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📮Hybrid blockchain platform Orbs has raised over $15 million in cryptocurrency with help from South Korean app provider Kakao. Read more 👀
⁉️Crypto-friendly fintech startup Revolut has obtained a banking license in Lithuania. Read more 👀
🔍Security token platform TokenSoft invests in SEC-regulated broker-dealer. Read more 👀
✍🏼SeedCX exchange is barring employees from crypto trading. Read more 👀
💥SEC’s crypto czar signals some flexibility on token offerings. Read more 👀
📮Hybrid blockchain platform Orbs has raised over $15 million in cryptocurrency with help from South Korean app provider Kakao. Read more 👀
⁉️Crypto-friendly fintech startup Revolut has obtained a banking license in Lithuania. Read more 👀
🔍Security token platform TokenSoft invests in SEC-regulated broker-dealer. Read more 👀
✍🏼SeedCX exchange is barring employees from crypto trading. Read more 👀
💥SEC’s crypto czar signals some flexibility on token offerings. Read more 👀
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📮Brazilian bank is using Ethereum to issue a stablecoin. Read more 👀
🔔Cypherpunk legend Timothy May has passed away. Read more 👀
👩🏻💻Hong Kong's new regulation "might" be harmful for local crypto industry. Read more 👀
✍🏼Egypt’s Central Bank conducting "feasibility studies" around digital currency issuance. Read more 👀
💥Iran: Science and Tech Department Official says blockchain can improve national economy. Read more 👀
📮Brazilian bank is using Ethereum to issue a stablecoin. Read more 👀
🔔Cypherpunk legend Timothy May has passed away. Read more 👀
👩🏻💻Hong Kong's new regulation "might" be harmful for local crypto industry. Read more 👀
✍🏼Egypt’s Central Bank conducting "feasibility studies" around digital currency issuance. Read more 👀
💥Iran: Science and Tech Department Official says blockchain can improve national economy. Read more 👀
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👩🏻💻Hong Kong stock exchange calls alleged Bitmain IPO hesitation "rumors". Read more 👀
🔔San Francisco-based cryptocurrency exchange and wallet service Coinbase has launched its new "Convert" service. Read more 👀
📮Tagomi Holdings Inc., an electronic brokerage startup backed by PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel’s venture capital firm, has launched. Read more 👀
⚠️Two South Korean government ministries are exploring blockchain’s potential to bring new efficiencies to marine logistics. Read more 👀
💥Amazon Web Services, the e-commerce giant’s cloud computing arm, is having its proverbial blockchain cake and eating it, too. Read more 👀
👩🏻💻Hong Kong stock exchange calls alleged Bitmain IPO hesitation "rumors". Read more 👀
🔔San Francisco-based cryptocurrency exchange and wallet service Coinbase has launched its new "Convert" service. Read more 👀
📮Tagomi Holdings Inc., an electronic brokerage startup backed by PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel’s venture capital firm, has launched. Read more 👀
⚠️Two South Korean government ministries are exploring blockchain’s potential to bring new efficiencies to marine logistics. Read more 👀
💥Amazon Web Services, the e-commerce giant’s cloud computing arm, is having its proverbial blockchain cake and eating it, too. Read more 👀
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👩🏻💻How players will battle for crypto in War Riders became a little clearer this morning. Read more 👀
📮MultiChain, the enterprise blockchain framework created by Coin Sciences, has released its beta version 2.0 and added over 40 new partners, including big names like SAP and HCL Technologies. Read more 👀
💬Vitalik Buterin, the creator of ethereum, has just donated $300,000 in cryptocurrency to three blockchain startups – apparently making the decision in response to a Twitter thread. Read more 👀
⭐️Open source blockchain project Qtum has awarded a $400,000 grant to academics at Columbia University to fund the development of a new programming language for Ethereum (ETH)-style smart contracts. Read more 👀
📍Iranians are turning to Bitcoin (BTC) mining due to economic difficulties caused by sanctions by the United States. Read more 👀
👩🏻💻How players will battle for crypto in War Riders became a little clearer this morning. Read more 👀
📮MultiChain, the enterprise blockchain framework created by Coin Sciences, has released its beta version 2.0 and added over 40 new partners, including big names like SAP and HCL Technologies. Read more 👀
💬Vitalik Buterin, the creator of ethereum, has just donated $300,000 in cryptocurrency to three blockchain startups – apparently making the decision in response to a Twitter thread. Read more 👀
⭐️Open source blockchain project Qtum has awarded a $400,000 grant to academics at Columbia University to fund the development of a new programming language for Ethereum (ETH)-style smart contracts. Read more 👀
📍Iranians are turning to Bitcoin (BTC) mining due to economic difficulties caused by sanctions by the United States. Read more 👀
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🔔Changpeng Zhao called 2018 a "correction year" for crypto currencies while expressing optimism for the future of the crypto industry. Read more 👀
📌Only 37 percent of Bitcoin (BTC) addresses in its network are "economically relevant", according to a report released by research firm Chainalysis. Read more 👀
⏳Blockchain media startup Civil will launch in February, despite the fact their CVL token sale failed earlier this year. Read more 👀
💥The Tunisian Internet Agency (ATI) is going provide hosting services for the Russian blockchain platform Universa. Read more 👀
💬Waves has ended its fundraiser with 120 million dollars. Read more 👀
🔔Changpeng Zhao called 2018 a "correction year" for crypto currencies while expressing optimism for the future of the crypto industry. Read more 👀
📌Only 37 percent of Bitcoin (BTC) addresses in its network are "economically relevant", according to a report released by research firm Chainalysis. Read more 👀
⏳Blockchain media startup Civil will launch in February, despite the fact their CVL token sale failed earlier this year. Read more 👀
💥The Tunisian Internet Agency (ATI) is going provide hosting services for the Russian blockchain platform Universa. Read more 👀
💬Waves has ended its fundraiser with 120 million dollars. Read more 👀
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📮The financial regulator of Italy has barred a cryptocurrency-related project from operations for the provision of allegedly unauthorized investment services. Read more 👀
⁉️Andrew Bustamante, reportedly a former CIA intelligence officer, has claimed blockchain is “super powerful stuff” that represents a threat to America’s national security. Read more 👀
🔍Japan’s Mizuho Financial Group plans to introduce a digital currency to be used for remittances and payments in March. Read more 👀
⚠️Bank of America may be eyeing shared networks of ATMs powered by blockchain tech, according to a newly revealed patent application. Read more 👀
📮The financial regulator of Italy has barred a cryptocurrency-related project from operations for the provision of allegedly unauthorized investment services. Read more 👀
⁉️Andrew Bustamante, reportedly a former CIA intelligence officer, has claimed blockchain is “super powerful stuff” that represents a threat to America’s national security. Read more 👀
🔍Japan’s Mizuho Financial Group plans to introduce a digital currency to be used for remittances and payments in March. Read more 👀
⚠️Bank of America may be eyeing shared networks of ATMs powered by blockchain tech, according to a newly revealed patent application. Read more 👀
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✍🏼National Bank of Kuwait (NBK) has joined Ripple’s blockchain-based payments network seeking faster cross-border money transfers. Read more 👀
📮The Litecoin Foundation has partnered with Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), one of the leading mixed martial arts organizations, in a deal to promote the cryptocurrency. Read more 👀
👩🏻💻Mark Karpeles — the former CEO of now-defunct cryptocurrency exchange Mt. Gox — has affirmed that he is not guilty in the final argument for his trial. Read more 👀
💥Cryptocurrency exchange Huobi’s derivative market now supports altcoin EOS. Read more 👀
⚠️United States-based Bitcoin (BTC)-supporting payments firm Square has been named Yahoo Finance company of the year. Read more 👀
✍🏼National Bank of Kuwait (NBK) has joined Ripple’s blockchain-based payments network seeking faster cross-border money transfers. Read more 👀
📮The Litecoin Foundation has partnered with Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), one of the leading mixed martial arts organizations, in a deal to promote the cryptocurrency. Read more 👀
👩🏻💻Mark Karpeles — the former CEO of now-defunct cryptocurrency exchange Mt. Gox — has affirmed that he is not guilty in the final argument for his trial. Read more 👀
💥Cryptocurrency exchange Huobi’s derivative market now supports altcoin EOS. Read more 👀
⚠️United States-based Bitcoin (BTC)-supporting payments firm Square has been named Yahoo Finance company of the year. Read more 👀
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⚠️Customs authorities in Saudi Arabia have concluded a pilot scheme linking its cross-border trade platform FASAH with IBM and Maersk’s TradeLens blockchain platform. Read more 👀
💡Foreign investors are interested in the Crimean blockchain cluster. Read more 👀
👩🏻💻The Chilean General Treasury of the Republic (TGR), which oversees tax collection in the country, has launched a blockchain platform to process payments. Read more 👀
📮Japanese e-commerce giant DMM.com is reportedly in the process of winding down its cryptocurrency mining business, less than a year after it set up the operation. Read more 👀
🔔Digital retail giant Overstock.com plans to pay at least some of its taxes using bitcoin this year. Read more 👀
⚠️Customs authorities in Saudi Arabia have concluded a pilot scheme linking its cross-border trade platform FASAH with IBM and Maersk’s TradeLens blockchain platform. Read more 👀
💡Foreign investors are interested in the Crimean blockchain cluster. Read more 👀
👩🏻💻The Chilean General Treasury of the Republic (TGR), which oversees tax collection in the country, has launched a blockchain platform to process payments. Read more 👀
📮Japanese e-commerce giant DMM.com is reportedly in the process of winding down its cryptocurrency mining business, less than a year after it set up the operation. Read more 👀
🔔Digital retail giant Overstock.com plans to pay at least some of its taxes using bitcoin this year. Read more 👀
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🚨United States federal agencies reportedly raided the office of a Michigan-based science and tech center last month during a crypto-related investigation. Read more 👀
⚠️Controversial social media site Gab is reportedly now using the Cash App from United States-based payments firm Square to transact and receive Bitcoin (BTC) donations. Read more 👀
👩🏻💻Japan’s Financial Services Agency (FSA) is apparently open to approving crypto exchange-traded funds (ETFs). Read more 👀
📮Security token trading platform tZERO has won a patent outlining how it may merge legacy trading systems with cryptocurrencies and digital asset tech. Read more 👀
💬CoinfloorEX, a unit of the United Kingdom cryptocurrency exchange Coinfloor, has been reorganized to offer trading of physical Bitcoin futures on the Asian market. Read more 👀
🚨United States federal agencies reportedly raided the office of a Michigan-based science and tech center last month during a crypto-related investigation. Read more 👀
⚠️Controversial social media site Gab is reportedly now using the Cash App from United States-based payments firm Square to transact and receive Bitcoin (BTC) donations. Read more 👀
👩🏻💻Japan’s Financial Services Agency (FSA) is apparently open to approving crypto exchange-traded funds (ETFs). Read more 👀
📮Security token trading platform tZERO has won a patent outlining how it may merge legacy trading systems with cryptocurrencies and digital asset tech. Read more 👀
💬CoinfloorEX, a unit of the United Kingdom cryptocurrency exchange Coinfloor, has been reorganized to offer trading of physical Bitcoin futures on the Asian market. Read more 👀
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⏳The Ethereum Foundation has just awarded a $5 million grant to Parity Technologies to support the firm’s work building the blockchain network’s next iteration, ethereum 2.0. Read more 👀
📮Telecommunications giant China Mobile is trying to show everyday consumers the value of blockchain by incorporating the technology into an ordinary household product. Read more 👀
⚠️Bitcoin (BTC) wallet provider Samourai Wallet said it was disabling several privacy-related features in its products due to notices from Google to block the wallet. Read more 👀
✍🏼Israel’s economics “tsar” Avi Simhon has denounced Bitcoin (BTC) as intrinsically inefficient, predicting that the cryptocurrency will therefore disappear. Read more 👀
👩🏻💻Japan's Financial Services Agency (FSA) is considering the regulation of unregistered firms that solicit investments in cryptocurrencies. Read more 👀
⏳The Ethereum Foundation has just awarded a $5 million grant to Parity Technologies to support the firm’s work building the blockchain network’s next iteration, ethereum 2.0. Read more 👀
📮Telecommunications giant China Mobile is trying to show everyday consumers the value of blockchain by incorporating the technology into an ordinary household product. Read more 👀
⚠️Bitcoin (BTC) wallet provider Samourai Wallet said it was disabling several privacy-related features in its products due to notices from Google to block the wallet. Read more 👀
✍🏼Israel’s economics “tsar” Avi Simhon has denounced Bitcoin (BTC) as intrinsically inefficient, predicting that the cryptocurrency will therefore disappear. Read more 👀
👩🏻💻Japan's Financial Services Agency (FSA) is considering the regulation of unregistered firms that solicit investments in cryptocurrencies. Read more 👀
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📮OECD thinks ICOs may become a useful financing tool for small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) – but the space is not yet mature or regulated enough for the “mainstream.” Read more 👀
⚠️The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) is looking to capitalize on investor interest in cryptos by offering a new digital assets exchange. Read more 👀
👩🏻💻Blockchain is featured as a disrupting technology in the Tech Trends 2019. Read more 👀
📌United States Bitcoin ATM (‘BTM’) operator Coinme has entered a partnership to sell Bitcoin (BTC) at coin counting kiosks owned by Coinstar. Read more 👀
🔔Major cryptocurrency exchange and wallet provider Coinbase has acquired Andreessen Horowitz-backed tech startup Blockspring. Read more 👀
📮OECD thinks ICOs may become a useful financing tool for small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) – but the space is not yet mature or regulated enough for the “mainstream.” Read more 👀
⚠️The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) is looking to capitalize on investor interest in cryptos by offering a new digital assets exchange. Read more 👀
👩🏻💻Blockchain is featured as a disrupting technology in the Tech Trends 2019. Read more 👀
📌United States Bitcoin ATM (‘BTM’) operator Coinme has entered a partnership to sell Bitcoin (BTC) at coin counting kiosks owned by Coinstar. Read more 👀
🔔Major cryptocurrency exchange and wallet provider Coinbase has acquired Andreessen Horowitz-backed tech startup Blockspring. Read more 👀
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👩🏻💻Chinese non-profit Zhiyuan Hui has announced its partnership with token economy infrastructure firm EveriToken. Read more 👀
⚠️Switzerland-based Falcon Private Bank has introduced support for direct transfers and storage of select cryptocurrencies. Read more 👀
📮Bitcoin’s (BTC) problems are only solvable by departing from a proof-of-work (PoW) system. Read more 👀
🔔Switzerland-based Cryptocurrency ‘smart card’ wallet manufacturer Tangem has secured $15 million in funding from Japanese finance giant SBI Group. Read more 👀
📌Japanese blockchain development company Crypto Garage announced it had gained regulatory permission to trial its settlement system using Blockstream’s Liquid Sidechain. Read more 👀
👩🏻💻Chinese non-profit Zhiyuan Hui has announced its partnership with token economy infrastructure firm EveriToken. Read more 👀
⚠️Switzerland-based Falcon Private Bank has introduced support for direct transfers and storage of select cryptocurrencies. Read more 👀
📮Bitcoin’s (BTC) problems are only solvable by departing from a proof-of-work (PoW) system. Read more 👀
🔔Switzerland-based Cryptocurrency ‘smart card’ wallet manufacturer Tangem has secured $15 million in funding from Japanese finance giant SBI Group. Read more 👀
📌Japanese blockchain development company Crypto Garage announced it had gained regulatory permission to trial its settlement system using Blockstream’s Liquid Sidechain. Read more 👀
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👩🏻💻The American state of Pennsylvania has clarified that cryptocurrency exchanges do not fall subject to the Money Transmitter Act (MTA). Read more 👀
⚠️Cryptocurrency statistics and wallet provider Blockchain.com announced it had launched partial support for Bitcoin SV (BSV). Read more 👀
📮United States entrepreneur and serial cryptocurrency advocate John McAfee has fled the country to conduct his 2020 presidential campaign. Read more 👀
💬Hong Kong-based computer hardware manufacturer Sapphire has announced a new graphics card for mining the recently-launched GRIN Coin. Read more 👀
🔔JP Morgan-backed digital services firm Smartrac has partnered with SUKU Ecosystem, a blockchain startup owned by former Deloitte exec Eric Piscini. Read more 👀
👩🏻💻The American state of Pennsylvania has clarified that cryptocurrency exchanges do not fall subject to the Money Transmitter Act (MTA). Read more 👀
⚠️Cryptocurrency statistics and wallet provider Blockchain.com announced it had launched partial support for Bitcoin SV (BSV). Read more 👀
📮United States entrepreneur and serial cryptocurrency advocate John McAfee has fled the country to conduct his 2020 presidential campaign. Read more 👀
💬Hong Kong-based computer hardware manufacturer Sapphire has announced a new graphics card for mining the recently-launched GRIN Coin. Read more 👀
🔔JP Morgan-backed digital services firm Smartrac has partnered with SUKU Ecosystem, a blockchain startup owned by former Deloitte exec Eric Piscini. Read more 👀
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⚠️A closely-watched proposal to list a bitcoin exchange-traded fund on the Cboe BZX Exchange was withdrawn Wednesday – and the ongoing partial shutdown of the U.S. government appears to be to blame. Read more 👀
🔔Bee Token – a crypto startup seeking to create a decentralized home-sharing platform – has begun charging fees for some customers as part of a pivot meant to boost revenues. Read more👀
📮New comments from the chief executive of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (HKEX) may have dampened the hopes of several cryptocurrency mining giants that have filed for initial public offerings (IPOs). Read more 👀
👩🏻💻Mingxing “Star” Xu, the founder of cryptocurrency exchange OKCoin, has become the largest individual shareholder of a public company listed in Hong Kong via a $60 million acquisition. Read more 👀
📌Crypto startups Zilliqa and MaiCoin have teamed up to create a centralized security token exchange in Singapore that will apply blockchain technology to the trading of traditional asset classes. Read more
⚠️A closely-watched proposal to list a bitcoin exchange-traded fund on the Cboe BZX Exchange was withdrawn Wednesday – and the ongoing partial shutdown of the U.S. government appears to be to blame. Read more 👀
🔔Bee Token – a crypto startup seeking to create a decentralized home-sharing platform – has begun charging fees for some customers as part of a pivot meant to boost revenues. Read more👀
📮New comments from the chief executive of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (HKEX) may have dampened the hopes of several cryptocurrency mining giants that have filed for initial public offerings (IPOs). Read more 👀
👩🏻💻Mingxing “Star” Xu, the founder of cryptocurrency exchange OKCoin, has become the largest individual shareholder of a public company listed in Hong Kong via a $60 million acquisition. Read more 👀
📌Crypto startups Zilliqa and MaiCoin have teamed up to create a centralized security token exchange in Singapore that will apply blockchain technology to the trading of traditional asset classes. Read more
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📮Two groups alone are responsible for a majority of hacks at cryptocurrency exchanges to date, new research suggests. Read more 👀
👩🏻💻Bob Summerwill, a former ethereum core developer, is taking over as executive director for the Ethereum Classic (ETC) Cooperative. Read more 👀
💬Troubled crypto exchange quadrigaCX, whose customers have been unable to withdraw funds for months, has been inaccessible for several hours. Read more 👀
⚠️A public sale of 59.8 billion BitTorrent Tokens (BTT), worth roughly $7.2 million, sold out in a matter of minutes on Binance’s Launchpad earlier today, despite technical difficulties that frustrated some users. Read more 👀
🔔Starbucks chairman emeritus and former CEO Howard Schultz has previously said that he sees cryptocurrencies as a future part of a cashless, digital economy, though he did not see bitcoin as a “legitimate” cryptocurrency. Read more 👀
📮Two groups alone are responsible for a majority of hacks at cryptocurrency exchanges to date, new research suggests. Read more 👀
👩🏻💻Bob Summerwill, a former ethereum core developer, is taking over as executive director for the Ethereum Classic (ETC) Cooperative. Read more 👀
💬Troubled crypto exchange quadrigaCX, whose customers have been unable to withdraw funds for months, has been inaccessible for several hours. Read more 👀
⚠️A public sale of 59.8 billion BitTorrent Tokens (BTT), worth roughly $7.2 million, sold out in a matter of minutes on Binance’s Launchpad earlier today, despite technical difficulties that frustrated some users. Read more 👀
🔔Starbucks chairman emeritus and former CEO Howard Schultz has previously said that he sees cryptocurrencies as a future part of a cashless, digital economy, though he did not see bitcoin as a “legitimate” cryptocurrency. Read more 👀
👩🏻💻Blockchain Firm HashCash Partners With ‘Prominent’ Australian Gaming Company👩🏻💻
📮Blockchain company HashCash Consultants has announced a partnership with an undisclosed Australian video games developer to roll out its white label crypto exchange and tokenization services for the gaming industry. Read more 👀
📮Blockchain company HashCash Consultants has announced a partnership with an undisclosed Australian video games developer to roll out its white label crypto exchange and tokenization services for the gaming industry. Read more 👀
