Cointelegraph

⁠Broadly negative performance continues across crypto markets on Wednesday

⁠New report from independent rating firm ICORating claims security problems continue to affect many of the biggest exchanges

⁠A prominent pro-blockchain politician has been appointed as Minister of Science, Technology and IT as part of the fourth reshuffle Japanese Prime Minister Shinzō Abe's cabinet

⁠Major crypto trading platform BitMEX has appointed a veteran Hong Kong regulator as its Chief Operating Officer (COO)

⁠Blockchain bonds cut bureaucracy and costs, recent trials show

⁠“People familiar with the matter” told Recode that Coinbase is in negotiations, which could increase its valuation to $8 billion

⁠The CEO of decentralized browser Brave, Brendan Eich, has urged members of the U.S. Senate to adopt GDPR-like principles, which were adopted in the E.U. earlier this year

⁠The Wall Street Journal reports that automated trading programs are manipulating cryptocurrency prices

⁠The only Bitcoin investment trust in the U.S. has seen its net asset value hit its lowest point since BTC surged to $20,000 last December

⁠A member of the Charles Schwab’s board of directors has joined Coinbase’s board, and will purportedly help expand the exchange’s financial services capabilities

⁠Blockchain technology incubator Binance Labs has made a “multi-million” dollar investment in a startup which aims to build a decentralized digital content ecosystem

⁠The Bank of America has estimated that blockchain could be a $7 billion market and provide wide-ranging benefits to corporate giants such as Microsoft and Amazon

​​⁠Most of the 20 top cryptocurrencies by market cap are seeing red, NEM continues rising

​​⁠Puerto Rico’s Noble Bank, well-known for working with Tether and Bitfinex, has reportedly lost them as clients and is seeking buyers, sources told Bloomberg

​​⁠South Korea’s Democratic Party lawmaker urges the state to “open up the road” to ICOs, prepares legislation project for the next round of National Assembly

​​Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro has appeared on national television to announce the official launch of the national cryptocurrency Petro

​​A new report from Diar reveals that “traditional” venture capital investment in blockchain and crypto firms has increased by 280% in the first three quarters of 2018

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​​The Italian Banking Association (ABI) has revealed they successfully passed the initial phase of testing their blockchain-powered interbank system

​​An alternative bill on crypto proposed by the Ukrainian opposition offers a tax holiday for all crypto traders up until 2030

​​⁠Google’s update banning Chrome extensions from containing obfuscated code is likely to affect cryptojackers

​​South Korea’s largest venture capital firm, Korea Investment Partners (KIP), is investing in its first blockchain startup, TEMCO

⁠EEA and Hyperledger hope to advance enterprise blockchain adoption with a new formal association

⁠No evidence of “financial contracts” with EOS, Huobi says in alleged “mutual voting” scandal

⁠UK finance minister Philip Hammond has suggested that implementing blockchain could solve the issue of the Irish border after Brexit

⁠According to a report from German business magazine WirtschaftsWoche, investors in German ICOs have lost up to 90% of their capital

⁠Crypto exchange ShapeShift has refuted recent WSJ reports of money laundering, stating that such claims are “factually inaccurate and deceptive”

⁠EOS acknowledges allegations of voting manipulation amid claims on social media that main EOS nodes, including Huobi, were involved in “mutual voting”

⁠Former U.S. President Bill Clinton delivered the keynote speech at Ripple’s Swell 2018 conference, addressing blockchain and cryptocurrency issues

⁠Ripple’s cross-border transactions product xRapid is now available for commercial use