[VIDEO] October 18th Latest Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency News For Today.

Nouriel Roubini's Twitter Rampage Filled with False Claims and Absurd Data on Bitcoin Nouriel Roubini's Twitter Rampage Filled with False Claims and Absurd Data on Bitcoin No Scaling Issues for Ethereum Only Bitcoin Claims Comma. origin »

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SEC Launches FinHub to Assist Fintech Startups With Securities Regulation Information.

US SEC Is Setting Up A New Office To Talk To ICO Startups As part of an effort to regulate the market better, the U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is about to launch a new division which will be focused on helping fintech startups, including the ones which are getting their funds via […] origin »

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Apple’s next event is on October 30, probably for new iPads and Macs.

It was just last month that Apple announced three new iPhones and its latest smartwatch, but it turns out the company isn’t done for the year. Apple just sent out invites to its next event, taking place in Brooklyn, New York on October 30. origin »

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Billionaire Mike Novogratz Criticizes Tether, Bullish on Other Stablecoins.

Cryptocurrency, Tether (USDT), Stablecoins–Stablecoins, the growing classification of cryptocurrency which peg their wealth to an external source, have found a new supporter in the form of billionaire investor and Bitcoin bull Mike Novogratz. origin »

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Demand for Blockchain Talent Proves Industry’s Promise.

A new report by hiring experts Glassdoor shows that demand for talented employees in cryptocurrency and blockchain technology is rising. This business confidence could go some way to demonstrate the long-term promise of both the technology and the markets. origin »

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TRON Donates $1 Million to Binance’s Blockchain Charity Foundation for UNDP Support.

TRON Partners Binance’s BCF to Help World Leaders Leverage Blockchain Technology for SDGs TRON has pledged USD$3M to the Blockchain Charity Foundation (BCF), initiated by Binance, in line with its intent to support the application of blockchain technology for social good. origin »

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Nebbex Offers Custody Vault With Fast Withdrawals.

A Dubai-based blockchain company called Nebbex has announced a new crypto custody solution. The platform will allow rapid crypto withdrawals from its secure vault. How will it balance liquidity with security, and who is the service targeted at? About Crypto Custody Custody services store crypto assets in a highly secure manner on behalf of institutions… The post Nebbex Offers Custody Vault With Fast Withdrawals appeared first on UNHASHED. origin »

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Goldman Sachs and Billionaire Mike Novogratz Invest $15 Million into Crypto Custody Firm BitGo.

Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and former Goldman partner Mike Novogratz have have executed a joint $15 million investment into cryptocurrency custodian BitGo Holdings Inc. The group’s contribution makes up over a quarter of the total $57. origin »

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Block.one Attracts More Developers Closer to EOSIO and Blockchain Technology With ‘Elemental Battles’ Tutorial.

Block. one, a software publisher specializing in blockchain technologies and the creator of the EOSIO protocol, announced on Oct. 18 the release of a game-based learning tutorial called Elemental Battles. origin »

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Kenyan Government Plans to Distribute 500,000 Houses Using Blockchain Technology.

In a thumbs up to blockchain technology, the government of Kenya is planning to use blockchain technology to distribute 500,000 housing units sponsored by the state, as reported by The Star on Oct. origin »

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Novogratz Criticises Tether’s Lack of Transparency, Responds to Roubini.

The famous Bitcoin proponent and billionaire investor Mike Novogratz has criticised the stable-coin U. S. Dollar Tether (USDT) for failing to provide a trustworthy service for users. The Galaxy Digital Holdings Ltd. origin »

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MoneyMatch Uses Ripple Product xVia for Malaysia’s First-Ever Cross-Border Blockchain Transaction.

A Malaysian fintech start-up announced on Oct. 15 that it has successfully conducted its first blockchain-based cross-border transaction through the Ripple blockchain. In an official statement, the Kuala Lumpur based start-up revealed that the transaction was sent over a Ripple product called xVia, a standard application program interface (API) solution to power payments to and […] MoneyMatch Uses Ripple Product xVia for Malaysia’s First-Ever Cross-Border Blockchain Transaction was originally found on [blokt] - Blockchain, Bitcoin & Cryptocurrency News. origin »

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UK Darknet Vendor has Nearly $400,000 in Cocaine Seized During Raid.

Darknet activity is attracting a lot of attention these days. Although some people see this as a way to get rich quick, law enforcement agencies have a very different opinion on the matter. In the UK, City of London police officials have arrested one darknet drug vendor and confiscated near $400,000 worth of cocaine. origin »

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Ethereum's Constantinople Hard Fork Is Being Delayed Until 2019.

Ethereum's next upgrade, Constantinople, has been delayed until next year. origin »

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Emma App Adds Real Time Syncing for Cryptocurrencies From Top Exchanges.

Emma Integrates Crypto Exchanges And Money Management App A London-based financial startup called Emma has recently launched a new platform for crypto exchanges to integrate them with the app from the company. origin »

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Chinese-Based ASIC Chip Maker Bitmain Bracing for Tough Times Ahead as China–US Trade War Tensions Rise.

The South China Morning Post reported on Oct. 16 that Bitmain, the world’s largest manufacturer of cryptocurrency mining hardware, is bracing for tough times as new US tariffs targeting Chinese goods has been in effect since Aug. origin »

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Novogratz Says Tether Hurt by Its Lack of Transparency.

Cryptocurrency advocate and billionaire investor Mike Novogratz says Tether’s recent troubles are its own fault, and that a lack of transparency is mainly to blame for investors losing faith in the stablecoin. origin »

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Goldman Sachs and Mike Novogratz Bet Big on Cryptocurrency Custodian BitGo with $15 Million Investment.

Institutional interest in cryptocurrencies seems to be slowly and steadily gaining upward traction. Per a report published by Bloomberg, dated October 18, 2018, the Wall Street goliath Goldman Sachs Group Inc. origin »

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Caroline Wozniacki Signs Deal with GCOX to Launch Her Own Crypto Token.

Tennis star Caroline Wozniacki signed a deal with Global Crypto Offering Exchange (GCOX) to launch her crypto token, Reuters reported on October 18, 2018. First Female Athlete to Endorse a Blockchain Startup  Tennis ace Caroline Wozniacki has become the latest athlete in line to sign a deal with a significant cryptocurrency exchange and show support for the burgeoning blockchain industry. origin »

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NGD and Arquit Announce Research Partnership.

NEO Global Development (NGD) is partnering with Arqit, a leading quantum-resistant technology project. The two will research quantum resistance and work on the development of blockchain technology. origin »

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Bitfinex Announces Margin Trading and Funding for ZRX.

Cryptocurrency trading platform Bitfinex hadn’t added new assets to its margin trading and lending offerings for a long time. However, in a recent Twitter post, the exchange announced that it had enabled lending and margin trading for 0x (ZRX). origin »

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Blockchain Healthcare Company Docademic Partners With Devlyn.

Docademic, the healthcare company that lets anyone talk to a doctor or psychologist through their mobile device and uses a proprietary token for its own healthcare payment system, has expanded its resources by partnering with eye care company Devlyn. origin »

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Gemini Appoints Former Goldman Techie as Director of Business Development.

The cryptocurrency sector, despite being looked down upon by Wall Street, is busy poaching head honchos from top banks and technology companies. Recently, New York based cryptocurrency exchange Gemini appointed Esther Babb as its new director of business development. origin »

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Ledger Sells Over 1.3 Million Units.

Ledger reports that it sold more than 1.3 million units around the world.

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STELLAR (XLM) Daily Price Forecast – October 19.

  XLM/USD Medium-term Trend: Ranging Supply zone: $0. 3000, $0. 3500, $0. 4000 Demand zone: $0. 1500, $0. 1000, $0. 0500 XLM is in a bullish trend in its medium-term outlook. The strong bearish pressure from the inverted long-tailed doji at yesterday opening at $0. origin »

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Report: Tether Limited May Be Planning to Wind Down Operations.

Tether (USDT) is a stable coin. Stable coins have been lauded as the holy grail of crypto and the only avenue for the space to expand because of its ability to shield investors from volatility. Aside from regulatory concerns, Bitcoin and altcoin volatility is one of the reasons why the space is still considered “risky”. origin »

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South Korean Crypto Exchange Bithumb Launches a Decentralized Exchange.

On October 15,  2018, South Korean cryptocurrency exchange Bithumb announced they are launching their first official decentralized exchange, dubbed Bithumb DEX. The Korean crypto giant Bithumb is said to leverage OneRoot R1 protocol to increase the overall efficiency of the decentralized exchange. origin »

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Crypto Star Won’t Shine Bright for Another Decade, Sberbank Chief Says.

German Gref, the CEO of Russian state-owned lender Sberbank, does not see cryptos as living up to their early promise, at least not in the next ten years.

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XRP Listing on Cobinhood Set to Trigger a Bullish Trend.

XRP reaches wider coverage with the recent listing on another crypto exchange platform, Cobinhood. This came as a great news to investors and lovers of the digital token, whose interest were spurred. origin »

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US Marshals Service Announces Auction of 660 BTC.

The United States Marshals Service (USMS) has announced an auction of 660 BTC that is scheduled to take place on Nov. 4. Under the auction rules, interested participants must formally identify themselves to the USMS and submit deposits of $200,000. origin »

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Legendary cypherpunk declares cryptocurrency is failing its creators.

As cryptocurrency falls further into the hands of the mainstream, it falls further away from its creators, the cypherpunks. Earlier today, CoinDesk published an in-depth interview with Timothy May, one of the founding members of the cypherpunk movement. origin »

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IAMGOLD Buys into Blockchain-Based Gold Tracking System Provider EmTech.

Canada’s IAMGOLD has invested in fintech company EmTech, which operates a gold supply chain system and is working on a digital token platform.

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Bitfinex Investigation Outcomes: Manipulations with the Fall in the USDT, Trading Bots Involved.

Anomalous growth of Bitcoin and decrease in the USDT on Bitfinex: what really hides behind the scenes, what does it have to do with mysterious IMMO and whose trading bots in charge of massive USDT sales? Answers seem to be found now. origin »

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Nordea in Money Laundering Scandal After Calling Bitcoin ‘High-Risk’ for Money Laundering.

Nordic banking giant Nordea Bank is allegedly implicated in a multi-million money laundering scandal. Reportedly, the case is related to another recent money laundering scheme involving Denmark’s Danske Bank. origin »

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North Korean hacker crew steals $571M in cryptocurrency across 5 attacks.

North Korean hacking outfit “Lazarus” is the most profitable cryptocurrency-hacker syndicate in the world. Since 2017, internet baddies have in total stolen $882 million worth of cryptocurrency from online exchanges, but none have done it quite as well as the infamous North Koreans. origin »

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NASA wants to send humans to Venus – here’s why that’s a brilliant idea.

Popular science fiction of the early 20th century depicted Venus as some kind of wonderland of pleasantly warm temperatures, forests, swamps and even dinosaurs. In 1950, the Hayden Planetarium at the American Natural History Museum were soliciting reservations for the first space tourism mission, well before the modern era of Blue Origins, SpaceX and Virgin Galactic. origin »

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Limited use cases and Scalability Issues are the Hindrance to Mass Adoption Of Cryptocurrency – Vinny Lingham.

The CEO of Civic Vinny Lingham has pointed out restricted use cases and scalability issues as the major problems facing cryptocurrency mass adoption. The CEO mentioned this while speaking at a Chain Reaction event in Johannesburg South Africa organised by  Blockchain Entrepreneurs Club South Africa (BECSA). origin »

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Bitcoins Worth $4.2M Going on Sale in US Government Auction.

The United States Marshals Service will auction off 660 Bitcoins in November, with bidder registration starting next week.

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Formosa Financial Integrates with BitGO.

Formosa Financial to work with BitGo to Ensure Security of Clients’ Crypto Assets.

The post Formosa Financial Integrates with BitGO appeared first on CoinSpeaker.

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World Blockchain Roadshow Comes to the Leading Crypto Capitals of Africa.

Prominent blockchain investors and top ICO projects will gather in Africa on World Blockchain Roadshow by IDACB. The post World Blockchain Roadshow Comes to the Leading Crypto Capitals of Africa appeared first on CoinSpeaker. origin »

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Tron Shakes Hands with Field’s Giant Baidu: Partnership or Misleading Marketing?.

Tron Foundation has сonfirmed its cooperation with Baidu, a China-based internet giant, with a view to use its cloud solutions. The post Tron Shakes Hands with Field’s Giant Baidu: Partnership or Misleading Marketing? appeared first on CoinSpeaker. origin »

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Fake Boring Flamethrower Site Accepts Crypto Payments.

Elon Musk’s company has paused the sales of “not flamethrowers,” suggesting the renewed offer may be a scam.

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Is a Gradual Decline to $3,500 in Play For Bitcoin?.

Bitcoin so far has been able to find support above the so-called bottom area below $6,000. But it is not enough to beat the long-term bearish bias, according to a famous cryptocurrency analyst. Crypto Thoreau, in one of its latest tweets, predicted that Bitcoin price is in for a drop towards $3,500. origin »

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World Payments Report: Public DLT Fails to Meet Financial Market Demands.

While the International Word Bank Organization believes that distributed ledger technology (DLT) could fundamentally transform the existing financial sector, the World Payments Report 2018, published on October 16, 2018, concludes DLT cannot keep up with the financial market demands due to many problems and challenges facing DLT adoption. origin »

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CME Report: Bitcoin Futures Trading 41 Percent Up from Q3 2018.

The Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME), one of two major providers of Bitcoin Futures in the U.S., revealed trade volumes increased 41 percent in Q3 2018 with interest rates up by 19 percent. Booming Bitcoin Futures Market While the retail cryptocurrency market has taken a downturn in 2018, the institutional-focussed Bitcoin futures market seems to be […] The post CME Report: Bitcoin Futures Trading 41 Percent Up from Q3 2018 appeared first on CryptoSlate. origin »

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Crypto Exchange Huobi Now Lets Users Swap Between 4 Different Stablecoins.

Singapore-based cryptocurrency exchange Huobi has just launched a solution that enables users to switch between different stablecoins. origin »

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Worst Crypto Assets of 2018 Plunge over 98% from Peak Prices.

With altcoins sliding faster than Bitcoin, some projects proved to be the worst possible investments in 2018.

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Man in Oslo Killed After Selling Large Amount of Bitcoin, Privacy in P2P.

A meeting place that could have been about a common peer-to-peer Bitcoin trade turned into a scene of a brutal killing. A 24-year old Norwegian man was reportedly stabbed to death in his Majorstuen apartment shortly after completing a cash-to-Bitcoin trade with his alleged killer. origin »

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Catalan Independence Leaders Reportedly Asking For Bitcoin Donations.

Catalan politician Carles Puigdemont is reportedly asking for donations in Bitcoin to avoid scrutiny. Funding is said to be going to assist those who have left the region after the Spanish government cracked down on an independence push. origin »

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Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse Joined The Mars Blockchain Summit in NYC.

Ripple has been generating some positive headlines lately and today just adds to its collection. The platform’s CEO Brad Garlinghouse is set to participate in a blockchain summit on October 18, 2018, in New York. origin »

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