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Roger Ver confused. 300 percent growth for Ripple. Iran approves mining operations. Coindesk EXPOSES...shopping. Chocolate bitcoins discovered in Walmart.
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Shapeshift didn't bend to regulators. US Congress drafts crypto bills. 459% hike in crypto-jacking. BTC vulnerability near-fatal. Dubai meets blockchain.
Bitcoin bug reckoning continues. "Blockchain" sues "Blockchain." Jed McCaleb selling off Ripple funds at high clip. Walmart begins blockchain program.
Market slumps. Bancor joins EOS platform. Elon Musk teams up with Dogecoin. Indian local government subject to 'crypto-jacking attacks.' Trout use case?
NYC attorney's office slams crypto exchanges. UK pushes regulations on crypto-assets. SEC official praises crypto. Ripple sees price surge.
Ethereum developers have proposed an SEC-compliant security token standard. This comes after the SEC deemed Ethereum not a security back in June.
The New York State Attorney General has referred Binance, Kraken, and Gate.io to the Department of Financial Services for a “potential violation."
Exchanges bite back at New York State. Brazil investigates anti-crypto banking monopoly. Blockchain records war crimes. McAfee pitches trout flavored soda.
Ripple grows by 45 percent. Paxos and Gemini receive state approval. Robinhood exchange responds to criticism. Money launderers face broad regulations.
Crypto prices surge. Ethereum founder calls for Bitcoin Cash community to shun Craig Wright. The US toys with using blockchain for energy industry. Wew.
Gab’s business is booming. But despite its token launch last year, the "alt-right Twitter" has decided to say bye bye to blockchain.
Goldman Sachs continues to play games with our crypto hearts, and the manic-depressive crypto market isn't taking the news well.
ShapeShift and Erik Voorhees appear to have bowed down to U.S. regulators. Is this the beginning of the end of Open Finance?
Crypto's leading voices are proclaiming the end is nigh.
The US president expresses frustration that US allies are not helping secure the Strait of Hormuz.
IOTA gets new backers, Iran plans crypto-monetary fund, North Korea muscles in on blockchain, and blockchain-streaming service TaTaTu to premier biopic.
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ICOs are big business. Since Satoshi’s white paper was released in 2009, the funding tool du jour has raised $20bn in capital.
NASDAQ mulling crypto-exchange. Tipping bot gives out $100,000. Craig Wright derides Bitmain. Iran floats on sovereign cryptocurrency.
With an additional $7 million in the bank, crypto exchange AirTM is poised to bring Latin Americans “financial freedom” through access to USD.
New startup BitMED says its blockchain-based “telehealth system” will provide free basic health care to the entire world within 10 years. All it costs is you...
Goldman Sachs denied cancelling Bitcoin trading desk. Bitcoin climbs 1%. Lightning Network to work with big exchange. IOTA to streamline uliltiies payments.
The crypto mining rush started with CPU mining instead of gold pans and is now at the advanced techniques stage, with ASIC miners making the technology old.
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