Crypto Weekly | Cryptocurrency, Bitcoin, Ethereum, Altcoin And Ico News From The Week

This week in the news:   - Orange Man causes Orange coin pump with Chinese trade war   - North Korea funds nuclear programme with crypto hacks (and bank hacks but that's not newsworthy).   - Litecoin halvening happens   - Bitmain post $310m loss   - Earn 8% on your BNB bags   - We deep dive into /biz/ because why not?

This week in the news: - Facebook admit that Libra may never launch due to pressure from world governments. - The Chinese are purchasing vast amounts of Tether to get around restrictions swapping Russian Roubles for Yuan. - The IRS send out letter to those they suspect of owing taxes due to crypto currency trading. - You can now spend your hard earned Bitcoin on public transport in Brazil's 5th largest city! The possibilities are endless.

This week in the news: Iran attempt to avoid sanctions by developing their own gold backed cryptocurrency while also lifting bans on mining. Justin Sun postpones his lunch with Warren Buffett over kidney stones. Rumours begin that he is actually held in mainland China. Daimler, the parent company of Mercedes Benz, announce work on hardware wallets within their vehicles "unlocking boundless opportunities". Bakkt begin testing out their contracts for physically settled Bitcoin futures.

This week in the news: US government absolutely quaking in their boots over Libra and table plans to stop any tech firm creating a digital currency. US treasury secretary Steven Mnuchin blows out cryptocurrencies claiming that criminals are ruining them for everybody. The UK introduce their own crime plan to combat financial crimes involving cryptocurrencies. Some absolute mad man has been embezzling funds and using them to pump our bags. Hold tight Dennis Blieden. Plus more!

This week in the news: - Videos circulate of police at an office affiliated with TRON and the internet blows it out of proportion. - Bitcoin hash rate hits an all time high. - Maduro back on the Petro grind. - China to create their own Libra competitor? - SEC release a statement on the custody of digital assets for brokers. - We deep dive into Ken's charity boxing match! Plus more!

This week in the news: Craig Wright allegedly sheds multiple tears in court in the US. The G20 announce plans to demand user data from cryptocurrency exchanges. Get ready to pay your taxes. Native BAT tipping is coming to Reddit if you use the Brave browser. We deep dive into Technical Analysis. Plus more!

This week in the news: Craig Wright officially misses his court deadline to declare his Bitcoin holdings. Various government around the world get mad about Facebook's plans for Libra. Deceased Quadriga CEO was found to be playing fast and loose with customer funds. We take a deep dive into ChainLink. Plus more!

This week in the news: - Binance will block US users from their main exchange with a region specific one set to open together with a more limited array of tokens for purchase. - Craig Wright is in danger of being held in contempt of court in Florida and we cannot say that we are upset about it. - Facebook unveil a whitepaper and further information about Libra, their new cryptocurrency. We deep dive into it for you, the glorious listener. All this and more!

This week in the news: - CCN close its doors citing a recent Google update causing a 50% drop in traffic. - India propose a bill that would put people behind bars for 10 years for holding, sending or pretty much having anything to do with cryptocurrency. - Dharma open up a $100ml cryptocurrency fund and are apparently going long on ETH. - We deep dive into Ethereum! Plus more!

This week in the news: - Justin Sun pays $4.5ml to have lunch with Warren Buffett. Possibly the worst candidate to shill the oracle of Omaha on crypto? - KIK refuse to back down to the SEC's claims that their ICO was an illegal security offering. - Peter McCormack finally hires some lawyers. - A conspiracy theory arises linking the criminal Paul Le Roux to Satoshi. - We deep dive into margin trading. The dos, donts and how to stay safe out there. Plus more!

This week in the news: - Mark Zuckerberg details plans to launch a cryptocurrency for use with Facebook; named GlobalCoin. - A bug in Bitcoin Cash leads to a reorganisation of the blockchain after a $1.3million double spend. - You chose it so we must cover it. We deep dive into WAX. All this and more!

This week in the news: - Kraken crowdfund up to $10 million at a valuation of $4 billion. How deserved is this? - BitFinex gather together $1 billion to pay back the Tether account. - Craig Wright attempts to copyright the Bitcoin whitepaper and source code. - We deep dive into the Chinese Ethereum: NEO. All this and more!

This week in the news: - Binance gets hacked and loses 7000 BTC. How did it happen? How did CZ handle it? How did the community react? - Consensus brings us some exciting updates including Starbucks accepting Bitcoin, Microsoft working on a blockchain identity solution, ChainLink mainnet and more! - US Congressman Bradley Sherman calls for a bill to ban cryptocurrencies. Again. - We deep dive into Bitcoin, aptly timed following the clear lack of knowledge about how it works following the Binance hack. Plus more!

This week in the news: - Fidelity announce they will begin facilitating Bitcoin purchases for institutional investors. - Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger once again make their thoughts known on Bitcoin. Their views have not changed. - China now stopping citizens withdrawing more than $3000 a day. Will crypto be the saviour? - Nobel prize winner Joseph Stiglitz proves he does not know what a blockchain is and actually would love cryptocurrency if he did some research. - We deep dive into the greatest coin in the top 100: Dogecoin.

This week in the news: - The two largest online trading platforms in the US to open their doors to crypto trading: namely Bitcoin and Ethereum. - BitFinex have been covering their losses using funds to back Tether. - LBX gets lambasted by one Peter McCormack. How true are the allegations? - A hacker has made off with over 45,000 ETH and counting due to weak private keys from third party wallet providers. - We deep dive into smart contract platform Orbs!

This week in the news: - Craig Wright officially files a libel claim in the UK High Court against Peter McCormack. - Binance DEX goes live ahead of schedule: something not seen in the software world for many years. - TRON developers show themselves up with a schoolboy error when attempting to rename open source technology to seem more BitTorrent esque. - Andrew Yang outdoes himself in the eyes of the cryptocurrency world. - 21 year old students steals $7.5m in crypto assets by SIM swapping. Gets 10 years in the clink. - We deep dive into Korean Ethereum: ICON.

This week in the news: - Craig Wright threatens to sue Peter McCormack of the What Bitcoin Did podcast for libel. Our own Yung Law breaks this down for us. - Off the back of this news Binance delist BSV with others following suit. Bad day to be Craig Wright. - PewDiePie joins streaming service DLive - a service that utilises the STEEM network for tip transactions. 93 million subscribers to start caring about blockchain? - The quarterly BNB burn occurs with beak giving us the low down. - The Harvard endowment fund buy into a token pre sale. All this and more!

This week in the news: - The SEC release a framework for investment analysis of digital assets. It would appear they have been listening to Crypto Weekly. - A16Z are investing in crypto now that the bull market is back. - Justin Sun names TRON 2nd layer scaling after himself. - Opera release an updated browser with in built cryptocurrency support. - We deep dive into MakerDAO, collateralise all the things on the ethereum network! All this and more!

This week in the news: - BitHumb loses $19 million in EOS. No real loss there. - Coinbase introduce international payments using their service. - Justin Sun accidentally gives away two Teslas when he meant to giveaway none. - TRON attempt to abide by Japanese gambling regulations. - We deep dive on Ziliqua: What is it? Is it any good? Plus more!

This week in the news: - Binance change the terms of their launchpads to yet further increase the demand for BNB. - Apple enter the financial world and crypto gremlins speculate a coin / blockchain could be coming. - Stick your stable coins in Nexo wallets and you could earn 6.5%. How risky is this offering? - 95% of Bitcoin volume is wash trading. Find out which of your favourite exchanges have been faking volume! Plus more!