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In its latest funding round, BitFury raised $80 million, increasing the amount raised since 2014 to $170 million. The investors were: Mike Novogratz's company Galaxy Digital, Macquarie Capital, Dentsu Inc., Armat Group and others.
A research group created in November 2017 by the head of the Central Bank of Israel to study the feasibility of the bank issuing its own cryptocurrency, this week released the results of the study.
Coinbase offers its employees $5,000 a year to cover medical services like egg freezing. This employee benefit comes along with Coinbase's health insurance.
Like most altcoins, ADA/USD is trading above important resistance levels. We expect most altcoins to continue to rise in price this week.
The volatility of the altcoin market has increased sharply over the past 24 hours. What changes should we expect today before the day closes?
On Tuesday, the market capitalization of the XRP currency, which is linked to the Ripple payment network, temporarily surpassed the capitalization of Ethereum. Part of the reason for this was the popular rumor that the next SWIFT network update will be integrated with Ripple. A SWIFT spokesperson denied the rumors on Tuesday.
OKEx Corporation, a popular cryptocurrency platform, announced the launch of new XRP/BTC and LTC/BTC pairs for margin trading. Trading became available to users from 7:00 UTC. The Hong Kong exchange notes that the expansion is due to meeting public demand for the growing popularity of margin trading.
Fusion Whiskey, along with its partners Adelphi Distillery, have announced that they will begin releasing The Winter Queen, a cocktail made from Scotch and Dutch malt whiskeys and innovative blockchain technology.
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