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Bitcoin Daily: Estonia eResidency Participants Connected To Crypto Schemes; KuCoin Freeze Stays In Effect Following Hack

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People provided access to the online technology of Estonia via an eResidency program are reportedly being connected to digital currency schemes in other countries, Bloomberg reported. Approximately 70,000 virtual IDs have been provided to eResidents from 174 nations. Estonia is a country of 1.3

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Bitcoin Daily: IADB Tests Blockchain For Registering Land; Crypto Platform Bakkt To Team With Starbucks For Mobile Payments Pilot

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The organization, which is investing $600,000 in the project, is working with blockchain startup ChromaWay and Bolivian IT services company Jalasoft on the project in Bolivia, Peru and Paraguay, with plans to eventually test out the technology in other parts of South America. I personally don’t believe Libra will succeed,” he said.

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Bitcoin Daily: France Votes To Include Crypto In Insurance Contracts; VC Draper Could Team With Facebook For Crypto Venture

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The National Assembly of France has voted to allow local insurance companies to include cryptocurrencies in life insurance contracts. With these two provisions, it is written in black and white that SPFs can invest in cryptocurrencies like bitcoin,” said Simmons & Simmons attorney Emilien Bernard-Alzias, according to CCN.

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Crypto 2020: One Step Up; Two Steps Back

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Here are some of cryptos’ key developments for 2020: Bitcoin Goes Higher And Higher. Bitcoin, of course, exists as one of the most widely recognized cryptocurrencies. And one of the most notable events of 2020 was the big appreciation in bitcoin’s price, tied as it is (and was) to optimism about cryptos’ future.

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Blockchain Begins Earning Some Bitcoin-Like Skepticism

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The publication noted blockchain’s “talismanic effect in today’s stock market” and investors’ heightened appetite to “capitalize on the popularity of currencies like bitcoin and Ethereum” as other reasons to take Kodak’s latest venture with a bit of healthy skepticism. Broader Doubts Emerge. That is the theory,” he continued.

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Bitcoin Daily: Japan’s LINE Approved For Crypto License; Binance To Soon Launch US Branch

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LINE will reportedly offer two tokens — LINE Point in Japan and LINK for other nations — to connect users and service providers. Just last month, Binance announced plans to launch its blockchain project, Venus, to develop localized stablecoins and digital assets pegged to fiat currencies across the globe.

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Bitcoin Daily: South Korean Crypto Startup Steals $2.7M In Exit Scam; Venezuela Wants World’s Oil Market To Use Petro

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According to The Next Web , hours after moving all raised funds out of its wallet, the company shut down its website, deleted its social media accounts and kicked all users off its chat group. And Venezuela is trying to lure the world’s oil markets to start using its national cryptocurrency, the petro.

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