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ETH/USD continues uptrend, targets 16.08

Jul 22, 2016 10:25 am UTC| Digital Currency

ETH/USD continued its upward trend on Friday on the back of newly found momentum following the hard fork. It has hit a fresh high of 13.18 levels so far in the day, and currently trades at 13.12 levels at the time of...

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Digital Currency and Blockchain Weekly Round-up, July 22 2016

Jul 22, 2016 10:23 am UTC| Digital Currency

Russian political party calls for bitcoin and blockchain adoption The leader of Russian Party of Growth has urged for legalization of digital currencies such as bitcoin and become a leader in the development of...

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BitPay launches new invoice display option to improve bitcoin payment process

Jul 22, 2016 09:32 am UTC| Digital Currency

Leading bitcoin payment processor BitPay has launched a new invoice display option BitPay modal invoice that has been designed to make the payment experience smoother, faster, and more user-friendly for bitcoin...

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FxWirePro: BTC/EUR trades narrow, good to buy the dips

Jul 22, 2016 07:44 am UTC| Digital Currency

BTC/EUR is trading in anarrow range between 610.95 and 599.51 levels (CEXIO) for the past two trading session. It is currently trading at 604.20 at the time of writing. Ichimoku analysis of daily chart...

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BTC/USD struggles to break above 21 MA, break above confirms bullishness

Jul 22, 2016 07:38 am UTC| Digital Currency

BTC/USD is trading in a narrow range on Friday, between 662 and 666 levels. The pair managed to break above 21 MA recentlybut seems to be failing to sustain its strength. It is currently trading at 665.12 levels at the...

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Bitcoin startup Bitnet to sell assets to Japan’s Rakuten

Jul 22, 2016 07:16 am UTC| Digital Currency

Bitnet Technologies Ltd, a bitcoin payments processing firm has announced that it is in the process of selling its intellectual property assets to a Japan-based e-commerce giant Rakuten Inc, Wall Street Journal...

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Fintech startup BnL Growth Partners joins Banking on Blockchain Fund

Jul 22, 2016 07:07 am UTC| Digital Currency

BnL Growth Partners, a fintech-focused smartmoney company, has partnered with the Banking on Blockchain Fund to boost investments and facilitate banking use cases in the Central and Eastern European (CEE) blockchain...

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