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Bitcoin claims the historic $100,000 milestone, President-elect Donald Trump picks former SEC commissioner Paul Atkins to replace Gary Gensler as agency chair, and more in today’s edition of the weekly recap. Bitcoin breaches $100,000 Trump’s SEC pick and crypto czar…

The U.S. SEC apologizes for its “crypto assets securities” tag in the Binance case; Bitcoin ETFs recover lost capital; Harris gains on Trump; MicroStrategy expands its stash; Grayscale launches XRP Trust. SEC’s indecision  Bitcoin ETFs’ recovery Harris v. Trump Trump…

The price of bitcoin has increased by over four percent week-on-week to $5,333 per coin as investors are starting to buy bitcoin again now that the ‘crypto winter’ is considered over and the sentiment is turning bullish. The Big Stories…

It was another difficult week for cryptocurrency investors as 2018’s downward trend continued with bitcoin dropping by over 20 percent from March 26. The main driver cited behind the decline in cryptocurrency valuations was further bans for cryptocurrency-related advertising as…

The much-anticipated G20 talks on global cryptocurrency regulations took place at the beginning of this week in Buenos Aires. The result of these talks was that no immediate regulation will be put in place and that more information on this…

Compiled from contributions by Alexander Lielacher, Jamie Holmes, Joseph Young, JP Buntinx, Michael Scott and Nigel Dollentas. Santander sees Bitcoin as a Risk to Card Issuers A recent report issued by Spanish banking giant, Santander, highlights Bitcoin’s benefits over typical…

Compiled from contributions by JP Buntinx, Michael Scott, Jamie Holmes and Joseph Young.   Apple Rejects Jaxx’s DASH Integration Shortly after Jaxx’s announcement that it would be supporting DASH in its multi-platform wallet, Jaxx CEO Anthony Di Iorio informed the…

Compiled from contributions by Joseph Young, JP Buntix, Nigel Dollentas, Jamie Holmes and Michael Scott. Cryptocurrency exchange, Bitsquare, added fifteen new altcoins and trading pairs including Mycelium tokens in its v0.4.9.3 update, which featured significant improvement in trade limits and…

Compiled from contributions by Joseph Young, Nigel Dollentas, Jamie Holmes and Michael Scott. Bitfinex Decides on Generalized Losses, Issues ‘BFX Tokens’ Over the past week Bitfinex confirmed a hack that resulted in the loss of 119,756 BTC, a price amounting…

We’ve compiled some of our top stories from the week. For full articles and up-to-date news and bitcoin prices, visit our website or click on the links below. It’s been a busy week for bitcoin as its price went shooting up…