In 2019, Zcash is preparing a network update called Blossom. To make the upgrade as convenient as possible and meet the developers’ plans, the founder of the cryptocurrency Zooko Wilcox published a document on GitHub, where each user can leave suggestions for improving the system. Nonetheless, hidden mining software—apparently created by “Russian hackers”—was discovered in the most secure and confidential Zcash network.

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🗣 In an interview published by American Civil Liberties Union, Edward Snowden said that “one day Bitcoin will be gone.”
via The Block

💰 According to a recent research report by Outlier Ventures, venture capital investments in the blockchain space are up 316% from 2017.
via Outlier Ventures

🗓 The Mt.Gox trustee is seeking to extend the deadline for filing civil rehabilitation claims to December.
via CoinDesk

😨 Cryptocurrency trading platform BitMEX reports that at least 12 initial coin offering (ICO) projects that raised over $50 million have not launched yet.
via Cointelegraph

🇮🇳 Indian police have charged four individuals involved in a multi-level marketing (MLM) crypto scam.
via ccn

Cryptocurrency mining operations in China have reportedly started the selloff of mining machines by weight.

The miners are being sold “by kilo,” according to the F2Pool founder’s post on the Weibo microblogging platform.

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Sonny Singh, the Chief Commercial Officer (CCO) of global crypto payment processor BitPay, has predicted that Bitcoin (BTC) will hit $15,000 to $20,000 by the end of 2019 due to the financial giants’ entry into the space.

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Every week, The Block publishes expert cryptocurrency legal analysis by Stephen Palley and Nelson M. Rosario, who summarize three cryptocurrency-related cases. The summaries are provided for educational purposes only and should not be considered legal advice.

This week’s cases are:
• Gevorkyan v. Bitmain
• Copytrack Pte Ltd. v. Wall
• Cunningham v. Brown

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The launch of the Minter main network is not far off, which means it is time for all BIP holders to think about whose node to delegate their coins to. Check out a guest post explaining why one should be attentive to statistics and other indicators of the validator in the testnet.

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Many have chosen to work in the crypto industry. Since the beginning of the fall, two Nobel Prize winners have been working at Cryptic Labs, the economist Christopher Pissarides and Harvard University professor Eric Maskin. Earlier, Oliver Hart, who is also the winner of a prestigious award, went to work for the Prysm Group. Not only beginning specialists are choosing a career in the field of financial technologies. Besides, more and more world renowned universities offer appropriate training programs. But are there any prospects on the labor market if cryptocurrencies are getting cheaper?

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🇺🇸 Ohio is set to become the first U.S. state to accept Bitcoin for tax bills.
via The Wall Street Journal

🗓 Ethereum’s potential 2019 upgrade may replace Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) and introduce storage fees for smart contracts.
via CoinDesk

👩‍⚖️ Stephen D. Palley analyzed the reversal of the Order freezing Charlie Shrem’s assets.
via The Block

🇬🇧 The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) conducted inquiries into 50 cryptocurrency firms allegedly operating without its permission.
via Cointelegraph

🍽 Suspected former BTC-e operator Alexander Vinnik plans to go on hunger strike.
via Bitcoin.com

Just because you are calling something Crypto does not mean you can ignore the rules we have had in place for years, but I do think we also need to be willing to open the doors a little bit wider for innovation.

An interview with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Commissioner Hester Peirce on the regulation of the crypto market.

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Patrick Byrne, CEO of an online retail store Overstock, plans to sell Overstock’s retail business in early 2019 to concentrate on the blockchain technology.

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Shixing Mao, founder of F2Pool—the third-largest Bitcoin mining pool in the world—said that between 600,000 and 800,000 Bitcoin miners have shut down since the middle of November.

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In October, Yahoo Finance and Decrypt Media published a joint report stating that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) had tightened the prosecution of ICOs, putting “hundreds” of projects at risk. At the same time, according to the document, dozens of companies “quietly agreed” to return investment funds and pay fines, instead of trying to come to an agreement with the regulatory requirements. Yahoo and Decrypt Media noted that there was still no regulatory clarity in the crypto space and the Commission “was not going to provide it.” On November 16, the SEC issued a statement on digital assets, one of the few such documents since the DAO report, but experts doubt that it will clarify the situation and make life easier for players in the crypto market. Our today article reviews the current sentiments of the SEC and the projects that the Commission has dealt with in November.

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🔓 BitPay’s Copay wallet application was affected by a vulnerability on the popular Javanoscript library event-stream.
via ccn

💸 A blockchain marketplace for journalism called Civil has been failing to compensate its reporters for their work so far.
via CoinDesk

💵 Ripple and Coinbase have invested USD 12.75 million in the project aimed at disrupting the U.S. securities industry.
via TechCrunch

👩‍⚖️ Bitmain is facing a $5 million class-action lawsuit for allegedly using its customers’ devices to mine cryptocurrency for its own benefit.
via Cointelegraph

🇨🇭 The Amun Crypto Basket ETP already has the highest volume of any exchange-traded product trading on the venue.
via The Block

According to sources familiar with the matter, Nasdaq Inc. is moving ahead with a plan to list Bitcoin (BTC) futures in the first quarter of 2019 despite the cryptocurrency market slump.

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As we reported yesterday, Ohio will become the first U.S. state to allow its residents to pay taxes with Bitcoin (BTC).

The Block published an interview with Josh Mandel, the State Treasurer of Ohio behind this push.

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Tether has launched a redesigned platform and reopened account verification and direct redemption of fiat funds. The company has also introduced new minimal issuance and redemption requirements for its customers.

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Throughout all of 2018, there was no week more unprofitable for the crypto market than the previous one. On Sunday, November 25, Bitcoin updated its 12-month low, dropping to $3,838 and losing more than 26% over the week. Other coins followed Bitcoin as Ether went down to $115, losing its place in the market. The second-largest coin by capitalization was Ripple, which was trading at $0.37. And the total capitalization of the crypto market over the week decreased by $57 billion. Under the current situation, many market players panicked, while others found opportunities to make money. DeCenter found out what traders and large investors are doing during the current drop and what leading analysts forecast.

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🇺🇸 Jay Clayton, head of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), said that the approval of cryptocurrency exchange-traded funds (ETFs) depends on exchanges’ ability to eliminate manipulation.
via CoinDesk

🏦 According to a person familiar with the matter, Fidelity’s cryptocurrency VC fund is back on track with a new fund manager.
via The Block

🇨🇦 Yesterday, the Toronto Stock Exchange halted trading in Mike Novogratz’s crypto merchant bank, Galaxy Digital Holdings Ltd. ($GLXY), for a few hours.
via CNW

👁 Cryptocurrency exchange Bitstamp will be utilizing a new market surveillance tool to combat price manipulation.
via Bitcoin.com

💵 Binance is adding six trading pairs for the dollar-backed stablecoin Paxos Standard Token (PAX).
via Binance

The U.A.E.-based Al Hilal Bank has become the world’s first Islamic bank to leverage the blockchain technology for the resale and settlement of an Islamic sukuk.

Sukuks generate returns to investors without violating Islamic law prohibiting interest.

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According to Mike Novogratz’s cryptocurrency merchant bank Galaxy Digital Holdings LP’s filings this week, the company has lost USD 136 million in the first nine months of the year.

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Coinbase has debuted OTC (over-the-counter) trading, targeting institutional investors.

“We launched our OTC business as a complement to our exchange business because we found a lot of institutions were using OTC as an on-ramp for crypto trading,” said Christine Sandler, company’s head of sales.

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