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November 4 · Issue #111 · 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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Cryptocurrencies' market cap hits record $200 billion as bitcoin soars | Reuters
The aggregate value of all cryptocurrencies hit a record high of over $200 billion on Wednesday, according to industry website Coinmarketcap, putting their reported market value at more than that of U.S. banking giant Citigroup (C.N).
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Bitcoin: War on bitcoin? Govt panel seeks crackdown on cryptocurrency dealers in India - The Economic Times
To curb the use of cryptocurrencies in India, a government panel is said to have advised closing cryptocurrency dealers in India, ETNow reported on Thursday quoting agencies.
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First Wall Street strategist to embrace bitcoin and call for rally is now 'cautious'
The only major Wall Street strategist with an official price forecast for bitcoin turned “cautious” as the digital currency soared above $7,000 to record highs.
We are “cautious short-term on bitcoin,” Fundstrat co-founder Tom Lee said in a Thursday report. He said bitcoin has gained far more than fundamentals warrant right now.
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Bitcoin’s Rally Makes Ultra Bullish Analyst Revise His Target Higher - Bloomberg
Standpoint Research’s Ronnie Moas, who says bitcoin’s market cap will one day catch up to gold at $8 trillion, is raising his 2018 price target for the digital currency to $11,000 from $7,500.
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Why the fight against opioid abuse is happening at the post office - The Washington Post
President Trump’s opioid commission recommended more careful scrutiny of the mail to help fight the amount of fetnanyl coming into the United States.
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Holy shit. Three Bitcoin related searches trending in Apple Australia's search! It's taking off. : Bitcoin
bitcoin followed by coinbase are in the 4th/5th spot in Canada
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China's Bitcoin Exchanges are Shifting Business Models
Some of China’s top bitcoin exchanges are now shifting to the over-the-counter (OTC) market in the wake of a crackdown by regulators in the country.
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Ethereum's Vitalik Buterin: Biggest Bitcoin investment platform is a 'ponzi'
Answering worried cryptocurrency enthusiasts on Twitter, Ethereum’s founder Vitalik Buterin has suggested BitConnect is likely a “ponzi” scheme.
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Introducing a Programming Language so Simple, It “Fits on a T-shirt”
“Simplicity is a blockchain programming language that is so simple, it fits on a t-shirt,” O'Connor told Bitcoin Magazine. “It is critical that smart contracts behave in ways that all participants expect, and applying formal verification to Simplicity allows us to achieve that.”
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Hacker Holds University for Ransom, Threatens to Dump Student Info
A hacker is trying to extort a Canadian university, threatening to dump student information unless university top brass pay 30,000 CAD (23,000 USD).
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Clarification: BTCC’s Position on SegWit2x Activation : BitcoinMarkets
After Nov. 24, we will consider which of 1MB and 2MB to name as bitcoin based on market feedback and adoption.
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Star Xu (OKCoin CEO) - B2X should not be listed. It’s a shitcoin that removes replay attacks protection. : Bitcoin
Jihan’s team continue contribute to BCH and make it become another bitcoin with flexible block size.Who need B2X?
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CIBC Walks From Tapscott's NextBlock Global After Falsehoods Revealed; More Misrepresentations Found
One investment bank underwriting the public listing of Canadian crypto VC firm NextBlock Global is pulling out, and Forbes has uncovered previous misrepresentations by CEO Alex Tapscott.
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Tezos Founders Sued for Securities Fraud in Potential Class Action
A lawsuit seeking class action status has been filed in California against the founders and promoters of the controversial Tezos blockchain project.
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Bitcoin bigger than McDonald's but fails as payment system — RT Business News
The bitcoin cryptocurrency was designed to be better than traditional payment systems. However, it has become a hyper-inflated asset, failing to serve as a faster and more sophisticated payment system, according to analysts at Bank of America Merrill Lynch.
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Ukraine Drafts Law to Exempt Crypto Income and Profits from Taxation - Bitcoin News
A bill has been submitted to the Ukrainian parliament to amend the country’s tax code to exempt cryptocurrency income and profits from taxation, including from buying, selling, transacting, and mining.
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Diary of an African Cryptocurrency Miner - Bloomberg
A young Kenyan goes from doing odd jobs on the farm to growing virtual coins, as cryptocurrencies spread across the continent.
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The multisig branch just lost its DO NOT MERGE tag. : Monero
Quote from Moneromooo in irc just now… “The multisig branch just lost its DO NOT MERGE tag. If anyone wants to test/review, feel even freer.”
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Augur just said at Devcon3 that their contracts are done and sent off for audit. If they come back green they will be going live. : ethereum
They mentioned it in their slack as well.
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The MAHF And Replay "Protection" | Truthcoin: Making Cheap Talk Expensive
A MAHF should shun replay protection, and instead try to replay everything. With >51% hashrate, this is easy to do. Miners can defeat full nodes, and upgrade the network via Hard Fork, if and only if investors are on their side. Miners’ expected profits are maximized if they follow the advice of futures markets as a source of robust, decentralized, and accurate advice.
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The UASF Contradiction | Truthcoin: Making Cheap Talk Expensive
A hashrate-majority can easily defeat a UASF. Moreover, they can do so without inviting retaliation, because upgrades do not generalize from the particular to the universal. The UASF is not only ineffective, but it can also result in loss-of-funds.
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More Terminology -- Forks and Splits | Truthcoin: Making Cheap Talk Expensive
While the word “fork” would appear to be synonymous with “split”, they are in fact completely different and mutually exclusive. Splits are bad for blockchains, because they “un-blockchain” them.
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Investors have poured $3.2B into bitcoin-like currency | New York Post
Wall Street has a new toy — and regulators are warning that some pieces of the popular product can cause your portfolio to choke.
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Here's how to protect your bitcoin and ethereum from hacking
Millions of new investors have entered the realm of cryptocurrencies.
Many are unaware of the security holes.
Six experts gave their advice on the best way to protect your cryptocurrency investments from hacks.
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Citibank's UK Brokerage Platform Offers Access to Ether ETNs - TheStreet
The UK brokerage platform of Citibank, Citigroup’s © consumer division, is now offering clients access to Ether exchange traded notes (ETNs), according to XBT Group, a Sweden-based company that is providing the cryptocurrency investing platform.
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TorMoil Vulnerability Leaks Real IP Address from Tor Browser Users
The Tor Project has released a security update for the Tor Browser on Mac and Linux to fix a vulnerability that leaks users’ real IP addresses.
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