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1{ "data": [{"categories":["Bitcoin","Binance","Bitcoin Futures","Investments","Markets"],"createdAt":"Fri, 18 Oct 2019 09:45:00 +0100","createdBy":"Marie Huillet ","description":"Binance’s futures platform is increasing maximum leverage and margin on Bitcoin /Tether contracts to 125x.\n                    Binance’s futures platform is increasing maximum leverage and margin on Bitcoin (BTC)/Tether (USDT) contracts to 125x, according to a press release shared with Cointelegraph on Oct. 18.Support for the contracts went live at 9:00 am UTC, with traders able to select 1x-125x leverage, with large positions adjusting to lower leverage allowed. As the press release notes:“At 125x leverage, a 100 USDT collateral deposit on Binance Futures will allow users to hold 12,500 USDT in BTC.”Balancing risk with efficiencyAccording to BInance, highly leveraged trading is being introduced using a “sophisticated risk engine and liquidation model,” a fast matching engine that “enables continuous margin without any jumps, and ‘mark prices’ for preventing unnecessary liquidations and combatting market manipulation.”Changpeng Zhao (CZ), Binance’s CEO, said that the platform has seen increased institutional participation in trading, with professional traders driving the need to introduce cost and performance efficiencies ways to support very fast trades.Alongside a risk management system, Binance offers traders an ‘insurance fund’ that can reportedly help to limit the chances of auto-deleverage.Aaron Gong, Director of Binance Futures, said the platform was seeing rising numbers of traders transferring “in and out from spot to futures during volatile periods.” Outperforming rivalsEarlier this week, Cointelegraph reported that Binance’s Bitcoin futures product was the only strong performer in a lackluster market this week, as trading volume on the cryptocurrency markets hit local lows. As analyst Skew Markets noted on Twitter, the product set a new daily trading volume record on Oct. 15, at over $700 million. By comparison, Bakkt managed 10 BTC ($81,000 at the time). Yesterday, CZ professed he was confused by the price decline of native exchange token Binance Coin (BNB) in recent months, which was trading over 50% lower than its all-time high in June.Nonetheless, fresh data published on Oct. 17 indicates that Binance earned roughly $185 million in Q3 2019 — its second-best quarter ever.","id":"02b48c4a-e6f4-43e9-994d-28be3fa68789","link":"https://cointelegraph.com/news/binance-raises-max-margin-leverage-on-bitcoin-futures-to-125x","sentiment":{"compound":0.8869,"neg":0.042,"neu":0.885,"pos":0.073},"title":"Binance Raises Max Margin, Leverage on Bitcoin Futures to 125X","uid":"cointelegraph:https://cointelegraph.com/news/binance-raises-max-margin-leverage-on-bitcoin-futures-to-125x","website":"cointelegraph"},{"categories":["Finance","Asia","Bakkt","Bitcoin Cash Futures","Block Trade","BTC Futures","CME Group","crypto derivatives","David Shin","Demand","derivatives","Ethereum Futures","Galaxy Digital","Global Markets","Heath Tarbert","ICE","Institutional Interest","Kelly Loeffler","notional value","options","q3","swaps","Tim McCourt","XBTO"],"createdAt":"Fri, 18 Oct 2019 14:25:13 +0000","createdBy":"Jamie Redman","description":"Global markets business CME Group said that institutional interest toward the firm’s Bitcoin futures is thriving and 2019’s third-quarter data showed a record number of open interest. Moreover, despite the lackluster start, the Intercontinental Exchange’s (ICE) Bakkt platform has seen an increase in interest with the company’s physically-settled bitcoin futures product. Also read: Honestnode Founder […]\nThe post CME Bitcoin Futures Sees Institutional Interest and Demand from Asia appeared first on Bitcoin News.","id":"078f2a33-e3f5-40ac-981c-333e2305fa66","link":"https://news.bitcoin.com/cme-bitcoin-futures-sees-institutional-interest-and-demand-from-asia/","sentiment":{"compound":0.9201,"neg":0.018,"neu":0.792,"pos":0.19},"title":"CME Bitcoin Futures Sees Institutional Interest and Demand from Asia","uid":"news.bitcoin.com:https://news.bitcoin.com/cme-bitcoin-futures-sees-institutional-interest-and-demand-from-asia/","website":"news.bitcoin.com"},{"categories":["Altcoin","cryptocurrencies","stablecoin","Libra","Facebook","Germany"],"createdAt":"Fri, 18 Oct 2019 01:15:00 +0100","createdBy":"Joeri Cant","description":"Nearly 75 percent of German consumers would not use Facebook's Libra stablecoin as a means of payment at home or abroad.\n                    Almost three-quarters of German consumers would not use Facebook's planned digital currency Libra, according to a recent poll.Only 27 percent considers using LibraOn Oct. 17, Cointelegraph auf Deutsch reported that out of 2,000 Germans aged 16 and over, only 27% would ever consider using the social network’s stablecoin as a means of payment at home or abroad.The poll was conducted on behalf of the Wirtschaftswoche business news magazine and Creditplus Bank AG. The results indicate that 73% completely reject the idea of Libra as a digital currency — 42% because they do not trust Facebook as a company and 31% because they only have trust in state-controlled currencies.The rejection of Libra among the over-35 age group is significantly higher than among younger consumers. Of those who were 55-plus, 85% said that it is impossible to do anything with the digital Facebook currency. Libra finds its biggest support in the age group between 22 and 34 years. In this age group, almost 42% of the consumers would be open to using the stablecoin.German finance minister rejects LibraGermany is obviously not the biggest fan of Facebook’s Libra coin. Cointelegraph reported in September that German finance minister Olaf Scholz stated that policymakers cannot accept parallel currencies such as Facebook's proposed Libra stablecoin.That statement was quickly followed by news that the German government had approved a blockchain strategy to prevent stablecoins from becoming alternative currencies and threatening state sovereignty.United States Senator supports LibraUnited States Senator Mike Rounds wrote to Nathan McCauley, president of crypto custodian company Anchorage Trust, where he expressed his concerns that other parts of the world are “dwarfing” the United States in innovative payment technologies. Cointelegraph reported that the senator was puzzled to see that his colleagues reacted with such hostility to the creation of Facebook’s Libra stablecoin. Rounds wrote to McCauley:\"It is profoundly disappointing that my colleagues chose to address your peers in such an ominous tone, which I fear may put a chill on innovation in the long run.\"","id":"129bee94-83a3-4537-848d-5de7bc013db0","link":"https://cointelegraph.com/news/nearly-75-of-german-consumers-would-reject-facebooks-libra-survey","sentiment":{"compound":-0.82,"neg":0.09,"neu":0.841,"pos":0.07},"title":"Nearly 75% of German Consumers Would Reject Facebook’s Libra: Survey","uid":"cointelegraph:https://cointelegraph.com/news/nearly-75-of-german-consumers-would-reject-facebooks-libra-survey","website":"cointelegraph"},{"categories":["Payments","dropbit","Lightning network"],"createdAt":"Thu, 10 Oct 2019 16:00:39 +0000","createdBy":"Colin Harper","description":"DropBit is updating its app to allow users to send bitcoin via the Lightning Network.\nThe post DropBit Adds Lightning Network Support appeared first on Bitcoin Magazine.","id":"409391d0-5a6b-41be-b704-92f5890a0b6c","link":"https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/dropbit-adds-lightning-network-support","sentiment":{"compound":0.5574,"neg":0,"neu":0.845,"pos":0.155},"title":"DropBit Adds Lightning Network Support","uid":"bitcoinmagazine:https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/dropbit-adds-lightning-network-support","website":"bitcoinmagazine"},{"categories":["Bitcoin","Craig Wright","Satoshi Nakamoto","Community"],"createdAt":"Fri, 18 Oct 2019 21:45:00 +0100","createdBy":"Ana Alexandre","description":"Australian computer scientist and tech entrepreneur Craig Wright has continued with his claims that he is the inventor of Bitcoin.\n                    Australian computer scientist and tech entrepreneur Craig Wright has asserted that Satoshi Nakamoto, the author of the Bitcoin (BTC) white paper, plagiarized him.Speaking at the CC London Investment in Blockchain and AI Forum 2019, which took place from Oct. 14 to Oct. 16, Wright claimed that he was about to reveal the ultimate proof of his authorship of the original Bitcoin code. This will come out, according to Wright, in the form of a thesis he wrote back in 2008.Wright said that Nakamoto lifted entire sections of the thesis into the Bitcoin white paper. After realizing that he referred to Satoshi in the third-person, Wright said:“Either I am Satoshi or Satoshi plagiarized me. You can make the choice, I don't really care because he actually took whole paragraphs from my LOM. So it’s either me or… I don’t really care if you like it.”Worth noting, Wright has continuously claimed that Satoshi Nakamoto is the alias for the partnership between him and his late business partner Dave Kleiman, the entity entirely responsible for inventing Bitcoin. After Kleiman’s death, Wright began arguing that he is actually Satoshi Nakamoto.Wright’s academic backgroundAs previously reported, Wright has become one of the most controversial figures in the crypto community, primarily due to his self-proclamation that he is Bitcoin’s original creator. Wright has filed 114 blockchain patents since 2017 and listed two PhDs on his LinkedIn page, including one from Charles Sturt University.Eventually, Forbes contacted the university and found out that it had not granted Wright any PhDs, although it gave him three master's degrees in networking and systems administration, management (IT), and information systems security. Wright was, however, awarded with a doctorate degree by Charles Sturt University later in 2017.Wright and the case of 1 million BTCSince early 2018, Wright has been a defendant in a lawsuit filed on behalf of the estate of Kleiman, alleging that following Kleiman’s death in 2013, Wright unlawfully appropriated more than a million BTC that the business partners had mined jointly in the early years of the cryptocurrency, as well as some related intellectual property. In late August, Judge Bruce Reinhart rejected Wright's testimony, stating that he had perjured himself by providing the court with falsified documents and recommended that he hand over 50% of the over 1 million BTC Kleiman mined with Wright, as well as intellectual property rights associated with Bitcoin’s software.","id":"249efe90-5050-40ad-a989-1b5febb2305a","link":"https://cointelegraph.com/news/craig-wright-either-im-satoshi-nakamoto-or-he-plagiarized-me","sentiment":{"compound":0.7788,"neg":0.057,"neu":0.865,"pos":0.077},"title":"Craig Wright: Either I’m Satoshi Nakamoto, or He Plagiarized Me","uid":"cointelegraph:https://cointelegraph.com/news/craig-wright-either-im-satoshi-nakamoto-or-he-plagiarized-me","website":"cointelegraph"},{"categories":["Regulation","News","Payments","Europe","France","Facebook","Libra","Bruno Le Maire"],"createdAt":"Thu, 17 Oct 2019 14:00:05 +0000","createdBy":"William Foxley","description":"The French finance minister has said Libra is an \"unacceptable\" challenge to state sovereignty and suggested political motives behind the project.","id":"01b145a9-ff8a-4976-a8fb-6904b54dbc5a","link":"https://www.coindesk.com/frances-le-maire-attacks-facebooks-political-ambitions-with-libra","sentiment":{"compound":0.0772,"neg":0,"neu":0.939,"pos":0.061},"title":"France’s Le Maire Attacks Facebook’s ‘Political’ Ambitions With Libra","uid":"coindesk:https://www.coindesk.com/frances-le-maire-attacks-facebooks-political-ambitions-with-libra","website":"coindesk"},{"categories":["Adoption & community","Hong kong","Localbitcoins"],"createdAt":"Thu, 03 Oct 2019 19:20:08 +0000","createdBy":"Landon Manning","description":"A political unrest persists, bitcoin trading volume for LocalBitcoins users in Hong Kong has spiked — the latest marker of a global trend.\nThe post Bitcoin Trading in Hong Kong Spikes, Reaches Highest Levels Recorded appeared first on Bitcoin Magazine.","id":"01f298f6-7334-47a9-b3df-6064e7e69f2b","link":"https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/bitcoin-trading-in-hong-kong-spikes-reaches-highest-levels-recorded","sentiment":{"compound":0.0516,"neg":0,"neu":0.968,"pos":0.032},"title":"Bitcoin Trading in Hong Kong Spikes, Reaches Highest Levels Recorded","uid":"bitcoinmagazine:https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/bitcoin-trading-in-hong-kong-spikes-reaches-highest-levels-recorded","website":"bitcoinmagazine"},{"categories":["Regulation","News","Libra","G7","Stablecoins"],"createdAt":"Fri, 18 Oct 2019 09:10:12 +0000","createdBy":"William Foxley","description":"A new report says bitcoin has failed as a means of payment or store of value, but stablecoins like Libra are a risk to financial stability.","id":"048a06f8-995e-4965-ac5a-36677d8cb941","link":"https://www.coindesk.com/bitcoin-has-failed-but-global-stablecoins-a-threat-say-bis-and-g7","sentiment":{"compound":0.0387,"neg":0.167,"neu":0.661,"pos":0.172},"title":"Bitcoin Has Failed But Global Stablecoins a Threat, Say BIS and G7","uid":"coindesk:https://www.coindesk.com/bitcoin-has-failed-but-global-stablecoins-a-threat-say-bis-and-g7","website":"coindesk"},{"categories":["News","Central Banking","US & Canada","CFTC","J Christopher Giancarlo","Stablecoin","LabCFTC","Daniel Gorfine"],"createdAt":"Wed, 16 Oct 2019 17:00:35 +0000","createdBy":"Daniel Kuhn","description":"Two former ranking members of the CFTC offered up a plan for a government-sanctioned, blockchain-based digital dollar.","id":"04244eca-d93a-4648-ac3d-7cbe80c50d2c","link":"https://www.coindesk.com/fearing-usd-decline-ex-cftc-heads-propose-a-blockchain-based-digital-dollar","sentiment":{"compound":0,"neg":0,"neu":1,"pos":0},"title":"Fearing USD Decline, Ex-CFTC Heads Propose a Blockchain-Based Digital Dollar","uid":"coindesk:https://www.coindesk.com/fearing-usd-decline-ex-cftc-heads-propose-a-blockchain-based-digital-dollar","website":"coindesk"},{"categories":["Bitcoin Exchange","News","News teaser","Trading","Circle Pay","crypto exchange","Cryptocurrency","Poloniex"],"createdAt":"Fri, 18 Oct 2019 19:20:20 +0000","createdBy":"Christine Vasileva","description":"Poloniex, one of the earliest crypto trading platforms that targeted the US market will ‘spin-out’ from Circle. Despite the efforts to build a fully compliant market, Poloniex is shutting its doors for US-based traders from November. Polo Digital Assets, Ltd. Created to Take Over Crypto Exchange Business Poloniex will spin-off in a separate company, Polo Digital Assets, Ltd., in partnership with an unnamed investment company, announced Circle. In the future, the crypto exchange will continue\nRead More\nThe post Crypto Exchange Poloniex to ‘Spin Out’ from Circle appeared first on Bitcoinist.com.","id":"14d28151-dc8a-4ee7-86e2-c9cd2934b5d2","link":"https://bitcoinist.com/crypto-exchange-poloniex-to-spin-out-from-circle/","sentiment":{"compound":0.5267,"neg":0,"neu":0.941,"pos":0.059},"title":"Crypto Exchange Poloniex to ‘Spin Out’ from Circle","uid":"bitcoinist:https://bitcoinist.com/crypto-exchange-poloniex-to-spin-out-from-circle/","website":"bitcoinist"},{"categories":["Bitcoin Exchange","News","News teaser","binance","binance leverage","crypto exchange","CZ Binance"],"createdAt":"Fri, 18 Oct 2019 16:00:57 +0000","createdBy":"Anatol Antonovici","description":"Crypto exchange Binance announced that its recently launched futures trading platform would offer BTC/USDT contracts with up to 125:1 leverage. Use With Caution Starting from today, Binance Futures allows investors to trade with up to 125x margin and pick any leverage from 125:1 to 1:1 for BTC/USDT contracts. When using the highest possible leverage, a 100 USDT deposit would enable users to hold 12,500 USDT in BTC. Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao (CZ), explained: The performance\nRead More\nThe post Binance 125X Leverage Sparks Criticism From Community appeared first on Bitcoinist.com.","id":"21f0b712-bda4-4f1e-845d-3b8a47499141","link":"https://bitcoinist.com/binance-125x-leverage-sparks-criticism-from-community/","sentiment":{"compound":-0.34,"neg":0.032,"neu":0.952,"pos":0.016},"title":"Binance 125X Leverage Sparks Criticism From Community","uid":"bitcoinist:https://bitcoinist.com/binance-125x-leverage-sparks-criticism-from-community/","website":"bitcoinist"},{"categories":["Features","Payments","Business News","Banking","Ripple","Bank of America","Bank of America Merrill Lynch","RippleNet"],"createdAt":"Thu, 17 Oct 2019 13:00:16 +0000","createdBy":"Nathan DiCamillo","description":"Bank of America, the second-largest U.S. bank, has discreetly tested out Ripple’s distributed ledger technology – and may be planning to do more with it.","id":"4726a1e1-fc87-4f00-92c4-dc8239fb4955","link":"https://www.coindesk.com/blockchain-shy-bank-of-america-quietly-pilots-ripple-technology","sentiment":{"compound":0,"neg":0,"neu":1,"pos":0},"title":"Blockchain-Shy Bank of America Quietly Pilots Ripple Technology","uid":"coindesk:https://www.coindesk.com/blockchain-shy-bank-of-america-quietly-pilots-ripple-technology","website":"coindesk"},{"categories":["Investing","Bitcoin price","podcast"],"createdAt":"Tue, 08 Oct 2019 15:53:07 +0000","createdBy":"Bitcoin Magazine","description":"In this episode, Dave Hollerith talks with Nathan Hadley, a.k.a. Bitcoin Schmitcoin, to hear what it's like to be a bitcoin price analyst. \nThe post Bitcoin Schmitcoin on Analyzing the Bitcoin Price and Healthy Markets appeared first on Bitcoin Magazine.","id":"35eea3b6-2dac-4a9b-bb56-7f2ba2c5254e","link":"https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/bitcoin-schmitcoin-on-analyzing-the-bitcoin-price-and-healthy-markets","sentiment":{"compound":0.6369,"neg":0,"neu":0.877,"pos":0.123},"title":"Bitcoin Schmitcoin on Analyzing the Bitcoin Price and Healthy Markets","uid":"bitcoinmagazine:https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/bitcoin-schmitcoin-on-analyzing-the-bitcoin-price-and-healthy-markets","website":"bitcoinmagazine"},{"categories":["Adoption & community","Mining","Op Ed","Technical","week in review"],"createdAt":"Sat, 05 Oct 2019 13:00:13 +0000","createdBy":"Jimmy Aki","description":"This week in Bitcoin saw a trading spike in Hong Kong, the potential for nuclear powered mining in Belarus, Jeremy Rubin's \"secure the bag\" solution for network congestion and more.\nThe post Bitcoin Magazine’s Week in Review appeared first on Bitcoin Magazine.","id":"0b9f4df4-c6dd-41a1-99a1-1cfe7a6f087c","link":"https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/bitcoin-magazines-week-in-review-4","sentiment":{"compound":0.5719,"neg":0,"neu":0.892,"pos":0.108},"title":"Bitcoin Magazine’s Week in Review","uid":"bitcoinmagazine:https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/bitcoin-magazines-week-in-review-4","website":"bitcoinmagazine"},{"categories":["Bitcoin","bitcoin","financial crisis","QE","recession","safe haven"],"createdAt":"Fri, 18 Oct 2019 07:56:39 +0000","createdBy":"Martin Young","description":"Notwithstanding the Friday dump which has just sent bitcoin price back below $8k, the global economy is in a bigger mess and is set to deteriorate even further. Central banks are pumping cash back into their systems, interest rates are going negative, and GDP figures are falling. Is BTC still a safe haven in times of financial turmoil? Global Financial Crisis Round 2 Every day there is more doom and gloom for the economies of\nRead More\nThe post Bitcoin Still a Safe Haven as Global Economic Storm Brews appeared first on Bitcoinist.com.","id":"173f0654-8772-4c41-bbf1-187fa04035a3","link":"https://bitcoinist.com/bitcoin-still-a-safe-haven-as-global-economic-storm-brews/","sentiment":{"compound":-0.9438,"neg":0.232,"neu":0.69,"pos":0.079},"title":"Bitcoin Still a Safe Haven as Global Economic Storm Brews","uid":"bitcoinist:https://bitcoinist.com/bitcoin-still-a-safe-haven-as-global-economic-storm-brews/","website":"bitcoinist"},{"categories":["China","Alipay","Binance","P2p","Wechat"],"createdAt":"Thu, 10 Oct 2019 18:13:52 +0000","createdBy":"Jimmy Aki","description":"Binance launched a P2P platform that circumvents the cryptocurrency exchange ban in China. Traders can connect directly through WeChat and Alipay.\nThe post Binance Adds P2P Platform for Chinese Investors, Supports Alipay and WeChat appeared first on Bitcoin Magazine.","id":"06294b37-1637-4400-b6c2-212cd73e8c92","link":"https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/binance-adds-p2p-platform-chinese-investors-supports-alipay-wechat","sentiment":{"compound":-0.1531,"neg":0.085,"neu":0.822,"pos":0.094},"title":"Binance Adds P2P Platform for Chinese Investors, Supports Alipay and WeChat","uid":"bitcoinmagazine:https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/binance-adds-p2p-platform-chinese-investors-supports-alipay-wechat","website":"bitcoinmagazine"},{"categories":["Privacy & security","bity","Edge","Paul puey"],"createdAt":"Wed, 02 Oct 2019 19:27:59 +0000","createdBy":"Vlad Costea","description":"To deliver bitcoin purchases with credit cards and BTC-to-fiat conversions without requiring KYC user data, Edge has partnered with Bity.\nThe post Edge Wallet Partners With Bity to Offer Non-KYC Fiat Exchanges appeared first on Bitcoin Magazine.","id":"16a9a1fd-57aa-4625-b208-8716baccfbd9","link":"https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/edge-wallet-partners-with-bity-to-offer-non-kyc-fiat-exchanges","sentiment":{"compound":0.3818,"neg":0,"neu":0.933,"pos":0.067},"title":"Edge Wallet Partners With Bity to Offer Non-KYC Fiat Exchanges","uid":"bitcoinmagazine:https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/edge-wallet-partners-with-bity-to-offer-non-kyc-fiat-exchanges","website":"bitcoinmagazine"},{"categories":["News","Prices","Bitcoin","Markets"],"createdAt":"Thu, 17 Oct 2019 11:08:02 +0000","createdBy":"Sebastian Sinclair","description":"Bitcoin is looking increasingly weak, having closed below $8,000 on rising trading volumes Wednesday.","id":"1ab98899-dcbb-4859-823a-ce31da6c5596","link":"https://www.coindesk.com/bitcoin-price-may-test-7750-as-selling-pressure-grows","sentiment":{"compound":-0.2263,"neg":0.259,"neu":0.582,"pos":0.159},"title":"Bitcoin Price May Test $7,750 as Selling Pressure Grows","uid":"coindesk:https://www.coindesk.com/bitcoin-price-may-test-7750-as-selling-pressure-grows","website":"coindesk"},{"categories":["Bitcoin","Bitcoin Acceptance","News","News teaser","euro","fiat currencies","inflation"],"createdAt":"Fri, 18 Oct 2019 13:00:52 +0000","createdBy":"Christine Vasileva","description":"Bitcoin (BTC) is headed to its 11th anniversary, inviting comparison to the life cycle of fiat currencies. Commenters pointed out that fiat currencies are actually prone to crises, and sometimes go through denominations, or simply disappear. Bitcoin has already reached 40% of the life expectancy of the average fiat currency (27yrs). The most successful fiat currency has lost 99.5% of its value. https://t.co/rEyQabeeQs — Willy Woo (@woonomic) October 18, 2019 Bitcoin Arrived 10 Years After\nRead More\nThe post Bitcoin Nears Half the Age of the Average Fiat Currency appeared first on Bitcoinist.com.","id":"23809e1c-db34-4aef-9c62-d61e19e3f970","link":"https://bitcoinist.com/bitcoin-nears-half-the-age-of-the-average-fiat-currency/","sentiment":{"compound":0.8439,"neg":0.041,"neu":0.829,"pos":0.13},"title":"Bitcoin Nears Half the Age of the Average Fiat Currency","uid":"bitcoinist:https://bitcoinist.com/bitcoin-nears-half-the-age-of-the-average-fiat-currency/","website":"bitcoinist"},{"categories":["Business News","Supply Chain","Provenance","Supply Chains","food supply chain","IBM Food Trust","Seafood"],"createdAt":"Thu, 17 Oct 2019 12:00:09 +0000","createdBy":"Nathan DiCamillo","description":"The system records the weight and location of the scallops as they are taken from the ocean and tracks them across the supply chain.","id":"615fb2d1-d476-4e0a-9208-78f9249efc97","link":"https://www.coindesk.com/shellfish-plant-is-putting-scallops-on-ibms-food-tracking-blockchain","sentiment":{"compound":0,"neg":0,"neu":1,"pos":0},"title":"Shellfish Plant Is Putting Scallops on IBM’s Food Tracking Blockchain","uid":"coindesk:https://www.coindesk.com/shellfish-plant-is-putting-scallops-on-ibms-food-tracking-blockchain","website":"coindesk"},{"categories":["Privacy & security","blockstream green","Tor"],"createdAt":"Thu, 17 Oct 2019 20:11:16 +0000","createdBy":"David Hollerith","description":"The latest version of the Blockstream Green bitcoin wallet includes a Tor integration that can be leveraged to obfuscate a user’s IP address.\nThe post Blockstream Green Wallet Adds Early Access Tor Integration appeared first on Bitcoin Magazine.","id":"3b59ef06-7941-455a-8ee5-8cf9f871dc8d","link":"https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/blockstream-green-wallet-adds-early-access-tor-integration","sentiment":{"compound":0,"neg":0,"neu":1,"pos":0},"title":"Blockstream Green Wallet Adds Early Access Tor Integration","uid":"bitcoinmagazine:https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/blockstream-green-wallet-adds-early-access-tor-integration","website":"bitcoinmagazine"},{"categories":["China","Regulation","Hong kong"],"createdAt":"Tue, 08 Oct 2019 15:28:22 +0000","createdBy":"8btc","description":"The Securities and Futures Commission of Hong Kong released guidance for crypto asset fund managers, demonstrating openness toward cryptocurrencies.\nThe post Hong Kong Issues Rules for Crypto Asset Managers appeared first on Bitcoin Magazine.","id":"0d86ce5f-67b6-4715-b2ad-ed7a01bd9900","link":"https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/hong-kong-issues-rules-for-crypto-asset-managers","sentiment":{"compound":0.8225,"neg":0,"neu":0.758,"pos":0.242},"title":"Hong Kong Issues Rules for Crypto Asset Managers","uid":"bitcoinmagazine:https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/hong-kong-issues-rules-for-crypto-asset-managers","website":"bitcoinmagazine"},{"categories":["News"],"createdAt":"Wed, 16 Oct 2019 22:22:55 +0000","createdBy":"Anna Baydakova","description":"Investors can choose to approve the extension or get 77 percent of their money back.","id":"1fb822c9-bd1f-48a6-b719-3e3a8fc82410","link":"https://www.coindesk.com/telegram-looks-to-cut-deal-with-ton-blockchain-investors-after-sec-order","sentiment":{"compound":0,"neg":0,"neu":1,"pos":0},"title":"Telegram Looks to Cut Deal With TON Blockchain Investors After SEC Order","uid":"coindesk:https://www.coindesk.com/telegram-looks-to-cut-deal-with-ton-blockchain-investors-after-sec-order","website":"coindesk"},{"categories":["Altcoin","Bitcoin","Ethereum","Ripple","Bitcoin Cash","Litecoin","EOS","Binance Coin","Bitcoin SV","Stellar","UNUS SED LEO","Price Analysis"],"createdAt":"Fri, 18 Oct 2019 20:05:00 +0100","createdBy":"Rakesh Upadhyay","description":"Bitcoin is at a critical crossroad. What are the different possibilities and important levels to watch out for? Let’s analyze the charts.\n                    The traditional financial system is heading to a disaster with about $17 trillion in global bonds returning negative-yields. “The whole concept of negative yields, of people paying for the privilege of lending money, is insane behavior to me,” said William Eigen, a veteran fund manager at JPMorgan Asset Management, in an interview with Bloomberg.Gemini crypto exchange co-founder Cameron Winklevoss believes that the staggering amount of negative-yield bonds is a compelling reason why investors should gravitate towards Bitcoin (BTC). Stafford Masie, the general manager of WeWork South Africa, also believes that Bitcoin is the best technological gift to mankind and Masie stressed that it will change the future of humanity. While many see Bitcoin as a game-changer, a few traditional economists still do not realize its potential. In a recent panel discussion, economist Nouriel Roubini said that tokenizing assets is a huge step backward as it will take us back to the stone age. Typicaly Roubini airs several reasons why he believes Bitcoin will not go anywhere but he did confess that maybe it is a partial store of value.Any new asset class has to go through a difficult phase of adoption. There will be phases of utter disappointment in between, but in the long run, a good innovation will find its due place. Should traders view the current dip as a buying opportunity or could cryptocurrencies fall further? Let’s analyze the charts.BTC/USDWill Bitcoin bounce from the support at $7,702.87 or will it plunge below it and dent investor sentiment? Let’s look at both the positive and the negative scenarios that the chart projects.The bulls have defended the support at $7,702.87 on three previous occasions. This shows that buyers accumulate when the price dips to this level. The bullish divergence on the RSI is another positive sign.A strong bounce off $7,702.87 will increase the possibility of a move to the top of the range at $8,777.89. If the bulls can scale this resistance, it will be the first indication that buyers are back in the game. A breakout and close (UTC time) above the downtrend line of the symmetrical triangle will confirm a change in trend.Conversely, both moving averages are sloping down and the RSI is nearing the oversold zone, which suggests that bears have the upper hand. This is the fourth time the BTC/USD pair has revisited $7,702.87 in just under a month. Repeated retests of a support level weaken it.If $7,702.87 fails to hold, it will trigger the stops of the aggressive traders who have purchased in this consolidation. The next support is at $5,533, which is the 78.6% Fibonacci retracement level of the most recent rally. We suggest aggressive traders protect their long positions with stops at $7,700. The pair is likely to take a decisive directional move within the next few days.ETH/USDEther (ETH) continues to face selling even on minor rallies. It is now likely to drop to the critical support zone of $161.056 to $151.829. Towards the end of September, dips to this range were quickly purchased. Therefore, we anticipate the bulls to defend this area once again.If the ETH/USD pair rebounds sharply from the support zone, the bulls will attempt to push it back towards the top of the tight range at $196.483. A breakout and close (UTC time) above this level will open the doors for a rally to $235.70.Contrary to our assumption, if the bears sink the ETH/USD pair below the support zone, a fall to $122 is possible. Aggressive traders can retain the stop loss on the long positions at $160.XRP/USDXRP bounced sharply from close to the 20-day EMA on Oct. 17 that carried it above $0.30. However, the bulls are struggling to sustain the price above $0.29227. This shows selling at higher levels. The bears will now try to sink the price below both moving averages. If successful, a drop to $0.24508 and below it to $0.22 is likely. However, with the 20-day EMA turning up and the RSI in the positive territory, the advantage is on the side of the bulls. If the XRP/USD pair rebounds off the 20-day EMA once again, it will increase the possibility of a move to $0.34229. Therefore, traders can hold long positions but raise the stop loss to $0.24.BCH/USDBitcoin Cash (BCH) continues to slide towards the critical support of $203.36. Both moving averages are turning down and the RSI is close to the oversold zone which shows that bears are in command. The failure of the bulls to even pull back to the neckline of the head and shoulders pattern shows a lack of urgency among buyers.A breakdown below $203.36 will resume the down move and the next level to watch is $166.98. Conversely, if the BCH/USD pair rebounds off $203.36, price will remain range-bound for a few days. A breakout of $236.07 will be the first indication that buyers are back in action. We will wait for the decline to end a new buy setup to form before proposing a trade in it.LTC/USDThe bulls have held the support at $50 for the past two days but have not been able to achieve a strong bounce off it. This shows that buying dries up at higher levels. If the bulls fail to push the price above the 20-day EMA within the next few days, the bears will try to sink Litecoin (LTC) below $50.The gradually sloping moving averages and the RSI below 50 suggests that bears have the upper hand. If the support at $50 cracks, the downtrend will resume and the decline can extend to $40.If the LTC/USD pair rebounds off $50, it might extend its stay inside the range for a few more days. We will recommend a long position after the price breaks out and sustains above the 50-day SMA.EOS/USDEOS has broken down from the immediate support at $2.8129. If the bears can sustain the price below this level, a retest of the recent lows of $2.4001 will be on the cards. The 20-day EMA has started to turn down once again and the RSI has slipped into the negative zone, which suggests that bears have the upper hand. If the bears sink the price below $2.4001, a retest of the yearly lows at $1.55 will be on the cards. If the support zone between $2.8129 to $2.4001 holds, the EOS/USD pair might consolidate for a few more days. It will turn positive on a breakout and close (UTC time) above $3.4. For now, we retain the buy recommended in an earlier analysis.BNB/USDBinance Coin (BNB) is stuck between both the moving averages for the past three days. This contraction in the range is likely to be followed by a range expansion. If the range expands to the upside and the bulls push the price above the resistance line of the channel, it will indicate a change in trend. Therefore, traders can initiate long positions as suggested by us in an earlier analysis. However, if the range expands to the downside with a break below the 20-day EMA, the bears will attempt to sink the BNB/USD pair to $14.255. If this support also fails to hold, the next stop will the support line of the descending channel.However, we give this a low probability of occurring because the moving averages have flattened out and the RSI has risen above 50, which suggests that the selling pressure has subsided.BSV/USDBitcoin SV (BSV) has been trading close to the overhead resistance of $90.40 for the past four days. The 20-day EMA has flattened out and the RSI has gradually climbed close to the midpoint. This suggests that the selling pressure has reduced.If the bulls can push the price above $90.40, a rally to $107 is possible. We anticipate a stiff resistance close to this level as the 50-day SMA is still sloping down and the bulls have not been able to push the BSV/USD pair above it since July 11. We will wait for a new buy setup to form before suggesting a trade in it. The downtrend will resume if the pair slips below the $78.506 to $66.666 support zone.XLM/USDStellar (XLM) has been trading above the moving averages for the past four days but the bulls have not been able to take advantage of it. If the price does not scale above $0.066628 within the next few days, the bears will try to sink it below the moving averages.If the price sustains below the moving averages, a drop to $0.057 and below it to $0.051014 is possible. The downtrend will resume on a break below $0.051014. Therefore, traders can protect their long positions with a stop loss of $0.051.However, if the bulls can propel the XLM/USD pair above $0.066628, a move to the downtrend line and above it to $0.088708 is possible.LEO/USDUnus Sed LEO (LEO) has once again made an entry into the top ten cryptocurrencies by market capitalization, and for this reason it has been included in this analysis. The cryptocurrency plummeted to a new yearly low on Oct. 06, which is a bearish sign.Currently, the LEO/USD pair is retesting the breakdown zone of $1.0075 to $1.0467. If the bulls can scale above this zone, it will indicate that the most recent breakdown was a bear trap. We might suggest a long position if the price sustains above $1.0467.On the other hand, if the price turns down from the zone, it can correct to $0.9410. If this level also fails to hold, the pair will resume the downtrend.The views and opinions expressed here are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of Cointelegraph. Every investment and trading move involves risk. You should conduct your own research when making a decision.Market data is provided by HitBTC exchange.","id":"1fcf0c73-fa18-401e-81bc-3196e711b030","link":"https://cointelegraph.com/news/price-analysis-18-10-btc-eth-xrp-bch-ltc-eos-bnb-bsv-xlm-leo","sentiment":{"compound":-0.7323,"neg":0.102,"neu":0.803,"pos":0.094},"title":"Price Analysis 18/10: BTC, ETH, XRP, BCH, LTC, EOS, BNB, BSV, XLM, LEO","uid":"cointelegraph:https://cointelegraph.com/news/price-analysis-18-10-btc-eth-xrp-bch-ltc-eos-bnb-bsv-xlm-leo","website":"cointelegraph"},{"categories":["Op Ed","Payments","Discounts","sats-back"],"createdAt":"Thu, 10 Oct 2019 13:00:26 +0000","createdBy":"Kyle Torpey","description":"With the potential of the Lightning Network and the growth of bitcoin rewards programs, the age of bitcoin-powered discounts may be here.\nThe post Op Ed: Is the Age of Bitcoin-Powered Discounts Finally Upon Us? appeared first on Bitcoin Magazine.","id":"197b709c-49cb-4945-8993-30a4d068c7c5","link":"https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/op-ed-is-the-age-of-bitcoin-powered-discounts-finally-upon-us","sentiment":{"compound":0.6908,"neg":0,"neu":0.87,"pos":0.13},"title":"Op Ed: Is the Age of Bitcoin-Powered Discounts Finally Upon Us?","uid":"bitcoinmagazine:https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/op-ed-is-the-age-of-bitcoin-powered-discounts-finally-upon-us","website":"bitcoinmagazine"},{"categories":["Mining","Canaan"],"createdAt":"Fri, 18 Oct 2019 15:59:08 +0000","createdBy":"8btc","description":"The Chinese bitcoin miner manufacturer Canaan is seeing huge demand for its AvalonMiner product lately and expects this to rise in 2020.\nThe post Canaan Expects $1 Billion-Plus from AvalonMiner Sales in 2020 appeared first on Bitcoin Magazine.","id":"27daef04-503a-4f8f-9e53-56b969fc75a2","link":"https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/canaan-expects-1-billion-plus-from-avalonminer-sales-in-2020","sentiment":{"compound":0.2023,"neg":0.038,"neu":0.905,"pos":0.058},"title":"Canaan Expects $1 Billion-Plus from AvalonMiner Sales in 2020","uid":"bitcoinmagazine:https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/canaan-expects-1-billion-plus-from-avalonminer-sales-in-2020","website":"bitcoinmagazine"},{"categories":["Business News","Banking","Sweden","Libra","Central Banks","CBDC","Riksbank"],"createdAt":"Thu, 17 Oct 2019 17:00:12 +0000","createdBy":"Ian Allison","description":"A senior economist at Sweden's Riksbank says central banks need to \"keep up\" with cryptocurrency advancements like Libra and XRP.","id":"3a98e0c0-d635-4a0e-be3d-610942482d82","link":"https://www.coindesk.com/libra-shows-central-banks-failure-on-cross-border-payments-riksbank","sentiment":{"compound":0.3612,"neg":0,"neu":0.878,"pos":0.122},"title":"Libra Shows Central Banks’ Failure on Cross-Border Payments: Riksbank","uid":"coindesk:https://www.coindesk.com/libra-shows-central-banks-failure-on-cross-border-payments-riksbank","website":"coindesk"},{"categories":["Investing","bitcoin interest accounts","bitleague","Blockfi","Celsius network"],"createdAt":"Fri, 18 Oct 2019 16:08:49 +0000","createdBy":"Colin Harper","description":"Is interest worth custody?\nThe post Bitcoin as a Savings Technology: Are Interest Accounts Worth the Trade-Offs? appeared first on Bitcoin Magazine.","id":"65ed325c-3c60-4bd9-8ec5-a713862636ff","link":"https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/bitcoin-as-a-savings-technology-are-interest-accounts-worth-the-trade-offs","sentiment":{"compound":0.8466,"neg":0,"neu":0.626,"pos":0.374},"title":"Bitcoin as a Savings Technology: Are Interest Accounts Worth the Trade-Offs?","uid":"bitcoinmagazine:https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/bitcoin-as-a-savings-technology-are-interest-accounts-worth-the-trade-offs","website":"bitcoinmagazine"},{"categories":["Blockchain","Hackers","cryptocurrencies","Mining"],"createdAt":"Fri, 18 Oct 2019 00:14:00 +0100","createdBy":"Joeri Cant","description":"BlackBerry Cylance researchers discover malicious code in WAV audio files that hackers use to mine cryptocurrencies.\n                    Threat researchers have discovered malicious code in WAV audio files, code that hackers use to mine cryptocurrencies.Hackers earn thousand of dollars per monthOn Oct. 16, researchers at BlackBerry Cylance, a software company that develops antivirus programs, reported the discovery of malicious code hidden within WAV audio files. This type of malware campaign, where hackers conceal malware codes in ordinary-looking files, is known as steganography.The analysis showed that some of the WAV files contained code to deploy malware for financial gain and establish remote access within victim machines. The report reads:“When played, some of the WAV files produced music that had no discernible quality issues or glitches. Others simply generated static (white noise).”The malicious WAV files allow hackers to deploy CPU miners onto the victim’s device, which steals processing resources and generates thousands of dollars per month from mining cryptocurrency. For that reason, crypto miners are a popular malware payload among hackers as they provide financial benefit while operating in the background without the user’s knowledge — an attack commonly called cryptojacking.North Korean hackers target Apple MacsCointelegraph previously reported that the notorious North Korean hackers known as the Lazarus APT Group have created another malware that targets Apple Macs and hides behind a fake cryptocurrency firm.Researchers said that, at the time of their warning, the malware was undetected by any engines on VirusTotal. The sample appeared to be closely related to a strain of Mac malware identified by Kaspersky Labs back in summer 2018.","id":"5f7be533-e93f-4762-bda7-142a55f3eb1c","link":"https://cointelegraph.com/news/hackers-use-malicious-code-in-wav-audio-files-to-mine-cryptocurrencies","sentiment":{"compound":-0.836,"neg":0.091,"neu":0.853,"pos":0.056},"title":"Hackers Use Malicious Code in WAV Audio Files To Mine Cryptocurrencies","uid":"cointelegraph:https://cointelegraph.com/news/hackers-use-malicious-code-in-wav-audio-files-to-mine-cryptocurrencies","website":"cointelegraph"},{"categories":["Ethereum","News","News teaser","ERC-20","Tether","USDT"],"createdAt":"Fri, 18 Oct 2019 15:27:39 +0000","createdBy":"Christine Vasileva","description":"Tether has moved almost all of the activity of the USDT stablecoin to the Ethereum network. Analysis shows that most coins were active on Ethereum, with only residual activity on the Bitcoin Omni layer. Retail Traders Adopt New Type of USDT While Tether completed the switch, there were no significant mintings of new coins. Most of the newly minted assets were a technicality, to move new coins to the Ethereum network. Currently, the network carries\nRead More\nThe post USDT ERC-20 Volume Now ‘Dominant Vehicle’ For Tether appeared first on Bitcoinist.com.","id":"1cbed806-0ea7-4901-9b5b-bdab9bb923d3","link":"https://bitcoinist.com/usdt-erc-20-trading-now-dominant-vehicle-for-tether/","sentiment":{"compound":0.6077,"neg":0.023,"neu":0.891,"pos":0.086},"title":"USDT ERC-20 Volume Now ‘Dominant Vehicle’ For Tether","uid":"bitcoinist:https://bitcoinist.com/usdt-erc-20-trading-now-dominant-vehicle-for-tether/","website":"bitcoinist"},{"categories":["Blockchain","Bermuda","Cryptocurrencies","Decentralization","Government","Adoption"],"createdAt":"Fri, 18 Oct 2019 11:08:00 +0100","createdBy":"Marie Huillet ","description":"The Premier of Bermuda, Edward David Burt, has said that cryptocurrencies are a great equalizer and characterized fintech innovation as a national strategic imperative.\n                    The Premier of Bermuda, Edward David Burt, has said that cryptocurrencies are a great equalizer and characterized fintech innovation as a national strategic imperative.In an interview for Forbes published on Oct. 18, the Premier — a former programmer, startup founder and entrepreneur who went on to become the youngest national leader in Bermuda’s history — expressed his belief that cryptocurrencies will ensure that citizens are less beholden to large corporations and government than they are now.Governments must engageThe Premier placed a strong emphasis on crypto’s role in creating a more equitable society — “that’s the premise of decentralization” — arguing that the advent of micropayments can help restructure the current technology business landscape, in which tech behemoths capitalize on platform effects to monopolize the lion’s share of value:“Facebook and Google make money because they have your data, but they don't pay for access to your data. However, when you talk about the ability to have infinitesimally-sized pieces of value so someone can pay you [...] for using your data ... [...] the promise of cryptocurrency is to actually take power away from those large companies.”While emphasizing that he “doesn’t particularly trust Facebook,” he nonetheless placed the pushback against Libra by global regulators and governments in the context of a culture of fear and argued that “the best and most productive way” forward is for governments to engage:“Whether it's Libra, when we talk about ICOs and different things, the fact is that it's no different from when stocks and bonds were startup financial services.”This fear may pertain to data privacy and rights — a concern he expressly shares — or to the perception that a government’s loss of control over currency poses economic and national security risks. Yet, he said:“It's going to happen. The Internet can't be shut off.”Fintech innovation a “national strategic imperative”The Premier underscored the centrality of fostering fintech for Bermuda’s economy, noting that 90% of the country’s foreign exchange earnings come from international business, largely from financial services.Given that fintech is the future of the industry, he said that creating an environment that is conducive to innovation — through the “Holy Trinity” of government, regulators and industry — is a national strategic imperative for Bermuda. He seeks to encourage local talent to stay and invest in the country’s future, helping to create jobs and new ownership opportunities, he said.As reported this week, global financial services company Circle has just announced that Bermuda has become the first government to accept its stablecoin USD Coin for tax payments.","id":"4e809287-4774-4fed-8444-a3354aab62de","link":"https://cointelegraph.com/news/bermuda-premier-cryptocurrency-a-great-equalizer-against-big-tech","sentiment":{"compound":0.9928,"neg":0.052,"neu":0.797,"pos":0.151},"title":"Bermuda Premier: Cryptocurrency a Great Equalizer Against Big Tech","uid":"cointelegraph:https://cointelegraph.com/news/bermuda-premier-cryptocurrency-a-great-equalizer-against-big-tech","website":"cointelegraph"},{"categories":["News","Business News","Accounting","Government","Finance","EY"],"createdAt":"Wed, 16 Oct 2019 12:48:40 +0000","createdBy":"Daniel Palmer","description":"The accounting giant is using blockchain tech to assist governments in improving transparency and accountability in the management of public funds.","id":"2a23aa35-c3c9-40ae-8c30-2a9d1e3e765e","link":"https://www.coindesk.com/ey-launches-blockchain-tool-to-help-bring-accountability-to-public-finances","sentiment":{"compound":0.4215,"neg":0,"neu":0.877,"pos":0.123},"title":"EY Launches Blockchain Tool to Help Bring Accountability to Public Finances","uid":"coindesk:https://www.coindesk.com/ey-launches-blockchain-tool-to-help-bring-accountability-to-public-finances","website":"coindesk"},{"categories":["News","Kik","Kin","Ted Livingston","MediaLab"],"createdAt":"Fri, 18 Oct 2019 19:05:28 +0000","createdBy":"Nikhilesh De","description":"Kik has sold its messaging business to a holding company called MediaLab but plans to continue enabling Kin on the platform","id":"1a4495c1-5fc6-4245-b466-8c4c5c810830","link":"https://www.coindesk.com/kik-sells-messaging-app-reaffirms-kin-crypto-integration","sentiment":{"compound":0,"neg":0,"neu":1,"pos":0},"title":"Kik Sells Messaging App, Reaffirms Kin Crypto Integration","uid":"coindesk:https://www.coindesk.com/kik-sells-messaging-app-reaffirms-kin-crypto-integration","website":"coindesk"},{"categories":["Technology","Badger","bitcoin cash","Bitcoin.com’s dividend payment tool","Crescent Cash","dividend payment","drop","Electron Cash","Ifwallet","Memo","Pulse Monster","Sai","Simple Ledger Protocol","Simple Ledger Token","SLP","SLP dividend payment calculator","Spice","Tribeos"],"createdAt":"Thu, 17 Oct 2019 20:26:06 +0000","createdBy":"Jamie Redman","description":"The Simple Ledger Protocol (SLP) has come a long way since its inception and more than 4,900 SLP tokens have been created to date. During the last few months, SLP usage has grown significantly with people constructing various types of unique ideas that create more use cases for these token concepts. Also read: SEC Commissioner […]\nThe post SLP Token Ecosystem Built on Bitcoin Cash Continues to Blossom appeared first on Bitcoin News.","id":"2d5eacf5-bd67-4362-a180-c7a1befa02d1","link":"https://news.bitcoin.com/slp-token-ecosystem-built-on-bitcoin-cash-continues-to-blossom/","sentiment":{"compound":0.4767,"neg":0,"neu":0.945,"pos":0.055},"title":"SLP Token Ecosystem Built on Bitcoin Cash Continues to Blossom","uid":"news.bitcoin.com:https://news.bitcoin.com/slp-token-ecosystem-built-on-bitcoin-cash-continues-to-blossom/","website":"news.bitcoin.com"},{"categories":["Bitcoin","Cryptocurrencies","Wallet","Hacks","Hackers","Security","Privacy","Tor","Darknet","Russia"],"createdAt":"Fri, 18 Oct 2019 13:15:00 +0100","createdBy":"Helen Partz","description":"Slovakian software security firm ESET has uncovered a fake Tor Browser that steals Bitcoin from darknet shoppers.\n                    Major antivirus software supplier ESET has discovered a trojanized Tor Browser designed to steal Bitcoin (BTC) from buyers in the darknet.Fake browser distributed via 2 websitesTargeting users in Russia, the fake Tor Browser was distributed via two websites and has been stealing crypto from darknet shoppers by swapping the original crypto addresses since 2017, ESET’s editorial division WeLiveSecurity reported Oct. 18.Created back in 2014, the two fake Tor Browser websites — tor-browser[.]org and torproect[.]org — are mimicking the real website of the anonymous browser, torproject.org. According to the Slovakian software security firm, these websites display a message that users have an outdated version of Tor Browser even if they have the most up-to-date Tor Browser version, offering to download the fake version containing malware.Over $40,000 stolen in BitcoinAccording to the firm, the newly discovered malware has been distributed for Windows, while there are no signs that the same websites have distributed Linux, macOS or mobile versions.After being installed, the malicious Tor Browser automatically swaps users’ crypto addresses to the addresses controlled by criminals.According to ESET, the total amount of received funds for all three wallets allegedly involved in the campaign accounted for 4.8 Bitcoin so far. One of the reported wallets contains 2.66 BTC at press time with the latest transaction in September 2019. In addition to Bitcoin, the campaign has also been stealing money by altering QIWI wallets, the firm said.Related warningsIn early October, ESET flagged another form of malware stealing crypto from users. Called “Casbaneiro” or “Metamorfo,” the banking trojan targets banks and crypto services located in Brazil and Mexico and has allegedly stolen 1.2 BTC to date.Meanwhile, Tor Browser users have already been warned about potential money losses due to security breaches. In mid-September, Finnish peer-to-peer crypto exchange LocalBitcoins warned Tor users about the risks of using Tor Browser, claiming that Tor Browser exposes them to the risks of having their Bitcoin stolen.","id":"424aeba8-e8e8-4326-a3a3-b61a3455fdf6","link":"https://cointelegraph.com/news/fake-tor-browser-steals-bitcoin-from-darknet-users-warns-eset","sentiment":{"compound":-0.9917,"neg":0.148,"neu":0.826,"pos":0.026},"title":"Fake Tor Browser Steals Bitcoin From Darknet Users, Warns ESET","uid":"cointelegraph:https://cointelegraph.com/news/fake-tor-browser-steals-bitcoin-from-darknet-users-warns-eset","website":"cointelegraph"},{"categories":["News","binary options","CFTC","Fraud","Las Vegas","Ponzi Scheme","pool","Scam"],"createdAt":"Fri, 18 Oct 2019 01:26:53 +0000","createdBy":"Avi Mizrahi","description":"A Las Vegas man is charged with raising at least $11 million from cryptocurrency investors he promised to trade binary options for, and make gains of up to 300%. According to the charges the money was sent from new clients to previous ones in a classic Ponzi scheme manner. Also Read: Binance to Add Bitcoin […]\nThe post Alleged Las Vegas Scammer Charged for $11 Million Crypto Binary Options Ponzi appeared first on Bitcoin News.","id":"867678cf-0d37-432e-982c-37f7c3911d28","link":"https://news.bitcoin.com/alleged-las-vegas-scammer-charged-for-11-million-crypto-binary-options-ponzi/","sentiment":{"compound":0.0516,"neg":0.073,"neu":0.865,"pos":0.062},"title":"Alleged Las Vegas Scammer Charged for $11 Million Crypto Binary Options Ponzi","uid":"news.bitcoin.com:https://news.bitcoin.com/alleged-las-vegas-scammer-charged-for-11-million-crypto-binary-options-ponzi/","website":"news.bitcoin.com"},{"categories":["Investing","Mining","Hut 8","toronto stock exchange"],"createdAt":"Thu, 03 Oct 2019 17:05:48 +0000","createdBy":"Colin Harper","description":"Hut 8, North America’s largest bitcoin mining firm, will soon trade publicly on the Toronto Stock Exchange.\nThe post Canadian Mining Firm Is First Bitcoin Company to Hit Toronto Stock Exchange appeared first on Bitcoin Magazine.","id":"869bc0f3-bd34-49ef-9d3f-c4ed242474ff","link":"https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/canadian-mining-firm-is-first-bitcoin-company-to-hit-toronto-stock-exchange","sentiment":{"compound":0,"neg":0,"neu":1,"pos":0},"title":"Canadian Mining Firm Is First Bitcoin Company to Hit Toronto Stock Exchange","uid":"bitcoinmagazine:https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/canadian-mining-firm-is-first-bitcoin-company-to-hit-toronto-stock-exchange","website":"bitcoinmagazine"},{"categories":["Blockchain","Games","Blizzard"],"createdAt":"Fri, 18 Oct 2019 18:33:00 +0100","createdBy":"Jinia Shawdagor","description":"Blizzard’s ban of Bitzchung for expressing his political views triggers community outrage. Is the blockchain coming to the rescue?\n                    The gaming world burst into an outrage as a result of Blizzard's move to expel a leading professional gamer from Hong Kong, Chung Ng Wai (aka Blitzchung), from its international Hearthstone esports tournament. Hearthstone is an online game featuring collectible cards that give players certain characters and abilities for an edge against their opponents.  It was not long until Gods Unchained, a rival blockchain-based game, claimed it will give back Blitzchung all his rescinded winnings and welcome him into their tournaments. Blitzchung was removed from the Hearthstone Grandmaster tournament he had just won as soon as he said: \"Liberate Honk Kong, the revolution of our time” in an interview. In a display of solidarity with the Hong Kong protestors, the 21-year-old gamer wore a gas mask (frequently donned by the protestors) right before he pulled it down to broadcast his message. Gods Unchained to the rescueThe Gods Unchained Twitter account was among the first to react to the story as it developed. The blockchain-based game posted it would pay all of Blitzchung’s lost winnings and give him a free ticket to a Gods Unchained tournament, which has a $500,000 prize fund.Similar to Hearthstone, Gods Unchained is a competitive card game where players collect cards to accumulate abilities that can be used to fight opponents. The difference between Hearthstone and Gods Unchained is that the latter comes with playable cards with unique identifications built into Ethereum’s public blockchain.This means that card ownership is in the hands of the players. With a blockchain gaming platform such as Gods Unchained, the platform’s owners cannot easily ban a player nor can they withhold winnings.According to a number of Blizzard’s critics on Reddit, even though the move by Gods Unchained is a marketing strategy, they largely believe it is acceptable, given that they consider Blizzard's stance toward Blitzchung to be overly harsh. To explain its ruling on Blitschung’s case, Blizzard (the company that owns Hearthstone) issued the following statement:\"Upon further review, we have found the action has violated the 2019 Hearthstone Grandmaster official Competition Rules section 6.1 (o) and is individual behavior which does not represent Blizzard or Hearthstone  Esports” The company also quoted a statement from its competition rules that indicates any act that is, in Blizzard’s sole discretion, offensive to a portion of the public will result in participants being removed from the tournament and their winnings reduced to zero.Mainstream attention and Blizzard’s responseGods Unchained’s prompt reply generated a lot of interest in its platforms from the gaming world. The rival gaming platform has received over 26,000 upvotes to its Reddit post and even more traffic to its platform — so much so that the owners claimed their servers were “hugged to death.”Recent data from Google Trends also show that searches for the keyword “Gods Unchained” have increased over the same period.James Ferguson, the CEO of Immutable, the parent company of Gods Unchained, said that the response to the move has so far has been overwhelming: “Our player base is rapidly growing with nearly 20,000 signups last week, most of whom are interacting with crypto for the first time.” When asked whether there has been any response from Blitzchung about the offer of paying him back his lost winnings, Perkins replied:“We’ve been chatting since the announcement. He hasn’t confirmed or denied if he will take us up on the offer, but whatever he does next we wish him the best.”Blizzard users also responded with a Reddit page of posts from players saying they will deactivate their accounts out of protest. Furthermore, the story has gained enough traction on mainstream media to attract the attention of two U.S. senators, Ron Wyden and Marco Rubio, who have commented on the issue.U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden from Oregon said in a tweet that “Blizzard shows it is willing to humiliate itself to please the Chinese Communist party.” He added:“No American company should censor calls for freedom to make a quick buck.” Marco Rubio, a U.S. senator for Florida, also commented, saying, “China is using its access to the market as leverage to crush free speech globally.” He also mentioned that the implications of censorship “will be felt long after everyone in the U.S politics today is gone.”Although Blizzard had previously maintained its silence on the matter, a statement released by the company on Oct. 11 showed that a reduced punishment will be handed out to the player. Blizzard’s president, J. Allen Brack, has revealed in an open letter that instead of rescinding all of Blitzchung’s winning, the player will keep his winnings and that the suspension from the platform will last only six months instead of 12.Brack, however, made it clear that the statement was not an apology and that Blitzchung did violate platform rules. Brack also disputed claims of influence from the Chinese government concerning the company’s decision about the issue. He wrote in the open letter:“Over the past few days, many players, casters, esports fans, and employees have expressed concerns about how we determined the penalties. We’ve had a chance to pause, to listen to our community, and to reflect on what we could have done better. In hindsight, our process wasn’t adequate, and we reacted too quickly.” The letter also said that in the future tournament rules will continue to be enforced in order to keep the platform away from politics.Blockchain as a solution to censorship?As the Chinese government continues to undertake what some regard as controversial moves aimed at solidifying political loyalty, companies are increasingly being forced to pick a side. Just recently, the American public was outraged when Beijing moved against the NBA for a pro-Hong Kong tweet posted by the general manager of the Houston Rockets.Given that centralized online censorship is on the rise, can blockchain companies like Gods Unchained provide a much-needed reprieve? According to Fazri Zubair, chief technology officer of game development company Lucid Sight, blockchain’s peer-to-peer nature makes it censorship-resistant and therefore a useful tool for achieving freedom of speech in the online gaming industry. He pointed out an example where people “are free to trade cards between each other just like traditional baseball cards and memorabilia.” He added:“Blockchain’s biggest strength against corrupt authorities is that it enables peer to peer trading of digital items.” In the gaming world, this would give users more control of their winnings, as the platform owners cannot stop someone from accessing their collectibles. He further mentioned:“If a government decides to make peer to peer trading illegal, they have to answer some tough questions about why this is different from thousands of years of humans using barter and physical money.” Ferguson is also optimistic about what blockchain can do for the industry. In his opinion, \"The technology allows uncensorable free-market economies to exist, so you’ll start to see gaming economies closely mirror and interact with those of the real world.\"Striking a balanceEven though the internet has somewhat delivered on the promise of decentralized distribution of information, the nature of how web traffic works leaves the entire system vulnerable to various bottlenecks. There are already studies that have exposed these vulnerabilities, especially among major search engines that tend to operate as de facto points of centralization. In the gaming world, mega platforms such as Hearthstone control a significant portion of traffic and therefore can apply pressure points that can change the entire view of the industry. When asked about his suggestions of more decentralization on gaming and other online platforms, Zubair pointed out that embracing \"centralized gameplay and decentralized optional asset ownership\" can achieve a balance.","id":"27626745-6dcc-45f5-a42a-c49b6c7ca2d0","link":"https://cointelegraph.com/news/blizzard-bans-hearthstone-player-blockchain-comes-to-rescue","sentiment":{"compound":0.9959,"neg":0.057,"neu":0.842,"pos":0.101},"title":"Blizzard Bans Hearthstone Player, Blockchain Comes to Rescue","uid":"cointelegraph:https://cointelegraph.com/news/blizzard-bans-hearthstone-player-blockchain-comes-to-rescue","website":"cointelegraph"},{"categories":["Investing","Bitcoin price analysis"],"createdAt":"Wed, 02 Oct 2019 20:04:49 +0000","createdBy":"Bitcoin Schmitcoin","description":"The bitcoin price is currently bound within a zone of indecision and we will have to assess the market as it tests either the upper or lower boundary.\nThe post Bitcoin Price Analysis: Macro Resistance Turned Support — Will it Hold? appeared first on Bitcoin Magazine.","id":"575f65f4-acfc-4a6b-8408-4cb867a6e8cc","link":"https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/bitcoin-price-analysis-macro-resistance-turned-support-will-it-hold","sentiment":{"compound":-0.0772,"neg":0.084,"neu":0.86,"pos":0.057},"title":"Bitcoin Price Analysis: Macro Resistance Turned Support — Will it Hold?","uid":"bitcoinmagazine:https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/bitcoin-price-analysis-macro-resistance-turned-support-will-it-hold","website":"bitcoinmagazine"},{"categories":["Payments","Bitpanda"],"createdAt":"Thu, 17 Oct 2019 22:27:35 +0000","createdBy":"Jimmy Aki","description":"Cryptocurrency exchange Bitpanda has launched a service designed to provide a quick way of paying bills and transferring funds to bank accounts.\nThe post Bitpanda Launches Quick Payment Service for Fiat Settlement appeared first on Bitcoin Magazine.","id":"2e6881b2-65b4-45d8-8f92-cf8c55eee3fe","link":"https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/bitpanda-launches-quick-payment-service-for-fiat-settlement","sentiment":{"compound":0.128,"neg":0,"neu":0.958,"pos":0.042},"title":"Bitpanda Launches Quick Payment Service for Fiat Settlement","uid":"bitcoinmagazine:https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/bitpanda-launches-quick-payment-service-for-fiat-settlement","website":"bitcoinmagazine"},{"categories":["Investing","Mining","layer1","peter thiel"],"createdAt":"Wed, 16 Oct 2019 15:50:56 +0000","createdBy":"Jimmy Aki","description":"Layer1 has secured new funding to develop a full-stack bitcoin mining infrastructure and bring more of the global hash power to the U.S.\nThe post Layer1 Secures $50M in Funding to Rebalance the Global Bitcoin Hash Power appeared first on Bitcoin Magazine.","id":"4db4e97a-a6e0-47d0-8935-d76a39b2c35a","link":"https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/layer1-secures-50m-in-funding-to-rebalance-the-global-bitcoin-hash-power","sentiment":{"compound":0.6124,"neg":0,"neu":0.886,"pos":0.114},"title":"Layer1 Secures $50M in Funding to Rebalance the Global Bitcoin Hash Power","uid":"bitcoinmagazine:https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/layer1-secures-50m-in-funding-to-rebalance-the-global-bitcoin-hash-power","website":"bitcoinmagazine"},{"categories":["Politics & Law","agatha bacelar"],"createdAt":"Thu, 10 Oct 2019 19:30:09 +0000","createdBy":"Colin Harper","description":"Agatha Bacelar is running for Congress with the perspective that Bitcoin and blockchain technology can be drivers of social good.\nThe post Pelosi’s Challenger Agatha Bacelar on Bitcoin as an Agent for Social Change appeared first on Bitcoin Magazine.","id":"4faa31bc-323e-4699-94a9-fe64f2c4d336","link":"https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/pelosis-challenger-agatha-bacelar-on-bitcoin-as-an-agent-for-social-change","sentiment":{"compound":0.5267,"neg":0,"neu":0.894,"pos":0.106},"title":"Pelosi’s Challenger Agatha Bacelar on Bitcoin as an Agent for Social Change","uid":"bitcoinmagazine:https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/pelosis-challenger-agatha-bacelar-on-bitcoin-as-an-agent-for-social-change","website":"bitcoinmagazine"},{"categories":["News","ATM","BCH","Bitcoin","Bitcoin ATM","bitcoin cash","Bitstop","BSA","BTC","crypto","Cryptocurrencies","Digital Asset","Government","miami","Regulation"],"createdAt":"Thu, 17 Oct 2019 14:30:08 +0000","createdBy":"Graham Smith","description":"Miami based bitcoin ATM maker Bitstop has recently installed Miami International Airport’s first crypto ATM, according to a press release issued October 15. The installation adds to the 106 machines the company has already placed across the U.S. Further, it raises important questions about the benefits and legality of traveling with crypto in lieu of […]\nThe post Bitcoin ATM in Miami Airport Raises Questions About Traveling With Crypto appeared first on Bitcoin News.","id":"47afa9ff-a8d2-46fd-a1f9-59aa2bfd07f3","link":"https://news.bitcoin.com/bitcoin-atm-in-miami-airport-raises-questions-about-traveling-with-crypto/","sentiment":{"compound":0.5267,"neg":0,"neu":0.942,"pos":0.058},"title":"Bitcoin ATM in Miami Airport Raises Questions About Traveling With Crypto","uid":"news.bitcoin.com:https://news.bitcoin.com/bitcoin-atm-in-miami-airport-raises-questions-about-traveling-with-crypto/","website":"news.bitcoin.com"},{"categories":["Investing","Canaan"],"createdAt":"Thu, 10 Oct 2019 18:11:02 +0000","createdBy":"8btc","description":"The Chinese bitcoin miner manufacturer Canaan is reportedly planning to conduct a U.S. IPO in November 2019.\nThe post Report: Canaan Will Be Listed Publicly in the US in November appeared first on Bitcoin Magazine.","id":"882ff4ac-2854-4e8e-ad20-0bffa201a859","link":"https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/report-canaan-will-be-listed-publicly-in-the-us-in-november","sentiment":{"compound":0,"neg":0,"neu":1,"pos":0},"title":"Report: Canaan Will Be Listed Publicly in the US in November","uid":"bitcoinmagazine:https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/report-canaan-will-be-listed-publicly-in-the-us-in-november","website":"bitcoinmagazine"},{"categories":["Altcoin","Binance","Bitcoin Cash","Tradings"],"createdAt":"Fri, 18 Oct 2019 06:34:00 +0100","createdBy":"Liam Frost","description":"Decentralized cryptocurrency exchange Binance DEX is preparing to list BCH-1FD, a pegged token that tracks the value of Bitcoin Cash.\n                    Changpeng Zhao, CEO and founder of major cryptocurrency exchange Binance, has proposed to list a token pegged to Bitcoin Cash (BCH) on Binance DEX, the platform’s decentralized counterpart.According to the post published in Binance's Token Issuance & Listings section on Oct. 17, “CZ” proposes to “to list BCH-1FD, a pegged token that tracks the value of the native asset of the Bitcoin Cash.” The corresponding “one-sentence pitch” reads:“BCH-1FD aims to provide a token pegged to BCH value for trading on Binance DEX. In 2017, the Bitcoin community split into two: BTC and Bitcoin Cash(BCH). BCH is a peer-to-peer electronic cash system.”“No potential conflict of interest”In the paragraph regarding BCH-1FD’s team size and whether some contributors are involved in other crypto projects, CZ noted that Binance will provide conversion between BCH and BCH-1FD through deposit/withdraw. As such, “there isn’t much development work in this token or any potential of conflict of interest,” Zhao concluded.Per the proposal, users will be able to swap the token for native BCH on Binance.com. Currently, the total circulating supply of BCH-1FD amounts to 5,000 BCH, but could be increased in the future. The post states:“BEP2 BCH is mintable, and the total supply will increase as market demands. All the issued BEP2 BCH will be backed 1:1 by native BCH sitting in a publicly disclosed reserve address that can be monitored by anyone at all times.”Parallel to his BCH-1FD project, CZ also proposed to list two new trading pairs with Binance USD (BUSD) stablecoin on the DEX: Bitcoin (BTC)/BUSD and XRP/BUSD.As Cointelegraph reported previously, CZ had recently stated that the reasons why Binance Coin (BNB) dropped over 50% from its all-time high in June do not “make much sense.”","id":"88e4afb5-52b1-45c0-8567-1d06947b1bcb","link":"https://cointelegraph.com/news/binance-dex-prepares-to-list-a-bch-pegged-token","sentiment":{"compound":0.8074,"neg":0.011,"neu":0.944,"pos":0.045},"title":"Binance DEX Prepares to List a BCH-Pegged Token","uid":"cointelegraph:https://cointelegraph.com/news/binance-dex-prepares-to-list-a-bch-pegged-token","website":"cointelegraph"},{"categories":["Events","Conference","Lightning network","the lightning conference"],"createdAt":"Fri, 04 Oct 2019 21:00:30 +0000","createdBy":"Vlad Costea","description":"In late October 2019, The Lightning Conference will gather together developers, investors and community members who love Bitcoin’s Lightning Network.\nThe post The Lightning Conference Preview in Six Stories appeared first on Bitcoin Magazine.","id":"594ffa60-7cd1-4c7f-9ec5-40256b1e0b4e","link":"https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/the-lightning-conference-preview-in-six-stories","sentiment":{"compound":0.6369,"neg":0,"neu":0.887,"pos":0.113},"title":"The Lightning Conference Preview in Six Stories","uid":"bitcoinmagazine:https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/the-lightning-conference-preview-in-six-stories","website":"bitcoinmagazine"},{"categories":["Altcoin","Huobi","Singapore","Turkey","Fiat Money","Cryptocurrencies","Tether","Banks","Stablecoin"],"createdAt":"Fri, 18 Oct 2019 17:32:00 +0100","createdBy":"Helen Partz","description":"Huobi has launched a fiat onramp for the Turkish Lira that will allow users in the country to trade cryptocurrencies on Huobi Global.\n                    Singapore-based crypto exchange Huobi will launch a fiat gateway for the Turkish lira in late 2019.Huobi’s fiat onramp for lira will be the first fiat gateway launched by a global exchange, Huobi Global claimed during the opening event at the Eurasia Blockchain Summit on Oct. 18.During the inaugural event hosted by Huobi Global, the company also revealed more information about its expansion into Turkey. Specifically, Huobi unveiled the successful establishment of a local team, localized language option, mobile application, exclusive trading fees as well as a detailed strategy for Huobi Turkey.By launching the gateway, Huobi will enable Turkish users to deposit fiat currency via wire transfer to exchange for major stablecoin Tether (UDST), which can then be used to trade crypto-to-crypto on Huobi Global.According to the press release, Huobi users from Turkey will be trading with a 50% discount on transaction fees, which they can further decrease by holding Huobi’s native token Huobi Token (HT). The exchange will also feature a discount fee of 0.0078% on spot and margin trades for Turkish professional traders within the All Star VIP Program, the firm said.Lira onramp is one part of Huobi’s expansion into TurkeyThe Huobi Turkey keynote follows the exchange’s initial announcement of expanding into the Turkish market in June 2019. At the time, Huobi Global CEO Livio Weng stated that the exchange will be “moving aggressively” over the next 12 months, noting that the country has a “very important and promising prospective market.”Huobi’s expansion is driven by the increased popularity of cryptocurrencies in the country, where 20% of the population holds some form of crypto, which is the “highest per capita rate of cryptocurrency ownership of all nations surveyed,” the firm said.Mohit Davar, regional president of Huobi Group, emphasized at the event that Huobi’s Turkish arm will be operating in compliance with local regulations, as reported by a Cointelegraph correspondent who visited the event. Davar said:\"For Huobi, what's important is to go into a market in a compliant way. [...] We talk to the stakeholders to make sure we are working closely with them in a controlled fashion. That's why we take our time preparing.”In mid-September, the Turkish government announced plans to form a national blockchain infrastructure to utilize distributed ledger technology in its public administrationThe piece was contributed by Cointelegraph Turkey correspondent Erhan Kahraman.","id":"5796eda1-7f60-4c51-ae09-6cdc1f7d596f","link":"https://cointelegraph.com/news/huobi-lira-onramp-to-enable-crypto-trading-for-turkish-users","sentiment":{"compound":0.9754,"neg":0,"neu":0.927,"pos":0.073},"title":"Huobi Lira Onramp to Enable Crypto Trading for Turkish Users","uid":"cointelegraph:https://cointelegraph.com/news/huobi-lira-onramp-to-enable-crypto-trading-for-turkish-users","website":"cointelegraph"},{"categories":["News","Crime","US & Canada","Asia-Pacific","Europe"],"createdAt":"Wed, 16 Oct 2019 15:25:56 +0000","createdBy":"David Pan","description":"A U.S. federal grand jury indicted a South Korean citizen for operating a child porn site, funded by millions dollars worth of bitcoin.","id":"38d80dd8-7a46-4f9b-972e-e0930eebd676","link":"https://www.coindesk.com/us-law-enforcement-traces-bitcoin-transactions-to-nab-largest-child-porn-site","sentiment":{"compound":0.5994,"neg":0,"neu":0.786,"pos":0.214},"title":"US Law Enforcement Traces Bitcoin Transfers to Nab ‘Largest’ Child Porn Site","uid":"coindesk:https://www.coindesk.com/us-law-enforcement-traces-bitcoin-transactions-to-nab-largest-child-porn-site","website":"coindesk"},{"categories":["Altcoin News","News","News teaser","Facebook","G7","Libra","Stablecoins"],"createdAt":"Fri, 18 Oct 2019 11:00:37 +0000","createdBy":"Anatol Antonovici","description":"Today, G7 countries have documented their concerns about the impact of stablecoins on the global monetary system, US Senator Michael Rounds has offered fresh words of support, and a new survey has emerged on Libra adoption 67% of Nigerian Businesses Would Welcome Libra While Facebook’s intention to launch a global digital currency sparked reactions among governments and regulators in developed countries, no-one has bothered to ask the opinion of potential users, especially in developing countries.\nRead More\nThe post Libra Roundup: G7 Voice Concerns, Senator Adds Support, New Study Emerges appeared first on Bitcoinist.com.","id":"4edeea8b-307d-4f94-811d-4193e98845b3","link":"https://bitcoinist.com/libra-roundup-g7-voice-concerns-senator-adds-support-new-study-emerges/","sentiment":{"compound":0.8126,"neg":0.023,"neu":0.87,"pos":0.107},"title":"Libra Roundup: G7 Voice Concerns, Senator Adds Support, New Study Emerges","uid":"bitcoinist:https://bitcoinist.com/libra-roundup-g7-voice-concerns-senator-adds-support-new-study-emerges/","website":"bitcoinist"},{"categories":["News","Identity","Bermuda","Shyft Network","Perseid"],"createdAt":"Wed, 16 Oct 2019 14:30:08 +0000","createdBy":"William Foxley","description":"The Atlantic island is rolling out the first phase of a national digital identification system built on blockchain tech.","id":"7155c425-bf55-49e0-af22-b884401e7cf1","link":"https://www.coindesk.com/bermuda-starts-development-of-a-blockchain-based-national-identity-system","sentiment":{"compound":0,"neg":0,"neu":1,"pos":0},"title":"Bermuda Starts Development of a Blockchain-Based National ID System","uid":"coindesk:https://www.coindesk.com/bermuda-starts-development-of-a-blockchain-based-national-identity-system","website":"coindesk"},{"categories":["Investing","Blockfi","Institutional investors"],"createdAt":"Thu, 17 Oct 2019 18:26:19 +0000","createdBy":"Landon Manning","description":"Digital assets lender BlockFi is launching an institutional services platform to attract larger investors into the cryptocurrency space.\nThe post BlockFi Introduces Institutional Services for Digital Assets appeared first on Bitcoin Magazine.","id":"4baf191b-fd8e-492d-a34e-43e05d2d6051","link":"https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/blockfi-introduces-institutional-services-for-digital-assets","sentiment":{"compound":0.5994,"neg":0,"neu":0.831,"pos":0.169},"title":"BlockFi Introduces Institutional Services for Digital Assets","uid":"bitcoinmagazine:https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/blockfi-introduces-institutional-services-for-digital-assets","website":"bitcoinmagazine"},{"categories":["Altcoin","Facebook","Libra","Stablecoin","Cryptocurrencies","Germany","Government","Europe"],"createdAt":"Fri, 18 Oct 2019 19:10:00 +0100","createdBy":"Ana Alexandre","description":"German Federal Minister of Finance Olaf Scholz has doubled down on his previous statement that policymakers should prevent the issuance of Libra.\n                    German Federal Minister of Finance Olaf Scholz has doubled down on his previous statement that policymakers should prevent the issuance of Facebook’s Libra stablecoin.At the International Monetary Fund and World Bank fall meeting on Friday, Scholz stressed that stablecoins could pose international risks, Reuters reported on Oct. 18. Scholz expressed his utter skepticism regarding the social media giant’s plans, stating:“We will carefully monitor the situation with all the means at our disposal. I am not in favour of the successful creation of such a world currency because that is the responsibility of democratic states.”Scholz notes that the financial system needs reformScholz said that the existing financial system needs reform to improve and streamline cross-border payments, but without threatening the autonomy of states.Scholz thus reiterated his mid-September statement when he urged policymakers not to accept parallel currencies such as the Libra stablecoin. “The Federal Government will work at European and international level to ensure that stablecoins will not become an alternative to official currencies,” a document seen by Reuters read at the time.The number of regulators against Libra growsAt its latest meeting, a G-7 task force confirmed that the group of the seven wealthiest nations would not allow any global stablecoin to launch without adequately addressing the related challenges and risks. Once stablecoins are launched globally, a G7 report read, they could potentially threaten the global financial stability and monetary system.Financial Action Task Force president Xiangmin Liu said that both stablecoins and the companies behind them would be subject to global standards on cryptocurrencies and traditional financial assets, thus joining the growing number of regulators expressing concerns over Facebook’s Libra.France’s economy and finance minister, Bruno Le Maire also repeated his criticism of Libra, saying he cannot allow its existence.","id":"c46580fe-b09d-4c44-b44a-40cb6040c250","link":"https://cointelegraph.com/news/german-minister-doubles-down-on-statements-against-facebooks-libra","sentiment":{"compound":0.57,"neg":0.069,"neu":0.838,"pos":0.092},"title":"German Minister Doubles Down on Statements Against Facebook’s Libra","uid":"cointelegraph:https://cointelegraph.com/news/german-minister-doubles-down-on-statements-against-facebooks-libra","website":"cointelegraph"},{"categories":["Regulation","Scams","exchange hack","South korea"],"createdAt":"Wed, 02 Oct 2019 18:54:11 +0000","createdBy":"Jimmy Aki","description":"A recent ruling by a court in South Korea could see cryptocurrency exchanges held responsible for compensating hack victims.\nThe post South Korean Court Sets Compensation Precedent for Cryptocurrency Exchanges appeared first on Bitcoin Magazine.","id":"8f456dc0-8840-461c-8c63-cdd2c79ac98e","link":"https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/south-korean-court-sets-compensation-precedent-for-cryptocurrency-exchanges","sentiment":{"compound":0,"neg":0.065,"neu":0.871,"pos":0.065},"title":"South Korean Court Sets Compensation Precedent for Cryptocurrency Exchanges","uid":"bitcoinmagazine:https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/south-korean-court-sets-compensation-precedent-for-cryptocurrency-exchanges","website":"bitcoinmagazine"},{"categories":["Adoption & community","Localbitcoins","usefultulips","Venezuela"],"createdAt":"Wed, 02 Oct 2019 19:16:27 +0000","createdBy":"Colin Harper","description":"Data compiled by usefultulips.org shows that Venezuelans have purchases $250 million worth of BTC and that bitcoin is working as Satoshi intended.\nThe post Venezuela Has Traded $250M BTC in 2019 (And Other Bitcoin Utility Data) appeared first on Bitcoin Magazine.","id":"5aa292a7-d957-41e4-9af5-b612465b5fb7","link":"https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/venezuela-has-traded-250m-btc-in-2019-and-other-bitcoin-utility-data","sentiment":{"compound":0.2263,"neg":0,"neu":0.955,"pos":0.045},"title":"Venezuela Has Traded $250M BTC in 2019 (And Other Bitcoin Utility Data)","uid":"bitcoinmagazine:https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/venezuela-has-traded-250m-btc-in-2019-and-other-bitcoin-utility-data","website":"bitcoinmagazine"},{"categories":["Altcoin","FATF","Libra","Money Laundering","Stablecoin"],"createdAt":"Fri, 18 Oct 2019 14:34:00 +0100","createdBy":"Jack Martin","description":"FATF has concerns over Libra’s potential use in money-laundering if Facebook’s proposed stablecoin is to become widespread.\n                    Global monetary watchdog, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), has added its voice to the growing chorus of concerns over Facebook’s Libra and other stablecoins.Mass adoption of such currencies could hinder efforts to detect and stamp out money laundering and terrorist financing, Reuters reported on Oct. 18.Managing the potential risks of mass adoptionSpeaking to reporters in Paris, FATF president Xiangmin Liu said that both stablecoins — and the companies behind them — would be subject to global standards on cryptocurrencies and traditional financial assets:“If stablecoins were to become widespread, it could potentially lead to new risks regarding money laundering and terrorist financing […]. It is our job to ensure the new risks in connection with stablecoins will be adequately addressed.”Everybody hates LibraStablecoins have existed for several years, although it is only Facebook’s June announcement of Libra that has attracted increased scrutiny as of late.Authorities around the globe have raised concerns about Libra, from money-laundering issues to undermining and posing a threat to national currencies. Facebook, in particular, is seen as having the reach and profile to finally bring stablecoins and cryptocurrency into the mainstream with its billions of users worldwide.Earlier today, a task-force from the G7 group of countries released its full report on the potential impact of global stablecoins.","id":"60ded83b-b1c7-4ea8-bfa5-2f3640e67704","link":"https://cointelegraph.com/news/fatf-raises-money-laundering-concerns-over-libra-and-stablecoins","sentiment":{"compound":-0.9451,"neg":0.099,"neu":0.859,"pos":0.042},"title":"FATF Raises Money Laundering Concerns Over Libra and Stablecoins","uid":"cointelegraph:https://cointelegraph.com/news/fatf-raises-money-laundering-concerns-over-libra-and-stablecoins","website":"cointelegraph"},{"categories":["Blockchain","Binance","USA","Сryptocurrencies","Cryptocurrency Exchange","Changpeng Zhao"],"createdAt":"Fri, 18 Oct 2019 21:10:00 +0100","createdBy":"Joeri Cant","description":"Binance.US announced that its customer's dollar deposits are now eligible for FDIC insurance coverage.\n                    Binance.US — the United States-focused wing of major cryptocurrency exchange Binance — announced that its customer's dollar deposits are eligible for Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) insurance coverage.FDIC insures deposits up to $250,000In a blog post on Oct. 18, Binance.US announced that the exchange holds its U.S. dollar deposits in pooled custodial accounts at different banks that are insured by the FDIC, which is a United States government agency designed to protect consumers and the U.S. financial system. Binance.US explained:“The pooled custodial accounts are maintained in a manner that provides access to pass-through FDIC insurance coverage up to the depositor coverage limit, which is currently $250,000. FDIC insurance coverage protects depositors against the risk of loss in the event that an FDIC-insured bank fails.”The FDIC was established in 1933 to provide confidence in the stability of the U.S. financial system and prevent the widespread closure of banks during the Great Depression.Cointelegraph reported in May that institutional cryptocurrency prime dealer SFOX started offering state-insured bank accounts for its traders. SFOX stated at the time that the move was an industry first. Binance raises margin leverage and starts accepting fiatEarlier today, Cointelegraph reported that Binance’s futures platform is increasing maximum leverage and margin on Bitcoin (BTC)/Tether (USDT) contracts to 125x.Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao recently confirmed that the crypto exchange began accepting fiat currencies through online payment service Alipay and mobile messaging and payment app WeChat. Zhao explained that Binance is not working directly with WeChat or Alipay and that users are still able to use them for peer-to-peer transactions.","id":"442d5468-22b0-41f8-b6d1-e97e4b919438","link":"https://cointelegraph.com/news/dollar-deposits-on-binanceus-now-have-fdic-insurance-coverage","sentiment":{"compound":0.9571,"neg":0.015,"neu":0.9,"pos":0.085},"title":"Dollar Deposits On Binance.US Now Have FDIC Insurance Coverage","uid":"cointelegraph:https://cointelegraph.com/news/dollar-deposits-on-binanceus-now-have-fdic-insurance-coverage","website":"cointelegraph"},{"categories":["News","Meetup","Japan","on-tap"],"createdAt":"Thu, 17 Oct 2019 19:00:17 +0000","createdBy":"John Biggs","description":"Our first Tokyo meetup, held with our friends at CoinDesk Japan, brought together investors, devs, and crypto lovers.","id":"54801b10-f729-4b73-addf-7328973411fc","link":"https://www.coindesk.com/watch-our-on-tap-meetup-in-tokyo-united-japanese-blockchain-fans-with-the-global-makers","sentiment":{"compound":0.7579,"neg":0,"neu":0.711,"pos":0.289},"title":"WATCH: Our On Tap Meetup in Tokyo United Japanese Blockchain Fans With the Global Makers","uid":"coindesk:https://www.coindesk.com/watch-our-on-tap-meetup-in-tokyo-united-japanese-blockchain-fans-with-the-global-makers","website":"coindesk"},{"categories":["Investing","ACINQ","Eclair","Funding"],"createdAt":"Tue, 08 Oct 2019 16:00:21 +0000","createdBy":"Aaron van Wirdum","description":"ACINQ, the firm behind the eclair Lightning Network implementation, has held a successful series A funding round.\nThe post ACINQ, Startup Behind Eclair Lightning Implementation, Raises $8M appeared first on Bitcoin Magazine.","id":"7aeccc48-5353-42f1-b144-4c33e8b21354","link":"https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/acinq-startup-behind-eclair-lightning-implementation-raises-8m","sentiment":{"compound":0.5859,"neg":0,"neu":0.884,"pos":0.116},"title":"ACINQ, Startup Behind Eclair Lightning Implementation, Raises $8M","uid":"bitcoinmagazine:https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/acinq-startup-behind-eclair-lightning-implementation-raises-8m","website":"bitcoinmagazine"},{"categories":["News","Business News","Capital Markets","R3","Post Trade","Corda","Digital Securities"],"createdAt":"Fri, 18 Oct 2019 13:25:51 +0000","createdBy":"William Foxley","description":"U.K.-based Archax has inked a deal to use R3's Corda Enterprise to handle post-trade processes for its digital securities exchange.","id":"4c14cfae-6ad1-475e-9ae7-75aa151d4988","link":"https://www.coindesk.com/digital-securities-exchange-taps-r3s-blockchain-for-post-trade-activities","sentiment":{"compound":0.296,"neg":0,"neu":0.891,"pos":0.109},"title":"Digital Securities Exchange Taps R3’s Blockchain for Post-Trade Activities","uid":"coindesk:https://www.coindesk.com/digital-securities-exchange-taps-r3s-blockchain-for-post-trade-activities","website":"coindesk"},{"categories":["Blockchain","R3","Corda","Cryptocurrency Exchange","United Kingdom"],"createdAt":"Fri, 18 Oct 2019 18:27:00 +0100","createdBy":"Ana Alexandre","description":"Archax, a London-based digital exchange, will use R3’s Corda technology to manage post-trade activities.\n                    Archax, a London-based digital securities exchange, will use blockchain software firm R3’s Corda technology to manage post-trade activities.On Oct. 18, Archax announced in a press release that its post-trade processes will now run on distributed ledger technology. Archax will use a private version of Corda Enterprise within its own ecosystem.Graham Rodford, CEO of Archax, said that current post-trade processes in traditional financial markets involve many intermediaries, making them highly inefficient. Rodford said that using blockchain technology will make markets more efficient.Post-trade processes occur after a trade is complete, wherein a buyer and seller of a security approve the transaction, provide trade details, amend ownership records, and transfer the securities and cash. Industry’s heightened interest in Corda techIn recent months, financial institutions around the world have expressed interest in Corda technology. 28 organizations including Raiffeisen and 17 other banks participated in the successful completion of the Ivno Global Tokenized Collateral Trial, as reported on Oct. 17. This was the first global token trial on the R3 Corda platform.Russia-based Alfa-Bank announced that it is launching a foreign trade finance pilot transaction with the cooperation of Novolipetsk Steel Company, Commerzbank and Vesuvius GmbH using the Corda-powered Marco Polo Network. In September, Bank of America also joined the Marco Polo Network “to tackle trade finance challenges.” The financial institution intends to improve international trade inefficiencies and deliver a better service for its customers.","id":"f2ce488b-80f2-4b3f-befc-bc1887ab77d7","link":"https://cointelegraph.com/news/uk-based-digital-exchange-to-use-r3s-corda-for-post-trade-processes","sentiment":{"compound":0.9657,"neg":0,"neu":0.909,"pos":0.091},"title":"UK-Based Digital Exchange to Use R3’s Corda for Post-Trade Processes","uid":"cointelegraph:https://cointelegraph.com/news/uk-based-digital-exchange-to-use-r3s-corda-for-post-trade-processes","website":"cointelegraph"},{"categories":["Op Ed","Taxes"],"createdAt":"Wed, 16 Oct 2019 20:27:53 +0000","createdBy":"Alon Muroch","description":"The average investor may not be sure of what cryptocurrency events are considered “taxable” and which are not. So here’s a list to help.\nThe post Op Ed: How to Understand Taxable Events for Cryptocurrency appeared first on Bitcoin Magazine.","id":"8f7b2086-26d5-402e-92f0-6246863ae50f","link":"https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/op-ed-how-to-understand-taxable-events-for-cryptocurrency","sentiment":{"compound":0.1872,"neg":0.047,"neu":0.888,"pos":0.065},"title":"Op Ed: How to Understand Taxable Events for Cryptocurrency","uid":"bitcoinmagazine:https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/op-ed-how-to-understand-taxable-events-for-cryptocurrency","website":"bitcoinmagazine"},{"categories":["Digital assets","coinshares","commerceblock"],"createdAt":"Tue, 15 Oct 2019 20:27:47 +0000","createdBy":"Jimmy Aki","description":"A consortium including CoinShares and Blockchain has launched a gold-backed token on a Bitcoin sidechain.\nThe post CoinShares, Blockchain Launches “Digital Gold” Token on Bitcoin Sidechain appeared first on Bitcoin Magazine.","id":"5bd2de49-e2cc-4ff4-a4a9-1e861bfeea81","link":"https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/coinshares-blockchain-launches-digital-gold-token-on-bitcoin-sidechain","sentiment":{"compound":0.128,"neg":0,"neu":0.947,"pos":0.053},"title":"CoinShares, Blockchain Launches “Digital Gold” Token on Bitcoin Sidechain","uid":"bitcoinmagazine:https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/coinshares-blockchain-launches-digital-gold-token-on-bitcoin-sidechain","website":"bitcoinmagazine"},{"categories":["Investing","Bitcoin price analysis"],"createdAt":"Tue, 08 Oct 2019 22:03:07 +0000","createdBy":"Bitcoin Schmitcoin","description":"The bitcoin price is experiencing a strong rally that has us testing the strength of the $8,300 resistance level.\nThe post Bitcoin Price Analysis: Strong Rally Retests Macro Resistance appeared first on Bitcoin Magazine.","id":"6d25978d-7fa0-4039-be70-baf50f026293","link":"https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/bitcoin-price-analysis-strong-rally-retests-macro-resistance","sentiment":{"compound":0.8689,"neg":0,"neu":0.754,"pos":0.246},"title":"Bitcoin Price Analysis: Strong Rally Retests Macro Resistance","uid":"bitcoinmagazine:https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/bitcoin-price-analysis-strong-rally-retests-macro-resistance","website":"bitcoinmagazine"},{"categories":["News","Central Banking","US & Canada"],"createdAt":"Wed, 16 Oct 2019 21:30:14 +0000","createdBy":"Brad Keoun","description":"Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas President Rob Kaplan says the U.S. dollar faces increasing threats to its status as the global reserve currency.","id":"48650621-6451-4a34-bdc1-28227e8b9f92","link":"https://www.coindesk.com/top-fed-official-says-us-central-bank-actively-debating-digital-dollar","sentiment":{"compound":-0.7506,"neg":0.234,"neu":0.766,"pos":0},"title":"Top Fed Official Says US Central Bank ‘Actively’ Debating Digital Dollar","uid":"coindesk:https://www.coindesk.com/top-fed-official-says-us-central-bank-actively-debating-digital-dollar","website":"coindesk"},{"categories":["Adoption & community","Bitcoin atm","Venezuela"],"createdAt":"Mon, 07 Oct 2019 19:04:54 +0000","createdBy":"Jimmy Aki","description":"Traki, one of the largest retail chains in Venezuela, has installed its first bitcoin ATM — another step in the country’s adoption of cryptocurrency.\nThe post Major Department Store Chain in Venezuela Adds First Bitcoin ATM appeared first on Bitcoin Magazine.","id":"6f260ada-020a-4bad-b565-96af8e149377","link":"https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/major-department-store-chain-in-venezuela-adds-first-bitcoin-atm","sentiment":{"compound":0,"neg":0,"neu":1,"pos":0},"title":"Major Department Store Chain in Venezuela Adds First Bitcoin ATM","uid":"bitcoinmagazine:https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/major-department-store-chain-in-venezuela-adds-first-bitcoin-atm","website":"bitcoinmagazine"},{"categories":["News","Samsung SDS"],"createdAt":"Thu, 17 Oct 2019 06:00:10 +0000","createdBy":"Richard Meyer","description":"Samsung SDS is expecting to roll out a blockchain-based medical claims processing system this month.","id":"800de16b-72f0-458e-ab75-242f6aaa3f4a","link":"https://www.coindesk.com/samsung-sds-pilots-blockchain-based-medical-insurance-network","sentiment":{"compound":0,"neg":0,"neu":1,"pos":0},"title":"Samsung SDS Pilots Blockchain-Based Medical Insurance Network","uid":"coindesk:https://www.coindesk.com/samsung-sds-pilots-blockchain-based-medical-insurance-network","website":"coindesk"},{"categories":["Op Ed","employee compensation"],"createdAt":"Wed, 09 Oct 2019 13:24:11 +0000","createdBy":"Bryan Jacoutot","description":"From IRS code to state regulations, paying your employees in bitcoin can be “fraught with peril” in the United States. Here’s why.\nThe post Op Ed: Bitcoin Compensation Compliance: Navigating Murky Waters appeared first on Bitcoin Magazine.","id":"50ed1f0d-ddf6-4bc4-84db-019ff28bf1ae","link":"https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/op-ed-bitcoin-compensation-compliance-navigating-murky-waters","sentiment":{"compound":0.4215,"neg":0,"neu":0.928,"pos":0.072},"title":"Op Ed: Bitcoin Compensation Compliance: Navigating Murky Waters","uid":"bitcoinmagazine:https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/op-ed-bitcoin-compensation-compliance-navigating-murky-waters","website":"bitcoinmagazine"},{"categories":["Altcoin News","Altcoins","Bitcoin Exchange","News","News teaser","huobi","Tether","Turkey"],"createdAt":"Fri, 18 Oct 2019 11:30:53 +0000","createdBy":"Anja van Oosterhout","description":"Major cryptocurrency exchange Huobi plans to become the first international player to launch trading of Turkey’s Lira by 2020. Huobi: Lira is 5th Biggest Fiat On-Ramp In a press release issued on October 18, Huobi said the first step in its expansion into the Turkish market should go live by the end of the year.  The exchange is seeking to gain a foothold in Turkey, which it identifies as a prospective active market based on\nRead More\nThe post Huobi To Start Tether Trading For ‘Important’ Turkey Lira By End Of 2019 appeared first on Bitcoinist.com.","id":"fe320477-7b53-45be-b802-91a011f89916","link":"https://bitcoinist.com/huobi-to-start-tether-trading-for-important-turkey-lira-by-end-of-2019/","sentiment":{"compound":0.7269,"neg":0,"neu":0.937,"pos":0.063},"title":"Huobi To Start Tether Trading For ‘Important’ Turkey Lira By End Of 2019","uid":"bitcoinist:https://bitcoinist.com/huobi-to-start-tether-trading-for-important-turkey-lira-by-end-of-2019/","website":"bitcoinist"},{"categories":["Adoption & community","Op Ed","bitcoin adoption","Hong kong","Venezuela"],"createdAt":"Fri, 11 Oct 2019 16:27:19 +0000","createdBy":"Mati Greenspan","description":"Upheaval and unrest in established markets, like change and evolution in emerging markets, make a compelling case for Bitcoin adoption.\nThe post Op Ed: Wall St. May Support Bitcoin Adoption, But Markets of Unrest Are Key appeared first on Bitcoin Magazine.","id":"95e6f7f9-7e1f-43d5-9773-b409c87a31dd","link":"https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/op-ed-wall-st-may-support-bitcoin-adoption-but-markets-of-unrest-are-key","sentiment":{"compound":0.7269,"neg":0,"neu":0.839,"pos":0.161},"title":"Op Ed: Wall St. May Support Bitcoin Adoption, But Markets of Unrest Are Key","uid":"bitcoinmagazine:https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/op-ed-wall-st-may-support-bitcoin-adoption-but-markets-of-unrest-are-key","website":"bitcoinmagazine"},{"categories":["Bitcoin","Fiat Money","IMF"],"createdAt":"Fri, 18 Oct 2019 12:15:00 +0100","createdBy":"William Suberg","description":"As the IMF says a fresh crisis looms, one Bitcoin analyst reminds the industry that fiat currencies trend to zero in just 27 years.\n                    Bitcoin (BTC) may only be ten years old, but it is about to match half the lifespan of the average fiat currency — while actually increasing in value.Average fiat dies in 27 yearsAs Bitcoin statistician and commentator Willy Woo noted on Oct. 18, the largest cryptocurrency has been around 40% as long as the average government-issued currency.Woo was referencing a 2018 study by DollarDaze. Out of 775 fiat currencies past and present, researchers concluded the average lifespan is just 27 years.The longest-living fiat currency, the British pound sterling, has lost practically all its value since its inception, not helped by leaving the gold standard in 1931.“Bitcoin has already reached 40% of the life expectancy of the average fiat currency (27yrs). The most successful fiat currency has lost 99.5% of its value,” Woo summarized.The figures contrast with the ongoing declarations from critics that Bitcoin is weakening or will collapse altogether. According to monitoring resource 99 Bitcoins, a total of 377 Bitcoin obituaries have surfaced since records began. Since launching, however, it has only gained value, with its publicly-verifiable scarcity ensuring demand. As Cointelegraph often reports, Bitcoin’s uniquely high stock-to-flow ratio puts its appeal in line with gold. It does not suffer from the pitfalls of fiat, the supply of which is manipulated by centralized entities such as central banks.Meanwhile, the network will set a major new milestone this week, mining its 18 millionth Bitcoin, out of a total potential supply of 21 million.IMF outlook suggests a financial crisis is comingWoo’s remarks came the same week as the International Monetary Fund, or IMF, issued its latest warning about the health of the global financial system.According to its latest World Economic Outlook this month, the world is in fact in a worse position than it was prior to the 2008 financial crisis.“With central banks having to spend limited ammunition to offset policy mistakes, they may have little left when the economy is in a tougher spot,” the document’s foreword warns.","id":"712a8be7-991c-406d-b924-633ac95d6817","link":"https://cointelegraph.com/news/bitcoin-is-already-at-40-of-average-fiat-currency-lifespan-10-years","sentiment":{"compound":-0.7927,"neg":0.109,"neu":0.801,"pos":0.089},"title":"Bitcoin Has Already Reached 40% of Average Fiat Currency Lifespan","uid":"cointelegraph:https://cointelegraph.com/news/bitcoin-is-already-at-40-of-average-fiat-currency-lifespan-10-years","website":"cointelegraph"},{"categories":["News","Facebook","Libra"],"createdAt":"Wed, 16 Oct 2019 08:25:13 +0000","createdBy":"William Foxley","description":"The Libra Association has said the project is undeterred by recent setbacks and expects to sign up 100 partners before it goes live.","id":"8e1639dd-679e-4f94-b533-4e5ba4715085","link":"https://www.coindesk.com/libra-plays-down-troubles-anticipates-100-members-by-launch","sentiment":{"compound":0,"neg":0,"neu":1,"pos":0},"title":"Libra Plays Down Troubles, Anticipates 100 Members by Launch","uid":"coindesk:https://www.coindesk.com/libra-plays-down-troubles-anticipates-100-members-by-launch","website":"coindesk"},{"categories":["News","Remittances","Venezuela","International Remittances"],"createdAt":"Thu, 17 Oct 2019 09:00:13 +0000","createdBy":"Diana Aguilar","description":"For many of these bitcoin users, crypto payments are merely a last resort and fiat transfers are still generally easier.","id":"6efd57bb-b034-4e98-9497-b39546c6cf9e","link":"https://www.coindesk.com/venezuelan-migrants-are-using-bitcoin-for-remittances-but-theres-a-catch","sentiment":{"compound":0.4215,"neg":0,"neu":0.865,"pos":0.135},"title":"Venezuelan Migrants Are Using Bitcoin for Remittances, But There’s a Catch","uid":"coindesk:https://www.coindesk.com/venezuelan-migrants-are-using-bitcoin-for-remittances-but-theres-a-catch","website":"coindesk"},{"categories":["Investing","Grayscale"],"createdAt":"Tue, 15 Oct 2019 21:19:56 +0000","createdBy":"Jimmy Aki","description":"Grayscale Investments took in $255 million in Q3 2019, setting a new quarterly record, despite the fact that the bitcoin price has dipped.\nThe post Grayscale Posts Record Quarter Despite Slump in Bitcoin Prices appeared first on Bitcoin Magazine.","id":"7d895581-ed2e-4168-b9ce-0aadbb9b90ca","link":"https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/grayscale-posts-record-quarter-despite-slump-in-bitcoin-prices","sentiment":{"compound":0,"neg":0,"neu":1,"pos":0},"title":"Grayscale Posts Record Quarter Despite Slump in Bitcoin Prices","uid":"bitcoinmagazine:https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/grayscale-posts-record-quarter-despite-slump-in-bitcoin-prices","website":"bitcoinmagazine"},{"categories":["Altcoin","Poloniex","Circle","USA","Cryptocurrency Exchange"],"createdAt":"Fri, 18 Oct 2019 18:47:00 +0100","createdBy":"Helen Partz","description":"Poloniex is spinning out from Circle to set up a new exchange, Polo Digital Assets, and increase its competitiveness in the market.\n                    United States-based crypto exchange Poloniex is spinning out from Circle to form a new exchange that will not support trading for customers based in the U.S.New firm receives backing from Asian investment groupThe new independent firm, called Polo Digital Assets, will free Poloniex from its parent company Circle, the firm said in an official announcement on Oct. 18. Per Poloniex, this will allow it to focus on the needs of global crypto traders with new features, assets and services to boost its competitiveness in the market.In a separate blog post, Circle said that Polo received backing from an unspecified Asian investment group.As part of the move, the firm plans to spend $100 million on the business during the next few years and will reduce all spot trading fees to 0% until the end of 2019, starting from Oct. 21.Leaving the U.S. marketHowever, the firm will have to sacrifice its U.S. market to be competitive globally Poloniex wrote. According to the announcement, Polo Digital Assets will not be available for U.S. customers, and Circle will be shutting down operations for U.S.-based Poloniex clients.Starting on Nov. 1, 2019, U.S. customers will no longer be able to execute trades on the exchange. Once trading is ended, U.S. users will still be able to withdraw their assets through Circle until at least December 15, 2019, the firm said.Circle cuts several projects in SeptemberAs previously reported, Circle acquired Poloniex in February 2018 for $400 million. In late September, Circle announced its decision to pause its weekly crypto market research product Circle Research, following the termination of its payment app Circle Pay on Sept. 30. The firm claimed that it wanted to develop new financial products such as new wallet services and facilitate digital currency adoption through Poloniex.","id":"836a5976-e5cd-424e-87c3-b829bbed2755","link":"https://cointelegraph.com/news/poloniex-spins-out-from-circle-to-form-new-exchange-not-available-in-us","sentiment":{"compound":0.907,"neg":0.025,"neu":0.898,"pos":0.078},"title":"Poloniex Spins Out From Circle to Form New Exchange Not Available in US","uid":"cointelegraph:https://cointelegraph.com/news/poloniex-spins-out-from-circle-to-form-new-exchange-not-available-in-us","website":"cointelegraph"},{"categories":["Regulation","Coinbase","Exchange","Ireland"],"createdAt":"Mon, 14 Oct 2019 15:55:16 +0000","createdBy":"Jimmy Aki","description":"On October 12, 2019, the U.K. arm of Coinbase, announced that the platform had been able to acquire an e-money license in Ireland.\nThe post Coinbase Eyes EU Market With a New Irish E-Money License appeared first on Bitcoin Magazine.","id":"751a7a40-d260-432a-8619-4ce3625e5340","link":"https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/coinbase-eyes-eu-market-with-a-new-irish-e-money-license","sentiment":{"compound":0,"neg":0,"neu":1,"pos":0},"title":"Coinbase Eyes EU Market With a New Irish E-Money License","uid":"bitcoinmagazine:https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/coinbase-eyes-eu-market-with-a-new-irish-e-money-license","website":"bitcoinmagazine"},{"categories":["News","Upbit"],"createdAt":"Fri, 18 Oct 2019 06:00:39 +0000","createdBy":"Richard Meyer","description":"Dunamu, the operator of Upbit, is releasing a new app this month for trading unlisted securities with a plan to add in blockchain next year.","id":"a081ecbe-afb3-4ecd-ab3c-305241b7eb1b","link":"https://www.coindesk.com/crypto-exchange-upbits-operator-eyes-blockchain-in-otc-securities-trading","sentiment":{"compound":0.296,"neg":0,"neu":0.909,"pos":0.091},"title":"Crypto Exchange Upbit’s Operator Eyes Blockchain in OTC Securities Trading","uid":"coindesk:https://www.coindesk.com/crypto-exchange-upbits-operator-eyes-blockchain-in-otc-securities-trading","website":"coindesk"},{"categories":["Investing","bitcoin futures","stone ridge asset management"],"createdAt":"Thu, 03 Oct 2019 21:16:19 +0000","createdBy":"Jimmy Aki","description":"New York–based Stone Ridge Asset Management has filed to launch a bitcoin futures fund, vying to add to the growing list of investment vehicles now offered.\nThe post Stone Ridge Wants Bitcoin Futures to Join List of Investment Vehicles appeared first on Bitcoin Magazine.","id":"7c25874a-25e2-40ca-bde0-22eda648d8f0","link":"https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/stone-ridge-wants-bitcoin-futures-to-join-list-of-investment-vehicles","sentiment":{"compound":0.6597,"neg":0,"neu":0.862,"pos":0.138},"title":"Stone Ridge Wants Bitcoin Futures to Join List of Investment Vehicles","uid":"bitcoinmagazine:https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/stone-ridge-wants-bitcoin-futures-to-join-list-of-investment-vehicles","website":"bitcoinmagazine"},{"categories":["Payments","Ohio","Taxes"],"createdAt":"Tue, 15 Oct 2019 20:49:17 +0000","createdBy":"Landon Manning","description":"Even though Ohio has suspended its groundbreaking program, the idea of using bitcoin for tax payments isn’t going anywhere.\nThe post Despite Setback in Ohio, Tax Payments in Bitcoin a Viable Trend appeared first on Bitcoin Magazine.","id":"a880958f-be34-446c-b530-482de8173577","link":"https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/despite-setback-in-ohio-tax-payments-in-bitcoin-a-viable-trend","sentiment":{"compound":-0.4767,"neg":0.081,"neu":0.919,"pos":0},"title":"Despite Setback in Ohio, Tax Payments in Bitcoin a Viable Trend","uid":"bitcoinmagazine:https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/despite-setback-in-ohio-tax-payments-in-bitcoin-a-viable-trend","website":"bitcoinmagazine"},{"categories":["Politics & Law","Quadrigacx"],"createdAt":"Tue, 08 Oct 2019 15:44:10 +0000","createdBy":"Jimmy Aki","description":"The widow of QuadrigaCX’s late founder has agreed to turn over about $9 million of assets to the exchange’s victims.\nThe post Widow of QuadrigaCX Founder to Forfeit $9 Million to Exchange Victims appeared first on Bitcoin Magazine.","id":"7f68a79c-624b-4ab9-bcb5-1105e2c28788","link":"https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/widow-of-quadrigacx-founder-to-forfeit-9-million-to-exchange-victims","sentiment":{"compound":-0.2023,"neg":0.108,"neu":0.802,"pos":0.09},"title":"Widow of QuadrigaCX Founder to Forfeit $9 Million to Exchange Victims","uid":"bitcoinmagazine:https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/widow-of-quadrigacx-founder-to-forfeit-9-million-to-exchange-victims","website":"bitcoinmagazine"},{"categories":["News","Privacy","Facebook","Libra","Georgetown University"],"createdAt":"Thu, 17 Oct 2019 19:42:22 +0000","createdBy":"Brady Dale","description":"No mention of Libra.","id":"aeac27a2-1017-426c-96c1-a2b8dabb5671","link":"https://www.coindesk.com/what-facebook-ceo-zuckerberg-said-in-his-defense-of-free-expression","sentiment":{"compound":-0.296,"neg":0.423,"neu":0.577,"pos":0},"title":"What Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg Said in His Defense of ‘Free Expression’","uid":"coindesk:https://www.coindesk.com/what-facebook-ceo-zuckerberg-said-in-his-defense-of-free-expression","website":"coindesk"},{"categories":["Payments","Bitpay","Btcpay","Hong kong"],"createdAt":"Fri, 11 Oct 2019 18:57:42 +0000","createdBy":"Jimmy Aki","description":"Frustrated Hong Kong Free Press has changed its payment processor from BitPay to BTCPay in order to receive its donation payments.\nThe post Hong Kong Free Press Gives BitPay the Boot, Brings BTCPay Onboard appeared first on Bitcoin Magazine.","id":"7cbb3ad6-6a59-4131-975f-b2ab663dcdb7","link":"https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/hong-kong-free-press-gives-bitpay-the-boot-brings-btcpay-onboard","sentiment":{"compound":0.4939,"neg":0.074,"neu":0.783,"pos":0.143},"title":"Hong Kong Free Press Gives BitPay the Boot, Brings BTCPay Onboard","uid":"bitcoinmagazine:https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/hong-kong-free-press-gives-bitpay-the-boot-brings-btcpay-onboard","website":"bitcoinmagazine"},{"categories":["Blockchain","Banks","R3","Corda"],"createdAt":"Fri, 18 Oct 2019 12:58:00 +0100","createdBy":"Jack Martin","description":"Raiffeisen Bank participates in the first successful global tokenized collateral trial.\n                    Twenty-eight organizations including Raiffeisen and 17 other banks have participated in the successful completion of the Ivno Global Tokenized Collateral Trial. This is the first global token trial on the R3 Corda platform, hosted on Microsoft Azure, as reported on Oct. 17.Efficiencies in tokenized collateralThe trial, conducted by London-based Ivno, saw the participating organizations create $18 billion of Trial Tokens, and transfer them through the Ivno network. This was a live demonstration of how mobile collateral tokens can be used for instant settlement, collateral management and effective cash transfer.Ivno’s platform is designed to improve efficiency and create new business opportunities while reducing the infrastructure costs of inefficient legacy post-trade processes.First large scale trial on R3 CordaThis represents the first global-scale trial on R3’s Corda platform. R3 CEO, David E Rutter explained the significance:“The number and caliber of participants we have seen take part in the Ivno token CorDapp trial is testament to blockchain's growing use cases.”Ivno Co-Founder, Daniel Halstead, backed this up, saying that, \"The size, scale and success of the Ivno Global Trial validated Ivno's technology and financial design and confirmed the desire and demand for live deployment.”Whilst a representative of Raiffeisen Bank further praised the trial, saying, “Liquidity management will enter a new era once products and services like Ivno go live.”Raiffeisen originally joined the R3 Corda network in May, along with Brazilian bank, Bradesco, and three major French banks.","id":"77607b4b-c366-4507-b6c9-6ebe29ebe136","link":"https://cointelegraph.com/news/raiffeisen-among-18-banks-in-first-global-tokenized-collateral-trial","sentiment":{"compound":0.9881,"neg":0.006,"neu":0.834,"pos":0.16},"title":"Raiffeisen Among 18 Banks in First Global Tokenized Collateral Trial","uid":"cointelegraph:https://cointelegraph.com/news/raiffeisen-among-18-banks-in-first-global-tokenized-collateral-trial","website":"cointelegraph"},{"categories":["Regulation","News","Central Banking","US & Canada","Federal Reserve","Facebook","Libra","Lael Brainard","Rob Kaplan","Digital Dollar"],"createdAt":"Thu, 17 Oct 2019 08:00:35 +0000","createdBy":"Danny Nelson","description":"Federal Reserve governor Lael Brainard delivered a sharp critique of Libra, which would need to resolve many regulatory hurdles before going live.","id":"b25c0a38-02f8-43ee-893d-bde2b9c641bb","link":"https://www.coindesk.com/fed-governor-brainard-identifies-libra-threat-says-regulatory-hurdles-abound","sentiment":{"compound":0.3818,"neg":0,"neu":0.885,"pos":0.115},"title":"Fed Governor Brainard Identifies Libra Threat, Says Regulatory Hurdles Abound","uid":"coindesk:https://www.coindesk.com/fed-governor-brainard-identifies-libra-threat-says-regulatory-hurdles-abound","website":"coindesk"},{"categories":["Regulation","News","Legal","Facebook","Libra","Senators","Mike Rounds"],"createdAt":"Thu, 17 Oct 2019 21:55:32 +0000","createdBy":"Nikhilesh De","description":"Bucking a trend, Sen. Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) wrote a letter praising Libra as a technological advance that he feels is needed.","id":"9f9c67c9-88d5-4c7d-a8b2-c9552a67fb29","link":"https://www.coindesk.com/facebooks-libra-just-got-its-first-major-supporter-in-congress","sentiment":{"compound":0.5423,"neg":0,"neu":0.829,"pos":0.171},"title":"Facebook’s Libra Just Got Its First Major Supporter in Congress","uid":"coindesk:https://www.coindesk.com/facebooks-libra-just-got-its-first-major-supporter-in-congress","website":"coindesk"},{"categories":["News","Blockchain Project","compensation","Court","gram","GRM","Investors","launch","Lawyers","messenger","network","new york","platform","postpone","rounds","SEC","Telegram","Token","ton"],"createdAt":"Fri, 18 Oct 2019 20:25:47 +0000","createdBy":"Lubomir Tassev","description":"Telegram, which was surprised with a last minute restraining order on the sale of its tokens in the U.S., is now ready to delay the launch of the TON network until the spring of next year. The company has informed the New York court reviewing the case that it can suspend all operations with grams […]\nThe post Telegram Offers to Postpone Launch of the TON Network appeared first on Bitcoin News.","id":"c70d480f-39b9-4f6a-80ae-1826eee96a0f","link":"https://news.bitcoin.com/telegram-offers-to-postpone-the-launch-of-the-ton-network/","sentiment":{"compound":-0.2732,"neg":0.085,"neu":0.858,"pos":0.057},"title":"Telegram Offers to Postpone Launch of the TON Network","uid":"news.bitcoin.com:https://news.bitcoin.com/telegram-offers-to-postpone-the-launch-of-the-ton-network/","website":"news.bitcoin.com"},{"categories":["News","Capital Markets","Banking","Europe"],"createdAt":"Fri, 18 Oct 2019 04:00:33 +0000","createdBy":"David Pan","description":"Global crypto exchange Huobi plans to roll out a fiat gateway in Turkey that could increase access to more than 250 cryptocurrencies for local investors.","id":"81493bc3-30e2-438d-9e4c-b43dd4cb2424","link":"https://www.coindesk.com/huobi-plans-to-open-fiat-gateway-with-lira-tether-pairing-in-turkey","sentiment":{"compound":0.3182,"neg":0,"neu":0.909,"pos":0.091},"title":"Huobi Plans to Open Fiat Gateway with Lira-Tether Pairing in Turkey","uid":"coindesk:https://www.coindesk.com/huobi-plans-to-open-fiat-gateway-with-lira-tether-pairing-in-turkey","website":"coindesk"},{"categories":["News","News teaser","Trading","OTC","South Korea","Upbit"],"createdAt":"Fri, 18 Oct 2019 10:00:56 +0000","createdBy":"Christine Vasileva","description":"The operator of the Upbit exchange extends into another area of trading. Dunamu, the firm behind one of the leading South Korean exchanges, will launch an OTC platform for unlisted stocks. Dunamu Aggregates Data, Trading for Unlisted OTC Stocks Dunamu will open a platform to host all types of unlisted stocks, reported The Korea Herald. Dunamu will partner with Samsung Securities and data firm, Deep Search, to launch the platform by the end of the\nRead More\nThe post Upbit Operator Dunamu to Build OTC Stock Platform appeared first on Bitcoinist.com.","id":"b170f918-d773-465b-b689-4ea134178e5b","link":"https://bitcoinist.com/upbit-operator-dunamu-to-build-otc-stock-platform/","sentiment":{"compound":0.4019,"neg":0,"neu":0.96,"pos":0.04},"title":"Upbit Operator Dunamu to Build OTC Stock Platform","uid":"bitcoinist:https://bitcoinist.com/upbit-operator-dunamu-to-build-otc-stock-platform/","website":"bitcoinist"},{"categories":["Op Ed","g7","Stablecoins"],"createdAt":"Fri, 18 Oct 2019 17:20:53 +0000","createdBy":"Kyle Torpey","description":"A new report on stablecoins by a G7 working group betrays some misunderstandings by the authors when it comes to bitcoin.\nThe post Op Ed: Stablecoins Report Illustrates That G7 Leaders Don’t Understand Bitcoin appeared first on Bitcoin Magazine.","id":"7d04d43c-9dcc-4d61-ab6b-917818146222","link":"https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/op-ed-stablecoins-report-illustrates-that-g7-leaders-dont-understand-bitcoin","sentiment":{"compound":-0.5423,"neg":0.089,"neu":0.911,"pos":0},"title":"Op Ed: Stablecoins Report Illustrates That G7 Leaders Don’t Understand Bitcoin","uid":"bitcoinmagazine:https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/op-ed-stablecoins-report-illustrates-that-g7-leaders-dont-understand-bitcoin","website":"bitcoinmagazine"},{"categories":["News","Markets News","Nasdaq","Indices","Cryptoindex.com"],"createdAt":"Wed, 16 Oct 2019 08:00:54 +0000","createdBy":"Danny Nelson","description":"The Nasdaq stock exchange has listed an index of crypto’s top 100 coins alongside traditional market bellwethers like the S&P 500 and the Dow.","id":"9de210b9-ccd3-4e44-a748-13e9235cbd5b","link":"https://www.coindesk.com/nasdaq-lists-ai-powered-crypto-index","sentiment":{"compound":0.5106,"neg":0,"neu":0.837,"pos":0.163},"title":"Nasdaq Lists an AI-Powered Index of Crypto Market’s Top 100 Performers","uid":"coindesk:https://www.coindesk.com/nasdaq-lists-ai-powered-crypto-index","website":"coindesk"},{"categories":["Events"],"createdAt":"Wed, 16 Oct 2019 22:38:08 +0000","createdBy":"Vlad Costea","description":"Pivoting to a focus on Bitcoin, Transylvania Crypto Conference 2019 offered a wide range of Bitcoin explanation, exploration and debate.\nThe post Transylvania Crypto Conference 2019: The Transition to Bitcoin-Only appeared first on Bitcoin Magazine.","id":"b51bc5c8-3500-42bf-b844-322530af5e28","link":"https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/transylvania-crypto-conference-2019-the-transition-to-bitcoin-only","sentiment":{"compound":0.2263,"neg":0,"neu":0.944,"pos":0.056},"title":"Transylvania Crypto Conference 2019: The Transition to Bitcoin-Only","uid":"bitcoinmagazine:https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/transylvania-crypto-conference-2019-the-transition-to-bitcoin-only","website":"bitcoinmagazine"},{"categories":["Exchanges","News","Markets News","Futures","Bitcoin","Tether","Markets","Leverage","Binance"],"createdAt":"Fri, 18 Oct 2019 10:03:51 +0000","createdBy":"William Foxley","description":"Binance’s futures exchange is raising leverage to 125x with the launch of BTC/USDT contracts today.","id":"af94368d-e2d9-4abb-879c-d68512e194e7","link":"https://www.coindesk.com/binance-hikes-leverage-to-125x-for-launch-of-bitcoin-tether-futures","sentiment":{"compound":0,"neg":0,"neu":1,"pos":0},"title":"Binance Hikes Leverage to 125x for Launch of Bitcoin-Tether Futures","uid":"coindesk:https://www.coindesk.com/binance-hikes-leverage-to-125x-for-launch-of-bitcoin-tether-futures","website":"coindesk"},{"categories":["Bitcoin Regulation","SEC","TON","Telegram","USA","Germany"],"createdAt":"Fri, 18 Oct 2019 14:52:00 +0100","createdBy":"Henry Linver","description":"TON investors could be left in the cold due to a reimbursement clause in the contract. Legal experts weigh in.\n                    Telegram’s grand entry into the cryptocurrency world is in limbo. After months of rumors, hype and anticipation, Telegram Open Network’s (TON) titan $1.7 billion sales round was declared illegal by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).Just days before the Oct. 16 public token distribution, the SEC dealt Telegram a crippling blow by issuing an emergency action and restraining order. Down, but not out, Telegram is now officially postponing the TON launch date. But after a “force majeure” clause in the purchase agreement was made public, investors are concerned that Telegram could shirk its obligations to return funds from Gram token sales in the event of a delay.Related: Telegram’s TON Launch and Token Distribution — All the Details to DateThe road to the SEC gatekeepers is strewn with slain projects, many dreamed up by bigger and wealthier players than the Durov brothers. For a while, at least, Pavel and Nikolai seemed to have sidestepped dealing with the SEC altogether. But as always, when dealing with the SEC, the devil is in the details.After withdrawing to reassess its options, Telegram hit back with a strongly worded legal challenge to the SEC, requesting to deny the commission’s injunction. The firm argued that it has voluntarily engaged with the authority for the past 18 months, only to be slapped with the ban at the eleventh hour. The legal challenge shows Telegram isn’t going anywhere without a fight.Telegram files legal rebuttalTelegram announced it would analyze its options in the aftermath of the SEC emergency action. A few days of ominous silence followed, broken only by the forthright legal challenge from Telegram filed on Oct. 16. In the filing, Telegram formally requested the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York to deny the SEC’s request for a preliminary injunction.Published with only two days to spare before the counterclaim window closes, the filing does not mince its words, stating that the “SEC’s instant application is an ‘emergency of its own making.’” Telegram appears to lay the blame at the feet of the SEC, claiming that it had gone above and beyond to assist the commission:“Telegram produced to the SEC thousands of pages of documents and communications with U.S. purchasers; submitted five detailed legal memoranda regarding the securities question at issue; participated in three in-person presentations during which it answered hundreds of questions and requested feedback; regularly engaged in email and telephone discussions regarding a wide range of topics relating to the TON Blockchain and Grams; and made modifications to the technology and operation of the TON Blockchain in response to the SEC’s stated concerns.”Telegram also suggested that the SEC deliberately left their legal action until the last minute with the firm’s obligation to reimburse investors in mind:“The SEC (i) never requested that Telegram delay the launch of the TON Blockchain; (ii) never advised Telegram of its intention to seek injunctive relief; and (iii) waited until the eleventh hour to file an ex parte application to enjoin Telegram’s launch.”The company’s complaints are not limited to timing or etiquette alone. Telegram also stated that the SEC’s classification of Grams as a security is incorrect and that the tokens are merely a currency or commodity such as gold or silver:“The SEC’s action hinges on a fundamentally flawed theory that Grams constitute a ‘security’ subject to the U.S. securities laws — a theory that runs counter to longstanding Supreme Court precedent, the SEC’s own views.”While arguing that the SEC’s claims are baseless, along with the commission’s readiness to fight any legal challenge in court, Telegram elected to delay the launch of TON and the token distribution date until all legal issues are resolved. Telegram also argued in the filing that there is no need for the court to enter a preliminary injunction.SEC claims Telegram breached Form D restrictionsAlthough the public token distribution was eagerly awaited by the crypto community in October, the event that drew the ire of the SEC is embedded in the fine print of the company’s February 2018 private sales round.Related: US SEC Halts TON Launch Over $1.7B ICO — Highest-Level Action Yet?In February 2018, Telegram filed what is known as a “Form D,” a type of application that relieves companies of the obligation to register their securities with the SEC. While this might sound like a staggering oversight in an otherwise robust framework of regulatory law, the Form D does not give applicants full freedom to act at will. Mark Boiron, partner at U.S. law firm FisherBroyles, explained the premise of a Form D to Cointelegraph:“A Form D is filed only when an offering is completed under an exemption from registration under the Securities Act of 1933, known as Regulation D.” This exemption is most commonly used by crypto projects that make use of Simple Agreements for Future Tokens (SAFTs) to sell the rights to receive tokens, and in doing so, are selling a security. Boiron went on:“As a result, the projects that use SAFTs need to file a Form D. If you search Form D on the SEC’s website for the term ‘simple agreement for future tokens,’ then you will see many results pop up. The other time a Form D is filed would be when crypto itself is sold as a security, but that is rare.”Companies looking to stave off the all-seeing eye of the SEC need to choose from two possible exemptions, both with their own respective restrictions. The first, 506(b), bears the most constraints for prospective applicants. Under this exemption, applicants may sell the security to accredited investors, along with a maximum of 35 nonaccredited investors. The caveat: The security cannot be advertised. The SEC also gave a description of which nonaccredited investors are eligible for sales:“Each purchaser who is not an accredited investor either alone or with his purchaser representative(s) has such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters that he is capable of evaluating the merits and risks of the prospective investment.”Telegram chose the second, a decision that would play a central role in the SEC’s decision to stop TON dead in its tracks — 506(c). This exemption allows the security to avoid SEC registration if sold to accredited investors alone, while permitting the applying company to advertise.This fateful decision is the epicentre of the SEC’s restraining order. Although the initial coin offering (ICO) may well have sold to accredited investors, those very same investors could resell their newly acquired assets. For the SEC, this constituted a violation of the exemption. Consequently, the SEC alleged that Telegram and TON did not register their sale of the Gram tokens, which it considers securities.In its Oct. 16 legal challenge to the SEC, Telegram sought to dispute the claims that Grams were offered through an ICO, stating that the company has never engaged in such an activity. The firm maintains that the tokens were sold in private purchase agreements according to the necessary regulatory framework:“Unlike other digital assets that were offered to the general public through so-called Initial Coin Offerings (‘ICOs’), Telegram did not — and will never — offer any securities to the public through an ICO.”In a statement to Cointelegraph, attorney for German legal firm Winheller, Benjamin Kirschbaum, explained that attempting to prevent regulation by the SEC is fairly common:“It is quite common to try to prevent regulation by the SEC and similar authorities by only targeting qualified investors. While the definition of what a ‘qualified investor’ is differs from jurisdiction to jurisdiction, at least in the Western Hemisphere such an offering usually does not need to submit a prospectus.”Gary E. Murphy, counsel at New York-based legal practice Debevoise & Plimpton, told Cointelegraph that although the Form D application route is available, it is difficult to launch a cryptocurrency in a compliant way in any other form than a security, as determined by the Howey Test:“For the SEC to not view TON as a security, one prong of the Howey test would have needed to not exist. The most likely way to achieve that in a new network is to build the network with the funds from the SAFT sale under Regulation D and publicly disclose that the issuer (in this case Telegram) will no longer provide any development or other efforts to grow the network as a technical matter or to bring users to the network.”Murphy added that this route might not be the most appealing to Telegram from a business standpoint, as it would deny a swift launch of the service, “As a result, there are very few, if any, real options to launch TON compliantly.”TON seeks delayAccording to an investor message shared with Cointelegraph on Oct. 16, Telegram announced to investors that it will seek to delay the launch deadline to April 30, 2020. In the letter, published on Wednesday, Telegram outlined that moving the deadline will require the permission of a majority of purchase amounts received by Telegram in relation to the Stage A purchase agreements. The same requirements for an extension of the presale round also apply.Such an arrangement, however, means that one group of investors could vote to extend the deadline, while the other may not. The firm has encouraged investors to make a decision about the extension before Oct. 23, ahead of the Oct. 24 court date with regulators in New York.Majeure trouble ahead: Legal experts speak outAs if the ban and impending court date wasn’t enough drama for both investors and Telegram, another legal technicality with the potential to have a major impact reared its head on Oct. 14. Should the delay to the network launch go ahead, investors that participated in the gargantuan Gram sale event may not see their spent funds in the near future.As previously reported by Cointelegraph, Telegram’s pledge to return money to investors could be superseded by a so-called “force majeure” clause in its purchase agreement. Contrary to the company’s claims, the force majeure clause of the contract outlined that the company is absolved of responsibility for any delay caused by acts of God, natural disasters, war, and most importantly, governmental action or regulatory changes. Debevoise & Plimpton’s Murphy outlined to Cointelegraph that the presence of the force majeure clause does not necessarily equate to a total loss of investment funds:“The Force Majeure clause, on its face, does not explicitly reference the termination provision in Clause 7.1 or the obligation thereunder to pay the Termination Amount if Network Launch has not occurred as of October 31, 2019. Thus investors may have a technical argument that the Force Majeure provision simply doesn’t apply with respect to the obligation to either launch the TON Network by October 31, 2019 or pay the Termination Amount.”According to Murphy, investors could argue that Telegram is more than able to return funds from the Gram token sales rounds by virtue of the firm’s size and revenue, thereby cancelling out the need for the force majeure:“They might point out that the Telegram Messenger app is functional and has a very large user base, which can provide an alternative source of funds for covering the payment of the Termination Amount. Telegram also has traditionally had access to funding from its founder.”Kirschbaum postulated that the validity of the force majeure could depend on the type of investor involved in the purchase of the Gram tokens:“Since the prospectus requirements and other rules regarding securities are in place to protect the average investor, the rules regarding qualified investors shall enable issuers to only deal with experienced clients (such as banks, security brokers, insurance companies, experienced wealthy individuals) where the lawmaker presumes that they can do their own due diligence before investing in any vehicle.”If Kirschbaum’s hypothesis is correct, judges could side against accredited investors if the scenario, based on questioning the investor experience and assuming due diligence was conducted, does indeed occur. Regarding noninstitutional and inexperienced investors that do not fit the SEC description, Kirschbaum added that the clause may not be applicable:“Since those investors are presumably experienced, a section in the T&C like Telegram, where a return of investment is excluded due to regulatory issues, seems valid. In such cases, experienced investors can make up their own mind on how high the risk of regulatory action is.”Gary Murphy told Cointelegraph that investors could press on Telegram for knowingly keeping them in the dark regarding the securities classifications of the token, saying: “Given that Telegram did not treat TON as securities, there could very well be a claim investors could bring. However, without seeing all of the offering documents, it is difficult to judge.” ","id":"d6fae845-28bd-409b-9337-a0e1af2dd39a","link":"https://cointelegraph.com/news/tons-force-majeure-clause-is-telegram-about-to-refund-investors","sentiment":{"compound":0.9926,"neg":0.074,"neu":0.824,"pos":0.102},"title":"TON’s ‘Force Majeure’ Clause — Is Telegram About to Refund Investors?","uid":"cointelegraph:https://cointelegraph.com/news/tons-force-majeure-clause-is-telegram-about-to-refund-investors","website":"cointelegraph"},{"categories":["News","Circle","Jeremy Allaire","Poloniex","Sean Neville"],"createdAt":"Fri, 18 Oct 2019 16:20:57 +0000","createdBy":"Nikhilesh De","description":"Less than two years after paying $400 million to acquire Poloniex, Circle is spinning out the crypto exchange to an Asian investor group.","id":"82c4b185-1da7-4f1d-86da-eb4a836b9287","link":"https://www.coindesk.com/circle-to-spin-out-poloniex-exchange-less-than-2-years-after-400-million-takeover","sentiment":{"compound":0,"neg":0,"neu":1,"pos":0},"title":"Circle to Spin Out Poloniex Less Than 2 Years After $400 Million Takeover","uid":"coindesk:https://www.coindesk.com/circle-to-spin-out-poloniex-exchange-less-than-2-years-after-400-million-takeover","website":"coindesk"},{"categories":["Adoption & community","50 cent","ashton kutcher","celebrity","elon musk","kanye west","michelle phan","mike tyson","nas","russell okung","tony hawk","tony hawk foundation","william shatner"],"createdAt":"Mon, 07 Oct 2019 12:00:56 +0000","createdBy":"Colin Harper","description":"Yeezy, Kutcher, Elon ... Oh My!\nThe post 10 Celebrities Who Are Totally Into Bitcoin appeared first on Bitcoin Magazine.","id":"d2a8e2be-4b99-43dd-9c9f-86b7d6a66f2f","link":"https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/10-celebrities-didnt-know-bitcoin","sentiment":{"compound":0,"neg":0,"neu":1,"pos":0},"title":"10 Celebrities Who Are Totally Into Bitcoin","uid":"bitcoinmagazine:https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/10-celebrities-didnt-know-bitcoin","website":"bitcoinmagazine"},{"categories":["Bitcoin","South Africa","Decentralization","Google"],"createdAt":"Fri, 18 Oct 2019 09:01:00 +0100","createdBy":"Marie Huillet ","description":"Computer scientist and general manager of WeWork South Africa Stafford Masie says that Bitcoin will change the future of humanity more than any other tech innovation.\n                    Computer scientist and general manager of WeWork South Africa, Stafford Masie, has said that Bitcoin (BTC) will change the future of humanity more than any other technological innovation. In a keynote delivered at the SingularityU South Africa Summit on Oct. 16, Masie — formerly the CEO of Google Africa — said that Bitcoin’s provision of an exchange of value without intermediaries is the greatest gift mankind has ever received technologically.Revolutionary for global tradeMasie argued that while the crypto wallet is “misunderstood, misused, misrepresented and viewed as complicated,” it will revolutionize global trade. Its main potential, he continued, is not for developed and already highly digitized economies, nor for cash-dominated informal economies, but for what he dubbed “third economies” in which barter systems still prevail:“The third economy is an economy where people don’t have access to electronic forms of distributing value or cash [...] Think of the people who live two hours outside Shanghai, China’s central coast. They will use Bitcoin to trade and unlock international transactions outside of the existing frameworks in a manner that you and I cannot imagine.”Masie also took pains to address fundamental misconceptions about Bitcoin, such as its alleged hackability — stressing that “it’s the exchanges that can be hacked, not the Bitcoin.”In parallel to his advocacy of decentralization, Masie took stock of the rise of tech corporations as a watershed for global markets:“When combined, Apple, Amazon, Alphabet, Facebook and Microsoft’s net asset value represents the same value as S&P 500 companies combined and this is extraordinary because we have never seen the concentration of wealth like this in history. Combined, these companies have value that equates to the gross domestic product rates of some countries.”WeWork’s woesWeWork — which notoriously saw breakneck growth — pulled its planned $47 billion initial public offering earlier this year amid a spate of controversies over its business model and corporate governance.Earlier this week, reports surfaced that the firm was poised to sack 2,000 of its employees imminently — roughly 13% of its workforce.This September, Cointelegraph published an analysis of the prospects for crypto adoption in South Africa, the second-largest economy on the continent, which some recent surveys suggest has the highest ratio of crypto owners among internet users, at 10.7%, in the world.","id":"7f011c94-f57c-4f3e-8e69-121e184349af","link":"https://cointelegraph.com/news/ex-ceo-of-google-africa-bitcoin-a-gift-that-will-change-humanity","sentiment":{"compound":0.9705,"neg":0.038,"neu":0.864,"pos":0.098},"title":"Ex-CEO of Google Africa: Bitcoin a ‘Gift’ That Will Change Humanity","uid":"cointelegraph:https://cointelegraph.com/news/ex-ceo-of-google-africa-bitcoin-a-gift-that-will-change-humanity","website":"cointelegraph"},{"categories":["News","blockchain scaling","Devcon","EOS","Ethereum","Layer two","Offchain","Onchain","Qtum","Scaling","Smart Contract"],"createdAt":"Thu, 17 Oct 2019 12:30:28 +0000","createdBy":"Kai Sedgwick","description":"Second generation blockchains were presented as being faster, cheaper, and more scalable than Bitcoin. Third generation chains (basically anything that came after Ethereum) promised even greater optimizations. In the event, these networks have run into the same difficulties as Bitcoin, with competition for scarce resources leading to mounting costs and congestion. To tackle these problems, […]\nThe post Smart Contract Blockchains Are Struggling to Scale appeared first on Bitcoin News.","id":"b70b51ae-14ad-4f1d-86b9-c2ff5c23dd37","link":"https://news.bitcoin.com/smart-contract-blockchains-are-struggling-to-scale/","sentiment":{"compound":0.2263,"neg":0.096,"neu":0.785,"pos":0.12},"title":"Smart Contract Blockchains Are Struggling to Scale","uid":"news.bitcoin.com:https://news.bitcoin.com/smart-contract-blockchains-are-struggling-to-scale/","website":"news.bitcoin.com"},{"categories":["News","SEC","Telegram","Lawsuit"],"createdAt":"Thu, 17 Oct 2019 15:55:18 +0000","createdBy":"Nikhilesh De","description":"Telegram is pushing back against the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).","id":"ba02b89a-4044-4040-846a-2a331af4a4d2","link":"https://www.coindesk.com/telegram-responds-to-sec-gram-tokens-are-not-securities","sentiment":{"compound":0.296,"neg":0,"neu":0.833,"pos":0.167},"title":"Telegram Responds to SEC: Gram Tokens Are Not Securities","uid":"coindesk:https://www.coindesk.com/telegram-responds-to-sec-gram-tokens-are-not-securities","website":"coindesk"},{"categories":["Mining","Bitmain","Canaan"],"createdAt":"Thu, 10 Oct 2019 16:13:19 +0000","createdBy":"8btc","description":"Bitmain and Canaan have launched new bitcoin mining devices, delivering higher hash rates at lower energy costs, in anticipation of the upcoming Bitcoin halving.\nThe post Bitmain, Canaan Launch New Miners in Preparation for the Bitcoin Halving appeared first on Bitcoin Magazine.","id":"afd19071-b9de-4a6b-be0c-ce0f24ce00ca","link":"https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/bitmain-canaan-launch-new-miners-in-preparation-for-the-bitcoin-halving","sentiment":{"compound":0.2023,"neg":0.049,"neu":0.841,"pos":0.111},"title":"Bitmain, Canaan Launch New Miners in Preparation for the Bitcoin Halving","uid":"bitcoinmagazine:https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/bitmain-canaan-launch-new-miners-in-preparation-for-the-bitcoin-halving","website":"bitcoinmagazine"},{"categories":["Regulation","News","Central Banking","Europe","Bank of France","Denis Beau"],"createdAt":"Wed, 16 Oct 2019 18:30:56 +0000","createdBy":"Danny Nelson","description":"A French central banker is calling for a global regulatory framework on crypto assets.","id":"e6e4bec8-ba2a-4860-bb27-abecfdac8789","link":"https://www.coindesk.com/french-central-banker-the-world-needs-to-standardize-crypto-regulations","sentiment":{"compound":0.1779,"neg":0,"neu":0.866,"pos":0.134},"title":"French Central Banker: The World Needs to Standardize Crypto Regulations","uid":"coindesk:https://www.coindesk.com/french-central-banker-the-world-needs-to-standardize-crypto-regulations","website":"coindesk"},{"categories":["Blockchain","USA","Voting","Elections","Politics"],"createdAt":"Fri, 18 Oct 2019 20:21:00 +0100","createdBy":"Joeri Cant","description":"Two counties in the U.S. state of Oregon will pilot a blockchain-based voting program for select citizens in November.\n                    Two state counties in the United States are implementing blockchain-based mobile voting in the special elections in November.On Oct. 18, the nonprofit Tusk Philanthropies announced its partnership with Jackson and Umatilla Counties in Oregon to pilot the mobile elections platform Voatz. The pilot offers eligible voters to cast their votes using their smartphones, which are secured through blockchain and facial recognition technology.Pilot participants are mostly servicemembers overseasThe pilot is only available to a small and select group of voters, allowing servicemembers overseas, their eligible dependents and other overseas voters to cast their ballots via the mobile app, which was developed by Tusk Philanthropies.Dan Lonai, Director of Umatilla County Administrative Services, said that the pilot aims to expand voter participation and make it easier for citizens to exercise their right to vote. This latest e-voting pilot is a collaboration between the Oregon counties, mobile elections platform Voatz, Tusk Philanthropies and the National Cybersecurity Center.Other U.S. jurisdictions have piloted blockchain-based votingWest Virginia was the first state to offer blockchain-based mobile voting in a federal election through the Voatz platform. Since then, Tusk Philanthropies has partnered with the City of Denver, Colorado, and Utah County, Utah, who all conducted successful mobile voting pilots. CEO and founder of Tusk Philanthropies Bradley Tusk said:\"Jackson and Umatilla Counties just made history as the first in Oregon to give voters the ability to vote in the same way they conduct most of their other business – on their phones. Ultimately, giving everyone the opportunity to use mobile voting means we can dramatically expand turnout and loosen the grip on power by special interests and extreme ideologues on both sides.\"Blockchain could improve voter participationCointelegraph previously reported that Tusk Philanthropies wants to use blockchain technology to address the problem of low voter turnout in the American electoral system. This will improve political representation and subsequently, the quality of government, according to Tusk. Sheila Nix, president of Tusk Philanthropies, told Cointelegraph:“Blockchain is the most secure option that exists right now but we are vendor and technology agnostic and are open to new solutions in the future. We think there is a lot of growth potential for blockchain-based voting — especially due to the auditability features.”","id":"d20047cc-3d28-4ceb-b4fc-da6b6517c735","link":"https://cointelegraph.com/news/two-more-us-jurisdictions-launch-blockchain-based-mobile-voting","sentiment":{"compound":0.9666,"neg":0.009,"neu":0.908,"pos":0.083},"title":"Two More US Jurisdictions Launch Blockchain-Based Mobile Voting","uid":"cointelegraph:https://cointelegraph.com/news/two-more-us-jurisdictions-launch-blockchain-based-mobile-voting","website":"cointelegraph"},{"categories":["News","Banking","Asia-Pacific","Cambodia","Digital Wallet"],"createdAt":"Fri, 18 Oct 2019 05:00:14 +0000","createdBy":"Danny Nelson","description":"Cambodia’s Central Bank wants to slash the cost of cross-border payments and is studying how its Bakong digital wallet might 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Magazine.","id":"7f01302e-fcb3-4282-ac34-eb9f4b9052e1","link":"https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/gab-is-launching-a-bitcoin-education-effort-soliciting-donations","sentiment":{"compound":0.3818,"neg":0.046,"neu":0.842,"pos":0.112},"title":"Gab Is Launching a Bitcoin Education Effort, Soliciting Donations","uid":"bitcoinmagazine:https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/gab-is-launching-a-bitcoin-education-effort-soliciting-donations","website":"bitcoinmagazine"},{"categories":["Regulation","News","Legal","FATF","G7","BIS","Stablecoins"],"createdAt":"Fri, 18 Oct 2019 19:30:14 +0000","createdBy":"Nikhilesh De","description":"Stablecoins pose a money laundering and terrorist financing risk to the world, the FATF said Friday.","id":"bc8c360c-f642-4f5e-a250-f8a04be37b4e","link":"https://www.coindesk.com/fatf-joins-bis-in-calling-stablecoins-global-risk-citing-money-laundering-concerns","sentiment":{"compound":-0.7783,"neg":0.343,"neu":0.657,"pos":0},"title":"FATF Joins BIS in Calling Stablecoins ‘Global Risk,’ Citing Money Laundering Concerns","uid":"coindesk:https://www.coindesk.com/fatf-joins-bis-in-calling-stablecoins-global-risk-citing-money-laundering-concerns","website":"coindesk"},{"categories":["News","Crime","Investment","CFTC","Ponzi Scheme"],"createdAt":"Thu, 17 Oct 2019 10:00:54 +0000","createdBy":"Daniel Palmer","description":"Purported crypto and forex investment firm Circle Society is accused by the CFTC of operating like a Ponzi scheme.","id":"ccc33e5c-9f4a-410e-a801-05c559b357cc","link":"https://www.coindesk.com/cftc-takes-action-against-crypto-options-ponzi-scheme","sentiment":{"compound":0.0772,"neg":0.106,"neu":0.773,"pos":0.121},"title":"CFTC Takes Action Against Crypto Options ‘Ponzi Scheme’","uid":"coindesk:https://www.coindesk.com/cftc-takes-action-against-crypto-options-ponzi-scheme","website":"coindesk"},{"categories":["Investing","Bitcoin etf","Bitwise"],"createdAt":"Thu, 10 Oct 2019 14:20:42 +0000","createdBy":"Colin Harper","description":"After its head of research expressed optimism, the Bitwise bitcoin ETF proposal has been rejected by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.\nThe post SEC Rejects Bitwise’s Bitcoin ETF Proposal appeared first on Bitcoin Magazine.","id":"b2752f2e-e9ef-4ea5-ae58-b52993a7a608","link":"https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/sec-rejects-bitwises-bitcoin-etf-proposal","sentiment":{"compound":-0.2023,"neg":0.15,"neu":0.718,"pos":0.132},"title":"SEC Rejects Bitwise’s Bitcoin ETF Proposal","uid":"bitcoinmagazine:https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/sec-rejects-bitwises-bitcoin-etf-proposal","website":"bitcoinmagazine"},{"categories":["News","Prices","Bitcoin","Markets"],"createdAt":"Fri, 18 Oct 2019 11:30:46 +0000","createdBy":"Omkar Godbole","description":"An impending death cross, a bearish but lagging indicator, suggests bitcoin could be nearing a major 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Magazine.","id":"d4d9163e-7e46-4a8f-8823-631f5878ad5a","link":"https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/bitfinex-tether-subject-to-trillion-dollar-class-action-lawsuit","sentiment":{"compound":-0.4019,"neg":0.168,"neu":0.761,"pos":0.071},"title":"Bitfinex, Tether Subject to Trillion Dollar Class Action Lawsuit","uid":"bitcoinmagazine:https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/bitfinex-tether-subject-to-trillion-dollar-class-action-lawsuit","website":"bitcoinmagazine"},{"categories":["Dark web","Cybercrime","Darkweb"],"createdAt":"Fri, 11 Oct 2019 14:54:34 +0000","createdBy":"Kyle Torpey","description":"Bitcoin is still the preferred cryptocurrency among cybercriminals, according to this year’s Internet Organized Crime Threats Assessment from Europol.\nThe post Bitcoin Still the Preferred Cryptocurrency of Cybercriminals: Report appeared first on Bitcoin Magazine.","id":"a3ce45c5-a9f3-4164-bdf2-77711e931456","link":"https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/bitcoin-still-preferred-cryptocurrency-cybercriminals-report","sentiment":{"compound":-0.743,"neg":0.164,"neu":0.836,"pos":0},"title":"Bitcoin Still the Preferred Cryptocurrency of Cybercriminals: Report","uid":"bitcoinmagazine:https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/bitcoin-still-preferred-cryptocurrency-cybercriminals-report","website":"bitcoinmagazine"},{"categories":["News","Bitcoin","bitcoin cash","crypto","economics","IMF","International Monetary Fund","Monetary Easing","Negative Interest Rates","NIRP","Quantitive Easing","Regulation","report"],"createdAt":"Fri, 18 Oct 2019 09:25:13 +0000","createdBy":"Graham Smith","description":"In a new report by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) entitled “Global Financial Stability Report: Lower for Longer,” the group gives an overview of the current debt-ridden and precarious state of affairs in global economics. Not lost on some economists, however, is the irony that these modern realities are the direct result of policies historically […]\nThe post Global Crisis Looms as IMF Report Cites Its Own Policy as Dangerous appeared first on Bitcoin News.","id":"bd7e5650-2307-4c92-8251-cd7bced9a448","link":"https://news.bitcoin.com/global-crisis-looms-as-imf-report-cites-its-own-policy-as-dangerous/","sentiment":{"compound":-0.886,"neg":0.173,"neu":0.801,"pos":0.025},"title":"Global Crisis Looms as IMF Report Cites Its Own Policy as Dangerous","uid":"news.bitcoin.com:https://news.bitcoin.com/global-crisis-looms-as-imf-report-cites-its-own-policy-as-dangerous/","website":"news.bitcoin.com"},{"categories":["News","Bermuda","Stablecoins","USDC"],"createdAt":"Wed, 16 Oct 2019 11:30:55 +0000","createdBy":"Christine Kim","description":"Bermuda announced Wednesday it will accept payments in the USDC stablecoin \"for taxes, fees and other government services.\"","id":"d56fb78f-41f3-47e1-a02c-970936adc33c","link":"https://www.coindesk.com/bermuda-now-accepts-usdc-crypto-for-taxes-and-government-services","sentiment":{"compound":0.3818,"neg":0,"neu":0.867,"pos":0.133},"title":"Bermuda Now Accepts USDC Crypto for Taxes and Government Services","uid":"coindesk:https://www.coindesk.com/bermuda-now-accepts-usdc-crypto-for-taxes-and-government-services","website":"coindesk"},{"categories":["Technical","Bitcoin core","Jeremy Rubin","OpCode","Payments"],"createdAt":"Fri, 04 Oct 2019 13:00:55 +0000","createdBy":"Aaron van Wirdum","description":"Bitcoin Core contributor Jeremy Rubin may have figured out how to reliably smooth out network congestion, increasing Bitcoin’s throughput in peak hours.\nThe post Secure the Bag: Cutting Transactions in Half to Resolve Bitcoin Network Congestion appeared first on Bitcoin Magazine.","id":"b45a8bd9-cc14-48bc-be6f-751bbccacd12","link":"https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/secure-the-bag-cutting-transactions-in-half-to-resolve-bitcoin-network-congestion","sentiment":{"compound":0.5423,"neg":0.034,"neu":0.854,"pos":0.112},"title":"Secure the Bag: Cutting Transactions in Half to Resolve Bitcoin Network Congestion","uid":"bitcoinmagazine:https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/secure-the-bag-cutting-transactions-in-half-to-resolve-bitcoin-network-congestion","website":"bitcoinmagazine"},{"categories":["Payments","Cartoon"],"createdAt":"Thu, 17 Oct 2019 15:33:49 +0000","createdBy":"Ian Foley","description":"Despite the promises that bitcoin will be used for everyday purchases, many businesses that were initially bullish have stopped accepting cryptocurrencies.\nThe post Cartoon: Retail Blues appeared first on Bitcoin Magazine.","id":"d52046b7-532b-4279-840f-5a1a1b94cf3f","link":"https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/cartoon-retail-blues","sentiment":{"compound":0.5106,"neg":0.054,"neu":0.798,"pos":0.148},"title":"Cartoon: Retail Blues","uid":"bitcoinmagazine:https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/cartoon-retail-blues","website":"bitcoinmagazine"},{"categories":["News","OneCoin"],"createdAt":"Wed, 16 Oct 2019 09:20:09 +0000","createdBy":"William Foxley","description":"The British woman says she received death threats after speaking on a podcast about the alleged Ponzi scheme.","id":"f4bd524b-a073-4b32-a964-00b6e1f504d3","link":"https://www.coindesk.com/uk-woman-faces-death-threats-after-speaking-out-on-alleged-scam-onecoin","sentiment":{"compound":-0.7717,"neg":0.309,"neu":0.691,"pos":0},"title":"UK Woman Faces Death Threats After Speaking Out on Alleged Scam OneCoin","uid":"coindesk:https://www.coindesk.com/uk-woman-faces-death-threats-after-speaking-out-on-alleged-scam-onecoin","website":"coindesk"},{"categories":["Investing","Bitcoin price analysis"],"createdAt":"Wed, 16 Oct 2019 12:56:56 +0000","createdBy":"Bitcoin Schmitcoin","description":"For now, the market is looking mid-term bearish and we will have to see how it handles a potential retest of the $7,700s.\nThe post Bitcoin Price Analysis: Constant Supply Shows Signs of Market Weakness appeared first on Bitcoin Magazine.","id":"b283585f-3201-4bde-af5d-3ca6ac165a55","link":"https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/bitcoin-price-analysis-constant-supply-shows-signs-of-market-weakness","sentiment":{"compound":-0.4215,"neg":0.069,"neu":0.931,"pos":0},"title":"Bitcoin Price Analysis: Constant Supply Shows Signs of Market Weakness","uid":"bitcoinmagazine:https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/bitcoin-price-analysis-constant-supply-shows-signs-of-market-weakness","website":"bitcoinmagazine"},{"categories":["Altcoin","SEC","Court","Telegram","Ton","Regulation"],"createdAt":"Fri, 18 Oct 2019 11:41:00 +0100","createdBy":"Helen Partz","description":"Following Telegram’s counterclaim, the SEC insisted that the firm has violated securities laws, asking the court to grant a preliminary injunction.\n                    The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has responded to Telegram’s counterclaim, insisting that Grams are securities.Preventing Telegram from further violationFollowing Telegram’s counterclaim on Oct. 16, where the firm argued that its native crypto is not a security and the preliminary injunction should be denied, the SEC has responded with a new filing in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York on Oct. 17.In the document, the regulator not only insists that Telegram has actually violated the U.S. securities laws but also argues that a preliminary injunction should be granted to prevent Telegram from further violation, stressing that the company is likely to violate the law again.The SEC outlined that Telegram’s proposal to deny the injunction will allow them to continue to engage in violative conduct after five months, and put the burden on the regulator to seek another temporary restraining order (TRO) from the court. The securities’ regulator states that it is an extraordinary non-justified request that would constitute a waste of judicial and public resources and thus should be denied.According to a TRO filed on Oct. 11, Telegram should be at a court hearing in New York on Oct. 24.Grams’ status after TON launch doesn’t matterIn the filing, the SEC reiterated that Telegram has violated the securities laws by selling Grams, which are “securities” under the Securities Act, to certain investors, including buyers in the U.S., without any applicable exemption from registration.The regulator then refuted Telegram’s claim that Grams will merely be a currency or commodity after the launch of the Telegram Open Network (TON), arguing: “Defendants’ Opposition to this showing rests entirely on the conclusory allegation that ‘Grams will merely be a currency or commodity’ and therefore not a security ‘once the TON Blockchain launches.’ [...] whatever Grams were in 2018 or what they will be whenever Defendants decide to distribute them, Telegram’s mere assertion that Grams ‘will ... be’ a ‘currency’ does nothing to cure the prior violation of law.”Yesterday, Cointelegraph published a detailed report on Telegram’s case, providing key events and issues around the TON network and Grams.","id":"c689dfbd-1a8b-48c8-a0b2-2e8ad32c3bd6","link":"https://cointelegraph.com/news/sec-insists-grams-are-securities-ton-launch-wont-change-this","sentiment":{"compound":-0.988,"neg":0.136,"neu":0.8,"pos":0.063},"title":"SEC Insists Grams Are Securities — TON Launch Won’t Change This","uid":"cointelegraph:https://cointelegraph.com/news/sec-insists-grams-are-securities-ton-launch-wont-change-this","website":"cointelegraph"},{"categories":["Regulation","Irs","Taxes"],"createdAt":"Thu, 10 Oct 2019 16:10:42 +0000","createdBy":"Jimmy Aki","description":"The IRS has attempted to add tax clarity for cryptocurrencies following hard forks and airdrops but questions remain.\nThe post IRS Releases Tax Guidance on Hard Forks and Airdrops appeared first on Bitcoin Magazine.","id":"ea8ac2b4-3ace-42cb-8503-4b7d20680392","link":"https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/irs-releases-tax-guidance-on-hard-forks-and-airdrops","sentiment":{"compound":0.0129,"neg":0.079,"neu":0.87,"pos":0.052},"title":"IRS Releases Tax Guidance on Hard Forks and Airdrops","uid":"bitcoinmagazine:https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/irs-releases-tax-guidance-on-hard-forks-and-airdrops","website":"bitcoinmagazine"},{"categories":["Bitcoin","Law","Blockchain News"],"createdAt":"Fri, 18 Oct 2019 08:16:00 +0100","createdBy":"Marie Huillet ","description":"A German law professor has argued that permissionless networks such as Bitcoin pose the greatest challenge when it comes to applying private law to the blockchain.\n                    A German law professor has argued that permissionless networks such as Bitcoin (BTC) pose the greatest challenge when it comes to applying private law to the blockchain.In an Oct. 18 article entitled Who Owns Bitcoin? Private (International) Law Facing the Blockchain, Professor Matthias Lehmann, chair of the Institute for International Private Law and Comparative Law at the University of Bonn, argued against the role of property law concepts for the blockchain in most scenarios.Blockchain’s irreversibility and a-nationalityProfessor Lehmann identified two categories of legal problems that can arise in implementations of blockchain — both of which are lesser discussed, he suggested, than widely reported cases such as fraud or coercion.These are either endogenous problems — faulty transfers inside the ledger, such as erroneous transactions — or exogenous problems, such as the opening of insolvency proceedings. He argues that blockchain is “incapable of dealing with both,” adding:“Neither does it provide a mechanism to reverse faulty transfers, nor does it allow for a transfer of title outside the blockchain. DLT was designed to avoid the risk of double-spending, yet it does not solve other problems that are standard in private law.”Two particular properties of the blockchain make imposing the ordinary rules of private law onto the blockchain particularly tricky, he claims: first, the irreversibility of the ledger and second, the anationality of the technology.Private international law holds that the state legal system with the closest connection applies to a given case, yet given that the blockchain is not connected to any particular state, identifying this connection is complex. Whereas for permissioned networks with a governing authority and a number of identified nodes, several proposals for how to connect the blockchain to a legal system have been made:“They do not [...] provide an answer for permissionless networks where the coder is unknown, such as Bitcoin. In the latter case, there seems to be no other solution than to renounce the identification of one particular governing law.”Steering clear of an overly assertive role of the lawProfessor Lehmann’s solution is to argue for the application of different national laws in order to correct blockchain records where necessary. He proposes, specifically, the use of a transfer obligation under a given applicable national law in most instances so as to deal with the matter of irreversibility.Property law concepts should be avoided unless a choice of law has been embodied in the code of the ledger, he argues. He claims that such an approach steers clear of an overly assertive role of the law and corrects the results of the ledger only to the extent necessary, by using the forms and procedures of the technology itself. He also claims that it dispenses with the need to identify “one national law governing the blockchain by distributing the applicable rules among the various affected legal systems.’This March, former IBM chairman and current chairman of United States nonprofit The Center for Global Enterprise claimed that no solution had yet been found to make public blockchain networks compatible with European data privacy laws.","id":"d014963d-0a86-45b1-a38f-70f20d9fa983","link":"https://cointelegraph.com/news/bitcoins-irreversibility-challenges-intl-private-law-legal-scholar","sentiment":{"compound":-0.9061,"neg":0.091,"neu":0.837,"pos":0.071},"title":"Bitcoin’s Irreversibility Challenges International Private Law: Legal Scholar","uid":"cointelegraph:https://cointelegraph.com/news/bitcoins-irreversibility-challenges-intl-private-law-legal-scholar","website":"cointelegraph"},{"categories":["Blockchain","addresses","Bitcoin Core","BTC","COIN","concentration","crypto","crypto trading","Cryptocurrencies","data","ETH","Ethereum","Market Data","On-Chain","report","Research","Stablecoin","study","Tether","Token","USDT","Wallets"],"createdAt":"Thu, 17 Oct 2019 17:30:31 +0000","createdBy":"Lubomir Tassev","description":"The ownership of tether (USDT) turns out to be quite concentrated. According to a recent report, a few addresses control the bulk of the stablecoin, which is widely used by bitcoin traders. The finding comes on top of fresh accusations of creating a bubble levied in a lawsuit against tether’s operators. That adds to the […]\nThe post 104 Addresses Hold 70% of Tether, Research Reveals appeared first on Bitcoin News.","id":"d6d4b1d5-c629-421c-9fa5-ad0767350f55","link":"https://news.bitcoin.com/104-addresses-hold-70-of-tether-research-reveals/","sentiment":{"compound":0.2732,"neg":0.058,"neu":0.855,"pos":0.087},"title":"104 Addresses Hold 70% of Tether, Research Reveals","uid":"news.bitcoin.com:https://news.bitcoin.com/104-addresses-hold-70-of-tether-research-reveals/","website":"news.bitcoin.com"},{"categories":["Regulation","Bitcoin","bitcoin etf","Bitwise","BTC","crypto","crypto assets","Cryptocurrencies","Cryptocurrency","Digital Currency","disapproval","exchange traded fund","nyse arca","order","rejection","Review","SEC","Virtual Currency"],"createdAt":"Fri, 18 Oct 2019 05:30:56 +0000","createdBy":"Kevin Helms","description":"The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is reviewing its order issued last week pertaining to a rejected proposal for a bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF). The proposal was filed by NYSE Arca for the Bitwise Bitcoin ETF Trust. Meanwhile, the SEC is also evaluating a proposed rule change for a different type of bitcoin ETF. […]\nThe post SEC Wants Second Look at Bitwise Bitcoin ETF Proposal appeared first on Bitcoin News.","id":"db96326e-8a5d-490c-88a8-394b3a157462","link":"https://news.bitcoin.com/sec-wants-second-look-at-bitwise-bitcoin-etf/","sentiment":{"compound":0.296,"neg":0.045,"neu":0.881,"pos":0.075},"title":"SEC Wants Second Look at Bitwise Bitcoin ETF Proposal","uid":"news.bitcoin.com:https://news.bitcoin.com/sec-wants-second-look-at-bitwise-bitcoin-etf/","website":"news.bitcoin.com"},{"categories":["News","Stablecoins"],"createdAt":"Fri, 18 Oct 2019 07:02:09 +0000","createdBy":"Richard Meyer","description":"Mitsubishi Research Institute and an Osaka-based railway company are issuing a local cryptocurrency for use in a popular tourist area in Japan.","id":"cb4a2991-5273-4520-aa33-332738b8f2e4","link":"https://www.coindesk.com/this-popular-tourism-area-will-soon-test-a-local-cryptocurrency","sentiment":{"compound":0.4215,"neg":0,"neu":0.872,"pos":0.128},"title":"Tourists in Popular Japanese Region Could Soon Use a Local Cryptocurrency","uid":"coindesk:https://www.coindesk.com/this-popular-tourism-area-will-soon-test-a-local-cryptocurrency","website":"coindesk"},{"categories":["Blockchain","cryptocurrencies","stablecoin","Libra","Facebook"],"createdAt":"Fri, 18 Oct 2019 02:51:00 +0100","createdBy":"Joeri Cant","description":"A G-7 task force believes that stablecoins could present a significant risk to the global financial stability, but also present an opportunity to update payment systems.\n                    A G-7 task force reports that stablecoins, such as Facebook’s Libra, present significant risk to the global financial system but also have potential in the field of payments.Doubling down on regulationsOn Oct. 18, in a report requested by the G-7 finance ministers and central bank governors, the task force confirmed that the group of the seven wealthiest nations would not allow any global stablecoin to launch without adequately addressing the related challenges and risks. Cointelegraph reported on an unpublished draft of the same report on Oct. 14. The full report reads:“No global stablecoin project should begin operation until the legal, regulatory and oversight challenges and risks outlined above are adequately addressed, through appropriate designs and by adhering to regulation that is clear and proportional.”The task force found that thus far, the first wave of cryptocurrencies has failed to provide a reliable and attractive means of payment or store of value. Stablecoins, on the other hand, are more readily usable as a means of payment and store of value and could potentially develop global payment systems that are faster, cheaper and more inclusive than present systems.The report then points to the potential challenges and risks that come with stablecoins for public policy, oversight and regulation, legal certainty, anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism compliance and tax compliance, amongst others. Once stablecoins are launched globally, the report reads, they could potentially threaten the global financial stability and monetary system.Elsewhere in the G-7The new report echoes much of what the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) — itself a G-7 initiative — has pushed for this past summer with its updated anti-money laundering requirements.Nonetheless, the FATF has shown a readiness to approve certain new payment systems entailing cryptocurrencies, including one project from the Japanese government.","id":"f38c6b9f-4435-41d4-a32d-d0b25431cf83","link":"https://cointelegraph.com/news/g7-task-force-releases-full-report-on-impact-of-global-stablecoins","sentiment":{"compound":0.9217,"neg":0.079,"neu":0.791,"pos":0.13},"title":"G-7 Task Force Releases Full Report on Impact of Global Stablecoins","uid":"cointelegraph:https://cointelegraph.com/news/g7-task-force-releases-full-report-on-impact-of-global-stablecoins","website":"cointelegraph"},{"categories":["Altcoin","Bitcoin Price","Ethereum Price","Cryptocurrencies","Markets","Market Update"],"createdAt":"Fri, 18 Oct 2019 08:33:00 +0100","createdBy":"William Suberg","description":"A previous push into the $8,100 area saw rejection by markets on Friday, pushing the price of Bitcoin back down to lows of $7,850.\n                    Friday, Oct. 18 — Bitcoin (BTC) has lost support at $8,000 again after a brief recovery ended up further downward selling pressure. Cryptocurrency market daily overview. Source: Coin360Bitcoin eyes lower support bandsData from Coin360 showed BTC/USD briefly hit $7,850 on Friday before rebounding to just above $7,900. The latest dip capped daily losses of up to 2% for traders, with the pair having reached a high of $8,120 the previous day. Bitcoin seven-day price chart. Source: Coin360As Cointelegraph reported, analysts were dismissive of the upward momentum, with the broader health of Bitcoin prices still subject to suspicion.Zooming out, they considered little to have changed as Bitcoin fluctuated around the $8,000 mark. “Well, not showing strength after a small bearish retest. Looks like a copy of beginning October & still hanging around here in the green 'support' zones,” Cointelegraph contributor Michaël van der Poppe summarized in a Twitter analysis.Those zones represent longer-term trends which BTC/USD continues to test. The last bastion of support in the lowest zone lies at about $7,400. For van der Poppe, that area forms the obvious destination if current levels break down further.“If lost -> below at $7,500 main area to look for,” he added.Altcoin investors see flat performanceAltcoin markets remained choppy as Bitcoin fought off its latest turbulence. Movements were nonetheless muted, with tokens remaining within 3% of the previous day.XRP reversed half of its 5% gains from Thursday to trade just below $0.29 at publishing time. Litecoin (LTC) also posted modest gains, rising 2.6%.Ether (ETH), the largest altcoin by market cap, was down a negligible 0.4% and trading at $174.Ether seven-day price chart. Source: Coin360The overall cryptocurrency market cap was 66.1% dominated by Bitcoin, with a total value of $217 billion. Keep track of top crypto markets in real time here","id":"db64270a-a701-4236-97a5-6d28b2a5ada3","link":"https://cointelegraph.com/news/bitcoin-back-under-8k-next-is-74k-if-support-zone-breaks-analyst","sentiment":{"compound":-0.798,"neg":0.095,"neu":0.834,"pos":0.071},"title":"Bitcoin Back Under $8K — Next Is $7.4K If Support Zone Breaks: Analyst","uid":"cointelegraph:https://cointelegraph.com/news/bitcoin-back-under-8k-next-is-74k-if-support-zone-breaks-analyst","website":"cointelegraph"},{"categories":["News","Crime","Hacking","Tor"],"createdAt":"Fri, 18 Oct 2019 12:03:53 +0000","createdBy":"Daniel Palmer","description":"Hackers have been distributing a compromised version of the official Tor Browser that's packed with malware designed to steal bitcoin.","id":"d9c0737d-1909-4395-b92b-1a28d60afc80","link":"https://www.coindesk.com/fake-tor-browser-has-been-spying-stealing-bitcoin-for-years","sentiment":{"compound":-0.4939,"neg":0.151,"neu":0.849,"pos":0},"title":"Fake Tor Browser Has Been Spying, Stealing Bitcoin ‘For Years’","uid":"coindesk:https://www.coindesk.com/fake-tor-browser-has-been-spying-stealing-bitcoin-for-years","website":"coindesk"},{"categories":["Altcoin","Brazil","Cryptocurrencies","Scams"],"createdAt":"Fri, 18 Oct 2019 16:04:00 +0100","createdBy":"Cassio Gusson","description":"We got the congressional documents that explain why this is happening.\n                    Brazilian Congressman Aureo Ribeiro, author of a bill that purports to regulate the Brazilian crypto market, requested the opening of a Parliamentary Inquiry Commission (PCI) to investigate crypto-related fraud in Brazil. Cointelegraph got access to a document that asks for a deep investigatigation into companies like Atlas Quantum (and CEO Rodrigo Marques), Zero10, and Trader Group, among others.\"Increasing interest in cryptocurrency transactions has been accompanied by a proliferation of fraud,” the document reads. “The lack of regulation and vigilance combined with high levels of abstraction, anonymity, cross-border operations, and other peculiarities inherent to the crypto market shows potential risks to users and investors.\"The congressman also explains in the same document why Atlas Quantum — once the biggest crypto company in Brazil, but now facing legal and financial issues — should be investigated:\"Atlas Quantum published a video on September 18 that show a cryptocurrency balance of more than $54 million (at the current price) that would have been withheld on three accounts on the HitBTC exchange. But the exchange denied this through its official Twitter profile on October 2, 2019, and informed investors that Atlas Quantum leaves no value stuck on the platform. HitBTC further stated that the video is fake, and that the Atlas team made no official request for assistance. At the same time, there are numerous investors who fear that the company will not be able to honor its liabilities to customers if they all request withdrawals. After the huge media coverage of the case, Atlas Quantum presented an audit report that allegedly attested to the amount of Bitcoins and stablecoins it has. But would it be sufficient to honor their commitments to the entire customer base?\"The congressman also talks about the epidemic of cryptocurrency pyramid schemes in Brazil: \"The amount of fraud involving Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies is frightening. We have opened a new page on our website for people who have had problems with pyramid schemes to report their cases, and we have received a huge number of reports and requests from people all over Brazil.”The document asking for the investigation was signed by 234 congressmen, which is 63 more than the minimum required to approve the investigation. \"We have received so many reports that the PCI will be a huge effort and will need a big task force. We ask anyone who’s had a problem with cryptocurrency companies to go to my website: deputadoaureo.com.br and look for the proper tab to make your complaint about crypto pyramid schemes,\" the deputy said.","id":"ebf8e65c-e87f-48d5-8b9b-513e33678d29","link":"https://cointelegraph.com/news/brazil-opens-a-formal-inquiry-into-the-countrys-rampant-cryptocurrency-scams","sentiment":{"compound":-0.9652,"neg":0.103,"neu":0.831,"pos":0.066},"title":"Brazil Opens A Formal Inquiry Into The Country’s Rampant Cryptocurrency Scams","uid":"cointelegraph:https://cointelegraph.com/news/brazil-opens-a-formal-inquiry-into-the-countrys-rampant-cryptocurrency-scams","website":"cointelegraph"},{"categories":["Bitcoin","Privacy","Bitcoin Mining"],"createdAt":"Fri, 18 Oct 2019 09:52:00 +0100","createdBy":"William Suberg","description":"Protecting users from government seizures and coercion of miners is paramount for Bitcoin, says Kevin Pan.\n                    Bitcoin (BTC) needs to become more resistant to governments as a priority, the CEO of one of its biggest mining pools has said.Pan: Privacy is Bitcoin’s “real problem”In an interview with cryptocurrency media outlet Bitcoin Magazine quoted by Forbes on Oct. 17, Poolin’s Kevin Pan suggested privacy should form an essential focus for Bitcoin development.“The real problem with Bitcoin may be privacy. There is no other big question if the privacy issue is solved,” he summarized.Pan was commenting as cryptocurrency-related transaction privacy returns to the spotlight as international regulators dissect Facebook’s Libra digital currency. As Cointelegraph reported, concerns over user data have formed the basis for rejection of the project from multiple sources, including finance ministers and United States senators.In the future, Pan continued, Bitcoin will need to provide users with a way to avoid governments targeting them and their wallets.“What is more troublesome now is if government or law enforcement departments begin to create a blacklist of transaction addresses, it will make certain transactions unable to be packaged. In fact, these can be done,” he explained.Pan added: “But if there is privacy, you can't know who the address belongs to, and you can't determine how much the amount is, and there is no way to control the currency system.”Improving transaction privacy is already a central occupation of developers, both for Bitcoin Core and off-chain solutions such as the Lightning Network. Certain user wallets claim to offer enhanced privacy for users already, but standards differ as developers attempt to seal technical loopholes.","id":"d58b388b-5712-47c3-b253-e7af681a9847","link":"https://cointelegraph.com/news/bitcoin-privacy-is-the-only-big-question-for-devs-says-poolin-ceo","sentiment":{"compound":-0.5922,"neg":0.042,"neu":0.935,"pos":0.024},"title":"Bitcoin Privacy Is the Only ‘Big Question’ for Devs, Says Poolin CEO","uid":"cointelegraph:https://cointelegraph.com/news/bitcoin-privacy-is-the-only-big-question-for-devs-says-poolin-ceo","website":"cointelegraph"},{"categories":["News","15 wallets","Argent","BCH","bitcoin cash","Bitcoin Core","Bitcoin.com Wallet","BTC","Cipher","DNS","ETC","Ethereum Name Service","Ethereum.org","LTC","metamask","Myetherwallet","Name Service","Opera Touch","Pandax","Wallet support"],"createdAt":"Fri, 18 Oct 2019 18:35:16 +0000","createdBy":"Jamie Redman","description":"On October 16, the Ethereum Name Service (ENS) announced multi-currency support and integration with 15 platforms and wallets. The fusion will provide users with the ability to use a single ENS name across a wide spectrum of crypto applications alongside leveraging a variety of digital assets. Also read: Honestnode Founder Discusses the First Stablecoin Built […]\nThe post Ethereum Name Service Adds Infrastructure for Multi-Currency Support appeared first on Bitcoin News.","id":"f82357ed-6c7d-4675-9897-f6902787db41","link":"https://news.bitcoin.com/ethereum-name-service-adds-infrastructure-for-multi-currency-support/","sentiment":{"compound":0.8126,"neg":0,"neu":0.872,"pos":0.128},"title":"Ethereum Name Service Adds Infrastructure for Multi-Currency Support","uid":"news.bitcoin.com:https://news.bitcoin.com/ethereum-name-service-adds-infrastructure-for-multi-currency-support/","website":"news.bitcoin.com"},{"categories":["Investing","Bitcoin price","Price analysis"],"createdAt":"Fri, 11 Oct 2019 21:53:17 +0000","createdBy":"Bitcoin Magazine","description":"Last night, the bitcoin market saw a strong breakout get immediately rejected as selling pressure shoved the breakout down from $8,800 to $8,200s \nThe post Bitcoin Price Analysis: Breakout Gets Rejected as Supply Drowns Bulls appeared first on Bitcoin Magazine.","id":"f309a86b-3797-46e1-bddc-678bbb6bf070","link":"https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/bitcoin-price-analysis-breakout-gets-rejected-as-supply-drowns-bulls","sentiment":{"compound":-0.8934,"neg":0.292,"neu":0.643,"pos":0.064},"title":"Bitcoin Price Analysis: Breakout Gets Rejected as Supply Drowns Bulls","uid":"bitcoinmagazine:https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/bitcoin-price-analysis-breakout-gets-rejected-as-supply-drowns-bulls","website":"bitcoinmagazine"},{"categories":["News","Prices","Bitcoin","Markets"],"createdAt":"Wed, 16 Oct 2019 10:01:05 +0000","createdBy":"Omkar Godbole","description":"Bitcoin is facing strongest selling pressure since February and has potential to drop below recent lows near $7,750.","id":"f05cc2f3-f7d0-45f6-8bfd-a8aa77560b59","link":"https://www.coindesk.com/bitcoin-price-indicator-shows-bearish-mood-strongest-since-february","sentiment":{"compound":-0.7351,"neg":0.427,"neu":0.462,"pos":0.112},"title":"Bitcoin Price Indicator Shows Bearish Mood Strongest Since February","uid":"coindesk:https://www.coindesk.com/bitcoin-price-indicator-shows-bearish-mood-strongest-since-february","website":"coindesk"},{"categories":["Bitcoin","market update","Ethereum","XRP","Nem"],"createdAt":"Thu, 17 Oct 2019 22:56:00 +0100","createdBy":"Joeri Cant","description":"Bitcoin is hovering above the $8,000 price mark while most altcoins report positive gains, with XRP seeing growth greater than 5% on the day.\n                    Thursday, Oct. 17 — Bitcoin (BTC) is hovering just above the $8,000 price mark, while XRP shows impressive gains on the day.Cryptocurrency market daily overview. Source: Coin360For most of the day, the world’s largest cryptocurrency has been trading within a tight range between $8,000 and $8,100. BTC traded from an intraday low of around $8,010 up to $8,135 before hitting its current trading price of $8,062, showing a subtle gain of around 1% in the past 24 hours.Cointelegraph reported today that notorious crypto skeptic Nouriel Roubini had finally conceded to saying that Bitcoin is “a partial store of value.” However, his comment was swiftly followed by continued criticisms:“Maybe Bitcoin is a partial store of value but it’s not a unit of account, it’s not a means of payment, it’s not scalable [...] in spite of its rally earlier this year, it’s lost 60% in value since its peak, so I don’t see it going anywhere frankly.”Bitcoin 7-day price chart. Source: Coin360Ether (ETH), meanwhile, is currently sitting at $176 per coin. The number one altcoin has been trading fairly flat for most part of the day, while slowly crawling to its current trading price, up just over 1% at press time.Ether 7-day price chart. Source: Coin360XRP, on the other hand, saw a 5% jump on the day. The third-largest coin by market cap is currently putting in a strong performance and is grinding its way up to the $0.30 price point. XRP is now trading at almost $0.30 per coin.XRP 7-day price chart. Source: Coin360It is a green top-20 dayAll of the top-20 coins are showing positive gains between 1-4% in the past 24 hours, with XRP taking the lead as top performer of the day, as mentioned above.While not in the top-20 tokens by market capitalization, the number 25 crypto coin NEM (XEM) has seen impressive gains of almost 14% over the past 24 hours to trade at $0.041 at press time.The overall cryptocurrency market cap increased from $217.2 billion to $222.2 billion, with Bitcoin making up 66% of the total.Keep track of top crypto markets in real time here","id":"d776e185-f3f2-4227-9e90-c6a38838fbc6","link":"https://cointelegraph.com/news/bitcoin-price-hovers-above-8-000-while-xrp-jumps-5-on-the-day","sentiment":{"compound":0.989,"neg":0.031,"neu":0.834,"pos":0.135},"title":"Bitcoin Price Hovers Above $8,000 While XRP Jumps 5% on the Day","uid":"cointelegraph:https://cointelegraph.com/news/bitcoin-price-hovers-above-8-000-while-xrp-jumps-5-on-the-day","website":"cointelegraph"},{"categories":["Altcoin News","Bitcoin","Bitcoin Price","News","News teaser","bitcoin price","Bull run","correction","support"],"createdAt":"Fri, 18 Oct 2019 09:00:53 +0000","createdBy":"Martin Young","description":"As we come to the end of another week on crypto markets bitcoin has held on to support. Many of the altcoins have taken a bit of a beating however, and total market capitalization has shrunk $5 billion since Monday. Bearish sentiment is abound but BTC may simply have just completed its 40% correction as expected. Support Holds For Bitcoin BTC dropped below $8k for the fourth time yesterday but again did not stay there\nRead More\nThe post Bitcoin Has Corrected 40% Countless Times Before Another Bull Run appeared first on Bitcoinist.com.","id":"fcaeb8f8-8260-481b-bb21-9d8f9cd0e25f","link":"https://bitcoinist.com/bitcoin-has-corrected-40-countless-times-before-another-bull-run/","sentiment":{"compound":0.2263,"neg":0.046,"neu":0.898,"pos":0.056},"title":"Bitcoin Has Corrected 40% Countless Times Before Another Bull Run","uid":"bitcoinist:https://bitcoinist.com/bitcoin-has-corrected-40-countless-times-before-another-bull-run/","website":"bitcoinist"},{"categories":["Bitcoin","Lightning Network","Wallet"],"createdAt":"Fri, 18 Oct 2019 13:25:00 +0100","createdBy":"Jack Martin","description":"ACINQ Phoenix wallet opens Bitcoin Lightning Network to the masses.\n                    French Bitcoin (BTC) Lightning Network (LN) implementation developer ACINQ introduced its second-generation Lightning Network wallet, Phoenix, via Twitter, on Oct. 18. A video accompanying the post demonstrates a number of wallet functions, all accessed via a user-friendly interface.From setup to receiving and making payments in under a minuteFrom a fresh install of the wallet app on an Android device, setting up a new wallet is a single click away. Although the new wallet has no open channels, it can still produce an LN invoice and receive funds.On receipt of an incoming transaction, the app offers to set up a payment channel on-the-fly for a set fee. The user can either accept the fee, avoiding incoming liquidity issues completely or refuse the payment.Once the wallet is funded, Lightning Network payments can be made by scanning QR invoices and pressing pay. Phoenix is able to find payment routes without a routing table sync.Backup/restore and swapping to on-chain Bitcoin walletsBacking up the wallet simply creates a 12-word seed, which will restore the wallet on another device. The only thing lost in the process is the transaction history.Making a payment to a regular Bitcoin address alerts the user that the transaction will be a swap. The user must click to request the swap, and then click pay once the swap and fee have been confirmed.All of the channel management and logistics of on and off-chain transactions are dealt with under the hood.Meanwhile, ACINQ still intends to continue developing its original LN wallet, Eclair, for advanced users. Earlier this month, the company announced it had secured $8 million in funding from partners including a French state-owned bank.","id":"f9c62a3d-ccfe-40a0-8a35-083d79d8ac61","link":"https://cointelegraph.com/news/acinq-unveils-its-2nd-generation-bitcoin-lightning-network-wallet","sentiment":{"compound":0.651,"neg":0.043,"neu":0.895,"pos":0.062},"title":"ACINQ Unveils Its ‘2nd Generation’ Bitcoin Lightning Network Wallet","uid":"cointelegraph:https://cointelegraph.com/news/acinq-unveils-its-2nd-generation-bitcoin-lightning-network-wallet","website":"cointelegraph"},{"categories":["News","Social Media","Stablecoins","Jet8"],"createdAt":"Fri, 18 Oct 2019 00:30:03 +0000","createdBy":"Daniel Kuhn","description":"Jet8 says it is taking a new approach to social media and data ownership using blockchain.","id":"f7d41edc-2994-431c-bc02-1a84a568cc76","link":"https://www.coindesk.com/watch-how-jet8-is-injecting-crypto-into-the-social-media-value-chain","sentiment":{"compound":0,"neg":0,"neu":1,"pos":0},"title":"WATCH: How JET8 Is Injecting Crypto Into the Social Media Value Chain","uid":"coindesk:https://www.coindesk.com/watch-how-jet8-is-injecting-crypto-into-the-social-media-value-chain","website":"coindesk"},{"categories":["Technical","Development","signet","Testnet"],"createdAt":"Fri, 18 Oct 2019 16:05:45 +0000","createdBy":"Tony Sanak","description":"A Bitcoin signet, proposed by Karl-Johan Alm, could provide a more predictable and stable Bitcoin testnet for development.\nThe post Signet Could Give Bitcoin a More Stable, Predictable Testnet Option appeared first on Bitcoin Magazine.","id":"fd7c9397-1b2d-4f4d-8562-91baba4820ff","link":"https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/signet-give-bitcoin-stable-predictable-testnet-option","sentiment":{"compound":0.6068,"neg":0,"neu":0.858,"pos":0.142},"title":"Signet Could Give Bitcoin a More Stable, Predictable Testnet Option","uid":"bitcoinmagazine:https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/signet-give-bitcoin-stable-predictable-testnet-option","website":"bitcoinmagazine"},{"categories":["Blockchain","Enterprise","Ethereum","Microsoft","Azure"],"createdAt":"Fri, 18 Oct 2019 17:41:00 +0100","createdBy":"Craig Adeyanju","description":"Microsoft is bolstering its blockchain offerings on the Azure platform through a series of partnerships, Insolar the latest to join.\n                    \nThanks to the high computational flexibility that it offers, the influence of cloud computing on the blockchain space continues to grow. It's less of a surprise, then, that cloud computing giants — such as Amazon, Microsoft, Oracle and Google's parent company Alphabet — are leading the charge to merge blockchain, especially the enterprise type, and the cloud.\nMicrosoft in particular has been actively engaging with blockchain startups that are developing blockchain solutions for the enterprise market, working with them to deploy their solutions on the Microsoft Azure cloud infrastructure.\nThe company's aggressive approach to bolstering the blockchain functionalities of Azure could be a move to take the lead in the blockchain cloud market, which should expand as the underlying blockchain industry continues to grow. Microsoft Azure is currently behind the cloud market leader, Amazon Web Services, by a wide margin. Amazon owns nearly half of the public cloud infrastructure market, while Microsoft only controlled about 15.5% in 2018. \n\nAs of the time of writing, the Azure marketplace hosts 63 blockchain apps, while the Amazon Web Service (AWS) marketplace hosts 60 blockchain apps. Here's a closer look at some of the blockchain companies that have become part of the Microsoft Azure most recently.\nInsolar\nMicrosoft recently agreed to collaborate with Insolar, a Switzerland-based startup that builds blockchain solutions for the enterprise market, to bring an additional option to Azure clients that are looking to deploy blockchain applications. Through the partnership, Insolar will be offering enterprise solutions on its own blockchain, called the Insolar Blockchain platform. \nInsolar also got accepted to offer its blockchain solutions on the cloud service of database software giant Oracle. Speaking to Cointelegraph via email on the partnership with Microsoft and how it allows enterprises to build products, Insolar co-founder Peter Fedchenkov said:\n“There are different options to deploy blockchain platform to the cloud: manually deploy blockchain platform code to the leased Virtual Machine (should be made by client); use the pre-configured Virtual Machine with blockchain platform deployed (available through Microsoft Azure Marketplace); use a part of already deployed and running blockchain environment (Blockchain-as-a-Service).”\nInsolar's blockchain platform, whose mainnet is expected to launch on Nov. 1, is reportedly capable of executing 10,000 transactions per second.\nKadena\nOn Aug. 27, U.S. based blockchain startup Kadena launched its enterprise blockchain on the Azure Marketplace. The blockchain company, founded by former employees of U.S. financial company JP Morgan Chase, had previously revealed its enterprise smart contract solution on the Amazon Web Services Marketplace in January.\nBy offering its Scalable Permissioned Blockchain on Azure, Kadena allows companies to build proof of concept products without delving too deep into the blockchain itself. Despite the promises that blockchain holds, the limited real-world proof that it actually solves certain problems can be limiting when companies think about the cost of building one from scratch. Kadena is also building a public blockchain called Chainweb, which is based on the proof-of-work consensus mechanism.\nEnterprises typically opt to use a cloud provider that has an ecosystem for a range of services that work hand-in-hand. Kadena's head of marketing, Tony Pham, told Cointelegraph that offering Kadena's blockchain solutions on Azure means that businesses can easily implement its blockchain alongside other enterprise systems. Pham said:\n“One specific example is that Kadena is ready for production smart contracts. An area where Kadena seeks integration is Know Your Customer (KYC). Onfido, a provider of KYC, is also on Azure so an enterprise user could choose to combine Onfido’s and Kadena’s solutions.”\nKadena says its smart contract dubbed Pact is the first human-readable smart contract language that anyone can write. Kadena announced last May that it has partnered with commodities and alternative assets management firm USCF Investments, which has approximately $3 billion in assets under management.\nNahmii\nEthereum-based second-layer blockchain scaling platform, Nahmii, also partnered with Microsoft in September 2019 to offer its solutions on the Azure cloud. Nahmii, created by Singapore-based Hubii, claims to solve the problem of scalability on the Ethereum blockchain \"moving transactions away from the main chain to a second network that sits on top of the main Ethereum chain.\" \nThis potentially opens up the Ethereum blockchain, which presently executes only 15 transactions per second, to a new world of commercial possibilities. As part of the partnership with Microsoft, Nahmii also joined the Enterprise Ethereum Alliance. The alliance is a coalition of enterprises with the aim of developing standards for building enterprise-grade applications on the Ethereum blockchain.\nNahmii CEO Jacobo Toll-Messia told Cointelegraph, \"Nahmii, makes blockchain a reality for enterprises and mass adoption.\" Speaking about the uniqueness of his company's solutions for Azure, Toll-Messia said:\n\"Our partnership with Microsoft is unique from the point of view that nahmii is unique; it is the only commercially ready scaling and interoperability protocol in the blockchain industry today. That alone implies that nahmii can be used — at scale — by Microsoft corporate customers to build any solution on the blockchain (payments, loyalty points, etc).”\nAs part of the partnership, Microsoft will allocate business development resources to onboard clients to the Nahmii network, according to Toll-Messia. Nahmii has already added the Norwegian Block Exchange to its governing body.\nTruffle\nIn June, Microsoft announced that it has partnered with Truffle, one of the earliest projects at Ethereum incubation lab ConsenSys. Truffle's tools offer developers a standalone, local node for writing smart contracts and a development environment that allows for the deployment of smart contracts. Azure users gain access to Truffle's tools through the partnership with Microsoft.\nTruffle didn't respond to a request for comments. However, CEO Tim Coulter previously told Forbes that the partnership \"opens up all of those developers to Truffle and it opens Truffle up to all of the services that Microsoft provides.\" \nBlockchain-as-a-service model is boosting adoption\nIn the early days of the internet, when only deep-pocketed institutions could afford to own their servers, it wasn’t simple to own a website. These days, this can be set up within minutes. Such is the influence that simplified hosting services have had on internet adoption.\nThe expansion of blockchain-as-a-service (BaaS) platforms like Azure and AWS could be just as important to the rapid adoption of blockchain. Like web hosting, BaaS platforms take away hurdles like high capital investment and technical skills, and allows companies to simply build and deploy the products they need.","id":"fd1d0448-2126-4fab-ab6c-487526eb456d","link":"https://cointelegraph.com/news/crypto-firms-join-azure-as-microsoft-fights-amazon-for-market-share","sentiment":{"compound":0.9973,"neg":0.012,"neu":0.887,"pos":0.1},"title":"Crypto Firms Join Azure as Microsoft Fights Amazon for Market Share","uid":"cointelegraph:https://cointelegraph.com/news/crypto-firms-join-azure-as-microsoft-fights-amazon-for-market-share","website":"cointelegraph"},{"categories":["Review","Adoption","Lightning network","Regulation"],"createdAt":"Sat, 12 Oct 2019 13:04:02 +0000","createdBy":"Jimmy Aki","description":"Bitcoin Magazine’s Week in Review brings you the most critical, interesting and popular news stories affecting Bitcoin this week.\nThe post Bitcoin Magazine’s Week in Review appeared first on Bitcoin Magazine.","id":"fcea1daa-f42d-47af-b9a4-4738a9ea2c3a","link":"https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/bitcoin-magazine-week-review-3","sentiment":{"compound":0.4914,"neg":0.071,"neu":0.77,"pos":0.159},"title":"Bitcoin Magazine’s Week in Review","uid":"bitcoinmagazine:https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/bitcoin-magazine-week-review-3","website":"bitcoinmagazine"},{"categories":["News","ETF","Matt Hougan","Zachary Fallon","Jake Chervinsky"],"createdAt":"Fri, 18 Oct 2019 08:30:45 +0000","createdBy":"Nikhilesh De","description":"The bitcoin market isn't mature enough to support an ETF, said the SEC in its latest rejection of the concept. So what now?","id":"f9a45857-5300-4971-8366-7b62c7cc8d42","link":"https://www.coindesk.com/what-to-make-of-the-secs-latest-bitcoin-etf-rejection","sentiment":{"compound":-0.4822,"neg":0.204,"neu":0.701,"pos":0.095},"title":"What to Make of the SEC’s Latest Bitcoin ETF Rejection","uid":"coindesk:https://www.coindesk.com/what-to-make-of-the-secs-latest-bitcoin-etf-rejection","website":"coindesk"},{"categories":["Blockchain","Russia","regulation","internet","government","law"],"createdAt":"Thu, 17 Oct 2019 23:15:00 +0100","createdBy":"Kollen Post","description":"Russian regulator Roskomnadzor institutes a block on Cointelegraph’s website in the Russian Federation.\n                    Cointelegraph's website has become widely inaccessible in Russia as authorities added the domain to a registry of blacklisted sites.The blacklistAlthough Cointelegraph has been publicly on a list of blocked sites since 2017, it was only on Oct. 16 that the Russian Federal Service for Supervision of Communications, Information Technology and Mass Media, more commonly known as Roskomnadzor, implemented the block on a technical level. The developer of a popular Russian anticensorship browser extension, who wishes to remain anonymous for security reasons, confirmed the block to Cointelegraph.The URL was added to Roskmonadzor's blacklist file mailed to ISPs yesterday,\" the developer told Cointelegraph. \"It's an XML file that’s privately distributed among ISPs so that they can enable blocking.\" The relevant section of the file reads as follows: \"Why this website was only added recently — I don't know,\" the developer added.Johann Bihr, the head of the Eastern Europe & Central Asia Desk at Reporters Without Borders, told Cointelegraph: “The blocking of your website is one more sign that Russia's online censorship system is becoming more powerful.”The readersCointelegraph has checked with many Russia-based readers, and most of them are unable to access the site. Some readers have retained access, while still others are seeing periodic outages on Cointelegraph’s site, suggesting that not all ISPs have fully implemented the updated XML file.For its part, Roskomnadzor and regulators at large have not provided an explanation as to why they recently decided to enforce the block on Cointelegraph, but it follows a general trend of a more assertive internet censorship policy.Other blocks from RoskomnadzorIn April of last year, Roskomnadzor took issue with encrypted messaging application Telegram, blocking 20 million IP addresses in the Russian Federation in an effort to stamp out use of the app. Those efforts were largely regarded as unsuccessful.Johann Bihr explained to Cointelegraph:“Since their largely failed Telegram blocking last year, the Russian authorities have been actively working to enhance their online censorship system. A major turning point was the ‘Sovereign Internet’ law signed by President Putin on 1 May, which is taking Russia much closer to the Chinese model. This law will be implemented gradually from 1 November onwards, and Roskomnadzor has been installing and testing these new tools in the past few months.” In 2015, Roskomnadzor blocked seven websites involved in crypto, including bitcoin.org.A 2016 ruling against storage of Russian citizens’ data outside of the country led to a Roskomnadzor block on LinkedIn that continues to this day.","id":"feabeaf7-5c29-45f9-a7e4-7bfb309d8e7c","link":"https://cointelegraph.com/news/cointelegraph-blocked-in-russia","sentiment":{"compound":-0.9696,"neg":0.074,"neu":0.905,"pos":0.021},"title":"Cointelegraph Blocked in Russia","uid":"cointelegraph:https://cointelegraph.com/news/cointelegraph-blocked-in-russia","website":"cointelegraph"},{"categories":["Mining","Bitmain","poolin"],"createdAt":"Fri, 11 Oct 2019 19:33:45 +0000","createdBy":"Colin Harper","description":"A Bitcoin Magazine Exclusive Interview\nThe post Upstart Poolin Discusses Growth, State of Mining and Bitcoin in China appeared first on Bitcoin Magazine.","id":"fd9896d9-3859-4cdb-8f20-03f12c89c3de","link":"https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/upstart-poolin-discusses-growth-state-of-mining-and-bitcoin-in-china","sentiment":{"compound":0.4767,"neg":0,"neu":0.83,"pos":0.17},"title":"Upstart Poolin Discusses Growth, State of Mining and Bitcoin in China","uid":"bitcoinmagazine:https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/upstart-poolin-discusses-growth-state-of-mining-and-bitcoin-in-china","website":"bitcoinmagazine"}]}