CryptoCurrency News: NEM Foundation Charts Path Forward After $8 Million Rescue, Major Cutbacks

The NEM Foundation is mapping out its survival plans in real time after a funding injection of roughly $8 million last month.

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CryptoCurrency News: German Finance Ministry Calls for Regulated Blockchain Securities Market

The German Ministry of Finance has recommended that the country recognize and regulate blockchain securities.

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CryptoCurrency News: SEC’s ‘Crypto Mom’ Sees No Need for National Blockchain Policy

SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce has pushed back on the Digital Chamber of Commerce's "national action plan" for blockchain.

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CryptoCurrency News: Your Guide to Blockchain and Cryptocurrency Events at SXSW 2019

There's an official blockchain and cryptocurrency track at SXSW this year. Here are the events that stand out.

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CryptoCurrency News: Ethereum Creator Vitalik Buterin Proposes Wallet Fee to Fund Developers

The creator of the world's second largest blockchain proposed today on Twitter a new norm for the ecosystem – a flat wallet fee of 1 gwei.

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CryptoCurrency News: A Multibillion-Dollar Cryptocurrency Based on ‘Lies’: US Arrests Alleged OneCoin Leader

Konstantin Ignatov, one of the heads of the infamous OneCoin pyramid scheme, has been arrested on wire fraud charges.

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CryptoCurrency News: Connecticut Lawmakers Seek to Legalize Blockchain Smart Contracts

The Commerce Committee of the U.S. state of Connecticut has filed a new bill that would authorize the commercial use of blockchain smart contracts.

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CryptoCurrency News: Swissquote Bank Launching ‘Nuke Proof’ Crypto Custody

Online banking group Swissquote is launching a custody service that will see crypto keys stored in an ex-military bunker.

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CryptoCurrency News: Facebook Blockchain Job Openings Top 20 Amid Staffing Spree

Facebook's careers website now lists 20 open positions related to blockchain technology in a wide range of areas.

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CryptoCurrency News: North Korea Hacking Crypto Exchanges to Circumvent Sanctions: UN Panel

A U.N. Security Council panel has linked North Korea to millions lost in cryptocurrency hacks, Nikkei Asian Review reports.

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CryptoCurrency News: Bulls Need Progress Soon as Bitcoin Stalls at Price Hurdle

Bitcoin's repeated failure to beat resistance at $3,900 is a slight cause of concern for the bulls.

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CryptoCurrency News: Revolut App Now Lets Users Auto-Trigger Cash and Crypto Exchanges

Mobile finance app Revolut has launched a new feature allowing users to preset automatic cash and crypto exchanges at a target rate.

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CryptoCurrency News: Japanese Finance Giant Nomura Invests in Smart Contract Auditing Startup

Japan financial group Nomura has invested in Y Combinator-backed smart contract auditing startup Quantstamp.

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