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⁠Recent reports allege that the Hong Kong stock exchange is “hesitant” to let a potential Bitmain IPO go ahead because of crypto market conditions

⁠Increased job cuts in the crypto industry pale in comparison to the biggest corporate layoffs in history

⁠San Francisco-based digital asset exchange Coinbase has launched cryptocurrency conversion on its retail platform

⁠Digital assets brokerage Tagomi Holdings Inc. has launched today, months after receiving backing from PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund

⁠According to a recent Diar analysis, institutional traders are shifting to over-the-counter (OTC) Bitcoin markets

⁠Overstock.com subsidiary tZERO will build a smart contract token for a sale of cobalt, which is expected to launch in 2019

⁠The Advisory Council of the United Arab Emirates Banks Federation considers applying blockchain to improve KYC processes at member banks

⁠One year after Bitcoin reached a high of $20,000, how is the coin faring and is a recovery in sight? Let’s consult the charts

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​​Teen crypto millionaire Erik Finman has said Bitcoin “may have a bull market or two left in it,” but that “long-term, it’s dead”

⁠KfW, Germany’s third largest bank by total assets, will trial its blockchain app in Burkina Faso to track credit funds provided to the country

​​Italian securities regulator CONSOB has suspended two projects for allegedly offering fraudulent crypto investment schemes

​​A new report from the Blockchain Transparency Institute claims many of the top 25 BTC trading pairs listed on CoinMarketCap are based upon “grossly” inflated false volumes

​​Initial coin offerings have been transacting Ethereum at breakneck speed, with over 400,000 ETH moving out of wallets in the past 30 days alone

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​​The number of unique Ethereum addresses has broken 50 million on Saturday, but the amount of active wallets is around 330,000

​​The USD price for Ethereum passed that of Bitcoin Cash and Bitcoin Cash SV for the first time ever this week

​​Hong Kong’s new rules for crypto businesses — introducing licenses for exchanges — might be harmful for the industry, local experts say

Peter Brandt, CEO at Factor Trading and veteran trader with over 40 years of commodities trading experience, explains how to trade crypto in a bear market while preparing for the next bull run

​​An official at the Iranian government’s vice presidency for science and technology has said blockchain can help improve the country’s national economy

​​The sub-governor of Egypt’s central bank has revealed it is studying issuing a digital currency

⁠The co-founder of pro-cryptography group Cypherpunks, Timothy C. May, has reportedly died of natural causes

⁠Bitcoin hovers over $3,200, while all the top 20 coins are in the green, two of them reporting double-digit gains

⁠Former Mt. Gox CEO Mark Karpeles denies embezzlement charges, ASIC mining rigs struggle for profit, and more in this week’s Hodler’s Digest

⁠Hackers attack EOS DApps, Lightning Network ready to launch on CoinGate: this week’s top performers

⁠While U.S. federal crypto regulation remains confusing, the executive is taking full advantage of blockchain for their own operations

⁠Twenty percent of respondents to the DTCC’s Systemic Risk Barometer Survey believe fintech is a “systemic risk” to the global economy