Cointelegraph

⁠Swiss crypto exchange ShapeShift has laid off 37 of its employees, citing the “latest bear market cycle”

⁠New blockchain platform from Telenor’s Pakistan-based subsidiary aims to increase the speed and efficiency of remittances between Malaysia and Pakistan

⁠As some of the top currencies see mild losses, Bitcoin is still above the psychological barrier of $4,000

⁠Ethereum devs should ‘embrace’ specialized mining hardware (ASICs), according to an Ethereum code contributor

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​​⁠RippleNet exceeds 200 customers as CEO Brad Garlinghouse points out the potential volatility of fiat transactions

​​KodakONE has reportedly generated over $1 million in licensing claims for image rights during a limited beta test of its blockchain-based Image Rights Management platform

​​⁠John Bigatton, a promoter of $2.6 billion alleged Ponzi scheme Bitconnect, is now under a travel ban imposed by the Australia federal court

​​⁠Coinbase increases the amount involved in the previously detected massive blockchain reorganization and double spends in the Ethereum Classic network to over $1.1 million

​​⁠Japan’s GMO Internet Group has confirmed it took a steep hit in overall mining revenue, but nonetheless saw a steady increase in monthly Bitcoin mining rewards

​​⁠Anonymous sources claim Canaan is still interested in an IPO despite its lack of success in Hong Kong

​​⁠A new report from the Bank for International Settlements has found that 70 percent of central banks are conducting research into central bank digital currencies

⁠A $5 million grant has been announced by the Ethereum Foundation to U.K.-based company Parity Technologies for scalability, usability and security work

⁠Samourai Wallet says it faces Google Play eviction if it does not disable certain privacy features

⁠The head of Israel’s National Economic Council and senior economics advisor to the prime minister has denounced Bitcoin as “intrinsically inefficient,” predicting it will disappear

⁠A week after taking office, Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro criticizes and suspends a crypto project that would have developed a cryptocurrency for indigenous people

⁠Japan's Financial Services Agency is considering the regulation of unregistered firms that solicit investments in cryptocurrencies

⁠Malta opposition’s complaints about cryptocurrency approach rejected by parliament

​​⁠Renowned Wall Street investor Bill Miller gives an ambiguous prediction on BTC’s price, saying it can be worth a lot or worth zero

⁠A member of the European Central Bank’s decision-making body has stated that cryptocurrencies will end up a “complete load of nonsense”

⁠During a Reddit AMA session today, the Winklevoss twins predicted that Bitcoin’s market cap will surpass that of gold, now at ~$7 trillion