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Despite Desktop Appearance, Yahoo Crypto Trading Is Currently Available Only on iOS App

Following a rollout of buy and sell options for Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), and Litecoin (LTC) yesterday, Yahoo clarified in an email to Cointelegraph that, at the moment, its new service will only be available on its iOS app.Yesterday, Cointelegraph reported that Yahoo Finance integrated a trading option for BTC, ETH, and LTC on its…

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Japan’s National Police Agency to Employ New Software to Track Crypto Transactions

In response to a reported increase in the illicit use of cryptocurrencies, Japan's National Police Agency (NPA) plans to introduce new software which can track cryptocurrency transaction history, Japan's national public broadcasting organization NHK reported August 30.In 2019, the National Police Agency will reportedly put special software into service to track the history of virtual…

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As Venezuela Takes Aim at Remittances, Bitcoiners Take Collateral Damage

The Venezuelan government is cracking down on remittance payments with a new banking mandate, one that could put the country’s Bitcoin users on an even tighter leash. In a letter “addressed to all banking institutions,” the government has ordered all domestic banks to disclose the IP addresses, financial details, transaction amounts and locations of all…

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Origin Protocol Launches Decentralized Messaging Platform

Origin Protocol, one of the early initial token offerings listed on CoinList, has announced the launch of its new decentralized messaging service. Origin’s latest offering could challenge encrypted giant Telegram, which, while not decentralized, is widely used within the cryptocurrency community. Decentralized Options for Origin Participants Origin Messaging was designed to meet the need for…

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Bitcoin Loses $7K Footing Amid Market-Wide Price Correction

Thursday, August 30: following the week’s brief uptick, crypto markets are today seeing widespread corrections, with the top ten coins by market cap losing between 1.5 and 5 percent on the day. All but 13 minor alts among the top 100 ranked cryptos are in the red, as Coin360 data shows.Market visualization from Coin360Bitcoin (BTC)…

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Reserve Bank of India Confirms It Is Looking Into Making a Central Bank Digital Currency

India’s central bank, the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI), has confirmed the creation of an inter-departmental group tasked with analyzing the feasibility of issuing a rupee-backed central bank digital currency (CBDC), the Economics Times reports August 30.The group’s establishment and focus was detailed in the bank’s Annual Report 2017-18, confirming earlier details that followed a…

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‘No Sign of the Petro Here’: Mystery and Confusion Besets Venezuela’s Crypto ‘Revolution’

Reuters has today, August 30, published an investigative report into Venezuela’s national oil-backed cryptocurrency, the Petro (PTR), attempting to square government claims with facts on the ground and evidence of the Petro’s transaction history to date.Reuters dispatched reporters to the central Venezuelan hamlet of Atapirire, which sits at the heart of the 380-square-kilometer territory that…

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Pay From Bitcoin Mainnet to Lightning and Back: Submarine Swaps Are Now Live

In order to make payments on the lightning network — Bitcoin’s second layer solution for instant and cheap transactions — users must first fund lightning channels. This process, however, creates a slight disconnect between lightning users and on-chain users. Lightning users can pay lightning users, and on-chain users can pay on-chain users, but they can’t…

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Ripple Scores Small Win Against Investors Claiming XRP Is a Security

NEWS Aug 30, 2018 at 19:21 UTC Ripple's efforts to consolidate the lawsuits filed against it are proceeding successfully. As previously reported by CoinDesk, Ripple Labs, which has been sued by a number of parties claiming that the XRP token is a security for the company, has been pushing to have the various class action…

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France’s Interrogation of Alleged BTC-e Owner Alexander Vinnik Was ‘Fake’, Says Attorney

Alleged former owner of crypto exchange BTC-e Alexander Vinnik was indicted and subjected to a "fake" interrogation by French prosecutors on Tuesday, August 28, his attorney Timofey Musatov told Russian news outlet Izvestiya Thursday, August 30.Musatov claims that his client Vinnik was brought to a court in Greece where he is currently awaiting extradition and…