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Cryptocurrencies Flatlining as Market Cap Falls to US$219 Billion
Stockhouse–Oct. 1, 2018
The cryptocurrency markets are cooling off today. The only breather is that they’re not cooling off by a significant amount and, just trading lower by around 2%.
Bank of Canada studying issues around designing a digital currency …
BNNBloomberg.ca–Oct. 1, 2018
Lane said the central bank uses the term cryptoassets to describe cryptocurrenciesbecause they do not do a good job of performing the basic functions of …
Canada: Cryptocurrency Mining: The Legal Issues
Mondaq News Alerts–Oct. 1, 2018
Blockchain technology and its application to cryptocurrencies are becoming increasingly prominent in Quebec. While the technology has been in existence for …
How should regulators approach the consumer risks of cryptocurrency …
CBA National (blog)–Oct. 1, 2018
Canadian consumers need to “exercise caution” when engaging with the unregulated world of cryptocurrencies. Policymakers, meanwhile, should step up their …
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Cryptocurrencies Fall After Report Citing Automated Bots Manipulating …
Stockhouse–Oct. 3, 2018
At press time, Bitcoin (BTC) has fallen 1.17% over the past 24-hour cycle to trade at US$6,473.80 on the Einstein Exchange. Cryptocurrencies overall were lower …
TD Ameritrade invests in cryptocurrency exchange ErisX
The Globe and Mail–Oct. 3, 2018
Retail brokerage TD Ameritrade Holding Corp said on Wednesday it has invested in a new cryptocurrency exchange called ErisX in a bid to offer clients digital …
Cryptocurrency ATMs coming to Argentina to exploit peso volatility
The Globe and Mail–Oct. 3, 2018
Athena Bitcoin, a U.S. company that specializes in cryptocurrency ATMs, launched Argentina’s first bitcoin ATM last month in a Buenos Aires shopping mall, …
Yahoo News Canada (blog)
XRP Struggles Despite xRapid Cryptocurrency Product Launch
Stockhouse–Oct. 2, 2018
Former US president Bill Clinton addressed the Ripple Swell crowd, discussing technology which allows cryptocurrencies to work as an independent trusted …
Startup Ripple signs up payments firms for crypto-based platform
Yahoo News Canada (blog)–Oct. 2, 2018
Yahoo News Canada (blog)–Oct. 2, 2018
Five things to watch for in the Canadian business world in the coming …
CTV News–Sep. 30, 2018
Senior deputy governor Carolyn Wilkins said earlier this year referred to cryptocurrencies as “crypto assets,” rather than currencies because “they do not perform …
Pornhub Subscribers Hesitant On Paying With Cryptocurrencies
HiBusiness (blog)–Oct. 3, 2018
Pornhub has reported that “less than 1 percent of purchases [are] made” on the website with supported cryptocurrencies. In April, the site began with the …
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Bank Of Canada Confirms That It Is Actively Exploring Digital Currencies
Baystreet.ca–Oct. 2, 2018
Lane said the central bank uses the term “cryptoassets” to describe cryptocurrencies because they do not do a good job of performing the basic functions of …
Altcoin Fantasy offers crypto-education through contests
Straight.com–Oct. 3, 2018
“The statistics are that less than one percent of people hold cryptocurrency. We think that for the 99 percent of people out there, they haven’t been really exposed …
What’s all the commotion about crypto cash?
UCalgary News–Oct. 3, 2018
Cryptocurrencies are currently “largely of interest to three kinds of individuals: investors who should be fully aware of the risks they are taking; residents of …
MENAFN.COM
Leading Investing Platform CoinBundle Adds Coinbasic, Halal and …
IT Business Net (press release)–Oct. 1, 2018
These 3 bundles will be added to the three signature bundles of cryptocurrenciesthat are based on investor risk profiles: Conservative (CNS2), Aggressive …
Canada: US Regulatory Approval Received For Two US Dollar …
Mondaq News Alerts–Oct. 3, 2018
Cryptocurrency And Blockchain — Charting Recent News And Developments … Cryptocurrency and blockchain technology are burgeoning and disruptive areas …
Are Cryptocurrencies Used To Escape US Sanctions In North Korea?
HiBusiness (blog)–Oct. 3, 2018
Earlier last week in an interview, two Washington-based financial intelligence analysts: Lourdes Miranda and Ross Delston, explained that North Korea is using …
Millions In Cryptocurrencies Confiscated By US In Alphabay Forfeiture …
HiBusiness (blog)–Oct. 3, 2018
The US District Court of Eastern California has recently been very busy, dealing with the cases that involve the infamous and now defunct darknet marketplace: …
CoinMarketCap Makes Major Breakthrough With 2000 Active …
HiBusiness (blog)–Oct. 2, 2018
The great cryptocurrency bear market of 2018 might have been discouraging to speculative investor interest in this emerging asset class, however from the look …
Swiss startup SEBA raises funds to build crypto bank
Kitco News–Sep. 28, 2018
ZURICH (Reuters) – Swiss startup SEBA Crypto AG has raised 100 million Swiss francs ($103 million) to build a bank offering cryptocurrency services to …
The FINRA Has Taken Its First Disciplinary Step Involving …
HiBusiness (blog)–Sep. 28, 2018
Sometime this week, the US Financial Industry Regulatory Authority has taken its first disciplinary step involving cryptocurrencies. The FINRA charges a dealer …
Bitcoin Group SE Reported A First-Half Net Profit Increase Of More …
HiBusiness (blog)–Oct. 1, 2018
This past Friday, a German cryptocurrency exchange called Bitcoin Group SE reported a first-half net profit increase of more than 300 percent to €3.32 million …
Study Shows That Hard Forks Constitute Threat To Cryptocurrency …
HiBusiness (blog)–Sep. 28, 2018
Another examination proposes that the dependability of digital currencies is threatened by software updates, known as “hard forks,” according to a September 12 …
Five things to watch for in Canadian business
TheRecord.com–Sep. 30, 2018
Senior deputy governor Carolyn Wilkins said earlier this year referred to cryptocurrencies as “crypto assets,” rather than currencies because “they do not perform …
Coinbase Introduces Poor Man’s Crypto Index Fund For Retail Buyers
HiBusiness (blog)–Oct. 2, 2018
The recent update dubbed “Coinbase Bundles” refers to the pre-packaged collection of five cryptocurrencies available for purchase on Coinbase. The Bundle …
With BANKEX Plasma Buying Coffee With Crypto Becomes More Than …
Canada NewsWire (press release)–Oct. 1, 2018
NEW YORK, Oct. 1, 2018 /CNW/ – Blockchain evangelists would have many believe that cryptocurrency will soon be used to buy everything from coffee to …
US Will See Blockchain Exit If Congress Doesn’t Not Make …
HiBusiness (blog)–Oct. 2, 2018
Over 50 stakeholders from the cryptocurrency and finance industries this week discussed with U.S. lawmakers in Washington to talk the future of blockchain …
Ethereum Co-Founder Says Cryptocurrency is the ‘Natural Evolution …
HiBusiness (blog)–Oct. 2, 2018
ConsenSys founder and Ethereum co-creator Joseph Lubin shared his views recently on the “equal waves of fascination and skepticism” regarding …
Canada: CSA Simplify Reports Of Exempt Distribution With Recent …
Mondaq News Alerts–Sep. 30, 2018
The purpose of these changes is to allow the CSA to more accurately monitor issuers that invest in cryptocurrencies and cryptocurrency-related assets, and to …
Study Proves About 66% Of The Community Would Prefer To Obtain …
HiBusiness (blog)–Sep. 28, 2018
Not so long ago, a survey was done by a group of cryptocurrency enthusiasts which discovered that up to 66 percent of the cryptocurrency community would …
The best writing on investing from the smartest people
MoneySense–Oct. 1, 2018
Some valuable insights into: The four pillars of retirement income, the truth about cryptocurrencies and why $1 trillion will flow into Chinese stock markets.
A Mispriced Growth Stock That’s Ripe for a Massive Upside Correction
The Motley Fool Canada–Oct. 2, 2018
Bubbles are inflating and deflating left, right, and centre (cryptocurrencies, marijuana, cobalt) thanks to the FOMO (fear of missing out) mentality and the …
Shift To P2P Crypto Trading Anticipated By Reserve Bank Of India
HiBusiness (blog)–Sep. 28, 2018
The central bank asserted that “the cryptocurrency eco-system may affect the existing payment and settlement system which could, in turn, influence the …
CryptoCann™ Report: Alibaba files blockchain patent allowing admin …
Proactive Investors USA & Canada-Oct. 5, 2018
Daily CryptoCann Report: Reuters exec joins blockchain start-up iComply, CV… June 01 2018. Cannabis! Cryptocurrencies! The Daily CryptoCann is where we …
25 Apps On Google Play Store Contain Script Facilitating The …
HiBusiness (blog)–Sep. 28, 2018
Another app titled A Paintbox for Kids was found to be running Xmrig – “an open source CPU miner that can mine several cryptocurrencies in addition to XMR.”.
25 Google Play Apps Cryptojack Users In Spite Of Ban
HiBusiness (blog)–Oct. 3, 2018
Xmrig was found running in a paintbox for kids – “an open source CPU miner that can mine several cryptocurrencies in addition to XMR.” It appears that the …
The Head Of Colombia’s Top Exchange Buda.Com Wrote To The …
HiBusiness (blog)–Oct. 1, 2018
Sometime this week, Alejandro Beltran of Buda.com, which is Colombia’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, effectively shuttered by banks in the country refusing …
ICOx Innovations plans to list on TSX and OTC in next few months
Proactive Investors USA & Canada–Oct. 2, 2018
… creates cryptoeconomies for established companies that can benefit and grow their business through the use of blockchain technology and cryptocurrencies.
High Chances That Bitmain Lost $400 During Q2
HiBusiness (blog)–Oct. 2, 2018
“In early 2018, we anticipated strong market growth for cryptocurrency mining hardware in 2018 due to the upward trend of cryptocurrencies price since the …
Blockchain’s role as a privacy enhancing technology
CBA National (blog)–Oct. 3, 2018
But there is more to this new technology than the cryptocurrencies, like Bitcoin, that use it. And lawmakers need to start thinking now about its long-term …
Japanese Tech Firm GMO Launches ‘Free’ Zcash Mining Software
HiBusiness (blog)–Oct. 3, 2018
Japanese tech firm GMO is spreading its emerging cryptocurrency mining operation beyond bitcoin via the launch of a software client developed to mining zcash …
Zebpay Is Shutting Down Its Exchange Due To Crypto Banking By The …
HiBusiness (blog)–Oct. 1, 2018
Not long ago, what could be one of the largest cryptocurrency exchanges in India, Zebpay, is sad to announce that it is shutting down its exchange due to the …
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Alexander Elbanna Makes History With His Launch of Digital World …
Canada NewsWire (press release)–Oct. 4, 2018
Users can create an account within the platform to buy, sell, and trade cryptocurrencies. Currently, the exchange supports the top fifteen cryptocurrencies and …
Startups Plan the Health Data Gold Rush
The Scientist–Sep. 30, 2018
First deployed a decade ago as a way of securely recording transactions in bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, blockchain technology is now used in traditional …
CoinGeek
Squire Releases Positive Results From First Phase Testing Of New …
Stockhouse–Oct. 3, 2018
… that will be converted into AraCore’s first ASIC chip utilizing 10 nanometer technology for mining Bitcoin Cash, Bitcoin and other associated cryptocurrencies.
SFOX Includes Litecoin Trading To Its Platform
HiBusiness (blog)–Oct. 2, 2018
Institutional cryptocurrency dealer SFOX which also caters to high-volume professional traders has added litecoin on its platform. Founded in 2014, the Palo …
New Zealand Police Releases Public Warning Against Bitcoin …
HiBusiness (blog)–Oct. 2, 2018
Even though the police did not give full details of the scam and its operators, “[t]he scams involved investments in cryptocurrencies, such as bitcoin,” according to …
Who Wants to Be a Millennial Millionaire With Non-Cannabis Stocks?
The Motley Fool Canada–Oct. 4, 2018
But if you’re a serious young investor who isn’t interested in gambling on cryptocurrencies, marijuana or tulip bulbs, Fortis is an incredible vehicle that can make …
Nigerian President Demands The HSBC Bank To Return The …
HiBusiness (blog)–Sep. 28, 2018
Decentralized cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin are something hated to traditional banking. With bitcoin people are allowed to trade directly with each other, …
CEO Of Galaxy Digital Mike Novogratz Calls Crypto Price Bottom
HiBusiness (blog)–Sep. 28, 2018
Mike Novogratz, the CEO of crypto investment firm Galaxy Digital Capital Management, said that cryptocurrency prices have hit a bottom in a tweet today, …
Benzinga and Stockhoot Announce Partnership to Streamline Investor …
Baystreet.ca–Oct. 2, 2018
This enables professional traders to share actionable stock, option and cryptocurrency recommendations and grow a subscriber base, and lets investors …