CryptoCurrency News: Why DeFi’s Billion-Dollar Milestone Matters

The DeFi market hitting $1 billion in locked crypto is something even the most fervent ethereum skeptics would have a tough time dismissing as meaningless.

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CryptoCurrency News: Kraken’s Dan Held on What’s Different About Bitcoin at $10K This Time

As bitcoin inches towards $10,000, @nlw is joined by Kraken’s Dan Held to discuss how the narrative, infrastructure and audience have changed since this price last year.

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CryptoCurrency News: Appealing to Normies: Advancing Bitcoin Starts With Better UX

At London's Advancing Bitcoin conference, developers discussed user-experience fixes for the world's leading crypto.

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CryptoCurrency News: New ‘TRUMP’ Token Giving 62% Odds of US President’s Reelection

Crypto traders outside the U.S. now have a way to weigh in on President Trump thanks to a new digital token, the TRUMP.

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CryptoCurrency News: CFTC Asked to Provide Opinion in SEC Case Against Telegram ICO

A U.S. judge has asked lawyers from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to provide an opinion in the case brought by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) against Telegram's $1.7 billion token sale.

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CryptoCurrency News: Now More Than Ever, SEC Is Scrutinizing Unregistered Token Offerings

The frequency of ICO-related enforcement actions has been increasing in the U.S.

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CryptoCurrency News: FinCEN: Social Media Companies That Tokenize Must Follow the Law

Social networks with crypto aspirations must guard their systems against criminal exploitation, said FinCEN's deputy chief.

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CryptoCurrency News: Crypto News Roundup for Feb. 7, 2020

With bitcoin meeting new resistance at $9850, Markets Daily is back with our daily news roundup

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CryptoCurrency News: Above $10K: CME Bitcoin Futures Hit 3.5-Month Highs

Bitcoin futures listed on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange rose to multi-month highs, breaking above $10,000 early Friday.

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CryptoCurrency News: Paystand Raises $20M to Be Blockchain-Based ‘Venmo’ for Commercial Payments

The firm offers a platform using blockchain tech to automate commercial payments.

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CryptoCurrency News: London Block Exchange Placed into Compulsory Liquidation

The company, known as Dragon Payments since last July, was ordered to be wound up on Jan. 31.

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CryptoCurrency News: Fearing ‘Currency Struggle,’ Japanese Politicians Want G7 Response to China’s Digital Yuan

The group of lawmakers fears that the digital yuan could create economic disruption if it starts to replace the greenback in international markets.

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CryptoCurrency News: Bitcoin Has Erased Over 45% of 2019 Sell-Off in Just 7 Weeks

In just seven weeks, bitcoin has recovered over 45 percent of the value lost in the second half of 2019.

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CryptoCurrency News: Coronavirus Concerns Cause Another Crypto Event to Be Postponed

A crypto conference, planned to be held in Hong Kong in March, has now been pushed back to October over concerns about the coronavirus outbreak.

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CryptoCurrency News: RSK Launches Interoperability Bridge Between Bitcoin and Ethereum

RSK's tokens can now operate within the ethereum ecosystem using the new token bridge.

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CryptoCurrency News: Platform Allowing Trading of Crypto in Custody Completes First $100K Transaction

The platform provides a solution that allows trading of digital assets which they remain in secure custody.

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CryptoCurrency News: Prime Trust to Arrange Banking for Customers of BlockQuake Crypto Exchange

The exchange will use Prime Trust for compliance checks as well as custody for fiat and cold storage for crypto.

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