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The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) rejected an application for a Bitcoin exchange-traded fund filed by Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss
Facebook shares fell 24% after the company said it didn't expect revenue growth as it "puts privacy first" and reimagines its product.
Voyager, a startup backed by Uber co-founder Oscar Salazar, announced that it will launch a commission-free cryptocurrency trading platform. The new exchange is designed to function as an aggregation mechanism for cryptocurrency analytics.
Buying physical goods with digital currencies is still quite a difficult task. Coinbase plans to (partially) solve this problem by launching a new affiliate program with WeGift. Coinbase users in Europe and Australia will now be able to convert their tokens into gift cards to popular stores.
The owner of the now-defunct exchange BitFunder has pleaded guilty to federal charges of obstruction of justice and securities fraud, Reuters reports.
Google is once again allowing cryptocurrency advertising. At least Coinbase actively displays advertising. This change occurred a couple of days after the company’s advertisement appeared on the Facebook portal.
According to the CME Group report, trading in cryptocurrency derivatives is gaining momentum in the second quarter of 2018 and Bitcoin futures are confidently gaining a foothold in the crypto market.
Crypto exchange Coinbase, which is currently valued at $8 billion, has recently announced a couple of other positive developments. Some of them are the launch of a $20 billion hedge fund and the relaunch of advertising on Facebook.
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