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Bitcoin Daily: Travala.com Combines With TravelbyBit; France Tests Blockchain-Operational Digital Euro

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.” The firms will cross-market each of their travel services as the initial step of the merger. In other news, France has become the first nation to test out a blockchain-operational digital euro with successful results, Banque de France announced on Wednesday (May 20).

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Bitcoin Daily: Crypto Industry Stocks Jump With Bitcoin’s Rise; Cashaa Teams To Build Crypto-Friendly FI

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Blockchain industry stocks are on the rise as bitcoin reaches new heights, Seeking Alpha reported. HIVE Blockchain Technologies, Riot Blockchain and Marathon Patent Group are on the uptick, according to the report, which was published early Tuesday (Oct. Bitcoin reached higher than the $13,600 level intraday. as of 7:19 p.m.

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China May Move To Ban Bitcoin Mining

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China could move to ban mining for bitcoins if a draft list of activities the country’s state planner wants to ban becomes law. As it stands, China is the biggest market for people to purchase computer hardware for cryptocurrency mining. The price of bitcoin was able to surpass $5,000 for the first time since November.

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Bitcoin Daily: Bitcoin Kiosks At The Supermarket, tZERO To Launch Next Week

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Meanwhile, a study by data firm Chainalysis has found that bitcoin as a form of payment doubled in 2018 on darknet market sites. Bitcoin transaction volumes on darknet markets, where people can buy illegal goods, saw an increase over the entire year to reach an average of $2 million daily.

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Bitcoin Daily: 7,000 Crypto ATMs Worldwide, Data Says; Marshall Islands Plans National Digital Currency

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The blockchain for the Marshallese sovereign (SOV) digital currency will be developed with Algorand technology, according to an announcement. Algorand created a permissionless, open source and pure proof-of-stake blockchain technology. The supply of SOV will be set to increase at 4 percent yearly to stop inflation from occurring.

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Bitcoin Daily: Ukraine Busts Alleged Crypto Laundering Operation; Blockchain Shipping Platform TradeLens Expands

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Early this year, Binance said it bolstered resources to take a more in-depth look at the possible ways in which so-called Bulletproof Exchangers were laundering money via the digital currency market. The joint effort began in July with data integration from the Gemport and Gebze terminals to the technology, which is based on blockchain.

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Bitcoin Daily: Bakkt Trust Crypto Platform Gets Trust License In NY

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The New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS) announced that it has granted a charter under New York Banking Law to Bakkt Trust to operate as a limited liability trust company. This approval demonstrates New York’s competitiveness as a hub of innovation and leadership in emerging technologies.”. Lacewell. “As

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