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Bitcoin Cash
Bitcoin is plunging, but at least you can write off the losses - CBS News
cbsnews.com - CBS News
Bitcoin is plunging, but at least you can write your losses off your taxes By Irina Ivanova 2M ago / MoneyWatch Anyone who bought into a high-flying …
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Market Trends
One of crypto’s most futuristic-sounding projects just came crashing down
MIT Technology Review
The team behind Basis, which had called itself a “a cryptocurrency with an algorithmic central bank,” has announced that it is shutting down the …
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Bitcoin Cash
Bitcoin is pretty much dead, says teenage crypto phenom
MarketWatch - By Aaron Hankin
Erik Finman, who became a teenage bitcoin millionaire during the crazy run to $20,000, has warned bitcoin maximalists — believers in the world’s …
Stablecoin
Briefing: Stablecoin Company Shuts Down
theinformation.com - By Jon Victor
One of the most prominent stablecoin companies, Basis, is shutting down and returning nearly all of its $133 million in funding to its investors, …
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Bitcoin
CEO: Crypto Plunge is Healthy, Bitcoin Remains a Great Investment
newsbtc.com - Nick Chong
Since the bear market hit the crypto ecosystem head-on, investors exposed to this helter-skelter asset class have been deterred at large. Not only …
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Stablecoin
Binance Adds USDC Trading Pairs – Stellar and Ripple Represented
yahoo.com - P. H. Madore
Binance announced Friday that it would be adding a few new USD Coin pairs and moving its two existing USDC pairs into the combined stablecoin market …
Doug Sandlinadded this to Blockchain Unbound
Bitcoin Cash
Satoshi Nakamoto is Bitcoin’s greatest asset and its biggest liability
decryptmedia.com - Tim Copeland
The inventor of Bitcoin’s pseudonymity helped it to flourish but may bring about its demise. If the Bitcoin Cash debacle taught us one thing, it’s …
ETFs
The Best Time to Buy Bitcoin is Now - Weiss Rating
investing.com - www.investing.com
Bitcoin is grossly oversold and ridiculously cheap, and thus offers an incredible investment opportunity, according to Weiss Rating, a provider of …
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Trading
Bitcoin, Ripple, Ethereum, Stellar, EOS, Bitcoin Cash, Litecoin, Bitcoin SV, TRON, Cardano: Price Analysis, Dec. 14
cointelegraph.com - Rakesh Upadhyay
The views and opinions expressed here are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of Cointelegraph. Every investment and …
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Market Capitalization
Reports Of Bitcoin's Demise Have Been 'Greatly Exaggerated'
Forbes - Billy Bambrough
Bitcoin and the wider cryptocurrency market have had a terrible end to a trying year, with the bitcoin price sinking almost 50% since early November and sparking a wave of obituaries for the ailing bitcoin
Distributed Ledger Technology
Fiduciary Rule, Libor Transition on SEC Agenda for 2019
aba.com - Evan Sparks
Completing the Securities and Exchange Commission’s rulemaking on best interest standards for broker-dealers and investment advisers is a “key …
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Bitcoin
Amun’s Crypto ETP Volume Spikes: Sign Of Bitcoin Accumulation?
newsbtc.com - Nick Chong
Just weeks ago, as Bitcoin (BTC) walked the fine line between a breakout and lower lows, Amun, a London-based fintech firm, suddenly divulged that it …
Bloombergadded this to Crypto
Digital Currency
Bitcoin Set for Longest Weekly Losing Streak Since 2011: Chart
Bloomberg - Eddie van der Walt
The original cryptocurrency looks set to drop a seventh week, its longest losing streak since 2011. After trading near $20,000 last December, Bitcoin …
Administrative Law
Cryptos Fall; Study Finds Fake Trading Still Dominates Bitcoin Volumes
investing.com - uk.investing.com
Investing.com - Cryptocurrencies slumped on Friday as a report from the Blockchain Transparency Institute found that wash trading still dominates …
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Bitcoin Cash
Bitcoin peaked a year ago: Here’s a look at 12 months of misery
MarketWatch - By Aaron Hankin
Monday, Dec. 17, will mark one year since the price of bitcoin — the best-known cryptocurrency — hit an all-time high just shy of $20,000. For bulls …
CNBCadded this to Finance
Bitcoin Cash
Your first trade for Friday, December 14
CNBC - Tyler Bailey
The "Fast Money" traders shared their first moves for the market open. Steve Grasso was a buyer of the Utilities ETF. Karen Finerman was a buyer of …
Forbes
DJ Khaled
Culling Unstable Coins - Crypto Correction Or Market Crash?
Forbes - Dante Disparte, Contributor
© 2018 Bloomberg Finance LP 2018 marks a year of crypto corrections. Photographer: Luke MacGregor/Bloomberg If 2018 was the year blockchain came out of beta, it is also proving to be the year of the great
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European Central Bank
Crypto-Friendly Money App Revolut Wins EU Banking License - CoinDesk
coindesk.com - Yogita Khatri
Revolut, provider of a mobile finance app that offers crypto trading, has been granted a banking license from the European Central Bank. The firm …
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Bitcoin
Bakkt and Intercontinental Exchange CEOs Weigh in About Bakkt
newsbtc.com - Rick D.
Bakkt CEO, Kelly Loeffler, and the Intercontinental Exchange chairman, Jeff Sprecher, recently spoke to MIT Media Lab’s Michael Casey at CoinDesk’s …
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Digital Currency
German Stock Exchange Giant to Launch Crypto Trading — How it Will Affect the European Market
yahoo.com - Joseph Young
On December 12, Boerse Stuttgart, the second-biggest stock exchange in Germany and the ninth-largest in Europe, said in an official statement that it …
Icos
SEC Chair "Optimistic" DLT and Crypto Will Drive Investment Opportunities
bitcoin.com - Samuel Haig
Regulation Speaking as part of a testimony to the United States Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Development, the chairman of the U.S. …
George Mason
A Crackdown on Cash and Bitcoin? New at Reason
reason.com - Todd Krainin|Dec. 14, 2018 1:40 pm
"Governments of the advanced industrial economies should phase out the use of paper money in the form of large-denomination notes and sharply …
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Bitcoin Cash
Cryptos slide further as bitcoin nears crucial $3,000 mark
MarketWatch - By Aaron Hankin
Bitcoin slid to yet another 15-month low Friday, putting the world’s largest digital currency on track for consecutive losing weeks. After a quiet …
Bitcoin
Op Ed: Bitcoin Is a Declaration of Our Monetary Independence
bitcoinmagazine.com - Nick Spanos
Nick Spanos is an early adopter and innovator in the blockchain space. He is best known for launching Bitcoin Center NYC, the world’s first live …
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Bitcoin
These Two Analogies Will Help You Explain Bitcoin to Anyone - Bitcoin News
bitcoin.com - Kai Sedgwick
Featured Explaining Bitcoin to someone who knows nothing about Bitcoin isn’t easy. In fact it’s fiendishly tricky. Describing concepts such as …
German Politics
Swiss Federal Council: Existing Financial Law Should Be Adjusted to Blockchain Industry
cointelegraph.com - Helen Partz
The Swiss Bundesrat has called for specific adjustments of existing financial laws in relation to the blockchain industry.The Swiss Federal Council …
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Stablecoin
The Failure of BASIS -- Regulatory Hurdles or an Unworkable Idea?
Forbes - Gerald Fenech
The demise of BASIS, a stablecoin which had reportedly raise $300 million from some of the top funds and VC’s in the financial services industry has mystified many in the space. It appears that Basis returned
Stablecoin
Algorithmic Stablecoin Basis Calls It a Day over Regulatory Pressure
investing.com - www.investing.com
Basis, a project which wanted to launch a stablecoin based on a trading algorithm, has decided to close down, fearing restrictions from securities …
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Technology
Why (and how) to take your Bitcoin off Coinbase
decryptmedia.com - Tim Copeland
Taking control of your own money is surprisingly easy but very few people are doing it. Do you know your Bitcoin private key? How about a seed phrase …
Doug Sandlinadded this to Blockchain Unbound
Bitcoin
Crypto and Blockchain Smartphones Will be The Next Big Thing
newsbtc.com - Martin Young
This week the crypto-sphere has been awash with talk about Samsung and its next generation flagship phone coming loaded with crypto goodies. While …