Crypto Breakingviews #3 [4-21-2018]
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0.000 HBDCrypto Breakingviews #3 [4-21-2018]
 **Crypto Breakingviews** *is a column with the most important news in the crypto world. It is a complete and concise newsletter that can help investors in their choices*. **Crypto Breakingviews #2 [4-20-2018]** - The recovery of the cryptocurrency markets continues, with **Bitcoin** (BTC) above $ 8,500 and **Ethereum** (ETH) which is close to $ 600. In the last 24 hours the price of the BTC has increased by over 3%, with a value of around $ 8,549. ETH is up about 10% in the last 24 hours, and now its price is $ 591. Instead, the climb record, according to the ranking of the coinmarketcap.com platform, makes **Ripple** (XRP) showing an increase of over 20% in the last 24 hours and a price of about $ 0.87. - **Bithumb**, the most important cryptocurrency exchange in South Korea, intends to distribute its token (**Bithumb Coin**) through an ICO. According to the release, the sale of Bithumb tokens will be conducted in Singapore, as ICOs are banned in Korea. - The two recent phases of the ICO organized by **Telegram**, which collected a total of 1.7 billion dollars, would be the real reason that led to the ban on the platform in Russia. Originally the government authorities had claimed that the reason for the blockade was Pavel Durov's refusal to provide law enforcement agencies with a way to decrypt user data. According to a copy of a letter obtained from the RBK information portal, apparently written by Roman Antipkin, an employee of the **Federal Security Service (FSB)**, what would have led to the blockade would have been the possibility of "a totally uncontrolled financial system". - The largest American chain of stores **WalMart** has submitted two two patent applications to the US Patent and Trademark Office, which describe the application of Blockchain technology for storing payment data and protecting them from unauthorized access. <center></center>