? Daily Crypto News, June, 24th?

  • A Monumental Fight Over Facebook’s Cryptocurrency Is Coming ;
  • Two Israeli Brothers Arrested for Hack of Bitfinex Crypto Exchange ;
  • Why Ethereum’s Privacy Matters and What’s Being Built to Support It ;
  • Firm Behind Zcash to Introduce New Version of Protocol With Sharding ;
  • Craig Wright Failed to Disclose Bitcoin Holdings in Court Case, Says Lawyer ;
  • ? Daily Crypto Calendar, June, 24th?
  • STEEM Trading Update

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? A Monumental Fight Over Facebook’s Cryptocurrency Is Coming

Given how slowly Washington lawmakers have taken to devise a coherent, informed view of cryptocurrency, the Chair of the House Financial Services Committee’s rapid leap to action last week over Facebook’s ambitious Libra project was remarkably fast.


But let’s reflect not on the details of Rep. Maxine Waters’ (D-Calif.) urgent requests that  Facebook to cease work on Libra until after hearings are held or on how European lawmakers made similar appeals. The important takeaway from these legislators’ actions is that they are able to make such demands at all. since this is not the case with truly decentralized projects.


Unlike with bitcoin, representative in Congress can directly identify and talk to the people in charge of the Libra project. They can subpoena them and, thus, pressure them. They might start with David Marcus, head of Facebook subsidiary Calibra, but, ultimately, it’s Facebook

? Two Israeli Brothers Arrested for Hack of Bitfinex Crypto Exchange

Two Israeli brothers have been arrested in connection with the hack of cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex and other crypto-related phishing attacks, finance news outlet Finance Magnates reports on June 23.


An Israeli police spokesperson reportedly told Finance Magnates that Eli Gigi and his younger brother Assaf Gigi netted tens of millions of dollars. The two are suspected of being responsible for long-term systematic theft of cryptocurrencies by maliciously obtaining access to other users’ accounts.


The two allegedly created credential-stealing clones of major online cryptocurrency exchanges and wallets and sent links to those phishing sites on Telegram groups and other cryptocurrency-related communities. The two are also accused of being responsible for the 2016 Bitfinex hack, which saw multiple accounts being compromised.

? Why Ethereum’s Privacy Matters and What’s Being Built to Support It

Mixers. Computational data layers. Zero-knowledge proofs: these are just a few of the technologies being leveraged to enhance privacy on the ethereum blockchain.


Privacy for a public blockchain network is a bit of an oxymoron, given that, by nature of the technology’s design, data must be shared and widely distributed on the network in order to be considered valid. What’s more, for a high-profile public blockchain network like ethereum, several blockchain analytics websites and data scraping services exist to proliferate this data beyond just the users of the network.


Itamar Lesuisse, the CEO and co-founder of crypto wallet tool Argent, describes the matter of privacy on the ethereum blockchain as an issue for even “the most simplest use case” on the platform.

? Firm Behind Zcash to Introduce New Version of Protocol With Sharding

The Electric Coin Company (ECC), the firm behind second-biggest anoncoin zcash (ZEC), intends to build a new scalable zcash blockchain, cryptocurrency news outlet Forklog reports on June 22.


Per the report, chief engineer at ECC Nathan Wilcox said that the firm should “make Zcash usable by 10 billion people by 2050” if it can. Still, Decrypt notes that achieving this would require zcash’s blockchain to be able to manage thousands — or millions — of transactions per second.


Forklog states that ECC is considering implementing sharding, a scalability solution that Ethereum devs also plan to integrate into that network in the near future.

? Craig Wright Failed to Disclose Bitcoin Holdings in Court Case, Says Lawyer

The legal counsel for a plaintiff in a bitcoin (BTC) theft case involving Australian computer scientist Craig Wright, said that Wright — the defendant — failed to disclose his bitcoin holdings per court order. Devin Freedman of law firm Boies Schiller Flexner made his statements in a tweet on June 21.


As Cointelegraph previously reported, in May a United States court ordered Wright to produce a list of his public bitcoin addresses as of Dec. 31, 2013. Freedman declared that, since he has not complied, “he remains under an order to show cause why [Judge Florina] Reinhart shouldn’t issue sanctions” and order him to appear before Judge Beth Bloom and “explain why he shouldn’t be held in contempt.”


The order is part of an ongoing case against Wright — who self claims to be bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto — that was filed by the estate of David Kleiman.

? Daily Crypto Calendar, June, 24th?

Dobi Exchange lists eBoost.

CloudEXPO 2019 in Silicon Valley from June 24-26. Oracle presents using LINK to demonstrate smart contracts.

Technical meetup at AYEKA. Charles Hoskinson delivers keynote speech and discusses contract driven economy.

Sovereignty by Design, Privacy By Default : Beam Glasgow Meetup.

“I will hold a livestream on @PeriscopeCo and @YouTube on 24th of June 19:00(PDT)….”

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STEEM Trading Update by my friend @cryptopassion

Here is the chart of yesterday :

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Here is the current chart :

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After the support line at 0.39$ saved yesterday, I said you in my publication of yesterday that I was waiting that we will break the resistance line at 0.41$ to confirm the change of trend. It is now done as we broke this resistance line some hours ago. We are now going in the direction of the next resistance line at around 0.43$. This resistance line is very important for the future as it is blocking us since weeks now. Let’s see how the market will react when we will touch it.

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Trucking Sector Starting To Show Weakness

The shipping industry, which serves as the arterial system for the economy, is feeling the chill of a slowdown.As U.S. growth decelerates, an overwhelming majority of trucking companies tracked by Merrill Lynch expect shipping rates to either fall or stay flat, the firm said on Friday, as its Truckload Diffusion Indicator tumbled to its weakest levels since October 2016.The index, a barometer of the freight-hauling industry, is now down 29% year over year, and shippers’ outlooks are broadly negative to neutral.The sluggish conditions cited by Merrill Lynch in its report appear to be playing out around the country. The Cass

US Interest Rates Analysis Report 6/21/19 – 10 Yr Bond Rates Below 2%

Treasuries led a global bond rally, with 10-year yields dropping below 2% for the first time since November 2016 as expectations grow that major central banks will ease policy.The U.S. 10-year yield slid as much as five basis points to 1.9719% after the Federal Reserve signaled it was ready to cut interest rates.The Fed on Wednesday scrapped its use of “patient” in describing its approach to policy, offering support for bond bulls who argue that the U.S.-China trade war will sap growth momentum.“You’ve got a Fed that’s now changed its language and we’re on a path where there’s going to

? Daily Crypto News, June, 19th?

  • Facebook Unveils Libra Cryptocurrency, Targeting 1.7 Billion Unbanked ;
  • Global Banking Giant HSBC Launches Tokenization-Based Receivables System for India ;
  • Libra White Paper Shows How Facebook Borrowed From Bitcoin and Ethereum ;
  • Fidelity-Backed Crypto Analytics Firm to Integrate Twitter-Based Crypto Sentiment Feed ;
  • India asks WhatsApp to fingerprint messages to ensure traceability ;
  • ? Daily Crypto Calendar, June, 19th?
  • STEEM Trading Update

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? Facebook Unveils Libra Cryptocurrency, Targeting 1.7 Billion Unbanked

You don’t have to have a Facebook account to use Libra.


That’s the hands-off approach the social media giant is working toward as it announces its new blockchain and the token of the same name that will run on top of it.


While Tuesday’s announcement is still early days, the scope of the project is far-reaching. It includes a new Facebook subsidiary, Calibra, and an independent consortium, Libra Association, backed by some of tech’s biggest names.


“Implied in this project is that wherever the Visa or Mastercard logo are accepted, Libra would follow suit,” Dante Disparte, head of policy and communications for the Libra Association, told CoinDesk in an exclusive interview. “In so many ways it’s a great leap forward for cryptocurrencies and, in many respects, a mainstreaming of this asset class.”

? Global Banking Giant HSBC Launches Tokenization-Based Receivables System for India

Major global banking group HSBC has implemented tokenization technology into its receivables infrastructure for corporate clients in India, according to an announcement on June 18.


The British multinational financial services company has reportedly launched its Digital Accounts Receivable Tool (HSBC DART), based on tokenization technology developed by Australian blockchain-powered Fintech company Identitii Ltd., the firm said in the announcement.


According to the statement, HSBC DART was developed for HSBC’s Global Liquidity and Cash Management (GLCM) business and deploys Identitii’s approach to tokenization within HSBC’s existing infrastructure of receivables to enhance involved processes.

? Libra White Paper Shows How Facebook Borrowed From Bitcoin and Ethereum

With the long-awaited Libra white paper, Facebook is showing off its blockchain smarts, and making a bid for crypto credibility.


Released Tuesday morning, the 29-page paper describes a protocol designed to evolve as it powers a new global currency. More than a year in the making, the document opens by trumpeting the new blockchain’s ambitious goal:


“The Libra Blockchain is a decentralized, programmable database designed to support a low-volatility cryptocurrency that will have the ability to serve as an efficient medium of exchange for billions of people around the world.”

? Fidelity-Backed Crypto Analytics Firm to Integrate Twitter-Based Crypto Sentiment Feed

Crypto analytics firm Coin Metrics partnered with Social Market Analytics (SMA) to collaborate on a feed of real-time sentiment towards cryptocurrency based on social media data, according to a press release on June 17.


The new partnership intends to collect and analyze data posted by crypto community on social media in order to provide a new tool to help crypto traders to track social media sentiment data to build their portfolio strategies.


The new product will initially target sentiment data solely on social media giant Twitter, Coin Metrics CEO Tim Rice confirmed to Cointelegraph, adding that the firms are currently not considering integration of the service into Facebook.

? India asks WhatsApp to fingerprint messages to ensure traceability

India has asked WhatsApp to digitally fingerprint every message sent on its platform without breaking its encryption, according to two senior government officials, as it seeks to ensure traceability of all content shared on the Facebook-owned messaging application.

WhatsApp should be able to identify where a message originated and how many people have read and forwarded it without having to read the message, the officials said. The government has been insistent in its demand for traceability of WhatsApp messages after misinformation and rumours around child kidnappings on the platform led to a spate of lynchings across India in 2018.

Fingerprinting WhatsApp messages will help find the originator of the message. That is all we want,” the official cited above told ET.

? Daily Crypto Calendar, June, 19th?

Ravencoin Meetup Europe June 19, 2019 | 5PM-6PM | RAI | Amsterdam Netherlands.

Expo-Bitcoin International 2019 from June 19-23 in Bogotá, Colombia.

Dragonchain holds BlockchainExpo afterparty in Amsterdam from 8:30-11:30 PM.

1,050 OROX will be burned on June 19 (00:00 UTC), as part of Cointorox’s on-going revenues burning program. New Total Supply: 5,567,004 OROX…

“Meet @AnnaMSGeorge and learn all about how to earn voting power in the dxDAO (@_dx_dao)… at 6pm.”

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STEEM Trading Update by my friend @cryptopassion

Here is the chart of yesterday :

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Here is the current chart :

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The support line at 0.41$ was not strong enough and I was already warning you yesterday that we could break it durin any little correction on the BTC, which has been the case today. So the next support line is around 0.395$ and we could go test that support line before having a bounce and trying to go back upper than 0.41$. Let’s see how the BTC will impact us also in this scenario.

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? Daily Crypto News, June, 18th?

  • Santander Loses Appeal Against Brazilian Crypto Exchange, Fine Upheld ;
  • Ripple Could Invest Up to $50 Million in MoneyGram in XRP Boosting Deal ;
  • 3 Reasons Bitcoin Is Rallying Above $9K ;
  • Private Blockchain’s Biggest Startups Integrate in Unprecedented Tie-Up ;
  • Parity builds Zebra to make it easy for developers to build on Zcash ;
  • ? Daily Crypto Calendar, June, 18th?
  • STEEM Trading Update

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? Santander Loses Appeal Against Brazilian Crypto Exchange, Fine Upheld

Major Spanish bank Santander has been denied an appeal regarding a decision by the Court of Justice of the State of São Paulo in a case against crypto exchange Mercado Bitcoin, Cointelegraph Brazil reports on June 17.


Santander was sued by the Brazilian exchange Mercado Bitcoin in 2018, after the bank purportedly closed the exchange’s account at its sole discretion. The bank, which has branches in Latin America, cited concerns over the origin of the account’s fund due to the nature of the crypto exchange’s activities.


Over 1 million reals (around $350,000) were locked, but the court subsequently ordered Santander to free the funds. Additionally, the bank must pay a monthly fine equal to 1% interest for the funds that were locked; this reportedly comes out to over 200,000 reals ($51,000).

? Ripple Could Invest Up to $50 Million in MoneyGram in XRP Boosting Deal

Blockchain payments startup Ripple has struck a deal to buy a stake in money transfer giant MoneyGram, the companies announced Monday.


Under the deal, according to the Wall Street Journal and Fortune, Ripple will spend $30 million to buy shares at a price of $4.10 apiece. And in the next two years, MoneyGram has the option to sell an additional $20 million worth of shares to Ripple at the same price. As noted by the Journal, MoneyGram shares were trading at about $1.45 apiece at the close of day, meaning Ripple’s purchase price is close to three times the current market value.


Notably, the deal will also see MoneyGram utilizing the digital token XRP as part of its day-to-day operations by way of Ripple’s xRapid transaction product. MoneyGram said that it was piloting the token back in January 2018, as CoinDesk reported at the time.

? 3 Reasons Bitcoin Is Rallying Above $9K

Bitcoin rose above $9,000 over the weekend, taking cumulative year-to-date gains to more than 150 percent.

Facebook to launch ‘GlobalCoin’
The social media giant is set to unveil its very own stablecoin, reportedly called GlobalCoin on Tuesday, June 17, with a launch to follow in 2020.

Binance.com bars US customers

Binance.com, the world’s largest cryptocurrency by trading volume, updated its terms of use on June 14 to exclude all users in the U.S.

The announcement led to a sharp sell-off in Binance’s very own native asset, Binance Coin (BNB). The price of BNB fell 12.8 percent to 25,209 satoshis (a satoshi being 0.00000001 of a BTC) on Friday, and hit a one-month low of 34,906 satoshis on Sunday.

Litecoin approaches ‘halving’ event

The upcoming litecoin (LTC) halving, set to trigger on August 5, 2019, will cut the reward gained from mining the cryptocurrency by half, meaning LTC will become a more scarce asset overall.

”Halvings’ as they are known, typically result in an overall boost in value for the crypto markets, as the assets themselves become harder to obtain and therefore increase in value.

? Private Blockchain’s Biggest Startups Integrate in Unprecedented Tie-Up

A historic change in strategy is taking place at R3 and Digital Asset (DA), who are now collaborating to maximize their respective blockchain ecosystems.


Announced Tuesday, DA will be bringing its smart contract language DAML (Digital Asset Modelling Language) to R3’s Corda platform, as well as Hyperledger Fabric, following on from its Hyperledger Sawtooth tie-up last month.


DA co-founder Yuval Rooz had a tough act to follow, taking over as CEO from Wall Street legend Blythe Masters, who suddenly departed the company in December of last year.


He told CoinDesk:
“Since I’ve taken over, we have had integration announcements with Sawtooth and VMWare, and what you are seeing now is a continuation of that strategy. Ledger providers see an opportunity to bring more business to their ledger because DAML allows developers to build applications much faster.”

? Parity builds Zebra to make it easy for developers to build on Zcash

Parity, the blockchain infrastructure company building on top of Ethereum–and its rival, Polkadot– has turned its hand to revamping Zcash’s inner workings.


A new Zcash client, called Zebra, was released today, designed to help make it easier for developers to write code on the network. In particular, this Zcash client has been written in the Rust programming language—whereas the original Zcash client was written in C++, since it was derived from bitcoin’s codebase. Rust is generally seen as a safer way to code applications. While it is less commonly used than C++, it is far more popular.

? Daily Crypto Calendar, June, 18th?

Zilliqa Day 2019 from 18:00-20:30 at Ngee Ann Kongsi Auditorium in Singapore.

Our CEO – Gregor Novak will be speaking at the summit.

2-Day meetup in London. Day 1: Conference: Future of NANO as global digital currency Day 2: Workshop: Use-cases of NANO’s protocol.

ConnecTech Asia 2019 from June 18-20 in Singapore.

“We are excited to announce that we will be listed on Coinsuper with USD & BTC pairs on 18th June.”

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STEEM Trading Update by my friend @cryptopassion

Here is the chart of yesterday :

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Here is the current chart :

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I’m considering that the resistance line at 0.41$ has been broken and that it is now a support line. Howerver, the break is not perfect and the market is hesitating a lot. The ideal scenario would be to go break now the next resistance line at 0.43$ to confirm that UP trend so let’s see but i’m staying very carefull about that support line at 0.41$ that we could break down very quickly in case of small correction on the BTC.

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? Daily Crypto News, June, 17th?

  • Above $9.3K: Bitcoin’s Price Prints 13-Month High;
  • Concerns Over Facebook Data Use Derailed at Least 3 Crypto Partnerships ;
  • Bitmain Lawsuit Seeks Millions from Staffers Who Founded Rival Mining Pool ;
  • 5 South Korean Crypto Exchanges Take On New Responsibility for User Losses ;
  • South American Online Marketplace Working With Facebook on Crypto Project ;
  • ? Daily Crypto Calendar, June, 17th?
  • STEEM Trading Update

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? Above $9.3K: Bitcoin’s Price Prints 13-Month High

The price of bitcoin (BTC) hit a 13-month high above $9,300 on Sunday.


The leading cryptocurrency by market capitalization rose to $9,381 at  05:55 UTC – the highest price since May 10, 2018, according to CoinDesk’s Bitcoin Price Index.


BTC was last seen trading at $9,250 representing 6.4 percent gains on the day. On a month-to-date basis, the cryptocurrency is up 8 percent.

? Concerns Over Facebook Data Use Derailed at Least 3 Crypto Partnerships

Facebook’s GlobalCoin project, also known as Project Libra, may face significant hurdles as the social media giant works toward a prospective launch.


Despite reports that Facebook is gearing up to reveal its new cryptocurrency as early as next week, a source with knowledge of Facebook’s operations said the project’s software has a long way to go until it can be used. Sources attribute the delay to blockchain industry incumbents being reluctant to work on a project that doesn’t appear to have the hallmarks of a true cryptocurrency.


One source estimated that early 2020 would be a more realistic timeframe for testing, so any imminent announcements would merely be forward-looking plans.

? Bitmain Lawsuit Seeks Millions from Staffers Who Founded Rival Mining Pool

The Takeaway


Bitmain is suing three former employees who started Poolin, a rival to the chip manufacturer’s BTC.com mining pool.


The company is seeking $4 million in damages, alleging the Poolin co-founders violated their non-compete agreements; The former employees say Bitmain voided the non-compete by failing to pay them on time as agreed.


The case offers a rare window on Bitmain’s inner-workings and employment practices.

? 5 South Korean Crypto Exchanges Take On New Responsibility for User Losses

Five cryptocurrency exchanges in South Korea have increased their liability to users in line with demands from regulators. Local English-language news outlet The Korea Herald reported the news on June 17, citing Yonhap News Agency.


A year after the Fair Trade Commission requested Bithumb and four other platforms to adapt their policy, the companies will now hold themselves accountable in the event of user funds being stolen.


The onus for paying out will lie with the exchanges even if no willful or gross negligence occurred on their part, The Korea Herald stated.

? South American Online Marketplace Working With Facebook on Crypto Project

South American online marketplace Mercado Libre is working with Facebook on the social network’s Libra cryptocurrency project, Cointelegraph Brazil reports on June 14.


A MercadoLibre executive told Cointelegraph Brazil that the purported cryptocurrency will be integrated into the e-commerce platform as a form of payment. While the anonymous executive confirmed the partnership, further details were not forthcoming.


The executive stated that it was likely the company would operate as a node in Facebook’s purportedly forthcoming blockchain network.


Mercado Libre is one of the most popular e-commerce platforms in South America with operations in 19 countries.

? Daily Crypto Calendar, June, 17th?

“Our testnet token (tNKN) to ERC-20 $NKN token swap tool will be postponed… in order to ensure full technical support.”

First network Token

Bitbns-ZCO Contest. The contest runs from June 9th to June 17th, 2019.

Burn of 10,000 AXPR for week 25 of 2019. May be more than 10,000 if MatchBX fees are also burnt at this time.

Vietnam AI Grand Challenge online event with $40,000 in prizes. Registration deadline is June 16.

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STEEM Trading Update by my friend @cryptopassion

Here is the chart of yesterday :

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Here is the current chart :

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We are currently testing the resistance line at 0.41$ and it looks very difficult to break it again. We are having big candle UP and big candles Down. Let’s see who will win but for sure we start to have volatility on the STEEM which is at least a good sign.

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Binance to Block U.S. Customers from Trading

Well if you enjoyed trading on the binance platform and are a U.S. residents – that fun is over.  News today hit that they will be blocking U.S. residents from trading on the platform come September 12th, i.e, you have 90 days to get in compliance.
You will still be able to withdraw funds after that time though.
The coming margin option make this not a surprise
Recently Binance announced they will be offering margin trading, which basically means you can leverage your holdings to “borrow” money to trade larger positions.
This opens up a whole new can of worms in the world of

? Daily Crypto News, June, 14th?

  • Uber, PayPal, Visa to Back Facebook’s GlobalCoin Cryptocurrency ;
  • $6 Million in Stolen Binance Bitcoin Is On the Move Again ;
  • Marketing Chief Amanda Gutterman Is Latest Exec to Leave ConsenSys ;
  • Bakkt Names Launch Date for Bitcoin Futures Testing ;
  • African insurer won’t work with ‘high-risk’ cryptocurrency mining businsesses ;
  • ? Daily Crypto Calendar, June, 14th?
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?Uber, PayPal, Visa to Back Facebook’s GlobalCoin Cryptocurrency

Visa, Mastercard, PayPal and Uber are all backing Facebook’s new cryptocurrency, according to a new report.


The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday that the social media giant has signed on more than a dozen backers for its GlobalCoin cryptocurrency, a stablecoin that has been developed in secrecy for more than six months. Each of the new backers will invest roughly $10 million in the project as part of a governing consortium for the cryptocurrency.


Stripe, Booking.com and MercadoLibre are part of the project, according to the Journal, though the report does not specify what their roles are.

? $6 Million in Stolen Binance Bitcoin Is On the Move Again

Hackers are now accessing wallets containing cryptocurrency stolen from Binance in May. Coinfirm, the company that tracked the original few moves in early May has spotted a massive outflow from the original hoard of wallets created on May 7, 2019.


Coinfirm’s CEO, Grant Blaisdell, wrote:


The attack was conducted using diversified techniques including viruses and phishing. According to Binance, stolen funds constituted approximately 2 percent of total BTC holdings of the exchange. In order to prevent user’s funds from being affected and guarantee stable work of the platform, Binance used its SAFU fund to cover the loses. The Secure Asset Fund for Users was established on July 14, 2018 and consists of 10 percent of all trading fees.

? Marketing Chief Amanda Gutterman Is Latest Exec to Leave ConsenSys

Another top executive is leaving ConsenSys.


Chief Marketing Officer Amanda Gutterman is the latest to depart the ethereum venture studio, according to two sources familiar with the matter. A ConsenSys spokesperson later confirmed that Gutterman is stepping down from her role as CMO.


Gutterman becomes the third executive departure in recent months, with Andrew Keys announcing his new project on June 6 and former ConsenSys Ventures head Kavita Gupta stepping away in May.


The blockchain conglomerate, led by ethereum co-founder Joseph Lubin, emerged from a round of layoffs late last year that brought the company’s headcount below 1,000. The Brooklyn-based firm still plays an outsized role in developing the ethereum ecosystem.

? Bakkt Names Launch Date for Bitcoin Futures Testing

Institutional cryptocurrency platform Bakkt will begin testing its first product, physically-delivered bitcoin (BTC) futures on July 22, the company announced in a blog post on June 13.


Bakkt, which has seen multiple delays over regulatory compliance since its original announcement in August 2018, will offer futures as the first in a series of offerings, full details of which remain unclear.


“On July 22, two days after Apollo 11’s 50th anniversary, Bakkt will initiate user acceptance testing for its bitcoin futures listed and traded at ICE Futures U.S. and cleared at ICE Clear US,” chief operating officer Adam White wrote in the blog post, adding:


“This is no small step. This launch will usher in a new standard for accessing crypto markets. Compared to other markets, institutional participation in crypto remains constrained due to limitations like market infrastructure and regulatory certainty.”

? African insurer won’t work with ‘high-risk’ cryptocurrency mining businsesses

We all know that banks make it difficult for blockchain businesses by denying them access to conventional banking services and accounts. Well now, it seems insurance firms are throwing a spanner in the works for cryptocurrency mining businesses in Africa.


Old Mutual Insure, a pan-African insurance firm, is opting out of insuring the computer equipment used by cryptocurrency mining firms, a local news outlet reports. The insurance firm has taken the decision to refuse insurance, citing the unregulated nature of the industry, and that cryptocurrency is often associated with cybercrime as the main reasons.

? Daily Crypto Calendar, June, 14th?

“We are pleased to announce an update to the Netkoin website will launch on 14 June 2019.”

“Please don’t miss out on this Friday’s AGA held by Nick, GM of Gifto”

“UNCHAIN is a 2 day conference featuring the world‘s leading cryptocurrency and blockchain entrepreneurs.”

Deposit date: 10 June 2019. Listing date: 14 June 2019.

ZG Exchange Listing

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STEEM Trading Update by my friend @cryptopassion

Here is the chart of yesterday :

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Here is the current chart :

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So we were not able to break the resistance line at 0.43$ and it created a little rejection towards the next support line around 0.415$. Now we can see clearly we are sitting on this new support line. The important point now is to see in which direction we will go. We could use this support line to do a bounce and break the resistance line at 0.43$ or break that support line and again go in the south direction.

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? Daily Crypto News, June, 13th?

  • Major Cryptocurrencies in The Green as Bitcoin Rallies Over $8,100 ;
  • Bitcoin Price Eyes Chart Pattern That Kicked Off Bull Market in 2015 ;
  • 14 Banks, 5 Tokens: Inside Fnality’s Expansive Vision for Interbank Blockchains ;
  • Ethfinex Launches DAO as Executives Consider Regulatory Landscape ;
  • Indian Government-Backed Program Offers Crypto and Blockchain Course ;
  • ? Daily Crypto Calendar, June, 13th?
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? Major Cryptocurrencies in The Green as Bitcoin Rallies Over $8,100

Wednesday, June 12 — Top cryptocurrencies bitcoin (BTC), ether (ETH), and ripple (XRP) are all in the green. Cryptocurrencies on the whole are trending up today, according to data provided by Coin360.

Market visualization courtesy of Coin360

? Bitcoin Price Eyes Chart Pattern That Kicked Off Bull Market in 2015

Bitcoin’s 50- and 100-candle moving averages on the three-day chart look set to produce a bullish crossover – a sign of bull market momentum. Back in October 2015, the same cross marked the start of a long-term bull market.


This time, BTC has already rallied more than 180 percent ahead of the bull cross. As a result, we may not see a big move to the higher side immediately following the confirmation of the bull cross.


Prices could rise to $8,400 in the next 24 hours, having witnessed a bearish channel breakout on Wednesday. A break below key 4-hour chart support at $7,910 would weaken the case for a rise to $8,400.

? 14 Banks, 5 Tokens: Inside Fnality’s Expansive Vision for Interbank Blockchains

The Takeaway:


With $63.2 million in fresh funding from 14 banks, Fnality is building tokenized versions of five major fiat currencies.
The digitized fiat would be fully collateralized by cash held at central banks and is meant to solve the “cash on ledger” problem faced by other financial blockchain projects.


The consortium says it is open to working with JPMorgan, whose JPM Coin project has similar aims.


Fnality’s tech partner, Clearmatics, is building these systems on a private version of ethereum.

? Ethfinex Launches DAO as Executives Consider Regulatory Landscape

Cryptocurrency exchange Ethfinex, the sister exchange of Bitfinex, has launched a test decentralized autonomous organization (DAO), the company confirmed in a blog post on June 12.


Ethfinex — which earlier this month launched a decentralized over-the-counter (OTC) trading platform — said it wants to decentralize control of its operations.


The DAO was built by DAOstack and is known as efxDAO, with an initial funding budget of $5,000.


“Today we reach an important milestone in our path to decentralised governance of Ethfinex,” the exchange’s community lead, Ben Wilson, wrote in the blog post. Wilson added:


“We have collaborated with decentralisation protocol experts DAOstack to create an experimental funding Decentralised Autonomous Organisation (DAO), efxDAO.”

? Indian Government-Backed Program Offers Crypto and Blockchain Course

An Indian government-initiated program is offering a course for undergraduates to learn about cryptocurrency, blockchains, and their use cases. This 12-week interactive course is free to enroll and learn from. Among the topics covered are Bitcoin basics and consensus. Meanwhile, India’s regulatory framework for cryptocurrency is reportedly ready.

A learning platform called Swayam, which was initiated by the Indian Government’s Ministry of Human Resource Development, is offering a free computer science course on Bitcoin, cryptocurrencies and blockchains. This 12-week undergraduate course entitled “Blockchain Architecture Design and Use Cases” runs from July 29 to Oct. 18. The exam will be on Nov. 17 for those wanting to obtain a certificate from the course. This is an All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) approved Faculty Development Programme (FDP) course.
Indian Government-Backed Program Offers Crypto and Blockchain Course

? Daily Crypto Calendar, June, 13th?

FinanceX lists XLM with VND and IDR pairs at 10 AM (UTC+7).

LTO Network gives a keynote presentation on LTO x IBM Watson at IBM Think Conference in Amsterdam.

Find out why #blockchain technology is beyond just crypto and FinTech and how it can help as a lever of sustainable development with #NEM…

“Join Qtum Official on June 13th at 4PM UTC for an AMA in the Trust Wallet Telegram group.”

“…The first issue of TENX Tokens to eligible token holders will be carried out on 13 June 2019.”

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STEEM Trading Update by my friend @cryptopassion

Here is the chart of yesterday :

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Here is the current chart :

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So yesterday I was saying you that the best scenario was a pull back on the support line as consolidation and after the continuation of the UP. We dropped more deeper than the support line but it looks like the market want again come back on that line. We are now sitting on it and we need a break out in one of the directions.

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Dave & Buster Just Got A Busted Nose

Dave & Buster’s Entertainment, Inc. owns and operates entertainment and dining venues for adults and families.  Dave & Buster’s owns and operates 125 venues in 39 states, Puerto Rico, and Canada.

Shares of Dave & Buster’s Entertainment Inc. are down double digits due to first-quarter sales and profit that missed Wall Street expectations and forward guidance is lowered than expectations. 

Dave & Buster’s said it earned $42.4 million vs. $42.2 million, in the first quarter a year ago, while revenue rose to $363.6 million from $332.2 million a year ago.

However, the company said its same-store sales fell 0.3% driven by a decline