Headlines for the world of Cryptocurrencies - June 17, 2018

Bitcoin Thriller Crypto Cast Revealed

The Hollywood cast of the new movie thriller “Crypto” was revealed by a news outlet recently.

The star studded cast includes Alexis Bledel who is better known in her performance in the hit series Gilmore Girls.

Beau Knapp of Seven Seconds was also In the film, Kurt Rusell of The Hateful Eight, Luke Hemsworth of Westworld and Jeremie Harris of Legion and Vincent Kartheiser of Mad Men.

The movie is directed by John Stalberg Jr. and is said to be already in the filing stages of the film which is estimated to come out in 2019.

The film was said to be written by Carlyle Eubank and David Frigerio based on the story of Jeffrey Ingber.

The director reveals that he is excited to be able to work on such a very timely film about cryptocurrency as it has captured the attention and imagination of consumers and entrepreneurs worldwide.

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Bittrex Says USD Trading Will Roll Out Incrementally

One of the top cryptocurrency exchange in the US, Bittrex, has revealed that they will begin offering their customers crypto-fiat trading soon by offering its customers USD trading.

However due to regulatory concerns in the US the availability such a service will be rolled out incrementally due to the different crypto regulations in the US.

This service offering got the cryptocurrency enthusiast all excited as crypto-fiat services is hard to come by especially for altcoins.

Customers located in Washington State, New York, Montana and California will be initially given early access to USD Trading first.

Offering the service in New York will introduce many positive changes but in a limited way mainly due to BitLicense requirement.

Access to the new service will most likely require additional KYC requirements and said to be geared towards corporate customers.

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Crypto Here To Stay Says CEO Of Robinhood

The CEO of Robinhood, Baiji Bhatt, believes that the cryptocurrency market has a long and strong future ahead.

He expresses his views during an interview with Yahoo Finance where he reveals his very positive outlook in the space.

He states that sovereign nations may start adopting cryptocurrencies as currency to be able to survive as seen in Venezuelan hyperinflation.

He added that smaller countries may view cryptocurrencies as a better mechanism to transfer value between individuals and entities.

Many view Robinhood as a direct competitor of Coinbase that are both targeting retail investors for mass adoption.

One inherent advantage of Robinhood is its better fee structure but it still has a lot of catching up to do in terms of offering the same spectrum of products and services.

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Ethereum Creator Derides Rumors Of Bitcoin’s Creators

Vitalik Buterin, the creator and co-founder of Ethereum has taken on mainstream media particularly a UK tabloid publication called Metro for publishing an article suggest that bitcoin was created by the US National Security Agency (NSA) as suggested by evidence found in forums in Bitcointalk that was written over 8 years ago in 2011 when the Buterin was only 17 years old.

On a twitter post he states that there were “more crazy misrepresentations” in the article from his opinions made in the said forum several years ago.

He also added that since then his opinion have obviously change a lot since then.

The article seems to bolster the idea of CEO of Russian cyber security company Kaspersky Lab that that bitcoin is an American intelligence project that was design to create funding for US, British and Canadian intelligence activities.

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Italian Mayor Promotes Blockchain And Possible Municipal ICO

It seems that blockchain and cryptocurrencies has taken the hearts and imaginations of government officials all over the world.

There were calls in Barcelona to establish a digital center to promote growth and development of blockchain ecosystem. In Dubai a business-to-business platform was introduced to design for the tourism industry.

The Italian city of Naples plans to do the same- leverage blockchain technology and Cryptocurrencies to benefit both the government and its citizen.

To this effect the city of Naples has announced the creation of special focus groups the will help explore, develop and eventually implement blockchain related technologies.

The response to this call was met positively as more than 300 people from all over the world participating in the focus groups that consist of scholars, experts, professionals and enthusiasts that sign up to participate in the project.

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Headlines for the world of Cryptocurrencies - June 16, 2018

Bitcoin Core Version 0.16.1 Released / Ethereum Roadmap Revamp Suggest Activating Biggest Upgrades Simultaneously / New Hollywood Crypto Movie In The Works / Bitcoin Accepted In A 550-Year-Old Istanbul Market / Earn Cryptocurrency By Just Riding A bike

Headlines for the world of Cryptocurrencies - June 15, 2018

Wal-Mart Receives New Cryto-Related Patent / New Blockchain-based Supply Chain System From Microsoft and Ardents / Internet Firm From Israel Wants To Pay Employees With Bitcoins / Tim Draper: Fiat Is the Past Whole Bitcoin Is The Future Which Will Reach $250,000 / Major Gains After SEC Declares Ether Not A Security

Headlines for the world of Cryptocurrencies - June 14, 2018

South Korea’s First Public Blockchain Platform / Binance Expands To Jersey / ICOs Are Securities Clarified SEC Chairman / Binance Supporting ICON Mainnet Token Swap / Michigan Bill To Address Blockchain Data Counterfeiting

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