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⁠Crypto entrepreneur Vinny Lingham says governments will push back against Bitcoin, but with time overall crypto markets will see growth

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⁠The SEC has stopped securities trading in a Nevada-based firm for making false statements that its crypto activities were approved by the commission

​​U.K. Member of Parliament Stephen Hammond has joined the advisory board of a new retail investor-focused crypto exchange to provide guidance on government relations

​​Australian crypto startup that aimed to raise $50 million has applied to the country’s securities commission to deregister its ICO, reports already returning funds

​​Russian draft bill on “digital financial assets” reportedly includes tokenizing equity for privately held companies, while core terms such as “mining” are ignored

​​Visa is readying its Hyperledger Fabric-based digital identity system for cross-border payments for launch in the first quarter of 2019

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​​Average earnings of blockchain engineers have soared to $150-175,000 per year, on par with AI specialists, says new report

​​Spanish government approves draft of crypto tax bill in which citizens will have to report their crypto holdings

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⁠The largest port in Europe has partnered with a major Dutch bank and Samsung’s IT subsidiary to test blockchain for container shipping from Asia to the EU

⁠A new Hong Kong Stock Exchange reports proposes that crypto and blockchain should be regulated in line with existing regulatory principles

⁠Online bank Swissquote begins offering ICO tokens it will store on clients’ behalf

⁠China’s internet censor has published new draft regulations for blockchain-based information service providers

⁠Dutch banking giant ING targets enterprise blockchain anonymity with open source privacy tool

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⁠Crypto markets keep seeing a rebound, Bitcoin rises above $6,500 again as 19 out of the 20 top cryptocurrencies by market cap are in the green

⁠The heads of Bitmain, Binance and other crypto-related businesses have finally joined China’s Hurun rich list

⁠Ripple ends the week as the second top-performing cryptocurrency, with Stellar bagging the pole position with 15 percent growth

⁠The Bank of Japan’s deputy governor believes that central bank-issued digital currencies cannot be economic tools, since fiat currency is still popular

⁠The city of Ephrata, Washington, has voted to temporarily halt new crypto mining developments for the next 12 months

⁠Crypto markets are mostly green, with Bitcoin holding just below $6,500 and most major coins seeing little change, capped within a 2 percent range

⁠Bitfinex brought back fiat deposits, but users are still reporting delays in processing transactions. Do the rumors of the exchange’s insolvency have something to do with its suspended banking partner relations and the…

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