BTC and ETH Latest and Market News [Video]

Ethereum bounced from $100 to a high of $167, ahead of Constantinople hard fork
BTC broke through the top of the descending triangle and has formed a series of lower lows
Proposed Token Taxonomy Act (US) would exempt crypto from securities regulation
NY formed its Crypto Task Force
Facebook reported to be launching a stable coin for Whatsapp payments, focused initially on Indian remittance market
Bitcoin Private exploit prints 2 million coins
GMO to stop producing crypto miners after heavy losses last year
DX Exchange to launch tokenised trading of large cap Nasdaq stocks.
Japan investigating the potential for a BTC ETF
Gov Shutdown delays Bakkt launch, could cause issues for SEC ETF decision.

Jamie Farquhar NKB Group

Ethereum Constantinople hard fork on 17th January

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Jamie Farquhar

NKB Group

Jamie Farquhar began his career as an Emerging Markets FX trader for a top tier investment bank in London.

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