Crypto News This Week June 24- 30. 2018

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Here are some snippets of the crypto news this week...

Bitcoin down 70% from its high
https://www.independent.ie/business/technology/bitcoin-slides-70pc-from-20000-high-37044929.html

Is there a correlation between Bitcoin and gold?
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-06-25/if-bitcoins-rise-was-bad-gold-will-its-fall-be-good

I’m always surprised at how often the media talk about ICOs as if they were the same thing as cryptocurrency. Facebook is still banning ICO ads, but crypto ads are safe.
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-06-26/facebook-allow-ads-cryptocurrencies-maintains-ban-icos

ICOs still in the news, and a favourite of venture capitalists
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-06-26/andreessen-horowitz-launches-300m-long-term-ico-fund

I suspect there are a lot of crypto tycoons who aren’t telling people about it
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-06-26/who-are-crypto-tycoons

The author gets imaginative with Bitcoin and Iran
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-06-27/how-iran-can-use-bitcoin-avoid-us-sanctions

‘What happens when institutional money managers, who collectively control most of the world’s investment capital, enter a new asset class for the first time?’
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-06-28/malekan-2018-shaping-be-tipping-point-institutional-embrace-bitcoin

Now bitcoin is threatening the US Election. Errr…
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-06-28/cryptos-slide-accelerates-congress-warned-bitcoin-poses-threat-us-election

Bitcoin to the rescue in Venezuela?
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-06-28/former-goldman-engineer-wants-airdrop-300m-venezuela-bitcoin

Is 2018 the year Bitcoin goes mainstream?
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-06-28/malekan-2018-shaping-be-tipping-point-institutional-embrace-bitcoin

Bitcoin and the adoption curve
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-06-30/bitcoin-soars-most-3-months-back-above-6000