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'One-Stop Shop' for Crypto Mining and Trading to Launch Spot Market May 23

Bcause says it's weeks away from launching a spot market for bitcoin, ether, bitcoin cash and litecoin, despite operating under chapter 11.

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Bitfinex’s Bitcoin Price Excluded from CoinMarketCap Average Calculation

Crypto data provider CoinMarketCap has excluded bitcoin prices provided by the troubled Bitfinex exchange from its weighted average calculation.

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Beware the Fake Bitfinex White Papers Appearing Online

As speculation and impatience arises over the upcoming Bitfinex token sale, opportunistic fakers are creating bogus white papers.

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A Visual Guide to the Hot, New Crypto Fundraising Mechanism – the IEO

The ICO market might have cooled, but there's still fundraising going on in the blockchain space – it's now being done through the IEO, or initial exchange offering, and we break down how this mechanism is different our latest explainer video.

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Binance, OKEx and KuCoin Are Using IEOs to Command the Spotlight

So far, initial exchange offerings are the hottest token fundraising trend of 2019.

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Tokenized Securities Exchange Currency.com Launches to the Public

Belarus-based exchange Currency.com has left beta mode to offer trading and investment in 1,000 tokenized securities.

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Binance's Compliance Drive Continues With New Elliptic Partnership

Binance has partnered with blockchain analytics startup Elliptic to combat money laundering as it continues to expand.

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Diamond Standard Launches Blockchain-Powered Token Backed by Real Gems

A new startup is looking to make diamonds as attractive to institutional investors as gold.

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Techstars-Backed Alkemi Enters DeFi Race With $16 Million Liquidity Pool

This new startup wants to plug exchanges, funds and other traditional players into the broader DeFi movement.

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