Blockchain & Digital Currency News | May 9, 2018

Today is May 9, 2018

Below is my fresh collection of useful articles about cryptocurrencies from various sources

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Bunkers for the Wealthy Are Said to Hoard $10 Billion of Bitcoin

(Bloomberg) -- Behind the guards, the blast doors and down corridors of reinforced concrete, sit the encrypted computer servers -- connected to nothing -- that hold keys to a vast digital fortune. read more

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Bitcoin Lightning Payments Are Slowly Becoming Less Reckless

You're running a full bitcoin node, know Linux and have decent command line skills. Okay? Cool, go ahead and spin up a Docker instance. If that sounds intimidating, you're not alone. see the full article

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Ex-Goldman Sachs President Says Global Cryptocurrency Will Come, But It’s Not Bitcoin

Gary Cohn, former Goldman Sachs President as well as former chief economic advisor to US President Donald Trump, believes that there will a global cryptocurrency in the future, but it will be a coin “more easily understood” than Bitcoin (BTC), CNBC reports May 8. see the full article

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Why NYSE's Parent Company Is Building a Bitcoin Exchange

Looks like the New York Stock Exchange wants to be ahead of the pack. The owner of the NYSE has been building an online trading platform to allow its institutional investors to buy and hold Bitcoin, according to The New York Times. continue reading

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Dov Allin: Cryptocurrency is the new way to pay

Cryptocurrency as a payments solution is becoming a popular option for many marketing affiliates nowadays, especially those that are based in Asia.More than the convenience, Dov Allin of Marketing Cross Media pointed out that cryptocurrencies provide a safety blanket for Asia-based affiliates, which are known to be prone to government crackdowns. see the full article

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Major cryptocurrency exchange lands in Chicago

Coinbase, one of the biggest cryptocurrency companies in the U.S., is planning to open an office in Chicago sometime soon, and it has already begun hiring employees in the city. The San Francisco-based company has tapped former CME Group executive Paul Bauerschmidt as its "product lead" in Chicago and has posted ads for other Chicago positions on its website. Bauerschmidt, who was head of CME's swap execution facility from 2013 to 2015, declined to comment, saying the company expects to have an announcement soon. see the full article

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or https://coinmarketcap.com/

Good Luck to all Crypto-Investors, May god bless you and keep your investments safe !!!