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⁠S. Korea Responds To Public Petition: No Crypto Trading Ban, But Gov’t ‘Still Divided’ South Korea gov’t says it wants to “prevent any illegal acts” in crypto, but also is “still divided” on trading ban. #NEWS

⁠UK: Coinbase, CEX.IO & Other Major Crypto Firms Create First Self-Regulating Trade Body Seven major cryptocurrency companies, including Coinbase and CEX.IO, launch the industry’s first self-regulating trade body for the…

⁠Through your VR glasses: A Startup Sets Up A Virtual Apartments Contest Don’t forget your VR glasses! MARK.SPACE starts a 3d-apartments design contest with a token reward. #SPONSORED

⁠Bitcoin Luges Its Way Into Winter Olympics Meet the first international sports team to start advertising Bitcoin on its kit and equipment at the Winter Olympics 2018. Where else could you find crypto in Pyeongchang? #AD…

⁠South Korea Considers Adopting Crypto Exchange Licensing System Like NY’s BitLicense South Korea considers introducing a licensing system for crypto exchanges based on NY’s BitLicense. #NEWS

⁠Blockchain Platform to Allow Workers From Low-income Countries to Earn as Data-labellers Validate data for AI and earn crypto #SPONSORED

⁠Coincheck Delivers Report to Japan’s FSA Coincheck has met the FSA deadline, handing in a report on the $534 mln NEM hack last month. #ANALYSIS

⁠News Site Salon Gives Users ‘Choice’ To See Ads Or Mine Crypto To Support Company Seeing ads vs. mining crypto? News site salon now gives visitors the option of disabling ad blockers or letting Salon use their excess co…

⁠Hacked Exchange Coincheck To Be Sued By Traders For Freezing Funds Cryptocurrency traders will sue hacked exchange Coincheck after the exchange froze withdrawals of crypto to wallets #NEWS

John Wise on creating a more ethical economy and allowing everyone to profit from their ideas. Blockchain and Cryptocurrency has opened up the world to new possibilities for the ethical treatment of money to help those w…

⁠Microsoft To Implement Blockchain-Based ID System Microsoft considers Bitcoin, Ethereum and Litecoin as three major platforms for developing decentralized IDs for its Authenticator app #NEWS

⁠So Is There a Correlation Between Bitcoin and Stock Market? Yes, But No With both the stock market and Bitcoin rising to new heights, and then tumbling down almost on the same day, questions were asked about a correlati…

⁠“It's Impossible to Refund the Stolen Amount”: Interview with BitGrail’s Francesco Firano Francesco Firano answers Cointelegraph’s questions about the recent hack of BitGrail, their communication with Nano, and accusati…

⁠Major Crypto Exchange Kraken CEO Tells Traders To Do Own Research, Not Rely On Exchanges Kraken exchange CEO: investors should “look out for themselves” and not rely on exchanges to protect them #NEWS

Advice from Karl Seelig on how to handle to volatile nature of cryptocurrency and how it could spell danger for blockchain businesses down the road.

⁠Thailand: Central Bank Asks All Banks To Avoid Crypto, Pending Regulations Thailand not banning crypto, but the central bank has banned all banks in the country from crypto trading, investing, and advising until regulat…

⁠What is a DAICO, Explained An improved version of ICO? #EXPLAINED

⁠Bitcoin, Ethereum, Bitcoin Cash, Ripple, Stellar, Litecoin, Cardano, NEO, EOS: Price Analysis, Feb. 12 Solid growth? Yes, please. #PRICE_ANALYSIS

⁠Russia: Ministry of Communications Requires ICO Issuers To Have $1.7 Mln Nominal Capital Russia’s Ministry of Communications will require ICO issuers to obtain at least $1.7 mln to start an ICO. #NEWS

⁠EU Regulators Caution Consumers Against ‘Highly Risky’ Crypto Investing, Again The European Supervisory Authorities warn customers against investing in cryptocurrencies without understanding the risks and to only spend…

⁠‘A Sociological Innovation’: Big Finance Advisors Preach Blockchain At T3 Conference Last week’s T3 conference saw huge Blockchain love from financial advisors. #NEWS

⁠Abu Dhabi: Financial Services Authority Is Working On Cryptocurrency and ICO Regulations The financial regulator of Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM) announced that it is preparing a set of regulations for cryptocurrencies…

⁠Is Yet Another Escrow Project to Become a Big Deal for Investment Process? Escroco releases a new token and launches an airdop for the token holders #SPONSORED

⁠Crypto Markets Remain Steady During FUD-Less Period Cryptoс markets take a break from erratic swings, BTC, ETH prices remain steady #NEWS

Dan Bates caught up with Cointelegraph at this year’s World Economic Forum to talk about how blockchain can truly solve some of the world’s greatest problems and help those with the greatest need but bringing affordable…

⁠IMF Chief Christine Lagarde Says International Crypto Regulation Is ‘Inevitable’ And Necessary IMF chief Lagarde sees regulation of cryptocurrency internationally as something “inevitable” that should be focused on acti…

⁠Singapore Central Bank: Speculators Pose Risks To ‘Fabulous’ 2020 Blockchain Goals Singapore’s central bank has warned Blockchain’s “real impact” could hit slower due to speculators. #NEWS

⁠Iceland: Crypto Mining Companies Will Consume More Energy Than Households In 2018 Iceland attracts crypto mining companies with its cold weather and cheaper renewable energy. #NEWS