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    Cryptocurrencies

    Blockchain.com opens crypto lending to general public

    The major wallet service expanded on the institutional lending desk it opened in August; DeFi lending platform Aave adds tether support

    The cryptocurrency lending industry has been booming lately, with the options to borrow against holdings or earn interest by making loans becoming easier to find. But the interest rates seem too good to be true.

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    Asia & Australia,  Bitcoin,  Innovators,  Media,  Ripple,  XRP

    Must-reads for October 26, 2018: Crypto’s pay-to-play, Coinbase cuts, and other stories

    These are the crypto stories you should be following today

    We Asked Crypto News Outlets If They’d Take Money to Cover a Project. More Than Half Said Yes (Breaker) This is the little article burning up the cryptosphere today. Corin Faife of The Breaker posed as a Moscow-based public relations agency and contacted several crypto news sites, asking them if he could pay for favorable articles on their website. “Of the 22 outlets who replied conclusively, 12 of them—more than half the total—were willing to publish paid content without disclosing it as such,” Faife writes. The sites that were willing to take money were: CryptoNinjas Cointelligence Coinsepeaker CryptoPotato Blokt BTCManager Coinidol AMB Crypto Globalcoinreport Cryptovest Bitcoinist NewsBTC Keep that in…