CryptoCurrency News: Paxos to Issue Up to $100 Million of Stablecoins on Ontology Blockchain

Paxos will issue up to 100 million of its PAX stablecoins on the Ontology blockchain next month.

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CryptoCurrency News: Bitfinex Needs ‘A Few Weeks’ to Unfreeze Funds, CFO Tells Shareholder

A Bitfinex shareholder says its CFO told him the exchange needs 'a few weeks' to recover the funds at issue in the New York Attorney General probe.

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CryptoCurrency News: ‘Darkest Days Yet’: ‘Purple Pill’ Tell-All Details Years-Long Rift at Heart of MakerDAO Stablecoin Project

Penned by the stablecoin project's former CTO, "Zandy's Story" paints a clear picture of MakerDAO's current turmoil.

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CryptoCurrency News: Funding Approved for Audit of Ethereum’s ProgPoW Mining Proposal

Funding has been raised to conduct a technical audit over "ProgPoW" – a hotly-debated proposal to change ethereum's mining algorithm.

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CryptoCurrency News: $10 Million in Paxos Stablecoins Printed Overnight Following Tether Allegations

More than 10 million Paxos Standard stablecoins were minted after the New York Attorney General's bombshell allegations about rival issuer Tether.

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CryptoCurrency News: Circle’s SeedInvest Takes Step Toward Tokenizing Stocks With Trading License

SeedInvest, the equity crowdfunding platform owned by crypto startup Circle, just got a license to facilitate trading of traditional securities.

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CryptoCurrency News: Indian Government Again Discussing Ban on Cryptocurrencies: Report

The government of India is said to be renewing its efforts to completely outlaw public cryptocurrencies, according to The Economic Times.

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CryptoCurrency News: DeFi Upstart Dharma Brokers $6.4 Million in Crypto Loans in First 3 Weeks

Riding a wave of interest in crypto lending, Dharma is becoming a lucrative way to arbitrage the DAI stablecoin.

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CryptoCurrency News: 2015 Bitcoin Price Resistance Re-Emerges Amid Bitfinex Controversy

A long-term technical line, which served as strong price resistance four years ago, is again capping the upside in bitcoin's price.

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CryptoCurrency News: New Crypto-Mining Malware Targeting Asian Firms With NSA Tools

A new form of malware discovered by Symantec is targeting enterprises using leaked NSA tools to infect networks and mine monero.

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CryptoCurrency News: US Prosecutors Charge 2 Foreign Nationals Over Bitcoin Investment Scam

Two Nigerian nationals have been indicted in the U.S. for wire fraud and money laundering relating to a fake bitcoin investment scheme.

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CryptoCurrency News: Buterin Proposal Could Turn Ethereum Staking Into $160 Million Industry

Ethereum researchers are currently discussing the optimal reward issuance rates for a new version of the network called ethereum 2.0.

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