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VC Expert Gurley: Bitcoin is Incredible Store of Value
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on 18/11/2017, 12:04:55 UTC
Venture Capitalist expert and investor Bill Gurley believes Bitcoin is an incredible store of value. In an interview with CNBC, the financier made it clear he believes that a bullish future for Bitcoin is a certainty given its utility in destabilized currency economies.

Gurley stated during the interview that he’s positive on Bitcoin’s future and sees a clear path forward, especially in places where other currencies are not an option, since it represents a stable store of value. His company owns a small position in the cryptocurrency. He said:

"I think of it as an incredible store of value in the rest of the world. I don't think it's irrational. Many people who live in those types of countries want to be paid in Bitcoin.”

Wall Street seeing the future?
The comments further reflect the divide that is fast forming in Wall Street, with those who are very positive about the coin’s future, and those who consider it a fraud or a tool for money laundering.

However, the reality that adoption continues to grow has made it impossible to ignore the cryptocurrency. Nevertheless, according to many industry insiders much still needs to be done as adoption growth continues. According to Ami Ben David, Co-Founder of SPiCE VC:

“Bitcoin is now rewriting the definition books. Historically people thought of a store of value as “an asset you can predictably hold or trade”, but Bitcoin is a DIGITAL store of value, and as such, it adds the exponential Network Effect - Bitcoin is the Facebook of money, used by millions today, but over the next 10 years, it’s real challenge will be to adapt and improve as it reaches billions of users.”

These challenges will continue as the cryptocurrency market continues to mature. However, the reality of the need for utility to create stores of value continues to plague the minds of some experts. Eyal Hertzog Co-Founder of Bancor:

"Store of value" is one of the ways a currency can be used. For anything to be used as SoV it has to be valuable otherwise. Money can be used as SoV since it’s useful for commerce. Gold can be used as SoV due to the market demand for that specific rare substance. For a digital currency to be useful as SoV it probably has to be useful for other purposes.”
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Re: [BOUNTY] BLUZELLE 🔵A Decentralized Database Service for dApps 🔵Bounty Campaign
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sanjeev.lamani@
on 18/11/2017, 06:11:03 UTC
I have signed up for Signature, Twitter, Medium & Telegram.

with:

Link My Twitter : https://twitter.com/LamaniSanjeev

My telegram : @SanjeevLamani

Link profil bitcointalk :
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=1127301
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Introducing Mainnet Ethereum Transactions on Toshi
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sanjeev.lamani@
on 17/11/2017, 13:33:42 UTC
Today, we’re introducing mainnet support for Ethereum transactions on Toshi (e.g. real Ether!).
Our developer preview launched about five months ago with testnet Ethereum only so we could start testing the platform. Today we’re ready to open up the platform to a wider audience, and introduce real Ether.
Using the new mainnet Toshi App
If you previously installed our developer preview app, you’ll need to download and install the new mainnet Toshi app (it is a new, separate app). Your previous app will not automatically update.
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Announcing Coinbase Custody: A Digital Currency Custodian For Institutions
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sanjeev.lamani@
on 17/11/2017, 13:29:16 UTC
Coinbase is already storing more than $9B of digital currency on behalf of our customers, and we’re excited to bring a new product built specifically for institutional investors.

Over 100 hedge funds have been created in the past year exclusively to trade digital currency. An even greater number of traditional institutional investors are starting to look at trading digital assets (including family offices, sovereign wealth funds, traditional hedge funds, and more). By some estimates there is $10B of institutional money waiting on the sidelines to invest in digital currency today.
When we speak with these institutions, they tell us that the number one thing preventing them from getting started is the existence of a digital asset custodian that they can trust to store client funds securely.
This is why I’m excited to announce Coinbase Custody. The next step to accelerating the world’s adoption of digital currencies is to unlock the institutional money preparing to enter the space.
We are designing Coinbase Custody to meet the needs of institutional clients. In particular, we feel that institutional clients require:
Strict financial controls (multiple signers, audit trails, limits, etc)
Dedicated account representatives and phone support
SLAs on funds transfers
A regulated digital currency custodian
Multi-user accounts with separate permissions
Support for a wide range of digital assets and currencies
Insurance (in some cases)
And high levels of cyber and physical security

https://medium.com/@barmstrong/announcing-coinbase-custody-a-digital-currency-custodian-for-institutions-907166d7af85
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Bitcoin Price Achieves New All-Time High at $8,040; Bigger Surge in December?
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sanjeev.lamani@
on 17/11/2017, 13:22:00 UTC
The bitcoin price has achieved a new all-time high at $8,040, within a week since it dipped below $5,600 on Sunday. Analysts expect the price of bitcoin to surge even further by the end of 2017, upon the entrance of institutional investors and retail traders through Coinbase, CBOE, Gemini, and CME.
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Over 20 Banks Join Singapore-Hong Kong Blockchain Trade Network
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sanjeev.lamani@
on 17/11/2017, 13:17:50 UTC
Members of the central banks of Singapore and Hong Kong have revealed that a number of banks have now joined their recently announced blockchain-based trade network.

Expected to launch by early 2019, the new network will now involve participation from over 20 global banks and financial institutions, a Business Times report says. The announcement of the new members of the project was made during the Singapore Fintech Festival on Thursday.

The proof-of-concept – called the Hong Kong Trade Finance Platform (HKTFP) – is a collaboration between the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) and the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), aimed to digitize trade finance using distributed ledger technology (DLT).

According to the officials from the two monetary authorities, the DLT pilot – which is described as a "global trade connectivity network" (GTCN) – is expected to set "new global standards" for the industry and aims to trace global trade flows between Singapore and Hong Kong.

Li Shu-Pui, executive director of the HKMA said that there have been concerns from bankers regarding data and transaction privacy. As a result, regulators should consider regulations around DLT, he said, since it is a new form of innovation in the "mission-critical" trade finance space.

Li indicated that he also expects European financial institutions to get involved in the project as it progresses.
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Why should you join CyberMiles?
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sanjeev.lamani@
on 03/11/2017, 13:24:50 UTC
CyberMiles is already a confirmed leader in their field that provides a new blockchain protocol being developed for the sole purpose of revolutionizing how commerce & marketplaces work! The reason this forward thinking is revolutionary is a simple fact that the BITCOIN blockchain was just the first of many successful solutions to our global currency needs.

CyberMiles seeks to create a world in which consumers can buy and sell products amongst themselves with the same confidence and certainty as they would from Amazon or Walmart. This platform will shed light on a new way to optimize business in the virtual marketplace. They will focus on various real-world marketplace & commercial applications (utilizing smart contracts), including local buy & sell marketplaces, e-commerce, and online auctions. Compared to real-world platforms like eBay.

Since is specifically developed for transactions and commercial applications this will allow for tremendous growth in a short amount of time. Laser-like focus is needed to master a specific sector of the digital space. CyberMiles will soon be used for many different types of commercial applications, including turnkey solutions for building c2c trading platforms, community-based dispute resolution, structuring alternative payment & financing solutions for e-commerce, enabling local businesses to run targeted, real-time promotions, or building a decentralized, community-based ride-sharing platform.

To top it off CyberMiles will have its own currency (CMT) that will power the entire system. CMT is being developed to be a highly liquid currency and compatible with many applications, and can also be mined to incentivize participants in the ecosystem. Compared to typical crypto-currency startups, CyberMiles has 2 major differences: Firstly, we have a team that is highly experienced with marketplaces & e-commerce (with average of more than 12 years of experience at leading marketplace platforms), enabling us to better develop & execute on solutions for commercial applications.

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Soma - Decentralized Social Marketplace
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sanjeev.lamani@
on 28/10/2017, 12:58:34 UTC
What do you think about SOMA ICO ?..

Soma is a revolutionary decentralized platform which facilitates trade inside the Soma Community through a rewarding system that enables beneficial collaboration of the community members. Users are encouraged to engage in actions that will benefit other members and the community as a whole by rewarding such actions with Soma Community (SCT), a cryptocurrency designed to incentivize the members of the decentralized community to perform value-adding services and act as a fast, secure and cost-effective way of compensation.
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Michigan Man Charged for Unlawful Bitcoin Exchange
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sanjeev.lamani@
on 28/10/2017, 06:47:40 UTC
A Michigan man has been charged with running an unlicensed money transmitting business after selling nearly $150,000 in bitcoin online.

According to an indictment released by Detroit TV news services WD-IV Friday, 52-year-old Bradley Anthony Stetkiw ran an exchange through the LocalBitcoins website, conducting transactions at restaurants in the Bloomfield area. Stetkiw is alleged to have sold bitcoin as part of a business venture for approximately two years, at a volume that would make him subject to federal anti-money laundering regulations.

Of the total, the documents, filed with the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, assert Stetkiw sold more than $56,000 worth of bitcoin to federal agents through six meetings.

According to the indictment:

"Operating under the user name 'SaltandPepper,' Stetkiw bought, sold and brokered deals for hundreds of thousands of dollars in bitcoins while failing to comply with the money transmitting business registration requirements set fort in Title 31, United States Code, Section 5330."

Stetkiw is notably not the first LocalBitcoins user to be charged for trading bitcoin.

Earlier this year, Detroit resident Sal Mansy plead guilty to the charge of operating an unlicensed money services business. He allegedly conducted $2.4 million-worth of transactions over a two-year period ending in July 2015.

Other arrests in Missouri and New York suggest actions against independent U.S. bitcoin sellers are becoming more commonplace.

https://www.coindesk.com/michigan-man-charged-unlawful-bitcoin-exchange/
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Can Blockchain Save Us from the Internet's Original Sin?
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sanjeev.lamani@
on 28/10/2017, 06:46:14 UTC
The internet's original sin

How did the GAFA gang get to be so powerful? It comes down to an original sin in the first design of the internet.

The inventors of packet switching and of the basic protocols on which the modern web is built did a masterful job figuring how to move information seamlessly across a distributed network. What they didn't do was resolve the problem of trust.

Since information is power, it is often highly sensitive. So when people share it with each other, they need to know that data can be trusted. But since there was no truly decentralized trust mediation system in place in the 1990s – no permissionless way to solve the Byzantine Generals' Problem – an asymmetric solution was found.

On the one hand, the distribution of public information was disintermediated, which put all centralized providers of that information, especially newspapers and other media outlets, under intense business pressure from blogs and other new information competitors. But on the other, all valuable information – particularly money itself, an especially valuable form of information – was still intermediated by trusted third parties.

It was a centralized solution bolted onto a decentralized information infrastructure.

So, we got website hosting services to manage each site's files. We got certificate authorities to authenticate reliable addresses. We got banks and credit card providers to run the payment system. And since we craved the network that Facebook's community offered and that Amazon's marketplace could reach and Google's search engine could tap, we fed ever more valuable information into the hands of these entities – those that won the early, defining battles to establish dominance of those services.

A new internet version of the trusted third party was born, and it was just as powerful, if not more so, than those archetypal trusted third parties of the pre-internet era: banks.

Only these newcomers' currency isn't dollars, it's data.

For more information https://www.coindesk.com/can-blockchain-save-us-from-the-internets-original-sin/
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ICOWatchlist.com Introduces: A New Ico Market Statistics Tool
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sanjeev.lamani@
on 06/10/2017, 07:17:55 UTC
In the spirit of innovation and community sensitization, the ICO platform ICOWatchlist.com has just released an ICO Market Statistics Tool that will empower and equip stakeholders, decision makers and basically anyone in the ICO space with data about the main trends in the ICO space.

The statistics tools give a retrospective insight into the industry, from which a futuristic trend analysis can be extrapolated. The figures, graphs and charts are based on real-time market value and movements thereby presenting immense benefits to members of the community.

The Statistics by Country section groups ICO projects by larger geographical location and their specific country representation. A color gradient is provided here to show the intensity of ICO and cryptocurrency activities that pertains to particular regions of the world. This tool can be used as a gauge of how crypto-friendly a certain region possibly is. The percentage of ICO projects per country are also shown here as well as the total amount realized cumulatively by projects per national distribution.
Projects are also categorized by way of Calendar Year and also narrowed down to the month of the end of the crowdsale. The amounts raised by individual projects are indicated on this page and the cumulative capitals raised by projects are represented both monthly and yearly in a graph for easy comprehension.

The page also helps to present ICO projects by categories of different industries they represent. This is shown in a colorful representation of graphs and charts of projects and their individual industries. The percentage industrial representation of projects is displayed in real-time as well as the cumulative investor amounts raised per industry category. The ICOWatchlist technical team takes into account projects that overlap industries and as such algorithmic mechanisms have been embedded into the page to ensure that capital raised by such projects are equitably distributed by industry based on the degree of project concentration in particular industries.

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Price Analysis | Expert report: Bitcoin, Ethereum, Ripple, Litecoin
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sanjeev.lamani@
on 26/09/2017, 10:41:18 UTC
Bitcoin, Ethereum, Bitcoin Cash, Ripple, Litecoin: Price Analysis

The rebound in the cryptocurrencies has hit a wall following a slew of negative headlines.

Today, we should get some insight into the Fed’s plans to shrink its massive balance sheet. This news will affect the US dollar and can also influence the cryptocurrencies. These are uncertain times; therefore, we suggest traders cut their position size in half to limit their risk.

BTC/USD
Bitcoin has been facing resistance at the $4,100 levels, according to our expectation.

BTC/USD

Between $4,000 and $4,100, there is a confluence of resistance from both the moving averages and the downtrend line. The 50 percent Fibonacci retracement of the fall from $4,975 to $2,974 is also just below the $4,000 levels. Therefore, we had avoided recommending any trade in our previous analysis.

However, after consolidating for three days, if Bitcoin breaks out of this resistance zone, we expect it to gain momentum on the upside. Though there is a minor resistance at $4,210 - the 61.8 percent Fibonacci retracement level - we expect this resistance to be crossed. The next major resistance is at $4,680, after which a retest of the highs is likely.

Therefore, we recommend buying Bitcoin on a breakout above $4,120. However, before initiating long positions, the traders should watch for an hour or two to confirm that the breakout is sustaining.

The stop loss can be maintained at $3,660 initially. Once the cryptocurrency breaks out of $4,210, the stops can be raised to $3,800. Traders should similarly trail their stops higher to reduce their risk. Partial profits can be booked at $4,600 levels. Remaining positions can be sold closer to $5,000 levels.

On the other hand, if Bitcoin fails to breakout of the overhead resistance, it will retrace the recent bounce from the lows and is likely to fall to $3,500 levels.

ETH/USD
Ethereum also performed according to our expectations. It is facing stiff resistance from both the moving averages and the 50 percent Fibonacci retracement levels of the fall from $409.42 to $200.15.

ETH/USD

A breakout of the resistance zone of $275 to $310 will indicate strength. Therefore, traders can buy above $312 and keep a stop loss of $250. There is a minor resistance zone between $329 (61.8 percent Fibonacci retracement level) and $344. If the digital currency struggles to breakout of these levels, traders should raise their stops to breakeven. However, if these levels are crossed, a move to $409 is likely.

On the other hand, if the digital currency is unable to breakout of the overhead resistance, it can fall to $240 levels, which is a significant support.

BCH/USD
Bitcoin Cash has been hovering around the $500 mark for the past two days.

BCH/USD

It has been facing resistance from the downtrend line. However, a breakout and close above the downtrend line can propel the digital currency towards the $700 levels.

Therefore, the traders can initiate long positions at $550 and keep a stop loss at $400.

If, however, the cryptocurrency returns from the downtrend line, it can fall to $400 levels.  

XRP/USD
Ripple has not been able to breakout of the critical overhead resistance of $0.19300.

XRP/USD

The digital currency remains bearish until it breaks out of the downtrend line of the descending triangle. It has support at $0.15000 and $0.13500 levels.

Notwithstanding, if the cryptocurrency breaks out of the downtrend line, it will indicate a change in trend. Failure of a bearish pattern is a bullish sign. However, we don’t find any buy setups. Therefore, we are not recommending any trade on Ripple.

LTC/USD
Litecoin is facing resistance at the 38.2 percent Fibonacci retracement levels of the fall from $93.649 to $32.681.

LTC/USD

The cryptocurrency will change its trend only on a breakout above the downtrend line and the overhead resistance at $60. Until the digital currency trades below these levels, it remains weak.

We don’t find any reliable buy setups on Litecoin thus we remain neutral on it.






https://cointelegraph.com/news/bitcoin-ethereum-bitcoin-cash-ripple-litecoin-price-analysis-september-20
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Chinese ICO Ban May End After Oct. 18 with Communist Congress Elections
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sanjeev.lamani@
on 26/09/2017, 10:24:30 UTC
The 19th Communist party leadership elections are scheduled to take place in China on Oct. 18 this year. New elections spell change for most governments, and this is certainly true in China. The elections are not democratic, but are internal elections to the chief seats of government within the Communist Party.

This election is an ‘odd year’ (the last one was in 2012), meaning that it will likely contribute substantial changes to the governance of China. Most notably, the election will include the retiring of five of the seven current members of the Politburo, the main governing body of the Chinese government.

While Xi Jinping will likely retain his seat as General Secretary, the overall makeup of the government may well change dramatically. These changes could reflect a change in monetary policy, not unlike the change that happened in 2011 when the 17th convention sought to ban VIEs (variable interest entities allowing Chinese companies to trade on US markets). The ban was quickly overturned after the 18th election was complete.

ICO ban will end?
There’s no guarantee that a new government will reverse the ICO and exchange ban that has plagued crypto markets in recent weeks. Nevertheless, there may well be political motives to the ban that will make it unnecessary after the elections are complete, according to Forbes.

While it’s true that a decentralized currency could create havoc in the heavily centralized Chinese economic platform, the current size of the Bitcoin economy is so minuscule that any threat is perceived rather than real. Therefore, the ban may be more of a jockeying for seats and positions by current convention hopefuls, rather than a genuine financially motivated decision.

If this is the case, the ban will be purposeless post-election, and may well be ended. However, ICOs and exchanges may have already fled the country to other safer environments, so the damage may be too great to reverse.

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Will Blockchain Transform the Ad Tech Industry?
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sanjeev.lamani@
on 25/09/2017, 10:12:12 UTC
‘Blockchain’ is coming up more often in the world of ad tech, an industry that loves their buzzwords. But is there any validity to blockchain’s use in advertising? Writing exclusively for ExchangeWire, Jeffrey Seah, board member, Gravity4, talks about how blockchain is already being used in other industries, and how it has the possibility of combating ad tech’s ad fraud and transparency issues.
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Re: ICO Marketing - - - - We can help you
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sanjeev.lamani@
on 18/09/2017, 09:14:31 UTC
If any one need help/guidance to launch cryptocurrency or need to do ICO Marketing...

Connect with us.
What are your credentials mate?It is stupid to post 2 sentences about something and ask people to contact you without first letting them know who you are and what service you excatly provide.


We provide below mention services.

ICO website creation: login, pre-ICO, ICO, cryptocurrency payment processing, etc.
ICO whitepaper professional production: economics, market analytics, roadmap, token aspects.
Niche forum PR activities: Bitcointalk and others.
SMM and PR: Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, Medium, Slack, Telegram, Steemit, Reddit, Golos.io.
Media Relations and Promotion: Cointelegraph and others.
Personal connections with Key Opinion Leaders, Trend setters, Influencers and  Advisors.
ICO tracking with no waiting.

For any further discussion i would prefer to contact on contact@hash4media.com
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Re: ICO Marketing - - - - We can help you
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sanjeev.lamani@
on 18/09/2017, 09:12:11 UTC
contact how? I might have some work for you.

we can connect on contact@hash4media.com and have detailed discussion.
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Re: ICO Marketing - - - - We can help you
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sanjeev.lamani@
on 18/09/2017, 09:08:09 UTC
If any one need help/guidance to launch cryptocurrency or need to do ICO Marketing...

Connect with us.
What are your credentials mate?It is stupid to post 2 sentences about something and ask people to contact you without first letting them know who you are and what service you excatly provide.

We provide below mention services.

ICO website creation: login, pre-ICO, ICO, cryptocurrency payment processing, etc.
ICO whitepaper professional production: economics, market analytics, roadmap, token aspects.
Niche forum PR activities: Bitcointalk and others.
SMM and PR: Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, Medium, Slack, Telegram, Steemit, Reddit, Golos.io.
Media Relations and Promotion: Cointelegraph and others.
Personal connections with Key Opinion Leaders, Trend setters, Influencers and  Advisors.
ICO tracking with no waiting.

If anyone need detailing further we can connect on contact@hash4media.com
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Seven Reasons Why Chinese Regulators Shut Down Bitcoin Exchanges
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sanjeev.lamani@
on 18/09/2017, 02:05:35 UTC

At present, China’s domestic virtual currency trading platforms lack the relevant legal license, which leads to the virtual currency trading platforms free from the existing regulatory system. In fact, there is a huge business risk.

Money Laundering & Pyramid Schemes
Darknet Transactions
Lack of Licensing
Market Manipulation & Security Concerns

Opinions please.

https://news.bitcoin.com/expert-reasons-chinese-regulators-shut-down-bitcoin-exchanges/
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ICO Marketing - - - - We can help you
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sanjeev.lamani@
on 17/09/2017, 06:23:25 UTC
If any one need help/guidance to launch cryptocurrency or need to do ICO Marketing...

Connect with us.
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After the Boss Calls Bitcoin a ‘Fraud’ — JP Morgan Buys the Dip
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sanjeev.lamani@
on 17/09/2017, 04:18:52 UTC
Just recently news.Bitcoin.com reported on JP Morgan executive Jamie Dimon calling bitcoin a “fraud” and claiming he would fire any employee from his firm who traded the digital currency for being “stupid.” Now it seems JP Morgan has been caught red-handed purchasing a bunch of XBT shares, otherwise known as exchange-traded-notes, that track the price of Bitcoin.

After a Few Harsh Statements from Executive Jamie Dimon, JP Morgan Ltd., and Morgan Stanley Purchase Bitcoin ETNs

https://news.bitcoin.com/after-the-boss-calls-bitcoin-a-fraud-jp-morgan-buys-the-dip/