Crypto Daily News Summary - 11th October 2018

• $17 Billion Wiped Off As Market Crashes And Bitcoin Trades Below $6,300

• Twitter Promoted a Fake Elon Musk Crypto Giveaway Scam

• A War-Torn Country in Syria Will Use Crypto to Power an Anarchist State

• Coinbase's Active Customers Drop 80% in Crypto Slump, Study Says

• MANA joins the Poloniex family

• ZRX is launching on Coinbase Pro

• Bitmain Co-founders, Crypto Entrepreneurs Make it to China’s Richest List

• Regulators Sue ICO Company That Falsely Claimed SEC Approval

• Cryptocurrency Theft Hits Nearly $1 billion In First Nine Months of 2018: Report

• Yobit Pump (& Dump) commences, PutinCoin up 1400%

• 5 Highlights from Bitcoin-Bashing NYU Economist’s Senate Testimony

• 1Broker to Start Processing Withdrawals Following SEC Shutdown

• Crypto Exchange Huobi's 'Strategic Partner' HBUS Hires Ex-PWC and Intuit Compliance Director as CCO

• Watch NEC Director Larry Kudlow's full interview

• Ripple right in the Thick of utilizing Interledger Protocol (ILP) using XRP to move Value across Borders

• Blockchain Gaming: The 2 Billion User Opportunity

• PBoC Is Seeking Blockchain Talent to Help Build Its Central Bank Crypto

• Cryptocurrency Market Loses $16 Billion as Dow Jones, Nasdaq Plummet

• Newsflash: Bitfinex Suspends Fiat Deposits amid Bitcoin Sell-Off

• $12M EOS Hack Foiled by Block Producers

• CoolBitX teams up with cryptocurrency exchange Changelly

• Norway's Empower is using blockchain to clean up the world's oceans

• Bitcoin [BTC] and other cryptocurrencies should be called ‘digital tokens’ says MAS’ Ravi Menon

• Crypto Exchange YoBit Starts Pump Scheme on Random Coins

• Binance Will List Ravencoin (RVN) on 2018/10/12

• First Online Service for Insuring Accounts on Cryptocurrency Exchanges and in Wallets Goes Live

• Wallet Provider Blockchain Hires Bank Exec for Global Regulatory Push

• Canadian Bank Freezes $28M Belonging to Cryptocurrency Exchange

• US Customs Agency Hopes to Evaluate Blockchain Pilot by December

• Bitwala, solarisBank team up for blockchain bank account

• William Gladstone’s Castle Turned into Blockchain Lab

• 'Doctor Doom' vs Crypto: Here's What to Expect in Congress Today

• Bitfinex moves all funds to safer bank, denies HSBC bank partnership

• Bitcoin Is Too Eccentric For Traditional Banks

• Anticlimax as Bitcoin Developers Advocate Alternatives Instead of Lightning Network

• British Telecom Operator Ofcom to Leverage Blockchain Technology for Landline Numbers

• Harvard, Stanford and MIT All Jump into Cryptos Bringing Huge Investments

• Vitalik Buterin Reveals How Much Ethereum (ETH) He Owns in Response to Dr. Doom

• Coinfirm, Africa Blockchain Lab and KAD ICT Hub to Launch the Cryptocurrency Anti Fraud System AMLT in the Heart of Africa

• Squire Joins Forces with Electronics Giant Ennoconn, to Manufacturer Next Generation Mining Rigs

• India’s Government is ‘Evaluating’ a State Cryptocurrency: Report

• S. Korea reaffirms ban on initial coin offerings

• Crypto News Flash: Bitcoin (BTC), Ripple and XRP, Ethereum (ETH), VeChain (VET), NEO

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