CryptoCurrency News: Japanese Merchant Bank Signs Deal to Tokenize Estonian Properties

MBK, a Tokyo-based and Tokyo Stock Exchange-listed merchant bank, has signed a deal for the tokenization of property in Estonia.

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CryptoCurrency News: Canadian Fund Manager to List Bitcoin Fund on Major Stock Exchange

Canadian investment fund manager 3iQ plans to launch a closed-end bitcoin fund on the Ontario Stock Exchange later this quarter.

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CryptoCurrency News: Genesis Clocks Quarterly Surge in Cash and Stablecoin Lending

For the first time this year, BTC-denominated loans now represent less than 60 percent of Genesis' portfolio.

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CryptoCurrency News: There’s Now a DAO for Deciding Which Blockchains to Stake On

StakerDAO will allow participants to vote on where to best earn rewards as validators in a given proof-of-stake network.

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CryptoCurrency News: CME Reveals Details of Upcoming Bitcoin Options Contracts

CME Group revealed the product specifications for its bitcoin options contracts on Wednesday, targeting a 2020 launch.

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CryptoCurrency News: Bitcoin Just Hit $1 Billion in All-Time Transaction Fees

On Oct. 30, 2019, the bitcoin blockchain reached $1 billion in cumulative transaction fees. “This milestone is a really cool milestone just because it shows how much people value block space,” said Bryan Aulds, founder of bitcoin wallet Billfodl. “And that it’s something people don’t mind paying for, which I think is really important moving […]

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CryptoCurrency News: Ripple Invests in Biometric Cybersecurity Startup’s $2.2 Million Round

Keyless, a London-based cybersecurity startup, claims to be the first firm to combine biometrics and cryptography.

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CryptoCurrency News: Russian Aluminum Plant Pivots to Bitcoin Mining Following US Sanctions

Metal giant Rusal is renting its facilities to the Russian Mining Corporation following 2018 U.S. sanctions.

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CryptoCurrency News: Pay Your Friends to Protect Your Keys: One Startup’s New Take on Crypto Custody

Vault12 is rolling out its crypto custody solution, which lets users pay their friends in ether to protect their private keys.

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CryptoCurrency News: Leaked Transcript Details Power Struggle Inside Bitcoin Mining Giant Bitmain

A transcript of a Bitmain staff meeting reveals an ugly power struggle inside the world's biggest bitcoin miner maker that led to the abrupt ousting of co-founder Micree Ketuan Zhan.

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CryptoCurrency News: CoinGecko Now Tracks Data From 20-Plus Crypto Derivatives Markets

The data aggregator has added a new service tracking the growing number of crypto derivatives products.

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CryptoCurrency News: tZERO, Tezos Foundation to Tokenize £500 Million in UK Real Estate

The blockchain startups will tokenize portions of properties financed by U.K.-based Alliance Investments.

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CryptoCurrency News: Bitcoin Eyes First Monthly Price Gain Since June

Bitcoin is on track to end its three-month losing streak, having recovered from recent lows around $7,400 seen a week ago.

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CryptoCurrency News: Jack Dorsey Backs $10 Million Round for Token Offering Platform CoinList

CoinList's latest funding round will help it develop a new exchange and wallet.

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CryptoCurrency News: Bitmain Seeking U.S. IPO With Confidential SEC Filing: Report

The bitcoin mining giant is said to have confidentially filed for an IPO in the U.S.

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CryptoCurrency News: Binance CEO: ‘Russia Is Our Key Market’

Fans mobbed Binance's CEO like a rock star on his recent visit to Moscow. The warm feelings are mutual, with a big Russian expansion in the works.

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CryptoCurrency News: Livepeer Prepares to Unlock New Way for GPU Miners to Earn Crypto

By the end of this year, GPU miners could have a fresh new way to earn crypto – using the idle processing capacity of their chips.

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