CryptoCurrency News: France’s New ‘Napoleon Bitcoin Fund’ Is Tied to CME’s Cash-Settled Futures

French asset management firm Napoleon AM has launched a new fund tied to CME's cash-settled bitcoin futures.

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CryptoCurrency News: Ripple’s Revamped Xpring Platform Looks to Boost XRP Development

Developers using the platform now have a place to manage and monitor transactions.

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CryptoCurrency News: FinCEN Sees Jump in Crypto-Related Suspicious Activity Reports

Crypto companies have filed 7,100 Suspicious Activity Reports since May, America’s anti-money-laundering chief said at a banking conference Tuesday.

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CryptoCurrency News: Blockchain Faces Big Challenges But the Opportunity Is Enormous

Western economies can lead the world by embracing decentralization and the Internet-of-Value.

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CryptoCurrency News: Russia’s Power Grid Company Tests Blockchain for Power Meter Data

Russia’s national power grid company Rosseti is testing a system for electricity bill payments based on a distributed ledger by Waves.

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CryptoCurrency News: US Arrests 3 in Alleged Crypto Mining Pool Fraud Scheme

U.S. authorities arrested three alleged scammers attached to the BitClub Network Tuesday who successfully defrauded investors of $722 million through a mining pool Ponzi scheme. According to a press release, Matthew Brent Goettsche, 37, of Lafayette, Colorado; Jobadiah Sinclair Weeks, 38, of Arvada, Colorado; and Joseph Frank Abel, 49, of Camarillo, California were indicted on […]

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CryptoCurrency News: UK Court Orders US Judge to Depose Telegram’s Advisor About Token Sale

U.S. District Court Judge P. Kevin Castel in New York signed an order to Britain's High Court to depose John Hyman, Telegram's chief investment officer.

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CryptoCurrency News: Cryptocurrency Is Most Useful for Breaking Laws and Social Constructs

Decentralized systems forsake scale, speed and cost in favor of one key feature: censorship resistance. Get used to it.

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CryptoCurrency News: Implosion: MATIC Erases Four-Week Rally in Just Two Days

The Matic Network cryptocurrency (MATIC) plunged significantly in the past 48 hours, erasing a four-week rally.

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CryptoCurrency News: 2019: The Year Washington, Silicon Valley and Beijing Faced Off Over Crypto

Hacks, futures, settlements, flippenings, geopolitical conflict -- 2019 had it all.

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CryptoCurrency News: JPMorgan Blockchain Payments Network Eyes January Japan Launch

JPMorgan's Interbank Information Network will expand to Japan early next year, according to its executive director.

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CryptoCurrency News: MARKETS DAILY: How Bitcoin Diversification Is Helping Traditional Portfolios

With the market set for another down day, we're talking new data on Bitcoin diversification for traditional portfolios, taking a look at shifting tactics in the mining hardware industry, traditional bonds issued, then redeemed on the Ethereum blockchain, and more...

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CryptoCurrency News: Tencent’s WeBank to Provide Infrastructure for China’s National Blockchain Consortium

WeBank has become the first technical infrastructure provider for Chin’s blockchain network.

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CryptoCurrency News: 2019 in Review: Nic Carter on Quadriga, Libra and Other Suspect Projects

VC Nic Carter discusses Quadriga, Libra, and why bitcoin mattered more than ever this year.

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CryptoCurrency News: Danish Tax Agency Sends Warning Letters to Suspected Crypto Tax Evaders

Denmark's tax authority, the Skattestyrelsen, has been sending letters to cryptocurrency users it suspects of tax avoidance, demanding a range of information about their trading activities.

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CryptoCurrency News: Santander Exec Claims Blockchain Success as Bank Redeems Ethereum-Issued Bond

"This unequivocally proves that a debt security can be managed through its full lifecycle," said an exec.

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CryptoCurrency News: State-Owned Chinese Bank to Finance Small Businesses With Blockchain Tech

The China Construction Bank will help finance small businesses using a blockchain platform.

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CryptoCurrency News: Bitcoin Looks South After Strong Rejection Above $7,600

Are bitcoin sellers back in control? The cryptocurrency is flashing red after a strong rejection above $7,600.

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CryptoCurrency News: Saga Stablecoin Goes Live Backed By Basket of Fiat Currencies

Saga Monetary Technologies has finally launched its SGA stablecoin, and it's already planning to break away from its pegged basket of currencies.

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CryptoCurrency News: Bitcoin Halving Could Leave Price at $20K-$50K, Hedge Fund Manager Says

Bitcoin's expected mining-reward halving in May 2020 could leave prices for the cryptocurrency in a range between $20,000 and $50,000, according to a new estimate.

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