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Market Summary

Market Cap: $101B

BTC Dominance: 44.82%

24 Hour Volume: 2.4B

Active Currencies: 837

Active Assets: 189

Active Markets: 4889

We've maintained our $101B total market cap from yesterday, showing a bit of stabilization. The TaiFu index appears to show the stabilization across the Top 30 as well. The numbers overall look very similar, with Bitcoin dominance around 44% with a total volume of 2.4B. BCH has dropped 21% today, as more people are gaining access to see off their coins. NEO, IOTA and Qtum all have gains over 20% over the last 24 hours.





News

Bitfinex Enables Bitcoin Cash Margin Trading Bitfinex has enabled margin trading of Bitcoin Cash on its platform. Bitcoin exchange Bitfinex tweeted on Thursday that it has enabled margin trading for Bitcoin Cash (BCH). BCH is the new cryptocurrency resulting from the August 1 hard fork of the Bitcoin blockchain. The exchange explained that it is using BCH as the…

Can You Make a Million with Bitcoins? Crypto-currency investments are generating a serious amount of interest lately. With reports of Bitcoin values increasing by over 240 times over the last 5 years, it is easy to see why people are starting to take notice of this electronic currency. Bitcoins were worth around $5 each in 2012,…

Kraken Lets Hackers Change Account Email Address Even When Funds Are Present Users of cryptocurrency exchanges often fall victim to accounts getting hacked, stolen, or abused. We have seen dozens of such stories ever since the creation of Bitcoin. In most cases, such issues have arisen due to people failing to take the necessary account security precautions. One…

Germany’s Largest Bitcoin Exchange Gave Police User Details Without Court Order: Report Germany’s largest Bitcoin exchange Bitcoin.de gave police sensitive user data on request without being obliged to by law, a report has revealed. An exclusive piece by Vice published Tuesday unveils “at least eight cases” in which Bitcoin.de, under pressure from police but not the law, handed over…

The ICO Boxing Champ Floyd Mayweather Promoted Has Raised $30 Million Already The token sale for a blockchain-based prediction market promoted earlier this month by boxing champion Floyd Mayweather, Jr., has raised $30 million. Stox, which launched its sale yesterday, has collected roughly 134,000 ETH as of press time, according to data from Etherscan. The ICO…

Nasdaq Inks Blockchain Trading Deal With Swiss Stock Exchange Nasdaq has signed a deal with the operator of Switzerland’s primary stock exchange to integrate blockchain into its over-the-counter product services. According to a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filing from July 26, Nasdaq – which has been working with blockchain technology since as early as 2015 – struck…

Bitcoin Cash Mining Situation Raises a Lot of Questions The Bitcoin Cash mining situation still raises a lot of questions. It seems only two actual mining pools are finding blocks right now. The majority of blocks is discovered by an ‘unknown” entity”. This is both intriguing and worrisome at the same time. It is…

Node40’s Software Now Lets to Calculate Bitcoin Gains for Tax Reporting Blockchain Software as a Service startup Node40 has released its cryptocurrency tax reporting product for Bitcoin users. Having initially been available for Dash traders, the company’s bitcoin tax software called Balance is now able to calculate Bitcoin gains for tax reporting purposes precisely. The tool is a direct response…

Institutional investors have a hard road when it comes to buying large amounts of cryptocurrencies. The market's shallow, unorganized pools of liquidity mean investors looking to buy more than $20 million-worth of a cryptocurrency often find themselves pulling together investments the old-fashioned way – by cold-calling people they know and putting together the order manually.

The token sale for a blockchain-based prediction market promoted earlier this month by boxing champion Floyd Mayweather, Jr., has raised $30 million. Stox, which launched its sale yesterday, has collected roughly 134,000 ETH as of press time, according to data from Etherscan.

GDAX, the cryptocurrency exchange operated by Coinbase, has announced that it will launch support for Bitcoin Cash (BCC or BCH) sometime later this year. In a new blog post, GDAX general manager Adam White said that, after initially opting to not support the digital asset that powers the controversial fork of the bitcoin blockchain, the exchange has "examined all of the relevant issues" and decided to add support.

A startup incubator based in Santa Monica, California, is launching an initial coin offering (ICO) aimed to raise as much as $100 million to support a new blockchain-focused initiative. As reported by the Wall Street Journal, Science – best known for its early investment in Dollar Shave Club (which was sold to consumer goods giant Unilever last year for $1 billion) – is launching a new incubation program called Science Blockchain, which will be funded by the ICO. Per the Journal, the incubator is reportedly eyeing a range of between $50 million and $100 million, though Science has not officially confirmed this figure.

Gibraltar's primary securities exchange has revealed a plan to "fully integrate" blockchain into its trading and settlement systems. To help with the integration, the Gibraltar Stock Exchange (GSE) also announced a strategic partnership with a firm called Cyberhub Fintech, which has become a shareholder in the exchange as part of the deal.

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has released new guidance on digital tokens and ICOs – but one industry stakeholder wants the agency to go a step further. As CoinDesk reported back in May, New York-based broker-dealer Ouisa Capital formally petitioned the SEC to release clear rules for issuing blockchain tokens. At the time, the firm also called for the agency to put together a so-called regulatory "sandbox," or a framework in which companies can test new products in a limited setting under supervision.

Opposition to the IRS effort to obtain user information from cryptocurrency exchange startup Coinbase is growing. Earlier today, the libertarian think-tank Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) filed an amicus brief in support of Coinbase, sharply criticizing both the scope and nature of the IRS subpoena, which seeks information on Coinbase customers between the years 2013 and 2015.

India's securities markets watchdog has announced that it will explore blockchain for potential applications to its regulatory oversight processes. The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) unveiled a broad fintech initiative today, establishing an advisory committee that will research blockchain and other technologies in the areas of asset management, fundraising and post-trade settlement, among others. Shri T.V. Mohandas Pai, the chairman of education service provider Manipal Global and a former board member of Indian IT giant Infosys, will chair the committee.

CBH Group, Australia's largest grain exporter, is to test blockchain technology in the tracking of oat shipments, reports say. According to The Australian Financial Review, the group – a grain growers' cooperative – is partnering with Sydney-based startup AgriDigital for the pilot project, which aims at using a blockchain-based system to trace the grain's origin and and document its quality.

Last week's U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission report was a watershed in the history of cryptocurrency. And for those who missed the finer details, the takeaway was clear: the nascent crypto asset class, while certainly exciting and new, is still subject to U.S. securities laws when they function like securities.

A livestock farming cooperative in Arkansas is taking part in a blockchain product tracking trial. Grass Roots Farmers' Cooperative, in conjunction with San Francisco-based supplier Golden State Meat Company and UK blockchain startup Provenance, are using the tech to track shipments of poultry.

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