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Bitcoin Made Busting A Dark Child Porn Ring Easy Oct 18, 2019

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This week the US Department of Justice announced the seizure of a dark web platform for child pornography called Welcome to Video.
The site included a message warning users not to upload adult porn and charged users as much as $350 in Bitcoin.

Grayscale Shows Its Strongest Demand For Crypto Products Since Inception Oct 16, 2019

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Grayscale Investments’ Third quarter report highlighted that inflows have tripled quarter over quarter, from around 84 million dollars to around 254 million dollars, despite recent declines in digital asset market prices.
This marks the strongest demand for Grayscale products since the firms inception.

The Oxford English Dictionary Adds The Word Satoshi Oct 15, 2019

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On October 9th the Oxford English Dictionary announced that it added the word “Satoshi,” which is Bitcoin’s smallest unit.

Bitcoin is a Superior Currency That Frees People Oct 14, 2019

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Venture capitalist Tim Draper said Bitcoin is a superior currency that frees people.
He went on to say that In the twenty first century, currencies are based on faith in the government, but Bitcoin appeared as a currency that was not backed by any government and held the possibility for global payments.

Will The New Dot Crypto Domains Replace Crypto Wallet Addresses Oct 14, 2019

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Unstoppable Domains has launched its new dot crypto domain registry on the Ethereum blockchain.
According to a press release published on October 11th, The registry allows users to connect any crypto address to their domain, enabling payments to be made using just the domain name.

Who Are the Biggest Bitcoin HODLers? Oct 11, 2019

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It probably won't come as a big surprise that Crypto exchanges are the biggest Bitcoin HODLers. 6.7% of the current circulation of Bitcoin is held on exchange wallets, and that is valued around 9.8 billion dollars.

Top Banker Admits Fiat is Worthless Oct 09, 2019

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Oswald Gruebe, was the head of Credit Suisse from two thousand four to two thousand seven and he has criticized negative interest rates adding that it means money has become worthless.

Casa Updates Lightning Nodes Oct 09, 2019

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Casa is launching a new version of their node, and the new node will process transactions faster because of its larger memory unit which is four gigabit versus the current node’s one Gigabit, it has a better processor and new software.

5 Reasons to HODL Your Bitcoin Oct 07, 2019

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Forget the recent bearish momentum and Bakkt’s disappointing launch.
Here are five reminders why you should still be HODL’ing your Bitcoin.

Coinbase Pro Hikes Fees By Up To 233% Oct 06, 2019

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Bitcoin exchange Coinbase has announced it will introduce new fees which will more than double usage costs for some low volume traders.