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​​Swiss-headquartered food retail giant Nestle says that the blockchain-based IBM Food Trust initiative is gearing up to onboard new suppliers and retailers this year

​​A report outlined by blockchain analytics company Chainalysis reveals that two hacker groups account have reportedly stolen $1 billion in cryptocurrency

​​BTC skeptic and ex-CEO and chair of Starbucks, Howard Schultz, has announced he is considering an independent run in the forthcoming 2020 American presidential elections

​​Recap of what went on at WEF Davos 2019 (spoiler: a lot of “blockchain before Bitcoin”)

​​Togacoin has been added by the Italian securities regulator, the Commissione Nazionale per le Società e la Borsa (CONSOB), to its scam blacklist

​​Belarus’ largest bank is considering setting up a crypto exchange after the launch of reportedly the first crypto trading platform in the country in mid-January

​​Tokenized social media startup Kik says the SEC will be “doubling down on a deeply flawed regulatory and enforcement approach” if it pursues a recommended enforcement action

⁠Bithumb, Upbit, Korbit and Coinone have reportedly launched a self-regulatory initiative in order to track suspicious transactions related to crimes and money laundering

⁠Scammers are fraudulently claiming to be operating an exchange business linked to Coincheck owner Monex

⁠Monero core developer Riccardo “Fluffypony” Spagni has said he expects regulatory arbitrage to become an increasingly prevalent and impactful phenomenon in the crypto space

⁠Bitcoin has broken down the $3,500 barrier, trading at around $3,455 at press time

⁠As soon as this week, Iran may officially confirm it is releasing a state-sponsored cryptocurrency

⁠In an interview, Jan Van Eck, CEO of Van Eck Associates, suggested that Bitcoin investors have moved to gold

⁠While Fundstrat’s Tom Lee thinks Bitcoin will go to $25,000, BCG Digital Ventures’ Jeff Schumacher thinks it can go to zero. Let’s take a look at the charts

⁠The Bank of International Settlements is bearish on Bitcoin’s proof-of-work system, while the CBOE has withdrawn their BTC ETF rule change application

⁠According to sources familiar with the situation, two executives at blockchain startup R3 are departing from the company

⁠The future viability of Bitcoin’s use of the proof-of-work consensus has been called into question by a report from the Bank of International Settlements

⁠Bitcoin falls under $3,600 again as the top 20 cryptocurrencies report discrete losses

⁠Fifteen suspects allegedly running a cryptocurrency scam which raked in millions of dollars have been arrested by police in Taiwan

⁠An unidentified individual or group has reportedly placed a link to a phishing LocalBitcoins clone website on the official LocalBitcoins forum

⁠CEO of Messari has confirmed that the threatening calls he has received after his company criticized XRP were made by “punk kids,” apparently unaffiliated with Ripple

⁠The U.K. might roll out a definitive regulatory framework for crypto by summer 2019. It is time to reassess how other crypto markets have been defining digital assets

⁠Bitcoin hovers over $3,600 again as the top 20 cryptocurrencies report discreet gains

⁠Blockchain is “no better than an Excel spreadsheet” according to Nouriel “Dr. Doom” Roubini, one of the most notorious cryptocurrency critics

⁠Bitcoin holds the 15th place in the latest Chinese government-sponsored rankings of major cryptocurrencies, while EOS keeps its top spot

⁠Crypto mobile wallet BRD has raised $15 million in a Series B funding round backed by SBI Holding’s crypto subsidiary

⁠At the Nordic Business Forum in Stockholm, Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak has said that he sold all of his Bitcoin when it hit around $20,000

⁠U.S.-based agricultural giant Cargill will invest its digital engineering resources in developing Hyperledger Grid

⁠Prior to the release of AMD’s Q4 2018 report, some analysts are cautions that a “crypto hangover” could still be affecting the company

⁠Liechtenstein-registered crypto exchange Bitstamp has partnered with major Swiss online bank Dukascopy to allow its customers trade Bitcoin