Crypto Weekly | Cryptocurrency, Bitcoin, Ethereum, Altcoin and ICO news from the week

This week in the news:   - Orange Man causes Orange coin pump with Chinese trade war   - North Korea funds nuclear programme with crypto hacks (and bank hacks but that's not newsworthy).   - Litecoin halvening happens   - Bitmain post $310m loss   - Earn 8% on your BNB bags   - We deep dive into /biz/ because why not?

This week in the news:

- Facebook admit that Libra may never launch due to pressure from world governments.

- The Chinese are purchasing vast amounts of Tether to get around restrictions swapping Russian Roubles for Yuan.

- The IRS send out letter to those they suspect of owing taxes due to crypto currency trading.

- You can now spend your hard earned Bitcoin on public transport in Brazil's 5th largest city! The possibilities are endless.

This week in the news:

• Iran attempt to avoid sanctions by developing their own gold backed cryptocurrency while also lifting bans on mining.
• Justin Sun postpones his lunch with Warren Buffett over kidney stones. Rumours begin that he is actually held in mainland China.
• Daimler, the parent company of Mercedes Benz, announce work on hardware wallets within their vehicles "unlocking boundless opportunities".
• Bakkt begin testing out their contracts for physically settled Bitcoin futures.

This week in the news:

• US government absolutely quaking in their boots over Libra and table plans to stop any tech firm creating a digital currency.
• US treasury secretary Steven Mnuchin blows out cryptocurrencies claiming that criminals are ruining them for everybody.
• The UK introduce their own crime plan to combat financial crimes involving cryptocurrencies.
• Some absolute mad man has been embezzling funds and using them to pump our bags. Hold tight Dennis Blieden.

Plus more!

This week in the news:

- Videos circulate of police at an office affiliated with TRON and the internet blows it out of proportion.

- Bitcoin hash rate hits an all time high.

- Maduro back on the Petro grind.

- China to create their own Libra competitor?

- SEC release a statement on the custody of digital assets for brokers.

- We deep dive into Ken's charity boxing match!

Plus more!

This week in the news:

• Craig Wright allegedly sheds multiple tears in court in the US.
• The G20 announce plans to demand user data from cryptocurrency exchanges. Get ready to pay your taxes.
• Native BAT tipping is coming to Reddit if you use the Brave browser.
• We deep dive into Technical Analysis.

Plus more!

This week in the news:

• Craig Wright officially misses his court deadline to declare his Bitcoin holdings.
• Various government around the world get mad about Facebook's plans for Libra.
• Deceased Quadriga CEO was found to be playing fast and loose with customer funds.
• We take a deep dive into ChainLink.

Plus more!

This week in the news:

- Binance will block US users from their main exchange with a region specific one set to open together with a more limited array of tokens for purchase.

- Craig Wright is in danger of being held in contempt of court in Florida and we cannot say that we are upset about it.

- Facebook unveil a whitepaper and further information about Libra, their new cryptocurrency. We deep dive into it for you, the glorious listener.

All this and more!

This week in the news:

- CCN close its doors citing a recent Google update causing a 50% drop in traffic.

- India propose a bill that would put people behind bars for 10 years for holding, sending or pretty much having anything to do with cryptocurrency.

- Dharma open up a $100ml cryptocurrency fund and are apparently going long on ETH.

- We deep dive into Ethereum!

Plus more!

This week in the news:

- Justin Sun pays $4.5ml to have lunch with Warren Buffett. Possibly the worst candidate to shill the oracle of Omaha on crypto?
- KIK refuse to back down to the SEC's claims that their ICO was an illegal security offering.
- Peter McCormack finally hires some lawyers.
- A conspiracy theory arises linking the criminal Paul Le Roux to Satoshi.
- We deep dive into margin trading. The dos, donts and how to stay safe out there.

Plus more!