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Bitcoin Daily: IBM Eyes Blockchain For African Agriculture; CFTC Goes Back To School On Ethereum

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BitPay has announced that OneGold, a marketplace that combines the benefits of gold and silver with blockchain-based digital assets, is now accepting bitcoin and bitcoin cash. BitPay and APMEX have worked together for years, making it easy for APMEX to accept cryptocurrency.

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Bitcoin Daily: Coinbase Eyes Asia Expansion; R3, ING Pair On Blockchain Tech

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Bitcoin fell to a five-week low during this past holiday weekend, reaching $3,442.50, its lowest level since Dec. Bitcoin keeps bouncing along in the upper $3K range, but it was unable to extend last week’s breakout above this level,” wrote Market Analyst Jani Ziedins. By Tuesday (Jan. 22), the crypto was up 0.7

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Bitcoin Daily: Bitcoin-Stealing Malware Attacks 700K Websites; Blockchain Tackles Renewable Energy Trading

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The malicious software attempted to utilize StFX’s collective computing power in order to create or discover bitcoin for monetary gain. In the meantime, cryptocurrency hackers attacked traffic analytics service StatCounter to steal bitcoin from users of online exchange desk Gate.io.

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Bitcoin Daily: Travala Users Can Use Crypto Again To Pay For Expedia Bookings; S. African Ex-Crypto Agency Chief Allegedly Scammed Investors Of $13.4M

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Travala.com , the Binance-backed online trading agency, will be allowing travel bookings through Expedia paid for in cryptocurrency for the first time since 2018, according to CoinDesk. The feature was shelved at that time, as Expedia’s systems weren’t set up to accept bitcoin payments.

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Bitcoin Daily: Italy's Banks Test Digital Euro On DLT

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The digital currency in trial is supported by distributed ledger technology (DLT), and the two-part experiments also aim to examine the use cases of a DLT-enabled currency.

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Bitcoin Daily: Tel-Aviv Stock Exchange Plans Blockchain Lending Platform; Fireblocks Launches Faster Crypto Deposits System

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Now, the use of distributed ledger technology (DLT) will help garner new blockchain advantages in direct peer-to-peer technology and more security through immutability. Swiss crypto manager FiCAS AG has launched what it says is the first actively managed bitcoin exchange-traded product (ETP), according to CoinDesk.

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Is ‘Embedded Regulation’ The Key To Stablecoins’ Success?

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To that end, a Bank for International Settlements ( BIS ) study concludes that “embedded regulation” might offer a solution for stablecoins, defined as cryptocurrencies with values tied to fiat currencies or other assets. In a paper that debuted Tuesday (Nov.