CryptoCurrency News: Chainalysis Report on PlusToken ‘Scammers’ Blamed for Monday’s Crypto Selloff

As bitcoin and ether prices fell below technically significant levels, some traders are citing fear emanating from a report about the alleged PlusToken Ponzi scheme as the reason for the plunge

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CryptoCurrency News: 2 Russian Nationals Charged With Mining Crypto on State Computers

Two Russian nationals are being prosecuted for allegedly crypto mining on Russian government-owned computer systems, state news agency TASS reported Monday.

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CryptoCurrency News: Authoritarian Airdop: Maduro ‘Gifts’ Petros to Venezuelans for Christmas

Discussing new trials of an LN point-of-sale app; updates in consumer & institutional crypto derivatives, and Venezuelan petros as holiday bonuses.

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CryptoCurrency News: What Do Women Want? More Educational Materials Before Investing in Bitcoin

There would be more women investing in bitcoin if they had more educational materials to help them, a new report found.

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CryptoCurrency News: Chinese City Warns Investors: Crypto Isn’t Blockchain

One Chinese city has a stern warning for investors: make sure you are not investing in crypto masquerading as blockchain.

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CryptoCurrency News: Top 10 US Retail Banks Unknowingly Serve Crypto Startups, CipherTrace Claims

CipherTrace revealed research Monday showing that the top 10 retail banks by assets managed in the U.S. worked with unregistered crypto money services businesses by transmitting funds on their payment networks.

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CryptoCurrency News: This Year’s Top Ten Crypto Narratives

From “The Revolution Needs Rules” to “Unbank the Banked,” 2019 was full of resonant phrases. Selkis, CEO of Messari, makes sense of them.

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CryptoCurrency News: Bitcoin-Savvy Retailers to Experiment With Point-of-Sale Lightning App in 2020

Iterative Capital is working with Breez on a point-of-sale app for bitcoin lightning payments. Some retailers are already testing the beta version.

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CryptoCurrency News: Blockchain Projects Work Better When Everyone Collaborates

To reach its potential, blockchain needs to support inclusion and avoid power consolidation, says the head of blockchain at the World Economic Forum.

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CryptoCurrency News: MARKETS DAILY: Weird News Out of Canada and a Predicted Bull Run

Blockchain goes to court in China and we get expert predictions for 2020. It's CoinDesk's Markets Daily.

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CryptoCurrency News: Musicians Want to Break Free of Big Tech

Decentralized platforms are the best means to solve equity problems in creative industries, says Roneil Rumburg, co-founder and CEO of Audius.

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CryptoCurrency News: Venezuela’s Maduro Says He Will Airdrop Half a Petro Each to Nation’s Civilians

Venezuelans including public sector workers, retirees and the military are set to receive a petro token handout this Christmas, so long as they register for the state's crypto payments platform.

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CryptoCurrency News: Bitcoin Has Got Society to Think About the Nature of Money

2020 may be the year we see the value of infrastructure built in response to bitcoin and the energy around blockchain.

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CryptoCurrency News: Tata’s IT Arm Says Its New Toolkit Will Enable Faster Blockchain App Development

Tata Consultancy Services has launched a new blockchain developers' kit that it claims will make building apps 40 percent faster.

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CryptoCurrency News: A Year After Bottoming Out at $3,100, Bitcoin is Up 127%

Bitcoin bears have dominated the second half of this year, but the cryptocurrency is still up 127% year on year.

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CryptoCurrency News: Bitmain’s Miner Manufacturing Subsidiary Had $680k in Assets Frozen in a Contract Dispute

In the latest contract dispute to hit the firm, $680,000 belonging to a fully owned subsidiary of bitcoin mining giant Bitmain has been frozen by a Chinese court.

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CryptoCurrency News: R3 Completes Trade Finance Blockchain Trial With More Than 70 Organizations

The trade finance blockchain consortium claims that it completed more than 700 funding requests with around 340 participants.

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