The Latest Crypto News From The Interwebs - March 8th

Huawei’s Patent For Blockchain-Based System To Protect Intellectual Property Unveiled

Via Cointelegraph By Helen Partz Thu Mar 08 15:21:32 GMT 2018
China’s Huawei may be working on a Blockchain-based verification system to protect intellectual property rights #NEWS.....
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Sierra Leone Secretly Holds First Blockchain-Powered Presidential Vote

Via Michael del Castillo Thu Mar 08 15:00:10 GMT 2018
Sierra Leone has used blockchain voting in a presidential election for what appears to be the first time, marking a milestone in election technology......
Tagged with #Features #Voting #Featured #Sierra-Leone #Agora #Democracy

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Japan’s Financial Regulator Cracks Whip at 7 Cryptocurrency Exchanges

Via Samburaj Das Thu Mar 08 14:58:58 GMT 2018
ncluding a month-long suspension for two exchanges. Japan’s Financial Services Agency (FSA), the country’s financial regulator and watchdog, has narrowed down on cryptocurrency exchange operators using lax cybersecurity practices and inadequate money laundering measures. Two exchanges, FSHO and Bit Station, are hit the hardest with.....
Tagged with #Bitcoin-Exchange #Exchanges #News #Regulation #FSA #japan

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Vermont’s Pilot Program Completes First US All-Blockchain Real Estate Transaction

Via Cointelegraph By Molly Jane Zuckerman Thu Mar 08 14:41:39 GMT 2018
Vermont Blockchain real estate pilot completes first totally Blockchain real estate deed in the US. #NEWS.....
Tagged with #Blockchain #Real-Estate #Vermont #Propy #Transactions #Smart-Contracts #Ukraine

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Bitcoin Drops Below $10,000 In Hours As Volatile Cycle Continues

Via Cointelegraph By William Suberg Thu Mar 08 14:15:56 GMT 2018
No end in sight for range-bound Bitcoin as prices dip below $10k again Thursday. #NEWS.....
Tagged with #Altcoin #Bitcoin-Price #Cryptocurrencies

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SEC Publishes Warning Against Unlawful Crypto Exchanges

Via Jamie Redman Thu Mar 08 14:05:38 GMT 2018
On Wednesday, March 7, the U.S. regulator the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) published a letter concerning the potential of unlawful online platforms that trade digital assets. The SEC is concerned with platforms operating without permission and advises investors to use entities that are registered with the SEC as an alternative trading system (ATS). Also […]
Tagged with #Regulation #ats #Bitcoin #BTC #Cryptocurrency #Ethereum #federal-law #fraudulent-practices #ICOs #initial-coin-offerings #Investors #Markets #N-Featured #Price-Decline #questions #Registered-Exchanges #Regulatory-Policy #SEC-Letter #Securities #Unlawful-Trading-Platforms

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Stellar Investment Could Make Crypto as Easy as Chat

Via Brady Dale Thu Mar 08 14:00:15 GMT 2018
Stellar makes a bet that Keybase can port easy end-to-end encryption over to person-to-person payments in cryptocurrency......
Tagged with #News #Subfeatured #Andreessen-Horowitz #Encryption #Keybase #Stellar

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Overstock Venture Arm Invests $3 Million in Blockchain Payments Startup

Via Wolfie Zhao Thu Mar 08 13:59:20 GMT 2018
Bitt, a Barbados-based blockchain payment startup, has received a $3 million investment from Overstock's Medici Ventures......
Tagged with #Use-Cases-&-Verticals #News #Payments #Business-News #Barbados #Bitt #Overstock.com #Medici-Ventures

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Circle’s Coinbase-Like Cryptocurrency Investing App Enters Closed Beta

Via Josiah Wilmoth Thu Mar 08 13:51:44 GMT 2018
sed beta. It’s not clear exactly when the Circle Invest beta opened, but users began reporting that they had received invitations on March 6. I received my invitation the next day, at which time Google Play indicated that roughly 100 users had downloaded.....
Tagged with #Bitcoin-Companies #Bitcoin-Trading #News #Circle #circle-invest #coinbase

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Bull Reversal? NEM Price Jumps as Coincheck Moves to Refund Users

Via Omkar Godbole Thu Mar 08 13:35:02 GMT 2018
NEM's XEM token is solidly bid following the Japanese exchange's announcement that it will commence refunding hacked users next week......
Tagged with #Markets #News #Markets-News #Prices #NEM

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New Jersey Demands ICO Endorsed By Steven Seagal To Stop Selling To Residents

Via Cointelegraph By William Suberg Thu Mar 08 13:19:08 GMT 2018
New Jersey regulators deem Steven Seagal’s favored ICO “fraudulent” and send cease and desist order. #NEWS.....
Tagged with #Bitcoin-Scams #ICO #New-Jersey #USA

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SWIFT’s Blockchain Pilot For Bank-To-Bank Transfers Went ‘Extremely Well’

Via Cointelegraph By Molly Jane Zuckerman Thu Mar 08 13:04:25 GMT 2018
SWIFT pilot project for DLT technology use in bank-to-bank payments went “extremely well.” #NEWS.....
Tagged with #Blockchain #SWIFT #Hyperledger #Banks #Transactions

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Wallet Provider Bread Adds Bitcoin Cash Support for Apple Devices

Via Jamie Redman Thu Mar 08 12:50:00 GMT 2018
This week the popular wallet provider Bread (BRD – formally Bread Wallet) announced the release of its new update — fully integrated bitcoin cash (BCH) support. Now Bread users can claim, send, receive, and store BCH alone or alongside BTC holdings. Also Read: Japan’s SBI Holdings Claims 40% Stake in Hardware Wallet Company Bread Wallet Enables […]
Tagged with #Wallets #August-1 #BCH #BCH-Chain #BCH-ecosystem #bitcoin-cash #brd #Bread #bread-wallet #full-access #Full-Nodes #infrastructure #James-MacWhyte #Lightweight-wallets #N-Featured #support #Wallet-Upgrade

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Bitcoin Dips Below $9,500 Briefly, Market Recovers as Binance Hack Refuted

Via Joseph Young Thu Mar 08 12:45:43 GMT 2018
umors, the Japanese government’s issuance of penalty on local exchanges, and the sell-off of a massive amount of bitcoin by the Mt. Gox trustee. Binance Hack Rumors Refuted From over $10,600, the price of bitcoin dropped by more.....
Tagged with #Bitcoin-Analysis #Bitcoin-Exchange #News #Binance #bitcoin-investment #bitcoin-trading #cryptocurrency-exchange #Hack

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Bitcoin Price Hit 2018 Lows Because Of $400 mln Mt.Gox Sell-Off: Reports

Via Cointelegraph By William Suberg Thu Mar 08 12:39:52 GMT 2018
Mt.Gox could hold the key to understanding Bitcoins 2018 price lows. #NEWS.....
Tagged with #Bitcoin #Bitcoin-Price #Mt.Gox #Alistair-Milne

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Hurry! Register for Interest on Nauticus Exchange ICO before Time Runs Out

Via Tom Clancy Thu Mar 08 12:35:02 GMT 2018
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Sports Blockchain Platform Globatalent Announces ICO

Via Tom Clancy Thu Mar 08 12:26:37 GMT 2018
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CaskCoin Launches World’s First Whisky Cryptocurrency

Via Tom Clancy Thu Mar 08 12:17:04 GMT 2018
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Platform to Weed Out Scam ICOs and Help Inventors Thrive

Via Cointelegraph By Connor Blenkinsop Thu Mar 08 12:11:42 GMT 2018
A new community for crypto enthusiasts wants to clamp down on sham ICOs– reducing risk for investors #SPONSORED.....
Tagged with #Blockchain #Cryptocurrencies #ICO #Investments #Payments

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Energy Sector Invests $300 Million In Blockchain In Past Year

Via Lester Coleman Thu Mar 08 12:04:19 GMT 2018
applications in the energy sector and witnessed $300 million invested in less than a year. The first blockchain in energy transaction took place in April 2016 in Brooklyn, New York. Today, less than two years later, there are 122 energy industry.....
Tagged with #Bitcoin-&-Blockchain-Investments #Blockchain-News #News #Colleen-Metelitsa #GTM-Research #Tokyo-Electric-Power

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PetroDollars – A New Oil-Backed Digital Currency

Via Tom Clancy Thu Mar 08 12:02:28 GMT 2018
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US Officials Praise Blockchain Amid ICO Concerns

Via Annaliese Milano Thu Mar 08 12:00:24 GMT 2018
Crypto regulation and government applications of blockchain were hot topics at day two of the D.C. Blockchain Summit......
Tagged with #Regulation #News #Initial-Coin-Offerings #US-&-Canada #Events #ICOs #D.C.-Blockchain-Summit

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Disrupting IOTA: How IoT Chain Is Revolutionizing the Internet of Things

Via Tom Clancy Thu Mar 08 11:54:09 GMT 2018
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The Patientory Stiftung Makeover

Via Tom Clancy Thu Mar 08 11:34:02 GMT 2018
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Australian IT Employees At Bureau Of Meteorology Suspected Of Illicit Crypto Mining

Via Cointelegraph By Molly Jane Zuckerman Thu Mar 08 11:30:56 GMT 2018
Australian Federal Police are investigating two IT employees for suspected of illicit crypto mining at the Bureau of Meteorology. #NEWS.....
Tagged with #Bitcoin-Scams #Australia #Mining #Cryptocurrencies

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Japanese Financial Regulator Issues ‘Punishment Notices’ For 7 Crypto Exchanges

Via Cointelegraph By Molly Jane Zuckerman Thu Mar 08 11:25:08 GMT 2018
Japan’s financial regulator has sent business improvement notices to 7 crypto exchanges and stopped activity at 2 others. #NEWS.....
Tagged with #Bitcoin-Regulation #Japan #Cryptocurrency-Exchange #Financial-Services #Coincheck #NEM

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Mt. Gox Soap Opera Continues: Karpeles Released on Bail, Shadow Companies, and Whale Dumps

Via C. Edward Kelso Thu Mar 08 11:00:03 GMT 2018
Mt. Gox Mark Karpeles’ release on bail has produced a new radio program examining the historic hack and heist, but is also raising questions about sister exchanges such as BTC-e and their role in laundering stolen bitcoin. If all that wasn’t enough, a Gox trustee decided to dump over 400 million USD in bitcoin core […]
Tagged with #Featured #Alexander-Vinnik #Always-Efficient-LLP #Bitcoin #bitcoin-cash #BTC-e #FBI #Greece #Hack #heist #London #Mark-Karpeles #Money-Laundering #Mt-Gox #N-Featured #Russia

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Coincheck to Begin Compensating NEM Hack Victims Next Week

Via Samburaj Das Thu Mar 08 10:42:53 GMT 2018
ers impacted by the $530 million NEM theft in January, from next week. In an announcement today, Tokyo-based exchange operator Coincheck said it will begin compensating customers who suffered losses by the end of next week. While details are scarce presently, Coincheck chief executive Koichiro.....
Tagged with #Altcoin-News #Exchanges #News #coincheck #japan

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Bitcoin Price Revisits $10K, But Will It Stay?

Via Omkar Godbole Thu Mar 08 10:40:11 GMT 2018
Bitcoin has moved back up to the $10,000 mark, but the technical recovery will likely be short-lived, according to the technical charts......
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PR: Auctus Releases the First Blockchain Based Retirement Planning Platform

Via Bitcoin.com PR Thu Mar 08 10:30:51 GMT 2018
Auctus, the world’s first platform for smart contract-powered retirement plans, which allows you to create customized retirement focused portfolios, consisting of traditional assets and cryptocurrencies, just released their (alpha platform) on Ethereum’s Rinkeby testnet. The released platform allows you to choose between portfolio recommendations, created by the community, in the human advisory marketplace, or be assisted by a robo advisor which will recommend you a tailored portfolio, taking your targets and profile into consideration. The released platform gives you an idea of where the team behind Auctus is heading to.
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Coincheck Crypto Exchange to Compensate Hack Victims

Via Wolfie Zhao Thu Mar 08 09:30:59 GMT 2018
Japanese cryptocurrency exchange Coincheck has said it plans to compensate victims of its January hack starting next week......
Tagged with #Exchanges #News #Markets-News #Asia-Pacific #Crime #Japan #FSA #Coincheck #Hacks

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Research Paper Says Issuers of ICO Tokens Will Face Class Action Lawsuits

Via Jamie Redman Thu Mar 08 09:00:43 GMT 2018
This month a law firm called Polsinelli LLP published a study called “Cryptocurrency Class Action Lawsuits: A New Frontier” which explains that initial coin offerings (ICO) will spark a large number of litigation proceedings against cryptocurrency projects and businesses. Also read: New Study Looks at the Cost to Mine BTC Across the Globe ‘ICOs May Be […]
Tagged with #News #Bitcoin #Cryptocurrencies #Ethereum #giga-watt #ICOs #initial-coin-offerings #IPO-Model #Laws #Lawsuits #Mark-Olthoff #Michael-Foster #Monkey-Capital #N-Featured #Polsinelli #Richard-Levin #Suing #Tezos #token-sale #Tokens

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Compliant ICOs? Bitcoin OGs Launch Token Sale Service

Via Brady Dale Thu Mar 08 09:00:18 GMT 2018
TokenSoft is today launching its white-label ICO solution with built-in regulatory frameworks that flexibly cater for different nations' rules......
Tagged with #Features #Regulation #Legal #Initial-Coin-Offerings #Business-News #US-&-Canada #Startups #Subfeatured #SEC #BitGo #Compliance #TokenSoft

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Bitcoin’s Roger Ver and Mate Tokay Join XinFin.io Advisory Board

Via Tom Clancy Thu Mar 08 08:48:14 GMT 2018
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