CryptoCurrency News: CFTC Chair: ‘A Large Part’ of Financial System Could End Up in Blockchain Format

Perfection shouldn’t be the enemy of good when it comes to regulating the cryptocurrency space, said Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Chairman Heath Tarbert.

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CryptoCurrency News: Blockchain Bites: Bitcoin’s New ETP, Ethereum’s ‘Woodstock Moment’ and Silvergate’s SEN Zen

Bitcoin is tracing gold to yearly highs, a crypto hedge fund folded and a Swiss firm launched bitcoin's first actively managed ETP.

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CryptoCurrency News: Bitcoin News Roundup for July 28, 2020

With bitcoin pulling back a little after yesterday's frenzied rush above $11,000, CoinDesk's Markets Daily is back with another news roundup.

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CryptoCurrency News: EU Outlines Tech Specs for Nodes in Its Blockchain Services Testnet

Participating member states can stage their testnet nodes on hardware with specs roughly equivalent to a PC gamer’s tower.

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CryptoCurrency News: Is Bitcoin Mining Legal in India? Miners Still Don’t Know

Following a recent Supreme Court decision, India's crypto industry is optimistic about the future. But miners still don't know if what they do is illegal.

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CryptoCurrency News: Digital Intelligence Firm Cellebrite Launches Crypto Tracing Tool Powered by CipherTrace

Israel-based digital forensics firm Cellebrite announced the launch of its cryptocurrency and blockchain tracing tool on Tuesday.

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CryptoCurrency News: Expectations for Even Further Bitcoin Gains Keep Lid on Futures Contracts Liquidations

Only $133 million in futures were liquidated on BitMEX as bitcoin soared above $11,400.

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CryptoCurrency News: Deribit Reports Daily Record $539M of Bitcoin Options Traded, More Than Double Prior High

Exchange Deribit has more than doubled on its previous daily record with well over $500 million worth of bitcoin options traded.

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CryptoCurrency News: Why Bitcoin-Like Scarcity Would Be a Disaster for the Dollar

Calls to restrict the Fed's money printing powers fail to recognize the likely consequences, including price instability.

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CryptoCurrency News: Swiss Exchange Lists World’s First Active Bitcoin ETP

FiCAS has listed the world's first actively managed bitcoin ETP on Switzerland's SIX exchange.

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CryptoCurrency News: Fireblocks Claims Exchange Program Enables Zero-Confirmation Crypto Deposits

Fireblocks says its new system provides crypto deposits on exchanges with zero confirmations and in real-time.

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CryptoCurrency News: Bitcoin Futures Volume Surges 186% as Price Hits $11K

The market for Bitcoin futures snapped back into life on Monday as the cryptocurrency's price surged up to an 11-month high.

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CryptoCurrency News: First Mover: The Dollar Drop May Have Helped Push Bitcoin Past $11K

As the U.S. dollar’s value slides, prices are suddenly rising for just about everything priced in dollars.  That includes bitcoin, which shot up some 13% on Monday for its biggest gain in almost three months. Prices soared past levels reached in February, prior to the pandemic-induced sell-off, reaching a new 2020 high of $11,180. You’re reading First […]

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CryptoCurrency News: One Billion, Two Billion, Three Billion, Four? DeFi’s Knocking on TradFi’s Door

DeFi is an overnight success years in the making. From "The DAO" hack to $3.6 billion in total value locked, here's the history of decentralized finance.

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CryptoCurrency News: Memories of London’s Devcon 1, Ethereum’s ‘Woodstock’ Moment

Ethereum’s Devcon 1, held in London in November 2015, featured adventuresome bankers and Big 4 consultants mingling with dreadlocked coders.

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CryptoCurrency News: Australian State Treasury Proposes ‘Flexible’ Regulatory Reform for Blockchain

The New South Wales Treasury is exploring regulatory reform for blockchain technology citing the need to promote innovation.

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CryptoCurrency News: Israel’s Stock Exchange Launches Blockchain Platform for Securities Lending

The new blockchain platform can facilitate peer-to-peer trading and allow the securities lending market to reach its full potential, the exchange said.

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CryptoCurrency News: Staking on Ethereum 2.0 Takes First Step With Test System for Validators

The transition to Ethereum 2.0 and its proof-of-stake consensus model is finally underway.

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CryptoCurrency News: Firm Uses Ethereum to Tokenize Sustainable Infrastructure in Fight Against Climate Change

UK-based fintech company Fasset aims to bridge the $15 trillion gap in sustainable infrastructure development with blockchain-backed investments.

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CryptoCurrency News: P2P Exchange LocalBitcoins Adds Crypto Surveillance Tools From Elliptic

Elliptic's tracing software bolsters the peer-to-peer exchange's anti-money laundering safeguards.

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