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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. But as markets saw their prices fall, bitcoin’s numbers went up.

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Bitcoin Daily: Slovakian Crypto Exchange Victim To A $1.6M Hack; Crypto Lender Cred Joins Visa's FinTech Fast Track Program

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The coins affected included bitcoin, ether, XRP, tezos, algorand and TRON, and the hackers transferred their stolen items into public wallets that have since been emptied, according to CoinDesk. Both companies work to provide tax software for cryptocurrencies, but Blockpit CEO Florian Wimmer said the companies have different strengths.

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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 Daily: Slovakian Crypto Exchange Victim To A $1.6M Hack; Hong Kong's Diginex Raises $20M Ahead of Nasdaq Listing; Crypto Lender Cred Joins Visa's FinTech Fast Track Program; Austrian Crypto RegTech Blockpit Buys Competitor CryptoTax

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The coins affected included bitcoin, ether, XRP, tezos, algorand and TRON, and the hackers transferred their stolen items into public wallets that have since been emptied, according to CoinDesk. Both companies work to provide tax software for cryptocurrencies, but Blockpit CEO Florian Wimmer said the companies have different strengths.

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Top 5 Trends to Watch in 2018

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The cryptocurrency bitcoin, which shocked everyone by surpassing $17K, further shocked everyone by dropping below $10K. Then of course there are various other events sweeping the financial services space, from new tax laws in the U.S., EXCLUSIVE — It’s not even a month into 2018 and already so much has changed.

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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. What looks like a record high one day is left in the dust the next.

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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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