CryptoCurrency News: Bitcoin Price Drops Below $15k, Down 25% from All-Time High

The price of bitcoin is down more than 25 percent from its recent all-time highs, spurred by futures listings from major derivatives exchanges.

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CryptoCurrency News: Prosecutors File Charges in Alleged $250 Million Crypto Mining Fraud

Authorities in South Korea have reportedly filed suit against a U.S. cryptocurrency mining firm, alleging a multi-million dollar fraud.

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CryptoCurrency News: Official: Russia to Introduce Cryptocurrency Regulation Bill Next Week

New cryptocurrency laws are expected to be introduced to the Russia's national legislature on Dec. 28.

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CryptoCurrency News: FINRA: Beware Public Stocks That Tout Cryptocurrency Connection

FINRA, a self-regulatory authority for the financial industry in the U.S., has issued a new warning about cryptocurrency-related stock fraud.

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CryptoCurrency News: All of the Top 20 Cryptocurrencies Hit Record Highs This Week

Each of the top 20 cryptocurrencies by market capitalization hit an all-time price high in the past four days, according to market data.

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[FOREX NEWS] Catalan elections: Anti-independence Ciudadnos set to come first

Anti-independence Ciudadanos are expected to get 34-37 seats in the Catalan parliament that has 135 seats. The pro-independence left-leaning ERC is on course to come second with 34-36. Next in line are pro-independence Junts per Catalunya with 28-29. Then come the pro-Spain socialists with 18-20. These are not exit polls but a wide poll of [...]

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CryptoCurrency News: 2017: Saluting the Shakespearean Shitcoin Drama That Was

Outspoken exchange exec Arthur Hayes gives a colorful overview of crypto in 2017 as the Shakespearean comedy he believes it was.

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CryptoCurrency News: Texas Slaps Bitcoin Investment Firm With Cease-and-Desist

Regulators in Texas have obtained a cease-and-desist order against a firm they say is unlawfully pitching bitcoin mining investment plans in the state.

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CryptoCurrency News: Coinbase CEO Backs Crypto Derivatives Exchange DydX

DYdX, an in-development decentralized exchange for cryptocurrency derivatives, has raised an undisclosed amount in a seed funding round.

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[FOREX NEWS] USD/CAD crashes on excellent Canadian retail sales, CPI data

The mix of inflation and retail sales releases in Canada hasn’t always been favorable for the Canadian dollar. In many cases, the data that fell short of expectations overshadowed the better than expected publication. And in other cases, both figures chased each other to the bottom. This is not the case this time. CPI beat [...]

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CryptoCurrency News: How Regulators Become Blockchain Innovators

Don't believe the crypto hype? On a large enough scale, no institution is safe from dramatic change, argues Central Bank of Aruba's Ryan Peterson.

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CryptoCurrency News: Buyer Beware? Credit Creeps Into Crypto

An influx of get-rich-quick types could encourage the sort of behavior that bitcoin was designed to escape.

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[FOREX NEWS] US GDP Q3 revised to 3.2% in the final read

3.3% was expected, so this is a small downgrade. The core PCE was also downgraded from 1.4% to 1.3%. The deflator remained unchanged at 2.1%. In a separate release, we learned that jobless claims rose from 225K to 245K, worse than 231K projected. The US dollar is slightly lower. EUR/USD bounces to 1.1867. GBP/USD is [...]

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CryptoCurrency News: Ripple Price Passes Historic $1 Milestone

The price of Ripple's XRP token has passed a dollar for the first time in its history, thanks to a boost from Asian traders.

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CryptoCurrency News: Tether to Launch New Platform Following Hack

Tether, a startup that provides a dollar-pegged token, has said it plans to launch a new platform following a claimed security breach in November.

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CryptoCurrency News: Bank of England Chief: Bitcoin Isn't a Threat to Financial Stability

Bank of England governor Mark Carney has said that bitcoin's meteoric price gains do not pose a threat to global financial stability.

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CryptoCurrency News: Writing the Blockchain Rulebook in 2018

2018 presents a rare opportunity for the blockchain industry to self-regulate, lawyer Josh Garcia argues.

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[FOREX NEWS] BTC/USD technical charts look more rational and they point down

Technical analysis on bitcoin is often hard as the cryptocurrency just breaks new records. Using Fibonacci and other technical tools to estimate the next peak were not that fruitful. But as the coin becomes more mainstream and trading volume rises, there are also quite a few ups and downs which make it somewhat easier to analyze. [...]

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CryptoCurrency News: Blockchain Advocates in Japan and South Korea Are Joining Forces

Japanese and South Korean blockchain groups have partnered for dissemination of blockchain technology.

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[FOREX NEWS] NZD/USD rises with upbeat growth, but 0.70 is a tough nut to crack

The New Zealand economy grew by a healthy 2.7% y/y, better than 2.4% expected in Q3 2017. In addition, the reading for Q2 was revised up from 2.5% to 2.8%. While Q3 q/q growth came out “only” at 0.6% that was expected, the current yearly levels and the prospects look bright as New Zealand enjoys [...]

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