CryptoCurrency News: ‘Make Bitcoin Fun Again’: New Lightning App Lets You Buy Pizza With BTC

Using the Lightning Network, more than 150 people bought Domino's pizza with bitcoin this week.

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CryptoCurrency News: ‘Already Live’: Signature Bank Is Moving Millions on a JPMorgan-Like Private, Dollar-Backed Cryptocurrency

While crypto-land is abuzz about JPMorgan’s plan to move dollars via blockchain, a smaller New York bank is already doing this.

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CryptoCurrency News: Judge Hits Crypto Startup With Injunction In Reversal of Past Court Order

The move came after the same judge denied an SEC request for a preliminary injunction in November.

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CryptoCurrency News: Coinbase Exchange Users Can Now Withdraw Bitcoin Cash Fork BSV

The largest US-based cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has allowed its users to withdraw BSV three months after the hard fork.

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CryptoCurrency News: Judge Delays Decision On Legal Representation for Quadriga Creditors

A Canadian judge will appoint a legal team to represent QuadrigaCX's customers in the coming week.

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CryptoCurrency News: Fairfax County Invests Total of $21 Million in Blockchain VC Fund

Fairfax County Retirement Systems has released details about its investment in a blockchain fund, apparently to quell fears about it.

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CryptoCurrency News: Iran’s Government Is Using Crypto Startups as Part of Its Blockchain Embrace

Sources in Iran say the country's financial sector is taking clear steps toward a state-backed token economy.

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CryptoCurrency News: Baidu Launches Plug and Play Blockchain Platform for Dapps

Chinese search giant Baidu has launched a plug-and-play blockchain platform aimed to simplify commercial deployment of decentralized apps.

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CryptoCurrency News: State of Blockchains: Bitcoin (BTC) Fees

Transaction fees make the bitcoin blockchain go round. The miners are compensated for their efforts, not only through inflationary block rewards, but also through fees charged to users for adding their transaction to blocks. While fees on average make up about 4% of the total miner revenue per day, with the lion’s share coming from […]

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CryptoCurrency News: HSBC Exec Says Using Blockchain Slashed Forex Trading Costs by 25%

An HSBC executive has told Reuters that using blockchain slashed the costs of settling foreign exchange trades by a quarter.

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CryptoCurrency News: Latest XRP Ledger Release Boosts Censorship Resistance and More

Blockchain payments firm Ripple has announced the latest release of XRP Ledger, including code that toughens its resistance to alteration.

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CryptoCurrency News: JPMorgan Moving Its In-House Crypto to Real-World Trials: Report

JPMorgan's in-house crypto token is moving to real-world trials in "a few months," according to a CNBC report.

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CryptoCurrency News: Long-Term Indicator Suggests Bitcoin Price May Be Nearing Bottom

A long-term price indicator validates a growing consensus among investors that bitcoin is close to bottoming out.

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CryptoCurrency News: Ethereum’s Blockchain Is Once Again Feeling the ‘Difficulty Bomb’ Effect

Ethereum is being affected by the "difficulty bomb" embedded in the code, but this month's hard fork will ease the issue – for now.

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CryptoCurrency News: Coinbase Just Paid a $30K Bounty for the Discovery of Critical Bug

San Francisco-based crypto exchange desk Coinbase has just forked out a $30,000 bounty to the finder of a critical bug in its systems.

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