Crypto Daily News Summary - 17th October 2018

• CME Report: BTC Futures Trading Keeps Growing in Q3, Average Daily Volume up 41% Over Q2

• Analyst: Bitcoin’s Price Must Break 200-Day Moving Average for Rally to Continue

• Malaysia to Spain: Asian FinTech Completes Ripple Blockchain API Payment

• How Savvy Crypto Traders Gamed Coinbase's Latest Listing for a 35% Payday

• Bitcoin is Repeating 2014’s Downtrend Action That Corrected Vastly

• Billionaire Mike Novogratz’ Crypto Fund is Fidelity’s First Custodian Client

• Binance and Chainalysis Team up to Fight Crypto Money Laundering

• Trader: Crypto Can Reach Trillion Market Cap Based on Speculation Alone

• Trezor users report no access to their ETH through MEW

• DID AMERICAN EXPRESS GET CAUGHT SPREADING ‘ANTI-CRYPTO PROPAGANDA’?

• Telegram Set to Release ‘Test Version’ of Blockchain Platform TON ‘This Autumn’ According to Investors

• Major Hong Kong Game Developer Invests in 6 Blockchain Startups

• Crypto Loan Platform Nexo Adds XRP as a Collateral Option

• Indian Govt. Panel Could Propose Illegalizing Holding of Unregulated Crypto Assets: Report

• Rwanda Starts Tracking Conflict Metal Tantalum With Blockchain

• CFTC Official Warns Smart Contract Designers Over Predictive Code

• Scalability Study: DLT Can Support Daily Trading Volume of US Equity Market

• Zebpay to go global after the RBI Cryptocurrency Ban.

• Crypto Community Reacts to Vays Shorting Bitcoin at Yearly Low

• Russian Church Fined For Mining Bitcoin

• Pryvate Ltd. Set to Unveil Hybrid Cryptocurrency Exchange with Secure Hot & Cold Wallets on Their Highly Encrypted App

• Airsoft, PumaPay team up to allow merchants accept crypto payments

• SFC is “Anxious” to Implement Cryptocurrency Regulation in Hong Kong

• Q3 2018: Binance Rakes In $85 Million, Burns 1.6 Million BNB

• Ransomware Overtakes Cryptojacking as Cybercriminals’ Favorite Weapon

• TRON-based gaming DApp, TRONbet played over 10K times on first day

• Maldives’ Central Bank Denies Issuing Permits for Crypto Transactions

• Ex-CFTC Chair: Regulation Creates Confidence Needed for Broad Crypto Adoption

• TokenInsight Announces Multi-Million Dollar Investment from Matrix Partners

• Kenya: Will IEBC Overcome Hurdles in Quest for New Technology?

• Sony is investigating a new DRM method powered by the Blockchain

• The NPC Blockchain Laboratory and Hainan Ecological Software Park jointly established the “Blockchain System Innovation Center”

• India Forms New Committee to Push Blockchain in Government

• As Tether’s Valuation Sinks, Gemini Dollar Takes Lead in the Stablecoin Market

• Reddit Founder, Alexis Ohanian, Thinks Crypto Still Lacks A Killer App

• MIT Targets Goal of Becoming Global Artificial Intelligence Leader With Commitment of $1 Billion

• PIVX Is Launching a Decentralized Exchange on Its Masternode Network

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