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Vitalik Buterin Cashed Out Large Sums of ETH During 2017 Crypto Frenzy

Ethereum mastermind Vitalik Buterin, who holds 350,000 ETH in his main wallet address, allegedly cashed out $40 million worth of ETH between June 2017 and February 2018. The findings …

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Newsflash: Dow Surges 250 Points to Race Past 26,000

The Dow Jones Industrial Average opened to sharp losses on Thursday and then promptly began a massive recovery that achieved what few on Wall Street thought it would today: …

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Why Square’s Bitcoin Hiring Spree is Crucial for Crypto Adoption

Jack Dorsey, the CEO of Square, the $32.7 billion mobile payment giant based in the U.S., revealed that Square would fund three to four developers and a designer to …

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Theresa May Creating Dangerous Divisions as UK Heads Over the Cliff

British Prime Minister Theresa May is entering dangerous territory after blaming members of Parliament for Brexit delays last night, stoking an already febrile atmosphere across the country and drawing …

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Narcotics Dealers Dump Dark Web for Telegram & WhatsApp

As law enforcement increasingly cracks down on centralized dark-web markets, online narcotics dealers are migrating to encrypted messing apps like Telegram and WhatsApp, according to a new report from …

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Dan Berkovitz: CFTC Is Working Hard on the Bakkt Application

U.S. CFTC commissioner Dan Berkovitz says the futures and options markets regulator is working hard on the Bakkt proposal. While he’s refused to provide an approval deadline, he did …

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WSJ Falsely Overstates ‘$9 Million’ ShapeShift Money Laundering Claim: Analysis

Blockchain investigation and cybersecurity firm CipherBlade has done its own research, the results of which seem to exonerate crypto exchange ShapeShift from a scathing report in The Wall Street …

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Bitcoin Fraudster Duped Italian Investors out of $300,000 in Gold & Crypto

Gold and bitcoins worth of hundreds of thousands of euros are the spoils of an elaborate online fraud discovered by the postal police in Liguria, Italy. Bitcoin Scam Artist …

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Canadian Crypto Enthusiasts Get One-on-One with Regulators

Crypto enthusiasts in Canada are giving regulators their ideas about how to monitor the space. This will include the practice of short-selling. The Canadian Securities Administrators and the Investment …

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PewDiePie Rockets Back to YouTube Throne Despite New Zealand Controversy

PewDiePie once again reigns supreme on YouTube. Indian music corporation T-Series briefly managed to open up a nearly 11,000 subscriber lead, before an epic rally pushed Felix Kjellberg back …

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Dow Suddenly Swings Higher as Apple Headlines Tech Stock Surge

The Dow and broader U.S. stock market pivoted higher Thursday, as traders reassessed the Federal Reserve’s dovish policy turn and its implications on riskier assets. Dow Rises from the …

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Fortnite Billionaire Pledges $100 Million to Game Developers, No Strings Attached

Less than a week after Epic Games awarded creators participating in its $5 million Unreal Dev Grants program, the developer of the hugely successful online video game Fortnite has …

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(+) Binance Dominance Sends Another Veteran Bitcoin Exchange to the Scrap Heap

Binance’s overwhelming dominance of the cryptocurrency trading landscape has quietly sent another veteran Bitcoin exchange to the scrap heap.

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Apple Stock Target Raised to $215 Ahead Of $4 Billion Netflix Competitor Launch

Apple (AAPL) is unveiling its new streaming video service on Monday, and one analyst has high hopes. On Thursday, Wedbush analyst Dan Ives raised his price target for AAPL …

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AOC Effect: 70% Complain That Rich Don’t Pay Fair Share

Progressive rising star Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez isn’t alone in her belief that the rich don’t pay their fair share, as a new OECD report has established that nearly 70% of …

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Twitter/Square CEO Jack Dorsey is Hiring Crypto Engineers – to Serve Him or the Bitcoin Ecosystem?

Square’s CEO Jack Dorsey has announced that the payments startup’s ‘small way to give back’ to the cryptocurrency ecosystem is to hire up to four full-time crypto engineers and …

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Bitcoin, Gold Strongly Correlated in 3-Week High to Spell Stock Market Disaster

Bitcoin and gold both hit three-week highs on Thursday after a period of highly correlated trading. It comes as the dollar crashes and warning signs flash on the stock …

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Dow Futures Slide 100 Points after Trump Tariff Shocker

The US stock market looks set to open to sharp losses, as Dow futures are trading deeply in the red in response to a new comment from President Donald …

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Switzerland’s Parliament Approves Motion for Cryptocurrency Regulations

The Swiss Federal Assembly, which handles government legislation, approved on March 20th a motion directing the Federal Council to regulate cryptocurrencies. Switzerland has long been recognized as a leading …

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Bitcoin Savings Accounts: Crypto’s Next Big Thing?

Patriots Owner’s ‘Graphic’ Sex Tape Could Be Released to Peeping Tom Public

Fake Wasabi Bitcoin Wallet Emerges

Bitcoin’s 4th Largest Exchange to Support Tron Stablecoin

Russian Gold Stockpile Grows as Analysts Warn of Global Recession

Vitalik Buterin Cashed Out Large Sums of ETH During 2017 Crypto Frenzy

Newsflash: Dow Surges 250 Points to Race Past 26,000

Why Square’s Bitcoin Hiring Spree is Crucial for Crypto Adoption

Theresa May Creating Dangerous Divisions as UK Heads Over the Cliff

Narcotics Dealers Dump Dark Web for Telegram & WhatsApp

Dan Berkovitz: CFTC Is Working Hard on the Bakkt Application

WSJ Falsely Overstates ‘$9 Million’ ShapeShift Money Laundering Claim: Analysis

Bitcoin Fraudster Duped Italian Investors out of $300,000 in Gold & Crypto

Canadian Crypto Enthusiasts Get One-on-One with Regulators

PewDiePie Rockets Back to YouTube Throne Despite New Zealand Controversy

Dow Suddenly Swings Higher as Apple Headlines Tech Stock Surge

Fortnite Billionaire Pledges $100 Million to Game Developers, No Strings Attached

(+) Binance Dominance Sends Another Veteran Bitcoin Exchange to the Scrap Heap

Apple Stock Target Raised to $215 Ahead Of $4 Billion Netflix Competitor Launch

AOC Effect: 70% Complain That Rich Don’t Pay Fair Share

Twitter/Square CEO Jack Dorsey is Hiring Crypto Engineers – to Serve Him or the Bitcoin Ecosystem?

Bitcoin, Gold Strongly Correlated in 3-Week High to Spell Stock Market Disaster

Dow Futures Slide 100 Points after Trump Tariff Shocker

Switzerland’s Parliament Approves Motion for Cryptocurrency Regulations