CryptoCurrency News: Gox ICO? CEO Karpeles Floats Token Sale to Revive Bitcoin Exchange

A Mt Gox initial coin offering (ICO)? It's not that much of a far-fetched idea, according to the defunct bitcoin exchange's controversial CEO.

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CryptoCurrency News: UBS CIO: We Aren't Getting Involved With Bitcoin

UBS chief investment officer Mark Haefele says the world's largest money manager will not include bitcoin investments.

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CryptoCurrency News: Ethereum Could Soon Launch Its First Casper Testnet

An experimental consensus algorithm that's long been proposed as a pillar of the ethereum protocol could soon see its first testing.

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CryptoCurrency News: No Fork, No Fire: Segwit2x Nodes Stall Running Abandoned Bitcoin Code

The Segwit2x bitcoin fork may have been formally called off, but as many as 150 nodes still running its code have stopped accepting transaction blocks

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CryptoCurrency News: Internet Archive Adds Bitcoin Cash, Zcash to Donation Options

The Internet Archive, host of the Wayback Machine, has announced it now supports donations in bitcoin cash and zcash.

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CryptoCurrency News: ECB Council Member: Central Banks Considering Crypto Regulation

The European Central Bank's Ewald Nowotny has said that China's recent crackdown has brought new focus on cryptocurrency regulations.

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CryptoCurrency News: Ripple Makes a Splash: XRP Price Looks Up on Amex News

Positive news flow for Ripple seems to be boosting price, while the technical analysis also favors the bulls.

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CryptoCurrency News: Visa Launches First Phase of Blockchain B2B Payments

Credit card giant Visa has launched the trial phase of its business-to-business payments system built with blockchain startup Chain.

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CryptoCurrency News: Up and Away? Bitcoin Price Eyes $8,000 Or Higher

Bitcoin has staged a remarkable "V" shaped recovery from the last week's lows near $5,500, and may be looking at new highs ahead.

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CryptoCurrency News: Friends Don't Let Friends Do Bad Crypto

Our duty to users doesn't end when they leave our site or app. Behaviors learned from us guide interactions with other services, writes Dan Elitzer.

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CryptoCurrency News: Over 20 Banks Join Singapore-Hong Kong Blockchain Trade Network

A number of banks have joined the recently announced blockchain-based trade network pilot jointly set up by Hong Kong and Singapore.

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CryptoCurrency News: Just the Beginning? What the Tezos Lawsuits Mean for ICO Litigation

Class-action litigators in the U.S. appear to be positioning for a potential pop in the hot initial coin offering market.

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[FOREX NEWS] USD/JPY could not go up – 4 reasons why it is falling

The US dollar is retreating and more so against the Japanese yen. This is an extension of the falls seen earlier in the week and they prove once again: what cannot go up must come down. The pair made a false break last week above the 114.50 level. We are now at 112.55 after hitting [...]

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[FOREX NEWS] Draghi hails the solid economic expansion – EUR/USD looks solid

The president of the European Central Bank is speaking for the second time this week. His previous public appearance alongside his top peers from the Fed, BOJ, and BOE. EUR/USD is trading around 1.18. more coming

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CryptoCurrency News: Nasdaq Contemplates Storing Asset Ownership Data on Blockchain

Stock exchange operator Nasdaq filed a patent outlining how to store asset ownership data on a blockchain.

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[FOREX NEWS] AUD: Breaking Out Of Ranges On Crosses; What’s Next & How To Position? – Nomura

The Australian dollar slipped a bit lower amid a not-so-great jobs report. What’s next? Here is the view from Nomura: Here is their view, courtesy of eFXnews: Nomura FX Strategy Research discuss AUD outlook, recommending to tactically positioning for further AUD downside against the EUR via an options structure expiring on Dec-21. “AUD continues to fall [...]

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