CryptoCurrency: Ethereum News September 26, 2017 at 10:50AM #ETH

Vitalik Buterin Responds To @raiden_network ICO https://t.co/FJYBKxVC2l

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CryptoCurrency News: New SEC Cyber Unit to Police ICOs and Other DLT 'Violations'

The SEC is making cryptocurrencies and distributed ledger tech a focus of a new cybercrime task force, announced today.

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CryptoCurrency: Ethereum News September 26, 2017 at 08:40AM #ETH

Byzantium Date Revealed For #Ethereum Mainnet https://t.co/b53ZHno8cU

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CryptoCurrency: Ethereum News September 26, 2017 at 07:37AM #ETH

SEC creates Cyber Unit - One of the focus areas will be violations involving #DLT and #ICOs https://t.co/9oRgO0jK40

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CryptoCurrency News: Ukrainian Central Banker: Bitcoin Is 'Definitely Not a Currency'

A Ukrainian official described bitcoin as a risky investment and a vehicle for fraud but downplayed any systemic concerns about the cryptocurrency.

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CryptoCurrency: Ethereum News September 26, 2017 at 05:28AM #ETH

Gibraltar Prepares For Regulation Of #Cryptocurrency Exchanges And ICOs https://t.co/pyomRCFph2

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CryptoCurrency News: Nigerian Central Bank Director: Cryptocurrency Wave 'Cannot Be Stopped'

A representative of the Central Bank of Nigeria opened up about his views on cryptocurrency at a technology-specific conference this week.

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CryptoCurrency: Ethereum News September 26, 2017 at 04:10AM #ETH

.@icc_brasil Partners With World Trade Organization To Form Intelligent Tech & Trade Initiative https://t.co/fGRJccJQXQ @wto #blockchain

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CryptoCurrency: Ethereum News September 26, 2017 at 03:44AM #ETH

Sierra Leone Prioritizes National #Blockchain Initiative https://t.co/nwlJPmg0Pk @ripplenami #SierraLeone

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CryptoCurrency News: Miner Argument Continues Over Ethereum's Byzantium Economics

The question of how ethereum is incentivizing miners is developing ahead of an expected hard fork on the platform this month.

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CryptoCurrency News: Neo ICO Token Wins Traders as China Worries Fade

The neo-US dollar (NEO/USD) exchange rate is showing signs of renewed life today. As a China-based project, neo (formerly antshares) perhaps bore most of the brunt of the decision by the country's regulators to ban initial coin offerings (ICOs), falling nearly 40% over the day's trading on September 4. However, neo appears to now be recovering, posting a strong 10% gain today amid a dull market. A general […]

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CryptoCurrency: Ethereum News September 26, 2017 at 12:57AM #ETH

Have or want to create an #Ethereum Explainer? And get paid in #ether? Submit here: https://t.co/K4XRRYztiW https://t.co/8YPBYpnonX

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[FOREX NEWS] North Korean threats: yet another buy-the-dip opportunity?

Another day, another escalation in the war of words. North Korea’s foreign minister said that the recent aggressive moves by the US constitute a “declaration of war”. He added that North Korea has the right to attack American “strategic bombers” also outside North Korean airspace. We have not heard this heightened rhetoric before, but we [...]

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CryptoCurrency News: Gibraltar to Regulate Bitcoin Exchanges, Possibly ICOs

Gibraltar's financial watchdog has said it will soon put in place new regulations aimed to bring oversight to cryptocurrency exchanges.

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CryptoCurrency News: Europe's Largest Port Launches Blockchain Research Lab

The Dutch port of Rotterdam, the biggest shipping hub in Europe, is opening a research lab devoted to blockchain technology.

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CryptoCurrency News: Wait and Watch? Bitcoin Prices Hover Near Make or Break Level

The price of bitcoin may be headed toward a fork in the road, if current chart analysis is any indication.

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CryptoCurrency News: Barclays Joins CLS Blockchain Consortium in Search of Swift Alternative

Barclays has become the latest major financial institution to join the foreign exchange-focused blockchain consortium CLS.

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CryptoCurrency News: US Centers for Disease Control to Launch First Blockchain Test on Disaster Relief

The US agency charged with mitigating the spread of infectious disease is turning to blockchain in a bid to improve efficiency – and save lives.

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CryptoCurrency News: Japan's Bitcoin Exchanges Under Regulator Surveillance From October

Japan's Financial Securities Authority will commence "full surveillance" of cryptocurrency exchanges in October, according to a local news report.

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[FOREX NEWS] EUR/USD follows the textbook on weekend gaps

Angela Merkel won as expected, but her party lost around 20% of its previous support. Most of the lost votes went to the extreme-right AfD, which came in third, a worrying sign. In addition, the most probable coalition, a three-way “Jamaica” coalition, will be harder to construct and more limited in reforming the euro-zone. All in all, [...]

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CryptoCurrency News: FICO Patent Filing Hints at Plans for Bitcoin Exchange Monitoring

The company behind the FICO credit score system is looking at how to collect information from bitcoin exchanges, new public documents show.

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CryptoCurrency News: Hitachi and Mizuho Strike Deal for Blockchain Supply Chain

Mizuho Financial Group is partnering with Japanese tech conglomerate Hitachi to develop a blockchain platform for supply chain management.

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[FOREX NEWS] Five takeaways from the FOMC September Meeting

The Fed’s two-day monetary policy meeting concluded last week with the US dollar briefly rising as a result. The meeting was largely a non-event as the Fed did not waver too far from the market expectations. As expected, the central bank will be starting its balance sheet operations from October but in a somewhat surprise, [...]

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CryptoCurrency News: Payment or Asset? Bitcoin's Limbo Is Leaving Merchants in the Middle

Is bitcoin more of a payment mechanism or an investment asset? A recent trial by a supermarket chain could shed light on the debate.

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[FOREX NEWS] German IFO Business Climate misses with 115.2 – EUR slips

Business confidence is falling, and this happened before the election results. The IFO business climate dropped to 115.2, below expectations. Business Expectations slipped to 107.4 and the Current Assessment number is at 123.6. All the figures fall short of expectations but are not that far from the cycle highs. EUR/USD is ticking a bit lower, [...]

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