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​​Bitcoin is “anything but” a useful store of value, former U.S. Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen stated

⁠An American man has pled guilty to operating an unlicensed money transmitting business, having sold hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of Bitcoin on LocalBitcoins.com

⁠The U.K.’s Financial Conduct Authority has said it will consider whether to ban the sale of cryptocurrency-based derivatives, citing concerns over risky leverage

⁠Japan: owner of previously hacked crypto exchange Coincheck confirms relaunch of new account signups, limited trading functions

​​⁠Crypto malware app now seems harmless after source deleted, report shows

⁠A new survey by a blockchain research firm shows that nearly 60 percent of eligible voters in the U.S. believe that crypto should be treated like fiat currency in political campaigns

⁠Bitcoin “Patient Zero" and Xapo Bitcoin wallet founder Wences Casares has suggested that crypto is in its early development stages, and will take time to be successful

⁠Intel and Sequoia have contributed to Israeli blockchain startup StarkWare Industries in a $30 million funding round

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⁠U.K. financial regulators have proposed a set of changes to crypto regulation in a recent report, including prohibiting certain crypto CFDs and futures

​​Fidelity’s foray into custody services and NXMH’s acquisition of Bitstamp show confidence from large players in crypto’s future. Let’s see how markets are reacting

​​A recent report has raised concerns over Bitcoin’s carbon footprint, saying its usage could push global warming beyond the 2 C threshold if adoption increases

​​Come together to regulate ICOs while they’re a “niche,” says Germany’s BaFin

​​The world’s largest diamond producer, Russia’s Alrosa, has joined the pilot of fellow industry giant De Beers’ diamond supply blockchain platform “Tracr”

​​All major cryptos are in the red, as markets return to volatile patterns: Bitcoin has tipped to around $6,350 and some major coins have lost as much as 3-6 percent

​​Japanese IT firm Fujitsu will develop the basis of a trial settlements system using an unnamed digital currency to move funds in partnership with nine banks

​​Hitachi has partnered with the State Bank of India to establish a nationwide digital payments platform, in a major bid to accelerate the digitalization of financial services in India

​​The CEO told Reuters that in 2016 Bitstamp was valued at $60 million, up from $39 million in 2014

​​Tanzania favors joint research with tech industry over government blockchain committee, says minister

​​Coincheck saw a 66 percent decline in revenue for Q3 2018

​​Russia is urging members of the FATF to keep tabs on crypto in their jurisdictions

​​Plans for U.K. crypto regulation overly broad, claim critics

​​U.S. cleaning supplies manufacturer SC Johnson partners with Plastic Bank to open blockchain-powered recycling centers all over Indonesia

​​A major electricity and gas supplier in Singapore, SP Group, launches blockchain-powered marketplace for renewable energy certificates trade

​​EOS tops the list, while Ripple reports more than 120 percent increase in sales. Check other top performers of the week

⁠This week on the Hodler’s Digest, the SEC still mulls over Bitcoin ETFs, while Bakkt maybe gets the go ahead for its Bitcoin futures next week

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⁠Bitcoin market see some minor fluctuations, as most of the top twenty coins on CoinMarketCap see changes of less than 1 percent in either direction

⁠Ripple has hired Google’s leading developer as vice president of products to lead the company’s global payments network RippleNet