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Cryptocurrency events, 18 January 2018: a video review
Bitnewstoday has once again prepared a digest for those cryptocurrency investors who prefer not to read separate publications and instead, watch videos on the topic. Here’s a bit of news our site has described today
17 January 2018 21:00, UTC
Regulation
Choi Heung-sik, South Korean FSS: the regulator employees were indeed involved in insider trading
The local South Korean news message tells that the head the Financial Supervisory Service openly admitted that staff in the service indeed made profits on insider trading, no confirmation from American media yet
17 January 2018 21:00, UTC
Regulation
New Congress bill dedicated to fintech task force, cryptocurrency directly mentioned
The new draft law offered for Congress to review is dedicated to a new team which will monitor and prevent illicit activities connected with digital currencies to combat terrorism. Members of the team will include both officials and private firm representatives
17 January 2018 21:00, UTC
News
Blockchain-related ETFs launched on NASDAQ

Several new ETFs have been launched on NASDAQ, and this event is effectively promoting blockchain for institutional investors who operated with this respected exchange years before blockchain was even invented

17 January 2018 21:00, UTC
News
Ledger gets a considerable investment of $75 million dollars
Ledger, one of the leaders in the sphere of hardware wallets able to store cryptocurrency in one of the most secure ways known today, gets a big, multimillion dollar sum from Draper Esprit PLC, investment firm with which Tim Draper works closely
17 January 2018 21:00, UTC
Investments
The pioneers of ICO market
The article presents an overview of some of the earliest ICO. Bitnewstoday.com calculates how much money investors have earned with the projects that attracted funding through ICO three-four years ago
17 January 2018 21:00, UTC Margareth Nail
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Brian Fargo’s new game shop to use its own cryptocoin

The new platform named Robot Cache is going to have its own cryptocurrency, which is an interesting addition, currently non-mainstream in the sphere of computer games. The success of the platform remains to be seen

17 January 2018 21:00, UTC
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How mining equipment evolved: from GPU to ASIC

Bitnewstoday.com takes a look at how mining difficulty has changed components of mining equipment

17 January 2018 21:00, UTC Margareth Nail
Regulation
Research: Markus and Willy, bots at Mt Gox, multiplied the BTC price by 10 back in 2013
Bitcoin’s current immaturity is nothing like it immaturity during the first years of its existence. Looks like the scale of Mt Gox frauds is still being assessed. To find out how Mt Gox is connected to frauds this time, read the news below
16 January 2018 21:00, UTC
News
Saxo Bank: Bitcoin’s gonna grow to $100,000
Contrary to its previous prediction described on Bitnewstoday, now Saxo Bank suggests Bitcoin could grow towards $100,000 due to the growing interest of institutional investors and serious financial organizations from the big market
16 January 2018 21:00, UTC
News
Dallas Mavericks to accept Bitcoin
The basketball team Dallas Mavericks will sell tickets to the games with them for Bitcoin and Ethereum next season. The team is owned by a billionaire who was a cryptocurrency skeptic and then invested in startups connected with this sphere
16 January 2018 21:00, UTC
News
Today’s main cryptocurrency events: a video review
Bitnewstoday has prepared a digest for those cryptocurrency investors who prefer not to read tons of separate news messages and instead, watch videos on the topic. Here’s bit of news our site has described today
16 January 2018 21:00, UTC
News
What do internet users would like to know about cryptocurrencies?
Bitnewstoday has analyzed users’ requests regarding cryptocurrencies. Read in this article about what internet users would like to know about cryptocoins
16 January 2018 21:00, UTC Margareth Nail
Regulation
Jean-Pierre Landau, former BOF Deputy Governor, now responsible for crypto regulations in France
The former Deputy Governor of Bank of France Jean-Pierre Landau is going to lead the cryptocurrency regulation team established by Bruno Le Maire, who himself leads the country’s Ministry of Economy. See if Landau is a Bitcoin advocate or a Bitcoin skeptic
16 January 2018 21:00, UTC
Regulation
Herman Gref: cryptocurrencies “should not be banned under any circumstances”
During the Gaidar Forum, the head of Sberbank has demonstrated his long-standing support for fintech and once again warned that under no circumstances should the laws which can “bury what we have right now” be implemented. Meanwhile, the traditional media notes: Bitcoin has plunged by 25% and even reached the values around 11,000 USD
16 January 2018 21:00, UTC
Regulation
AUSTRAC reminds crypto exchanges about illicit finance tracking obligations
The regulator responsible for prevention of money laundering and terrorism finance tells the cryptocurrency exchanges to identify customers, report any suspicious activities and keep records of transactions
16 January 2018 21:00, UTC
News
Metropolitan: media did not interpret our statement correctly
Read this news to find out where Bitnewstoday went wrong along with other financial outlets, including those read by big investors and Wall Street asset managers and how to separate fake news from real news
16 January 2018 21:00, UTC
Regulation
BitConnect closes its exchange platform after regulators’ warnings
Due to the number of reasons, the cryptocurrency exchange platform of BitConnect is closing, and DDoS attacks together with discontent of the notable market figures might have contributed to the sad fate of this organization as well
16 January 2018 21:00, UTC
News
Bitcoin now so huge that “Bits” are proposed to avoid strange prices

The new unit proposed by developer Jimmy Song will make dollar prices converted in Bitcoin look less strange for new customers, tells the media. More corporate endorsement required for success, however

15 January 2018 21:00, UTC
News
Crypto markets falling down
Major cryptocurrencies fell by 10 or more percents in 24 hours for reasons currently unknown. Might be a natural correction or the aftermath of the recent events in South Korea. Nobody knows how long this fall is going to last
15 January 2018 21:00, UTC