A war has been raging between two cliques in the investment community — the Bitcoin bulls and the gold bugs. Over the past few years, it has become a popular practice for cryptocurrency proponents to equate or liken Bitcoin to gold, citing the asset’s non-sovereign, decentralized, fungible, borderless, international, and scarce nature. origin »

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Fusion Network Gets Hacked with Nearly 13.5 Million Worth in FSN Tokens Compromised.

On Saturday, September 28, blockchain-focused financial platform, the Fusion Network was hacked reports Decrypt. The Fusion Network was built with the aim of establishing a platform that supports forward-thinking applications or a cost-saving solution for businesses. origin »

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Top-5 Crypto Performers: LEO, LINK. MIOTA, XRP, XTZ.

As major cryptos see red this week, do any of the top performers show buying opportunities?

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Iran Cracks Down on Crypto-Miners as the Government Regulates.

The Iranian government has steadily been putting pressure on local crypto-miners in the past three months thanks to new legislation in the works that would regulate cryptocurrency mining via licensing. origin »

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Overstock And Patrick Byrne Sued For Securities Fraud Regarding Dividend Payouts.

Overstock.com, former CEO Patrick Byrne and former CFO Greg Iverson are being sued for securities fraud. Byrne, the controversial founding chief executive of Overstock who has long been at open war with short sellers and Wall Street at large, left the company last month amid some of the strangest circumstances and stories from a tech […] origin »

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Crypto in Cuba Faces Challenges Despite Growing Adoption, Overview.

Cryptocurrencies are gaining traction in Cuba, including BTC, ETH and a gold-backed MLM stablecoin

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Here Comes the Sun: Is TRON’s Sun Network Really Necessary?.

This week, TRON launched the Sun Network. Despite the name, this isn’t just another place for Justin Sun to imprint his name. The new sidechain is also designed to improve scalability, dramatically increasing transaction speeds for TRON applications. origin »

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$6.4M Worth of FSN Tokens Stolen From Fusion Network’s Swap Wallet.

Fusion Network’s swap wallet was compromised, resulting in roughly a third of FSN tokens stolen

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Zcash Bug Could Reveal Shielded Full Nodes’ IP Addresses.

Komodo developer discloses a bug that can be used to expose IP addresses of Zcash’s shielded full nodes

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Report: LedgerX Claims Ex-CFTC Chairman Stalled Approvals Due to Personal Bias.

Crypto derivatives firm LedgerX alleges that former CFTC chairman Christopher Giancarlo obstructed the approval of its DCO registration due to personal bias

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Ether Outshines Bitcoin in a Gloomy Month for Crypto Prices.

Ethereum's native cryptocurrency is reporting a slight monthly gain, outperforming bitcoin's double-digit price slide by a big margin. origin »

Bitcoin Bull John McAfee Urges to Ignore the BTC Price Fall, Stands Firm on $1 Mln in 2020.

As Bitcoin plunged below $8,000 this morning, the Bitcoin permabull and ‘crypto anarchist’ John McAfee urges the community to ignore it, confirming his $1 mln forecast origin »

Dow Futures Rise as Trump Targets Treasonous Democrats.

Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) futures ticked higher on Monday as Trump doubled down on the impeachment fight. In a series of late-night tweets on Sunday, he leveled accusations of treason at Adam Schiff – the Democrat leading the impeachment enquiry. origin »

Crypto Exchange Bithumb’s $333 Million Acquisition May Be in Jeopardy.

A fintech firm's acquisition of Bithumb reportedly hasn't been fully paid for, even after a deadline was extended. origin »

Binance.US Opens Account Registration for Puerto Rico Residents.

Binance’s U.S. arm, Binance.US, opened account registration for Puerto Rico residents

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Ripple Acquires Crypto Trading Firm to Expand Into Iceland.

Ripple acquires Icelandic crypto trading firm Algrim

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HOLD is Launching a Zero-Fee Crypto Exchange with Visa Debit Card.

Bitcoin Press Release: HOLD. io has announced that its forthcoming crypto and cash exchange app with free Visa Debit card are set for release on 30th September 2019. This follows the conclusion of its successful beta program with a number of early supporters last month. origin »

Bitcoin Price Eyes Quarterly Loss After Hitting 3.5-Month Low.

Bitcoin is again flashing red, having hit a 3.5-month low earlier today. It's now on track to post a quarterly loss. origin »

Introducing the Crypto Rating Council.

Learn about working at Coinbase: https://www.coinbase.com/careers - Medium origin »

Mammoth $300 Million Crypto Exchange Bithumb Deal Is Going Bust.

Nearly one year after it was announced that South Korea’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, Bithumb, would be sold to BK Global Consortium for 400 billion won ($333 million), the deal appears to be going nowhere. origin »

Exclusive: Coinstelegram at Korea Blockchain Week (KBW 2019).

Coinstelegram team took part in the prestigious Korea Blockchain Week. Among speakers at KBW 2019 there are many brilliant names of crypto world, including Vitalik Buterin and Mike Govogratz. Vitalik Buterin is undoubtedly one of the highest and most welcome guests at Korea Blockchain Week. origin »

Trading Legend Peter Brandt Expects Bitcoin Price to Begin "Bull Move" to $50,000 After Reaching New Bottom.

Bitcoin maximalist Peter Brandt expects the BTC price to hit new $50,000 after finding a new local bottom origin »

Everybody is Waiting to Buy Bitcoin at $7,500, Are You?.

Following up from a somewhat unexpected turn of events earlier this week, Bitcoin prices have once again below $8,000. This is now the second time BTC has fallen below this crucial threshold since its resurgence in June earlier this year. origin »

How to Save Formula 1 from Lewis Hamilton’s Reign of Boredom.

It was another excellent day for the Mercedes Formula 1 team as Lewis Hamilton and Valteri Bottas scored a one-two finish in Russia. The finish was redemption for the Mercedes team that has struggled after the summer break. origin »

Crypto Carnage, Zuckerberg Admission, Royal BTC Scam: Hodler’s Digest, Sept. 23–29.

In this week’s Hodler’s Digest, bloodbath for BTC and altcoins, Zuckerberg’s Libra admission, and Kik announces its app is closing

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Bitcoin’s Borrowing Rate Spikes on Ethereum’s Compound.

Interest in borrowing tokenized bitcoin suddenly spiked to as high as 17% per year with lenders offered almost 10%. The situation now seems to have returned more down to earth,... The post Bitcoin’s Borrowing Rate Spikes on Ethereum’s Compound appeared first on Trustnodes. origin »

Is XRP a Security? We May Never Know.

The Ripple case may serve to highlight the regulatory uncertainty in the digital asset space

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Bitcoin Is a Viable Way to Remove the State From Your Life.

The last decade has seen central banks print trillions of dollars, governments grown much larger, wars continue with no end, and ordinary citizens taxed even more. Thankfully there are individuals and small pockets of people all around the world who believe something is wrong. origin »

Spam Attacks: Crypto Strategies For Surplus Transactions.

For years, Bitcoin and other blockchains have been targeted by spam transactions. These are small transactions, which in large numbers might threaten to congest a blockchain network and cause backlogs. origin »