Day: May 8, 2018
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Bitcoin is Seeing Unprecedented Institutional Interest for First Time in History
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Bitcoin has progressively gained trust from users and investors. Technology enthusiasts and libertarians were soon followed by entrepreneurs and retail investors with the fear of missing out. For a long time, Bitcoin was seen as a joke for most institutional investors, but the sentiment seems to have shifted. LedgerX CEO Witnesses Unprecedented Institutional Interest for……
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Crypto Investment Schemes Hit With Cease-and-Desists in Texas
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A Texas regulator has issued cease-and-desist orders against two cryptocurrency schemes that it alleges are selling unregistered securities.
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BMW Pilots ‘Gamified’ Crypto Reward System To Incentivize Drivers To Track Mileage
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BMW has piloted a system that uses the crypto startup DOVU’s token to reward drivers for tracking their vehicle mileage
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Global Conference Fireworks Over Crypto
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A recent panel discussion at the Milken Institute Global Conference in Beverly Hills became heated when panelists aired their conflicting views on the future of cryptocurrency. Every seat in the conference auditorium was filled for the discussion which included United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) chairman Christopher Giancarlo, economist Nouriel Roubini, and Commissioner at the…
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Billionaire Bill Gates once got bitcoin as a birthday present — here’s what he did with it – CNBC
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CNBCBillionaire Bill Gates once got bitcoin as a birthday present — here’s what he did with itCNBCBitcoin is “one of the crazier speculative things,” Gates says. And, he’s willing to bet against its success, adding, “I would short it if there was an easy way to do it.” Gates explained that one reason he has…
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Why NYSE’s Parent Company Is Building a Bitcoin Exchange – Fortune
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FortuneWhy NYSE’s Parent Company Is Building a Bitcoin ExchangeFortuneThe owner of the NYSE has been building an online trading platform to allow its institutional investors to buy and hold Bitcoin, according to The New York Times. Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), the parent company of NYSE, reportedly plans to offer …NYSE Owner ICE Is Said to Be…
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Verge Community Members Push for a Spotify Partnership
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It seems that drama and excitement are reaching new heights in the Verge world. After an announced partnership with Pornhub, the community is now looking toward the future. A potential partnership with Spotify will certainly introduce a lot of changes, but it seems unlikely this altcoin will be successful in achieving that goal. Verge and Spotify…
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Crypto Probe ‘Continues’ Despite New York AG’s Resignation
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Following Eric Schneiderman’s abrupt resignation, the New York Attorney General’s Office’s “work continues,” according to a spokesperson.
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Putting Bitcoin in the Swaps Box – Bloomberg
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BloombergPutting Bitcoin in the Swaps BoxBloombergIf I sell you a Bitcoin, what have I sold you? Is it a currency? A commodity? A financial asset? A security, even? Something new and different? There are tedious debates. I suppose you might find them interesting if you’re a philosopher of money, or of …and more »
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Bitcoin Price Is Correlated To Stocks – Forbes
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ForbesBitcoin Price Is Correlated To StocksForbesIn market legend traders take naked directional positions and make their fortunes by predicting the future. According to theory, this is an impossible task. The trading industry won’t have you believe this because their pay checks often depend on the …
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Websites Hit by Latest Wave of Cryptojacking
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The website ‘Bad Packets Report’ has released a list of some 300 sites that have been compromised by “cryptojacking”, including Chinese hardware maker Lenevo. Coindesk reports that the site’s security adviser, Troy Mursch, wrote last week that the compromised sites had been infected by hackers installing a browser mining software which exploited an outdated version…
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Coinhive Code Found On 300+ Websites Worldwide In Recent Cryptojacking Campaign
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Monero-mining Coinhive code found on 348 government and university websites worldwide, report says
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A Chain of Its Own: Mobile App Kik to Fork Stellar for Fee-Free Blockchain
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Kik has decided that fees just won’t work for its crypto token mission and has decided to fork stellar to create its own blockchain.
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MoneroV Hard Fork Suffers from Borked Livenet Launch
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In the world of cryptocurrency, there are a fair few hard forks to contend with as of right now. Although Monero has seen its fair share of forked clones recently, it seems the MoneroV fork is not going exactly as planned. In fact, the scheduled launch of its mainnet has come and gone, and there is no…
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The momentous event that caused Bitcoin to peak on December 17, 2017 – Yahoo Finance
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Yahoo FinanceThe momentous event that caused Bitcoin to peak on December 17, 2017Yahoo FinanceThe fall of cryptocurrency Bitcoin (BTC-USD) for much of 2018 is no coincidence, officials at the San Francisco Federal Reserve said in a recent policy analysis. The analysts said Bitcoin’s peak in December 2017 and subsequent crash ties a bit too …Launch…