Crypto Daily News Summary - 12th October 2018

• Singaporean Blockchain Consortium Takes Majority Stake in Bithumb After $350 Million Deal

• Bitcoin struggles to prove its 'safe haven' case, nosediving with the broader markets

• Bitcoin [BTC] eliminates the role of middleman and ensures diversity, says CoinCenter’s Director of Research

• Bitcoin Futures Helped Cryptocurrency Market Achieve ‘More Sustainable Level’: CFTC Chairman

• Bitcoin (BTC) Experiencing 'Massive Sell-Off', Global Equities Market Struggling, Veteran Market Analyst Says

• Cryptocurrency Regulations in UK Could Take up to Two Years, Expert Says

• Microsoft Is Pushing New Blockchain ID Products (But There's Pushback, Too)

• Constantinople Nears: Ethereum's Next Hard Fork Is On Track for 2018

• Forbes teams up with Civil: A bad timing for the innovative ICO?

• Community Votes Ripple (XRP) As Best Cryptocurrency To Buy Under $1

• Gemini Partners With Omniex to Support Institutional Investors

• Task Force Nabs SIM-Swapping Cryptocurrency Thief Who Allegedly Stole $14 Million

• Former Trump Advisor Gary Cohn Joins Blockchain Startup

• Wozniak and Draper to speak at Crypto Invest Summit in Los Angeles

• CFTC Chair Giancarlo Says Institutional Investors Will Help Crypto 'Mature'

• Justin Sun: TRON to Partner With a ‘Tens of Billions USD Valuation’ Industry Giant

• Nouriel Roubini Fails to Disclose Conflict of Interest to the Senate

• Robinhood Introduces Clearing, New System With Lower Fees

• Gemini Adds Litecoin Trading With New York Watchdog Approval

• Leading Auction House Christie's to Record Art Sales on a Blockchain

• Ethereum Classic Labs Plans to Support 20 to 24 Startups per Year

• Thailand Police Arrest Prime Suspect of $24 Million Bitcoin Fraud Scheme

• Media Shower, Lannister Holdings Team Up for Equity Token Project

• FinCEN Blasts Iran's 'Malign' Use of Crypto to Bypass Economic Sanctions

• Delisting of Bytecoin (BCN)

• Nevada's Utilities Agency Eyes Blockchain for Energy Credit System

• Fake News Site Used New Zealand Prime Minister to Pump Bitcoin Startup

• Ledger CEO Explains Why Every Crypto Investor Should Use a Hardware Wallet

• Bithumb Acquired for $354 Million by Singapore Medical Group

• BLOCKCHAIN, IOT, AND AI PUSH GLOBAL SEMICONDUCTOR SECTOR SALES TO OVER $40 BILLION

• Alibabacoin Trading Live Now, Next Goal is Shopping Malls

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