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    Augur’s Unpredictable Drop

    Augur’s Unpredictable Drop

    State Street is looking to adopt blockchain technology for securities lending – that's if internally they can all get on the same page....

    Tezos Is Doing OK For Once

    Tezos Is Doing OK For Once

    The SEC will decide on 9 proposals in the coming months, not counting the one they just delayed.-AND-IBM and Maersk have 94 companies...

    Greetings from Bitstanbul

    Greetings from Bitstanbul

    A Russian team with big aspirations plans to build a cargo drone fleet connected via blockchain.-AND-Long-term thinking? In a rare move,...

    #BitcoinDominance

    #BitcoinDominance

    The AirSwap decentralized exchange is upgrading its tech to handle any-size Ethereum trades.-AND-You can now get paid for using bitcoin’s...

    CryptoTitties

    CryptoTitties

    A U.S. bitcoin trader has been indicted for alleged money laundering -AND-The SEC is going to decide the fate of yet another bitcoin ETF...

    Crypto Black Lotus

    Crypto Black Lotus

    The central bank in Thailand said it will launch its own digital currency by next year.-AND-New rules imposed by the Chinese government...

    SEC-ya later

    SEC-ya later

    The Securities and Exchange Commission has issued rejections to nine bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETFs) proposals.-AND-Crypto startups...

    Changin’ On The Telephone

    Changin’ On The Telephone

    A feud between Bitcoin Cash’s developers could split the year-old cryptocurrency in two.-AND-Mt Gox’s former creditors can now submit...

    EOS The World Turns

    EOS The World Turns

    A blockchain project spearheaded by NEX Group is facing questions over its future.-AND-One of the biggest airlines in Russia has piloted a...

    Blintzes on the Blockchain

    Blintzes on the Blockchain

    Binance backs $32 million funding for a new stablecoin from the creator of a billion-dollar Korean online commerce site.-AND-After the...

    If You Give A Mouse a Bitcoin…

    If You Give A Mouse a Bitcoin…

    Ethereum’s biggest test is fast approaching, and an important decision regarding issuance is up in the air.-AND-Secret contracts provider...

    R3jected

    R3jected

    Good news out of China? The People’s Bank of China’s digital currency researchers are expanding.-AND-Ripio is expanding its crypto-powered...

    The End of the ICO Era

    The End of the ICO Era

    The era of big ticket ICOs may be over, at least according to some cryptocurrency industry observers.-AND-The pioneer of the...

    WeChat vs. Bitmain

    WeChat vs. Bitmain

    Interstellar is born. The long-awaited union of Chain and Lightyear.io has delivered a new company.-AND-The WeChat crackdown on...

    Get Out of Jail Free Token

    Get Out of Jail Free Token

    A bitcoin mining company called Bitewei is being hailed as a new rival to Bitmain.-AND-Yet another stablecoin has been unveiled, this time...

    Wall Street <3 Crypto?

    Wall Street <3 Crypto?

    FOAM’s decentralized world map is now live.-AND-BitGo just launched its own regulated custodian for crypto assets.-ALSO-10 years after...

    Blockchain Convict, Shard Time

    Blockchain Convict, Shard Time

    IBM and Hacera launch a crypto “yellow pages.”-AND-R3’s CordaCon event draws big crowds as rumors swirl about the company’s cash crunch....

    Bitcoin in Palestine

    Bitcoin in Palestine

    Another stablecoin?! Yes, believe it or not. This time, it’s a token anchored to the Japanese yen. -AND-Kyber Network is adapting the...

    New York, the Jealous Ex?

    New York, the Jealous Ex?

    Banking giant PNC has adopted Ripple’s technology for cross border payments-AND-Leaders at R3 believe that enterprise blockchain industry...

    The Cypherpunk’s Elixxir

    The Cypherpunk’s Elixxir

    Cryptocurrency exchanges react furiously to a new report from the New York Attorney General’s office.-AND-Another Japanese exchange loses...

    Cody Wilson Arrested in Taiwan

    Cody Wilson Arrested in Taiwan

    A new research paper claims that tether has had no meaningful impact on the price of bitcoin.-AND-Bitmain unveils another ASIC, but it’s...

    Bitmain Sails High

    Bitmain Sails High

    Bitmain’s IPO filing reveals that it’s doing well despite the bear market.-AND-If you bet that the SEC would delay its bitcoin ETF...

    Hyperledger + EEA = ?

    Hyperledger + EEA = ?

    Hyperledger and Enterprise Ethereum Alliance join forces.--Three companies are now using Ripple’s xRapid in real life.--Researchers say...

    Diplomas and Decentralization

    Diplomas and Decentralization

    CoinDesk has released a list of the top universities that offer courses on blockchain and cryptocurrencies. Former president Bill Clinton...

    Gemini Gets Insured

    Gemini Gets Insured

    A critical exploit originally found in bitcoin’s code was patched last month before criminals could act on it. But it now appears there...

    Spies and Bribes

    Spies and Bribes

    The EOS community is having its first voting fraud scandal. The U.S. Department of Justice charged seven alleged Russian intelligence...

    Spanked By Hackers

    Spanked By Hackers

    The Persian Gulf may get its first cryptocurrency exchange licensed by a central bank.A cryptocurrency investment fund in Switzerland...

    Twitter Promotes an Elon Impostor

    Twitter Promotes an Elon Impostor

    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...

    Fidelity Goes Crypto

    Fidelity Goes Crypto

    Financial services provider Fidelity Investments is launching a cryptocurrency trading and storage platform.The price of the tether...

    Stablecoins Gone Wild

    Stablecoins Gone Wild

    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...

    Just $7 Million Short

    Just $7 Million Short

    Trading bots appear to have gamed a big token announcement from Coinbase.Binance teams up with Chainalysis to monitor cryptocurrency...

    Rupees for Stablecoins

    Rupees for Stablecoins

    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....

    Coinbase supports Circle

    Coinbase supports Circle

    Crypto exchange Coinbase announced support for the Circle-issued stablecoin Tuesday.The newest commissioner with the U.S. Securities and...

    A Freshman 51% Attack

    A Freshman 51% Attack

    Police in the Indian city of Bangalore have seized an ATM just weeks after it was set up by local cryptocurrency exchange Unocoin. A...

    Bitmain's IPO Woes

    Bitmain's IPO Woes

    Parties solicited to invest in the pre-initial public offering (IPO) funding round for Bitmain Technologies, Ltd., the leading maker of...

    Bitcoin Backed

    Bitcoin Backed

    In January, a new token is being launched on the ethereum blockchain that will be backed one-for-one by bitcoin. An advisory committee to...

    Bitstamp Acquired

    Bitstamp Acquired

    Cryptocurrency exchange Bitstamp has been acquired by NXMH, an investment firm based in Belgium and owned by South Korean conglomerate...

    Jail Time

    Jail Time

    U.S.-based cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has just announced $300 million in new fundingThe developer that formalized the code...

    Lost Crypto?

    Lost Crypto?

    The world's largest cryptocurrency exchange Binance has frozen accounts that received more than 93,000 ether from two wallets indirectly...

    Tether's Scribble

    Tether's Scribble

    Tether, the company behind the controversial stablecoin of the same name, published a letter purporting to be from Deltec Bank and Trust...

    ICO Guidance in "Plain English"

    ICO Guidance in "Plain English"

    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) plans to clarify when and how cryptocurrencies may be classified as securities, and will...

    Banned From Trading Forever

    Banned From Trading Forever

    Ironic? A fractious divide in the Bitcoin Cash community has raised fears that the cryptocurrency – the fourth largest by market cap –...

    Oil is the New Data

    Oil is the New Data

    It's increasingly looking like Bitcoin Cash mining pools will run a version of the software called Bitcoin SV.An ongoing legal battle...

    Bitcoin, the Evil Spawn

    Bitcoin, the Evil Spawn

    A European Central Bank executive board member said this week that blockchain is promising – but that bitcoin is “the evil spawn of the...

    Bitcoin drops below $5K

    Bitcoin drops below $5K

    Bitcoin’s price fell below $5,000 for the first time since October 12, 2017, dropping more than $500 to hit $4,981 earlier today.Despite...

    Giga Watt Declares Bankruptcy

    Giga Watt Declares Bankruptcy

    The U.S-based crypto mining firm Giga Watt filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy this past Monday, but it still owes creditors some $7...

    Amber Baldet: Privacy as Profit

    Amber Baldet: Privacy as Profit

    Clovyr co-founder Amber Baldet joins Nolan Bauerle to discuss the state of enterprise blockchain and the benefits of taking privacy...

    Inside the Mnuchin Files

    Inside the Mnuchin Files

    We FOIA’d former Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin’s emails. Here’s what we found.You’re reading State of Crypto, a CoinDesk newsletter...

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