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Coinbase Hit With Negligence Suit Over The Launch Of Bitcoin Cash.
US District Judge Vince Chhabria ruled that crypto exchange Coinbase will face charges of negligence, fraud, and unfair competition for its handling of the launch of Bitcoin Cash. Coinbase allegedly canceled US dollar orders of BCH hours before the crypto was added to its platform, causing the price to rise and claims that the exchange was involved in insider trading. origin »
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Chinese Authorities Are Investigating EtherDelta Over Possible Exit Scam.
The crypto trading platform EtherDelta is currently being investigated by the Chinese police over allegations of exit scam, which is when a company vanishes with funds from clients. In this case, EtherDelta is being accused of selling tokens during an Initial Coin Offering (ICO) and then abandoning the platform. EtherDelta was a platform that was […] origin »
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Samsung’s Galaxy Note 10 is here with beastly specs and no headphone jack.
Right on cue, Samsung has officially revealed the Galaxy Note 10, and for the first time in the note series, an even larger ‘Plus’ model. Granted, ‘Revealed’ might be a bit of a strong word given how much we’d learned about the devices going into today’s Galaxy Unpacked event, but it’s nonetheless welcome to have some real confirmation. origin »
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Bitcoin Plummets To $11,600 As Bull Case Weakens; Factors & Trends.
Bitcoin and the aggregated crypto markets incurred a significant influx of buying pressure earlier this morning that ultimately resulted in yet another swift rejection that sent the markets reeling lower. origin »
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EtherDelta Faces Exit Scam Allegations.
Chinese authorities are currently investigating claims that non-custodial crypto exchange EtherDelta perpetrated a $176,000 exit scam after the exchange was sold to unnamed Chinese investors in December 2017. origin »
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Beat 1xBit and Double Your Crypto!.
1xBit calls YOU to a new challenge! Test yourself and take part in a regular promotion “Beat 1xBit!”, running every Monday. 1xBit is a prominent online gambling platform, combining both a sportsbook and a casino at one place. origin »
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Samsung’s ARM-powered Galaxy Book S laptop promises 23 hours of battery life.
Last night, Samsung held its annual Galaxy Unpacked event in New York, where it unveiled the Galaxy Note 10. Along with that, the company also launched the Galaxy Book S – a Windows 10 laptop based on Qualcomm’s 8cx ARM processor. origin »
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Bitcoin: Decentralized, Scarce And Now The 11th Largest Money In The World.
Recently, the total bitcoin in circulation clocked 85%, meaning out of the 21 million fixed supply, only 3. 15 million new coins are yet to be mined for the next 120 years (in 2140). Consequently, bitcoin will do what it does best: be a valuable scarce commodity. origin »
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Google’s Pixel 4 is reportedly getting a 90Hz display and a ‘DSLR-like’ camera attachment.
Pretty much all of the Pixel 3’s hardware specs were leaked well before its launch last year. Google tried to get ahead of the story for its next phone by posting photos of the upcoming Pixel 4 in June, far ahead of its official unveiling. origin »
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Digital Asset Management Products, Algoz and Alpha Pro, to Test Launch on UltrAlpha Platform.
UltrAlpha, the innovative comprehensive digital asset management service platform, announced that Algoz, the cryptocurrency arm of an algorithm-based trading company Fingenom Group, will join its upcoming test platform launch. Alpha Pro, another crypto asset manager... origin »
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Ethereum Falls to Below 8% of Entire Cryptocurrency Market.
The market capitalisation of the Ethereum network has fallen below the levels observed prior to its epic price run up in 2017. The total value of all Ether (ETH) tokens in existence now accounts for just less than eight percent of the entire cryptocurrency market. origin »
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Top 5 EOS Gambling dApps for August 2019.
These are very interesting times for the cryptocurrency and blockchain industry. After multiple years of development, it is evident that the battle lines between different dApp ecosystems have been drawn. origin »
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Seoul Metropolitan Government: Use Public Services and Earn Coins.
Seoul, has taken this love for crypto a step further. The city is launching an S-coin based reward system for citizens using public services. origin »
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Standard Chartered Bank Finalizes Its First Transaction On New Voltron Blockchain.
One of the most important banks in the market, Standard Chartered, has recently completed its first transaction using the new Voltron platform. Voltron is a new blockchain platform focused on the oil industry. origin »
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Bitcoin Privacy At Risk As Battle Between Wallets Intensifies with Samourai and Wasabi.
Samourai, a Bitcoin privacy wallet, came out last Thursday and announced that Wasabi Wallet, it’s the biggest competitor, is the target of an ongoing network attack. The announcement by Samourai becomes the latest in a string of allegations the wallet provider has put out against their competitor. origin »
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Blow to LocalBitcoins, Now Banned in China and Russia.
Roger Ver posted on Reddit that "local.bitcoin.com is now blocked in China and Russia." LocalBitcoins is a peer-to-peer service that matches Bitcoin traders. origin »
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Report: Rockstar offers contractors full-time work after crunch controversy.
As we hear more and more about a game industry drowning in crunch, we finally get some good news: Rockstar employees who felt the pinch the hardest are being given better positions. It’s a tiny step, but hopefully the first of many — goodness only knows the industry desperately needs the change. origin »
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University College London Research: Almost Half of All Blockchain Supply Chains Are in Groceries.
Something very curious about the blockchain technology is that when it was first created, nobody could guess how useful it would be for the groceries market. That’s right. Everybody was focused on the financial side, but most people didn’t pay enough attention to how useful the blockchain can be to track food. Today, almost half […] origin »
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Dubai: Five Major Insurers Adopt Blockchain-Based InsurTech Solution.
According to a press release dated August 7, UAE-based InsurTech company Addenda is adding five more insurance companies to its customer portfolio. The firm hosts a platform that allows insurers to manage claims and other insurance processes via the blockchain. origin »
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Binance Investigating Alleged Leak Of Users' KYC Images.
In what is said to be related to Binance's May hack that saw the crypto exchange lose 7,000 bitcoin, an individual claims to be in possession of more than 60,000 images Binance customers uploaded to the platform as part of the know-your-customer process. origin »
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Digital Asset Management Products, Algoz and Alpha Pro, to Test Launch on UltrAlpha Platform.
Coinspeaker Digital Asset Management Products, Algoz and Alpha Pro, to Test Launch on UltrAlpha PlatformUltrAlpha, the innovative comprehensive digital asset management service platform, announced that Algoz, the cryptocurrency arm of an algorithm-based trading company Fingenom Group, will join its upcoming test platform launch. origin »
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Instant P2P Crypto Lending Service Dharma Lever, Halts Loans And Deposits On The Platform.
Dharma Lever launched back in 2017, during the crypto boom giving its users a platform to get loans and credit against their crypto holdings – primarily Bitcoin. However, the services offered by the crypto firm are set to halt this month following an official announcement on the company’s official Twitter account. The lending services became […] origin »
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US state regulator slaps ‘fraudulent’ ICOs with cease and desist orders.
A US state regulator is cracking down on two New Jersey-based initial coin offerings (ICO) offering “fraudulent unregistered securities. ” The Bureau of Securities issued emergency cease and desist orders as part of “Operation Cryptosweep” – an international crackdown on fraudulent ICOs and cryptocurrency-related investment schemes – against Zoptax LLC (also known as Zoptax) and Unocall. origin »
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Yet another reason to dislike Tether: 300 addresses hold 80% of the ‘stablecoin’.
Infamous stablecoin and pseudo currency Tether (USDT) doesn’t exactly have the cleanest of rap sheets, and if you needed another reason not to trust it, keep reading. According to recent findings from cryptocurrency researchers at Coin Metrics, around 300 entities hold about 80 percent of the Tether currently in circulation, Bloomberg reports. origin »
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Empowering Blockchain Summit 2019.
Empowering Blockchain Summit, a platform to find solutions and share insights on the better way of applying the blockchain technology into the overall industry in Indonesia with other Southeast Asian countries, will be held in Jakarta, Indonesia on September 13 and 14. origin »
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Twitter admits to more bugs that shared your data without permission.
Twitter said it has fixed two more bugs related to how it uses personally identifiable information to target personalized ads on the platform. The flaws mean Twitter may have inadvertently shared your data with advertising partners even if you had explicitly not granted permission to do so. origin »
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YouTube Bitcoin Evangelist Gives Crypto Scammer Taste of Own Medicine.
Bitcoin is a powerful technology and movement. It stands for freedom and the crypto was designed to be decentralized so no single actor or party could ever control it. The idea of removing control from the governments and banks, while simultaneously being a breakthrough in bringing money into the digital age, has caused many to. origin »
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Despite Bitcoin “Gold 2.0” Narrative, Long-Term Correlation With Gold Remains Loose.
The traditional equities markets have been caught in a tailspin over the past couple of days due to increasing tensions between the U. S. and China that have escalated the trade war into a full-fledged currency war. origin »
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Cryptophyl.com Launches Dedicated Exchange for SLP Tokens and BCH.
The team behind the former cryptocurrency exchange Voltaire recently announced the launch of a new trading platform specifically designed for Simple Ledger Protocol (SLP) tokens. Three weeks ago the new exchange called Cryptophyl. origin »
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Binance Refutes KYC Hack Allegations.
Binance has confirmed that an unidentified entity has contacted them claiming to have Binance KYC data and demanding 300 BTC in return for not leaking it online. The case is still being investigated internally, but since the exchange has decided not to cooperate with the entity, they began sending this data to media outlets, AugustRead MoreRead More. origin »
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Tether Stablecoin Wallet Analysis Shows 318 Wallets Control 80% Of All USDT In Existence.
Centralization is a well-known problem of crypto markets. People often referred to as whales control a fifth of some markets and have the strength to promote manipulation whenever they want to. Tether, however, seems to be facing an even worse situation: only 318 crypto addresses actually control 80% of the circulating supply of Tether (USDT). […] origin »
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Willy Woo’s Bitcoin Difficulty Ribbon Suggests Drop Below $6,000/BTC “Very Unlikely”.
On-chain metrics analyst Willy Woo believes we may never see another $6,000 Bitcoin again. The trader bases his theory on his latest technical indicator, the Bitcoin Difficulty Ribbon. Woo argues that a miner capitulation he expects to see in 2020, along with the halving of Bitcoin supply next May, will “add more fuel to the. origin »
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Crypto Tax Bill, Virtual Value Tax Fix Act, Is Reintroduced By North Carolina Congressman.
Ted Budd, a Republican Congressman from North Carolina, has recently decided to reintroduce a crypto tax bill this week. The law will be a move to the Ways & Means Committee of the House of Representatives soon. origin »
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Is the European Economic and Social Committee Blocking Blockchain Adoption?.
The European Economic and Social Committee (EESC), a consultative body of the European Union, maybe cleverly blocking blockchain adoption as per recent reports. origin »
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ShapeShift Addresses Recent Vulnerability on KeepKey Wallet.
ShapeShift, a crypto hardware wallet company has recently talked about the vulnerabilities that were found on its KeepKey wallets. According to the company, someone recently submitted a report that a vulnerability was found in the system. origin »
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New Jersey Stops 2 State-Based ICOs.
As part of its "Operation Cryptosweep" initiative, the New Jersey Bureau of Securities called for the halt of two initial coin offerings taking place in the state, stating that both companies were offering fraudulent securities. origin »
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Canadian Bitcoiner Scams the Scammer, Donates Proceeds to Bitcoin Venezuela.
Ben Perrin, a Calgary-based bitcoin enthusiast who runs an educational YouTube channel dedicated to enlightening the masses on all things cryptos, has succeeded in beating scammers in their own game and he’s donated the proceeds to Bitcoin Venezuela, a platform that helps Venezuelans buy groceries with cryptos, reports CBC on August 7, 2019. origin »
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Bitcoin Price Weekly Close Above $11,500 Would Be First in Nearly 18 Months.
Bitcoin price throughout 2018 was locked in a bear market and downtrend that ultimately took the price of the first-ever crypto asset to its bottom at $3,200. But during the almost 8 months of 2019, Bitcoin has been in an uptrend and is preparing to enter a bull market. origin »
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Should Ripple Burn XRP To Pump Prices as Investors Disgusted in Company Dumping New Coins Into Market.
Bitcoin was created with a fixed supply. It was, according to Satoshi Nakamoto, an anti-inflation measure. This way, there would be no mechanism to keep introducing more coins in the market. Ripple has followed the opposite route. origin »
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The Coordinated Crypto Crackdown Continues: NASAA Has 130 New Cases This Year.
Operation Cryptosweep is moving forward at full speed. It seems that the people at the Administrators Association (NASAA) are really taking seriously their latest operation to sweep unlawful cryptos out from the market. origin »
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South Korea’s Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) To Oversee Cryptocurrency Exchanges Directly.
One of the main regulatory agencies of South Korea under the command of the Financial Services Commission (FSC), the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU), has recently decided that the cryptocurrency exchanges of the country would start to be under its guidance. origin »
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Scientists ask NASA to reconsider Mars mission after studying effects of space radiation.
A team of scientists recently conducted a first-of-its-kind experiment to study the effects of space radiation on a living brain. And the results don’t bode well for NASA‘s planned mission to Mars. origin »
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XRP whales continue to remain active after 100,000,000 XRP moved.
With Bitcoin surging past the $12,000 mark, before falling down to $11,632. 11 at press time, the market saw a number of transactions happening between unknown wallets. While the crypto-market continued to tussle with sideways movement, the flow of money between users and wallets surged in the market. origin »
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Bitcoin Will Be In ‘A Lot of Hedge Fund Portfolios’: Investment CEO.
Investor interest in Bitcoin is increasing all over the world. Most recently, impressed by Bitcoin’s latest “amazing run,” Agecroft Partners Founder and CEO Don Steinbrugge predicted that Bitcoin will be held in a lot of hedge fund portfolios. origin »
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EOS Studio picks up the slack; announces new developer-centric ecosystem.
In the midst of soaring BTC prices and Ripple’s extensive partnerships, EOS. IO gained limelight after sharing information on EOS Studio’s move to streamline blockchain app development with its Cross-Platform IDE. origin »
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Bryan Bishop's New Plan For Time-Delayed Bitcoin Transactions.
Bitcoin Core contributor Bryan Bishop has published new plans for a "vault" system that was originally proposed in 2016 but was dropped, as it would have required a fork in the Bitcoin network. Bishop's new vault design would not require a fork and would allow for time-delayed bitcoin transactions, giving users time to reverse a transaction if their private information became compromised. origin »
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Microsoft contractors are listening to your translated Skype calls.
An explosive article in Motherboard alleges that contractors working for Microsoft are listening to the conversations of Skype users conducted through the app’s real-time translation service. The piece, penned by cybersecurity reporter Joseph Cox, cites a trove of internal documentation, screenshots, and audio recordings obtained by the publication. origin »
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Capital Flight from China Causing Bitcoin’s Pump: Kyle Bass.
Well known fund manager of Hayman Capital Management, Kyle Bass, believes that the current run-up in Bitcoin is has been caused by global trade tension, Yuan devaluation, and capital leaving China. In an interview with Yahoo, Kyle emphasized that while capital is leaving China through gold and Bitcoin, the rising market will be cut short byRead MoreRead More. origin »
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BitMart Received Millions of Strategic Investment From Fenbushi Capital.
August 8, 2019 — BitMart, a premier global digital asset trading platform, is pleased to announce that it has received millions of investment from Fenbushi Capital, the first China-based venture capital firm that exclusively invests in blockchain-enabled companies. origin »
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Nike VP: The key to selling sneakers is emotion, and enhancing it with tech.
Whether youAnd what can their past experiences teach us? Rnext speaker Ron Faris, who has a strong background in building and designing unique digital experiences, has managed to capture a vast audience that now accounts for 20 percent of Nike’s digital sales. origin »
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