Highlighting what went right, and what went wrong, in this week’s crypto news analysis.

Something about a hard fork? The biggest news last week was the split in the BCH blockchain. There were some pointed words from both sides of the divide, mainly Roger Ver vs. Craig Wright, and while both have vowed to see this through to the bitter end, exchanges are starting to show favour one way or another. One thing is for certain, the markets did not like all the controversy and speculation.

But it wasn’t all doom and gloom. Amid the sell off, stable coins surged in popularity, increasing their 24hr trading volume by 200% in some cases. And the managing director of the International Monetary Fund hinted that there could be a future for central-bank backed digital currencies.

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Latest Industry News

It isn't over, until it's over

• The BCH hash war continues, with ABC two blocks ahead, though with much smaller block size
• Binance is trading BCHABC and BCHSV, which suggests this split will be permanent

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Swiss ETP given green light

• A new crypto index exchange traded product will launch on the SIX exchange
• It will be listed with the ticker HODL, and track BTC, ETH, XRP, BCH, and LTC

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Sentencing due for ICO fraudster

• After pleading guilty, reCoin founder is facing up to five years in jail for defrauding investors
• This case will conclude the SEC’s first action against an ICO for federal securities violations

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Latest Coin News

BTC

• Price Analysis
• Fundstrat’s
• cuts his end of year price prediction by $10k
• Roger Ver

ETH

• Price Analysis
• That ETH dropped to
• by market cap shouldn’t surprise anyone
• Popular messaging app
• has dropped support from Ethereum in favour of Stellar

XRP

• Price Analysis
• Ripple’s loyal user-base responds to
• on base pairing
• Could
• by market cap?

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