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Tuesday, August 20, 2019
CryptoCurrency News: Vitalik Buterin: Increasing Transaction Costs Risk Limiting Ethereum Adoption

Buterin said altering verification could lower fees by a factor of 100 per transaction, freeing space for organizations to build on the blockchain.
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CryptoCurrency News: Huobi Expanding DeFi Presence With MakerDao, Compound Support

Huobi is affirming it's DeFi-positive stance with the addition of the loan making vehicles MakerDao and Compound.
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CryptoCurrency News: Austrian Telecommunications Giant to Accept Cryptocurrency

Founded in 1881, the A1 mobile network is looking to add dash, ethereum, litecoin, stellar, and ripple as payment options.
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CryptoCurrency News: SEC Settles with ICO Service Over Undisclosed Payments for Positive Reviews

ICORating agreed to pay $106,998 in interest and a civil penalty of $162,000 without commenting on the SEC’s findings.
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CryptoCurrency News: Japan’s Largest Gift Card Exchange Expanding Internationally With Blockchain Firm

Amaten, a gift card marketplace, partnered with the Singapore-based cloud computing startup Aelf to make digital representations of gift cards.
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CryptoCurrency News: SEC’s Top Crypto Cop Joins Coinbase’s Law Firm

Robert A. Cohen will join corporate law firm Davis Polk & Wardwell as partner after 15 years with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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CryptoCurrency News: Pieter Wuille Unveils ‘Miniscript,’ A New Smart Contract Language for Bitcoin

Smart contracts could soon get a boost in bitcoin as prominent programmer Pieter Wuille has unveiled a new coding language designed specifically for their use. Posted to the bitcoin developer mailing list Monday, the ‘Miniscript’ language aims to make it easier for programmers to write up “smart contracts” or conditions for spending bitcoins. Programmers Wuille, Andrew […]
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CryptoCurrency News: Messari Disclosures Registry Tops 50 Cryptocurrencies With 10 New Additions

Ten projects – including Cardano, Lisk and Beam – joined the Messari Disclosures Registry on Tuesday in a bid to foster transparency.
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CryptoCurrency News: Blockchain Firm Veritaseum Calls for Assets to Be Unfrozen in SEC Response

Veritaseum has officially responded to the SEC's claims it sold illegal securities and called for its funds to be unfrozen to protect investors.
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CryptoCurrency News: It Took 18 Months, But This Blockchain Securities Firm Got the Nod From FINRA

FINRA has approved iownit as a broker-dealer, clearing the firm to offer digital securities on a private Hyperledger blockchain.
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CryptoCurrency News: Facebook Isn’t Behind the First Incubator for Libra Crypto Developers

With $125,000 committed to a virtual bootcamp in November, Libracamp is incubating development on Facebook's Libra testnet.
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CryptoCurrency News: Bitcoin Faces Further Losses After Rejection Near $11K Price Hurdle

Having faced rejection near the psychological hurdle of $11,000, bitcoin may end up falling below $10,000 in the next 24 hours.
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CryptoCurrency News: Deloitte Launches ‘Blockchain In a Box’ to Help Enterprises Showcase Tech

The "Big Four" auditing firm has launched a mobile plug-and-play product aimed to help enterprises demo blockchain solutions.
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CryptoCurrency News: Dark Web Drug Dealer to Forfeit Millions of Dollars in Illicit Crypto Earnings

A man has been sentenced in San Diego, California, for conspiring to sell opioids and other drugs over dark web markets for cryptocurrencies.
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