Will Sweden be the First Nation With Their Own Cryptocurrency

News
Novogratz Will Launch the First Cryptocurrency Merchant Bank
http://bitcoinist.com/novogratz-first-cryptocurrency-merchant-bank/

Fantasy Market ICO Creator Disappears With Investors’ Money
https://themerkle.com/fantasy-market-ico-creator-disappears-with-investors-money/

Goldman Sachs: Bitcoin Could Be Viable Money In Troubled Economies
https://www.coindesk.com/goldman-sachs-bitcoin-viable-money-troubled-economies/

Public WiFi a Hotbed for Cryptocurrency Mining Malware
http://bitcoinist.com/public-wifi-hotbed-cryptocurrency-mining-malware/

Fearmongering MSM Gets It Wrong – South Korea Not Banning Cryptocurrency Trading
https://bitcoinist.com/fearmongering-msm-gets-wrong-south-korea-not-banning-cryptocurrency-trading/

Binance CEO Claims a Quarter of a Million New Users in One Hour
https://www.financemagnates.com/cryptocurrency/news/binance-ceo-claims-quarter-million-new-users-one-hour/

MoneyGram to Pilot Ripple’s XRP Token
https://www.coindesk.com/moneygram-to-pilot-ripples-xrp-token-for-international-payments/

KFC Canada Is Accepting Bitcoin for Fried Chicken
https://www.coindesk.com/kfc-canada-is-accepting-bitcoin-for-fried-chicken/

New Data Shows Coinbase May Be Spamming the Bitcoin Network
https://bitcoinist.com/mempool-coinbase-spamming-bitcoin/

Korea’s Crypto Crackdown Talk Draws Backlash From Users and Politicians
https://www.coindesk.com/crypto-crackdown-talk-draws-ire-supporters-politicians-south-korea/

US Government Fears Bitcoin Will Be the Next “Swiss Bank Account”
https://bitcoinist.com/us-government-fears-bitcoin-will-be-the-next-swiss-bank-account/

India Eyeing Opportunity Amid China’s Crypto Mining Exodus
http://bitcoinist.com/indian-opportunity-on-china-mining-exodus/

Capital One Refuses to Let Customers Buy Cryptocurrency From Any Exchange
https://themerkle.com/capital-one-refuses-to-let-customers-buy-cryptocurrency-from-any-exchange/

UK Bitcoin Investors Denied Mortgage To Buy Homes
http://bitcoinist.com/uk-bitcoin-investors-denied-mortgages-to-buy-a-home/

Will Sweden be the First Nation With Their Own Cryptocurrency
https://www.newsbtc.com/2018/01/14/will-sweden-first-nation-cryptocurrency/

Axed List
Bitmain Looks to Europe as China Cools to Bitcoin Miners- Miners are fleeing China because of increasing pressure and cost. Not all are fleeing to Singapore, USA, or Canada. Seems like the pro-crypto country of Switzerland is a big contender for this major miner.
https://www.coindesk.com/bitmain-expands-to-switzerland-as-china-cools-to-bitcoin-miners/

Russia Ministry of Labor: No Tax on Bitcoin for Government Officials- Seems like an odd exception and seems like a chance of more corruption.
http://bitcoinist.com/russian-ministry-labor-no-tax-cryptocurrency-gains-government-workers/

The Twelve Billion Dollar Ripple Lawsuit Saga Deepens- Ripple is in a fierce court battle with R3 consortium. A good 10% of their stash could be at risk.
https://bitcoinist.com/twelve-billion-dollar-ripple-lawsuit-saga-deepens/

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