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⁠Major Crypto Investors Request Token Oversight Exemption In Meeting With SEC Top industry investors Andreessen Horowitz and Union Square Venture ask SEC for crypto oversight exemption, SEC agrees to allow ‘limited exemp…

⁠Crypto Exchange CEO Runs For Mayor Of Taipei To Make It Asia’s ‘Pioneer Blockchain City’ Yi-Ting Cheng, CEO of crypto exchange OTCBTC, will run for mayor of Taiwan’s capital city. #NEWS

⁠Litecoin Courting TenX and Korbit - Just a Month after LitePay ‘Breakup’ Litepay’s demise sees TenX, Korbit partner with Litecoin. #ANALYSIS

⁠Bitcoin is Not A Tool For Illegitimate Transactions, Says Quebec Chief Scientist The Office of the Chief Scientist of Quebec, who coordinates gov’t research and advises policy-makers on scientific matters, stated that B…

⁠Chilean Banks vs Crypto Exchanges: Will Citizens Have Access to Technology? Following Chilean exchange Buda’s decision to fight the banking blockade, the CEO has questioned these banks’ decision making. #FOLLOW_UP

⁠Thai SEC Tech Consultant ‘Hopes’ Authorities Will Reconsider Digital Asset Tax For ICOs Thai SEC tech consultant admits necessity of reviewing crypto tax framework as crypto business owners react negatively to proposed…

⁠Saxo Bank: Cryptocurrencies Could See ‘Springboard’ Bull Market In Q2 2018 Saxo Bank says influx of institutional capital into crypto “could lead cryptocurrencies to a positive quarter.” #NEWS

⁠UK Member Of Parliament Says Blockchain Will have ‘Monumental Impact’ UK government publishes pro-Blockchain speech by Member of Parliament Matt Hancock: Blockchain will have “monumental impact.” #NEWS

⁠Telegram Digital Resistance: The Open Network And Russia’s Ban How cryptocurrency world’s preferred messaging app tackles Russia’s ban #IN_DEPTH

​​Blockchain hedge fund Pantera CEO says $6.5k is the lowest BTC will go in the recent bear market, predicts BTC to exceed its record high “within a year”

​​Major crypto exchange Huobi plans to open EU office in “not Malta, not Switzerland”, but London

​​The sharing economy is already transforming lifestyles and bringing together communities – but how can Blockchain make it better? #SPONSORED

​​Be careful what you wish for: Bitcoin should grow slow to avoid major downside, says analysis

​​IBM and major int’l banking partners report first live pilot transactions from their Blockchain trade finance platform Batavia

​​Dow Jones Media Group partners with Blockchain project Brave in order to experiment with the BAT token system, which rewards users for their “Basic Attention” in interacting with ads

⁠Bitcoin, Ethereum, Bitcoin Cash, Ripple, Stellar, Litecoin, Cardano, NEO, EOS: Price Analysis, April 19 Markets are in the green, what orders to place? #PRICE_ANALYSIS

⁠NASA Funds Development Of Autonomous Spacecraft That Uses Blockchain NASA is supporting a research program at the University of Akron to study the application of Blockchain technology for spacecraft. #NEWS

⁠IBM And Salon Media Pilot Blockchain Solution For Digital Ad Transparency IBM and Salon Media pilot a proof-of-concept Blockchain product that aims to improve transparency and data security in digital advertising. #NEWS

⁠Indian ICICI Bank Enlists 250 Corporates To Int’l Trade And Finance Blockchain Platform More than 250 corporates joined Indian ICICI Bank’s Blockchain platform for domestic and international trade finance transactions.…

⁠In Apparent Exit Scam CEO Of German Startup Is ‘Over And Out’ After $50 Mln ICO A German startup that raised around $50 mln in an ICO has thrown the Internet into confusion after its website became just a giant South Pa…

⁠Unpacking the 5 Biggest Cryptocurrency Scams In the wake of the Pincoin/iFan ICO scams in Vietnam, we take a look at the five biggest cryptocurrency scams to date. #PANORAMA

⁠Chinese Police Arrest 4 Suspects For Alleged $13 Mln Crypto ‘Pyramid-Scheme’ Chinese police have arrested 4 men in the city Xi’an for an allegedly fraudulent $13 mln crypto pyramid-scheme #NEWS

​​Crypto project Basis raises $133 mln from big name VCs to launch a “non-volatile” cryptocurrency

​​Everything you need to know about banks and crypto from China to Malaysia

​​A startup comes up with an idea on how to provide pensions for Uber-drivers and lower advertising costs for Airbnb landlords #SPONSORED

​​Major Brazilian firm XP Investimentos reportedly looking to enter crypto exchange arena

​​Japanese police have arrested 12 men for allegedly buying Bitcoin with almost $2 mln in counterfeit fiat

​​The vet science-turned-crypto company Riot Blockchain has been subpoenaed, after SEC chairman Jay Clayton said regulators would scrutinize companies that changed their name to include crypto-keywords

​​China’s telecommunications giant Huawei launches ‘Blockchain Service’, its second Hyperledger integration