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Blockchain 24-7 presents Blockchain London Seminar, April 26 at the O2 Arena, London. Learn how to profit from the crytpocurrency revolution. £10,000 worth of cryptocurrency will be given away during the event! Final tickets available until midnight. Get Tickets | It’s been a good week for the Bitcoin price with steady rises punctuated by sudden jumps. The week started with a bit of a fall on Tuesday, taking the price down to $7,839, but it recovered on Wednesday then started to climb. It breached the $9,000 barrier on Saturday before falling back, then again on Sunday, reaching a high of $9,025. At the time of writing the price is $8,920. Here’s the chart for the last week: 
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SMOKE NETWORK Be a part of the world’s first blockchain cannabis social network. Get rewarded in cryptocurrency for high quality original content by the network. Find out more | Governments and Crypto Lots of pronouncements from governments and regulations this week. First up, the New York Attorney General’s office said that cryptocurrency exchanges need to be more transparent. A letter was sent to 13 exchanges requested that companies provide information on a range of topics to do with the operation of their trading platforms. ccn.com has the details. But the CEO of Kraken, a crypto exchange based in San Fransciso, has refused to comply with this request Crypto investors in China are having to find innovative ways to avoid the country’s crackdown on trading on domestic cryptocurrency exchanges. Read how they are doing it in Technology Review Christine Legarde, the head of the International Monetary Fund, has come out in favour of cryptocurrencies. She wrote in a blog post that Bitcoin and other coins could enable fast and inexpensive transactions, while the underlying blockchain technology could make financial markets safer. Read what she said in the Independent The people behind cryptocurrency Ripple are calling for more regulation. Ryan Zagone, Ripple’s head of regulatory regimes, says “We’re at that time now where we need more clarity and rules and we need more certainty,” and calls on UK legislators to act. Read the story in Finance Magnates The Quebec government does not think Bitcoin is a tool for money laundering or a magnet for other types of criminal activities. The office of Quebec Chief Scientist Rémi Quirion published a Bitcoin fact-check earlier this week, which said that contrary to popular belief, the government has found no meaningful connection between Bitcoin and criminal activities, since they are not anonymous and can often be easily tracked by law enforcement agencies. Read the story on ccn.com The Iran Central Bank doesn’t agree; citing money laundering concerns, it have banned the country’s bank from offering services to crypto companies or dealing in cryptocurrencies. Get the details from ccn.com Malta has plans to boost its fortunes by becoming one of the world’s friendliest jurisdictions for cryptocurrency. As a result, who of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges plan to make the tiny European country a central hub in their operations. Read the story on Bloomberg Other News Cambridge Analytica, the firm at the centre of the Facebook data controversy, planned to raise as much as $30 million through an ICO for a new cryptocurrency before their plans got derailed by the scandal. Read the story on thenextweb.com A common phrase used to describe the world of crypto is “It’s the Wild West” – meaning that there are no rules and everyone is a potential crook. But is that true? This article on ccn.com examines that belief If you’re new to cryptocurrencies, here’s some information about how to avoid the Wild West elements: a list of common mistakes and how to avoid them, from Coin Central Combining two ultra-modern technologies, you can now charge your electric car and pay for the power using IOTA, a data transfer system based on a new distributed ledger called Tangle. Read the story on ccn.com The largest porn website in the world, Pornhub, now accepts cryptocurrency payments. It has chosen to take a relatively unknown currency, Verge, which offers privacy-focused attributes that might make it particularly appealing to its clientele. Read the story on Wired And finally, cartoonist Scott Adams’ Dilbert covers the jargon around Bitcoin in this strip The Crypto Trader News, information, tips and opinions on all things to do with cryptocurrency. Purchase a subscription with Bitcoin, LiteCoin, Ethereum or PlusOneCoin. Click here for more information New Book on Cryptocurrencies out now
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