CryptoCurrency News: Facebook Hires Two of Coinbase’s Former Compliance Managers

Facebook has hired two Coinbase vets to work in compliance roles, and at least one is involved in the social network's blockchain effort.

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CryptoCurrency News: Hyperledger Announces Aries, a Toolkit for Blockchain-Based Identity Management

Aries is a new, open-source toolkit for identity management by the makers of Hyperledger.

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CryptoCurrency News: SEC Again Delays Decision on Bitwise Bitcoin ETF Approval

A filing from the SEC Tuesday did not advance one of several bitcoin ETF proposals currently waiting for regulatory sign-off.

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CryptoCurrency News: Crypto Hedge Funds’ Average AUM Grew Three Times in Q1

The average assets under management (AUM) of global cryptocurrency hedge funds increased three-fold in the first quarter of 2019, new research from PwC and Elwood indicates.

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CryptoCurrency News: ‘Maximum Pain’: Joe Lubin, Jimmy Song Strike $500K Crypto Bet on Ethereum’s Future

The terms of a much-hyped bet between Joe Lubin and Jimmy Song have finally been settled – and a lot of money is on the line.

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CryptoCurrency News: Coinbase Rolls Out Trading in USDC Stablecoin to 85 Countries

Coinbase is expanding crypto-to-crypto trading in USD Coin, a dollar-pegged stablecoin, to a host of nations.

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CryptoCurrency News: TD Ameritrade Exec: Tens of Thousands of Our Clients Are Interested in Crypto

Fluctuations in the price of bitcoin have not affected overall interest in futures tied to the cryptocurrency, a TD Ameritrade executive said on Tuesday. “We get calls, emails, 60,000 clients have traded something in this complex,” Steven Quirk, TD Ameritrade executive vice president, remarked during a panel at CoinDesk’s Consensus 2019. As Quirk said later: […]

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CryptoCurrency News: BitGo Offers Institutional Clients New Off-Chain Settlement System

BitGo is launching a new clearing and settlement service, allowing off-chain transactions between clients so assets never leave custody.

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CryptoCurrency News: RIF Launches ‘Layer 3’ Network to Scale Bitcoin-Based Smart Contracts, Tokens

RIF Labs, which built the RSK sidechain for tokens and smart contracts on top of bitcoin, has launched a "third layer" to help scale this technology.

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CryptoCurrency News: Floyd Mayweather, DJ Khaled Escape Lawsuit Brought By ICO Investors

Floyd Mayweather, DJ Khaled and two employees of the Centra Tech ICO project have been dismissed from an investor lawsuit by a federal judge.

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CryptoCurrency News: Samsung to Roll Out Crypto Features on Budget Galaxy Phones

South Korean electronics giant Samsung is planning to bring crypto and blockchain features to more phones across its Galaxy range.

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CryptoCurrency News: Emberfund Turns Your Phone Into a Crypto Hedge Fund

Emberfund is a new mobile app that lets anyone buy into an index of cryptocurrencies that automatically balances itself over time.

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CryptoCurrency News: Bitcoin’s Monthly Price Gains Already Highest Since November 2017

Bitcoin clocked fresh 10-month highs earlier today and currently appears on track to post its biggest monthly rise since late 2017.

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CryptoCurrency News: The Elk Is a Tiny Prototyping Board for Building Blockchain-Connected Devices

Elk aims to make it easy to connect hardware devices to blockchains and control electronic components or accept payments.

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CryptoCurrency News: Coinbase Opens Up XRP Trading for New York Residents

New York-based users of Coinbase can now trade or store XRP on Coinbase.com or on the crypto exchange's iOS and Android mobile apps.

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CryptoCurrency News: HTC Has Added In-Wallet Crypto Swaps to Its EXODUS Phone

HTC has added Kyber Network’s liquidity protocol to its blockchain phone, enabling direct swaps between ERC-20 cryptocurrencies.

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CryptoCurrency News: Blockstack CEO Muneeb Ali: ‘You Don’t Need a Blockchain’ for All Dapps

Apps across the space are putting too much reliance (and data) on blockchains, argued Blockstack CEO Muneeb Ali at Consensus 2019.

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