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The Block: The U.S. government is using CoinMarketCap to value seized crypto

Thursday, 19 December 2019 16:05

A report published Wednesday by the Department of Justice’s Office of Inspector General reveals that the U.S. government uses the popular industry data site CoinMarketCap to assess the value of seized cryptocurrencies. The factoid is featured in the report entitled “Audit of the Assets Forfeiture Fund and…

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The Block: 2019 saw stagnant growth for blockchain-related references in scholarly journals

Thursday, 19 December 2019 16:11

Quick Take The Block looks at the growth of blockchain-related citations in scholarly journals using data from Google Scholar We found that 2019 saw the lowest number of blockchain-related scholarly references, in terms of percentage changes Scholarly literature referencing Bitcoin and Ethereum saw a slight decrease in…

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LeapRate: Daily Market News: Trump impeached as UK eyes rates

Thursday, 19 December 2019 16:31

Adam Vettese, UK Market Analyst at eToro, has provided his daily commentary on traditional and crypto markets for December 19,... The post Daily Market News: Trump impeached as UK eyes rates appeared first on LeapRate . Daily Market News: Trump impeached as UK eyes rates was first…

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CoinTelegraph: Blockbuster or a Bust? Tickets Industry Lines Up Around the Blockchain

Thursday, 19 December 2019 17:08

Experts believe that blockchain should be kept in the background, as it helps to solve the ticketing industry’s issues

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Crypto Briefing: Bitcoin’s Surge Above $7,000 Shows Market May Be Recovering

Thursday, 19 December 2019 17:22

Bitcoin stabilized above the $7,000 support level on Thursday, as the number one cryptocurrency continues to hold onto Wednesday trading gains. Altcoins moved into positive territory, with Maker, Waves, Ravencoin and Theta leading the advance. The Crypto Fear & Greed index, which analyzes market participants’ emotions and…

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CoinTelegraph: Iran Wants to Create Crypto to Confront ‘Economic Hegemony’ of US

Thursday, 19 December 2019 17:31

Malaysia supports President of Iran’s idea of creating a Muslim cryptocurrency as a means to confront the economic dominance of the U.S.

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The Merkle: How Cryptocurrencies are Shaping up Other Industries

Thursday, 19 December 2019 17:58

The popularity of cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin peaked most especially in 2017 when a Bitcoin was valued at around 20,000 US dollars each. This made many people and industries shift their attention to the use of cryptocurrencies. Although this only happened in 2017, Bitcoin and many other cryptocurrencies…

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The Block: Robinhood fined $1.25M for failing to ensure best execution when routing customer orders

Thursday, 19 December 2019 18:13

San-Francisco-based broker Robinhood has been fined $1.25 million by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) for failing to ensure the best execution of customer orders when routing them to four broker-dealers. In a press release published on Thursday, the self-regulatory organization FINRA announced that it reached a…

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bitcoin.com: DAOBet iGaming Solution Mainnet is Now Live

Thursday, 19 December 2019 18:30

DAOBet (ex DAO.Casino) is a blockchain for the iGaming 3.0 industry, with the mainnet launched by validators on November 27th, 2019. The mainnet was launched by 21 leading block producers with eight more validators on standby. The development will further realise the full scope of DAOGroup's decentralized…

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