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Meet Honeyminer: The App That Lets You Earn Bitcoin With a Laptop Again

Honeyminer's downloadable app isn't the most profitable way to mine cryptocurrency, but it may be one of the easiest methods to date.

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South Korean Telecoms Giant KT Has Built Its Own Blockchain

The second largest mobile carrier in South Korea has launched its own blockchain network and aims to apply the tech across several sectors.

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UK Central Bank Says New Payments System Will Be Blockchain Friendly

The Bank of England confirmed it is going to update its Real-Time Gross Settlement system to potentially interact with blockchain-based forms.

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Crypto Stock Exchange Operator Pleads Guilty to Fraud

Jon Montroll, who ran the now-defunct bitcoin investment platform BitFunder, has pled guilty to securities fraud and obstruction of justice charges.

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US Chamber of Commerce Calls for Clarity on ICOs

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce urged the SEC and CFTC to provide clear guidance on initial coin offerings to encourage more token sales to launch.

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Google Cloud Inks Deal With Blythe Masters' Blockchain Startup

Google Cloud is teaming up with distributed ledger startup Digital Asset to provide development tools for blockchain apps.

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Lufthansa, SAP Competition Seeks Ideas for Blockchain in Aviation

Lufthansa has partnered with software giant SAP to launch a blockchain competition seeking ideas for blockchain applications in the airline industry.

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Mastercard Had An Outage, So Crypto Had a Field Day

Mastercard suffered an outage last week that led to a hold-up for some transactions – and crypto supporters on social media quickly pounced.

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Crypto Exchange Coinbase Forms Political Action Committee

Coinbase formed a Political Action Committee, though it is unclear which candidates it plans to support at this time.

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Financial Exchange Thinks Blockchain Can Keep Online Auctions Fair

A state-backed financial asset exchange in China has proposed a way of building a secure blockchain-based system for online bidding.

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