Daily Crypto Report

Today's blockchain and cryptocurrency news: Bitcoin is down 2% at $8,313 XRP is down 1% at 26 cents and Ethereum is down 3% at $184 Top gainers in the last 24 hours: Dentacoin up 15% The Central bank of the Russian Federation is not planning on issuing a national digital currency. The Bitwise Bitcoin ETF has been denied by the SEC. The DOJ has charged a Singapore citizen with stealing computing power for cryptocurrency mining. Links: Bitwise's bitcoin ETF, the last hope, has been denied - The Block Russia sees no need to issue a national digital currency - The Block Citizen of Singapore indicted in scheme to steal cloud computing power for cryptocurrency mining | USAO-WDWA | Department of Justice Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's cryptocurrency and blockchain news. IRS Publishes Guidance Brave Goes Cheddaruck Zuck Speaks on Hill Oct. 23 Links: The IRS Just Issued Its First Cryptocurrency Tax Guidance in 5 Years - CoinDesk Blockchain Browser Brave to Offer Free Access to Premium Cheddar Content - CoinDesk Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg to Testify Before Congress Over Libra Crypto - CoinDesk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's cryptocurrency and blockchain news. Proof of Crypto S&P Options Trade by skew. Two US Senators Threaten Stripe, Visa and MasterCard Over Libra Grayscale Says Institutional Invest in Crypto Up! Links: Tiny $217 Options Trade on Bitcoin Blockchain Could Be Wall Street's Death Knell - CoinDesk US Lawmakers Call on Payment Giants to Exit 'Chilling' Libra Project - CoinDesk Grayscale: Institutional Interest in Crypto Doubles in Q2 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's cryptocurrency and blockchain news. EU to Do New Crypto Rules Brad G: Libra 2023? Links: EU Finance Commissioner Vows New Rules on Crypto, Libra Stablecoin - CoinDesk Ripple CEO: Facebook’s Libra Will Not Launch Before 2023 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's cryptocurrency and blockchain news. Hyperledger Reforms Voting FCA Investigations Up 74 Percent CoinFLEX Offers Libra IFO Links: Hyperledger Blockchain Group Weighs Changes to Fix Election Issues - CoinDesk Now Traders Can Make Bets on When Facebook's Libra Will Launch - CoinDesk UK Finance Watchdog's Crypto Investigations Up By 74% in 2019 - CoinDesk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's blockchain and cryptocurrency news Bitcoin is down 1% at $7,979 XRP is up 1% at 25 cents and Ethereum is up 1% at $174 Top gainers in the last 24 hours: Centrality, up 28% Viberate up 22% Dentacoin up 15% A bargain botnet is being used to work on unsuspecting crypto users to get into their wallets. Algo Capital lost a few million dollars in USDT, and ALGO after its CTO’s phone was compromised. Bitcoin is being called not a security in an October 1st SEC letter. SegWit transactions were up 15% in September. Links: SegWit transactions on Bitcoin network have risen sharply in September - The Block Algo Capital Loses Crypto Funds After CTO's Phone Is Hacked - CoinDesk Hackers Launch Widespread Botnet Attack on Crypto Wallets Using Cheap Russian Malware - CoinDesk Cipher | Securities (Finance) | Securities Act Of 1933 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's blockchain and cryptocurrency news. Bitcoin is down .5% at $8,098 XRP is down slightly at 25 cents and Ethereum is even at $174 Top gainers in the last 24 hours: Dentacoin up 15% PayPal has officially withdrawn from the Libra association. Verisart an art and collectibles provenance startup has raised 2.5 million in a seed round. A hacker has returned domain names that were stolen from the Ethereum Name Service’s auction. International container shipping blockchain pioneer 300 cubits has pulled the plug on its TEU token Links: Hacker Returns Ethereum Domains Lost in Bug Exploit - CoinDesk 300cubits, a Blockchain Shipping Pioneer, Gives up on Its TEU Token - CoinDesk PayPal officially drops out of Facebook's Libra project - The Block Verisart raises $2.5M to expand blockchain-certified art service - The Block Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's blockchain and cryptocurrency news Bitcoin is down 1% at $8,159 XRP is up 1.5% at 25 cents and Ethereum is down 1% at $174 Top gainers in the last 24 hours: Centrality up 103% Dentacoin up 15% Venture capital institution Andreessen Horowitz is launching a crypto startup school. Tim Cook says Apple has no plans to launch a cryptocurrency. US lawmakers are looking once again to hear from Mark Zuckerberg. PayPal may pull out of the founding group of Libra Association. Links: U.S. House panel wants Facebook's Zuckerberg to testify on Libra by January - Reuters Apple has no plans to launch cryptocurrency, says CEO Tim Cook - The Block Andreessen Horowitz launches crypto startup school - The Block PayPal Might Withdraw From Libra Association: Report - CoinDesk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's cryptocurrency and blockchain news. Reps to Powell: Do a Dollar CBDC Coinbase Pays Interest OhioCrypto.com Dead Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's cryptocurrency and blockchain news. MasterCard and Visa Getting Libra Cold Feet Facebook Audio Leaks Morningstar to Rate Debt on Blockchain Links: Institutional Libra Backers Are Getting Cold Feet - CoinDesk Mark Zuckerberg Addresses Libra Regulation, KYC in Leaked Transcript - CoinDesk Financial Services Giant Morningstar to Offer Ratings for Crypto Assets - CoinDesk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's cryptocurrency and blockchain news. Block.one Pays 24 Million Dollar Fine FairWin at Zero Coinbase Co-Founds Crypto Rating Council Links: EOS Maker Block.One Settles With SEC Over Unregistered Securities Sale - CoinDesk From $10M to Zero in 10 Days: ETH Smart Contract FairWin Is Empty Coinbase-Led Group Aims to Help Crypto Firms Avoid Securities Violations - CoinDesk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's cryptocurrency and blockchain news. Ripple Buys Algrim EnHelix Marketplace Debuts Bithumb Deal Off Links: Energy Commodities Trading Software Launches on Hyperledger Fabric - CoinDesk Ripple Acquires Crypto Trading Firm to Expand Into Iceland Bithumb Acquisition Deal Appears To Be ‘Off’ | Cointelegraph Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's blockchain and cryptocurrency news Bitcoin is even at $8,095 XRP is down 1% at 24 cents and Ethereum is down 1% at $169 Top gainers in the last 24 hours: Dentacoin up 15% UK & US to sign treaty allowing UK police to force US-based social media platforms to disclose encrypted messages. A serious bug in the Lightning Network has been fixed. The Iranian government has been putting the squeeze on cryptocurrency miners. Links: Iranian Bitcoiners Risk Fines, Jail Time as Government Regulates Mining - CoinDesk A Dangerous Bug in Bitcoin's Lightning Network Has Been Fixed - CoinDesk [Lightning-dev] Full Disclosure: CVE-2019-12998 / CVE-2019-12999 / CVE-2019-13000 — Lighting Full Disclosure UK and US set to sign treaty allowing UK police "back door" access to WhatsApp and other "end to end encrypted" messaging platforms - The Block Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's blockchain and cryptocurrency news Bitcoin is up 2% at $8,167 XRP is up 1% at 24 cents and Ethereum is up 5% at $173 Top gainers in the last 24 hours: Dent up 23% Metal up 23% Cortex up 21% and Particl up 20% Proposals of a treasure tax on cryptocurrency mining have been put forth by the Association of Banks of Russia. The NBA has rejected Spencer Dinwiddie's proposal to tokenize his multi-million dollar contract. ING’s chief economist predicts central banks will be issuing their own digital currencies in 2 to 3 years. Links: Russia could tax bitcoin and other crypto mining as a treasure - The Block NBA rejects Nets player Spencer Dinwiddie's attempt to tokenize his $34.4 million contract - The Block ING's Chief Economist Predicts Central Bank Digital Currencies in 2-3 Years - CoinDesk A Dangerous Bug in Bitcoin's Lightning Network Has Been Fixed - CoinDesk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's blockchain and cryptocurrency news Bitcoin is down 5% at $7,990 XRP is down 3% at 24 cents and Ethereum is down 2% at $165 Top gainers in the last 24 hours: Eidoo up 37% Dentacoin up 15% The CEO of KIK, Ted Livingston is vowing to fight the SEC over the KIN crypto until "We don’t have a dollar left.” The Unilever digital ad buying blockchain pilot program with IBM has produced positive results. Binance is launching a staking platform. Binance aided the UK police in their investigation of a 51 million pound fraud. Medici Ventures has invested 2 million dollars into the blockchain based identity firm Evernym. Links: Kik CEO vows to fight SEC over Kin crypto until 'we don't have a dollar left' - The Block Unilever's blockchain pilot program with IBM reportedly yields positive results - The Block Binance launches staking platform with 8 assets - The Block Binance says it helped UK police investigate a $51 million fraud - The Block Overstock's Venture Arm Invests $2 Million in Blockchain ID Firm - CoinDesk Unilever encouraged by blockchain ad-buying pilot Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's cryptocurrency and blockchain news. Libra Later Coinbase Adds Two Cryptos for NY Customers Medici Bank Private Beta in October Links: Facebook's Zuckerberg Appears to Put Libra Launch Date in Doubt - CoinDesk Coinbase Rolls Out Stellar Lumens (XLM) Trading in New York State Coinbase Now Supports Stellar and Chainlink Cryptocurrencies in New York - CoinDesk The New Medici Bank Is About to Take On Its First Crypto Clients - CoinDesk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's cryptocurrency and blockchain news. Daimler Buys and Settles on Marco Polo Google's "Supremacy" No Threat to Bitcoin Skew Raises Dough Links: Daimler Carries Out First Transaction on Marco Polo Blockchain Trade Network - CoinDesk Google’s Quantum Computer Breakthrough Not a Risk to Bitcoin, Says Dev Kleiner Perkins Backs $2 Million Seed Round for Crypto Derivative Data Firm - CoinDesk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's cryptocurrency and blockchain news. Japan Central Bank Governor Calls for Libra Regulation Kik Closes Binance Wins Accreditation for Security Links: Japan's Central Bank Chief Calls for International Effort on Libra Regulation - CoinDesk Kik Messaging App to Shut Down Following SEC Lawsuit Against ICO - CoinDesk Binance Seals Accreditation From Global Security Standards Organization Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's cryptocurrency and blockchain news. Baakt Live Libra Reveals Basket Fiat Percentages IFRIC: Cryptos Are Intangible Assets Links: Bakkt Is Finally Launching Its Bitcoin Futures Today. Here's What to Expect - CoinDesk Bakkt Trades 18 BTC in First 7 Hours as Bitcoin Price Falls Below $10K Facebook Reveals Libra Crypto's Currency Basket Breakdown: Report - CoinDesk Int’l Accounting Standards Body Defines Bitcoin as ‘Intangible Asset’ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's blockchain and cryptocurrency news Bitcoin is up .5% at $10,020 XRP is down 3% at 27 cents and Ethereum is down 2% at $210 Top gainers in the last 24 hours: Ripio Credit Network up 30% Puma Pay up 22% and Ambrosus, up 20% Todays headlines: Venezuela’s president nicolas madura has mandated that the petro must be used in funding an ongoing social housing initative. JP Morgan’s IIN has onboarded its first singapore based bank—the OCBC. Patrick Byrne, the former CEO of overstock.com has put 90 million into gold, silver and "two flavors of crypto". The US House financial services committee is set to question the SEC about crypto and Facebook’s Libra this week. the US attorney’s office has indicted two men for hacking Ether Delta in late 2017. Links: Two suspects in EtherDelta hack indicted by U.S. authorities - The Block SEC Chair, Commissioners to Talk Crypto at Congress Hearing Next Week - CoinDesk Byrne Sells Overstock Stake to Buy Crypto and Battle 'Deep State' - CoinDesk Venezuela's Maduro Mandates Petro Use in Funding of Housing Project - CoinDesk First Singapore Bank Joins JPMorgan's Blockchain Payments Initiative - CoinDesk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's blockchain and cryptocurrency news Bitcoin is down 2% at $10,022 XRP is down 1% at 29 cents and Ethereum is down 1% at $216 Those are your leaders by market cap Top gainers in the last 24 hours: Counterparty up 14% SoFi is beta testing a crypto trading feature with Bitcoin, Litecoin, and ethereum. Korean conglomerate CJ is developing a blockchain-based music copyright system. Verizon just secured a patent to create virtual SIM cards on a blockchain. Wells Fargo is describing its internal blockchain for cross-border money transfers as faster and more efficient than SWIFT. Links: SoFi is beta testing a crypto trading feature with bitcoin, litecoin, and ether - The Block Korean Conglomerate CJ Develops Blockchain for Music Copyright - CoinDesk Verizon Just Won a Patent to Create Virtual SIMs on a Blockchain - CoinDesk Wells Fargo's Stablecoin 'Faster, Cheaper' Than SWIFT, Says Exec - CoinDesk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's blockchain and cryptocurrency headlines Bitcoin is up 2.8% at $10,156 XRP is up slightly at 29 cents and Ethereum is up 4.2% at $217 Top gainers in the last 24 hours: Ripio Credit Network up 25% Tierion up 22% The chairman of the US SEC said Bitcoin needs better regulation before it can be listed on NYSE or Nasdaq. Arab Bank Switzerland is now offering trading and custody services for bitcoin and ethereum. Mark Zuckerberg will be in washington to meet with senators in the wake of scrutiny over privacy practices. Square crypto has announced new hires to work on open source projects. Links: Another Swiss bank now offering trading and custody of bitcoin and ether - The Block Facebook’s Zuckerberg Clashes With Republican on Company’s Clout - Bloomberg Square Crypto Hires Lightning, Libra Developers for 'Bitcoin Dream Team' - CoinDesk Jay Clayton Delivering Alpha: Bitcoin trading on major exchange not likely now Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's cryptocurreny and blockchain news. North Korea Developing Own Crypto Central Banker Says CBDC Go od Tool EOS Has Trouble Links: North Korea Plans Bitcoin-Like Cryptocurrency to Sidestep Sanctions - CoinDesk Everyone's Worst Fears About EOS Are Proving True - CoinDesk Central Banker: CBDCs Are a Flexible Tool for Zero-Interest Rate World Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's cryptocurrency and blockchain news. BITMAX Live on LINE DeWitt Gets CFTC Gig Binance Launches in US Houbi Argentina Live Links: Messaging App LINE’s Crypto Exchange Goes Live for 80 Million Users in Japan - CoinDesk New York Among 13 States Excluded as Binance.US Opens for Registrations - CoinDesk CFTC Taps Coinbase Lawyer to Head Division Overseeing Bitcoin Futures - CoinDesk Huobi Expands Crypto Exchange to Argentina Amid Peso Devaluation - CoinDesk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's cryptocurrency and blockchain news. Deutsche Bank Joins JPMorgan Blockchain Network Binance Invests In Mars Finance Marcus Tweets Libra PR Links: Deutsche Bank Joins JPMorgan's Crypto Payments Network - CoinDesk Binance Makes Strategic Investment in Chinese Crypto Media Firm - CoinDesk Facebook's David Marcus Responds to Critics Over Libra 'Threat' - CoinDesk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's cryptocurrency and blockchain news. Libra Grilled US Sanctions Three Neufund Go Links: Global Central Banks to Question Facebook-Led Libra Over Financial Risks - CoinDesk US Sanctions Three Alleged Crypto Hacking Groups from North Korea - CoinDesk Neufund Gets Nod from Liechtenstein Regulator for Token Offerings - CoinDesk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's blockchain and cryptocurrency news Bitcoin is up slightly at $10,314 XRP is up 2% at 26 cents and Ethereum is up 5% at $188 Top gainers in the last 24 hours: Counterparty up 14% eToro has unveiled a new programming language that should simplify derivatives trading. Airswap disclosed that it uncovered a critical vulnerability in it’s recently released smart contract. Square Crypto has announced that it’s giving a 100 thousand dollar grant to the BTC pay foundation Dominoes serving up €100,000 in bitcoin in France. Links: Square Crypto provides $100k grant to BTCPay Server - The Block Critical Vulnerability in a New AirSwap Smart Contract eToro Aims to Put Derivatives on the Blockchain With Lira Programming Language - CoinDesk Domino’s Pizza to Give Away €100,000 in Bitcoin in France Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bitcoin is down half a percent at $10,271 XRP is up 1.7% at 26 cents and Ethereum is up half a percent at $180 Top gainers in the last 24 hours: Monacoin up 31% Bytecoin up 25% and Aragon up 24% The Libra Association chief has said that Libra stable coin is scheduled to launch by the end of 2020. Germany is denouncing Libra saying they will block market-relevant private stable coins from the country. Square is apparently looking to roll out free stock trades on Cash App. Bitcoin is headed to the premier league as part of a brand partnership with sportsbet & Watford FC. Coinme, the company behind the crypto ATMs and kiosks raised 1.5 million. Links: Libra stablecoin scheduled to launch by end of 2020, says Libra Association chief - The Block Germany takes aim at Facebook Libra; plans to block private stablecoins - The Block Jack Dorsey's Square Is Testing a New Free Stock-Trading Service - Bloomberg Premier League soccer team will sport Bitcoin logo on jersey - The Block Largest Bitcoin ATM Network Coinme Raises New Funding from Ripple's Xpring - CoinDesk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's blockchain and cryptocurrency news Bitcoin is up 1% at $10,331 XRP is even at 25 cents and Ethereum is up slightly at $179 Top gainers in the last 24 hours: Counterparty up 14% The french government has called for crypto rules at the EU level, and the creation of a public digital currency. The CME group is looking to double the limit of available futures contracts per spot month. Dapper labs has raised $11 million in a new round of financing which attracted a16z, and warner music group et.al. A moscow based law firm claims to have identified Russian nationals who received bitcoin stolen in the 2014 hack of Mt Gox and says they can be recovered. Links: Exclusive: From CryptoKitties To Cardi B: Warner Music Joins $11 Million Investment In Ethereum Replacement $2 Billion Lost in Mt. Gox Bitcoin Hack Can Be Recovered, Lawyer Claims - CoinDesk CME looks to double monthly open positions limit of its bitcoin futures contracts - The Block France calls for EU crypto rules and creation of a ‘public digital currency’ - The Block Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's cryptocurrency and blockchain news. France: No Libra in Europe, Period Binance BUSD Trades Next Week Santander Sells Both Sides of Bond on Public Blockchain Links: France ‘Cannot Authorize’ Facebook’s Libra Development in Europe: Report Binance to List Its New Dollar-Backed BUSD Stablecoin Next Week - CoinDesk Santander Settles Both Sides of a $20 Million Bond Trade on Ethereum - CoinDesk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's cryptocurrency and blockchain news. Libra Wants Swiss License Legacy Trust Launches First Digital Trust Warner Concerned: Libra Loves Yuan? Links: Facebook Libra Is Seeking to Register as a Payment System in Switzerland - CoinDesk Legacy Trust to Launch Independent Crypto Custody Business - CoinDesk Facebook Libra's USD-EUR-GBP-JPY-SGD Crypto Basket May Reject China's Yuan – CCN.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's cryptocurrency and blockchain news. IBM Holds Majority on Hyperledger Board IPO on Blockchain Today Stellar to Airdrop 120 Million in XLM SWIFT Discounts Crypto Links: IBM Now Holds 6 of 11 Seats on Hyperledger Blockchain Steering Board - CoinDesk First Tokenized IPO Launches on National Stock Exchange - CoinDesk Stellar to Airdrop 2 Billion XLM Crypto Tokens Worth $120 Million - CoinDesk SWIFT: Crypto Useless, ‘Goes Down In Value Like A Yoyo’ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's cryptocurrency and blockchain news. Joichi Ito Resigns from MIT Media Lab Charles Schwab No Crypto Nickel Asset Management Raises 50 Million Dollars Links: MIT Media Lab Director Joi Ito Steps Down Over Epstein Financing - CoinDesk Investment Giant Schwab Steering Clear of Crypto ‘For Now’: Sources UK Fund That Aims to Capitalize on Crypto Volatity Raises $50 Million - CoinDesk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's blockchain and cryptocurrency news Bitcoin is down 1% at $10,423 XRP is down 1% at 25 cents and Ethereum is down slightly at $171 Top gainers in the last 24 hours: Bytecoin up 23% and Augur up 22% The test-net launch date for ethereum’s new upgrade Istanbul has been set around the second of october. Satoshi’s treasure is headed to North American college campuses this fall. The PBOC is moving ahead with its Libra competitor, and hopes to beat the facebook project to the market. Jed mcCaleb loaded 100 million XRP into his wallet—may be poised to unload. Links: 100M XRP Has Just Been Transferred to Former Ripple CTO - BeInCrypto Alibaba, Tencent, Five Others To Receive First Chinese Government Cryptocurrency A Bitcoin Treasure Hunt Is Coming to College Campuses This Fall - CoinDesk China's Crypto Competitor Is Being Built in a Secret Office with Restricted Access - CoinDesk Ethereum Picks Early October for Testnet Activation of Istanbul Hard Fork - CoinDesk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's blockchain and cryptocurrency news Bitcoin is down 4% at $10,426 XRP is up slightly at 25 cents and Ethereum is down 2% at $173 Top gainers in the last 24 hours: Bytecoin up 23% and Augur up 22% The US Energy Department plans to run a trial with the Factom Blockchain to secure the national power grid. There’s a unique cryptominig malware distribution scheme targeting university students. Apple’s vice president Jennifer Bailey talked crypto with CNN. New whale wallet holds over 94,000 bitcoins. Malta finance regulators are promising to actively monitor crypto firms to prevent any sort of money laundering Links: Bitcoins worth $1 billion just moved to an unknown wallet - The Block Malta finance regulator to ‘actively monitor’ crypto firms to prevent money laundering - The Block How to avoid downloading a textbook or essay with a virus | Kaspersky official blog Apple Exec Says Cryptocurrency ‘Interesting’ — Has Long-Term Potential By Cointelegraph US Energy Department Funds Trial of Factom Blockchain to Secure Power Grid - CoinDesk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's cryptocurrency and blockchain news. Binance Launching Dollar-Backed Stablecoin in US Japan Grants Crypto Exchange License to LINE Chinese CBDC Better Than Libra? Links: Binance Launches Dollar-Backed Crypto Stablecoin With NYDFS Blessing - CoinDesk Japan Grants Crypto Exchange License to Messaging Giant LINE New Head of China's Digital Currency Says It Beats Facebook Libra on Tech Features - CoinDesk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's cryptocurrency and blockchain news. NSA Developing Quantum Resistant Crypto China Focused on CBDC Links: NSA Working to Develop Quantum-Resistant Cryptocurrency: Report China's Crypto Competitor Is Being Built in a Secret Office with Restricted Access - CoinDesk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's cryptocurrency and blockchain news. Elliptic Raises 23 Million Dollars Dutch Bank Toughens Rules on Crypto Ripple Hires Ron Hammond Links: Crypto Sleuthing Firm Elliptic Raises $23 Million in Fundraise Led by SBI - CoinDesk Crypto Firms Serving Netherlands Must Register With Dutch Central Bank - CoinDesk Ripple Hires Legal Expert Behind Token Taxonomy Act - CoinDesk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's cryptocurrency and blockchain news. Samsung Files Patent for Blockchain Drive Binance Buys JEX Bitcoin and Ether on ETF Links: Samsung Files Patent for ‘Programmable Blockchain Solid State Drive’ Binance Acquires Crypto Exchange JEX to Boost Derivatives Offerings - CoinDesk VanEck, SolidX to Offer Bitcoin ETF to Institutions via SEC Exemption: Report - CoinDesk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's blockchain and cryptocurrency news Bitcoin is up 3% at $9,890 XRP is up 1% at 25 cents and Ethereum is up 2% at $173 Top gainers in the last 24 hours: Burst up 25% and Grin up 18% North Korea is denying the UN report that suggests the nation was behind major hacks of banks and cryptocurrency exchanges. Craig Wright asking for an addiditional 14 days to challenge the judge’s decision because of hurricane dorian. The Thai crypto exchange bitcoin co is shuttering after 5 years. Phillipino boxer and senator Manny Pacquiano is launching his own cryptocurrency called ‘pac’. Soviet-era factories are finding a second life as Bitcoin mining farms. Links: Craig Wright Aims to Challenge Court Decision That Cost Half His Bitcoins - CoinDesk Bitcoin Mining Farms Are Flourishing on the Ruins of Soviet Industry in Siberia - CoinDesk North Korea denies it amassed $2 billion through cyberattacks on banks - Reuters Thai crypto exchange Bitcoin Co. shutting down abruptly after 5 years of service - The Block Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's blockchain and cryptocurrency news Bitcoin is down slightly at $9,578 XRP is down 1% at 25 cents and Ethereum is up half a percent at $169 Top gainers in the last 24 hours: Dent up 19% Metronome up 15% French cybersecurity police announced that they have disabled a cryptojacking botnet with 850,000 servers. The bitcoin lightning network has been found to have some vulnerabilities. Cielo is announcing bitcoin support via its 1.4 million point-of-sale devices in Brazil. India’s top investors are looking to increase their allocation to cryptocurrencies. Links: Nearly 10% of India's richest investors are looking to increase allocation to cryptocurrency - The Block Brazilian payment processing giant announces bitcoin support - The Block Bitcoin’s Lightning Network found to have security vulnerabilities - The Block French 'cybercops' dismantle pirate computer network - BBC News Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's blockchain and cryptocurrency news: Bitcoin is up slightly at $9,599 XRP is up slightly at 25 cents and Ethereum down half a percent at $168 Top gainers in the last 24 hours: Wanachain up 21% Quarkchain up 17% A judge in Florida has confirmed that Craig Wright the self-proclaimed inventor of bitcoin must forfeit half his crypto mined prior to 2014 to the estate of Dave Kleiman. Japanese monolith SBI holdings has launched an interim shareholder benefits program that pays out in XRP. Alan Howard, the head of the Brevan Howard hedge fund is launching a crypto portfolio platform. Seoul based Artbloc will be fractionally selling two pieces of artwork by David Hockney as a pilot program. Links: Self-Proclaimed Bitcoin Creator Slammed by Judge, Ordered to Pay Up to $5B - VICE Seoul's Artbloc to Offer High-End Art Using Blockchain-Based Fractional Ownership - CoinDesk Billionaire Investor Eyes $1 Billion Crypto Hedge Fund - CoinDesk SBI Holdings subsidiary to pay shareholders an interim dividend in XRP crypto - The Block Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's cryptocurrency and blockchain news. Binance X Advances Open-Source Crypto Development Thai Customs Adopts TradeLens Elwood Asset Management Launches Crypto-Specific Fund Portugal Does Not Tax Crypto Links: Binance Funds 40 Developers to Build Open-Source Crypto Software - CoinDesk IBM-Maersk Logistics Blockchain to Be Used by Thai Customs Agency - CoinDesk Ficha Doutrinária - 57_INFORMACAO_14436.pdf Regulation Archives - The Block Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's cryptocurrency and blockchain news. China CBDC No Time Soon AWS Employee Hacked Capital One PNC Bank Using RippleNet Links: Alleged Capital One Hacker Accused of Secretly Mining Cryptocurrency Chinese Central Bank ‘Crypto’ Not Launching in November: State Media US Banking Giant PNC Starts Using RippleNet for Cross-Border Payments Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's cryptocurrency and bitcoin news. Libra Pays for Bugs Telegram's Gram to Launch in October Hong Kong Stores Going Crypto Links: Facebook's Libra Project Launches Bug Bounty With $10,000 Max Reward - CoinDesk Telegram to Beat Facebook to the Punch With Gram Token October Launch Hong Kong Businesses Begin Adopting Bitcoin as a Form of Protest Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's cryptocurrency and blockchain news. CoinFlex Raises Ten Million Dollars Facebook Hires FS Vector Binance Lending Starts Tomorrow Links: Roger Ver–Backed CoinFlex Exchange Is Taking Aim at BitMEX - CoinDesk Facebook Hires Lobbying Firm to Ease Regulatory Pressure on Libra Binance Launches Crypto Lending With Up to 15% Annual Interest - CoinDesk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's cryptocurrency and blockchain news. Unbanked Poor in Barrio 31 Get Blockchain System Waters: Not Down With Libra LA Man Faces Life for Crypto Crimes Swiss Grant Licenses to Pure-Play Crypto Firms Links: NEC and Partners to Create Blockchain Identity System for Buenos Aires Switzerland Meetings Didn't Clear US Lawmaker's Doubts on Facebook's Libra - CoinDesk 25-Year-Old Bitcoin Seller Faces Life Sentence for Unlicensed Exchange - CoinDesk FINMA - FINMA guidance: stringent approach to combating money laundering on the blockchain Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's blockchain and cryptocurrency news It’s 8:00 eastern August 25th and this is your Daily Crypto Report. Bitcoin is up 1.3% at $10,120 XRP is up 2.3% at 27 cents and Ethereum is up 1% at $189 Top gainers in the last 24 hours: Nucleus Vision up 35% Poet up 22% Nuls up 22% and Sirin Labs Token up 20% Todays headlines: The Federal Trade Commission has settled charges it had filed against 4 crypto multi-level marketing schemers. South Korean exchange Bithumb will begin a monthly reviewing process for its cryptocurrency listings. The US FDA is looking to include blockchain to improve drug and medical products reviews and recalls. Blockchain(dot)com has integrated BitPay into its wallet. Links: Blockchain.com integrates BitPay into its wallet - The Block Largest Korean Exchange to Review Listings and Drop Failing Coins - CoinDesk Speech by Dr. Amy Abernethy at the National Coordinator for Health IT Third Interoperability Forum - 08/22/2019 | FDA FTC Settles With Promoters of Multi-Level Marketing Crypto Scheme - CoinDesk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's blockchain and cryptocurrency news: Bitcoin is down 3.8% at $9,977 XRP is down 2.8% at 26 cents and Ethereum is down 3% at $188 Top gainers in the last 24 hours: WanChain up 70% Civic up 43% FunFair up 37% and Ignis up 35% The Governor of the bank of England Mark Carney favors a libra-like currency as the world’s reserve currency instead of the US dollar. Chairwoman Maxine waters has said that her committee will continue to keep its sights on Libra through the fall. Circle is planning to raise a 100 million venture capital fund for its equity crowdfunding platform seedinvest. Hotmine wants to heat homes in Siberia, and decentralize mining power. Links: Waters Announces Fall 2019 Priorities and Highlights Committee Accomplishments | Financial Services Committee Circle is raising $100 million for its new venture fund - The Block Carney Urges Libra-Like Reserve Currency to End Dollar Dominance - Bloomberg Bitcoin Miners Are Heating Homes Free of Charge in Frigid Siberia - CoinDesk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's blockchain and cryptocurrency news. Bitcoin is up 1% at $10,122 XRP is even at 27 cents and Ethereum is up 1% at $189 Top gainers in the last 24 hours: WanChain up 35% and Dent up 22% Patrick Byrne has stepped down from his position as CEO of Overstock Several proposed members of Libra’s governance program are considering washing their hands of the Facebook-backed fiasco. Several exchanges have been affected by an issue with Amazon Web Service in the AP region. Bitmain is bulking up with over half a million more crypto mining chips. Links: Binance suspends deposits and withdrawals due to issues with AWS - The Block Libra | Financial Times Bitmain buying 600K more crypto mining chips that could bring $1.2 billion in profit - Report - The Block Patrick Byrne, Cryptocurrency Champion, Resigns as Overstock CEO - CoinDesk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices