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CryptoCurrency News: Early AlphaPoint Employee Goes Full Bitcoin, Joins Casa

Michael Haley has left security token platform AlphaPoint for crypto custody provider Casa, saying he wants “to get back into good old bitcoin.”

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CryptoCurrency News: MKR, THETA, ENJ, MET: These 4 Cryptos Outperformed the Market in February

Bitcoin may have ended a six-month losing streak in February, but MKR, THETA, ENJ and MET ensure it wasn't the crypto market's biggest winner.

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CryptoCurrency News: Signature Bank to Offer Accounts to Bermuda’s Crypto Startups

Signature Bank of New York is courting licensed fintech firms in Bermuda, including crypto startups that have struggled to secure accounts.

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CryptoCurrency News: Kraken Exchange Offers $100K Reward for Missing QuadrigaCX Crypto

Kraken is offering up to $100,000 to anyone who can help locate QuadrigaCX's missing cryptocurrency holdings.

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CryptoCurrency News: Bittrex Leads $1.5 Million Seed Round in South African Crypto Exchange VALR

South Africa's VALR exchange is launching March 1, expanding bitcoin access across the continent.

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CryptoCurrency News: Ethereum Upgrades as Hard Forks Constantinople and St Petersburg Activate on Blockchain

The long-anticipated upgrade Constantinople has officially activated on the ethereum blockchain. At 19:57 (UTC), the sixth system-wide upgrade to be released since the second largest cryptocurrency by market cap launched in 2015 has successfully been rolled out onto the main network at block number 7,280,000. But, that’s not all. The unusual part about today’s hard […]

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CryptoCurrency News: XRP Is Now Live and Trading on Coinbase’s Consumer App

Coinbase has added XRP to its consumer apps and website, allowing customers in most jurisdictions to trade the No. 3 cryptocurrency.

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CryptoCurrency News: Facebook Plans to Launch Cryptocurrency in First Half of 2019: NYT Report

A report from the New York Times says plans to launch a cryptocurrency product in the first half of 2019.

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CryptoCurrency News: JP Morgan Is Quietly Testing Cutting-Edge Ethereum Privacy Tech

Fresh off its big reveal of JPM Coin, the megabank is quietly testing a cutting-edge form of ethereum privacy tech.

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CryptoCurrency News: Pundi X’s New Phone Can Switch Between Blockchain and Android

Manufacturing startup Pundi X unveiled new specifications for its blockchain phone, which will feature dual operating systems to support both Android apps and dapps.

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CryptoCurrency News: French President Says Blockchain Could Put Europe at ‘Vanguard’ of Innovation

Emmanuel Macron has called for increased use of data technologies such as blockchain in the EU to benefit agriculture and consumers.

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CryptoCurrency News: Crypto Money Laundering Reports Spiked in Japan Last Year, Police Say

Reports of suspicious cryptocurrency transactions in Japan soared last year, but were a tiny fraction of the overall total.

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CryptoCurrency News: Crypto Broker Voyager Is Buying Token Issuer and Wallet Ethos.io for $4 Million

Cryptocurrency brokerage Voyager has agreed to buy wallet provider and ICO issuer Ethos for about $4 million.

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CryptoCurrency News: Singapore State-Owned Fund Backed Coinbase’s $300 Million Raise: Report

GIC Private Limited, a Singapore government-owned fund, backed Coinbase’s major funding round last year, say Bloomberg sources.

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CryptoCurrency News: Bitcoin Price May Rise in March Despite Month’s Bearish Track Record

Bitcoin is heading into a historically weak month on a positive note and could see gains if resistance at $4,190 is breached.

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CryptoCurrency News: Morgan Creek Joins $65 Million Series B for Blockchain Home Equity Loan Firm

Blockchain-based home equity loan startup Figure Technologies has raised $65 million in a round backed by Morgan Creek.

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CryptoCurrency News: Square Brought in Over $166 Million Through Bitcoin Sales Last Year

Mobile payments firm Square has reported its revenue and profits from bitcoin sales in 2018.

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CryptoCurrency News: Bitcoin Lightning Tech Expands Beyond Invoices in Step Toward Better UX

New tech by a principal developer could soon make it possible for bitcoin's lightning network to expand to new use cases.

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CryptoCurrency News: Constantinople Incoming: Tomorrow’s Two Ethereum Hard Forks Explained

Tomorrow is the big day for ethereum's sixth (and seventh) backwards-incompatible upgrade since mainnet launch back in 2015. Having faced a number of setbacks already, the highly-anticipated activation of Constantinople may or may not go as planned.

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CryptoCurrency News: A Crypto Project That Raised $20 Million Is Caught Faking Its Founding Team

BHB in China raised $20 million in 2018 touting a three-person team. The only problem? At least two were fake.

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CryptoCurrency News: Polymath Tests Show Security Tokens Can Be Compliant on a DEX

Polymath says its tests showed security token trades on a decentralized exchange would only complete if authorized.

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CryptoCurrency News: Fidelity Joins $1.9 Million Round in Blockchain Data Startup Coin Metrics

Coin Metrics, an open-source data research project, will now offer commercial services to institutional investors.

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CryptoCurrency News: LinkedIn Founder, Fidelity Latest to Carry Bitcoin’s ‘Lightning Torch’

The latest big names to join the bitcoin payments experiment are financial giant Fidelity Investments and LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman.

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CryptoCurrency News: Blockchain Fund Launches With $22 Million Round Backed By Roger Ver

Switzerland-based Pangea Blockchain Fund is launching after closing a $22 million seed round backed by crypto investor Roger Ver.

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CryptoCurrency News: Developer of Blockchain Project ICON Denies IPO Plan Reports

South Korea-based ICONLOOP, the firm behind blockchain project ICON, has denied reports it's moving to go public.

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CryptoCurrency News: Bitcoin Price On Track to End Six-Month Losing Streak

Bitcoin looks set to end its record six-month losing streak with modest gains in February.

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CryptoCurrency News: Hacked Exchange Cryptopia Discloses Estimate of Stolen Crypto

New Zealand-based cryptocurrency exchange Cryptopia has given an idea of the losses arising from a hack on its platform last month.

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CryptoCurrency News: Sony, Fujitsu Aim to Make Educational Data ‘Unfalsifiable’ With Blockchain

The two Japanese tech giants have partnered for a trial using blockchain to provide educational records that cannot be faked.

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CryptoCurrency News: London Stock Exchange Leads $20 Million Fundraise for Blockchain Startup Nivaura

Nivaura, a startup tokenizing traditional financial instruments on public blockchains, has raised $20 million from investors led by the London Stock Exchange Group.

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CryptoCurrency News: How the Coming Constantinople Hard Fork Could Stir Up Ether Markets

Ether price volatility could spike in the days ahead, courtesy of an upcoming ethereum upgrade scheduled for Thursday. The Constantinople hard fork, a planned two-part upgrade to the world’s second-largest cryptocurrency, is scheduled to occur once block 7,280,000 on the ethereum blockchain is mined. At the time of writing, ether’s block height is 7,272,826, meaning the […]

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CryptoCurrency News: Jamie Dimon: JPM Coin Could ‘One Day’ See Consumer Use

JPMorgan's CEO has suggested that consumers could eventually use its U.S. dollar-linked token.

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CryptoCurrency News: Online Loan Platform SoFi Will Offer Crypto Trading Through Coinbase

SoFi, an online lending platform, will reportedly allow customers to buy crypto through Coinbase starting in 2Q.

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CryptoCurrency News: Bolivars to Bitcoin: Activists to Take Down Venezuela’s Maduro in Art Exhibit

As the situation in Venezuela continues to escalate, artist cryptograffiti, crypto exchange AirTM and merchant services provider Cripto Conserje have teamed up for an all-day fundraiser to tear down – in whatever way they can – Maduro's regime.

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CryptoCurrency News: Widow of QuadrigaCX CEO Denies Hiding Assets from Crypto Creditors

Jennifer Robertson, one of QuadrigaCX's two officers, asked a court to put a restructuring specialist in charge of the exchange.

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CryptoCurrency News: Samsung Teases Early Blockchain Partners For Galaxy S10 Phone

South Korean tech giant Samsung looks to have revealed some of the first blockchain partners for its new flagship phone, the Galaxy S10.

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CryptoCurrency News: $66 Million Building to Be Tokenized on Ethereum Blockchain in Record Deal

Inveniam Capital Partners is soon to offer tokenized securities representing $260 million-worth of shares in four properties.

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CryptoCurrency News: Blockchain-for-Banks Startup Switches From Hyperledger to R3’s Corda

MonetaGo, which builds private blockchains for banks, has switched platforms from Hyperledger Fabric to R3 Corda.

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CryptoCurrency News: Swiss Bank Julius Baer to Offer Digital Asset Services

Swiss private bank Julius Baer has partnered with a cryptocurrency banking startup to offer digital asset services later in 2019.

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CryptoCurrency News: Electroneum Launches $80 Smartphone That Mines Crypto

Blockchain startup Electroneum has just launched a dirt-cheap Android smartphone that mines cryptocurrency in the cloud.

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CryptoCurrency News: Bitcoin Price Holds Above $3,700 But Bulls Need Progress Soon

Bitcoin risks a further sell-off if the bulls' defense of $3,700 fails to produce quick recovery.

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CryptoCurrency News: There’s No Crypto Winter in Argentina, Where Startups Ramp Up to Meet Demand

Argentina's thriving crypto startup scene offers a unique cocktail of technical development and tangible user demand for bitcoin.

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CryptoCurrency News: Japan’s SoftBank Eyes Blockchain to Solve Issues With Online Authentication

Japanese telecom SoftBank is exploring blockchain tech as a way to improve upon current centralized and fragmented ID and authentication services.

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CryptoCurrency News: You Can Now Buy HTC’s Exodus Blockchain Phone Without Paying Crypto

Mobile device maker HTC now sells its blockchain phone for U.S. dollars in addition to cryptocurrency.

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CryptoCurrency News: Bitcoin Shorts Dropped to 11-Month Lows During Sunday’s Sell-Off

Funds allocated to BTC/USD short positions on Bitfinex fell to 11-month lows on Sunday as the price of bitcoin fell more than 8 percent.

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CryptoCurrency News: 2 Crypto Startups Want to Put 10 Million Used Cars on a Blockchain

The Fusion Foundation is joining forces with the Automotive eXchange Platform to put 10.5 million used cars on a blockchain.

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CryptoCurrency News: Coinbase Exchange Users Can Buy and Sell XRP Starting Tomorrow

Coinbase users can buy and sell XRP on its professional exchange platform starting tomorrow.

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CryptoCurrency News: Warren Buffet: Bitcoin Is a ‘Delusion’ But Blockchain Is ‘Ingenious’

Warren Buffett has reiterated his negative view of bitcoin but expressed admiration for the underlying technology.

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CryptoCurrency News: NFTs Are Here. But Where Are They Headed?

The best business model for crypto collectibles is currently unclear, but some compelling ideas arose at a New York event last week.

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CryptoCurrency News: Accenture’s New Blockchain App Lets Users Tip ‘Sustainable’ Producers

Accenture has announced a prototype blockchain-based supply chain app designed to reward business practices that conserve natural resources.

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CryptoCurrency News: Security Token Startup Templum Shifts to Private Blockchains

Security token specialist Templum is shifting from public to private blockchains through a new partnership with enterprise vendor Symbiont.

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