CryptoCurrency News: Pornhub Payment Option Verge Suffers Massive Blockchain Reorganization

Verge has been hit by a massive 560,000-block reorganization.

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CryptoCurrency News: Market Wrap: Crypto Market Cap Breaks $1.5T as Buyers Show Up for the Dip

Buyers showed up quickly to reverse the crypto market dip through Monday.

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CryptoCurrency News: The Mainstream Media Narrative Shifts as Deutsche Bank and Morgan Stanley Come to Bitcoin

As another wave of major financial institutions announce bitcoin plans, it’s getting harder for the MSM to simply print the same old FUD.

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CryptoCurrency News: Bitcoin Mining: Wasted Energy or a Better, Greener System?

Harry Sudock, VP of strategy at GRIID Infrastructure joins the show to discuss the modern energy landscape, how far we've come and where bitcoin mining can fit into a sustainable energy system.

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CryptoCurrency News: Australia’s Blockchain Ecosystem Needs More Support From Regulators, Says Industry Body

Blockchain Australia CEO Steve Vallas believes the country is "well placed" when it comes to blockchain, but a bigger conversation is needed with financial regulators.

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CryptoCurrency News: UK Crypto Exchange EXMO Offline Amid DDoS Attack

The exchange said it's working to bring services back online following the attack.

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CryptoCurrency News: Institutions Not Worried About Bitcoin Dropping Below $40K, Options Data Shows

Lack of hedging demand for long-term put options shows institutions remain unconcerned by Monday's price drop.

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CryptoCurrency News: New Emerging Markets Fund Targets Blockchain, DeFi Startups

The Arcanum Emerging Technologies Fund will start in India, but its founders plan to expand to other regions.

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CryptoCurrency News: Bitcoin Miners Posted $354M in Revenue Last Week, Breaking Record From 2017

Last week's mining revenue eclipsed the previous record set in mid December 2017.

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CryptoCurrency News: Thailand’s Securities Regulator Eyes Qualifications for New Crypto Investors

The regulator believes new cryptocurrency investors should have a certain level of trading experience and financial reserves.

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CryptoCurrency News: Reddit, Robinhood, Citadel CEOs to Testify at GameStop Hearing

The U.S. House Committee on Financial Services hearing will investigate issues around the recent trading surge for shares of GameStop and other companies.

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CryptoCurrency News: 3 Reasons Why Bitcoin’s Price Just Fell by $3K

The sudden pullback just short of a new $50,000 high surprised many investors. Here's what probably happened.

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CryptoCurrency News: Industry Group Says Hong Kong’s Proposed Crypto Rules Could Drive Traders Underground

Hong Kong’s plan to restrict cryptocurrency investment to professionals means retail investors could move to unlicensed venues, said Global Digital Finance.

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CryptoCurrency News: Japan’s SBI in Talks Over Joint Venture to Make Crypto a Core Revenue Source

SBI's founder and CEO Yoshitaka Kitao said his firm would turn the planned crypto venture into a core source of profitability.

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CryptoCurrency News: Happy Bull’s Year, North Korean Hackers!

In this episode, Anna Baydakova and Danny Nelson discuss North Korea reportedly stealing your crypto to create nuclear weapons, Tesla rattling markets at an opportune time and Nigeria trying to ban crypto.

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