Thursday, March 2, 2017

If Alipay Were Bitcoin: Why Coinbase Exits Hawaii

Similar to some regulators like the state of New York, Hawaii has decided to take a difficult and reckless approach in regulating bitcoin users and startups.

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Bitcoin Price Breaks $1228 All-Time High Again With ETF Nearing

Bitcoin price surpassed US$1,228 earlier today on major bitcoin exchanges including Bitfinex, Bitstamp, Kraken and BitFlyer due to the industry’s optimism towards the Winklevoss twin’s bitcoin ETF approval on March 11.

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Wednesday, March 1, 2017

Who’s New? 5 Hottest Fintech Startups of Barclays Accelerator, Powered by Techstars

Chris Adelsbach, the Managing Director of Techstars, chose his most favorite startups for Cointelegraph among those accelerated by Barclays Accelerator.

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Indian Bitcoin Companies Come Together to Self-Regulate Bitcoin

Leading Indian Bitcoin startups form a foundation to try to regulate Bitcoin in India.

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Switzerland Launches Crypto Valley Association Backed by Government

Zug, Switzerland is now the home of the newly-formed Crypto Valley Association, a government-backed Blockchain research group of major global corporations.

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Blockchain Strategy for Asian Banks to be Presented At Singapore Conference

Blockchain innovation for Asian banks will debut at the Blockchain for Finance Conference in Singapore later this year.

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OneCoin Sinks To New Low Taking From Chinese Man All His Jail Compensation

OneCoin took from wrongfully imprisoned man his $145,000 given him as compensation, Bitcoin return would be $50,000.

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Bitcoin Exchange Bitfinex Exits Washington State In 24 Hours, Licence Problems Cited

The Bitcoin exchange Bitfinex announced it would stop serving Washington State customers due to legal concerns, giving them just 24 hours to withdraw their funds.

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Ethereum Alliance Formed By Microsoft, Intel, UBS, Secures Support of ETH Foundation

Microsoft, Intel, Accenture, Credit Suisse Group, UBS and others form a new blockchain alliance based on Ethereum. Ethereum Foundation, the body behind Ethereum has expressed its support for the alliance.

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Blockchain Meets Securitization Market In New Chamber Of Digital Commerce Partnership

The Chamber of Digital Commerce has announced a partnership with securitization group SFIG to explore how Blockchain can benefit the industry.

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Bitcoin Price Pushed by OKCoin Getting Ready for Relaunch, China Money Supply Increase

OKCoin, one of the two bitcoin exchanges requested by PBoC to halt bitcoin withdrawals, is demonstrating progress in getting ready for relaunch.

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Bitcoin Price Between $2,000 and $3,000 by End Of 2017: Technical Analysts

There is a consensus among developers and Bitcoin technical analysts that price will be between $2000-$3000 at the end of 2017.

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