CryptoCurrency News: Bitcoin Exchange Hit By Armed Robbers in Thwarted Theft

Canadian police are looking for two armed robbery suspects, having arrested one after an attempted heist at cryptocurrency exchange Canadian Bitcoins.

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CryptoCurrency News: Digital Marketplace Startup Completes $15 Million Token Sale

Listia announced Wednesday it had raised $15 million in an ICO and will launch its decentralized marketplace Ink Protocol next month.

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CryptoCurrency News: Bermuda Could Launch a Blockchain Land Registry

Bermuda is moving toward setting up a blockchain-based system for recording property deeds, its premier said at Davos this week.

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CryptoCurrency News: Rapper 50 Cent Is Now a Bitcoin Millionaire

Rapper 50 Cent's move to accept bitcoin for his 2014 "Animal Ambition" album has resulted in a multi-million dollar windfall.

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[FOREX NEWS] USD extends its free-fall: EUR/USD conquers 1.24, GBP/USD well above 1.42

Mnuchin’s comment that “a weak dollar is good for the US” added fuel to the fire that was already burning: the fire-sale of the US dollar. In addition, with Trump’s “America First” agenda and the tough trade stance, a weaker dollar certainly seemed to be the clear interest of this administration. But saying it out [...]

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CryptoCurrency News: Canada's VersaBank Unveils 'Digital Vault' Blockchain Service

VersaBank, based in Canada, is developing a "blockchain-based digital safety deposit box" as part of an effort to tap the tech for new services.

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CryptoCurrency News: Two More Companies Sign On to Test Ripple's XRP in xRapid Pilots

IDT Corporation and Mercury FX announced Wednesday that they would pilot Ripple's XRP token to facilitate real-time, low-cost international transfers.

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CryptoCurrency News: 'Not True': Goldman's Blankfein Denies Bitcoin Trading Desk Rumor

The CEO of Goldman Sachs has denied a report from last year which said that the investment bank was moving to launch its own bitcoin trading desk.

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CryptoCurrency News: Virginia Lawmakers Seek Study on Government Blockchain Use

A new Virginia bill would form a subcommittee to research the impact of implementing blockchain technology within the state's government.

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CryptoCurrency News: CFTC Sues Obscure Crypto Scheme 'My Big Coin' for Fraud

The Commodity Future Exchange Commission (CFTC) has charged two individuals and a Las Vegas-based business in connection with a cryptocurrency scam.

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CryptoCurrency News: Skuchain, NTT Data Partner on Blockchain Supply Chain Venture

Blockchain technology startup Skuchain and NTT Data Corporation have partnered to bring blockchain's benefits to supply chains.

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CryptoCurrency News: Stellar Run Ahead? XLM Flirts With Price Breakout

Having rallied 27 percent in the last 24 hours, Stellar's XLM token is eyeing a bullish breakout on the price charts.

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CryptoCurrency News: Decentralization vs Scale: Studies Explore Crypto's Growing Struggle

New academic papers dive into just how decentralized the most popular blockchains are, and how resistant they'd be to takeover by controlling force.

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[FOREX NEWS] A weak dollar is good for EUR, GBP and CAD

The US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said that a weak dollar is good for the United States. This statement, a clear shift from the declarations from his predecessors during long decades. The initial reaction was a sell-off across the board, with new highs for most currency pairs against the dollar. And after the first round [...]

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CryptoCurrency News: Building a Base? Bitcoin Demand at $10K Hints at Move Higher

Persistent demand around the $10,000 mark hints that bitcoin could be building a base for an eventual move to over $13,000.

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CryptoCurrency News: US Government Lab, BlockCypher Tap Blockchain for P2P Energy Transactions

BlockCypher and a U.S. Energy Department lab are developing solutions allowing energy transactions to be settled across blockchains.

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[FOREX NEWS] Steven Slide: USD/JPY deep dives under 110 thanks to Mnuchin

USD/JPY was already under pressure on the US dollar’s ongoing weakness since late in 2017. The greenback came under fresh pressure as US President Trump slapped tariffs on solar panels and washing machines. The prospects of a trade war, joining on the worries about NAFTA, weighed. During the Tokyo session, the pair slipped under 110, [...]

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[FOREX NEWS] AUD/USD breaks another resistance level thanks to Mnuchin

We wrote that all the conditions for an ascent of the Aussie were in place. The excellent Australian jobs report, coupled with upbeat Chinese GDP and a synchronized global growth cycle sent AUD/USD to struggle with 0.80. Yet another bout of dollar weakness was needed to push the Aussie to a comfortable position above 0.80. [...]

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CryptoCurrency News: South Korean Regulator Fines Crypto Exchanges over Privacy Failures

South Korea's Communications Commission has issued fines totaling $130,000 to eight cryptocurrency exchanges over insufficient user data protection.

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CryptoCurrency News: Would Israel's ICO Tax Plan Retain Startups or Scare Them Off?

While some say the guidelines proposed by Israel's tax authority would legitimize token sales, others balk at the notion of taxing them at all.

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[FOREX NEWS] UK wages remain at 2.5%, jobless rise 8.6K – GBP/USD at 1.41

— more coming The UK was expected to report a small gain in the number of the jobless: 2.3K in December after 5.9K in November. The unemployment rate was projected to remain unchanged at 4.3%. Most importantly, the annual rise in wages carried expectations for rising by 2.5% in November, exactly like in October. GBP/UDS [...]

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[FOREX NEWS] Dollar extends falls as Mnuchin endorses weak dollar

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[FOREX NEWS] German PMIs mixed – EUR/USD maintains highs

Germany’s manufacturing PMI missed expectations with a 2.1 points drop to 61.2 points. On the other hand, the services PMI jumped by 1.2 points to 57 points. These are mixed figures. EUR/USD is trading at 1.2315, a few pips under the pre-announcement levels, but well within the high range it reached in the Asian session. [...]

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CryptoCurrency News: UK Government Lures Distributed Ledger Projects With $26 Million Fund

Innovate UK, the United Kingdom's innovation arm, plans to invest more than $26 million in emerging tech projects, including distributed ledgers.

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[FOREX TIP] GBPCAD Price Action Analysis – 24th Jan 2018

GBPCAD has been Bullish on the H4 chart. The price has been heading towards the North by keep making upside breakout. The first H4 candle was a Bullish and the next H4 candle came out as an Inside bar. If the pair produced an H4 Bullish Engulfing Candle and makes another upside breakout, then the pair might offer us a long entry. Let us have a look at the H4 GBPCAD chart.

The level of 1.73800 has been the level of Support here. If this level produces an H4 candle and makes a breakout at 1.74715, then the price would not have any strong level of Resistance on its way up to the level of 1.76100. The best would be an H4 Engulfing candle, and then an H1 breakout here to take the entry. If the H4 Engulfing candle makes the breakout, then we should wait for an H1 Engulfing candle at the breakout level to take the entry. Let us have a look at the summary of the trade…

• Buy Stop Order: 1.74715
• Stop Loss: 1.73800
• Take profit: 1.76100
• Validity: 72 hours
• Whenever possible, move the stop loss to the entry price and whenever you want, you can take profit anytime as long as you feel comfortable

The GBP has a high impact news event at GMT10.30. This means this H4 candle most probably is going to be the key. I assume the current H4 candle would be a big candle with spikes on both sides. Make sure that the spikes are not too ugly. Too big a spike often creates confusion on traders’ mind.

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[FOREX NEWS] Will the ECB send EUR/USD higher or lower? 5 opinions

The European Central Bank’s decision is coming tomorrow and the fresh dollar weakness sent EUR/USD to new three-year highs ahead of the publication. In our preview, we discussed a buying opportunity on the EUR/USD around the ECB. Here are 5 more opinions: Here is their view, courtesy of eFXnews: EUR/USD: 3 Reasons Why Draghi’s Tone [...]

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