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⁠“I’ve Bought All That Ripple!” CNBC Airs Bizarre Live Tutorial On Buying XRP CNBC’s latest apparent plug of Ripple echoes its strong pro-Bitcoin Cash material late last year. #BRIEF

⁠Bitcoin Buzz in NFL Playoffs Online fantasy league fanatics could win Bitcoin during the NFL playoffs. #ADOPTION

⁠What Does the Futures Hold for Bitcoin in 2018? From monumental price rises to bans, Bitcoin saw an interesting year in 2017, so what is being predicted for 2018? #OPINION

⁠South Korean Banks Get Flash Probe Into Cryptocurrency Exchange Ties This week will see six Korean banks probed for legal compliance as they serve cryptocurrency exchanges. #BRIEF

⁠Binance, Bitfinex, Bittrex Temporarily Say No to New Users Surging demand for digital currencies is overloading many exchanges’ infrastructure, resulting in degraded performance and a halt to user signups.

⁠Life Savings Stolen from Second-hand Ledger Hardware Wallet A man’s life savings disappeared from a Ledger brand Nano hardware wallet after Reddit user moodyrocket purchased the wallet second hand through eBay. #NEWS

⁠Crypto Tax Tips To Start 2018 Right You think you don’t have to declare taxes on crypto? IRS might have a different opinion. #NEW YEAR SPECIAL

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⁠New York Stock Exchange Moves on Bitcoin ETFs The New York Stock Exchange intends to launch five Bitcoin ETFs on its Arca stock exchange #ANALYSIS

⁠Exponential Growth: Cryptocurrency Exchanges Are Adding 100,000+ Users Per Day Many of the leading cryptocurrency exchanges such as Coinbase (GDAX), Binance, Bittrex, Bitstamp and Kraken have struggled in dealing with t…

⁠Bitcoin - A Long Way From an Everyday Currency: Expert Blog Bitcoin was created as a payment system, but fails to become one. Arthur Iinuma discusses the future of still the main cryptocurrency #EXPERT BLOG

⁠Study: 22% of Bitcoin Investors Used Borrowed Money For Trading, Not Recommended Obtaining debt to invest in cryptocurrencies is highly risky, still small portion of investors do it #ANALYSIS

⁠Combined Crypto Market Capitalization Races Past $800 Bln Sunday, Jan. 7th, the total market capitalization of all cryptocurrencies has broken through the $800 bln mark. It keeps growing as of press time, against a back…

⁠President Maduro: Venezuela to Issue First 100 Million Petros Venezuelan president Maduro has ordered the issuance of the first 100 mln Petros, the national cryptocurrency, with each Petro worth a barrel of oil.

⁠The Hype and the Hollowness: Cryptocurrencies’ Over Justified Expectations Heralded as the revolution for money, finance, data, and a host of other things, there has been some over justified expectations of cryptocurren…

⁠Brazilian Government Plans to Process Petitions and Write Laws on Ethereum Brazilian Government is developing an Ethereum-based system to process electoral votes and petitions. #ANALYSIS

⁠Price Analysis, Jan. 06: Bitcoin, Ethereum, Bitcoin Cash, Ripple, IOTA, Litecoin, NEM, Cardano There’s nothing to stop crypto market from growing! And what cryptos are you hodling? #PRICE ANALYSIS

⁠Zuckerberg Eyeing Out Power of Cryptocurrencies The man behind this very platform sees a lot of potential in cryptocurrencies to give power back to the people. #ADOPTION

⁠From Memecoin to Billion Dollar Player - Dogecoin Breaks $1 Bln Five years after its inception, satirical cryptocurrency Dogecoin has breached the $1 bln market cap. #HYPE

⁠BitPay Issues Statement On Visa Card Discontinuation: Money Safe, Refunds Pending All money that has been deposited on the cryptocurrency debit cards provided by BitPay, Bitwala and Wirex prior to yesterday will be retu…

⁠EU Amends AML Laws for Cryptotrading as US Ponders: Expert Blog Cryptocurrency regulation becomes tighter as some new money laundering and drug trafficking schemes are revealed. #EXPERT BLOG

⁠Crypto Euphoria As Lemonade Making Company Buying Bitcoin Miners Long Blockchain, formerly Long Island Iced Tea, has issued 1.6 mln shares to raise money to buy Bitcoin mining rigs. #NEWS

⁠‘Go Beyond Headlines, Hype to Find Crypto Risks’ Urges Idaho Finance Chief The US’ varying approach to crypto continues with two more states issuing warnings this week. #BRIEF

⁠Visa Suspends WaveCrest Status, Stopping Some Crypto Credit Cards Visa suspends WaveCrest’s membership status, leading to the cancellation of a number of crypto-backed credit cards. #NEWS

A new way to be able to see the origins of any luxury item from its creation until you bought it. This is the power of Vechain! In an interview with The Cointelegraph Jerome Grilleres talks about his journey to create a…

⁠Bitcoin Miners Could Face Power Restrictions in China Mining operators have benefited from cheap power in China, but that could change in the future. #MINING

⁠Bitcoin Hits Multi-Week Highs Despite Continuing Altcoin Surge Bitcoin begins clawing back ground with prices set to hit $17k. #BRIEF

⁠Ethereum Surpasses $1,000 For the First Time, Factors Behind Increase If decentralized app browsers become adopted at a larger scale and the Ethereum network scales, analysts like Novogratz see Ether price surging from…

⁠Ripple Success Tips Chairman For World’s Richest As Zuckerberg Eyes Crypto Ripple’s rapid price expansion has likely made its chairman among the world’s richest people, according to reports. #BRIEF

⁠How Initial Bounty Offering Can Help the Unbanked, Explained They say I don’t need any capital to participate. How so? #EXPLAINED