Silk Road’s Ross Ulbricht was not among the 143 individuals to receive clemency from the President, despite reports he was being considered.
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Tuesday, January 19, 2021
CryptoCurrency News: Trump Pardons Ripple Board Member Ken Kurson; Ulbricht, Snowden Not on List
Silk Road’s Ross Ulbricht was not among the 143 individuals to receive clemency from the President, despite reports he was being considered.
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CryptoCurrency News: Bitcoin Is Aiding the Ransomware Industry
We are living in a world where the second-order effects of permissionless money – like the greater use of ransomware – are already evident.
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CryptoCurrency News: Goldman Sachs Can No Longer Dismiss Bitcoin
According to a Goldman insider, the investment bank will leap into crypto custody soon.
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CryptoCurrency News: Blockchain Bites: ‘Crowded’ Crypto Traders, Ether All-Time High, the Bitcoin Battery Proposal
Bitcoin's environmental impact has become top focus for some critics as traders go "long BTC" and Dunamu reveals a “fear and greed” index.
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CryptoCurrency News: Janet Yellen Says Cryptocurrencies Are a ‘Concern’ in Terrorist Financing
The U.S. should examine how it can curtail the use of crypto for illicit financing, the former Fed Chair said.
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CryptoCurrency News: The US Can Make Bitcoin Mining Greener
With companies like Square announcing environment-focused mining initiatives, the U.S. can take the lead in reducing bitcoin's carbon impact.
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CryptoCurrency News: Brave Becomes First Browser to Offer Native IPFS Integration
IPFS integration gives Brave users easier access to the protocol while improving the overall resilience of the internet.
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CryptoCurrency News: Bitcoin News Roundup for Jan. 19, 2021
With more traders betting on bitcoin than tech stocks and ether briefly reaching an all-time high, CoinDesk’s Market’s Daily is back with the latest news roundup.
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CryptoCurrency News: Criminal Activity in Crypto Transactions Fell Sharply in 2020, Says Chainalysis
Partly offsetting the positive trend is an explosion in ransomware attacks, which rose 311% from 2019.
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CryptoCurrency News: Extremism and Cryptocurrency: The Story Too Big to Ignore.
In this episode, Anna Baydakova, Danny Nelson, and Tanzeel Akhtar discuss livestreaming the insurrection on a blockchain, Iran taking the mining industry under control, and if Europe can regulate bitcoin.
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CryptoCurrency News: State of Crypto: What the Crypto World Should Watch for in the Biden Era
The incoming president has already announced he would tap pro-crypto, pro-regulation Gary Gensler to lead the SEC, but a number of other names and issues remain outstanding.
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CryptoCurrency News: First Mover: Ether Steals Limelight With New All-Time High Price as Bitcoiners HODL
Crypto traders shift focus to ether as second-largest cryptocurrency surges to new record price, but bitcoiners aren't going anywhere.
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CryptoCurrency News: Thieves Grab $451K in Cash From Hong Kong Crypto Trader
The robbers lured a female cryptocurrency trader into an office and threatened her with a weapon, according to a report.
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CryptoCurrency News: Ethereum’s Ether Cryptocurrency Sets New Price Record on Major Exchanges
Ether (ETH) has broken its previous all-time high set in January 2018 with a rise to $1,439.
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CryptoCurrency News: UK’s NHS Taps Blockchain Tech to Monitor Coronavirus Vaccine Cold Chain
Hedera Hashgraph's blockchain platform will provide the health service with a tamperproof record of vaccine temperatures, the firm said.
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CryptoCurrency News: Bitcoin Becomes Most-Crowded Trade After Passing ‘Long Tech’: Bank of America Survey
Bank of America's January survey of fund managers indicated bitcoin is now seeing the most capital inflow.
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CryptoCurrency News: Enjin Coin Becomes First Gaming Cryptocurrency Whitelisted for Use in Japan
ENJ has been given the official nod by the Japan Virtual Currency Exchange Association, a self-regulatory body.
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CryptoCurrency News: Bitcoin’s Price Must Pass $40K to Halt Exodus of Traders: JPMorgan Analysts
A bearish outlook may be triggered if bitcoin doesn't claw its way back over $40,000, the analysts said.
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CryptoCurrency News: India’s Largest Crypto Exchange Launches User-Friendly App, Eyes 50M New Users
Aimed to appeal to crypto newcomers, CoinDCX Go allows users to trade smaller denominations of 14 of the industry's top assets.
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