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Exchange to Tokenize Securities With New DLT Platform]]></title><description><![CDATA[Switzerland's principal stock exchange will build a blockchain-based platform to tokenize traditional securities for further trading and settlement.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/johntravis/@johntravis/swissstockexchangetotokenizesecuritieswithnewdltplatform-d77bw13hif</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/johntravis/@johntravis/swissstockexchangetotokenizesecuritieswithnewdltplatform-d77bw13hif</guid><category><![CDATA[johntravis]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[johntravis]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 09 Jul 2018 11:02:33 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bitcoin Awaits Price Breakout As Trading Range Tightens]]></title><description><![CDATA[Bitcoin is reporting a $400 trading range and an upside breakout would signal a resumption of the 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This Week – And They Took It]]></title><description><![CDATA[Tezos' price dropped by a third in its first 24 hours of trading as a real token, rather than an IOU.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/johntravis/@johntravis/tezosinvestorsgotachancetosellthisweekandtheytookit-guwbmtg3fn</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/johntravis/@johntravis/tezosinvestorsgotachancetosellthisweekandtheytookit-guwbmtg3fn</guid><category><![CDATA[johntravis]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[johntravis]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 09 Jul 2018 10:24:33 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Timing the Crypto Market With RSI (A Beginner's Guide)]]></title><description><![CDATA[Snoozers always lose in the crypto market. This guide to the RSI indicator will assist you in making timely trades so you can walk away with the win.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/johntravis/@johntravis/timingthecryptomarketwithrsiabeginnersguide-cacs5c9qsq</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/johntravis/@johntravis/timingthecryptomarketwithrsiabeginnersguide-cacs5c9qsq</guid><category><![CDATA[johntravis]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[johntravis]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 09 Jul 2018 10:19:06 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[With Journalists on Ethereum, Will Fake News Meet Its Match?]]></title><description><![CDATA[The ambitious project thinks token-based governance can tackle not just censorship, but fake news, echo chambers and journalism's other crises.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/johntravis/@johntravis/withjournalistsonethereumwillfakenewsmeetitsmatch-0h6wdv8f2r</link><guid 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Poverty]]></title><description><![CDATA[Completing small tasks by "bounty hunting" for cryptocurrency is becoming a lucrative career for users in less advantaged regions of the world.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/johntravis/@johntravis/cryptobountyhuntingisofferingawayoutofpoverty-7ilubpj0bp</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/johntravis/@johntravis/cryptobountyhuntingisofferingawayoutofpoverty-7ilubpj0bp</guid><category><![CDATA[johntravis]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[johntravis]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 09 Jul 2018 09:46:03 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[FINRA Wants to Know All About Member Firms' Crypto Activities]]></title><description><![CDATA[The U.S. financial self-regulatory body is asking member firms to submit every detail of their existing or future activities in 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