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October 16, 2018Stablecoins Gone Wild
The Gemini dollar (GUSD) soared above $1 to a high of $1.19 Tuesday, just a day after competing stablecoin Tether (USDT) dropped to an 18-month low.
Crypto exchange Bitfinex announced a new process for depositing fiat currency, a move that came after the platform halted the service in recent days.
Singapore-based crypto exchange Huobi will list 4 US dollar-pegged coins some time this week.
A new startup called the Paradigm Foundation has secured $1 million in equity seed as it hopes to unite all the decentralized exchanges in a single order book.

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5 min
October 15, 2018Fidelity Goes Crypto
Financial services provider Fidelity Investments is launching a cryptocurrency trading and storage platform.
The price of the tether stablecoin (USDT) fell to an 18-month low Monday, and rumors are swirling.
But it's not all bad news for stablecoins: Hong Kong-based cryptocurrency exchange OKEx has announced that it is adding four U.S. dollar-pegged cryptocurrencies to its platform for trading.
Blockchain startup Adhara has secured $15 million in new funding from Consensys, the ethereum design studio. Good news for its all-star team of former banking innovators.
Sony has developed a new blockchain-based digital rights management system that may see commercial rollout.

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7 min
October 12, 2018Ex-Trump Advisor Joins Blockchain Startup
Bithumb, the largest cryptocurrency exchange in South Korea by trading volume, has been sold.
Ethereum's next system-wide upgrade is on track for November release, according to coders.
Gary Cohn, once the chief economic advisor to U.S. President Donald Trump, has just joined a blockchain startup called Spring Labs.
U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission chair J. Christopher Giancarlo says that an influx of institutional investors to the cryptocurrency markets may help the space "mature.”
Crypto exchange Coinbase is shutting down its institutional-investor focused index fund product, a spokesperson told CoinDesk.

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9 min
October 11, 2018Twitter Promotes an Elon Impostor
Coinbase will add the 0x protocol token to its professional trading platform, Coinbase Pro. It's the first ERC-20 token to get a place on the platform.
A region in Northern Syria is looking to cryptocurrency as a way to overcome economic sanctions.
Crypto giveaway scams featuring Elon Musk impostors are common on Twitter, but on Thursday they went to new heights, with a promoted tweet from a verified account.
The Securities and Exchange Commission moves against an initial coin offering and its organizer who allegedly claimed to have received approval from the agency.
Know any Mandarin-speaking blockchain experts? The People's Bank of China is hiring as it continues development of its central bank digital currency.

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7 min
October 10, 2018Life in the Sidechain
Three years in the making, bitcoin's first sidechain, called "Liquid", is now live.
The Financial Stability Board says that cryptocurrencies and digital assets are not currently a threat to global financial stability.
The Securities and Exchange Commission goes after an alleged pump-and-dump scheme involving a $100 million ICO.
Cryptocurrency exchange Gemini hires another Wall street executive
Blockchain finance firm Clearmatics Technologies raises over $12 million in a Series A funding round.

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8 min
October 09, 2018Spanked By Hackers
The Persian Gulf may get its first cryptocurrency exchange licensed by a central bank.
A cryptocurrency investment fund in Switzerland receives a license from the nation's financial markets regulator.
Blockchain startup Bitwala is aiming to launch Germany's first "blockchain bank account."
SpankChain, a cryptocurrency project focused on the adult industry, has suffered a breach that saw almost $40,000 in ethereum (ETH) stolen.
Japanese IT giant GMO Internet is jumping into the race to launch a successful stablecoin, planning the launch of a yen-pegged cryptocurrency in 2019.

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9 min
October 08, 2018Crypto: Don’t Leave Venezuela Without It
French supermarket giant Carrefour joins an IBM Blockchain program.
An ICO on bitcoin? If start-up RSK has its way, it could happen.
Controversial exchange Bitfinex attempts to disprove rumors of insolvency.
Stealth startup Good Money plans to launch of crypto wallet with the help of "mega-bloggers." Hope Floyd's available!
Venezuelan citizens must now purchase passports using the Petro, the nation's oil-backed cryptocurrency.

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7 min
October 05, 2018Yale Going Crypto?
Yale University reportedly invested $400 million in crypto fund.
SEC is looking for more comments on rejected bitcoin ETFs.
Miner making multi-million bet on Ethereum staying Proof-of-Work.
Celsius has over 10,000 users earning interest on crypto.
Fortnite Cheat has bitcoin-targeting malware.

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7 min
October 04, 2018Spies and Bribes
The EOS community is having its first voting fraud scandal.
The U.S. Department of Justice charged seven alleged Russian intelligence agents with using cryptocurrencies to fund undercover operations across the world.
An ICE official says that his agency tracks cryptocurrency conversions in its investigations.
The co-organizer of the first-ever Crypto Springs conference says, “nothing is decentralized”.
A French start-up receives $1.7 million to develop the Lightning Network.

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9 min
October 03, 2018Gemini Gets Insured
A critical exploit originally found in bitcoin’s code was patched last month before criminals could act on it. But it now appears there were some victims.
IBM claims to have found a way to reduce the energy consumption needed on proof-of-work blockchains.
This week RIpple was out in full force at its Swell conference.
Crypto exchange Gemini announced that from now on the digital assets it holds in custody will be covered by the insurance company Aon.
A new Congressional bill dubbed Blockchain Promotion Act of 2018 was recently introduced to the U.S. House of Representatives.

Host Pete Rizzo has the latest.
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7 min