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Collectible William Shatner Figurines Have Now Been Authenticated on Ethereum

A London-based blockchain startup Mattereum’s Asset Passport goes live on Ethereum mainnet. Its goal is to provide authentication services for collectible items in order to combat counterfeits and provide investors with fractional investment opportunities. Matterum’s platform for authenticating collectible items is now live, and it’s already processed several $10,000 William Shatner figurines. According to its…
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Seven “Golden Crosses” Shine in the Top 10 as Bitcoin Enters the Club

Source: iStock/Ivan-balvan Just as the crypto market sees the first signs of a recovery after the weekend sell-off, several major cryptoassets are showing a highly bullish signal in their charts in the form of a so-called “golden cross.” At the time of writing (8:50 UTC), a golden cross has formed in seven out of the…
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Expect More Volatility in Bitcoin, Retail is Most Bullish – Analysts

We may have just seen the tip of the iceberg in terms of volatility to come this quarter, two new reports suggest, while leaving the door open for the possibility that lower volatility could be a new normal for the bitcoin (BTC) market. According to the January 2020 Volatility Report from the U.S.-based crypto exchange…
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Instant Crypto Exchanges, Explained

Instant crypto exchanges offer a number of benefits over their traditional trading exchange counterparts: increased fund safety, price aggregation, and simple onboarding and interfaces. Finding the right exchange solution By now, it should be clear that the right solution for your exchange needs depends largely on your needs and goals. For those seeking a simple…
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Ripple is Like Amazon In Its Early Days, Says Brad Garlinghouse

Jeff Bezos, Founder of Amazon in 1999, or five years after the company was founded. Ripple was founded eight years ago, in 2012. Image: a video screenshot, Youtube, CNBC Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse says his company wants people to think of it as a blockchain infrastructure builder – adding that Ripple would work with the…
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China Tracks Victims of Coronavirus with WeChat and Alipay

The new Coronavirus outbreak has pushed Chinese officials to track individual citizens by their medicine purchases, which presents major ramifications for crypto. The government of Hubei, the Chinese province at the epicenter of the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) outbreak, issued a report on Feb. 18 detailing measures taken against the disease. The officials revealed that they tracked…
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Boerse Stuttgart’s Crypto Custody Arm Blocknox Expands Service to Institutional Clients

Blocknox will expand its cryptocurrency custody service to institutional clients, including banks and fintech firms. Blocknox, a subsidiary of Boerse Stuttgart Digital Ventures GmbH that has provided cryptocurrency custody service on an escrow basis, is looking to expand the service to its institutional clients. Boerse Stuttgart revealed the plans in a Feb. 18 tweet, detailing…
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Boerse Stuttgart’s Crypto Arm Aims at New Institutional Investors + More News

Crypto Briefs is your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptocurrency and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news. Adoption news Blocknox, a subsidiary of the second-largest German stock exchange Boerse Stuttgart, will offer cryptocurrency custody for institutions. According to the announcement, Blocknox  Read more »Pay, Trade, Buy Bitcoin with…
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FCA Keeps EPayments on Lockdown, Crypto Unlikely at Fault

Payment system ePayments has been halted by the FCA for about a week now, and all accounts remain suspended. Does crypto have anything to do with it? On Feb. 11, ePayments Systems Ltd, a United Kingdom-regulated electronic money institution, suspended all online payment activity at the request of the Financial Conduct Authority, the local regulator.…
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DeFi Loses USD 140M in a Few Hours as bZx Suffers Another Exploit

Assets locked in DeFi (decentralized finance) have dropped more than USD 142 million in a few hours as DeFi platform bZx suffered yet another attack. Just four days ago, somebody exploited a vulnerability in tokenized margin trading and lending platform bZx, and now the reports are coming out that the same thing has happened once…
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