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September 26 · Issue #91 · View online
Kyle Torpey has been a full-time Bitcoin writer and researcher since early 2014. Currently, he contributes regularly to Forbes and CoinJournal. His work has also appeared in Business Insider, VICE Motherboard, Nasdaq, and many other media outlets. Additionally, Kyle goes over the day's top Bitcoin stories in a daily YouTube show and podcast, which can be found at http://kyletorpey.com.
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VC Firm IVP Raises New $1.5B Fund To Back More Cryptocurrency 'Picks and Shovels'
After decades of supporting tech startups, growth stage investor IVP will be looking to help supply a new gold rush with its sixteenth fund: cryptocurrency.
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MimbleWimble Won't ICO But Will Launch Cryptocurrency - CoinDesk
It’ll take more than the flick of a wand to carry out, but MimbleWimble developers now seem set on creating a new cryptocurrency.
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WhalePanda on Twitter: "In case there ever was any doubt, the NYA was never about scaling or increasing the block size, it was always about firing Core. #Bitcoin https://t.co/fgJ6QpQCzG"
Segwit2x is not about increasing the block size, it’s about removing “Core’s” access and control of the Bitcoin repo.
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Vaultoro withdraws SegWit2x support : Bitcoin
With this, at minimum, Vaultoro moves to the neutral column as there are no plans for segwit2x to include full replay protection so they will reject the HF.
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Bitcoin and Copper in Lockstep Show Chinese Speculators' Power - Bloomberg
Yet the two have been moving in near unison for the past two months. Bitcoin and copper both rallied strongly from mid-July to early September. Then when bitcoin tumbled as Chinese regulators moved to clamp down on the trading of cryptocurrencies, the copper rally also went into reverse.
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Gaming Firm to Buy $80 Million Stake in Korean Bitcoin Exchange Korbit - CoinDesk
Following its emergence as a global leader in bitcoin and cryptocurrency volume, local exchange startup Korbit has announced that PC and mobile gaming firm Nexon has signed a stock trading agreement that would see it acquire Korbit’s management rights.
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'The Wolf of Wall Street' Jordan Belfort on Financial Fraud and Bitcoin and his new book 'Way of the Wolf' - TheStreet
Jordan Belfort served time in prison for financial crimes. His story is based off of the 2013 movie ‘The Wolf of Wall Street.’ Belfort is out with a new book 'Way of the Wolf’ and joined TheStreet to discuss financial fraud and bitcoin.
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Mike Novogratz Is Set for Comeback With Cryptocurrency Hedge Fund - Bloomberg
He is said to aim to raise $500 million after Fortress losses
‘Largest bubble of our lifetimes,’ he says of digital currency
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Changelly supports Bitcoin SegWit for lower network fees
Changelly is an instant cryptocurrency exchange operating since 2015. We are trusted by 500K customers and partnered with a range of reputable crypto services like Jaxx, Coinomi, Coinmarketcap etc. We provide our customers with smooth and cost-savvy methods to exchange their coins. From now on, we fully support the SegWit technology to improve the Bitcoin network capacity and reduce the network fees.
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Moshe Hogeg's Sirin announces new $999 'Finney' smartphone - Business Insider
Sirin Labs, the company behind the $16,000 (£12,000) luxury Solarin phone, has announced that it intends to raise around $100 million (£74 million) to fund the development of a smartphone and a PC that will run on the blockchain.
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'Crypto' hedge funds spring up in crowded field
Many of the new cryptocurrency funds that have sprung up call themselves hedge funds, but few have the infrastructure or level of experience to qualify as such, neither have they attracted many sophisticated institutional investors or shown signs they are doing much to hedge their long positions.
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Security Warning: Coinomi Wallet transmits all data in plain text : Bitcoin
I create the issue over a week ago and have reached out to them on Twitter but had no reply. Now I’m posting it here to hopefully pressure them into actually doing something.
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Early bitcoin investor Palihapitiya declares 'nobody can stop it'
Social Capital’s Chamath Palihapitiya was early in both Facebook and bitcoin and continues to back both.
“The idea that the government can put curbs on this is actually pretty specious,” he said in response to JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon’s criticism of bitcoin.
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Diversification (aka How To Survive A Crash) – AVC
I was emailing with my friend Harry this past week and we started talking about crypto and the inevitability of a massive crash. I am certain the big crash will happen. I don’t know when it will happen and I think it may be some time before it does. But better safe than sorry. So I’m going to write some thoughts about how to survive it.
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Like It or Not: Public Companies Are Feeling the Crypto Mining Boom - CoinDesk
Apart from just a boost to the two firms’ bottom lines, though, this marks one of the first times cryptocurrencies have had a significant impact on the business of publicly traded companies – and the results seem positive. That said, the tempered reactions of both companies to the growth demonstrate something more could be festering under the surface.
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Who will get our 200,000 bitcoins? – mtgoxprotest.com
The lawyers were initially upbeat about the prospects of the creditors receiving the full value from their sold 200k bitcoins. But after more investigation their advice is now that it looks like the bitcoin creditors could be paid only the original valuation amount at around $483 per bitcoin, and the value above that would be passed into the company liquidation.
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Bitcoin Futures Fail to Get Traction on Biggest Exchange for Now - Bloomberg
‘Bitcoin is very nascent right now,’ CME president says
CME is ceding territory to crosstown Chicago rival CBOE
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Watch: Jesse Ventura Moderates Colorado Governor Candidates in Bitcoin Debate - CoinDesk
Two candidates jockeying for Colorado’s 2018 gubernatorial election threw their support behind cryptocurrencies during a debate over the weekend.
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Mock rollout of virtual currency due shortly
A mock rollout of cryptocurrency is likely to begin shortly to test if it can be introduced without jeopardising the economy, the Times of Malta has learnt.
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This app will automatically invest your spare change in cryptocurrency
Coinflash, featured on the Product Hunt website this week, will round each of your credit and debit card purchases to the nearest dollar, tally the total difference, and automatically invest that amount into a cryptocurrency of your choice through a Coinbase account.
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Ethereum Founder Vitalik Buterin Co-Authors Plan for Interactive ICO Protocol - CoinDesk
A new white paper has been published detailing a potentially transformative protocol for initial coin offerings (ICOs).
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