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⁠DApp transaction volume and user activity have slumped in the third quarter of 2019, per Dapp.com

⁠A combination of trading indicators suggest that crypto investors are accumulating more Bitcoin even if months of downside trading are on the cards

⁠Major South Korean convenience store chain CU will now accept a payments app based on the Terra blockchain

⁠The Sacramento Kings NBA basketball team is launching a blockchain-powered token for rewards in its gaming app

⁠The WFE has appealed to the United Kingdom’s financial regulator not to ban cryptocurrency derivatives for retail investors

⁠Tether’s 1:1 USD backing was a lie, according to a new class-action lawsuit against Tether and Bitfinex filed by legal firm Roche Freedman

⁠More than 200 academics and developers gathered to discuss Ripple's developer platform and global payment network.

⁠Second layer blockchain scaling platform Celer Network partners with customer relationship management startup Cere Network to launch a decentralized CRM solution

⁠Cryptocurrency exchange CoinField launches an XRP validator that is already included in Ripple’s Unique Node List, teases a new mysterious project

⁠Crypto markets are seeing notable upward movement with Bitcoin breaking back above the $8,000 level

⁠The number of the U.K. Financial Conduct Authority’s investigations into crypto businesses surges 74%: from 50 cases in 2018 to 87 already in 2019

⁠With hundreds of millions of people excluded from the financial system, decentralized finance is being touted as the driving force behind the new economy #Sponsored

⁠Ex-federal prosecutor and now Andreessen Horowitz partner Katie Haun argues that the United States blocking Facebook’s Libra will have national security implications

⁠Even 1MB blocks are more than Bitcoin needs, says Samson Mow

⁠Algo Capital ex-CTO Pablo Yabo publishes a statement in the wake of a major security breach of a hot wallet under his personal management

⁠A crypto derivatives exchange is launching physically-delivered futures contracts that will be settled based on whether Facebook’s Libra does or does not launch in 2020

⁠Riches-to-rags for Bankorus after investor dropout, says its $1 million shareholder

⁠American entrepreneur and vocal crypto advocate John McAfee launches a new decentralized exchange on the Ethereum blockchain

⁠More battles for Libra as German minister rejects its launch

⁠Cryptocurrency exchanges Bitfinex and EOSFinex announce that they successfully “chainswapped” 5 million USDT onto the EOS protocol

⁠Bitcoin has continued to slope downward of $8,000 with some major altcoins also taking a beating

Bitcoin struggles to stay above support levels, as indicators continue to point to a bear market

⁠Hong Kong’s Securities and Futures Commission has released guidelines for virtual asset portfolio managers

⁠The UAE Ministry of Community Development will host a blockchain contest with a total prize fund of $16,300

⁠This week’s selected cryptocurrency news from Brazil, courtesy of Cointelegraph Brasil

⁠Fiat backed stablecoins are here to stay, but what makes them so stable and desires? Here are a few examples

⁠In this week’s Hodler’s Digest, PayPal pulls out of Libra, crypto markets struggle to recover, and Mark Cuban really doesn’t like Bitcoin

⁠Too many crypto investors trade without having a proper plan for taking profits and cutting losses. Avoid these 10 mistakes and you’re bound to have trading success

⁠Has the altcoin season arrived? Do any of the top performers offer buying opportunities? Let’s find out

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