CryptoCurrency News: CFTC Sues Alleged Crypto Ponzi Scammer for $500K Theft

The CFTC is charging Breonna Clark and Venture Capital Investments with defrauding investors by pretending to run a commodity pool invested in crypto and foreign currency contracts.

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CryptoCurrency News: For Crypto Miners, Bitcoin’s Halving Could Mean a Doubling in Costs

To the operators of high-speed computers used to mine for bitcoin, the halving looks more like a doubling — of costs.

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CryptoCurrency News: Hedera’s Token Price Spikes Prematurely After Google Cloud Joins the Network’s Governing Council

The cloud services arm of the Silicon Valley tech giant becomes the 11th member to join the council, but has no plans to further endorse the network.

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CryptoCurrency News: The Top Narratives Driving Crypto Market Growth, feat. Travis Kling

The halving? Coronavirus and volatility? Fed action? Listeners vote on what's driving crypto growth.

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CryptoCurrency News: IOHK Opens Cardano Research Lab at University of Wyoming Following $500K Donation

The center will feature a new Plutus development facility, providing blockchain developers with an applied laboratory for writing code in cardano's smart-contract language.

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CryptoCurrency News: TON Developers, Investors Back Telegram in SEC Fight

A new organization composed of TON developers and investors has filed an amicus brief supporting Telegram in its fight against the SEC.

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CryptoCurrency News: Steemit Sets Up Shop on Tron Network

Steemit, the blockchain-based social media platform, is partnering with the Tron Foundation, introducing Steem dapps and users to the Tron network.

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CryptoCurrency News: Bitcoin News Roundup for Feb. 14, 2020

With bitcoin holding above $10,000, we're joined by CoinDesk senior reporter Leigh Cuen to discuss developments and implications in the case alleged against Larry Dean Harmon.

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CryptoCurrency News: Polychain Capital Is Raising a $200M Crypto Venture Fund, Slide Deck Reveals

Polychain Capital, one of the crypto industry's leading venture firms, is targeting $200 million for its second fund.

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CryptoCurrency News: ASX Sees Industry Benefits Arising From Blockchain Upgrade as July Tests Approach

The chief of the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) has said the company’s approaching shift to blockchain tech could bring opportunities to the wider securities industry. In a results call for H1 2020 Thursday, reported by ZDNet, ASX CEO Dominic Stevens said: “We’re very excited about the long term benefits this can bring to clearing and […]

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CryptoCurrency News: Coinbase Commerce Integrates Dai Cryptocurrency for Merchant Payments

This is the first new cryptocurrency added by Coinbase Commerce since it added USDC in May 2019.

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CryptoCurrency News: Crypto Finance Startup Amber Raises $28M in Series A Led By Pantera, Paradigm

Paradigm and Pantera Capital led the round, while Polychain Capital, Blockchain.com, Coinbase Ventures and more also participated.

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CryptoCurrency News: OKEx Partners With Bain-Backed Crypto Exchange to Launch Leveraged Futures in India

The partnership will see the firms launch a new futures trading platform and provides OKEx with a foothold in a high-potential market.

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CryptoCurrency News: Blockchain Bills Are Advancing in the New York State Senate – Here’s Why

Now in its second year, the New York State Senate's Internet and Tech Committee has approved two blockchain bills, which now go to the full Senate for a vote.

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CryptoCurrency News: Bitcoin Closing on Daily Golden Cross That Could Bring Boost to 2020 Price Rally

Bitcoin is closing on a bullish chart pattern not seen in almost 10 months.

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CryptoCurrency News: Binance Adds 15 Fiat Currencies as Exchange Pushes Global Expansion

The new fiat funding options come via the exchange's integration with Israeli payments processor Simplex.

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CryptoCurrency News: US Intelligence Officials Are Funding Research on Dollar-Crushing ‘Black Swan’ Events

The Office of the Director of National Intelligence wants to sponsor a post-doc researcher to study what would happen if the U.S. dollar lost its status as the world’s reserve currency.

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