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Bitcoin Daily: Korean Commission Suggests Allowing FIs To Offer Crypto; China’s OneConnect Platform Supports New Blockchain Financing Product

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China’s Guangdong province has launched a blockchain financing platform for small and medium-sized businesses, backed by OneConnect , a Chinese FinTech recently listed on the New York Stock Exchange, according to a press release. . In other crypto news , cryptocurrency tax automation software TaxBit has raised $5 million in funding.

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Bitcoin Tracker: Bitcoin Black Friday

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In this week’s Bitcoin Tracker, bitcoin soars, then settles down and plans for its yearly sale abound. Switzerland gives bitcoin a hand by way of rail ticket machine sales, an Australian startup banks on the aptly named Dash and Zcash fervor fades. The election came and went and, with it, brought some stock market shock.

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Bitcoin Tracker: Blowing Past Milestones

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Bitcoin’s value keeps breaking through ceilings again and again. Wednesday night into Thursday morning, trading saw bitcoin fly by another milestone: $1,500. Wednesday night into Thursday morning, trading saw bitcoin fly by another milestone: $1,500. The digital currency’s market cap sat at just over $25.4

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The Try New Things Edition: Amazon, Bitcoin And Airbnb

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Bitcoin is getting used to a new, and reset, pricing order as investors worldwide say they aren’t concerned about the coming regulatory wave (or the army of hackers stealing cryptocurrency), but the sluggish pricing tells a different story. Following The Bouncing (And Stolen) Bitcoin. And while $1.2 As for Amazon?

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Adyen Sizzles, Bitcoin Fizzles And Retail Gets Its Groove Back

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Powering the push in spending, according to the Commerce Department reports, are historically low unemployment figures , wages finally starting to show real gains and additional liquid capital among workers due to the tax cuts of late 2017. Bitcoin: Pricing cracks below $6,600, amid news of U.S. We are a long way from $20,000.

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What do Bitcoin, Ethereum, GDP, unemployment, and Covid have in common?

Lex Sokolin

Bitcoin has never been more valuable, hitting $34,000 and $630 billion in market capitalization. Ethereum has never been more functional and economic, and flying 10x since its lows back to $1,000, over $100 billion in market cap. $15 Does it fuel the price of Bitcoin? Why is there collectivism in our Fintech newsletter?

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What do Bitcoin, Ethereum, GDP, unemployment, and Covid have in common?

Lex Sokolin

Bitcoin has never been more valuable, hitting $34,000 and $630 billion in market capitalization. Ethereum has never been more functional and economic, and flying 10x since its lows back to $1,000, over $100 billion in market cap. $15 Does it fuel the price of Bitcoin? Why is there collectivism in our Fintech newsletter?

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