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❏ VanEck, SolidX and Cboe met with SEC staff on Monday to demonstrate how the bitcoin market is ready for an ETF. ❏ CoinDesk

❏ Bitcoin tanked in November on the back of high volumes, raising the possibility that the market has, to some extent, capitulated. ❏ CoinDesk

❏ An Intel patent awarded Tuesday outlines a method for mining cryptos using the SHA-256 algorithm more efficiently. ❏ CoinDesk

❏ New sanctions from the US government are driving Iranian bitcoin users to pursue more secure and private wallet solutions. ❏ CoinDesk

❏ Bitcoin miner maker Canaan Creative has revealed it is temporarily cutting prices to "celebrate" bitcoin's recent price rise. ❏ CoinDesk

❏ Fidelity Investments is looking to expand its institutional crypto asset platform to include trading services for the top five to seven cryptocurrencies by market cap. ❏ CoinDesk

❏ Bitcoin is teasing a short-term bullish reversal, having just recorded its biggest single-day gain in seven months. ❏ CoinDesk

❏ The number of Google searches for bitcoin has seen a notable uptick this week, now recording its most searches worldwide since last April. ❏ CoinDesk

❏ For the first time, the U.S. Treasury Department is adding crypto addresses to its list of Specially Designated Nationals. ❏ CoinDesk

❏ While the bitcoin market is still predominantly bearish, seller exhaustion near $3,500 may be paving the way to stronger corrective bounce. ❏ CoinDesk

❏ Birks Group, one of the oldest luxury jewelry retailers in Canada, is now accepting bitcoin payments at eight of its stores. ❏ CoinDesk

❏ The second largest stock exchange in the world - NASDAQ - is partnering with investment management firm VanEck to bring to market a new generation of cryptocurrency futures products. ❏ CoinDesk

❏ ICE founder and chairman Jeffrey Sprecher and Bakkt CEO Kelly Loeffler took to the stage during CoinDesk's Consensus: Invest event on Tuesday. ❏ CoinDesk

❏ Stock exchange operator Nasdaq is sticking with plans to launch bitcoin futures contracts early next year, say Bloomberg sources. ❏ CoinDesk

❏ Bitcoin looks set to end the month below a key long-term support level for the first time in three years. ❏ CoinDesk

❏ XRP has remained the world's second largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization for the past 11-days, which is its longest stretch at #2 since 2016. ❏ CoinDesk

❏ Bitcoin's 15-percent recovery from the 14-month low hit yesterday may have opened the doors for short-term price consolidation ❏ CoinDesk

❏ Ohio has become the first U.S. state to allow taxes to be paid in bitcoin. ❏ CoinDesk

❏ Between 600,000 and 800,000 bitcoin miners have shut down since mid-November amid declines in price and hashrate across the network, F2pool's founder estimates. ❏ CoinDesk

❏ With bitcoin prices dropping further early on Sunday, the cryptocurrency now looks to be heading for its worst weekly loss in over 5 years. ❏ CoinDesk

❏ The price of bitcoin fell below $4,000 for the first time Septemeber 26, 2017 and is now down 30 percent in the last 7 days alone.3 ❏ CoinDesk

❏ Richard Stallman, founder of the free software movement, is building a privacy-focused cryptographic payments system, but says it's not a cryptocurrency. ❏ CoinDesk

❏ Bankrupt U.S.-based bitcoin mining firm Giga Watt just hiked the value of its assets in a revised court filing. ❏ CoinDesk

❏ Bitcoin's defense of key long-term support for the second time in four days is a positive sign for a potential recovery rally. ❏ CoinDesk

❏ The trustee of the collapsed bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox is hoping to give creditors more time to enter civil rehabilitation claims. ❏ CoinDesk

❏ The Lightning Network is already powering a real blogging platform with bitcoin micropayments. ❏ CoinDesk

❏ The Norwegian government has scrapped a subsidy on electricity tax for cryptocurrency miners in its state budget, a report says. ❏ CoinDesk

❏ Bitcoin's stalled recovery rally could kick off again if prices manage to beat new resistance above $4,600. ❏ CoinDesk

❏ Tobacconists in France are reportedly going to be selling bitcoin vouchers to the public from New Year. ❏ CoinDesk

❏ The SEC would like to establish jurisdiction over crypto assets but this is only appropriate where there are legally enforceable contracts between legal entities, argues Edan Yago. ❏ CoinDesk

❏ Plaintiffs in an ongoing case against Coinbase have filed an amended lawsuit explaining how they believe the exchange allowed insiders to unfairly profit from its rollout of bitcoin cash last December. ❏ CoinDesk

❏ The pace of bitcoin’s ongoing sell-off is setting new records with every passing day, the latest being its test of a key long-term moving average for the first time in three years. Indeed, the world’s most valuable cryptocurrency network fell below its 200-week exponential moving average (EMA) of $4,180 yesterday, marking the first break of […] ❏ CoinDesk

❏ U.S.-based bitcoin mining firm Giga Watt has declared bankruptcy with millions still owed to creditors. ❏ CoinDesk

❏ Bitcoin could be in for a stronger recovery rally in the next few days, having found a temporary low near $4,000. ❏ CoinDesk

❏ MV Index Solutions, a subsidiary of investment management firm VanEck, has launched a new index tracking the OTC performance of bitcoin. ❏ CoinDesk

❏ It’s been six days since the bitcoin cash split and the ongoing threat of one chain sabotaging the other has yet to materialize. ❏ CoinDesk

❏ Bitcoin Cash SV's block reorganization yesterday may have been the result of a stress test, rather than an attack. ❏ CoinDesk

❏ The cryptocurrency market has lost nearly 30 percent of its total value in the past 7-days alone, leaving many to wonder if an end to the bear market is in sight. ❏ CoinDesk

❏ Bakkt has delayed the launch of its bitcoin futures launch to January 2019. ❏ CoinDesk

❏ Bitcoin's sell-off has accelerated and put the cryptocurrency on pace to record its worst monthly performance of the year. ❏ CoinDesk

❏ The U.S. DOJ is reportedly probing Tether and Bitfinex over whether they artificially boosted bitcoin's price using the USDT stablecoin. ❏ CoinDesk

❏ OKEx has pushed back against allegations made by a trading firm over its forced settlement of bitcoin cash futures contracts last week. ❏ CoinDesk

❏ Bitcoin’s price continues to slide despite the oversold conditions signaled on the technical charts for the last six days. ❏ CoinDesk

❏ RSK Labs is operating under a new banner, with an emphasis on creating a range of open-source protocols for blockchain infrastructure. ❏ CoinDesk

❏ The cryptocurrency market rout accelerated today as bitcoin (BTC) fell below $5,000 for the first time in 13-months. ❏ CoinDesk

❏ The price of bitcoin fell below $5,000 on Monday for the first time since October of last year. ❏ CoinDesk

❏ Traders have reportedly incurred losses after OKEx settled bitcoin cash futures contracts with little warning ahead of last week's hard fork. ❏ CoinDesk

❏ Bitcoin (BTC) dropped to its lowest level since October 2017 on Monday, as losses are seen across the broader crypto market. ❏ CoinDesk

❏ Kraken has warned that the new bitcoin cash token, BCH SV, does not meet its standard listing requirements and is a “high risk” investment. ❏ CoinDesk

❏ One of the bitcoin community’s best-known artists is gearing up to launch a blockchain-powered video game with investor backing. ❏ CoinDesk

❏ After yesterday's split of the bitcoin cash blockchain, several top exchanges have already accommodated the resulting two tokens. ❏ CoinDesk

❏ If past events are a guide, bitcoin could in for a recovery rally, following the formation of a "long-legged doji" on the charts Thursday. ❏ CoinDesk

❏ The artist behind a giant, inflatable, rat-shaped piece of protest art dedicated to bitcoin is at it again – this time at the DC Fed. ❏ CoinDesk

❏ ECB executive board member Benoît Cœuré has discussed potential uses for blockchain at central banks, but he's really not keen on bitcoin. ❏ CoinDesk

❏ The bitcoin cash blockchain officially split today into two competing networks – but the story seems to be far from over. ❏ CoinDesk

❏ Binance is advising its remaining users in Iran to withdraw their money as the cryptocurrency exchange seeks to comply with international sanctions. ❏ CoinDesk

❏ A contentious hard fork on the bitcoin cash blockchain has been activated. ❏ CoinDesk

❏ Economist Steve Hanke has joined the board of advisors for the P2P cryptocurrency exchange AirTM and will guide its Latin American expansion, including a new system for price-stable assets he will design. ❏ CoinDesk

❏ Bitcoin cash's ongoing hash war remains lopsided, with mining pools supporting Bitcoin SV controlling nearly 75 percent of the current network. ❏ CoinDesk

❏ Bitcoin is looking oversold after a drop to 13-month lows Wednesday and could defend immediate support at $5,000 in the next few days. ❏ CoinDesk

❏ Canaan Creative's IPO application looms as the bitcoin mining firm's filing status at the Hong Kong Stock Exchange is now "lapsed." ❏ CoinDesk

❏ The war for bitcoin cash is only beginning. ❏ CoinDesk

❏ With Thurday's hard fork of the bitcoin cash blockchain likely to result in a split, what are the traders planning to do with their holdings? ❏ CoinDesk

❏ Bitcoin sank to its lowest price in over a year on Wednesday – a move that seemed to drag down the prices of other major cryptocurrencies as well. ❏ CoinDesk

❏ Part system upgrade, part political battle, Thursday's BCH hard fork could get interesting. ❏ CoinDesk

❏ Bitcoin fell to its lowest price in over 12 months on Wednesday amid a broader cryptocurrency market sell-off. ❏ CoinDesk

❏ Bitcoin ABC and Bitcoin SV are now valued the same in advanced trading. ❏ CoinDesk

❏ Casa has boosted Jameson Lopp to CTO eight months after he joined the crypto custody solutions startup as an infrastructure engineer. ❏ CoinDesk

❏ Bitcoin rewards platform Lolli has raised $2.25 million in seed funding from investors including Bain Capital Ventures. ❏ CoinDesk

❏ Bitcoin’s (BTC) price woes may not be over just yet, as a specific "death cross" indicator is about to reoccur for the first time in four years. ❏ CoinDesk

❏ There are now almost twice as many open short positions betting that the price of bitcoin cash (BCH) will fall as there are longs betting on a rise in its price. According to data from crypto exchange Bitfinex, which allows margin trading for multiple cryptocurrencies, there are currently 89,457 open BCH short positions and 53,322 […] ❏ CoinDesk

❏ Over the past 24 hours, Bitcoin cash mining pools supporting Craig Wright's Bitcoin SV have consolidated even more of the relative amount of hash power. ❏ CoinDesk

❏ Bitcoin price dropped to two-week lows earlier today and could extend the decline to key support near $6,100. ❏ CoinDesk

❏ While bitcoin cash is seeing an internal war ahead of the scheduled network fork on Thursday, some traders in Asia are just betting that the sum of the parts will be worth more than the whole. ❏ CoinDesk

❏ Crypto mining hardware maker Bitmain has filed suit against an anonymous thief in a US federal court. In a complaint submitted to the U.S. District Court, Western District of Washington at Seattle, Bitmain alleges that the unidentified thief stole 617 bitcoin from an account it holds at crypto exchange Binance, and is seeking a jury trial […] ❏ CoinDesk

❏ Early data suggests that the Bitcoin SV implementation of the bitcoin cash fork may enjoy more hash power than Bitcoin ABC. ❏ CoinDesk

❏ Bitcoin could be in for a recovery rally, having defended a key support level over the weekend. ❏ CoinDesk

❏ A bitcoin trader has been jailed and fined over $1.1 million for stealing bitcoin and litecoin, and then defrauding investors to repay the loss. ❏ CoinDesk

❏ Cryptocurrency is helping women who've suffered sexual harassment or assault gain financial independence while protecting their privacy. ❏ CoinDesk

❏ Bitcoin's reversal of the recent uptrend in prices is gathering pace and a drop into a bearish territory below $6,200 is now a possibility. ❏ CoinDesk

❏ After a year of peaceful hard fork upgrades, bitcoin cash is in the throes of a fiery debate over its future – one that could lead to a chain split. ❏ CoinDesk

❏ Poloniex's new "pre-fork" trading service suggests that bitcoin cash users favor the more established version of the software, Bitcoin ABC. ❏ CoinDesk

❏ Cinnober, a fintech company founded a full decade before the bitcoin white paper came out, wants to help today's crypto trading platforms mature. ❏ CoinDesk

❏ Bitcoin is painting a less bullish picture than 24 hours ago, following a drop out of an ascending price channel. ❏ CoinDesk

❏ Poloniex will be the first exchange to offer trading for the pending bitcoin cash (BCH) hard fork amid the debate that has raged since mid-year. ❏ CoinDesk

❏ Bitcoin cash is undergoing a hard fork on Nov 15., and it might result in a split. So which exchanges will support the new cryptocurrency? ❏ CoinDesk

❏ Cryptocurrency exchange Gate.io was apparently the target of hackers who compromised a widely used web analytics platform. ❏ CoinDesk

❏ Bitcoin looks likely to inch higher toward $6,800 in the near-term, as the technical indicators have grown increasingly bullish in the last 24 hours. ❏ CoinDesk

❏ An Australian researcher says wide disagreements about underlying prices and lack of short options keep cryptocurrency prices alive. ❏ CoinDesk

❏ The price of bitcoin cash rose more than 11 percent on Tuesday, pushing its price to a new two-month high. ❏ CoinDesk

❏ In a new court filing, Charlie Shrem denies claims that he stole 5,000 bitcoin from Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss. ❏ CoinDesk

❏ Bitmain's recently revealed 7nm ASIC mining chip will be included in new Antminer S15 and T15 models, which go on sale Thursday. ❏ CoinDesk

❏ Short positions placed on bitcoin have fallen to their lowest levels since the beginning of August as market sentiment shifts in favor of the bulls. ❏ CoinDesk

❏ Bitcoin's long-awaited bullish reversal could gather steam once prices cross key resistance near $6,650. ❏ CoinDesk

❏ A number of verified Twitter accounts were hacked to look like Elon Musk's as part of an effort to defraud owners of bitcoin. ❏ CoinDesk

❏ What happens if there's another 2008-scale financial market crisis? Will diehard HODLers still resist liquidating their bitcoin assets? ❏ CoinDesk

❏ Bitcoin could be about to make a move towards $6,800, having witnessed a bullish triangle breakout yesterday. ❏ CoinDesk

❏ Take it from someone who's actually received crypto campaign donations. ❏ CoinDesk

❏ At the Lightning Hackday, it was hard to keep up with all the futuristic ideas for bitcoin's layer-two, but some devs are focusing on the basics. ❏ CoinDesk

❏ It's been 10 years since bitcoin's white paper appeared and opened up a whole new world of possibilities, says BitGo's Mike Belshe. ❏ CoinDesk

❏ The Winklevoss twins are reportedly suing bitcoin entrepreneur Charlie Shrem over 5,000 bitcoin allegedly owed to them from a past business deal. ❏ CoinDesk

❏ A trendline rising from 2011 lows has become the level to beat for the bitcoin bears. ❏ CoinDesk

❏ Bitcoin ATM operator Coinsource has received a BitLicense from New York's financial watchdog, a full three years after first applying. ❏ CoinDesk

❏ Bitcoin ended October on a weak note, confirming its first three-month losing streak since 2015, but things may be looking up for November. ❏ CoinDesk

❏ Software evolves, read-only text documents do not. ❏ CoinDesk