CryptoCurrency News: Options Growth Will Ignite Innovation in the Bitcoin Market – But Not in the Way You Think

Richard Rosenblum, co-founder of GSR, points out the lackluster growth in listed options hides the real action taking place in OTC hedges.

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CryptoCurrency News: Scotland’s Bitcoiners Share Canny Tales of ‘Buying the Dip’

A meetup in Scotland afforded a forensic examination of bitcoin's rollercoaster cycle – with plenty of examples of the emotional trauma that accompanied the ride.

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CryptoCurrency News: How Fund Managers View Lending and Staking: 3 Takeaways From a CoinDesk Research Webinar

In December, we invited two fund managers, both long bitcoin and other crypto assets, for a CoinDesk Research webinar on lending and staking. Jordan Clifford of Scalar Capital and Kyle Samani of Multicoin Capital joined us to discuss how they evaluate risk and returns in crypto lending and staking, what crypto assets' risk-free rate might look like, and what DeFi needs to do to attract investors and new users.

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CryptoCurrency News: Google Reinstates Bitcoin Rewards Game Suspended for ‘Deceptive Practices’

The “Bitcoin Blast” app is back on the Google Play store, though Google still hasn’t clarified why it was taken down in the first place.

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CryptoCurrency News: Seychelles’ Stock Exchange Will List Ethereum Tokens Representing Supercars

MERJ, the only licensed stock exchange in the Seychelles, plans to list ethereum tokens representing shares in supercars issued by CurioInvest, starting with a $1.1 million Ferrari.

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CryptoCurrency News: The Founders of Synthetix and Chainlink on DeFi, Derivatives and 25 New Decentralized Price Feeds

Yesterday Chainlink released price reference data for 25 of its decentralized oracle networks which, together, power more than $100m in DeFi.

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CryptoCurrency News: Listen to Elon Musk’s Latest EDM Beats on the CoinDesk Crypto Roundup

We've got the 'hawt' new single from Tesla CEO Elon Musk and as bitcoin ends its best January ever, traders eye a price move above the psychological level of $10,000.

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CryptoCurrency News: Ethereum Miners’ ETH Holdings Near Record Highs

Ethereum miners are hoarding ether tokens, and this could indicate high confidence in the project.

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CryptoCurrency News: Bitcoin Startup Casa Names New CEO as Node Service Goes Open-Source

Bitcoin startup Casa is charging into 2020 with a new look – by winding down its hardware product and shuffling its front office.

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CryptoCurrency News: Financial Firm SBI Holdings to Offer XRP Cryptocurrency as Shareholders’ Benefit

Japan's crypto-friendly financial firm SBI Holdings is to give shareholders the option to receive the XRP cryptocurrency as a benefit. They can alternatively accept health supplements.

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CryptoCurrency News: ‘Key Milestone’ for Hyperledger as Fabric Blockchain Platform Reaches 2.0 Release

Version 2.0 marks the most significant release since Fabric first launched in 2017.

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CryptoCurrency News: Crypto Tax Software Developers Get Serious About System Standards

A growing number of crypto tax software developers are trying to bolster their products’ technical credibility with the CPA’s stamp of attestation.

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CryptoCurrency News: Bitcoin Heads Into Historically Positive February on a Bullish Note

Bitcoin's 30% rise in January has put the bulls into the driver's seat, opening the doors for a continued rally into five figures.

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CryptoCurrency News: Deribit to Launch Daily BTC Options as Regulated Competition Heats Up

Launching Feb. 3, the daily bitcoin index options will appeal to a different kind of trader, the firm says.

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CryptoCurrency News: Third-Party Trackers Are Pulling Your Data Off Ring’s Android App

A new report from the Electronic Frontier Foundation details the personally identifiable information pulled from your Ring app.

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CryptoCurrency News: USA vs. Virgil Griffith: What We Know (and Don’t) in the Bombshell Crypto Sanctions Case

Prosecutors appear to have a strong case against Virgil Griffith, the ethereum developer charged with conspiring to aid North Korea, legal experts say.

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CryptoCurrency News: Bitfinex Adds Margin Trading on Tether Gold With Pairs of Up to 5x Leverage

Bitfinex has launched margin trading for Tether Gold with select pairs of up to 5 times leverage.

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CryptoCurrency News: Silk Road Operator Pleads Guilty to 1 Charge of Conspiracy

Roger Clark, an alleged operator behind the Silk Road darknet site arrested in 2015, has pleaded guilty to one charge of conspiracy to distribute narcotics.

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CryptoCurrency News: Nomura Launching Benchmark for Japan’s Crypto Assets

Pegged to Japan's cryptocurrency market, Nomura's benchmark will be available to domestic and overseas institutional investors and crypto exchanges, among others.

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CryptoCurrency News: Ethereum Dev Virgil Griffith Pleads Not Guilty to Violating North Korea Sanctions

Ethereum developer Virgil Griffith pleaded not guilty to a charge of conspiracy to violate the International Emergency Economic Powers Act on Thursday.  Griffith was arrested in November on allegations he spoke at a cryptocurrency conference in North Korea last year, where he allegedly taught his audience how to use cryptos to evade sanctions. A complaint […]

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CryptoCurrency News: The Unsolved Mystery of How to Fund Public Protocols

Gitcoin, BCash and Zcash all try different paths to fund public protocol development, plus the latest in CBDCs from Japan and Cambodia and Andrew Yang on crypto.

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CryptoCurrency News: Listia Raised $15M With Its XNK ICO. Now It’s Ditching the Token for Props

Listia's marketplace for used-goods is ditching its native XNK token in favor of YouNow's props.

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CryptoCurrency News: Exchange Tokens: Neither a Great Investment Nor a Great Market Indicator

It’s surprising that, despite the success of their issuers, exchange tokens have not been more successful as investments, or as metrics of adoption in one of crypto assets' best-proven use cases, speculation.

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CryptoCurrency News: Two Social Networks Announce Plans to Integrate YouNow’s Props Token

YouNow says two other peer-to-peer sites are now integrating its props token: Camfrog and Listia.

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CryptoCurrency News: Zap’s New Product Lets Merchants Take Dollars Over Lightning Network

"Merchants can accept bitcoin and lightning payments with the same infrastructure, except they never touch the asset," explained Zap founder Jack Mallers.

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CryptoCurrency News: Coronavirus Controls in China Are Delaying Crypto Miner Deliveries, Firms Say

MicroBT and Canaan have notified customers they would be delaying ASIC deliveries due to the Chinese government's quarantine of Wuhan following the coronavirus outbreak.

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CryptoCurrency News: ‘One Network, Many Chains’ – The Case for Blockchain Interoperability

Inter-blockchain communication (IBC) is poised to be a major theme of 2020. And, like most trends in crypto, it has its fair share of hope, hype and haters.

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CryptoCurrency News: Cambodia Readies a Blockchain-Based Digital Currency

Cambodia's central bank digital currency platform has the support of 11 national banks and will be used initially for domestic payments once launched at some point during the first fiscal quarter of this year.

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CryptoCurrency News: Crypto News Roundup for Jan. 30, 2020

Markets Daily is back with news of the day and clips of Democratic Presidential hopeful Andrew Yang's recent crypto comments.

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CryptoCurrency News: TokenSoft Launches Wallet Allowing Investors to Self-Manage Security Tokens

The U.S.-regulated security token platform says its new wallet product makes managing tokens easier for less tech-savvy investors.

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CryptoCurrency News: Compared to Traditional Banks, Crypto Lenders See Booming Growth

A lukewarm U.S. economy is making big banks like JPMorgan Chase struggle to produce fast loan growth - even with interest rates close to historic lows. Yet, in the white-hot cryptocurrency industry, lenders are burgeoning.

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CryptoCurrency News: Bittrex Takes Out Record $300M Insurance on Crypto Held in Cold Storage

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CryptoCurrency News: Coinbase Custody, Bison Trails Join Proof of Stake Alliance to Push for Clearer Crypto Regulations

Coinbase Custody and Bison Trails have joined the Proof of Stake Alliance, a lobbyist organization hoping to clarify the legal treatment of staking rewards in the U.S.

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CryptoCurrency News: Andrew Yang: US Has to Fix Its ‘Hodgepodge’ Crypto Regulation

The current fragmented regulatory situation in the U.S. is "bad for everybody," Yang said.

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CryptoCurrency News: Bitcoin Reinforces Latest Rally With Defense of $9,200 Price Support

Bitcoin's price rally is looking solid, with the bulls defending key price support earlier on Thursday.

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CryptoCurrency News: Japan Must Be Ready if Demand for Digital Yen ‘Soars’: Central Bank Official

Japan needs to keep researching a central bank digital currency, even if it won't launch one just yet, accord to the Bank of Japan's deputy governor.

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CryptoCurrency News: Ethereum-Based Ad Firm Bidooh Sues Founders in Tech Ownership Dispute

The co-founders are countersuing, claiming the company – which developed "Minority Report-inspired ad boards – has been hijacked.

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CryptoCurrency News: Former JPMorgan Exec Joins Binance as Latin American, European Director

Former State Street counsel, JPMorgan vice president and Huobi regional head Josh Goodbody is joining Binance as its new director of European and Latin American growth and institutional business.

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[FOREX TIP] CHF/JPY Daily Price Forecast – 30th Jan 2020

CHF/JPY has been bearish on the daily chart. The pair produced a spinning top daily yesterday with a bearish body. The H4 chart shows that the price has been on consolidation. A level of flipped resistance may drive the price towards the South, which may end up offering a short entry. Let us have a look at the H4 CHF/JPY chart.

This trade idea was generated by our powerful Elite Swing Trader System on an H4 time frame.

CHF/JPY Daily Price Forecast – 30th Jan 2020

The chart shows that the price has been heading towards the downside after having consolidation. It bounced at the level of 111.655 yesterday and produced a bullish engulfing candle too. However, the price has been bearish for a long time. The price already had a rejection at the level of 112.060. If it produces a strong bearish reversal candle, the sellers may go short on the pair if the pair makes an H4 breakout at the level of 111.655. Let us have a look at the summary of the trade…

• Entry: Sell below 111.735
• Stop Loss: Above 112.158
• Take Profit: 111.312

The price may make a long upward correction at the level of 111.035 since it is daily support. Thus, the sellers may consider taking out the whole trade at the take profit level. On the other hand, if the price makes a daily breakout at the take profit level, the pair may remain bearish for quite a while on the daily chart. Most probably, the price may not make a daily breakout at that level straightway. The Head and Shoulder pattern may be produced on the daily chart before it heads towards the South further.

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CryptoCurrency News: Stablecoins ‘Flip’ Ethereum’s Native Currency In Transfer Value

A greater share of value is being transferred via stablecoins over the Ethereum network than its own native cryptocurrency.

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CryptoCurrency News: Coinbase Custody Goes International With New Entity in Ireland

Coinbase has launched Coinbase Custody International Inc., a European entity for handling cryptocurrency deposits.

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CryptoCurrency News: Better Regulation Could Curb Crypto Scams, Chainalysis Report Says

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CryptoCurrency News: Coinbase Hires Google VP as Chief Product Officer

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CryptoCurrency News: While CME Shines, Literally No One Is Trading Bakkt’s Bitcoin Options

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CryptoCurrency News: Most of MakerDAO’s Asset Value Is in Only a Few Addresses

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CryptoCurrency News: Crypto News Roundup for Jan. 29, 2020

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CryptoCurrency News: Former Coinbase COO Joins Blockchain-Based Lending Firm Figure

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