The inflation report seemed to strike a delicate balance on Wall Street: Firming expectations about the domestic economy without compromising the Federal Reserve’s plans to lower interest rates next week. origin »
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France Will Not Tax Crypto to Crypto Trades, But Will Tax Gains If Converted To Cash/Fiat.
The French government has finally decided how to tax crypto trading. According to the French economy minister Bruno Le Maire, all trades between cryptos are exempt from taxes but the gains will be taxed when they are converted back into fiat currency. origin »
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Five Countries With Most Number of Crypto Exchanges.
The UK is the world’s leader for registered crypto exchanges, with 43 market operators, shows research by CrystalBlockchain. A mix of favorable regulations and a concentration of wealth builds the rest of the list, forming several curious hotspots of cryptocurrency activity. origin »
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Mastercard Partners with R3 for Blockchain Cross-Border Payments.
Mastercard, a global payments service provider has joined forces with R3, the creator of enterprise-grade distributed ledger technology (DLT) solutions, to develop a blockchain-based cross-border payments platform to enable banks and other financial institutions facilitate frictionless and cost-efficient international payments, according to a press release on September 11, 2019. origin »
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NYC Crypto Brokerage Firm, Tagomi, To Make It Easier to Short Bitcoin (BTC) And Ethereum (ETH).
Tagomi, a crypto brokerage and platform based in New York makes it easier for its users to borrow or lend Ether or Bitcoin to facilitate short and long term trades. A report published by Bloomberg on September 12th, 2019 stated that the exchange was committed to making shorting easier by providing real-time access to many […] origin »
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SFOX Report: BTC Is Mildly Bullish As ETC Is Only Crypto With Positive Month-Over-Month Returns.
SFOX, a crypto analytics firm, released their August 2019 report on the state of cryptocurrency industry during the month on September 12. The analytics team collects data from the six top cryptocurrency exchanges including the token’s price, volume, and volatility. origin »
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CryptoKitties’ Developers Lift $11 Million for “Flow” Blockchain.
Coinspeaker CryptoKitties’ Developers Lift $11 Million for “Flow” BlockchainDapper Labs, the company that is known for CryptoKitties, has raised $11 mln for its Flow blockchain aimed to enable decentralized applications at scale. origin »
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Review: Coinfinity’s Card Wallet Provides Tamper-Proof Cold Storage.
Outside of exchanges, few cryptocurrency industries are as prosperous as custody. At this stage in Bitcoin’s lifespan, trading crypto and storing crypto appear to be the most popular use cases for crypto – in that order. origin »
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CME’s Bitcoin Index Provider Wins First Crypto Benchmark License in EU.
The U.K FCA has authorized CF Benchmarks as a Benchmark Administrator under EU regulation coming into effect in January. origin »
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TronTV Pays Viewers BTT/USDT for Watching Adverts via TRON Wallet.
Tron Foundation and Justin Sun are promoting the TronTV video content platform, saying that users can earn BTT and or USDT for watching adverts, while the content is free origin »
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Yes, Blockchain Dog Tags Really Are a Thing.
Miami, September 13th — Pawtocol, the premier Blockchain company dedicated to the pet industry, has launched the first-ever Blockchain Digital Dog Tag with IoT technology that secures all your pet’s data in one place. origin »
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Bitcoin QR Code Scams Found Flooding Google Search Pages.
The crypto industry has not been without its fair share of scams and cons. Bitcoin has battled this reputation since its inception and FUD-fueled mainstream media outlets do not help matters. Social media and search giants are equally to blame but that doesn’t stop the Bitcoin bashing. origin »
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KyberSwap Seeks To Lure New Traders With Fiat-Crypto Gateway.
KyberSwap is launching a new fiat gateway in order to attract new users. According to the team, the gateway will give the decentralized exchange a significant advantage over competing platforms, such as IDEX. origin »
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Microsoft will livestream its October 2 Surface event, suggesting big reveals.
In late August, we learned Microsoft was planning its next Surface event for October 2nd – although the fact that it was announcing hardware was more of an assumption than an official confirmation. origin »
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Bitcoin’s Next Bull Run May Be Sparked By S&P 500 Uptrend, Claims Analyst.
Bitcoin (BTC) has been facing a long bout of consolidation ever since it was rejected at its 2019 highs of $13,800 earlier this summer. Simultaneously, the equities markets have also faced a period of consolidation throughout 2019, after trade tensions and global political instability slowed the market’s meteoric ascent. origin »
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With ETH 2.0 To Be Launched Soon, Where’s Ethereum Classic At.
Ethereum has big plans to address scaling issues, a transition to Proof-of-Stake, and essentially upgrade to ETH 2. 0. Meanwhile, the often-overlooked Ethereum Classic appears to have big plans of its own, like perhaps taking over from ETH 1. origin »
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If e-Cigarettes Can Be Banned In The US, Crypto Traders Wonder If Bitcoin May Be Next.
Could Bitcoin be banned from the United States? After U. S. President Donald Trump has banned flavored e-cigarettes from the country overnight, many people in the crypto world are wondering whether Bitcoin will be the next target. origin »
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Crypto Wallet Keys Could Be Stolen Due To Weak Intel Chips.
Cryptography is all about security. The notion of having a public and private crypto wallet key and multiple hashes adds to those layers of security but at the bottom of it all is a computer processing all of the data. origin »
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