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Australian State Grants Crypto Startup $100k to Boost Tourism

An Australian state government has awarded $100,000 to a crypto travel company in an effort to bolster its tourism industry.

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Germany's No.2 Stock Exchange Is Developing an ICO Platform

Boerse Stuttgart Group is developing a suite of crypto services including an ICO platform.

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UBS: Bitcoin Is Too 'Unstable and Limited' to Function as Money

UBS doesn't believe bitcoin constitutes money or a viable asset class yet, but it could in the future.

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Canaan Wants to Put Bitcoin Mining Chips Inside TVs

Bitcoin mining hardware manufacturer Canaan Creative has debuted two new mining products.

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Korea's Financial Regulator Wants to Use the Blockchain for Stock Trading

South Korea's Financial Supervisory Service has encouraged public and private sector companies to develop a blockchain-based stock trading system.

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SEC Subpoenas Another Firm Following Claimed Blockchain Pivot

Long Blockchain, which made headlines last year when its stock surged following a blockchain pivot, has been subpoenaed by the SEC in the U.S.

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Arizona Bitcoin Trader Gets Jail Sentence for Money Laundering

A former bitcoin trader from Arizona has been sentenced to 41 months in jail for laundering drugs money with crypto.

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Philippines' Proposed ICO Rules Presume All Tokens Are Securities

The Philippines is close to introducing new regulations governing how companies can legally raise funds through initial coin offerings.

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Square Sees Profits From Bitcoin Sales Double in Q2

Mobile payments firm Square says it made $37 million in total from bitcoin purchases in Q2, with profits being twice that of the previous quarter. 

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Nobel Laureate Oliver Hart to Advise Blockchain Startup

Blockchain economics startup Prysm Group has added Nobel Laureate Oliver Hart and former Microsoft chief economist Preston McAfee as senior advisors.

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