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Back Below $200 Billion: Crypto Market Cap Sinks to 10-Month Low

The sell-off in bitcoin and the resulting risk aversion pushed the cryptomarket to the lowest level since November 2.

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Survey: Nearly 80% of Americans Have Heard of Bitcoin

A YouGov survey of roughly 1,200 Americans found that 48 percent of millennials are interested in using cryptocurrencies as a primary form of payment.

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Stock Brokerage EF Hutton to Launch Crypto Reports for 'Confused' Investors

Stock brokerage EF Hutton is launching subscription-based cryptocurrency research reports aimed to educate "confused" investors.

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Messaging Giant LINE Is Launching Its Own Cryptocurrency

Japanese messaging giant LINE has become one of the first public companies to have launched a proprietary blockchain network with its own token.

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California Judge Orders Accused Hacker to Pay Bail in Crypto

A man has been ordered to pay bail in cryptocurrency while he faces charges of hacking the computer network of a San Francisco game company.

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Mastercard Had An Outage, So Crypto Had a Field Day

Mastercard suffered an outage last week that led to a hold-up for some transactions – and crypto supporters on social media quickly pounced.

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US Congressman Calls for Ban on Crypto Buying and Mining

A U.S. congressman called for banning all U.S. residents from buying or mining cryptocurrencies during a hearing Wednesday.

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Love It or Hate It, Akon's 'Crypto Wakanda' Is Coming

Akon is creating a new cryptocurrency founded to empower youth all over the African continent which has some hopeful and others skeptical.

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Halt the Internet? BIS Report Critiques Blockchain and DLT Claims

The Bank of International Settlements harshly reviewed the idea of cryptocurrencies, though it was more accepting of the idea of distributed ledgers.

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Bank for International Settlements to Publish New Crypto Research

The Bank for International Settlements intends to publish two cryptocurrency-focused chapters of its annual report this weekend.

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