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- Craig Wright ‘in Discussions’ to Settle Multi-Billion Dollar Court Case September 18, 2019Craig Wright, the entrepreneur who controversially claims he is Satoshi Nakamoto, is moving to settle the $10 billion Kleiman court case.
- New York Among 13 States Excluded as Binance.US Opens for Registrations September 18, 2019The U.S. arm of cryptocurrency exchange Binance is opening for registration and deposits on Wednesday.
- European Space Agency Backs Blockchain Satellite Project September 18, 2019Blockchain startup SpaceChain won a 60K euro grant from the European Space Agency to investigate use-cases for their satellite-based wallet system.
- Huobi Expands Crypto Exchange to Argentina Amid Peso Devaluation September 18, 2019Crypto exchange Huobi is expanding to Argentina as cryptocurrencies gain acceptance in the region as a hedge against the infamous inflationary peso.
- Messaging App LINE’s Crypto Exchange Goes Live for 80 Million Users in Japan September 18, 2019Messaging giant LINE has officially launched a crypto exchange service to its 80 million users based in Japan.
- Ether, XRP Rise to 1-Month Highs While Bitcoin Falls September 18, 2019Ether, XRP rise to 1-Month highs despite bitcoin's poor performance in recent weeks.
- VanEck, SolidX Withdraw Bitcoin ETF Proposal From SEC Review September 17, 2019VanEck and SolidX just pulled their bitcoin ETF proposal a month before the SEC would have to approve or reject it.
- CoinDesk to Move Into Same Building as Owner Digital Currency Group September 17, 2019Employees at crypto news publication CoinDesk were told Tuesday that the firm is moving into the same building as its parent, Digital Currency Group.
- China’s Inner Mongolia to Shutter ‘Illegal’ Bitcoin Miners by October September 17, 2019China’s Inner Mongolia autonomous region is carrying out an inspection to eliminate “illegal” bitcoin mining operations by October.
- CFTC Taps Coinbase Lawyer to Head Division Overseeing Bitcoin Futures September 17, 2019New CFTC Chairman Heath Tarbert has named Coinbase general counsel Dorothy DeWitt as the agency's new director of market oversight.
- Coinbase-Backed ConsenSys Alum Aims to Build GitHub for Web3 September 17, 2019Harrison Hines, a former ConsenSys token guru, is building a developer hub for the decentralized web via his startup Terminal.
- Ex-CFTC Chair ‘Crypto Dad’ Giancarlo Joins Digital Chamber Trade Group September 17, 2019Former CFTC chairman Christopher Giancarlo has joined the advisory board of the Chamber of Digital Commerce.
- Wells Fargo to Pilot Dollar-Linked Stablecoin for Internal Settlement September 17, 2019U.S.-based financial giant Wells Fargo is developing a digital dollar that will run on the firm’s first blockchain platform.
- Will Bitcoin’s Price Rally After Federal Reserve Rate Cut? September 17, 2019Bitcoin is down again, but observers believe the losses could be reversed after a U.S. interest rate cut expected Wednesday.
- BIS Paper Makes Case for ‘Embedded’ Regulation in Blockchain Markets September 17, 2019An economist at the Bank for International Settlements has come out in favor of building regulation into blockchain-based financial markets.
- Binance Makes Strategic Investment in Chinese Crypto Media Firm September 17, 2019Cryptocurrency exchange Binance has made an undisclosed investment in Chinese media and data source Mars Finance.
- AssetBlock Launches Tokenized Property Trading on Algorand Blockchain September 17, 2019Real estate startup AssetBlock has launched a new platform for trading commercial properties linked to tokens on the Algorand blockchain.
- The First Yearlong ICO for EOS Raised $4 Billion. The Second? Just $2.8 Million September 17, 2019LiquidApps, an EOS scaling project, imitated Block.One's record-setting ICO strategy but has been met with far less investor interest.
- Hedera Hashgraph, Touted as High-Speed Blockchain Alternative, Now Live September 17, 2019Hedera Hashgraph has launched its long-awaited public network, backed by major corporations and promising faster transactions than any blockchain.
- BitPay Now Lets Merchants Accept Ethereum’s Cryptocurrency September 16, 2019“This truly opens up a new world of possibilities for the Ethereum ecosystem," said Ethereum co-founder and creator Vitalik Buterin.