SEC’s Onslaught Against OpenSea Meant To Distract Crypto Sector, Asserts Kraken Founder

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Smart Money Transfer 20 Million LINK and WIF Tokens, The Crypto AI Sector Might Be The Only Protection

The Crypto AI sector might be the only sector protected from the bearish trend witnessed by altcoins in the past week. With Chainlink and Dogwifhat whales transferring up to 20 million tokens to other exchanges, their prices plummet further.

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Crypto Sector Turns Against SEC Chief Gary Gensler

The tech entrepreneur David Sacks has accused Gary Gensler and the SEC of attempting to destroy the U.S. crypto sector. The post Crypto Sector Turns Against SEC Chief Gary Gensler appeared first on BeInCrypto.

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Following Massive Investment By Microsoft, This Is The Top 10 AI Crypto For 2023

Microsoft made a big bet on a nascent sector, Artificial Intelligence (AI), that could shape the future of tech and the crypto industry for years to come. The latter sector seems poised to benefit from the emerging trend and the billions flowing into its products and services.

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Hackers Have Been Secretly Using Indian Government Sites to Mine Cryptos

India is one of those few countries where the status of cryptocurrencies remains uncertain. Reserve Bank of India, the country’s central bank, has been adamant in its stance and does not want financial institutions to extend services in the crypto sector.

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$6.2 Billion Fine Paid by Major Banks, Will Merchants Switch Over to Crypto?

On Sept. 18, Visa, Mastercard and three major banks paid $6. 2 billion in an antitrust settlement for forcing merchants to pay swipe fees and preventing them from utilizing other methods of payment.

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Treasury Committee Criticizes UK Regulators’ “Unsustainable” Crypto Stance

The parliamentary report published by the UK Treasury Committee has advocated for regulation of the “wild west” crypto-assets sector. The report criticizes the “ambiguity” of the current stance of UK regulators, arguing that with effective regulations, the United Kingdom could become a “global center” for the emerging cryptocurrency sector.

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EU Should Build Trust Relationship with Crypto Business to Prevent Cybercrimes - Europol

The European Union members should cooperate with the virtual coin sector as cryptojacking can become a regular threat, the EU law enforcement agency warned.

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Can Cryptocurrency Mining Drive Further Growth to the Clean Energy Sector?

Although cryptocurrency mining contributes significantly to the greenhouse effect, the crypto mining industry may be the answer to further investment and growth for the clean energy sector. According to the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) report published on September 16, 2018, while many cryptocurrency miners use non-renewable sources, the cryptocurrency mining industry could benefit significantly if […] Can Cryptocurrency Mining Drive Further Growth to the Clean Energy Sector? was originally found on [blokt] - Blockchain, Bitcoin & Cryptocurrency News.

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Kik’s Kin Developer Program has 8 Blockchain Gaming Crypto Projects Under Its Support

The Kin Developer Program Will Be Supporting Eight Crypto Gaming Projects Ella Zhang who is the head of Binance Labs has just recently stated that the gaming sector has a potential to be a low hanging fruit when we look at the blockchain market.

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Legendary Investor: Crypto is Seeing Highest Developer Activity Since Internet

Ben Horowitz, the co-founder of Andreessen Horowitz, said that the company has not seen the level of developer activity the cryptocurrency sector has demonstrated in recent years since the rise of the Internet in the nineties.

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US Securities Laws May Cover Initial Coin Offerings: Federal Judge

Lack of regulation has been a major problem for the cryptocurrency sector and government agencies trying to get a hold of this market. Now a new ruling from a US federal judge brings initial coin offerings (ICOs), the wildest space in the crypto markets, under the US securities law.

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Former RBI Governor Stirs Up PMO India – Time For Better Banks

Bank frauds in India have opened a can of worms this year, leaving the public questioning concepts such as board, governance, public sector, bankruptcy, and investor transparency with anxiety and anger.

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Interest Towards Crypto in Japan is Rising So Rapidly That FSA Expands

According to Reuters Japan, the Financial Services Agency (FSA) of Japan, the country’s main financial watchdog, will expand its crypto team to respond to the rising growth of the digital asset sector.

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Inside Bitewei: The New Bitcoin Miner Being Hailed as a Serious Bitmain Rival

A startup seeking to rival mining giant Bitmain is gaining a reputation as a firm that could disrupt the balance in crypto's most lucrative sector.

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Inside Bitewei: The $20 Million Bitcoin Miner Being Hailed as a Bitmain Rival

A startup seeking to rival mining giant Bitmain is gaining a reputation as a firm that could disrupt the balance in crypto's most lucrative sector.

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Malta Stock Exchange and Binance to Launch Tokens Platform

MSX PLC, the digital asset arm of the Malta Stock Exchange, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Binance to launch a digital exchange for trading security tokens, per its press release.

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Two-for-One: SEC Slaps Crypto Hedge Fund, Broker With Registration Failures

In what it deems a first for both enforcement actions, the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is charging two entities with registration failures.

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Did Traders Throw Caution to the Wind in China Amid Crypto Ban?

Enthusiastic traders are mocking the crypto ban in China. Despite the authorities launching several attacks on the cryptocurrency sector, digital currencies still survive in the country. A South China Morning Post report suggests that trade is not just active in the country but also thriving right beneath the rule of law.

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Bitbon System ICO

The Bitbon System is a large-scale infrastructure project, which represents a decentralized platform for Contributing. Contributing is a completely new type of investment and asset management. Each project is audited in advance, and its business model is checked for validity, which makes this type of activity as transparent and safe as possible.

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‘Slow & Steady’ Is Europe’s Crypto Policy

Consistent losses in the cryptocurrency sector have forced some investors to adopt a grim point of view about the state of the market. However, a new development from the European Union is reassuring crypto enthusiasts that the situation is still salvageable.

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Social Media Crypto Projects Like Reddcoin (RDD) Should Thrive In The USA

There is a disparity between how lawmakers in the US regulate the financial sector and the tech sector. An established banking industry makes it a hard climate for newcomers to succeed. Tech giants, like Facebook, Twitter, and Google exploit their position in a still nascent industry (as well as regulators’ ignorance) to enjoy limited oversight […] The post Social Media Crypto Projects Like Reddcoin (RDD) Should Thrive In The USA appeared first on Crypto Briefing.

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Australia’s Cryptocurrency Sector Facing Increased Scrutiny

Australia’s financial watchdog has revealed plans to focus on crypto exchanges and ICOs.

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Government Of Bahrain To Look Into Blockchain Technology

The government of Bahrain has highlighted that blockchain technology could be critical when it comes to improving the financial standpoint of the country. Local news sources suggest that Bahrain is investigating how blockchain could fulfil a number of roles within the economic sector, as well as considering the use of the technology for cyber-security methods.

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Charity Chiefs Reveal Power Of The Blockchain

On the International Day of Charity, a panel of leading experts revealed how the blockchain can help transform the sector and be a force for good. Public confidence in charities is at an all-time low thanks to a series of exposes that show just how much of every dollar donated actually filters through the chain.

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Goldman Sachs Postpones Launch of Bitcoin Trading Desk

Emerging regulations and increasing investor interest have drawn Wall Street into the cryptocurrency sector, and with a custody offering already in the works, investment bank Goldman Sachs is holding off on launching a Bitcoin trading desk.

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What Crypto Fans Can Expect at Decentralized Athens?

If you’ve been following the latest developments in the crypto sector and are fascinated by blockchain technology which is disrupting the finance sector as well as industries across the globe – don’t miss the eagerly anticipated Decentralized Athens summit which takes place from 14-16 November 2018.

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Top TrueUSD StableCoin Cryptocurrency Exchanges For Trading TUSD

Competition has been heating up among stablecoins in the crypto world. On paper, this is good as it shows the demand for tokenized fiat currency is on the rise. TUSD is one of the most promising stablcoins in this sector.

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Blockchain Technology Prospers in Asia, Defying Crypto Bear Market

While the cryptocurrency market continues going through a wobbly phase with weak asset prices and little sense of an imminent recovery, job creation figures related to the blockchain and cryptocurrency sector across the world’s most populated continent are recording a very firm and noticeable uptrend.

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US Renewable Energy Sources Surpass Nuclear: Will it Affect Crypto Mining?

According to new figures provided by the US Energy Information Administration and obtained by Cleantechnica, an energy-focused publication, renewable energy sources surpassed nuclear energy sources in 2018, which could have a profound impact on the global crypto mining sector.

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How Coinbase Intends to Lure Institutional Investors into the Crypto Market

This week, Wired published a unique insight into the security system employed by Coinbase to lure institutional investors into the crypto space. In July, Coinbase, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange and brokerage, announced the formal launch of Coinbase Custody, a custodian solution designed to facilitate large transfers of capital from the traditional finance sector into […]

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Crypto Tax And ICO Regulations In The United Kingdom

“We want to approach this in the same way as we approach other bits of the fintech sector in that we don’t want to stifle innovation, particularly in relation to the underlying technology, but equally we want to manage the risk.

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Reserve Bank of India to Set Up a Blockchain and AI Unit

After being engaged in a bitter legal fight with the country’s crypto operators, the Reserve Bank of India is reportedly setting up a new unit that will monitor emerging technologies such as blockchain, cryptocurrencies and artificial intelligence.

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Canada Delays Regulation of Cryptocurrencies and Blockchain Companies

The Canadian government has postponed the release of its final regulations for cryptocurrency and blockchain companies. The final published regulations were due this fall, but the government now says they won’t be published in the Canada Gazette until late 2019.

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Why Andreas Antonopoulos Is Against Bitcoin ETFs Despite the Hype

Widely recognized security expert and cryptocurrency researcher Andreas Antonopoulos recently said in a Q&A session that he is against Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and their potential impact on the crypto market.

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BFSI Blockchain tech market and the emergence of Crypto Banks

The blockchain is revolutionising the way many industries run. With big players and even governments injecting substantial capital into the blockchain, it gives developers opportunities to phase their focus in developing technology for the BFSI sector.

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Why you should be Careful with Crypto Investment

There has been the introduction of many cryptocurrency ventures after its demand for investment broke out in recent years. Due to how productive the sector has been, and its ability to produce a millionaire within the blink of an eye, many fraudsters have used it as a gateway to defraud people.

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Can The Cryptocurrency Industry Regulate Itself?

It’s clear that the virtual currency sector is in dire need of consistent regulation, but, at the same time, everyone’s got a different opinion about how this might be achieved. One solution to the regulatory limbo that is recently getting traction amongst industry stakeholders is the idea for a U.

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Top Crypto Exchanges Join Winklevosses’ Self-Regulatory Organization

Some of the crypto industry’s biggest exchanges are joining with the Winklevosses in an effort to bring self-regulation to a market that many perceive to be fly-by-night and unstructured.

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Industry Consortium Launches Crypto Community Watch Program

The ICO fervor of 2017 led to an influx of both positive development and fraudulent activity. In an effort to remove scammers from the sector, ECoinmerce, ICO Alert and other industry leaders have formed the Crypto Community Watch program.

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Nvidia Says its Crypto Businesses is Never Coming Back, Officially Out

In a second-quarter earnings call, Nvidia CEO Colette Kress has said that the revenues from its cryptocurrency venture have declined to a point in which the chip manufacturing conglomerate will now have to back out from the crypto sector.

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Social Media Pushing Crypto Scams Up Further

Social media has influenced our society in so many ways. Industries are also one sector that has benefited immensely from social media. Their various platforms have made it possible for information to be shared, viewed and consumed in vast quantities in a ready manner at all times.

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Coinbase Acquires Distributed Systems to Become the Facebook of Crypto

In a bid to become the Facebook of the crypto sector, Coinbase, the world’s largest exchange for buying and selling digital currencies, announced the acquisition of Distributed Systems, a three-year-old startup building identity standards for dApps known as the clear protocol on August 16, 2018.

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UK Bank Freezes Crypto Investors Accounts, Seizes Holdings for Further Investigation

UK Bank Freezes Crypto Investors Accounts and Seizes Holdings for Further Investigation A victim, which News. Bitcoin. com named, John claims to have had his crypto accounts frozen and locked out of by UK bank.

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Overstock and Galaxy Digital Shares Face Drawback from Crypto Bear Market

Since the start of 2018, the overall cryptocurrency market has struggled to maintain a recovery from its multi-month downtrend. In accordance with increased selloffs, companies heavily vested in the nascent digital asset class are starting to face drawbacks.

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Philippines to Build $100 Million Crypto Valley

CEZA plans to invest in cryptocurrency and fintech hub in the northern part of the Philippines, which is expected to generate more than 10,000 jobs in the business processing outsourcing sector.

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Why a Respected Analyst Believes Institutional Investors Will Not Commit to Crypto in 2018

Gabor Gurbacs, the director of digital assets at VanEck, recently said it remains uncertain whether institutional investors will commit to crypto in 2018, due to the regulatory burden on the asset class.

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Blockchain Research In The UK Is Big Industry

Blockchain research in the UK is a growing industry, with a new sort of workforce dedicated to researching and investigating this new technology. Whilst the blockchain remains one universal concept, it is now apparent that it boasts many advantages for many companies and industries, therefore it seems that research within the United Kingdom is now at an all time high, a sentiment that is no doubt reflected internationally too.

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Many Swiss Bankers and Financial Regulators Quit to Join the Crypto Space

A lot of people in Switzerland have left the traditional financial sector to work in the crypto space, in which the banking nation is now developing a niche market. The Swiss banks don’t show enthusiasm officially, but they massively have interests in dealing with Bitcoin, insiders say.

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