CryptoCurrency News: French Regulator Says No to Online Crypto Derivatives Ads

France's market regulator says crypto derivatives fall under MiFID II regulation and that they should not be electronically marketed.

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CryptoCurrency News: Venezuela's President Orders Companies to Accept the Petro

Venezuela officially has its own cryptocurrency – and its president wants some of the country's state-owned businesses to use it.

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CryptoCurrency News: The Next Petro? Iranian Minister Reveals Cryptocurrency Plans

Iran's central bank is developing a cryptocurrency, though it has no plans to embrace bitcoin.

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CryptoCurrency News: Nasdaq Believes Publicly-Traded Long Blockchain Misled Investors

Long Blockchain is appealing a delisting decision from Nasdaq which, according to a letter, believes the publicly-traded company misled its investors.

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CryptoCurrency News: Venezuela Is Talking With Russia About Cryptocurrency

Venezuelan finance minister Simon Zerpa Delgado announced on Twitter that he visited Moscow to update Russian officials on Venezuela's petro currency.

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CryptoCurrency News: Uphold Eyes Expansion With Mobile Payments Startup Acquisition

Digital payments platform Uphold has acquired Cortex MCP, a mobile commerce platform.

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CryptoCurrency News: Tezos Board Reshuffled As Johann Gevers Steps Down

Johann Gevers and Diego Pons, the last original members of the Tezos Foundation Board, have voluntarily stepped down from their positions.

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CryptoCurrency News: Investing App Robinhood Launches Crypto Trading in 5 US States

Stock brokerage company Robinhood has officially launched its cryptocurrency trading platform, rolling the service out to five states today.

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CryptoCurrency News: Litecoin Cash Has Forked But It's Hardly Trading

A scheduled plan to launch a new cryptocurrency by forking the litecoin blockchain is finding little love from major data aggregators and exchanges.

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CryptoCurrency News: Project Platypus: Jimmy Song's New Plan to Fund Unpaid Bitcoin Coders

Bitcoin Core developer Jimmy reveals Platypus Labs, a project at Blockchain Capital to provide fellowships and more to support bitcoin development.

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CryptoCurrency News: Bitcoin Drops Below $10K as Crypto Markets Dip

The wider cryptocurrency market may be feeling the heat of a decline in bitcoin prices today.

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CryptoCurrency News: Oil Data Firm Platts Rolls Out Commercial Blockchain Platform

Energy markets data provider S&P Global Platts has announced the commercial deployment of a blockchain network for sharing oil inventories.

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CryptoCurrency News: UK Treasury Launches Inquiry into Cryptocurrencies and Blockchain

The U.K. Treasury Committee has today announced that it will conduct an investigation into issues around cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology.

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CryptoCurrency News: Bitcoin Rally Stalls But Bull Revival Isn't Yet Ruled Out

Bitcoin bulls need a convincing break above $11,250 to revive the recent price rally after prices dip once more.

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CryptoCurrency News: India Teams with Canadian Blockchain Institute for Digital Economy Push

India's tech industry is working with the Blockchain Research Institute to more heavily integrate blockchain into Indian businesses and government.

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