CryptoCurrency News: Binance May Consider Bitcoin Rollback Following $40 Million Hack

Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao said the team is deciding on whether it will do a rollback on the bitcoin network after hackers stole 7,000 bitcoin.

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CryptoCurrency News: Hackers Steal $40.7 Million in Bitcoin From Crypto Exchange Binance

Crypto exchange Binance has disclosed a 7,000 BTC loss following the discovery of what it called a "large scale security breach."

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CryptoCurrency News: New App Lets You Create Instant Crypto Collectables

A new app called Editional by former Facebook employees John Egan and Zac Morris wants to create a place where you can create crypto collectables.

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CryptoCurrency News: Orchid Tops $43 Million Raised in Token Sale for Crypto Tor Alternative

The project behind a blockchain protocol designed to enable private internet browsing has raised another $7 million in funding, CoinDesk has learned. According to the company, Orchid Labs has now raised a total of $43 million on an offered $125 million in a pre-sale of a token that will power its still-in-development technology. “Orchid Labs’ mission is […]

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CryptoCurrency News: FBI Seizes Popular Dark Market Search Site DeepDotWeb for Money Laundering

The FBI has seized DeepDotWeb, a comparison search system and news site for dark web markets, for alleged money laundering.

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CryptoCurrency News: Bitmain Discloses 88% Drop In Its Own Bitcoin Mining Power

Bitmain's internal bitcoin mining operations are generating 88 percent less computing power than a month ago, suggesting the industry giant has cut capacity.

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CryptoCurrency News: FTC Sues Smart Backpack Crowdfunder Who Spent Proceeds On Bitcoin

The Federal Trade Commission is suing a crowdfunder who promised a smart backpack but instead spent the proceeds on bitcoin.

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CryptoCurrency News: Privacy Cryptocurrency Grin Receives Mysterious $300K Bitcoin Donation

The developers behind the cryptocurrency project Grin are reporting that they have received an anonymous donation of 50 BTC.

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CryptoCurrency News: Starbucks to Track Coffee Using Microsoft’s Blockchain Service

Starbucks aims to give consumers and farmers more data on its coffee products using a blockchain service from Microsoft.

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CryptoCurrency News: Homeland Security Warns Bots Are Exploiting Decentralized Crypto Exchanges

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has warned that "predatory users" are using bots to exploit decentralized crypto exchanges.

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CryptoCurrency News: Messaging Giant WeChat Bans Merchant Users From Crypto Trading

Chinese messaging giant WeChat has updated its payments policy that will prevent merchants on the platform from engaging in crypto-related activities.  

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CryptoCurrency News: Thai Central Bank Builds Blockchain Solution for Digital Currency Project

The Bank of Thailand has moved ahead with its digital currency project lnthanon by building a blockchain-based prototype solution to settle inter-bank payments.

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CryptoCurrency News: ASX Is Letting Clients Test Its In-the-Works Blockchain Settlement System

The Australian Securities Exchange now has a customer testing environment for its blockchain-based clearing and settlement system, due in 2021.

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CryptoCurrency News: Bitcoin Price Eyes Break Above $6,000 Ahead of New York Blockchain Week

Bitcoin is gaining altitude in line with the bullish developments on the technical charts and could soon rise above the psychological level of $6,000.

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CryptoCurrency News: ‘One-Stop Shop’ for Crypto Mining and Trading to Launch Spot Market May 23

Crypto mining and exchange startup Bcause is weeks away from launching a spot trading market for bitcoin, ether, bitcoin cash and litecoin.

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CryptoCurrency News: Microsoft Releases Ethereum App Development Kit for Azure Cloud

Tech giant Microsoft has released a suite of tools allowing clients to build ethereum-based apps on its cloud computing platform Azure.

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CryptoCurrency News: Alibaba’s Ant Financial Backs $10 Million Round for Blockchain Privacy Startup

Alibaba affiliate Ant Financial has participated in a $10 million funding round for blockchain privacy startup QEDIT and is using the firm's tech.

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