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

Bitcoin (BTC), Litecoin (LTC), and Ether (ETH) are the most supported assets by crypto ATMs.
Source: https://goo.gl/VJXKmF

In cooperation with cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase, KPMG—one of the big four auditors—released a 42-page report that details the company’s view of crypto assets. Below is the article containing key takeaways from the research.

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According to Linda Pawczuk, team lead for Deloitte’s blockchain group, negative crypto headlines are making the company’s clients anxious.

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Since the middle of the last week, the digital asset market has been in the red, marking a 12-month low. From Wednesday to Thursday, the total capitalization of the cryptocurrency market declined by almost 14%, falling from $210 to $180 billion. According to Coinmarketcap, today the total capitalization of cryptocurrency is slightly higher than $160 billion. Nevertheless, this is the lowest figure since the beginning of the year, during which the market has never dropped below $200 billion. DeCenter figured out the possible causes of such a sharp collapse.

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The PoS (Proof-of-Stake) consensus algorithm and its modifications are becoming the preferred method of protecting cryptocurrencies in the market. Ethereum, the third-largest cryptocurrency network by capitalization, is preparing for a full transition to PoS, which not only reduces power consumption but also significantly increases the level of security of the entire network. The market demand for services for working with assets of PoS networks, such as the P2P Validator, is growing. Launched this year, the project provides users with the ability to manage their own assets in PoS networks without having to trust third parties.

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📉 The Bitcoin price has fallen to as low as $4,500; the low represents a new bottom over the past 13 months.
via CoinDesk

🗓 Cryptocurrency exchange OKEx settled Bitcoin Cash contracts early without warning, causing roughly $24 million in aggregate losses for short positions.
via Bloomberg

❗️ Kraken has launched Bitcoin Cash SV trading but warned traders of “red flags.”
via Kraken

🇺🇸 The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) is investigating Tether’s connection to Bitcoin’s price rally last year.
via Bloomberg

🔗 Bitcoin Cash SV appeared to be facing a block reorganization attack yesterday. As it’s turned out later, the reorg was unintentional and not an attack.
via The Block

The SEC recently fined two companies that didn’t register initial coin offerings as securities. Here’s what Jake Chervinsky has to say (thread): https://goo.gl/BBP9ui

Three major cryptocurrency over-the-counter (OTC) trading desks—Cumberland, Genesis Trading, and Circle Trade—will be providing data for MVIS Bitcoin US OTC Spot Index, a new Bitcoin index.

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In response to the accusations of “manipulating markets” by adjusting Bitcoin Cash (BCH) futures settlements, the OKEx exchange claimed the change had been “based on the consideration of market integrity and customer interests.”

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While anti-records are being set on the market of digital assets on the value of Bitcoin over the past 12 months with it falling to $4,500, mining companies are not losing optimism and are demonstrating new achievements in developing more compact devices for mining coins. The Coinmine startup presented a mining rig on Wednesday, November 14, that looks like a game console and not a farm with ASIC devices. Will the new gaming device be a replacement for cumbersome farms and how will the project be beneficial for the creators and the miners themselves?

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Silk Road is a darknet platform for trading illegal goods founded by Ross Ulbricht in 2011 and named after the caravan road, a trade route between Europe and East Asia built in the 2nd century BC. Silk Road existed for two years and eight months. In October 2013, Ulbricht was arrested by the FBI in the San Francisco Public Library in Glen Park. Today, Ulbricht is serving a life sentence, and his Twitter account is collecting signatures for his release, having more than 22,000 followers.

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🗓 The Bakkt digital assets platform, which was created by the operator of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), is now “targeting” January 24, 2019, as a launch date.
via Bakkt

📉 According to Chainalysis, the value of Bitcoins handled by Bitcoin payment processors has dropped nearly 80% from $427 million in December 2017 to $96 million in September 2018.
via Reuters

🌊 Despite that Ether price has dropped to an 18-month low, ICOs are not liquidating their ETH treasuries.
via The Block

🗣 Taavet Hinrikus, CEO of the cross-border payments startup TransferWise, said the company wouldn’t use blockchain until there is more adoption.
via Fortune

💰 Binance Labs invested $3 million in San Francisco-based over-the-counter (OTC) trading desk Koi Trading.
via ccn

Andreas Antonopoulos released his new book, ennoscriptd Mastering Ethereum: Building Smart Contracts and DApps.
Link to tweet: https://goo.gl/9kVBRK

The Block’s senior correspondent, Frank Chaparro, went on Yahoo Finance to discuss the ongoing crypto bear market and how volatility may be scaring off investors.

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Cryptocurrency payments processing company BitPay will add support for the Paxos Standard (PAX) stablecoin.

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Today, when “every second project is stablecoin,” this type of cryptocurrency already occupies a separate niche within the global crypto space, having its own statistics and tracking tools, including the Stablecoin Index, the Stable Report, the Stablecoin Stats, and the Stablecoin Wars, some of which may become the “Coinmarketcap for the Stablecoins.”

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On October 31st, Bitcoin, the first digital asset, turned ten years old. During this time, the cryptocurrency market has grown from zero to over $200 billion, and about 15,500 exchanges have appeared. These figures are regularly increasing, and interest is not fading, despite the ever-changing moods. One of the reasons for this is that cryptocurrencies remain an effective method of earning. Trading on digital assets exchanges attracts fiat traders and other users who are overwhelmed with the idea of ​​making quick profits.

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