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Co-Founder Quits Avalon Mining Chip Maker Canaan Over 'Differences'

Xiangfu Liu has left the board and management team of Canaan Creative, maker of the Avalon crypto miner.

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Ripple, Barclays Accelerator Back $1.7 Million Round for Remittance Firm

Barclays' accelerator program, Ripple and others have backed a $1.7 million round for a new remittance startup that will use XRP.

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Blockchain Sleuthing Startup Chainalysis Raises $30 Million

The Series B funding was led by seasoned VC firm Accel and included investment from Benchmark, which led the firm's $16m Series A.

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Oracle's First Dozen Cloud Blockchain Applications Are Now Live

The software giant now has up to a dozen enterprise customers using live blockchain applications.

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Ripple Offered Multimillion-Dollar XRP Bonuses to Lure Top Tech Talent

Ripple may be offering XRP bonuses worth up to $6 million in a bid to attract engineering talent.

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NYSE Parent ICE Anticipates Over $20 Million Spend on Bakkt This Year

NYSE parent firm Intercontinental Exchange is likely to spend over $20 million building its bitcoin futures trading platform Bakkt in 2019.

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Crypto Exchange Bithumb Launches OTC Trading Desk for Digital Assets

Crypto exchange Bithumb has launched a global OTC trading desk for digital assets based in Hong Kong.

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Credit Suisse Arm Sees Blockchain Benefits After Fund Distribution Trial

A Credit Suisse subsidiary has completed a blockchain trial for fund transactions, concluding the tech offers "considerable benefits."

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Winklevoss Ordered to Pay $45K Worth of Charlie Shrem's Legal Fees

The court filing is the latest in a high-profile lawsuit that has pitted three high-profile cryptocurrency industry personalities against each other.

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Crypto Futures Platform ErisX Hires Execs From Barclays and YouTube

Crypto trading firm ErisX has hired a COO from megabank Barclays and a head of infrastructure from YouTube.

Thomas Chippas, chief executive officer at ErisX