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Hello Regulator, Please Give Me Number Nine Oct 22, 2018

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Transaction fees on monero have fallen sharply after last Thursday's system-wide software update.
An Australian securities regulator shuts down an ICO project planning to raise as much as $50 million.
Not to be outdone, the U.S. SEC has suspended the trading of shares for a company which claimed to be offering an ICO that was registered with the regulator.
Accenture says it has created an "interoperability node" that houses the rules of four major enterprise platforms.
San Francisco-based smart contract security startup Synthetic Minds has raised $5.5 million for its bid to roll out a technology that analyses blockchain networks for coding bugs.

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North Korea's Half-Billion-Dollar Hacks Oct 19, 2018

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A new report indicates that an infamous North Korean hacking group has managed to steal over half a billion dollars in cryptocurrencies.
Ethereum's next hard fork will be postponed until early 2019, developers said Friday.
Binance looks to add more stablecoins.
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) might make it easier for fintech startups to navigate legal waters.
A global money-laundering watchdog will begin publishing rules for international cryptocurrency regulation by next summer.

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Rupees for Stablecoins Oct 18, 2018

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A clampdown on cryptocurrency by Indian regulators is forcing one exchange in that country to go to great lengths to do business.

The U.S. Marshals have announced a plan to auction off nearly $4.3 million worth of bitcoin next month.

Clients of the defunct crypto exchange Mt. Gox must submit claims for trapped funds by October 22.

The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has partnered with blockchain startup Coil as part of its mission to provide payment services for the unbanked.

A U.S. cryptocurrency exchange is reporting a significant increase in trades between tether (USDT) and a newer alternative called TrueUSD.

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Just $7 Million Short Oct 17, 2018

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Trading bots appear to have gamed a big token announcement from Coinbase.
Binance teams up with Chainalysis to monitor cryptocurrency transactions in real-time.
A senior U.S. official made a big statement on blockchain-based smart contracts this week.
Amazon Web Services' China division is partnering with public blockchain project Qtum.
The ICO for Civil’s blockchain-for-journalism has officially failed.

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Stablecoins Gone Wild Oct 16, 2018

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The Gemini dollar (GUSD) soared above $1 to a high of $1.19 Tuesday, just a day after competing stablecoin Tether (USDT) dropped to an 18-month low.
Crypto exchange Bitfinex announced a new process for depositing fiat currency, a move that came after the platform halted the service in recent days.
Singapore-based crypto exchange Huobi will list 4 US dollar-pegged coins some time this week.
A new startup called the Paradigm Foundation has secured $1 million in equity seed as it hopes to unite all the decentralized exchanges in a single order book.

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Fidelity Goes Crypto Oct 15, 2018

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Financial services provider Fidelity Investments is launching a cryptocurrency trading and storage platform.
The price of the tether stablecoin (USDT) fell to an 18-month low Monday, and rumors are swirling.
But it's not all bad news for stablecoins: Hong Kong-based cryptocurrency exchange OKEx has announced that it is adding four U.S. dollar-pegged cryptocurrencies to its platform for trading.
Blockchain startup Adhara has secured $15 million in new funding from Consensys, the ethereum design studio. Good news for its all-star team of former banking innovators.
Sony has developed a new blockchain-based digital rights management system that may see commercial rollout.

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Ex-Trump Advisor Joins Blockchain Startup Oct 12, 2018

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Bithumb, the largest cryptocurrency exchange in South Korea by trading volume, has been sold.
Ethereum's next system-wide upgrade is on track for November release, according to coders.
Gary Cohn, once the chief economic advisor to U.S. President Donald Trump, has just joined a blockchain startup called Spring Labs.
U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission chair J. Christopher Giancarlo says that an influx of institutional investors to the cryptocurrency markets may help the space "mature.”
Crypto exchange Coinbase is shutting down its institutional-investor focused index fund product, a spokesperson told CoinDesk.

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Twitter Promotes an Elon Impostor Oct 11, 2018

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Coinbase will add the 0x protocol token to its professional trading platform, Coinbase Pro. It's the first ERC-20 token to get a place on the platform.
A region in Northern Syria is looking to cryptocurrency as a way to overcome economic sanctions.
Crypto giveaway scams featuring Elon Musk impostors are common on Twitter, but on Thursday they went to new heights, with a promoted tweet from a verified account.
The Securities and Exchange Commission moves against an initial coin offering and its organizer who allegedly claimed to have received approval from the agency.
Know any Mandarin-speaking blockchain experts? The People's Bank of China is hiring as it continues development of its central bank digital currency.

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Life in the Sidechain Oct 10, 2018

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Three years in the making, bitcoin's first sidechain, called "Liquid", is now live.
The Financial Stability Board says that cryptocurrencies and digital assets are not currently a threat to global financial stability.
The Securities and Exchange Commission goes after an alleged pump-and-dump scheme involving a $100 million ICO.
Cryptocurrency exchange Gemini hires another Wall street executive
Blockchain finance firm Clearmatics Technologies raises over $12 million in a Series A funding round.

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Spanked By Hackers Oct 09, 2018

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The Persian Gulf may get its first cryptocurrency exchange licensed by a central bank.
A cryptocurrency investment fund in Switzerland receives a license from the nation's financial markets regulator.
Blockchain startup Bitwala is aiming to launch Germany's first "blockchain bank account."
SpankChain, a cryptocurrency project focused on the adult industry, has suffered a breach that saw almost $40,000 in ethereum (ETH) stolen.
Japanese IT giant GMO Internet is jumping into the race to launch a successful stablecoin, planning the launch of a yen-pegged cryptocurrency in 2019.

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