CryptoCurrency News: Binance, Bermuda Ink $15 Million Crypto Investment Agreement

Bermuda has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Binance to develop a global compliance center in the British Overseas Territory.

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CryptoCurrency News: 5 More Payments Firms to Adopt Ripple's xVia Tech

Five firms across Europe and Asia plan to adopt Ripple's xVia protocol to bring their payments services to emerging markets.

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CryptoCurrency News: Prosecutors Charge 'Discount Bitcoin Bandits' With Robbery

The Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office has charged the "Discount Bitcoin Bandits" with robbery, child abuse and grand theft counts.

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CryptoCurrency News: SEC Official Defends 'Balanced' ICO Oversight in Congress

A hearing at the House financial services committee saw hostility from some reps, sympathy from others, and a "balanced approach" from the SEC.

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CryptoCurrency News: Court Forces Chile's Banks to Reopen Crypto Exchange Accounts

A Chilean court has ordered banks to reopen the accounts of crypto exchanges after the institutions announced their plans to close them in March.

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CryptoCurrency News: Australia's Securities Watchdog Airs Concerns About Overseas ICOs

ASIC is to extend its guidelines on initial coin offerings over concerns about overseas projects targeting local investors.

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CryptoCurrency News: France Is Cutting the Tax Rate for Retail Crypto Traders

France is about to offer relief to amateur cryptocurrency investors, after a ruling by the country's Council of State.

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CryptoCurrency News: Bigger Blocks and Smarter Contracts: What's In Bitcoin Cash's Next Fork?

Bitcoin cash's most ambitious hard fork upgrade is coming in May, backed by the promise of taking its "on-chain scaling" philosophy to new heights.

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[FOREX NEWS] US GDP Q1 first release live coverage

 The US was forecast to report a slowdown in the first quarter of 2018: an annualized growth rate of 2.0% after 2.9% in the last quarter of 2017. The first quarters of each year often suffer from weak data and the economy picks up later on. However, real expectations may be slightly higher after Durable [...]

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CryptoCurrency News: Alibaba Advances Blockchain Food Fraud Platform to Pilot Phase

Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba is trialling a blockchain-based tracking system developed to make its supply chain more transparent.

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CryptoCurrency News: PBoC Researcher Touts More Centralized Approach to Blockchain

Giving up full decentralization could solve many of blockchain's existing problems, says Yao Qian, research director at China's central bank.

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CryptoCurrency News: Pullback Over? Bitcoin Retakes $9K, Eyes Further Gains

Having recovered from a five-day low hit yesterday, bitcoin has potential for a move higher towards key resistance at $9,880.

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CryptoCurrency News: The SAFT Is Alive But Who Knows How Well

A framework that strives to enable compliant U.S. token sales may have come under fire in the press, but it's still widely used by entrepreneurs.

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[FOREX NEWS] After the downfall, EUR/USD may be extra stretched

The EUR/USD trades at the lowest levels since mid-January, fueled mostly by USD strength. Mediocre euro-zone data is not helping and the US GDP could provide another blow. The technical picture points to emerging oversold conditions. The EUR/USD is trading around $1.2070, suffering the third day of sharp falls. The US Dollar continues gaining traction [...]

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[FOREX NEWS] Where next for the EUR/USD after the big fall? Targets

After the EUR/USD fell off the cliff described on Thursday, it is getting used to new lows. The Technical Confluences Indicator shows the new levels to watch on the downside. $1.2060 is the convergence of the Pivot Point one-week Support 3, the PP one-day S1 and the 15m low. Further below, strong support awaits just below the round number. At [...]

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CryptoCurrency News: Singapore to Speed Up Process of Awarding Blockchain Payment Patents

Singapore's IP Office is shortening the grant process for fintech related patent applications, including those focusing on blockchain payment.

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