CryptoCurrency: Ethereum News August 04, 2017 at 07:13AM #ETH

.@Agri_Digital Partners With @cbhgroup To Track Oats On The #Blockchain https://t.co/FbdoEKgV2s

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CryptoCurrency News: GDAX Pledges to Enable Bitcoin Cash Withdrawals By 2018

GDAX has announced that it will launch support for the breakaway cryptocurrency Bitcoin Cash sometime later this year.

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CryptoCurrency: Ethereum News August 04, 2017 at 06:09AM #ETH

Competitive Enterprise Institute Submits Request To File Amicus Brief In IRS-#Coinbase Case https://t.co/sRuOERbYBJ @ceidotorg @coinbase

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CryptoCurrency News: Indian Securities Regulator Reveals Plans to Study Blockchain

India's securities markets watchdog has announced that it will explore blockchain for potential applications to its regulatory oversight processes.

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CryptoCurrency: Ethereum News August 04, 2017 at 04:08AM #ETH

.@wanchain_org Developed To Spur Inter-Blockchain Cooperation https://t.co/sNBlV3ReZ2 #blockchain #interoperability

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CryptoCurrency News: Think Tank Attacks IRS Subpoena in Coinbase Tax Dispute

Opposition to the IRS effort to obtain user information from cryptocurrency exchange startup Coinbase is growing.

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CryptoCurrency News: Arkansas Farming Cooperative Trials Blockchain to Track Chicken Shipments

A livestock farming cooperative in Arkansas is taking part in a blockchain supply chain trial.

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CryptoCurrency News: The ICO Boxing Champ Floyd Mayweather Promoted Has Raised $30 Million Already

The token sale for a blockchain-based prediction market promoted earlier this month by boxing champion Floyd Mayweather, Jr., has raised $30 million.

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CryptoCurrency News: Startup Incubator Science Plans $100 Million Token Sale

A startup incubator based in California is launching an initial coin offering aimed to raise up to $100 million to support a new blockchain program.

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[FOREX NEWS] ISM Non-Manufacturing PMI badly disappoints: 53.9 – USD slides

The services sector is slowing down: the ISM Non-Manufacturing PMI dropped sharply to 53.9 points in July, reflecting slowing growth. The US dollar is on the back foot. — more coming — The measure for the services sector in the US was expected to show a mild drop: from 57.4 in June to 57 in [...]

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CryptoCurrency News: Tokens Can Be Securities? Even ICO Advisors Agree with the SEC

One of the ICO sector's most active advisory firms speaks out on its view of the SEC's recent guidance – and it's mostly in agreement with the agency.

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CryptoCurrency News: Gibraltar Stock Exchange Plans Blockchain-Powered Trading System

Gibraltar's primary securities exchange has revealed a plan to "fully integrate" blockchain into its trading and settlement systems.

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[FOREX NEWS] Carney keeps the pound pressured

Mark Carney talks after the BOE’s “Super Thursday”: the rate decision, the meeting minutes and the Quarterly Inflation Report. Brexit is already taking some kind of toll on the economy. He also talks about the slowdown of the economy. He does not provide a more hawkish statement than the meeting minutes and the QIR. GBP/USD [...]

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CryptoCurrency News: State Street to Bitcoin Bull: Blockchain Boss Leaves to Launch Crypto Startup

A State Street Bank executive has just left his job to launch a crypto company providing liquidity to institutional investors

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[FOREX NEWS] BOE votes 6:2 against a hike – GBP crashes

The BOE left interest rates unchanged as widely expected. Two members voted for a hike and 6, including the Governor, voted to leave them unchanged. This met expectations. Were real expectations higher? GBP/USD crashes some 70 pips in the immediate aftermath, but bounces. — more coming The Bank of England was expected to leave the [...]

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CryptoCurrency News: Australia's Biggest Grain Exporter Trials Blockchain Tracking System

CBH Group, Australia's largest grain exporter, is to test blockchain technology in the tracking of oat shipments, reports say.

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CryptoCurrency News: Broker-Dealer Renews Call for Blockchain ICO Rules After SEC Release

The SEC has released new guidance on digital tokens and ICOs – but one industry stakeholder wants the agency to go a step further.

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[FOREX NEWS] UK services PMI at 53.8 within expectations

Markit was expected to report a minor uptick in activity in the services sector: a score of 53.6 against 53.4 in the purchasing managers’ survey for July. GBP/USD was trading steadily in range, around 1.3230. Resistance awaits at 1.3250, followed by 1.33. Support is at 1.3120. Earlier this week, the manufacturing PMI surprised to the [...]

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