CryptoCurrency: Ethereum News August 08, 2017 at 06:40AM #ETH

Crypto-Market Flirts With All-Time High https://t.co/TqGEqpMlpN #Cryptocurrency

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CryptoCurrency: Ethereum News August 08, 2017 at 05:55AM #ETH

.@UNICEF To Test #Ethereum For Tracking Asset Transfers https://t.co/ilQPlgcSvX @UNICEFinnovate

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CryptoCurrency News: Bitcoin Cash Eases Mining Difficulty as Blockchain Adjusts

CoinDesk contributor Jimmy Song gives an update on changes in Bitcoin Cash's mining ecosystem and why they might be of note for investors.

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CryptoCurrency News: OSTK to HODL: Overstock to Keep 50% of All Bitcoin Payments as Investments

Online retailer Overstock.com is shifting an earlier strategy by keeping half of the bitcoin it takes in as payment, the company's CEO has said.

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CryptoCurrency: Ethereum News August 08, 2017 at 03:10AM #ETH

.@wikileaks Now Accepts Selectively Transparent @zcashco https://t.co/tmskSFTJq1 #Wikileaks #Cryptocurrency #Zcash

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CryptoCurrency: Ethereum News August 08, 2017 at 02:30AM #ETH

#Australia Sees Bipartisan Effort To Establish Virtual National Currency https://t.co/1AnshIwsxq #VirtualCurrency

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CryptoCurrency News: Bitcoin Exchange Unocoin to Repay Users After Account Thefts

Users of Unocoin reported that their funds had been stolen over the weekend, prompting the India-based bitcoin exchange to temporarily close.

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CryptoCurrency News: 11 Banks Develop DLT Trade Finance App Using R3's Corda Software

A group of eleven banks have developed a trade finance application using technology developed by distributed ledger startup R3.

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CryptoCurrency News: Wikileaks is Now Accepting Zcash Donations

Non-profit media group Wikileaks has announced that it is now accepting donations in the privacy oriented cryptocurrency zcash.

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CryptoCurrency News: Controversial US Sanctions Bill Calls for Cryptocurrency Research

A foreign sanctions bill signed into law by President Donald Trump included a little-noticed provision on cryptocurrencies.

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CryptoCurrency News: Bitcoin Is Now Worth Nearly 3 Times as Much as Gold

Bitcoin's rising price has made it worth nearly three times as much as gold, according to markets data.

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CryptoCurrency News: HP Gains on IBM with 'Mission Critical' Move Into Blockchain

CoinDesk profiles work ongoing at Hewlett Packard Enterprise to move the former computing powerhouse into the blockchain technology sector.

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CryptoCurrency News: Cryptocurrency Market Tops $116 Billion to Set New All-Time High

The total value of all publicly traded cryptocurrencies set a new all-time high today, with the class now worth just over $116.9 billion.

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CryptoCurrency News: Overstock's Blockchain Business Posts $3.3 Million Loss

Overstock has released new details about the Q2 financial performance of Medici Ventures, its blockchain-focused subsidiary.

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CryptoCurrency News: WannaCry On the Move? Bitcoin Theft Evolves in a Multi-Blockchain World

Bitcoins received by the WannaCry ransomware attacks are on the move. Will switching to another blockchain allow the hackers to get away?

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CryptoCurrency News: Korean Mall Bans Bitcoin and Ether Mining After Merchants Run Up Bills

An electronics retail marketplace in South Korea has reportedly taken the unusual step of banning vendors from mining bitcoin or ether in-store.

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CryptoCurrency News: PSD2 and Blockchain: Mutual Support

New rules in Europe aim to change the payments landscape – in the process, they could also boost blockchain development.

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