CryptoCurrency News: Bithumb Global Launches Native Token for Exchange Ecosystem

Bithumb plans to launch a native token on top of its namesake blockchain next year.

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CryptoCurrency News: French Central Bank Job Posting Reveals Digital Currency Program

Banque de France is seeking a blockchain analyst who will help the bank define a program for implementing digital currency.

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CryptoCurrency News: A Mysterious Airdrop Called EIDOS Is Clogging EOS to Make a Point

Maximum transactions: How a project called EIDOS is congesting the EOS blockchain.

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CryptoCurrency News: BnkToTheFuture CEO: 50 Percent of Funding Will Be Through Security Tokens in 2020

BnkToTheFuture invested in a SEC-registered broker dealer to enable U.S. investors participate in security token offerings.

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CryptoCurrency News: Alibaba Offers Bitcoin Rewards Through Lolli Shopping App for ‘Singles Day’

Lolli will offer Alibaba customers bitcoin back on their purchases with a new partnership.

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CryptoCurrency News: Bakkt Expands Bitcoin Custody Service Beyond Futures Trading Clients

The ICE subsidiary plans to open up its bitcoin "warehouse" following approval from New York's financial watchdog.

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CryptoCurrency News: ECB’s Benoit Coeure to Lead Central Banking Digital Currency Initiative

Coeure is to lead the new BIS Innovation Hub in researching and perhaps developing beneficial fintech such as digital currencies.

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CryptoCurrency News: Bittrex Will Release Frozen Crypto to Former Users in Sanctioned Regimes

Crypto exchange Bittrex is looking to return crypto holdings to customers in sanctioned nations, but there are conditions.

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CryptoCurrency News: Bitcoin Price Faces Drop to $8.5K After Consecutive Weekly Losses

Bitcoin is on slippery ground after two weekly losses in a row and multiple rejections at key price resistance. 

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CryptoCurrency News: How to Turn a $17 Million ICO Into $104 Million: The Cosmos Story

The startups building Cosmos don't own it or rely solely on it for income. And that's the point.

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CryptoCurrency News: US Homeland Security Taps Canadian Blockchain Firm to Track Oil Imports

DHS has hired Mavennet to track oil imports into the U.S. by retrofitting existing tracking technology with blockchain.

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CryptoCurrency News: MAS, JPMorgan Build Payments System With Inter-Blockchain Connectivity

Working with JPMorgan and Temasek, Singapore's central bank has developed a prototype blockchain-based cross border payments system.

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CryptoCurrency News: Ex-Cinnober Blockchain Lead Joins Nordic Crypto Fund to Bet Big On Bitcoin

Since NASDAQ acquired Sweden's Cinnober last year, blockchain lead Eric Wall has left the exchange business for bitcoin investment fund Arcane Crypto.

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