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Bitcoin Conversation Volume Beats Talk of Facebook, Apple, Netflix, Google

While eggs must always first give way to chickens, in the case of Twitter discussion volume and bitcoin price rising things aren’t exactly clear. Did the decentralized currency’s massive value increase drive Tweets? Or, did the Twitterverse push ever-upward the world’s most popular cryptocurrency, bitcoin? Also read: Initial Troll Offering Fires Back at Wall Street with […]

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Internet Archive Adds Bitcoin Cash and Zcash for Donations

News.Bitcoin.com recently reported on the San Francisco–based digital library, the Internet Archive, ‘hodling’ its bitcoin donations and making some nice gains in the nonprofit’s yearly earnings reports. This week the Internet Archive has announced it will be accepting two more cryptocurrencies — bitcoin cash and zcash. Also read: Internet Archive and Overstock to ‘Hodl’ More […]

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Source: https://news.bitcoin.com/internet-archive-has-added-bitcoin-cash-and-zcash-choices-for-donations/

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Japanese Financial Authority Clarifies Policy on Cryptocurrencies and ICOs

The Japanese Financial Services Agency has recently published a document clarifying its financial administrative policies, including its policy on cryptocurrencies and initial coin offerings (ICOs). Also read: Bitcoin-Based Ethereum Rival RSK Set to Launch Next Month FSA’s Policy Clarifications Japan’s Financial Services Agency (FSA) has recently clarified its financial administrative policies, outlining “what kind of policy the […]

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PR: Binary.com Options Trading to Launch Initial Coin Offering (ICO) in q4 2017

Binary options pioneer is offering digital tokens that grant dividend-linked payments through its “IPO on the blockchain”

Binary.com, the pioneer in online binary options trading, today announced it will be performing an Initial Coin Offering (ICO) that gives potential investors an opportunity to invest in the company’s future. Binary.com is offering up to 10 million digital tokens through its ICO –– all of which will be available through an open auction on its website.

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Source: https://news.bitcoin.com/pr-binary-com-options-trading-announces-initial-coin-offering/

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Privacy-Centric Protocol Mimblewimble Now Being Trialed on the Bitcoin Testnet

Back in August of 2016, a paper named after the Harry Potter movie series called “Mimblewimble” was proposed to the bitcoin community. The concept aims to offer “near complete” bitcoin transaction anonymity and the project has intrigued many cryptocurrency enthusiasts for quite some time. The development team behind the project has announced that an early […]

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Source: https://news.bitcoin.com/privacy-centric-protocol-mimblewimble-now-being-trialed-on-the-bitcoin-testnet/

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Bitcoin Bears Get Boost with Swiss Short Notes Offering Limited Loss Potential

Up until today, market sentiment has been all bull on the world’s most popular cryptocurrency, bitcoin. News of pending futures from Chicago by Christmas, price upticks, and all-time highs ignore bears altogether. Now from the Swiss comes a first set of bitcoin short notes designed to profit from price drops. Also read: Putin Advisor Bearish […]

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Ripple CEO and Ethereum Co-Founder Bash ICO Industry

In a recent interview, Ripple chief executive officer, Brad Garlinghouse, and Ethereum co-founder, Joseph Lubin, have criticized the current state of the ICO industry. The pair expressed concerns that although many “high-quality projects” are using ICOs as a fundraising vehicle, numerous “copycat projects” have raised money without “intend[ing] to deliver any value to the people […]

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Source: https://news.bitcoin.com/ripple-ceo-and-ethereum-co-founder-bash-ico-industry/

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Amaury Séchet Proposes New Bitcoin Cash Address Format for January 14

This week, the lead developer for Bitcoin ABC, Amaury Séchet, sent out a proposal via the developer’s mailing list to upgrade the address format for the Bitcoin Cash (BCH) network. Séchet says the need to change the address format is “pressing” and the developer suggests aiming for deployment around January 14, 2018. Also read: Meet the […]

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Source: https://news.bitcoin.com/amaury-sechet-proposes-bitcoin-cash-address-change-for-january-14/

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Coinbase Announce Cryptocurrency Custodianship as Institutional Money Floods In

It’s hard to keep pace with the spate of stories surrounding institutional support for bitcoin right now. From futures contracts to bitcoin trading desks, big money is pouring into cryptocurrency. Coinbase have thrust their weight behind the growing movement, announcing a digital custody custodianship for institutions amidst a slew of similar global stories. See also: Wall […]

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Source: https://news.bitcoin.com/coinbase-announce-cryptocurrency-custodianship-institutional-money-floods/

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Local Japanese Government Considers ICO to Revitalize Region

A local Japanese government is considering a municipal initial coin offering (ICO) in order to raise funds to revitalize the region. It has partnered with private enterprises to begin research into how to launch the mooted ICO. Also read: Sberbank Apologizes for Buying Nearly All Graphics Cards on the Russian Market Japanese Government Planning an ICO […]

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Source: https://news.bitcoin.com/local-japanese-government-ico-revitalize-region/

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