CryptoCurrency News: Bitcoin Is Now Officially In Its Longest Bear Market Ever

Bitcoin's price has officially continued to print lower price highs for the longest amount of time in the cryptocurrency's 10 year history.

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CryptoCurrency News: Coinbase’s Director of Data Science and Risk Leaves to ‘Build From Scratch’

Soups Ranjan, who worked at Coinbase since 2015 as director of data analysis and fraud prevention, has left the crypto exchange to start something new.

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CryptoCurrency News: QuadrigaCX Owes Customers $190 Million, Court Filing Shows

“Quadriga’s inventory of cryptocurrency has become unavailable and some of it may be lost," the founder's widow said in documents obtained by CoinDesk.

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CryptoCurrency News: Ethereum Developers Delay Mining Algorithm Change for Code Audit

During a public call Friday, a tentative decision on whether to implement the ethereum network's ProgPoW update was postponed.

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CryptoCurrency News: Wall Street Crypto Products May Have to Wait as US Regulators Confront Backlog

The SEC and CFTC have five weeks of work to catch up on, and crypto advocates have no illusions that bitcoin ETFs and the like are a priority.

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CryptoCurrency News: New Malware Targets Apple Mac Computers to Steal and Mine Cryptos

A recently discovered form of malware steals browser cookies and other information on Apple Mac computers to steal cryptocurrencies.

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CryptoCurrency News: Smart Contract Auditor Cuts 80% of Staff in Crypto Winter Cutbacks

After an initial boom, smart contract auditing firm Hosho went from from 37 employees to seven after business slowed in 2018.

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CryptoCurrency News: SatoshiPay Integrates Blockchain Payments for Major European Publisher

Micropayments startup SatoshiPay has partnered with Europe's largest digital publisher to integrate blockchain payments for content.

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CryptoCurrency News: Ethereum Startup Aragon Weighs Launching a Second Network on Polkadot

Ethereum startup Aragon is investigating the use of Parity Technologies' Polkadot Network to launch a smart contract framework.

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CryptoCurrency News: Bitcoin’s Price Logs Record 6-Month Losing Streak

Bitcoin's price fell for a record sixth time in January, after an early bounce to $4,000 failed to entice mass buying.

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CryptoCurrency News: UK Firm Gets Regulatory Green Light to Offer Crypto Derivatives

London-based OTC firm B2C2 has just been authorized by the U.K.'s financial watchdog to offer cryptocurrency contracts for difference (CFDs).

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CryptoCurrency News: Casa Is Open Sourcing Its Lightning-Enabled Hardware Bitcoin Node

Casa is open sourcing aspects of its lighting network-enabled bitcoin node and launching a browser extension for direct control of the device.

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