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CheapAir Says Goodbye to Coinbase, Hello to BTCPayServer
Online travel agency CheapAir.com has announced it is no longer working with Coinbase to process its customers’ bitcoin payments. In Coinbase's ...
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Digital Currency Group CEO Says Bitcoin Has “Hit The Bottom for The Year”
Barry Silbert, founder and chief executive officer of venture capital Digital Currency Group, said he is bullish on Bitcoin (BTC) ...
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Canada’s Only Actively-Managed Cryptocurrency Fund Now 91% in Cash
Canada’s only actively-managed cryptocurrency fund is currently holding approximately 91 percent of its assets in cash, a position it says ...
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Nervos Network Blockchain Startup Secures $28 Mln From Sequoia China, Polychain Capital
Nervos Network, a Chinese blockchain startup founded by a former researcher and developer of the Ethereum Foundation, has announced today ...
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Former Genesis Rock Star Peter Gabriel Invests in Blockchain Startup Provenance
Peter Gabriel, the former frontman of progressive rock band Genesis, is entering the cryptocurrency world by backing a British blockchain startup ...
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Russia: Bitcoin Owners and Miners Will Not Face ‘Separate’ Tax Laws
Russia will subject owners and miners of cryptocurrency to all existing tax obligations from Autumn, authorities hinted July 18. Aksakov: ...
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Bitcoin Trading Volume Is Up 100% From Its Recent Low
With Tuesday's dramatic $600 bitcoin rally came a sharp rise in trading volume, more specifically a 100 percent increase from ...
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Change.org Launches Screensaver That Mines Monero for Charity
Popular social petition platform Change.org is asking its supporters to install a screensaver that will mine monero on behalf of ...
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US Congressman Calls for Ban on Crypto Buying and Mining
A U.S. lawmaker has called for a blanket ban on cryptocurrency buying. Congressman Brad Sherman is no stranger to controversial ...
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Bitmain, Canaan and Ebang Recieve ‘Unicorn’ Valuations, Number of Chinese DLT Companies Explodes
Featured In recent cryptocurrency news from China, three cryptocurrency mining hardware manufacturers have been valued at more than $1 billion ...
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Billionaire Hedge Fund Manager Ken Griffin Slams Bitcoin
The co-founder and manager of the money management firm Citadel has voiced his grievances with Bitcoin. Ken Griffin stated today ...
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U.S. Congress Strikes Positive Tone on Cryptocurrency in Latest Hearing
A congressional hearing before the U.S. House Committee on Agriculture today struck a positive tone towards the impact that cryptocurrency and ...
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French Startup Offers Idle Servers Part-Time Job to Power Ethereum DApps
While it is true that humankind put a man on the moon using the computing power equivalent to a modern ...
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MasterCard Wins Patent to Increase Cryptocurrency Payment Speed
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office officially granted MasterCard a patent for a method of increasing the speed of cryptocurrency ...
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Bitcoin Not a Real Currency, Risky for ‘Unsophisticated Investors’: Fed Chair Powell
The head of the U.S. Federal Reserve warned Congress that bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies are dangerous to “unsophisticated investors” and ...
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Cryptocurrency Bull Tom Lee Pinpoints a Bitcoin Moon Boom
Right after Tuesday morning’s run-up, CNBC hosted a premier Bitcoin and cryptocurrency analyst to shine a light on why Bitcoin ...
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Line’s Cryptocurrency Exchange BITBOX Is Now Open for Business
Singapore-based cryptocurrency exchange BITBOX, which is also a division of Japanese internet giant Line Corporation, is now up and running ...
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Mastercard Patents a Method to Manage Cryptocurrency “Fractional Reserves”
Technology Mastercard has patented a method to manage cryptocurrency “fractional reserves”. The big idea behind it seems to be that ...
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Coinfloor Turns to Trading Technologies to Monitor Market Manipulation
Coinfloor, a cryptocurrency exchange that operates multiple subsidiary exchanges, is joining hands with Trading Technologies International, Inc., a leading trading ...
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Fed Chair: Cryptocurrencies Are ‘Great’ For Money Laundering
Jerome Powell, chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve, had some harsh words for cryptocurrencies during an appearance before the U.S ...
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Huge Inflow into Crypto Investment Fund Despite Bear Market
Crypto investment fund Grayscale has revealed it received record-breaking inflows of money during the first six months of 2018 even ...
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Crypto Presents a Challenge Beyond Hard and Fast Asset Classifications, Say Speakers at US House Committee Hearing
Witnesses before the U.S. House of Agriculture Committee at a public hearing July 18 were unanimous in their view that ...
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Citadel CEO Says Bitcoin Is Still a ‘Head Scratcher,’ Tells Young Generation to Stay Away
Ken Griffin, the CEO and founder of the Citadel hedge fund, has reiterated his negative stance on Bitcoin (BTC) in ...
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‘Wow’: Ethereum Fees Higher Than Bitcoin’s For First Time Ever
Ethereum traders were feeling the pressure July 18 after average transaction fees on its network surpassed Bitcoin’s for the first ...
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Is India About To Reverse Its Crypto Trade Ban?
On July 20, the Supreme Court of India will hold a hearing regarding the state of cryptocurrencies in the country ...
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Mark Lasry Believes Bitcoin is Heading for $40,000, Invests 1% of Net Worth
An executive at the Avenue Capital Group has today stated that he thinks Bitcoin will eventually outperform its 2017 highs ...
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Powerful Cryptocurrency Firms on the Road Towards Becoming Banks
Finance When bitcoin came out, supporters believed that the decentralized cryptocurrency would decimate the banking industry. Years later, as digital ...
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CFTC Official to Congress: Don’t Be ‘Hasty’ With Crypto Rules
The director of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC)'s fintech initiative cautioned against what he called "hasty regulatory pronouncements" during a ...
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Stellar (XLM) Skyrockets 30% to Reach 2 Month-High
Stellar Lumens surged to the top of the cryptocurrency gainers on Wednesday as the price soared to a two-month high ...
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HTC Says Blockchain Phone Exodus Will Be Released Later This Year
Computer manufacturing company HTC says it is on the verge of releasing its upcoming blockchain phone, Exodus, which was first ...
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Markets Update: Cryptocurrency Valuations Gain Billions in One Day
Market Updates Two days ago, cryptocurrency bulls were attempting to break strong resistance and managed to push digital asset values ...
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Most ICOs Retain Centralized Control, Break Whitepaper Promises, Academic Report Shows
Initial Coin Offerings (ICO) “failed” to provide protection against insider trading or stick to their whitepaper promises, a new report ...
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Mining Malware Now a Bigger Threat than Ransomware, Says Report
Illicit cryptocurrency mining, or "cryptojacking," has become more popular among cybercriminals than ransomware, according to a report by Skybox Security. In ...
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Bitcoin Investment Trust Creator Adding $10 Million in New Investments Every Week
Grayscale Investments, the fund provider behind the Bitcoin Investment Trust (OTC: GBTC), said that it is onboarding nearly $10 million ...
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‘We’re In It For The Long Haul’ — CheapAir CEO on Dropping Coinbase [Interview]
Bitcoinist caught up with CheapAir CEO Jeff Klee to find out why exactly his company just switched from Coinbase to ...
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Bitcoin Up $1,000 in Just Two Days, Almost All Top 100 Coins See Green
Wednesday, July 18: crypto markets are continuing to climb fast, with 98 out of the 100 top cryptocurrencies by market ...
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Blockchain Startup Launches Platform for Risk-Managed ICO Investments
CoinMirror, a Berlin-based startup, is launching the public beta of its platform for ICO investments on the Ethereum mainnet today, ...
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Ethereum Client Parity Drops Wallet Tech in Major Upgrade
Parity, the ethereum software client, has announced some major changes, including the stripping away of its graphical user interface (GUI) ...
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China to Lead International Standardization Research Group for IoT, Blockchain Tech
China will lead an international research group on the standardization of the Internet of Things (IoT) and blockchain technology, local ...
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Bitcoin Price Could Reach $40,000 Within Years: Billionaire Marc Lasry
Another billionaire has officially jumped on the bitcoin bandwagon. The latest addition to the burgeoning group of bitcoin billionaires is ...
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Crypto Exchange to Target African Market by Offering Low Transaction Fees
An “advanced and robust” trading platform is vowing to help emerging economies embrace cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology — in the ...
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Coinbase Walks Back Claim That SEC Approved Trio of Acquisitions
Cryptocurrency exchange and brokerage giant Coinbase has walked back a claim that it had received explicit approval from the U.S ...
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