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ETHNews: Switzerland Meeting Does Little To Quell Libra Doubts

Monday, 26 August 2019 16:31

Last week, six members from the US House of Representatives’ Financial Services Committee met with Swiss regulators, including the Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner and the Financial Market Supervisory Authority, to discuss Facebook's Libra project. According to Representative Maxine Waters, the meetings did very little to…

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ETHNews: Binance's KYC Hack Victims To Receive VIP Memberships

Friday, 23 August 2019 21:18

Though Binance has maintained that the know-your-customer hack earlier this month was not entirely made up of Binance users, those whose photos were successfully linked to the exchange will receive free, lifetime VIP membership accounts. The VIP accounts will give them access to all of the exchange's…

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ETHNews: BitPay Initially Blocks Crypto Donation To Amazon Rainforest Charity

Friday, 23 August 2019 21:13

Though the issue has since been resolved, crypto payments firm BitPay blocked a $100,000 donation made in an unnamed cryptocurrency to charity Amazon Watch, which is working to stop the fires currently ravaging the Amazon rainforest.

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ETHNews: Bithumb To Drop Failing Coins

Friday, 23 August 2019 21:06

South Korean crypto exchange Bithumb will begin reviewing its crypto listings monthly, intending to drop failing coins. The exchange's newly formed Eligibility Deliberation Committee will determine which coins will be dropped based on criteria including low trading volume, low market capitalization, and lack of support from developers.

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ETHNews: Beaxy May Have Lost $570K In XRP During Exploit Hack

Friday, 23 August 2019 16:15

John Galt, an analyst at cryptocurrency intelligence firm SharkCIA, has found that crypto exchange Beaxy likely lost about $570,000 worth of XRP during a hack two weeks ago that saw users exploit the XRP ledger on the exchange's platform.

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ETHNews: Hotmine's Bitcoin Mining Rig Doubles As Space Heater

Friday, 23 August 2019 15:59

At the Baikal Blockchain and Crypto Forum, mining rig manufacturer Hotmine's CEO Oles Slobodenyuk pitched the company's bitcoin mining rig to residents of Irkutsk, Eastern Siberia, claiming it can earn them up to $55 a month while radiating heat for up to 10 square meters.

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ETHNews: Pantheon Project Proposes Ethereum Join Hyperledger

Friday, 23 August 2019 16:05

The ConsenSys-backed Pantheon project, which offers a suite of Ethereum-based services, sent out a proposal in a Hyperledger mailing list regarding the possibility of Ethereum joining the consortium, which would make it the first public blockchain to do so.

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ETHNews: At Least 3 Libra Association Members Have Considered Leaving

Friday, 23 August 2019 16:10

Three unnamed members of the Libra Association, the group tasked with overseeing Facebook's Libra network, have considered leaving the group, citing disappointment related to crypto regulations and fears of backlash from publicly showing support for Libra.

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ETHNews: British High Court Recognizes Bitcoin As Property

Thursday, 22 August 2019 20:44

Though the decision is subject to ratification, the British High Court claims to now recognize bitcoin as property, making it easier for victims of hacks to claim cryptocurrencies locked away in exchanges.

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