August 2018 | Page 13 of 99 | Last Cryptocurrency News Feed

Bitcoin Cash Drama: Battle Lines Drawn Ahead of Scheduled Hard Fork

Controversial and untrusted figure in the Bitcoin Cash (BCH) community Cobra Bitcoin may prove to be the saving grace for the network’s future, after a highly contentious dispute between Bitcoin ABC and nChain threatens to split BCH into competing chains ahead of a scheduled hard fork in November. Cobra, the anonymous owner of Bitcoin.org and…

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Blockchain Courses Popular With University Students, Coinbase Study Finds

Crypto is making its entrance into the world’s academic scene, and students are lining up to learn. A recent Coinbase study reveals that University students want to learn more about cryptocurrency and blockchain technology. Commissioned by Coinbase in partnership with Qriously, the survey sampled 675 U.S. students, and it found that students across all majors…

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Filecoin Looks to Mid-2019 for Blockchain Storage Network Launch

Filecoin is planning to officially launch its blockchain-based data storage network sometime near the middle of next year. In a first-and-second quarter update posted on Tuesday, the Filecoin team unveiled an in-progress roadmap stretching into 2019 and beyond, with milestones including this week's release of demos for the go-filecoin protocol implementation, a plan to make the…

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The Mt. Gox Redemption: Heading Toward a Happy Ending?

The story of the infamous cryptocurrency exchange Mt. Gox seems to be taking a twist that could bring a relatively happy resolution to one of the most dramatic episodes in the short history of digital money. As the gates are now open for the Japan-based exchange’s creditors to file rehabilitation claims, chances are that most…

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Investment Firm Morgan Creek Launches Digital Asset Index Fund Excluding Pre-Mined Cryptos

Morgan Creek Digital, backed by the institutional investment house Morgan Creek Capital with $1.5 billion in assets under management , has launched a new Digital Asset Index Fund in partnership with Bitwise, Forbes reports August 28. The new fund will give accredited investors, endowments, pensions and other approved institutional investors the possibility to gain indirect…

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Founder of Mt. Gox Bitcoin Exchange Mark Karpeles Disputes Lawsuit Filed in Illinois

The founder of now-defunct Bitcoin (BTC) exchange Mt. Gox Mark Karpeles has filed a motion to dismiss a legal case filed against him in Illinois, according to a report by Financefeeds August 25. The class action in question was originally filed in Illinois by Gregory Greene and Anthony Motto, two former clients of Mt. Gox…

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Morgan Creek, Bitwise Team Up to Launch Digital Asset Index Fund

Morgan Creek, a capital management company that oversees more than $1.5 billion in assets, has partnered with Bitwise Asset Management to create the Digital Asset Index Fund. The new cryptocurrency asset fund is the latest in Bitwise’s suite of cryptocurrency investment offerings, as the asset management company already owns the HOLD 10 Index Fund. It also…

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Canada Delays Regulation of Cryptocurrencies and Blockchain Companies

The Canadian government has postponed the release of its final regulations for cryptocurrency and blockchain companies. The final published regulations were due this fall, but the government now says they won’t be published in the Canada Gazette until late 2019. Because the federal government is already in pre-election mode ahead of the 2019 election, the…

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AP Inks Deal With Blockchain Media Startup Civil

The Associated Press (AP) is partnering with blockchain journalism startup Civil to license articles for, Digiday reported Tuesday. Civil Media Company is planning to license the AP's content to its various newsrooms as one aspect of the deal, according to the report. Another aspect will see AP and Civil collaborating to track Civil newsrooms' original…

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US, Canadian Securities Regulators Are Involved in Over 200 Crypto Probes

NEWS Aug 28, 2018 at 16:05 UTC | Updated Aug 28, 2018 at 16:06 UTC The North American Securities Administrators Association (NASAA) announced that there are "more than 200 active investigations" by state or provincial-level agencies into initial coin offerings (ICOs) and other crypto-related investment products. NASAA, composed of securities regulators from the U.S., Canada, Puerto…