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BlockShow 2018 Europe has kicked off in Berlin, bringing together over 3,000 attendees and 150 projects from the international blockchain space
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Crypto markets continue downtrend with all top ten coins by market cap in the red, Bitcoin trading around $7,200
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Bithumb is banning users from 11 countries, citing the need to follow “global anti money laundering efforts”
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Winners revealed for Blockshow’s 2018 blockchain industry leaders poll: Dr Quy Vo-Reinhard of the HIT foundation and Bitfury win the top places in respective categories
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A Scottish hospital is treating people who are addicted to trading cryptocurrencies in the UK’s first ever ‘crypto clinic’
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The Bank of England has issued a staff working paper, which warns that central bank digital currencies could pose a competition threat to commercial banks
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92% of blockchain projects ever launched are no longer active, says China
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Ethereum analytics firm reveals 100,000 new users join ETH ecosystem every day
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Deloitte has analyzed over 50 potential blockchain use cases in the retail and consumer packaged goods industry, conclude the “potential impact” of the technology “is huge”
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TrustNodes suggests EOS as the party responsible for today’s ETH price drop, pointing to evidence that EOS recently sold a large amount of ETH
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Economic sanctions have led to polarizing views on cryptocurrencies in Iran
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An actor impersonating Chinese national leader Mao Zedong received a backlash of criticism at a blockchain conference in China
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German authorities in the federal state of Bavaria have sold off digital assets seized in criminal proceedings worth €12 mln
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The founder of a leading Chinese ride hailing company is planning to launch a blockchain-based ride hailing app
Source: cointelegraph