CryptoCurrency News: Circle Co-Founder Sean Neville Steps Down as Co-CEO

Sean Neville, co-founder of Circle, is stepping down as co-CEO six years after founding the crypto trading and payments startup with Jeremy Allaire.

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CryptoCurrency News: What Twitter Meme Wars Say About Crypto’s Reliance on Figureheads

Cryptocurrency has strayed from its anonymous roots. Today, cults of personality and public histrionics define the sector.

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CryptoCurrency News: MARKETS DAILY: Is Bitcoin Market Manipulation Profitable?

With markets recovering, we take a look at Bitcoins' recent behavior and wonder whether it's still a safe haven? Later, we're joined by Galen Moore for quick discussion on alleged bitcoin market manipulation...

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CryptoCurrency News: Litecoin’s Mining Power Tanks to Lowest in Year Following Price Plunge

Litecoin’s price plunge in recent months has whittled away the profitability of mining the cryptocurrency, leading to a shakeout among operators.

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CryptoCurrency News: Georgia Governor Appoints Bakkt CEO Loeffler as New US Senator

It is unclear who will helm Bakkt after CEO Kelly Loeffler joins the U.S. Senate on Jan. 1.

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CryptoCurrency News: Chinese Insurance Giant Ping An’s Blockchain Arm Reveals Terms for $468M IPO

OneConnect Financial, the blockchain and AI subsidiary of China’s top insurance company Ping An Insurance, has set the terms for its planned NYSE listing.

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CryptoCurrency News: Bear Trap? Bitcoin Slips to One-Week Low Amid Low Volumes

Bitcoin's recent $780 pullback lacks volume support from sellers and may be short-lived.

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CryptoCurrency News: North Korean Hacking Group May Be Behind Malware-Laden Fake Crypto Site

A new and hard-to-detect macOS malware variant has been discovered lurking on a fake cryptocurrency trading site.

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CryptoCurrency News: MUFG Teaming up With Indeed.com Owner to Launch Digital Currency for Payments: Report

Japan's MUFG Bank and Recruit Holdings are reportedly launching a digital currency as part of a new payments initiative.

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CryptoCurrency News: Bitcoin No Longer Looks Like ‘Digital Gold’ by One Measure

If "digital gold" means "assets where investors park money during financial market turmoil," then bitcoin doesn't fit the bill as well as it used to.

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