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Crypto News Summary - January 11

General News:
Jack Dorsey supported African crypto startup hits $1M volume.
Japan Crypto Exchanges face imminent margin trading limits.
US Treasury Department trials blockchain-based platform using tokens.

Coin Specific News:
COTI and Celsius Network forms a Defi partnership! 
SEC produces evidence that Telegram kept selling tokens after $1.7B ICO.
Ethereum, Tron, EOS account for over 98% transaction volume of dapp market.
Bitcoin.com wants to raise $50 million through an exchange token sale.

Exchanges:
Bitfinex market manipulation lawsuit refiled in New York and joined by second case.
 
Did you know:
DeFi sectors delivered 250% ROI over last year.

Cool tech fact:
Vladimir Putin still uses Windows XP. @googlefactss

Quote of the day:
"I think it’s much more interesting to live not knowing than to have answers which might be wrong." - Richard P. Feynman

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This week in crypto - week 2

Qatar bans “virtual asset services,” prohibits crypto-related transactions.
IBM and Fair Trade Initiative demo blockchain-based coffee tracking App.
Binance adds Polish Zloty, Swedish Krona fiat gateways.
Dutch derivatives exchange Deribit to move to crypto-friendly Panama.
Five crypto exchanges are expected to enter regulatory sandbox in Hong Kong.
Binance enables UK's faster payments scheme for GBP transfers.  Binance also added Thai Baht and Australian Dollar support following latest collaborations.
China's central bank completes top-layer design on digital yuan.
World’s first Blockchain-powered phone arrives at CES 2020.

Cool tech fact:
The first text message was sent on December 3rd, 1992, 28 years ago. It said, "Merry Christmas."

Quote of the day:
"The most wasted of days is one without laughter." -  E. E. Cummings

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Crypto News Summary - January 13

General News:
Japan and Philippines discuss pro-crypto laws, cooperation among Asian countries.
Asian Conglomerates lead $31M round for Blockchain remittance firm Lightnet.
US Treasury to complete PoC of Blockchain-based grants payment system.

Coin Specific News:
40 million Litecoins  locked for a year, as LTC rallies.
FOIN project explains price slide with bear market, panic selling.
Bitcoin SV, Binance feud heats up as BSV flips BNB.
CME options on Bitcoin futures (BTC) are now trading.
Cardano devs to deliver patches for incentivized testnet, ahead of Shelley Launch.
SEC requests Telegram banking data as new evidence emerges.

Exchanges:
 Dubai's real-estate firm partners with Huobi to accept crypto payments.
Coinbase hands nearly $1M to Cryptsy victims after settling class action lawsuit.
BitPay integration lets users buy Gold with cryptocurrency.
 
Cool tech fact:
Amazon's Alexa can now respond in the voice of Samuel L. Jackson. @googlefactss

Quote of the day:
"Your life’s task is to express your uniqueness through your work." - Robert Greene

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Crypto News Summary - January 14

General News:
Fidelity Investments' crypto arm makes first push into Europe.
SEC issues a warning to crypto investors of Initial Exchange Offerings (IEO’s).
Japanese regulator officially proposes cutting crypto margin trading leverage cap.
Visa to acquire crypto-serving fintech unicorn Plaid for $5.3B.

Coin Specific News:
Paxos’ tokenized Gold futures are now trading on FTX exchange.
Tokenplace announces its limited token pre-sale.
Troy Trade officially partners with STP_Networks, to build the ecosystem of assets tokenization.
Bitcoin price hits 2-month high at $8.7K as 3 bullish factors converge.
Bitcoin SV goes parabolic, flippens Bitcoin Cash.

Exchanges:
Kraken acquires Australia’s longest-running crypto service provider Bit Trade.
Upbit Exchange resumes ether services months after $49M hack.
Binance.US launches new app on iOS and Android.
KuCoin launches KuCoinPlay, a platform where you can participate in contests, discover and support  blockchain projects. Register here to try your luck and maybe win $10,000! in the ongoing giveaway.
 
Cool tech fact:
With 155 million units sold, the PlayStation 2 is the best-selling video game console of all time. In 2019, the PlayStation 4 became the second-best-selling console with 102.8 million units sold.

Quote of the day:
"The work you do while you procrastinate is probably the work you should be doing for the rest of your life." - Jessica Hische

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Crypto News Summary - January 15

General News:
JPMorgan spinoff Kadena launches public blockchain, integrates wallet to Cosmos network.
Akon gets greenlight to build crypto city in Africa.
Bitcoin prices spikes in Russia as Putin causes his entire cabinet to resign.
Malaysia bans ICOs, issues regulations for IEOs instead.
UN warns against attending North Korean crypto conference next month.
Bitwise withdraws bitcoin ETF proposal.

Coin Specific News:
Venezuelan President forces airlines to buy fuel using Petro cryptocurrency.
Bitcoin eyes $9K after biggest single-day rise in a month.
Dash takes massive leap with 62% overnight surge.
Ethereum's annual issuance hikes to 4.51% post-Ethereum Ice Age.

Exchanges:
eToro plans to launch its own debit card in 2020.
Bitstamp Crypto Exchange to pilot leverage trading via bank partnership.
Voyager to offer interest on three newly listed stablecoins.
 
Cool tech fact:
Air conditioning has some influence on sleep since a person's sleep depth changes the moment cool air hits them.

Quote of the day:
"Life is so constructed, that the event does not, cannot, will not, match the expectation." -  Charlotte Bronte

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Crypto News Summary - January 16

General News:
Australia Reserve Bank trials central bank digital currency.
New Hampshire lawmakers vote down crypto tax bill.
First Private Bank joins Turkey’s digital Gold blockchain network.

Coin Specific News:
Bitcoin SV pump labeled wash trading as BSV dump accelerates.
Litecoin foundation partners with BlockFi to provide more liquidity opportunities.
Drep has won Binance community coin vote and will get listed on Binance.
Stegos will have a premiere listing on Bithumb Global on January 17.
Cosmos (ATOM) is now available on Coinbase.
Binance Futures will launch LINK/USDT perpetual contract and open trading at 2020/01/17 08:00 AM (UTC).

Exchanges:
Bithumb crypto exchange disputes $69 million tax in court.
Gemini ventures into insurance business - launches ‘Nakamoto’ to provide $200 million crypto coverage.
Liquid Exchange cancels sale of Telegram’s Gram tokens.
Binance Exchange to restrict access to Japan residents. The exchange has also enabled conversions of selected stablecoins to BUSD.
 
Misc:
NBA’s Sacramento Kings basketball team is releasing an Ethereum-based sports memorabilia auction platform.

Cool tech fact:
Disney’s solar farm is in the shape of Mickey’s head 😂

Quote of the day:
"Life has got all those twists and turns. You’ve got to hold on tight and off you go." - Nicole Kidman

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Crypto News Summary - January 17

General News:
Shanghai strives to build global yuan innovation center in 2020.
Canada issues new crypto guidance.

Coin Specific News:
MATIC token has been added to Coinbase Custody.
Telegram launched 2018 token sale to pay for servers says SEC.
Binance to offer Elrond lending with 15% annualized interest rate.
Ripple partnering with Thailand crypto exchange to boost XRP payments network.

Exchange:
Swedish crypto exchange BTCX plans IPO in 2020.
Binance to partner with Yahoo’s Japanese divisions.
IRS to limit probe into Coinbase user, US court advises.
Huobi joins Blockchain Turkey platform to boost local ecosystem.

Misc:
Bitcoin worth $18.9K hidden in picture puzzle, can you solve it?

Cool tech fact:
If we could travel at the speed of light, it would take over 5 days to reach the edge of our solar system. It would take 100,000 years to travel across the Milky Way galaxy.

Quote of the day:
"You don’t always need a plan. Sometimes you just need to breathe, trust, let go, and see what happens." - Mandy Hale

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Crypto News Summary - January 18

General News:
ECB is far from making a decision on CBDC implementation.
 
Coin Specific News:
Ethereum 2.0 testnet attracts 22,000 validators.
16,001 Bitcoin (BTC), worth $140.6 million, moved  from  OKEx by whale.
Bitcoin SV drops 40% as lawyer admits Craig Wright has no private keys.

Exchanges:
Binance's 10th burn [$38.8M] is the third highest recorded BNB burn.
FinNexus is building tokenized asset platform on XRP ledger.

Misc:
Trove of Bitcoin (BTC) hidden in new Satoshi Nakamoto puzzle
Oklahoma Senator working on bill for state-backed blockchain institution.

Did you know:
36% of small U.S. businesses accept cryptocurrency payments.

Cool tech fact:
The average adult human brain can store the equivalent of 2.5 million gigabytes of digital memory

Quote of the day:
"You will never change your life until you change something you do daily." - Mike Murdoch

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This week in crypto - week 3

Japan and Philippines discuss pro-crypto laws, cooperation among Asian countries.
Coinbase hands nearly $1M to Cryptsy victims after settling class action lawsuit.
BitPay integration lets users buy Gold with cryptocurrency.
Visa to acquire crypto-serving fintech unicorn Plaid for $5.3B.
KuCoin launches KuCoinPlay, a platform where you can participate in contests, discover and support  blockchain projects.
Kraken acquires Australia’s longest-running crypto service provider Bit Trade.
Bitcoin prices spikes in Russia as Putin causes his entire cabinet to resign.
Bithumb crypto exchange disputes $69 million tax in court.
Gemini ventures into insurance business - launches ‘Nakamoto’ to provide $200 million crypto coverage.
Swedish crypto exchange BTCX plans IPO in 2020.
Binance to partner with Yahoo’s Japanese division.

Cool tech fact:
The first-ever-in-flight radio transmission was made in 1910. The engineer said, “Roy, come and get this goddam cat!”

Quote of the day:
"Follow your bliss and the universe will open doors where there were only walls." - Joseph Campbell

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Crypto News Summary - January 20

General News:
Australian regulator gives green light to app-based retail bitcoin fund.
Korean gov’t mulls imposing 20% other income tax on cryptocurrency gains.
Venezuela’s Maduro announces crypto casino to run on country’s Petro.

Coin Specific News:
Plaintiffs move to combine their market-manipulation lawsuits against Bitfinex and Tether.
Kava(KAVA) to be listed on BitMax on January 21.
TokenClub (TCT) to be listed on Binance as of January 21.
Bitcoin dropped 6% in just 5 minutes liquidating “$108M".

Exchanges:
Binance Futures to open trading for XLM/USDT perpetual contracts. Binance has also added a fiat-to-cryptocurrency P2P trading for the Vietnamese Dong (VND).
Thai SEC grants License to Asia-Pacific crypto exchange,  Zipmex.

Misc:
Raiz to offer Bitcoin fund to Australian retail investors in 2020.
Indian IT minister requests Blockchain solutions to improve government schools.

Cool tech fact:
Only three people in the U.S. were approved to hand-pack the parachutes on all the Apollo missions. Their skills were considered so vital that NASA forbade them from ever riding in the same car together.

Quote of the day:
"What makes life dreary is the want of a motive." - George Eliot

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Crypto News Summary - January 21

General News:
Central banks join forces to look at future digital currencies, says Bank of England and European Central Bank.
Venezuelan team working on Bitcoin mesh network based on offline radios.
Intriguing insights from the Top Minds of Crypto.
Square Crypto is creating a ‘lightning development kit’ for Bitcoin wallets.

Coin Specific News:
Vodafone quits Facebook-founded Libra association.
Facebook's Calibra may be overseen by Australia's APRA in the future.
Bitcoin Options on CME report 610 BTC trading in one day.
Bitcoin, crypto assets are not banned in India.
Monerium to issue e-money on the Algorand blockchain in new partnership.

Exchanges:
Huobi launches brokerage platform, targets institutional investors.
XRP-based exchange, XRParrot forced to close.
Deribit releases specifics of new KYC policy following move to Panama.

Misc:
KuCoin’s PoS mining platform Pool-X launches the world’s first liquidity trading markets.

Cool tech fact:
The symbol # - now usually known as ‘hash’ has gone by many names: pound key, number sign, tic-tac-toe, gate, crunch, square and most obscurely ‘octothorpe’, a word which has no agreed or obvious origin.

Quote of the day:
"The quality of your life is measured by the quality of your questions." - Tony Robbins

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Crypto News Summary - January 22

General News:
Swiss banks enter the age of Bitcoin.
Singapore Gov’t, Mastercard and Mitsubishi form alliance to digitize trade.
Hong Kong and Thailand’s Central Banks closer to issuing their own cryptocurrency (CBDC).
Intriguing insights from the Top Minds of Crypto.
SEC charges blockchain marketplace Opporty over ‘fraudulent’ $600,000 ICO.

Coin Specific News:
Litecoin Network volume broke $100 billion in 2019.
Bitcoin nodes go ultra private thanks to TOR network.
Coda is launchingGenesis token distribution program with 6.7% of the tokens as rewards.
Binance will offer Theta Network (THETA) staking as of January 23.

Exchanges:
BitMax will launch futures trading in January.
Binance makes an undisclosed investment in Taiwan-based open-data framework provider.
Bitfinex enables creation of multiple trading accounts within one Master account.

Misc:
Tech titan Jack Dorsey unveils plan to boost Bitcoin (BTC) via Square Crypto.

Cool tech fact:
The PlayStation 2 had such great popularity; Sony continued to make them until the month before the PlayStation 4 was announced.

Quote of the day:
"Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen." - Richard Branson

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Crypto News Summary - January 23

General News:
Liechtenstein regulators approve Ethereum-based real estate fund.
The World Economic Forum has developed a toolkit for central bank digital currencies (CBDCs).
South Korean military gets a blockchain-based upgrade.
Intriguing insights from the Top Minds of Crypto.

Coin Specific News:
Crypto asset firm Amun launches inverse Bitcoin ETP
Tether Gold XAU₮, the digital asset pegged to physical gold is officially live.
ICON plans integration with leading Oracle solution Chainlink.
Harmony has started token swap to its native coin.
Ethereum 2.0 gateway successfully verified.

Exchanges:
Gemini passes second-level security exam conducted by Deloitte.
Coinbase gives Matic Network major boost of confidence with addition to custody service.
Binance invests in Taiwanese blockchain data monetization startup numbers.
Chiliz launches crypto exchange for trading sports fan tokens.
ErisX adds new trading features with Etale partnership.

Misc:
Greece extradites alleged launderer of $4B BTC Alexander Vinnik to France.

Cool tech fact:
Over the 50-plus year history of Japan's bullet train system (and over 5.3 billion passengers), there has been not a single passenger fatality or injury due to train accidents.

Quote of the day:
"When you win, say nothing, when you lose, say less." - Paul Brown

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Crypto News Summary - January 24

General News:
Crypto storage provider Ledger expands into South Korea.
Hawaiian bill would let banks act as crypto custodians.
Japan ruling party lawmakers to float idea of issuing digital currency.
Bahrain becomes next country to trial digital currency.

Coin Specific News:
Ripple tops list of blockchain capital raisers in 2019. Also,  according to their CEO, the company may have an IPO in the next 12 months.
Credits native coin CS to be integrated in Latium platform.
RChain to go live on February 4, 2020.
Harmony (ONE) Mainnet upgrade and token swap has been completed.
Travel platform Travala expands payment options with XEM.
Ocean Protocol partner with Unilever Foundry

Exchanges:
Exchanges hold more Bitcoin than ever as Coinbase Wallet nears 1M BTC.

Cool tech fact:
The first CEO of Apple was named Michael Scott.

Quote of the day:
"Wisdom consists in doing the next thing you have to do, doing it with your whole heart, and finding delight in doing it."  - Meister Eckhart

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Crypto News Summary - January 25

General News:
Ripple backed firm, MoneyGram,  eyes Indian market dominance.
Nedbank not looking to shut down crypto exchange bank accounts.

Coin Specific News:
Bitcoin’s Github community now boasts of 3000+ members.
SEC goes head-to-head with Telegram, makes a guinea pig of TON.
Cardano Foundation to launch ADA-denominated finance product with GenTwo.
Litecoin’s Charlie Lee proposes miner donations.
OneCoin accomplice requests sentence postponement.

Exchanges:
Crypto giant, Binance, pledges $1.5m to help Chinese Coronavirus victims.

Cool tech fact:
LEGO is the largest tire manufacturer in the world. They've held the Guinness World Record since 2012.

Quote of the day:
"Learn to sell. Learn to build. If you can do both, you will be unstoppable." - Naval Ravikant

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This week in crypto - week 4

Australian regulator gives green light to app-based retail bitcoin fund
Venezuela’s Maduro announces crypto casino to run on country’s Petro
Thai SEC grants License to Asia-Pacific crypto exchange,  Zipmex.
Huobi launches brokerage platform, targets institutional investors.
Intriguing insights from the Top Minds of Crypto.
Gemini passes second-level security exam conducted by Deloitte.
Coinbase gives Matic Network major boost of confidence with addition to custody service
Crypto giant, Binance, pledges $1.5m to help Chinese Coronavirus victims.

Cool tech fact:
"Brain training" apps like Luminosity, Elevate and Peak do not improve neural activity or decision making. You just become better at playing their own games, according to a 2017 study from scientists at the University of Pennsylvania.

Quote of the day:
"Fill your mind with truth; fill your heart with love; fill your life with service" -Thomas S. Monson

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Crypto News Summary - January 27

General News:
World economic forum announces global consortium for digital currency governance.
Iran issues more than 1,000 cryptocurrency mining licenses.
French central banker says digital currency cannot be private.
Ukraine plans to track suspicious crypto transactions above $1,200.

Coin Specific News:
Matic got listed on HitBTC as of January 27.
BitMax.io has completed Harmony (ONE) Mainnet upgrade and token swap.
Tron to dedicate conference to deceased basketball star Kobe Bryant.
Ripple's ODL platform to Australia spikes in liquidity to register ATH.
Bitcoin just surged to $8,950: here’s why analysts expect a bigger price explosion.

Exchanges:
Executives at Coinbase and Ripple unveiled new push to advance cryptocurrency adoption in the US.

Cool tech fact:
When an image stayed on an old computer screen for too long, the image would get "burned" into the screen. To prevent this from happening, developers created moving images that would "save" the screen; this is where the term "screensaver" comes from.

Quote of the day:
"If you're afraid to fail, then you're probably going to fail" - Kobe Bryant

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Crypto News Summary - January 28

General News:
New Singapore law allows global crypto firms to expand locally.
IBM has received a U.S. patent for a type of "self-aware token" that can record its own transaction data.
Oil giant Saudi Aramco buys into blockchain trading platform Vakt.

Coin Specific News:
Bitcoin price breaks through key resistance as traders target $9.2K.
LocalBitcoins suspending long-time users accounts without warning.
Facebook's Libra is building governance model to disrupt remittance sector.
Ethereum, XRP and Bitcoin cash tax refunds now available to US citizens through Refundo.

Exchanges:
A U.K. court has ordered Bitfinex to freeze $860,000 in Bitcoin linked to ransomware payout.
Gemini hires chief compliance officer as it expands into UK and Europe.
Uphold introduces commission-free trading for users.
BitMax will offer Harmony 30-day fixed term lending with 48% annualized interest rate.

Cool tech fact:
Hackers once stole about $81 million from Bangladesh Bank due to the bank’s use of $10 computer network switches and no firewalls.

Quote of the day:
"The most important thing is to try and inspire people so that they can be great at whatever they want to do."  - Kobe Bryant

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Crypto News Summary- January 29

General News:
UK Financial service provider to Coinbase, Bitstamp awarded FCA payments license.
Municipality of Zermatt in Switzerland now accepts payments in Bitcoin.

Coin Specific News:
SEC tells Telegram its crypto is worth less than donuts. Savage.
Origo to burn 15% of total OGO supply.
Litecoin’s Charlie Lee claims MimbleWimble scales better than Bitcoin.
Paxos grills customer for using a Bitcoin mixing service.
Swiss company set to launch first compliant IPO on Ethereum’s Blockchain.

Exchanges:
Bittrex secures $300 Million in digital asset insurance to enhance protection.
Binance lowers withdrawal fees for BTC, ETH and ERC20 tokens.
Binance US will enable staking for its users as of February 2020.

Cool tech fact:
There were two AI Chatbots created by Facebook to talk to each other, but they were shut down after they started communicating in a foreign languages they made for themselves.

Quote of the day:
“If you hit the wrong note, it’s the next note that determines if it’s good or bad.” — Miles Davis

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Crypto News Summary- January 30

General News:
National Bank of Cambodia to launch a Blockchain-based, peer-to-peer payment and money transfer platform.
Maryland introduces bill to make Ransomware possession illegal.
China reveals key details on its digital currency.

Coin Specific News:
Bitcoin price climbs to $9,500 after third higher high in one week.
Bitfinex launches margin trading for TetherGold, XAU₮.
Binance Futures will launch ADA/USDT perpetual contract on January 31.
Ethereum bulls eye $180 but bottom still not confirmed.
Bitcoin Cash stopped producing blocks for 5.5 hours.

Exchanges:
Coinbase Custody officially launches internationally.
OmiseGo's GO.exchange goes out of business.
Binance poaches Huobi's European and Latin American business lead.

Cool tech fact:
NASA's internet connection can reach speeds of up to 91 gigabits per second. About 13,000 times faster than the average internet connection.

Quote of the day:
"The only difference between feedback and criticism is how you hear it." — Tim S. Grover

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