CryptoCurrency News: US Authorities Allege SIM Swapping Thief Bought Music Royalties, Jewelry, With Crypto

Court documents allege that Pennsylvania resident Anthony Faulk hijacked a crypto company executive's phone, stealing crypto and using the proceeds for an expensive watch, music royalties, jewelry and a house.

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CryptoCurrency News: Cryptocurrency Is Still the World’s Best Performing Asset Class This Year

Large-cap cryptocurrencies had a phenomenal year and remain one of the greatest investment success stories of the decade.

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CryptoCurrency News: Russia’s Largest Darknet Market Is Hawking an ICO to Fund Global Expansion

Here’s one token sale that’s almost certainly illegal, and not just under securities laws.

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CryptoCurrency News: PODCAST: Introducing ’The Breakdown’ With Nathaniel Whittemore

In the debut episode, Nathaniel discusses recent regulatory action, DeFi project on bitcoin, and a new social media protocol initiative from Twitter.

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CryptoCurrency News: Crypto Custody Firm Trustology Cuts Staff as Banks Delay on Digital Assets

Digital asset custody firm Trustology has cut seven of its 18 staffers as the big banks it courted are taking longer than expected to jump into crypto.

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CryptoCurrency News: Mining Giant Glencore to Trace Cobalt Using ‘Responsible Sourcing’ Blockchain Consortium

Glencore, one of the world’s largest cobalt producers, will use a Hyperledger Fabric blockchain to responsibly source its supply chain.

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CryptoCurrency News: Kraken Job Ad Hints at Plan to Build Special-Purpose Wyoming Bank

The cryptocurrency exchange has opened up a position for someone to oversee operations for the firm’s future Wyoming SPDI bank charter.

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CryptoCurrency News: Development Group: Southeast Asian Consumers Too Bullish on Crypto?

Many southeast Asians consumers are interested in establishing or increasing their crypto investments, according to the OECD, but also admit to not really understanding them.

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CryptoCurrency News: Decentralizing the Web Is More Necessary Than Ever

Galen Wolfe-Pauly says the bear market gives developers time and space to do what they do best.

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CryptoCurrency News: Hold Tight, Here Come the Blockchain Wars

Prepare for a shakeout of blockchain projects in 2020 and the start of network-on-network conflict.

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CryptoCurrency News: Ride ‘Em, Cowboy: Bitmain’s Marketing Gambit Ups Its Texas-Sized Position on Bitcoin

Bitmain's new strategy of giving put options on bitcoin to buyers of its miners amounts to a "Texas hedge" – doubling down on risk, not offsetting it.

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CryptoCurrency News: Security Token Offerings Are (Finally) Set for Takeoff in 2020

After teething problems in 2018 and 2019, the market for security token offerings is ready for growth in 2020.

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CryptoCurrency News: TokenSoft Scores SEC Transfer Agent Registration to Build ‘Automated Investment Bank’

Crypto startup TokenSoft has obtained a key regulatory seal of approval as it seeks to build an investment bank for the age of tokenization.

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CryptoCurrency News: MARKETS DAILY: Billion Dollar Returns Removed From Libra White Paper

With markets continuing their decline, we're hunting for billion dollar returns and the Libra Investment Token in a major revision to the Libra white paper.

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CryptoCurrency News: Planned $1.1B Sale of .Org Angers Many Open Source Crypto Developers

The potential sale of the .org top-level domain could mean higher costs for open source crypto projects.

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CryptoCurrency News: 2019: The Inflection Point for Data Privacy

Americans have had enough of companies monetizing our personal data. Smart companies will react.

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CryptoCurrency News: Bitcoiners Are Building a Sidechain Version of Ethereum’s MakerDAO

The bitcoin community may soon have its own version of ethereum’s flagship decentralized finance (DeFi) platform.

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CryptoCurrency News: Equilibrium’s Stablecoin Now Has $17.5M in Insurance That Pays Out Automatically

Equilibrium will hold 6.5 million EOS tokens in reserve as an insurance policy for users should its stablecoin lose its peg.

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CryptoCurrency News: Dutch Bank ING Reportedly Working on Crypto Custody Tech

Netherlands-based banking multinational ING is developing technology for the custody of crypto assets, according to Reuters sources.

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CryptoCurrency News: Binance Adds 167 Fiat Payment Options Through Integration With P2P Exchange Paxful

Binance has teamed up with peer-to-peer bitcoin exchange Paxful to enable users to purchase bitcoin with 167 fiat currencies.

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CryptoCurrency News: Bitcoin Eyes Minor Price Bounce After Hitting Two-Week Low

Bitcoin has potential for a small price bounce after hitting two-week lows early on Thursday.

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CryptoCurrency News: Cryptopia’s Liquidator Claws Back $7.2M, But Identifying Crypo Ownership a ‘Mammoth Task’

The liquidator for the collapsed New Zealand-based crypto exchange Cryptopia now has $7.2 million on balance for potential user refunds. Finding out who's owed what, though, is proving a tough task.

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CryptoCurrency News: Volcker Might Have Said Yes to a Digital Dollar – If He Knew What It Was

What would the late former Federal Reserve Chair Paul Volcker have thought about digital currencies issued by central banks?

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