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Bitcoin drops below $5K Nov 19, 2018

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Bitcoin’s price fell below $5,000 for the first time since October 12, 2017, dropping more than $500 to hit $4,981 earlier today.
Despite the falling crypto prices, developers and entrepreneurs are still moving into the crypto space.
Deputy U.S. Attorney General Rod Rosenstein is calling on Interpol’s member nations to cooperate in preventing cryptocurrencies from being used for illicit purposes.
The U.S. Federal Election Commission may allow people to mine cryptocurrencies to support political candidates - but some restrictions will apply.

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Bitcoin, the Evil Spawn Nov 16, 2018

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A European Central Bank executive board member said this week that blockchain is promising – but that bitcoin is “the evil spawn of the financial crisis.”
Two cryptocurrency startups have agreed to register their initial coin offering tokens as securities after settling charges with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
Interest from both employers and job seekers in blockchain and cryptocurrency-related jobs has declined in the past year, new data indicates.
After yesterday’s split of the Bitcoin Cash blockchain, several top exchanges have already accommodated the resulting two tokens.

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Bitcoin Cash War Begins Nov 15, 2018

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Bitcoin cash's contentious hard fork happened today around 1 pm eastern time.
Notable consumer bitcoin mining pioneer Baliji Srinivasan is backing a startup seeking to take another stab at popularizing in-home crypto mining.
Police in Tokyo have arrested eight men alleged to have run a cryptocurrency pyramid scheme that collected 7.8 billion yen (almost $69 million) from thousands of victims across the country.

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SPECIAL: MarketWatch & CoinDesk Survey Results Nov 14, 2018

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Bitcoin fell to its lowest price in over 12 months on Wednesday amid a broader cryptocurrency market sell-off.
A new BitLicense has been issued by the New York State Department of Financial Services
Messenger app maker Kik is quitting Ethereum for good as it continues to develop its own cryptocurrency.
One of the bitcoin community’s most beloved veterans just got a promotion.

SPECIAL on today's episode: CoinDesk's Nolan Baurle and MarketWatch's Andrew Neary discuss the results of a study comparing the two publications' audiences. How do crypto fans stack up against traditional investors? The results are fascinating.

Our study was made possible with the help of Zion Trades.

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Oil is the New Data Nov 13, 2018

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It's increasingly looking like Bitcoin Cash mining pools will run a version of the software called Bitcoin SV.
An ongoing legal battle between XRP investors and payments startup Ripple is entering its next phase.
Japanese IT giant GMO has reported a loss of about $5.6 million for its cryptocurrency mining business in the third quarter of 2018.
Oil industry giants Shell and BP are among a group of firms planning to launch a blockchain platform to automate post-trade processes in the energy industry by the end of 2018.

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Banned From Trading Forever Nov 12, 2018

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Ironic? A fractious divide in the Bitcoin Cash community has raised fears that the cryptocurrency – the fourth largest by market cap – could split into two.
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and the country's stock exchange, Singapore Exchange (SGX), have developed a settlement system for tokenized assets that can work across different blockchains.
Global professional services giant Accenture has rolled out a new software license management application built with tech from distributed ledger startup Digital Asset.
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has jailed a bitcoin trader and fined him over $1 million for running a fraudulent bitcoin and litecoin scheme.

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Take Me to Constantinople Nov 09, 2018

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The SEC Sends a Shot Across the Bow Nov 08, 2018

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Egg Freezing Nov 07, 2018

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"The Largest Crypto Giveaway in History" Nov 06, 2018

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Bitmain is launching two new Antminer models targeting the bitcoin mining industry.
U.S. elections drama may be dragging Augur out of the doldrums.
Crypto wallet provider Blockchain says it's about to stage what it's calling the "largest crypto giveaway in history."
Cryptocurrency mining technology firm Bitfury Group has just closed an $80 million funding round led by venture capital firm Korelya Capital.

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