CryptoCurrency News: 2017: The 'Butt' of Bitcoin's Joke

Sanity? You weren't going to find it in the crypto world in 2017 according to author David Gerard. Insanity, though, there's plenty to go around...

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CryptoCurrency News: 'According to Plan': CBOE Bullish on First Day of Bitcoin Futures Trading

The first day of trading for CBOE's bitcoin futures contracts is over and the day largely went according to plan, according to its CEO.

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CryptoCurrency News: PlexCoin Founder Gets Jail Time, Fine on Contempt Charge

U.S. and Canadian authorities appear determined to make an example of an ICO believed to have raised $15 million.

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CryptoCurrency News: Bitcoin Price Back Above $17k to Set New All-Time High

The price of bitcoin has pushed back above $17,000, hitting a new all-time high on CoinDesk's Bitcoin Price Index (BPI)

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CryptoCurrency News: Understanding Futures: A Primer for Bitcoiners

You may be able to trade the bitcoin cash market anonymously, but you cannot do the same with futures.

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CryptoCurrency News: CBOE CEO Blasts 'Uncalled For' Bitcoin Futures Critiques

CBOE's chief executive is pushing back at suggestions that the exchange's newly-launched bitcoin futures market was hastily done.

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CryptoCurrency News: SEC Halts Multimillion-Dollar 'Munchee' ICO for Securities Violations

A California-based company has refunded a $15 million initial coin offering following an investigation by the SEC.

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CryptoCurrency News: New Bitcoin ETF Filings Follow CBOE Futures Debut

Public filings suggest that the launch of bitcoin futures products has renewed a push to create exchange-traded funds tied to the cryptocurrency.

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[FOREX NEWS] Fed decision: a lot depends on the reaction to the inflation data

The Fed is expected to raise rates for the fifth time in the cycle and third time this year. The hike from to a range of 1.25% to 1.50% has been well-telegraphed for a long time. This time, the Fed also releases forecasts for inflation, employment, growth, and interest rates. At the moment, the central [...]

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[FOREX NEWS] Why​ ​will​ ​the​ ​End​ ​of​ ​2017​ ​be​ ​Challenging​ ​for​ ​the​ ​USD?

Want to experience cryptocurrency trading with an ASIC regulated broker? Open an account with IFM Trade 2017 has been a challenging year for the USD and the fourth quarter may also see some grey clouds too. Despite this, traders still questioning whether there will be a silver lining for the currency. With all the endless energy from [...]

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CryptoCurrency News: Bitcoin Gold Defies Gravity, But Price Rally Looks Weak

Bitcoin gold is well bid today, but chart analysis suggests the upturn in prices may be ephemeral.

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CryptoCurrency News: Pantera Invests $3 Million in Sharing Economy Token Origin

Decentralizing Airbnb? A new blockchain protocol aims to disrupt nothing less than the entirety of the sharing economy.

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CryptoCurrency News: BitGo Scores $43 Million as Crypto Goes Corporate

The maker of multi-signature cryptocurrency wallets turned profitable this year, as the institutional user base it had long courted finally arrived.

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CryptoCurrency News: Futures Launch Puts Record Bitcoin Highs Back in Play

Having landed on Wall Street with a bang, bitcoin is solidly bid and looks set to scale new heights.

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CryptoCurrency News: UBS to Launch Live Ethereum Platform with Barclays, Credit Suisse and More

Swiss banking giant UBS and a group of major banks plan to launch a live application later this month using the ethereum blockchain.

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CryptoCurrency News: Parity Proposes Hard Fork to Reclaim Frozen $160 Million

Parity Technologies has just released a proposal for reclaiming the millions in ether frozen last month due to a fault in its code.

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CryptoCurrency News: South Korean NH Bank Joins R3 Distributed Ledger Consortium

South Korea's NongHyup Bank has joined the R3 distributed ledger consortium, saying it will launch a pilot blockchain project.

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CryptoCurrency News: France Gives Go-Ahead for Blockchain Trading of Unlisted Securities

The French government has given the official nod for trading unlisted securities using blockchain technology.

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