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Elliptic, a British startup firm aimed at tracing suspicious crypto activity, has raised $23 million USD in a funding round led by SBI Holdings. Elliptic to Expand into Asian Markets The Series B funding round was led by Japanese financial institution SBI Holdings and will enable Elliptic to continue expansion into Asian
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Fred Wilson, a financier and co-founder of venture capital firm Union Square Ventures, has revised his bullish opinion on Ether (ETH).Back in 2017, Wilson had suggested the market capitalization of Ether will bypass the market capitalization of Bitcoin (BTC) and eventually be worth more per coin. However, in a Sept. 4 blog
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Germany's Free Democratic Party (FDP) wants to pay cryptocurrency to anyone who removes carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases from the atmosphere.Get paid to fight climate changeAccording to a report by local news organization Welt on Sept. 2, the FDP recognizes that it is no longer enough to only focus on putting
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PO8, a blockchain company headquartered in the Bahamas, is asking the crypto and blockchain communities to help them bring relief to the victims of Hurricane Dorian. The firm made its appeal in a blog post on Sept. 2.Hurricane Dorian brings devastation to the BahamasOn Sept. 3, CNBC reported on
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BitMEX accuses Binance of plagiarism, but it's not long before the two bitcoin exchange giants kiss and make up on Crypto Twitter. | Source: Reuters (i), Distributed/YouTube (ii). Image Edited by CCN.Binance and BitMEX shared a social media bro hug after the latter publicly accused its fellow cryptocurrency exchange
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The Republic of Burundi in central Africa has banned the trading digital currencies in the country due to associated risks.As Bloomberg reported on Sept. 4, some Burundian citizens urged the government to take action regarding cryptocurrency trading after they lost money while dealing with virtual currencies. The government subsequently
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Blockchain tracking startup TruTrace Technologies Inc. partnered with Big Four auditing firm Deloitte to track cannabis using blockchain technology.Investing news outlet ProactiveInvestors reported on Sept. 4 that TruTrace is launching its StrainSecure product in partnership with Deloitte. The system in question reportedly employs blockchain technology to track cannabis from
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The second-largest fantasy sports provider Fanduel has revealed customers can make deposits on the platform using cryptocurrency. Fanduel members can now top up their accounts with BCH or BTC via
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One of the “Big Four” accounting firms PwC, the Luxembourg branch, will accept Bitcoin(BTC)trade payments from clients beginning October 1st.PwC Luxemburg, a subsidiary of the world’s second-largest professional services firm, has announced on September 2nd that the firm will start accepting Bitcoin as a method of payment from its clients
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The correlation with bitcoin price is becoming obvious. | Source: ShuttertockBitcoin (BTC) started this week off in good spirits, citing an impressive rise of around 8%. Interestingly, analysts are attributing some of this action to the close of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME).Bitcoin's 8% rise this week which left
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