Mt. Gox Bitcoin reimbursement proposal confirmed

Rehabilitation will commence in a month- around 20 November. over 850k Bitcoin was stolen…

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Bitcoin [BTC]: King coin’s confirmed transactions reaches December 2017 levels

Bitcoin’s [BTC] bullish signs continue to mount, further suggesting the coming of the next bull run. With the coin’s price moving up, the king coin’s confirmed transactions per day have reached its December 2017 levels.

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Bitcoin Transactions Haven’t Been This High Since the Last Bull Run of the Market

Transaction volume is a telltale sign of how involved consumers are in the crypto industry. During the bear market, volumes understandably were lower, but the latest numbers are showing a much more positive outlook.

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Bitcoin [BTC]: King coin’s Golden Cross confirmed; Greenspan hints at bullish market

Bitcoin’s much-awaited Golden Cross, which many analysts claimed will lead to a resurgence of a bullish market, has been confirmed. The intersection of the 200-day moving average and 50-day moving average, which indicates the Golden Cross, was achieved over the past few hours.

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Bullish ‘Golden Cross’ Confirmed for Bitcoin Today, First Time Since 2015 [Price Analysis]

A golden cross has formed in market leader Bitcoin today as the 50 SMA (in yellow) crossed the 200 SMA (in black) to the upside. Such a pattern is often considered extremely bullish and may spur more buyers to the market.

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Bulls Beware: Maximum Pain Scenario Could Push Bitcoin’s Price Lower in Coming Days

The crypto markets have incurred overwhelmingly bullish price action over the past several weeks that appears to have confirmed many analyst’s belief that $3,200 truly is a long-term bottom for Bitcoin (BTC).

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Bullish ‘Golden Cross’ Confirmed for Ethereum Today, First Time Since 2017 [Price Analysis]

The price of Ethereum has already doubled since its 2018 low in December. A golden cross has been confirmed for Ethereum today, a signal which some traders believe to be extremely bullish for future price prospects.

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Afghanistan, Tunisia to Issue Sovereign Bonds in Bitcoin, Bright Future Ahead

Afghanistan and Tunisia are planning to issue sovereign bonds in bitcoin to fund infrastructural developments, reported Asia Times from IMF’s Springs Meetings summit. Khalil Sediq, the governor of the Central Bank of Afghanistan, confirmed that they were looking to utilize cryptocurrency and blockchain technology to raise around $5.

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Gemini Exchange Announces Full Adoption of the SegWit Protocol

Per an official announcement, the cryptocurrency exchange Gemini Trust has confirmed full integration of Segregated Witness (SegWit) addresses to its wallet infrastructure.

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Sirin Labs cuts 25% of its workforce as CEO faces $50M lawsuit

Bitcoin‘s price might have risen lately, but blockchain startups are still reeling from the bite of the bear market. Sirin Labs, the firm behind the “world’s first blockchain phone” has confirmed 25 percent of its workforce has been let go.

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Markets respond to Binance dumping BitcoinSV by dumping even harder

Binance confirmed it will delist controversial cryptocurrency Bitcoin Satoshi Vision (BitcoinSV) less than one day ago, but the move has already inspired other services to follow suit. BitcoinSV’s price suddenly sank more than 7 percent following the announcement, from over $70 to below $65.

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Shapeshift follows Binance, delists Bitcoin SV [BSV]; Kraken has one foot out the door

De-listing season has arrived with Binance leading the charge and other exchanges trailing behind. Bitcoin SV [BSV] has seen yet another exchange showing it the door with Shapeshift becoming the second exchange to delist the coin in less than 24 hours.

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Bitcoin Price Weekly Candle Could Be Omen Of Painful Drop Incoming

At the start of April, Bitcoin price rallied through resistance at $4,200 and rocketed nearly $1,000 in the matter of an hour toward over $5,000. Since the massive green candle that many believe “confirmed” a bear market bottom was in, the Bitcoin price has been consolidating between $4,800 and $5,200.

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Gemini bitcoin exchange upgrades wallet with full support of SegWit

CryptoNinjas Gemini, the US bitcoin exchange headqaurtered in New York, confirmed today that it has introduced support for Segregated Witness (SegWit) addresses and transaction batching. Current clients and customers have already noticed SegWit addresses — which begin with bc1 — can now be used for bitcoin deposits.

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Hackers tweet Bitcoin nonsense and racism via Sweden’s top political party

Hackers have defaced the Twitter account of Sweden’s governing party with hate speech and declared they would replace the Swedish krona with Bitcoin. The strange tweets began early this morning, when the “Socialdemokraterna” account reportedly changed its name to “Bitcoindemokraterna,” and promised its leader’s would resign, confirmed Expressen.

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Three Reasons Why Bitcoin Price Rally Has Stalled

Bitcoin confirmed a longer-term bull breakout a week ago, but the rally has since flattened out. What's going on?

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New ForgingBlock Payment Gateway Software for Transactions with Cryptocurrency

ForgingBlock, which provides credit card based payment solutions, has confirmed the launch of a cryptocurrency based payment-gateway. It would also support payments from PayPal and Apple Pay, including credit cards.

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FSA-Approved Bitcoin Exchange Set to Go Live in Japan

A new bitcoin exchange in Japan is set to go live on April 16 this year. Decurret Inc. in March obtained a license from Japan’s Financial Services Agency (FSA) to offer cryptocurrency-enabled spot trading services.

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PewDiePie Dumps YouTube to Get Cozy With Blockchain-based Live Streaming Platform DLive

It’s the end of an era for celebrity YouTuber PewDiePie as he confirmed that YouTube is no longer his go-to destination for live streaming new content. He is ditching the world’s largest online video streaming network in favor of DLive, a new blockchain-powered live streaming platform.

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Western Union Partners With Crypto Wallet for Cross-Border Transfers

Crypto wallet provider Coins. ph has partnered with U. S. financial service company Western Union to enhance cross-border transfers to the Philippines. The partnership will grant over 5 million Coins.

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Bitcoin Passes a Milestone 400 Million Transactions

Bitcoin price may have surged and held above $5000, but the Bitcoin network has passed milestones of its own this week – one involving a much higher number. 400 Million Quietly Ticks Over As Bitcoin price rose rapidly last week, so did network activity, with volume spiking as traders rushed to take advantage of the new volatility.

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Breez Wants to Make the Lightning Network More User Friendly

New announcements around Bitcoin’s Lightning Network have been coming almost nonstop lately, with new exchanges, wallets and other services popping up seemingly every day.

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Bitcoin Price Surge Sees Venezuela Hit Record Localbitcoins Highs

Bitcoin price highs last week had serious knock-on effects for some markets, with traders worldwide setting several new records. South America’s Record Bitcoin Trading Data from monitoring resource Coin Dance, which tracks volumes on P2P Bitcoin exchanges Localbitcoins, Paxful and Bisq, confirmed South America in particular saw huge amounts of fiat currency change hands during the seven days ending April 6.

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Bitcoin Price Repeating the 2017 Bull Run Scenario: Kain Warwick

The ongoing bitcoin price action could transform into a bull run as seen in December 2017, according to Kain Warwick. The chief executive at Blueshyft, an Australia-based payment processing service, noted an increase in their daily volumes a day after the bitcoin rally began.

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XRP Swells 13.06% in a Sharp Recovery as Ripple ETPs Take Off

Ripple was a big mover this Friday as the company saw its XRP price rise nearly 13-percent ahead of the European market open. The XRP-to-dollar rate today established an intraday high towards $0.

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Binance Announces Singapore Expansion, Details Around DEX Launch and Wallet

The China-based crypto exchange giant Binance has announced that it will launch Binance Singapore this month, a fiat-to-crypto exchange with support for the Singaporean Dollar (SGD).

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Bitpanda Receives Payment License from the European Union

In an official blog post published on April 4, 2019, the Viennese cryptocurrency brokerage platform Bitpanda confirmed that it has received a license to operate as a payment service provider in Austria.

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You’ll need a bank account to use UnionBank’s new Bitcoin ATM

UnionBank (UBP), the seventh largest bank in the Philippines officially got itself into the cryptocurrency game this week, but there’s a catch. Users will be required to use a UBP bank account to exchange funds to and from virtual currency.

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In Plain English: SEC Publishes Guidance on Tokens as Securities

The U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has published an investment contract framework for digital assets, which is intended to give crypto companies guidance as to whether a cryptocurrency is a security.

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Bakkt’s Bitcoin Futures Stalls, Will Rival Firms Fuel Crypto Momentum?

Supporters of Bakkt continue to grow weary of further delays to the Bitcoin futures ruling. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) confirmed last month the matter is under review, but their lack of urgency casts doubt over the probability of Bakkt’s launch in Q1 of 2019.

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Bitcoin Lightning Network Reaches Milestone $5M Capacity

Bitcoin off-chain scaling solution the Lightning Network (LN) has reached a record $5 million in capacity as Bitcoin price rises fuel enthusiasm across the board. Lightning Network Does Big Numbers Data from monitoring resource 1ml.

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[Crypto Confidential] Confirmed: Bitcoin as Valuable as Vibranium, to Be Wakanda’s National Reserve Currency

Bitcoin Confirmed as the National Reserve Currency of Wakanda Wakanda, a small country in the North Eastern part of Africa, has dazed the rest of the world with its recent announcement where it declared that Bitcoin (BTC) is now the official currency in the nation.

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Bitcoin [BTC] chiding crypto-winter; on-chain transactions at 15-month high

Bitcoin [BTC] has seen a massive spike in its network capacity despite the ongoing crypto-winter, leading to a decline in the coin’s price over the past few months. The latest research from Blockchain.

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Bitcoin (BTC) Milestone, Trading Above a 5-Month Liquidation Line

Bitcoin price trading above $4,200 Crypto analyst places Bitcoin price at $55k after halving Number of confirmed Bitcoin transactions surge to 383,186 With a market cap of $71. 9 billion, Bitcoin (BTC) is trading in a bull breakout pattern above a five-month resistance line.

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Bitcoin On-Chain Daily Transactions Spike to 15-Month High

The 15-month long bear market isn’t affecting Bitcoin adoption and usage, new data shows, as on-chain transactions have hit their highest since early January 2018. Bitcoin Usage Has Been Climbing for 15 Months Bitcoin network usage continues to rise contrary to the drop in bitcoin price since its historic run-up to nearly $20,000.

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Bitcoin Price Breaks Key Resistance To Hit 3-Month High

 Bitcoin price surged March 29 to deliver its biggest gains against the US dollar since Christmas Eve. Bitcoin Celebrates 3-Month Highs Data from cryptocurrency exchange Bitstamp, which traditionally delivers a slightly more conservative price tracker than some major platforms, confirmed Bitcoin hit $4073 Friday.

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OpenNode announces plug-in for Shopify merchants; spurs Lightning Network adoption

According to latest reports, Bitcoin Lightning Network’s payment platform, OpenNode, announced a plug-in for Shopify merchants. In a blog post, OpenNode mentioned a processing fee of 1% for every Bitcoin transaction, instantly leveraging the Lightning Network for Shopify merchants.

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Justin Sun and Tron’s dApp Domination Plan Gets a Boost With CoinPlan Acquisition

Tron has just announced that it acquired CoinPlay, the world’s first blockchain app store. It is yet another big achievement for the ecosystem as Tron marches forward to dominate the dApp space — both in terms of adoption and transaction volume.

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Bitcoin Needs Price Gain for Bull Reversal in March

A bull reversal would be confirmed if bitcoin closes March at levels above $4,190, price charts suggest.

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Bitcoin Price Regains $4K But Bears Call It Low Volume ‘Short Squeeze’

Bitcoin price bulls may already be seeing the answer to their prayers as markets gained upward momentum March 27, taking Bitcoin above $4000. $4K Of False Hope? Data from CoinMarketCap confirmed Wednesday’s price trend, which occurred as analysts warned of the need for BTC/USD to close the month above $3800 to avoid bigger losses.

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CoinMarketCap Concedes Fake Trading Volume Concerns Are ‘Valid’

Following a recent report by Bitwise Asset Management claiming that 95 percent of Bitcoin exchange trading volume listed on CoinMarketCap is fake, the popular market data aggregator confirmed the concerns as “valid.

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Once Breakout Is Confirmed, Bitcoin (BTC) Could Rally To $5,500

Bitcoin Could Surge By 35% Hopium has seemingly started to return to the crypto market en-masse. Sure, Bitcoin (BTC) and other digital assets are trading sideways, but the sentiiment displayed by cryptocurrency investors is buoyant.

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Sirin Labs to Integrate MyEtherWallet into Smartphone

Users of Sirin Labs’ Finney wallet will not be able to make use of MyEtherWallet as their interface as the two companies confirmed on March 21, 2019, that they have entered a partnership. Better than One In 2018, Sirin labs made history when they announced the Finney smartphone, which is the world’s first blockchain-powered smartphoneRead MoreRead More.

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Fake Wasabi Bitcoin Wallet Emerges

A fake version of Wasabi wallet, probably designed to steal bitcoins, has emerged online at wasabibitcoinwallet. org. (Don’t visit that site. ) Wasabi Lead Developer Exposes Fake Website According to Wasabi developer nopara73 (the only confirmed identity he has), the site is only trying to assault Windows users.

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Here’s how much ‘Bitcoin Twitter’ loves presidential candidate Andrew Yang

The hype surrounding the US presidential election in 2020 is growing palpable, and one candidate, Andrew Yang, is getting significant attention from the cryptocurrency community. Yang, of the Democratic Party, is absolutely the favorite of internet memelords, but he isn’t the only one appealing to the blockchain crowd.

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New Zealand Crypto Exchange Cryptopia Resumes Trading with 15% Bitcoin Haircut

Cryptocurrency exchange Cryptopia resumed trading on 40 trade pairs three months after it endured a multi-million dollars theft. The New Zealand firm took to its Twitter profile to update that it was beginning to list pairs that it “quantified as secure.

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Why Switzerland’s Biggest Retailer Accepting Bitcoin is Crucial For Adoption

Digitec Galaxus AG, Switzerland’s biggest online retailer with nearly a billion dollars in annual revenue, has integrated various crypto assets including bitcoin as a payment option. The announcement, which was first reported by Watson, a major Swiss publication, was later confirmed by the Digitec team through its official blog.

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Cboe Will Not Relist Bitcoin Futures Contracts for March

The Chicago Board Options Exchange (Cboe) announced that it will not list upcoming Cboe Bitcoin (“XBT”) futures contracts for trading in March 2019. The Cboe Futures Exchange said that the company is “assessing its approach with respect to how it plans to continue to offer digital asset derivatives for trading,” stating that it has no intention to list additional contracts for trading relating to the cryptocurrency.

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New Zealand Christchurch Shooter Brenton Tarrant Made Money Investing in BitConnect

Brenton Tarrant, the Australian man behind today’s ghastly attack at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, reportedly made money from BitConnect investments. 49 people were confirmed dead by New Zealand police commissioner Mike Bush as of press time.

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