The United States Chamber of Digital Commerce has taken aboard cryptocurrency exchange ErisX.
Per a press release shared with Cointelegraph on July 18, ErisX has become a member of the Chamber of Digital Commerce, an advocacy group that promotes the digital asset and blockchain industry.

CoinNess.com now delivers a special report featuring the closing prices of the U.S. blockchain stocks at the end of the day.
NYSE Bundle:
Eastman Kodak Company (KODK): $2.42, -3.20%;
IBM Common Stock (IBM): $149.63, +4.59%;
Accenture Plc (ACN): $194.82, +0.54%;
Square Inc (SQ): $81.06, +0.25%;
JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM): $114.67, +0.59%.
NASDAQ Bundle:
Overstock.com (OSTK): $18.69, -1.32%;
Marathon Patent Group Inc (MARA): $2.28, +4.11%;
RIOT Blockchain Inc (RIOT): $2.05, +2.50%.

On 16 July 2019, Alexander Ivanov announced the sale of the Vostok project. Ivanov says that enterprise projects will now be developed under a new company department called Waves Enterprise. VST tokens are to become the system tokens for the new corporate blockchain solution Waves Enterprise, a management system for business processes with restricted access to confidential information.

Genmega, an ATM-maker serving the IAD market, and LibertyX, billed as America's largest retail bitcoin exchange, have launched what they have described as "the nation's first debit bitcoin ATM."
According to a press release, consumers will be able to use their debit card to purchase bitcoin at any bitcoin-enabled Genmega machine. The functionality can be added through a simple software update. For the consumer, the bitcoin buying process is very similar to an ATM cash withdrawal, the companies said.

CoinNess Market Index shows that BTC dropped by 1.01% within 5 minutes. BTC currently marks $10592.04 on Binance.
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Fundstrat’s head of research Tom Lee is highlighting a new call from an analyst known in the industry as The Boot. The analyst told his 19,000 followers on Twitter that Bitcoin is set for a massive surge to $14,000 in August and $18,000 in September.

Quantstamp, a Y Combinator-backed blockchain security company, recently completed the audit of leading global cryptocurrency exchange Binance’s GBP-backed stablecoin, Binance GBP (BGBP). The BGBP token joins other stablecoins in the market including Coinbase’s USDC, Facebook’s Libra, MakerDAO’s Dai, and Bitfinex’s Tether, and is one of the first major stablecoins to be pegged to the British pound.

As of 19:00 on July 18 (UTC), the Bitcoin's global average price reclaims $10,500 with a 24-hour increase of 7.63%. CoinNess.com editors have selected opinions from three crypto analysts.
Bullish:
1. Mehak Punjabi: Bitcoin is likely to have a bullish run until the end of 2019. The coin may reach 15,000 USD by the end of 2019. The next resistance points are 10050.24 USD, 10406.68 USD, and 10850.24 USD. The support levels are 9250.24 USD, 8806.68 USD, and 8450.24 USD. Bitcoin is likely to have a good time in the coming days.
2. Trevor Holman: Both Bitcoin and Ripple have bullish medium-term outlooks. By the end of 2019, Bitcoin and Ripple are likely to reach 15,000 USD and 0.9 USD respectively. BTC faces 1st resistance at 10,050.24 USD, 2nd resistance at 10,406.69 USD, and 3rd resistance at 10,850.24 USD; the price has its 1st support at 9,250.24 USD, 2nd support at 8,806.69 USD, and 3rd support at 8,450.24 USD.
Bearish:
1. Aayush Jindal: Bitcoin price declined heavily and traded below the $10,000 and $9,500 levels against the USD. The price traded close to the $9,100 level and recently started an upside correction. July 17’s highlighted key bearish trend line is still active with resistance near $9,740 on the hourly chart of the BTC/USD pair (data feed from Kraken). The price is likely to face a strong resistance near the $9,900 and $10,000 resistances in the near term.
2. John Isige: Technicals indicate the capacity for higher movements, however, it very unlikely that Bitcoin will break above $11,000 today (July 18 UTC). On the downside, support will be provided by the moving averages starting with the 100 Exponential Moving Average (EMA) and the 100 Simple Moving Average (SMA). Other key support areas to look out for in the near-term are $10,000, the 50 SMA 1-h, $9,500 and $9,000.

A ransomware virus that has successfully infiltrated more than 100 government and private enterprises in the U.S. and internationally has been detected in China, according to a recent Tencent Security report.
Dubbed Ryuk, the pernicious code targets “logistics companies, technology companies and small municipalities” with high data value, demanding bounties upward of $5 million paid in bitcoin, according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).

As of 18:00 (UTC) on July 18, the global index of Bitcoin (BTC) price swings above the $10,500 level, marking $10,549.90. It has registered an increase of 7.63% in the past 24 hours.
The CoinNess.com Bullish vs. Bearish Indicator shows our four-hour technical bias on BTC is "Buy" with five indicators sending out a selling signal, four showing a neutral signal, and nine indicating a buying signal.
The broad market still shows an uptrend, with only 18 out of Top 100 cryptos by market cap going south.
The global market cap reads $286.87 billion, and the 24-hour trading volume is $83.68 billion.
Major Coins
1. BTC quotes show 10,521.24 USDT on Binance, $10,513.00 on Bitfinex and $10,538.50 on Coinbase Pro;
2. CoinNess.com Market Index presents quotes for major cryptocurrencies besides BTC as following: ETH marks $224.88 (+4.35%); XRP marks $0.323 (+1.69%); LTC marks $101.72 (+10.83%); BCH marks $316.65 (+5.86%); EOS marks $4.12 (+3.09%); ETC marks $5.99 (+2.96%).
Top 3 Gainers and Losers in Cryptocurrencies
1. Top 3 gainers among Top 100 cryptocurrencies by market cap: ICX (+5.46%), WICC (+5.39%), and BHP (+5.38%);
2. Top 3 losers among Top 100 cryptocurrencies by market cap: BCN (-16.76%), DGD (-7.96%), and LEO (-7.31%).
Top 3 Gainers and Losers in Categories
1. Top 3 gainers among 24 categories: Wallet Services (+11.51%), Content Copyright (+11.17%), and Authentication (+8.58%);
2. Only 2 losers among 24 categories: Asset Anchoring (-0.94%) and Sharing Economy (-0.02%).
Cap Flows of Coins/Exchanges
1. Top 3 capital inflows within the last 24 hours: BTC (+$635.90 mln), DASH (+$229.71 mln), and ETH (+$53.64 mln);
2. Top 3 capital outflows within the last 24 hours: PAX (-$24.34 mln), ETM (-$18.33 mln), and TUSD (-$14.69 mln);
3. Net inflows/outflows of exchanges: Binance (+$22.42 mln), Bitfinex (+$8.50 mln), and Coinbase Pro (+$40.42 mln).

Writing on Twitter, eToro senior market analyst Mati Greenspan commented, "Following all this excellent BTC coverage in financial media and considering the lean yield environment in traditional markets.... The BTC backed futures debut on the Nasdaq is going to be simply glorious!!!"

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Noted by Chinese crypto insider cnLedger on July 18, data from Google Trends suggests that its users in that nation are showing more interest for the term “Facebook Libra” than those in the United States. In fact, per cnLedger, China is expressing ten times more interest in Libra in comparison to the United States.
With most of the companies involved in this crypto asset venture and outlets reporting on Libra being based in the U.S., this likely comes as a shock. What’s even weirder is that Google is technically banned in China, making this statistic even more impactful if people think about it.

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On July 18, Binance, the world's largest cryptoasset exchange (by adjusted trading volume), made a rather interesting announcement: it had "unknowingly" earned 9.5 million Stellar Lumen (XLM) tokens through staking rewards, and it is going to give all of it away to all Binance users who maintain XLM balances between July 20 and September 1.

Google searches for "shitcoin" are at a yearly high after congressman Warren Davidson mentioned the word twice in a congressional hearing.

A new report by cryptocurrency aggregator site CoinGecko suggests exchange hacks have become increasingly sophisticated in the first half of 2019. The report also noted these vulnerabilities could be addressed by developing decentralized trading platforms.

Citing data from Binance, BTC just surged above the 10,300 USDT level, reaching 10,314.24 USDT. Currently, BTC experiences a slight drop, marking 10,203.01 USDT.
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Global regulators will not let Facebook launch its Libra currency until all their concerns, ranging from money laundering to financial stability, have been addressed and "a prolonged discussion" may be needed first, Benoit Coeure, the European Central Bank board member who chairs an international working group on Libra, told Reuters. Coeure said Facebook's global reach meant the cryptocurrency had to be safe "from day one" for its users, the financial system and authorities fighting crime.
This may involve a "prolonged discussion" among regulators on how to change existing national and international rules to cover Libra, Coeure said.
"Authorities are not going to let any such projects happen before we have answers to our questions and before we have the right regulatory framework," Coeure stated.

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CoinNess Market Index shows that BTC surged by 5.46% within 5 minutes. BTC currently marks $9994.90 on Binance.
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Citing data from Binance, BTC just dropped below the 9,300 USDT level, dipping to 9,252.00 USDT. BTC currently marks 9,297.34 USDT.
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Nouriel Roubini, also known as "Dr Doom," has recently published a blog post, saying that the BitMEX crypto trading platform based on the Seychelles, as well as other similar companies, allow using them for "systematic illegality."
Roubini claims the info that "BitMEX insiders" have shared with him says that the exchange shuts its eyes to allow "terrorists and other criminals from Russia, Iran, and elsewhere" launder their money on it and "profits from these transactions."

A gang of masked men have raided a Bitcoin (BTC) embassy in the English city of Birmingham, sparking a police investigation.
According to the Daily Mail, the thieves had attempted to steal a Bitcoin ATM using a rope attached to their car. The owner of the establishment, Adam Gramowski, told the newspaper that he believes the robbers were after cash inside the machine rather than cryptocurrency, adding: "There are no BTC (Bitcoin) in the machine, they are being sent directly from our server."

Citing data from Binance, BTC has dropped below the 9,400 USDT level, marking 9,390.93 USDT currently.
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As of July 18, China is the first in the list of countries googling of Facebook's new cryptocurrency project, according to data from Google Trends.

Citing the official announcement, Binance will make the following updates and notes to the rules for future projects on Binance Launchpad:
The next (7th) Launchpad project will have a 7-day BNB holding period;
The 8th Launchpad project will have a 15-day BNB holding period;
Starting from the 9th Launchpad project and onwards, the BNB holding period will be set at 30 days;
Going forward, the BNB holding period may start before each Launchpad Project is initially announced.
User BNB balances will return to being snapshotted at 0:00 AM UTC each day;
BNB in Binance Margin Accounts will not count towards each user's BNB balance for Launchpad ticket claim;
The number of tickets claimable and the corresponding amount of BNB required for each category has also been updated.
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The U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said that the department will police Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies with "very, very strong" regulations so that they don't become like anonymous Swiss bank accounts.
"We're going to make sure that Bitcoin doesn't become the equivalent of Swiss-numbered bank accounts, which were obviously a risk to the financial system," Mnuchin told CNBC's "Squawk Box."
"I want to be careful that anybody who's using Bitcoin - regardless of what the price is - is using it for proper purposes and not illicit purposes," he added. "And there are billions of dollars of transactions going on in Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies for illicit purposes."