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Regulations Round-Up: Tokenized Securities in Singapore, China Warns of Illegal Fundraising

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In recent regulatory news, Chinese authorities have issued a warning seeking to encourage citizens to be skeptical regarding the promotional claims of illegal fundraising schemes operating with cryptocurrencies, Singapore Exchange and the Monetary Authority of Singapore have partnered with Anquan, Deloitte, and Nasdaq to settle tokenized securities using distributed ledger technology, and Hungary’s finance ministry … Read more

Nano Price: Massive Surge Offers Relief to Speculators

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It remains increasingly difficult to predict what the cryptocurrency markets will bring throughout the remainder of 2018. After a positive day yesterday, the situation looks very different today. The Nano price, for example, doesn’t care about the top markets’ momentum. It simply surges on without any hindrances. Nano Price Turns Uber Bullish It is not … Read more

This Week in Bitcoin: Islamic Exchange, Self-Regulation, Social Trading

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In this week’s daily editions of Bitcoin in Brief we reported about a new Islamic trading platform, a couple of steps towards self regulation of the industry and a new app for matching buyers and sellers off-exchange. The most commented-on article during the week covered the claims by Ripple that its coin is more decentralized … Read more

Banks Freeze Company’s Accounts After Owner Traded on Localbitcoins

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The owner of cryptocurrency mining electric bicycle retailer, 50cycles, recently had his company’s accounts with HSBC and Barclays frozen within hours of transacting on peer-to-peer cryptocurrency trading platform, Locabitcoins. Also Read: P2P Exchange Options Increasing for Crypto Traders in India HSBC and Barclays Freeze Accounts of 50cycles Scott Snaith, the owner of cryptocurrency mining electric bicycle … Read more

P2P Exchange Options Increasing for Crypto Traders in India

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Since the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), the country’s central bank, banned banks from providing services to cryptocurrency businesses, traders are increasingly trading on peer-to-peer (P2P) platforms. Local crypto exchanges have come up with a number of exchange-escrowed P2P solutions. Also read: Yahoo! Japan Confirms Entrance Into the Crypto Space Localbitcoins Trading volumes in both the … Read more

Bitcoin Journalist Pioneer: Jamie Redman Has Over 2,000 Articles Published

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Journalist Jamie Redman is a pioneer. He’s one of first writers in the world to make his living by covering the cryptocurrency ecosystem. Readers count on his good judgement, perspective, careful study, and nonstop production to give them insight literally no one else can. He’s also the lead writer at news.Bitcoin.com, and is prized by … Read more

Report: North Korea to Hold a Crypto Conference

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North Korea is reportedly planning to hold a conference devoted to blockchain technologies and cryptocurrencies. The event, said to have been scheduled to take place in October, is expected to bring experts from around the world who will meet representatives of North Korean enterprises.     Also read: China Escalates Crackdown, Russia Chases Shadows, UK Warns … Read more

Bitcoin Price Watch: Currency Shows Signs of Maturing, Hits $6,700

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At press time, the father of cryptocurrency has jumped to $6,700 – the highest it’s been in a while. This is about $200 “taller” than where it stood just 24 hours ago. Many sources claim that the bitcoin market is beginning to show signs of maturing. The latest sign comes by way of the Security … Read more