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- It's increasingly looking like Bitcoin Cash mining pools will run a version of the software called Bitcoin SV.
- An ongoing legal battle between XRP investors and payments startup Ripple is entering its next phase.
- Japanese IT giant GMO has reported a loss of about $5.6 million for its cryptocurrency mining business in the third quarter of 2018.
- Oil industry giants Shell and BP are among a group of firms planning to launch a blockchain platform to automate post-trade processes in the energy industry by the end of 2018.
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