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Today is the 12th of March and, again, a lot of exciting news and events are taking place in the cryptocurrency-world. And as always, I'm going to cover the most important stuff that's going on.

This is a part of my Daily Cryptocurrency News-series. For more check out my Steemit and Youtube.

Top 4 Cryptocurrency Newstories For Today

These are in a completely random order

1- EU Can't Ban Bitcoin Mining Over Energy Concerns

Mariya Gabriel, European Commissioner for Digital Economy and Society, released a statement addressing cryptocurrency mining.

"If the energy consumed for this activity is produced according to law, there is no legal basis to forbid or even limit it. ... As mining of cryptocurrency is not an illegal activity, the Commission did not put in place any means to track it, so far."

So, this means that cryptocurrency mining is still perfectly legal in Europe and only subject to standard electricity rules.
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2- South Carolina Banning Genesis Mining

Genesis mining is one of the biggest 'cryptocurrency cloud-mining'-services.

Now, lawmakers in South Carolina have filed A cease and desist order for Genesis. The reason was Genesis selling “unlicensed securities”.
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3- Coincheck Begins JPY Refunds for NEM Hack Victims

One of the all-time largest cryptocurrency hacks happened when over 500 million NEM was stolen from crypto exchange Coincheck's hot wallet on January 26th.

Now, Coincheck has begun reimbursing funds – in JPY – to the account balances of users who held NEM at the time of the theft. The refund value will be at a fixed rate of 88.549 Japanese yen, approx. $0.83 per NEM token stolen at the time.
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4- Google Searches For ‘Bitcoin’ Slump

Bitcoin was one of the most searched things on Google at the beginning of 2018.

Now, when Bitcoin's price has dropped, the Google searches have also dropped significantly.
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Biggest Events Taking Place In Tomorrow

1- Monaco (MCO): Money 20/20

Monaco is a speaker and an exhibitor at the upcoming Money 20/20 Asia, the hottest FinTech event.
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2- Ripple (XRP): Money 20/20 Conference

Ripple is a speaker and an exhibitor at the upcoming Money 20/20 Asia, the hottest FinTech event.
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3- NEO (NEO): APAC Blockchain Conference

Neo will be attending the APAC Blockchain conference on March 13 - 15 in Melbourne, Australia.
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4- HTMLCOIN (HTML): Kucoin Exchange Listing

Kucoin Exchange Listing - before or after March 13. The date has not been confirmed.
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5- Stellar (XLM): Singapore Meetup

Meet-up in Singapore with LaLa World.
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Top Gainers Of The Day

These are the top gainers of the cryptos ranked as 1-100 on CoinMarketCap

Top Gainers Of The Day

These are the top gainers of the cryptos ranked as 101-200 on CoinMarketCap

Top Losers Of The Day

These are the top losers of the cryptos ranked as 1-100 on CoinMarketCap

Top Losers Of The Day

These are the top losers of the cryptos ranked as 101-200 on CoinMarketCap

That's it!
No big news today. The markets were mostly green this morning, but right now, they've started to drop again. Many people are speculating a drop back to $6000. What's your opinion?

It's so funny how the Google searches for Bitcoin has dropped now when the price is going down. Let's see how people are searching Bitcoin again when we hit new all-time highs in 2018 :)!

What's your opinion? Are you still HODLing your Bitcoin, or are you on the sidelines with your cash ready to put in again?

Share your thoughts about the current situation of cryptocurrencies in the comments below! I'd love to hear them!

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