Cryptocurrency Highlights, News, Use Cases And Other Reckonings : #197 (2018-12-23)

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‘Human ATM’: Flash Cryptocurrency Releases Peer-to-Peer Functionality for Mobile: P. H. Madore


Flash is a lesser-known Scrypt-based cryptocurrency which has a growing presence in Venezuela and Africa. It is not designed to be a proof-of-work system, although it uses mining to verify transactions and secure the network, but instead focuses on transactio…

Prolonged Government Shutdown Hangs Over Wall Street; How Will This Affect Crypto?: Sam Bourgi


The debate over President Trump’s border wall has unveiled new partisan dysfunction in Washington as the United States on Saturday faced its third government shutdown in a year. The partial shutdown, which risks extending into the holidays, presents fresh hea…

Deal Box Engaged by Token Name Service, Inc. to Provide Capital Advisory Services: Press Release


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Bitcoin Cash Price Sees Saturday Slump after 150% Weekly Rally: Yashu Gola


For a cryptocurrency which has dropped 98 percent from its all-time high already, bitcoin cash — for now — is looking brave in the face of a powerful bearish sentiment. The cryptocurrency’s ABC version this week surged close to 150 percent against the US doll…

Another Big Win at BitStarz – Jungle Rumble Lands Player $80,000 Prize!: Sponsored


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The Decentralized Platform Claiming to Have Exactly What the Cryptocurrency Market Needs: Press Release


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User-Friendly Cryptocurrency Starts With One Simple Tweak: Press Release


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Why the Crypto-Users Will Prefer Skip Steps and Jump Directly into Counos: Press Release


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‘Cryptocurrency is Freedom!’ — Exclusive Interview with Ambazonian Secessionists: David Hundeyin


CCN recently covered a story about AmbaCoin, an Ethereum-based cryptocurrency created by secessionist leaders in the Ambazonian region of southern Cameroon. As a follow-up, we sat down with Chris Anu, the separatist movement’s Secretary of State for Communica…

$7 Billion Wiped Out of Crypto as Bitcoin Price Drops Below $4k Once Again: Joseph Young


In the past 24 hours, the crypto market recorded a loss of over $7 billion as its valuation dropped from $134 billion to $127 billion. The Bitcoin price declined below the $4,000 mark after surging to $4,100, struggling to maintain its newly found momentum. A…

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong Commits Bulk of Crypto Fortune to Charity: Jimmy Aki


Having launched GiveCrypto.org earlier this year to make direct cryptocurrency transfers to people living in poverty, Brian Armstrong — CEO of US crypto exchange giant Coinbase — has now promised to give a huge chunk of his fortune away to charitable causes. …

India: Police Bust Bitcoin Ponzi Scheme that Defrauded 8,000 Crypto Investors: Alan Wass


Police in India have cracked a crypto Ponzi scheme in the city of Pune that defrauded over 8,000 investors, seizing nearly $2 million worth of bitcoin in the process. According to a news report from The Times of India, police have been on the trail of the sca…

HPB Delivers Pioneering Scalability with Blockchain Hardware: Press Release


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Justin Sun: TRON Has Over 50 DApps, Reaches 100M Transactions in 173 Days: Joseph Young


On Thursday, Justin Sun, the founder of TRON, said that the network supports more than 50 decentralized applications (dApps) and is on track to reach 80 dApps in the short-term. #TRON now has more than 50+ Dapps. 80+ we are coming! #TRX $TRX — Justin Sun (@ju…

Opinion: How To Cherry-Pick Cryptocurrencies?: Pedro Febrero


Some metrics are used time and time again to help technologists claim some sort of supremacy for their protocol. There are two that stand out: transactions per second and market capitalization; however, are these two metrics what matters when picking what cry…

Crypto-Riche Millennials Take The Yachting Industry: Caleb Simmons


Got a few million lying around? The yacht industry has long been thought of as the exclusive province of the extremely wealthy, closed to even nouveau riche millennials and crypto millionaires. Yet, the yacht industry is declining. Today, the superyacht indus…

Switzerland Merchants Charged 8% by PayPal Showing Merits of Crypto: Joseph Young


PayPal, a leading payments processor valued at over $97 billion, charges merchants high percentage-based fees on top of a flat based fee of 2.9 percent. The high transaction fee of PayPal has led merchants to explore alternatives like crypto to minimize expen…

Survey: 3% of Americans Ready to Use Blockchain Banking Solutions: P. H. Madore


Note: this article is not intended as an endorsement or any sort of positive leaning sentiment toward the FOTON ICO. The author has no opinion of the ICO. The article is purely about the results of the survey the purveyors conducted earlier this month. Accord…

Wealthfront Announces Coinbase Account Integration to Track Your Crypto: Alan Wass


The SEC-registered investment advisor Wealthfront has recently announced that it now supports Coinbase wallets and accounts. Wealthfront users will now be able to use the financial planning tool to track their cryptocurrencies. Wealthfront has created this fe…

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