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SBI Ripple Asia Forms Credit Card Industry Consortium in Japan
https://www.financemagnates.com/cryptocurrency/news/sbi-ripple-asia-forms-credit-card-industry-consortium-japan-%E2%80%8E/

Russian Cryptocurrency Exchange Manager Kidnapped in Kiev( Ransom was paid)
http://www.bbc.com/news/business-42505261

South Korea Tightens Grip, But Won’t Ban Bitcoin Trading
http://bitcoinist.com/south-korea-wont-ban-bitcoin-trading/

Goldman Sachs to Offer Cryptocurrency Trading
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-12-21/goldman-is-said-to-be-building-a-cryptocurrency-trading-desk

2018 and Beyond: Tokens Are Slowly Eating the Firm
https://www.coindesk.com/2018-beyond-tokens-eating-firm/

Bitcoin Among Year’s Top Searches, Google Data Says
https://www.coindesk.com/bitcoin-among-years-top-searches-google-data-says/

Everything You Need To Know About The New Poloniex Verification Policy
http://bitcoinist.com/everything-need-know-new-poloniex-verification-policy/

Here Are the Crypto Exchanges With the Lowest Fees
https://themerkle.com/here-are-the-crypto-exchanges-with-the-lowest-fees/

BITCOIN Fork – Segwit2x Revealed the Problems of Exchanges
http://www.newsbtc.com/2017/12/29/bitcoin-fork-segwit2x-revealed-problems-exchanges/

Payment Provider Bitrefill Runs Successful Lightning Transaction Test
https://www.coindesk.com/payment-provider-bitrefill-runs-successful-lightning-transaction-test/

Axed List
St. Moritz Joins Handful of Ski Resorts Accepting Bitcoin: Always interesting to see people accepting crypto. Cited to be because they are hosting a big crypto conference soon.
http://www.newsbtc.com/2017/12/28/st-moritz-joins-handful-ski-resorts-accepting-bitcoin/

El-Erian Predicts Bitcoin Crash if Savvier Investors Sit Out Corrections: We’ll see if this holds true as the first half of 2018 is predicted to see a lot of institutional investors throw their lot in to trade crypto. Considering a significant of the Bitcoin market is full of holders we might see as big of a collapse as he expects anyway.
https://www.coindesk.com/el-erian-predicts-bitcoin-crash-savvier-investors-sit-correction/

Massachusetts Securities Regulator: Bitcoin Fails ‘The Smell Test’: Another generic warning to be aware of the risks when investing in crypto.
https://www.coindesk.com/massachusetts-securities-regulator-bitcoin-fails-smell-test/

Bitcoin & Esports – From Laughing Stock to Mainstream: Two industries that were laughed at by the mainstream for a long time. Funny enough, it is also two things my fellow millennials embraced. This can be seen in this Korean player in the article who has quit his LoL career to become a full time Bitcoin investor. There could be many overlaps like this in the future.
http://bitcoinist.com/bitcoin-esports-from-laughing-stock-to-mainstream/

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