CryptoCurrency News: Money Transfer Firms Join Ripple's Payment Network

Two money transfer firms are to open a new payments corridor using RippleNet, while a Kuwaiti bank has also signed up to use the service.

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CryptoCurrency News: $65 Million: Blockchain Assets Platform Paxos Raises Series B Funding

Blockchain startup Paxos has closed a $65 million Series B funding round led by existing investors including Liberty City Ventures and RRE Ventures.

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CryptoCurrency News: PwC Australia, Port of Brisbane Unveil Blockchain Supply Chain Pilot

PwC Australia, the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the Port of Brisbane are trialling a new blockchain trade solution.

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CryptoCurrency News: IDG Backs Crypto Wallet imToken with $10 Million Investment

China-based crypto wallet startup imToken announced on Thursday that it has closed a $10 million Series A round fully funded by IDG Capital.

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CryptoCurrency News: Watch Out Crypto Exchanges, Decentralization Is Coming

With regulatory uncertainty looming over the industry, incumbents should not feel too comfortable at the top.

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CryptoCurrency News: Forex Firm CLS Invests $5 Million in Enterprise Blockchain Startup R3

U.S.-based FX settlement provider CLS has made a $5 million investment in blockchain software startup R3.

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CryptoCurrency News: Crypto Exchange Huobi Confirms Move Into Brazilian Market

Huobi, a major cryptocurrency exchange originally from China, has told CoinDesk that it's setting up shop in Brazil.

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CryptoCurrency News: Going Up? Bitcoin Price Sets Sights on New Resistance

Bitcoin's corrective rally is gathering traction and may cross a key resistance hurdle soon, the technical charts indicate.

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CryptoCurrency News: Stock Trading App Removes Crypto Price Tracking After Debut

A new service for tracking cryptocurrency prices on a popular stock trading app has become unavailable, possibly due to regulatory rumblings.

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CryptoCurrency News: Disillusioned Token Investors Demand Real Talk About Risk

Investors who are passionate about blockchain technology are growing frustrated with a lack of tangible progress on risk management at token projects.

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CryptoCurrency News: $30 Million Crypto Startup Fund Launched By Mobile Game Maker

A maker of mobile games based in Japan has launched a $30 million investment fund focused on cryptocurrencies and blockchain.

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CryptoCurrency News: EOS Cryptocurrency Lacks Price Direction Ahead of Launch

EOS' move to its own mainnet is just a couple of days away, yet its native cryptocurrency is looking indecisive on the price charts.

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CryptoCurrency News: Asus' New Crypto Mining Motherboard Has Space for 20 GPUs

Motherboard maker Asus has debuted a new product aimed specifically at cryptocurrency miners.

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CryptoCurrency News: Hackers Demand $1 Million in XRP After Bank Data Theft

Hackers who stole personal information on 90,000 Canadian bank users have demanded $1 million in Ripple's XRP to not release the data trove.

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CryptoCurrency News: Tradeshift Plans Blockchain Push After $250 Million Funding

Supply chain management firm Tradeshift says it will further expand into blockchain following a $250 million Series E round led by Goldman Sachs.

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CryptoCurrency News: 'Layer 2' Blockchain Tech Is an Even Bigger Deal Than You Think

The rise of solutions like the lightning network suggests crypto can have its cake and eat it too. Transactional scaling may just be the icing.

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CryptoCurrency News: Korea Seizes Bitcoin Worth $1.4 Million Following Supreme Court Ruling

South Korea's Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that cryptocurrencies can be forfeited in criminal cases, allowing the seizure.

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CryptoCurrency News: $7,560: Bitcoin Bulls Fight Back, But Too Early to Call Reversal

Bitcoin regained poised on Tuesday, climbing back to over $7,550, but the bulls still have work to do.

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CryptoCurrency News: Indian Telecoms Watchdog to Combat Nuisance Calls with Blockchain

India's telecoms regulator plans to leverage blockchain technology to combat unsolicited phone calls and SMS messages.

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CryptoCurrency News: EOS Is Coming, If Anyone Can Figure Out How to Vote

After a roughly year-long initial coin offering (ICO), what has become perhaps the most hotly anticipated blockchain is scheduled to launch on June 2.

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CryptoCurrency News: British FX Firm Currencies Direct Pilots Ripple Tech

Foreign exchange brokerage Currencies Direct successfully completed several international transfers using Ripple's xRapid product.

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CryptoCurrency News: Austrian Regulator Freezes Crypto Mining Firm Amid Investigation

The Austrian Financial Market Authority has suspended the operations of cryptocurrency mining firm INVIA GmbH for offering illegal investments.

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CryptoCurrency News: Kakao: How Korea's Largest Mobile Giant Is Embracing Blockchain

Jason Han, CEO of Kakao's blockchain subsidiary Ground X, tells CoinDesk his thoughts on how crypto could impact big business.

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CryptoCurrency News: Crypto Payroll Processor Bitwage Launches ICO Advisory Firm

Bitcoin payroll firm Bitwage has launched an advisory company aimed to make it easier for companies to launch token sales.

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CryptoCurrency News: Korean National Assembly Makes Official Proposal to Lift ICO Ban

South Korea's legislative arm of government is pushing for the removal of the country's ban on domestic initial coin offerings.

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CryptoCurrency News: EOS Forced to Patch 'Epic' Security Loopholes Ahead of Launch

Blockchain platform EOS says serious vulnerabilities reported by an internet security firm just days before its mainnet launch have been fixed.

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CryptoCurrency News: German Authorities Sold $14 Million in Seized Cryptos Over Price Fears

Prosecutors in Germany have made an emergency sale of cryptocurrencies seized in two investigations due to concerns over price volatility.

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CryptoCurrency News: Bitcoin Now Faces Last Major Support Level Before $5K

Bitcoin is down again and looks set to test another key support level at $6,900, the technical charts indicate.

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CryptoCurrency News: Baidu's 'Wikipedia' Now Logs Revisions on a Blockchain

Chinese search giant Baidu has turned to blockchain technology in order to make its online encyclopedia more traceable and transparent.

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CryptoCurrency News: Japan Was the Wake-Up Call: Get Ready to Defend Privacy Coins

To advocate for regulatory leniency, we must consider the advantages, not the disadvantages, that privacy coins will provide to the greater community.

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CryptoCurrency News: Chinese Universities to Build Blockchain DAO for Affordable Education

A group of top-tier Chinese universities plans to build a distributed organization to make educational resources more accessible and affordable.

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CryptoCurrency News: Blockchain Could 'Revolutionize' Retail and CPG Industries: Deloitte

A Deloitte report suggests the retail and consumer packaged goods sectors could see benefits from blockchain integration across a number of use cases.

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CryptoCurrency News: Chinese Ride-Hailing App Founder Wants to Build a Blockchain 'Uber'

Chen Weixing, founder of Chinese ride-hailing app Kuaidi Dache, is planning to build a blockchain-based application for ride-sharing.

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CryptoCurrency News: Bank of Russia Official: Still Too Early to Gauge Blockchain's Potential

A senior official at Russia's central bank has said blockchain technology is immature but may have industrial-scale applications.

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CryptoCurrency News: Amid Chaos, Our Decentralized Future Is Being Built

Blockchain can upend – not just the business models of recent decades – but a millennia-old societal practice of deep significance to civilization.

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CryptoCurrency News: China Poised to Form Blockchain Standards Committee This Year

China expects to form its national blockchain standards committee by the end of 2018, according to an IT ministry official.

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CryptoCurrency News: Bitcoin Bears Still in Charge But Indecision Could Open Doors for Rally

While the odds are still stacked in favor of bitcoin's bears, marketplace exhaustion may have provided a chance for a brief rally.

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CryptoCurrency News: No Miners? Intel Seeks to Automate DLT Block Verification

A newly released Intel patent application sets out a system for automatically creating and validating blocks on a distributed ledger.

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CryptoCurrency News: Chinese Blockchain Event Draws Backlash Over Chairman Mao Stunt

Chinese crypto media firms are boycotting a blockchain event after the organizer used a Chairman Mao imitator to fire up the audience.

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CryptoCurrency News: What to Expect When Ethereum Classic Diffuses Its 'Difficulty Bomb'

The upcoming ethereum classic fork will disable a 'difficulty bomb,' committing the network to a proof-of-work consensus algorithm.

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CryptoCurrency News: ZombieChain Comes Alive: Can Ethereum Sidechains Save the Dapps?

Loom Network, which came up with the idea of dedicated "dappchains" for scalable decentralized apps, is embracing sharing.

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CryptoCurrency News: Leadership Shifts to Usher in New Era for Monero Cryptocurrency

New leaders with ambitious business strategies are on the rise within monero, seeking "usability for ordinary people."

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CryptoCurrency News: Blockchain Must Adapt to Build Trust in the Internet of Things

While there is tremendous promise for the tech, blockchain must evolve substantially to meet the unique demands of the internet of things.

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CryptoCurrency News: Startup Behind Zk-Starks Breakthrough to Seek Cryptocurrencies As Customers

Lead scientists behind privacy tech zk-starks have started a business providing the solution to blockchains in exchange for tokens.

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CryptoCurrency News: BitGo Is Building Its Own Digital Asset Custodian

Blockchain security startup BitGo has decided to build its own asset custodian, and will no longer proceed with its acquisition of Kingdom Trust.

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CryptoCurrency News: CryptoKitties Charity Auction Raises $15K for Children's Hospital

Bella's Kitty Den, a CryptoKitties marketplace, raised over $15,000 by auctioning donated collectible kitties for the Seattle Children's Hospital.

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CryptoCurrency News: Just One Crypto Bucked the Market Downtrend This Week

Shadowing the losses in bitcoin, the top-25 cryptocurrencies have all fallen over the last seven days – all bar one, that is.

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CryptoCurrency News: Chinese Blockchain Complex Offers Startups Millions in Subsidies

A new blockchain industrial park in China aims to attract talented individuals and startups by offering millions of dollars-worth of subsidies.

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CryptoCurrency News: Porn Star Stormy Daniels Adds Crypto Rewards to Official Website

Adult actress Stormy Daniels has partnered with Vice Industry Token to add cryptocurrency incentives for website users.

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CryptoCurrency News: Bangkok Bank Joins R3's Trade Finance Blockchain Initiative

Bangkok Bank has joined the Marco Polo trade finance initiative developed by blockchain startup R3 and trade finance technology firm TradeIX.

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