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Bitcoin loses refuge appeal as investors flee riskier assets

Bitcoin loses refuge appeal as investors flee riskier assets

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In recent weeks Bitcoin got refuge designation, but it started losing it rapidly as the largest crypto joins the global slide in riskier assets. After rallying while U.S. investments fell earlier in the month, Bitcoin has followed stocks lower, with the digital asset plunging about 14% this week...

BTC takes a premium in Hong Kong and Argentina amid sell-off

BTC takes a premium in Hong Kong and Argentina amid sell-off

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The riot in Hong Kong and Argentina made local investors give a premium for Bitcoin. Elections uncertainty brought to a peso plunge in Argentina and lately, BTC was selling for $12000 on a P2P platform LocalBitcoins, this is 10% greater than on the bulk of crypto exchanges all over the world....

Walmart attempts to patent a method of using cryptocurrency

Walmart attempts to patent a method of using cryptocurrency

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It seems that Walmart also desires to follow Facebook’s example and try itself in the world of cryptocurrencies. The giant retailer is trying to patent a way to apply digital coin attached to a usual fiat currency, which intends to all cheaper and quicker transactions as well as loyalty features....

Basic Attention Token

You can now use Brave’s BAT to tip on Twitter

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One more tipping service has been attached to Twitter and it’s Brave platform. According to a post that the browser published, Brave has started tipping service and currently, it’s in its beta period. Users of Twitter are going to have an opportunity of tipping content applying Basic Attention...

USDT moves to more blockchains and rises crypto market risks

USDT moves to more blockchains and rises crypto market risks

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The darkest corner of the crypto market is becoming murkier. A controversial token Tether which is being a means for trading coins on the majority of the crypto exchanges all over the world now serves as a conduit for transactions on a spate of new blockchains, the distributed digital ledgers that...

Blockchain.com launches Pit exchange

Blockchain.com launches Pit exchange

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Blockchain.com has generated over 40 million digital-asset wallets and now it’s entering the crypto trading field with a new exchange. The new London-based exchange named The Pit is going to offer ETH, BTC, USDT, LTC, PAX and BCH. Customer can transfer money instantly, with soon starting trading....

Bearish signs are showing Bitcoin is near to turning point

Bearish signs are showing Bitcoin is near to turning point

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It’s suggested that Bitcoin is coming to a turning point as cryptos conflict with larger inspection and bearish symbols pile up. BTC is really close to further losses, this is obvious cause some technical factors are pointing on this. A queue of negative modifications brought cryptocurrencies to...

Bitfinex is blocked from Tether reserves during the lawsuit

Bitfinex is blocked from Tether reserves during the lawsuit

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Crypto exchange Bitfinex stays obstructed from using supplies from the cash savings of Tether as an authority judges whether to dismiss a regulator’s lawsuit claiming the corporations hid losses of more than $850 million. Letitia James, New York Attorney General, sued the corporations in April...

BitMarket co-owner was found dead

BitMarket co-owner was found dead

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Radio Olsztyn Poland announced that co-founder of BitMarket crypto exchange, Tobiasz Niemiro was discovered dead on July 25. Niemiro was found near his apartment in Olsztyn city, it was proposed that he committed suicide. The Polish police declared that they discovered an injury in Niemiro’s...

The US sues Bitcoin theft suspect from Russia

The US sues Bitcoin theft suspect from Russia

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One of BTC-e currency exchange owners, Alexander Vinnik whose extradition from Greece the US is inquiring to face illegal charges, presently face a formal lawsuit in California. Previously, Vinnik was blamed for stealing Bitcoins from various virtual currency exchanges and now the US makes attempts...

Too sick for lunching with Buffett, but not sick enough for missing the party?

Too sick for lunching with Buffett, but not sick enough for missing the party?

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On July 23 Tron’s CEO told the public that the lunch with businessman Warren Buffett is postponed, because of Justin Sun’s illness. However, this kidney illness didn’t hold him to go to a Tron-organized event on Thursday in San Francisco. The king is back @justinsuntron...

Government of Venezuela is accused of using cryptocurrencies to bypass US sanctions

Government of Venezuela is accused of using cryptocurrencies to bypass US sanctions

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Venezuelan United Socialist party has been accused of avoiding economic barriers inflicted by the authorities of USA. According to locals, Venezuela avoided penalties by using cryptocurrencies via an airline app known as Jetman Pay. This application receives charges from travellers who buy tickets...

Justin Sun apologizes for delaying the lunch with Buffett

Justin Sun apologizes for delaying the lunch with Buffett

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Today is the day when Tron’s CEO and Warren Buffett long-awaited lunch was set but on July 23 Justin Sun cited health issues in postponing the event. He apologized about this, noting that it concerns authorities of USA. He wrote a long post on Chinese social platform Weibo and said he acted...

Top ICOs with the biggest ROI (Part II)

Top ICOs with the biggest ROI (Part II)

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In the first part of the article, we started talking about the ICOs that have the most prominent ROI. Now we are going to continue our talk about the top 10 and finally reveal, which is the ICO with the highest ROI rating. Spectrecoin (ROI =...

New York state legislature revealed 6 names of Digital Currency Taskforce members

New York state legislature revealed 6 names of Digital Currency Taskforce members

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Six deputies were chosen from the crypto and blockchain sphere by The New York State legislature to join Digital Currency Taskforce, which was created in January 2019. Assemblymember Clyde Vanel posted a video on Monday, where he proclaimed the legislature has picked 3 main officials from...

Top ICOs with the biggest ROI (Part I)

Top ICOs with the biggest ROI (Part I)

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ICOs are very widespread nowadays. The blockchain projects that had applied this model of raising funds gathered over $13 billion altogether. Many of these tokens started growing in rate during the trade on crypto exchanges, still not all the projects became as successful as they expected to. On...

Buffett’s lunch with the CEO of Tron is postponed

Buffett’s lunch with the CEO of Tron is postponed

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In yesterday’s tweet, Tron Foundation declared that the lunch of their CEO with Warren Buffett is delayed because Justin Sun is sick. TRON Foundation announces postponement of Warren Buffett lunch, press conferences after founder Justin Sun falls ill with kidney stones. Parties agreed to...

The founder of eToro is invited to lunch with Buffett

The founder of eToro is invited to lunch with Buffett

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Justin Sun, the founder of Tron, is going to have lunch with Warren Buffet on July 25. So there’re only 3 days left and Sun invited eToro’s author Yoni Assia to the lunch. He twited about this on July 21: I'd like to invite my good friend @yoniassia, Founder & CEO of @eToro, to join my...

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