China Continues Its Crypto Crackdown, Blocks Public Access to Offshore Exchanges.

China has stepped up its crackdown on digital assets as it blocks the public from accessing more than 120 exchanges. Authorities are reportedly continuing to identify and police domestic websites offering information on crypto trading and initial coin offerings (ICOs). origin »

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Scammers Cheat South Korean Businessman Exchanging Bitcoins For Fake Euros Worth €2 million.

Two fraudsters from Serbia deceived the bitcoin seller from South Korea and paid him for bitcoins wirh counterfeit euro notes, drawn in Photoshop. The damage amounted to €2 million.

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Chinese Regulators To Block Access To 124 Different Crypto Trading Platforms.

Chinese officials have rolled out a series of bans on cryptocurrency-related activities in recent days.

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Blockchain Startup TimiHealth Partners with First Vitals for State of Hawaii.

The blockchain-based company Timicoin announced its partnership with First Vitals as of August 17, 2018. In a world where demands from our health care providers have increased, many are turning to blockchain technology to maintain their edge. origin »

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Explore the Top 3 AI Assistants Available Today!.

Since its inception, the cryptocurrency industry has been evolving, accommodating the latest technology and advanced trading features to make cryptocurrency trading an easy feat for all. The adoption of Artificial Intelligence (AI) by the crypto market is one such example. origin »

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Cryptocurrency Card Issuer Wirex Granted E-Money License in the UK.

European crypto card provider Wirex has been awarded an e-money license by the Financial Conduct Authority in the UK. The accreditation will allow the company to create e-money accounts in more than two dozen different currencies. origin »

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Bittrex Partners with Regulated Trading Platform Rialto to Expand Platform.

U. S. -based cryptocurrency exchange Bittrex is teaming up with Rialto, an Alternative Trading System (ATS), to offer a new digital securities trading platform. The partnership with Bittrex will allow the next-generation trading platform to expand its product offerings, which are currently limited to three fixed income products. origin »

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Golem Releases Mid-Term Goals Report, Reveals Interesting Array of Use Cases.

Golem, the world’s first “distributed supercomputer” running on the Ethereum blockchain has released a detailed report of its mid-term goals containing key insights and interesting information about existing and prospective use cases for the unprecedented crowd computing platform. origin »

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ZenCash Looks To 'Horizen' For Privacy Development.

The platform’s recent “brand expansion,” as the team calls it, signals a heightened focus on privacy.

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UK Government Pilots Blockchain in Bid to Secure Digital Evidence.

The U.K. Ministry of Justice is investigating blockchain as a possible tool for securing digital forms of evidence, its deputy director said Thursday. origin »

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PR: INLOCK Strengthens Advisory Board with Addition of Bitcoin.com COO Mate Tokay.

BUDAPEST -- INLOCK, a platform where licensed lenders can compete for borrowers who want to use their cryptocurrency as collateral for loans, today announced the addition of its new advisory board member, Mate Tokay, COO of Bitcoin. origin »

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Japan’s Financial Services Agency Chief Says 'No' To Excessive Crypto Regulation.

The recent appointment of Toshihide Endo may mean that the regulator’s stance on crypto regulations is softening.

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Digix’s Eth Holdings More Valuable Than its Token’s Market Cap.

Some tokens hold more eth than the total value of their market cap according to our analysis of data provided by Santiment. SingularDTV, for example, holds six times more eth... The post Digix’s Eth Holdings More Valuable Than its Token’s Market Cap appeared first on Trustnodes. origin »

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SEC ETF Rejections Cause Minor Turbulence, Crypto Companies Weren't Enthusiastic.

Bitcoin markets experience minor turbulence as the SEC rejects nine ETF proposals that were put forth by three companies.

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Crypto Startup Wirex Granted UK E-Money License; Plans Asia, N America Expansion.

Wirex Ltd. , a cryptocurrency services provider, has been granted an e-money license by the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), opening up a much broader market and allowing the company to offer services supporting over 25 different sovereign currencies. origin »

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Robinhood Increases Reward Amount on Bug Bounty Program.

Karthik Rangaraja, the security lead of stock and crypto trading app Robinhood, announced in a recent blog post that the platform had increased its bug bounty program top prize to $50,000. It has also updated some terms of the program on its HackerOne page. origin »

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Indiegogo Forays into Crypto with Securities Token Sale for Millionaires.

The popular crowdfunding platform Indiegogo launches its first token sale backed by equity ownership stake in a popular ski resort - but it is for millionaires only.

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Coinsquare Ready to Conquer European Market.

Canada’s Coinsquare announced its plans to expand in the European market. Clients from European countries will be able to use the service to trade Bitcoin, Ethereum, and other coins.

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Bitcoin Wallet Provider Receives E-Money License From UK Regulator.

Wirex, a bitcoin wallet and payment card provider, has become the third crypto company to receive an e-money license from U.K. financial regulators. origin »

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World Bank Prices Blockchain Bond at A$100M.

The blockchain-powered bond to be issued by the global financial institution will have a value of A$100 million.

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Bitcoin Selloff Could be Over, Says this Technical Indicator.

The massive Bitcoin selloff that has characterized most of the market in 2018 might soon be at an end based on the data from a technical indicator. If correct, the top-ranked cryptocurrency may experience a substantial price rally in the last quarter of the year. origin »

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Berlin Blockchain Week Aims to Expose a Vibrant Tech Community to the World.

Taking place between the 5-11 September, the Berlin blockchain community have organised the Berlin Blockchain Week. It it is looking to open up communication and education between innovators in the blockchain space. origin »

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Bitcoin Millionaire Swaps Cryptos for €2.3M in Fake Euro Notes.

The gullible businessman transferred bitcoins and got fake €500 notes in exchange.

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Simple Ledger Token Creation Platform Launches on the BCH Network.

During the second week of July news. Bitcoin. com reported on a Bitcoin Cash-powered token creation proof-of-concept called the Simple Ledger Protocol (SLP). Since the initial announcement, a variety of other BCH token projects have been launched, and all of them are a touch different. origin »

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[UPDATED] SEC Rejects ETF Proposals From Three Companies.

ProShares, Direxion, and GraniteShares were all denied for the same reason.

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Bittrex Partners With Trading Firm on Crypto Securities Offering.

U.S.-based crypto exchange Bittrex is partnering with regulated trading platform Rialto to ultimately launch crypto securities trading. origin »

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Robin8 Beta Launches the World’s First Blockchain Influencer Solution.

The first social media influencer search engine in China, Robin8, has announced a new strategic partnership with a social intelligence consulting firm, Kantar Media CIC. The two will be working together to launch a beta of a revolutionary new KOL profiling system, which will help brands verify influencer data performance using blockchain technology. origin »

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Wirex Gets e-Money License from UK FCA.

Crypto-oriented firm Wirex said that it had received on Tuesday an e-money license from the UK’s FCA, which demonstrates that the company meets the highest standards.

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Chinese Authorities Block 124 Overseas Crypto Exchanges.

The Chinese authorities continue their crusade against cryptocurrency trading in the country by blocking web access to overseas platforms.

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Bitcoin ETF Denials May Have a Silver Lining – Does Bullish Cboe News Await?.

A Bitcoin ETF’s road to SEC approval may be harder than many anticipated. After rejecting the Winklevoss’ ETF proposals twice and delaying decisions, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) rejected nine ETF proposals on Wednesday, Aug 22. origin »

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Weiss Ratings: Bitcoin has “Failed as a Currency”.

The opinion of the rating agency follows the trend of lowered usage of BTC payments in real life.

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Bitcoin Cash Payments Decline as Roger Ver Struggles to Convert True Bitcoin Believers.

According to Bloomberg, Roger Ver, the Bitcoin Cash advocate, also known as “Bitcoin Jesus,” is finding it difficult to convert Bitcoin believers to Bitcoin Cash supporters. Although Ver believes that Bitcoin Cash will become the world’s biggest cryptocurrency, it’s not so widely used in commerce today. origin »

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Tether (USDT) Retires 30M Tokens to Treasury.

On August 23, just two days after a 100-million token tranche was sent, some of the funds were returned from Bitfinex into the Tether treasury.

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EOS Price Continues Downward Spiral – Strong Bearish Outlook.

The price of EOS returned to support near $4. 6 yesterday after the downward spiral continued for its price. The price has been in a downtrend since its mainnet launch and last weeks 20% gain is looking to be an exception amid a suffering altcoin market. origin »

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Aelf Project Unveils Testnet Results with 14,968 Transactions per Second.

Aelf aims at scalability, and is showing off a cluster node ecosystem running 14,968 TPS on the testnet.

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Blockchain Market to Register Staggering Growth Till 2022.

Regardless of their attitude towards cryptocurrencies, governments and companies around the world have a firm belief in the underlying blockchain technology. This belief was reflected in MarketsandMarkets’ recent research report, which claims that the blockchain market will grow at the rate of 79. origin »

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JD.com Unveils Open Blockchain Technology Platform, Partners With Unilever.

JD. com has created an open blockchain platform to ensure that customers are able to create and enjoy their own blockchain solutions. This Beijing-headquartered e-commerce organization wants to improve transparency, effectiveness and security of their customers’ operations. origin »

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Stockholm IT Ventures to Deliver Crypto Trading Tool to Valens Bank.

Valens Bank will get a license for a cryptocurrency trading software developed by Stockholm IT Ventures.

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Mainstream Adoption of Blockchain; What’s the Current Progress ?.

A Progress Report on mainstream adoption of Blockchain Maybe you have heard a few things about Blockchain and decentralized economic models or not. The first thing you need ask yourself is “What is a decentralization?” And secondly, what is the link between Blockchain and a decentralized economy? What is Decentralization? – In Relation to Blockchain […] The post Mainstream Adoption of Blockchain; What’s the Current Progress ? appeared first on ZyCrypto. origin »

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Bitcoin [BTC] Price Drops on News of ETF Rejection – Bullish Outlook Holds.

Yesterday, the news was released stating that the SEC was rejecting ProShares Bitcoin ETF proposition. The ETF had little chance, but the price of Bitcoin dropped on the news regardless. The low point of the drop approached support near the $6240 point but quickly bounced back up. origin »

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XRP Still under Pressure despite the News.

XRP is recovering on Thursday afternoon but is still unable to reach yesterday's price

The post XRP Still under Pressure despite the News appeared first on CoinSpeaker.

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Row on a Boat: Roger Ver and Jimmy Song to Hash Out Bitcoin Matters on Blockchain Boat Cruise.

The third annual Blockchain Cruise on the Mediterranean, from September 7 to 11, will see a heated debate over the potential future of Bitcoin.

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eToro Sees Consistent Demand for Bitcoin Trading Despite Prolonged Bear Market.

In a recent interview, eToro CEO Yoni Assia said that the trading platform had seen consistent demand in recent months from retail investors for Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. In a discussion with NewsBTC, Assia spoke about his bullish outlook for Bitcoin and other plans to expand crypto trading functionality on eToro. origin »

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“What happens in BlockShow, stays in Blockchain”.

BlockShow Americas 2018 has been an event that would be remembered for some time to come. This celebration of all things Blockchain was held on August 20-21 at The Palazzo, Las Vegas and brought together more than 1500 attendees. origin »

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Norwegian Neighborhood Turns Animus Toward Crypto Mining Seeking to Kick Kryptovault Out.

Norwegian bitcoin miner Kryptovault may be enforced to shut down its operation due to complaints about the noise filed by locals. The post Norwegian Neighborhood Turns Animus Toward Crypto Mining Seeking to Kick Kryptovault Out appeared first on CoinSpeaker. origin »

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Status update. How bitcoin cash is doing after one year Anniversary.

Last year August, a hard fork from the Bitcoin blockchain give birth to Bitcoin Cash (BCH) and after 12 months later since the altcoin hit the ground running, the journey has been surprising. Bitcoin Cash’s transition from being offspring into one of the power coins on the market hasn’t been all smooth. origin »

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Bitconnect ICO Scam: Indian Police Nabs Key Accused.

Bitconnect ceased all operations in Jan 2018 citing bad press, scrutiny by US regulators and distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks on its system. India Tightens the Noose in the Pursuit of Bitconnect Scammers According to a local media report, Indian authorities nabbed Divyesh Darji, the alleged Asian head of Bitconnect, on Aug 19 at New Delhi’s […] Bitconnect ICO Scam: Indian Police Nabs Key Accused was originally found on [blokt] - Blockchain, Bitcoin & Cryptocurrency News. origin »

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Did BitMEX Maintenance and Manipulation Actually Cause a Bitcoin Pump?.

After trading sideways for a week, Bitcoin volatility came back roaring with a 6 percent move, adding $5 billion to the total market cap in about 20 minutes. In the world of crypto, 5-6 percent moves in minutes are the norm, although it’s not often that one can point to a specific catalyst for pumps. origin »

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Winklevoss Brothers Lead an Effort to Rule Out Bad Actors From the Crypto Industry.

In the face of the second rejection of their Bitcoin ETF, the Winklevoss twins are leading efforts to set up a self-regulatory organization for the crypto space to help root out bad actors and behaviors. origin »

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Dash Is in Trouble.

2018 hasn’t been kind to cryptocurrencies, with every major asset except for BNB recording a loss for the year to date. Dash has been particularly hard hit, slipping from 7th to 14th by market cap, and down 92% from its all-time high. origin »

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