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The first “Bitcoin felon” and founder of the BitInstant exchange, Charlie Shrem, is again accused of fraud. This time, the Winklevoss twins are the plaintiffs, who are confident that the crypto entrepreneur stole 5,000 Bitcoins from them, which is about $32 million at the current rate. The publication of The New York Times describes the events that took place in 2012 when Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss turned to Shrem for buying Bitcoins. The brothers claim that throughout cooperation, Shrem appropriated 5,000 Bitcoins.

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💵 The profits Bitmain posted in its IPO prospectus turned out to be considerably smaller than what it had told investors in the earlier funding rounds.
via The Block

🇨🇳 China’s government officials have shut down crypto miners in two provinces for “strict” tax inspections. Bitmain, a mining giant which is also eyeing an IPO, recently deployed 90,000 S9 Antminer rigs to one of those regions.
via ccn

🇯🇵 Japanese IT giant GMO has reported a loss of about USD 5.6 million for its cryptocurrency mining business in Q3 2018.
via CoinDesk

🏢 Hedge funds aren’t giving up on cryptocurrencies just yet. Buying into equity-like digital tokens may be “like getting in on Bitcoin at the beginning,” as some of them believe.
via Bloomberg

👨🏻‍💻 This year’s Forbes 30-Under-30 list features four young crypto entrepreneurs aged between 25 and 28.
via ccn
Lawyers representing Ripple in an ongoing securities lawsuit are trying to move the case to a U.S. federal court. The move would potentially allow the company to prove definitively that its XRP token is not a security under U.S. law.

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The upcoming hard fork of the Bitcoin Cash network scheduled for November 15 will prove to be a difficult test for the community of the fourth-largest coin on the market. Many fear that the system will break up into two competing chains as a result of the update, each of which will offer its own version of the further development of the network. What is the essence of the conflict? What to expect from the upcoming update of the Bitcoin Cash network?

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Nowadays, cryptocurrencies are far from their best indicators, because the rate of Bitcoin is at around $5,600. Many users have already lost about 80% of the market value of assets, some digital coins have disappeared. But perhaps this development of the industry is exactly what we need for a big step forward.

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💵 Binance has announced that it will list USDC as its second regulated stablecoin.
https://goo.gl/vgHL4o

😱 Google’s G Suite and Target’s actual Twitter accounts have been taken over by hackers in the past day, promoting a scammy “giveaway” of 10,000 BTC.
https://goo.gl/bdSPqd

🦅 The New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS) issued its 14th BitLicense to New York Digital Investment Group.
https://goo.gl/FnryRq

📚 CoinDesk has launched the crypto-economics explorer, a new tool for visualizing crypto.
https://goo.gl/7FjsPi

🗣 Happy Bitcoin Cash Hard Fork Day! In the meantime, check out an interview with Calvin Ayre, one of the central figures behind Bitcoin Cash SV.
https://goo.gl/41gzF5
Bitcoin continued its slump after losing 12% on Wednesday: bloom.bg/2DFSYwD
Bitcoin Cash SV is currently trading at a weighted price of $82 on Poloniex, which is ~27% of Bitcoin Cash ABC’s price.
The November 8 SEC v. EtherDelta case stirred up the crypto community, as they will likely have to part with many of the illusions that the U.S. authorities are just “merely reflecting on the cryptocurrency phenomenon, but are in no way intent on imposing serious restrictions on it.” A recent statement by Asher Tan, the founder of an Australian cryptocurrency exchange CoinJar, that “in the U.S., blockchain projects are designed in such a way that they do not allow the American government to interfere in their activities” looks naïve in this case.

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The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) was adopted by the European Union in 2016 and entered into force on May 25 of this year. It strengthened the protection of personal information of EU citizens and has extraterritorial effect, that is, its requirements apply not only to companies registered in the EU but also to those that process personal data of the EU residents and citizens, regardless of their location.

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The Bitcoin Cash network has split. What do we know about the two competing chains so far?
via CoinDesk

🕵🏻‍♂️ The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has launched a probe into the company associated with Erik Voorhees, a famous CEO of crypto exchange ShapeShift.
via Cointelegraph

💰 Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong has become the latest member to join the crypto billionaire club.
via Forbes

📉 Nvidia’s Q3 earnings report that was released today has sent the company’s stock price down by more than 18%. Graphics processing units manufacturer continues to feel the weak demand for hardware used for mining cryptocurrencies.
via The Block

🇫🇷 France’s financial markets regulator estimates the global ICO industry has raised $21.9 billion since 2014.
via Bitcoin.com
Famous crypto lawyer Jake Chervinsky’s Twitter thread on recent SEC’s clampdown on EtherDelta and its founder: https://goo.gl/qGtwAz
European Central Bank (ECB) executive board member Benoit Coeure said this week that 69 percent of central banks are already exploring the concept of central bank digital currencies (CBDCs).

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What can you do with Ethereum light clients (Metamask, MyEtherWallet, and MyCrypto)? What is the difference between the Ethereum virtual machine (EVM) and the Mist browser? Andreas Antonopoulos explains!

P.S. The Parity Wallet interface mentioned in the video has since been deprecated.

https://youtu.be/XhYIOQe1Il4
Bitcoin and graffiti are almost tied by blood, as both come from the desire for freedom, freedom from control. Today, Bitcoin graffiti are occupying more and more streets around the world, including those in Paris, San Francisco, Tel Aviv, Kyiv, Prague, Vilnius, London. Some crypto graffiti are anonymous, and some belong to graffiti artists known for their resonance work. Some are completely isolated, and some lead a dialog with older works of this genre. So, what is Bitcoin graffiti?

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The crypto community is regularly talking about increasing or decreasing trends in digital assets, which are difficult to predict due to high volatility. Throughout the year, with varying success after December 2017, the market continues to be bearish, a factor which lowered the price of Bitcoin from $21,000 to $6,000. It is challenging to predict the upcoming trends when crypto assets go up or down. This is done using technical analysis with indicators that are taken from fiat trading.

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🇨🇭 Switzerland’s principal stock exchange SIX Swiss Exchange will list the world’s first multi-crypto-based exchange-traded product (ETP) this week.
https://goo.gl/rpzH3d

⚔️ Bitcoin Cash ABC vs. Bitcoin Cash SV hash rate war: Who is winning so far?
https://goo.gl/zNk88Y

💳 Metropolitan Commercial Bank is preparing to issue Visa crypto debit cards in the United States.
https://goo.gl/GjRpd6

🤝 From October 2017 to October 2018, employer interest in crypto positions rose by 25%.
https://goo.gl/7tq2W2

💻 Mythical Games has raised $16 million to develop online games on EOS.
https://goo.gl/y9nUQN