Important News and Updates:
⛔ Visa Suspends WaveCrest Status, Stopping Some Crypto Credit Cards (Bitwala, Cryptopay, TenX)
🚦 The Texas State Securities Board (TSSB) has ordered the blockchain-based financial system startup BitConnect to cancel a token sale it had planned to start on January 10.
💎 Cryptocurrency Hedge Fund BlockTower Raises $140 Million, Hires Ex Goldman Sachs VP
🚀 Ripple Claims 3 Big Money Transfer Firms Will Use XRP in 2018
🇺🇸 The American states of Idaho and Alaska have both issued warnings over investments involving cryptocurrencies.
💥 Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced Thursday he plans to study cryptocurrencies and other decentralizing technologies as part of a larger bid to improve the social networking service he co-founded.
❗ Coinbase announced Thursday afternoon that, for now, it would not be adding any new cryptocurrencies to either its flagship platform or its other digital asset exchange, GDAX. (Ripple Tanks 20 Percent After Coinbase Denies Plans to Add Cryptocurrency)
🇬🇧 Bank of England Has 'No Plans' to Launch Cryptocurrency
👻 Opera Adds Anti-Cryptocurrency Mining Feature to Browser
🚩 Merrill Lynch Bans Clients from Investing in Bitcoin Fund
❓ Venezuela Is Recruiting ‘Miners’ For Its Cryptocurrency. The Unique Registry of Digital Mining that Venezuela has created will be open until January 21, according to local newspaper El Impulso. Registration to the registry is a requirement for natural and legal persons to have access to Venezuela’s Petro cryptocurrency.