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Resistance Ahead: Bitcoin Bulls Seek Move Above $8,500
A move above resistance at $8,500 would provide confirmation bitcoin's bear market has ended, the technical charts indicate.
'Downright Fraud': Hong Kong Securities Watchdog Warns on ICOs
Hong Kong's securities regulator is taking a skeptical tone on initial coin offerings.
Bitcoin Miner Blames Trading Crackdown in China for Shooting
A bitcoin miner in Taiwan is blaming the crackdown on bitcoin trading in mainland China for an incident in which he was shot by local gangsters.
How Blockchain Technologies Will Empower Artists
Blockchain and artists may sound like strange bedfellows at first.
Crypto Tax Dodgers Are Tempting Fate
Institutions like the Internal Revenue Service are then tasked with enforcing these laws, but they do not create tax law themselves, nor do they make decisions regarding tax expenditures.
HODL On: In Defense of Bitcoin's Best Investment Strategy
GF's out at a lesbian bar, BTC crashing WHY AM I HOLDING? I'LL TELL YOU WHY. It's because I'm a bad trader and I KNOW I'M A BAD TRADER. Yeah you good traders can spot the highs and the lows pit pat piffy wing wong wang just like that and make a millino bucks sure no problem bro.
Pantera Capital Believes The Worst Is Over For Bitcoin
At the time, few realized that an unexpected market drop just before Christmas would signal the beginning of the end for the nearly 12-month digital currency bull run that shook markets and transformed spurious observers into enthralled participants.
Mastercard Eyes Blockchain for Fighting Fake Identities
A newly published patent filing from Mastercard suggests that the payments giant is looking at blockchain as a way to safeguard identity data.
A Bitcoin Rally After Tax Day? Don't Bet the Farm
"We may look back on this time as the 'Crypto Tax Crisis of 2018,' as thanks to tax liabilities we're witnessing the most concentrated period of net fiat outflows that the crypto asset ecosystem has experienced in its short life," Chris Burniske, a partner at Placeholder VC, and Jonathan Cheesman wrote in a recent, highly detailed Medium post.
Brazilian University Inaugurates South America's First Master's Degree in Crypto Finances
The disruption of blockchain technologies is a global phenomenon that has already begun to change our conceptions of finance and economy.
Golem Launches on Ethereum Mainnet
A year and a half after completing its successful $8 million ICO, Golem's "Brass" beta is up and running on the Ethereum mainnet.
Interview with Decred's CEO Jake Yocom-Piatt on Crypto Ad Bans and Market Volatility
Yocom-Piatt agreed to a phone interview with CryptoSlate to talk about market volatility, the recent cryptocurrency ad bans and Decred's development.
Equity Markets vs. Cryptocurrency Markets: Weekly Performance Review: Apr. 7
There wasn't a lot of decisive action on the global equity markets last week as uncertainty seemed to prevail once again.
Is Verge the Next BitConnect? Ongoing Inconsistencies Alert Crypto Community
While staunch Verge supporters are quick to decry "FUD" at any and all negative news regarding their favored coin, an increasing amount of evidence that the project may be a large-scale exit scam is manifesting - notably, the disappearance of over 18 million XVG from the Verge "Fundraising" wallet.
Venezuelan Government Declares Petro Legal Tender
As per Venezuelan newspaper, the Official Gazette, all government institutions are now required to accept Petro as legal tender.
Chilean Crypto Exchanges Go To Court To Fight The Banks 'Killing An Entire Industry'
Chilean cryptocurrency exchanges BUDA, Orionx, and CryptoMarket have recently applied to an appeals court to confront the banks that shut down their platforms' accounts, Bloomberg reported Friday, April 13.
How Australia Is Becoming A Cryptocurrency Continent: Markets, Regulations And Plans
Australia has been very direct and positive in terms of cryptocurrency regulation and is already implementing some of its bigger plans, like exchange registration.
CNBC Fast Money's Brian Kelly: Bitcoin Is Like The 'Internet In The 1980s'
Brian Kelly of CNBC's Fast Money compared cryptocurrency to the "Internet in the 1980s," emphasizing that Bitcoin is still in its early stages in an April 13 interview on CNBC's Trading Block.
Russia: Crypto Bill Review Regulates Crypto-Fiat Transactions Over $9.6K, Report Says
The Russian government has reportedly prepared a review of the draft bill "On Digital Financial Assets," detailing that the exchange of cryptocurrency for fiat for more than 600,000 rubles or its foreign equivalent is subject to mandatory currency exchange regulation, according to local crypto news outlet Forklog Friday, April 13.This review has not yet been presented to the State Duma, according to Anatoly Aksakov, the head of the financial market committee.
Mastercard Ireland Looking For Blockchain Specialists Among 175 New Hires
Financial services provider Mastercard has recently announced it will hire 175 new employees in Dublin to increase its presence in Ireland.
Lithuanian Central Bank Initiates Dialogue On Crypto Between Banks, Regulators, Traders
The Bank of Lithuania has reportedly begun looking into cryptocurrencies, initiating a dialogue between commercial banks, government regulators, and crypto traders, local news outlet The Baltic Times reports today, April 15.
Hobbyist in Hell: Tracking My Crypto Assets for the Taxman
As a hobbyist investor, my first foray into cryptocurrency was with Coinbase.
Why Leading Crypto Devs Don't Work In Silicon Valley
The trouble is many developers see larger industry startups like Coinbase, which made more than $1 billion in revenue last year, as a prime example of the "Big tech companies" that Romero positioned as antagonists.
Malta Regulator Seeks Feedback On Proposed Crypto Financial Instrument Test
The Malta Financial Services Authority has released a consultation paper on the possible introduction of a "Financial Instrument Test" that would legally define virtual tokens, according to an April 13 announcement on their site.
Company Aims To Become 'Amazon Of Sharing Economy' With Blockchain App
A company is building a Blockchain-based system to eliminate fragmentation in the sharing economy - and creating a single app that gives users access to "Any available asset they wish to rent, borrow or share."
Zcash Powers of Tau Privacy Ceremony Successful
Zcash is one of the first cryptocurrency to build privacy into a blockchain-based currency.
Bitcoin Twitter Suspended, Hijacked and Restored as Twitter Balances Free Speech in the Age of Crypto Disinformation
The account was apparently a casualty of the ongoing drama between Bitcoin and Bitcoin Cash, two rivals who suffer from an identity crisis over who is the "Real" Bitcoin.
Citizen Zuck: Facebook Claims To Protect Us From Scams, But Who Will Protect Us From Facebook?
The ban on cryptocurrency and ICO advertisements is not the only way Facebook is putting pressure on fintech enterprises these days.
Tim Draper: "Everybody Wants to Leave California"
Tim Draper has been involved in different crypto projects, from the purchase of seized Bitcoins from the Silk Road marketplace website in 2014 to advocating Tezos in 2017.He shared his thoughts with Cointelegraph on Blockchain adoption, regulations in the US and China, and why he wants to leave California.
Nobel Winning Economist Shiller Says Bitcoin 'Bubble' May Be Around For A While
Nobel Prize laureate for economics Robert Shiller believes that while Bitcoin might be a bubble, that doesn't mean that it will burst and be gone forever, according to an interview on April 13 with CNBC's Trading Nation.
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