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• Bitcoin cash's contentious hard fork happened today around 1 pm eastern time.
• Notable consumer bitcoin mining pioneer Baliji Srinivasan is backing a startup seeking to take another stab at popularizing in-home crypto mining.
• Police in Tokyo have arrested eight men alleged to have run a cryptocurrency pyramid scheme that collected 7.8 billion yen (almost $69 million) from thousands of victims across the country.

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The news to know for Thursday, November 15th, 2018!

Today: President Trump shows his support for a bipartisan bill and even Fox News sides with CNN in a lawsuit.

Plus: the CMAs, Uber's new rewards program and the 2018 'Word of the Year.' 

Those stories and many more in less than 10 minutes.

Award-winning broadcast journalist and former TV news reporter Erica Mandy breaks it all down for you. 

Then, hang out after the news for "Thing to Know Thursday." This week's bonus interview takes you behind-the-scenes of what it's like for ABC7 Los Angeles reporter Leanne Suter to cover the California wildfires and the stories she'll never forget. 

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• Bitcoin fell to its lowest price in over 12 months on Wednesday amid a broader cryptocurrency market sell-off.
• A new BitLicense has been issued by the New York State Department of Financial Services
• Messenger app maker Kik is quitting Ethereum for good as it continues to develop its own cryptocurrency.
• One of the bitcoin community’s most beloved veterans just got a promotion.

SPECIAL on today's episode: CoinDesk's Nolan Baurle and MarketWatch's Andrew Neary discuss the results of a study comparing the two publications' audiences. How do crypto fans stack up against traditional investors? The results are fascinating.

Our study was made possible with the help of Zion Trades.

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The news to know for Wednesday, November 14th, 2018!

Today: more reports about a White House shakeup coming, CNN's lawsuit against President Trump and how Facebook is partnering with France to fight hate.

Plus: what to know about a popular e-cigarette company and where a driverless Uber competitor is set to launch next month.

Those stories and many more in less than 10 minutes.

Award-winning broadcast journalist and former TV news reporter Erica Mandy breaks it all down for you. 

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“The U.S. military could suffer unacceptably high casualties and loss of major capital assets in its next conflict. It might struggle to win, or perhaps lose, a war against China or Russia. The United States is particularly at risk of being overwhelmed should its military be forced to fight on two or more fronts simultaneously.” Those are the sobering words from a report released Wednesday by the bipartisan National Defense Strategy Commission. Air Force veteran and Heritage Foundation senior communications manager John Cooper joins us to discuss.  Plus: Forget taking your kids to work--taking your parents to work is now what the cool kids are doing.We also cover these stories:--The Justice Department released a memo saying that the Matthew Whitaker appointment as attorney general is consistent with the Federal Vacancies Reform Act, and it cited an example from 1866 when an acting attorney general served without confirmation by the Senate.--Rep. Kevin McCarthy. R-Calif., will be the next GOP leader in the House after defeating Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, in a vote.--As election results continue to come in from some of the closest midterm races, Democrats are gaining. In fact, they’ve now picked up more House seats than they’ve ever picked up since Watergate.The Daily Signal podcast is available on Ricochet, iTunes, SoundCloud, Google Play, or Stitcher. All of our podcasts can be found at DailySignal.com/podcasts. If you like what you hear, please leave a review. You can also leave us a message at 202-608-6205 or write us at letters@dailysignal.com. Enjoy the show!

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On this week's "Problematic Women" edition of The Daily Signal podcast, we cover the "sex recession," the fanfare surrounding former first lady Michelle Obama's new book, and the absurd new ad promoting gender-neutral clothing. Plus: We cover a heartwarming push from the Down syndrome community. We also cover these stories:--Sen. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., says he won't vote for any of President Trump’s judicial nominees until a bill protecting Robert Mueller is brought up for a vote.--More teens are using e-cigarettes, and the government’s not happy. The Food and Drug Administration announced Thursday that unless stores could check for age, they can’t sell certain flavors of e-cigarettes.--CNN's Jim Acosta is still fighting the White House to get his press credential back. Judge Timothy Kelly will issue a preliminary decision today as to whether the White House has to give him is press credential back.The Daily Signal podcast is available on Ricochet, iTunes, SoundCloud, Google Play, or Stitcher. All of our podcasts can be found at DailySignal.com/podcasts. If you like what you hear, please leave a review. You can also leave us a message at 202-608-6205 or write us at letters@dailysignal.com. Enjoy the show!

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• It's increasingly looking like Bitcoin Cash mining pools will run a version of the software called Bitcoin SV.
• An ongoing legal battle between XRP investors and payments startup Ripple is entering its next phase.
• Japanese IT giant GMO has reported a loss of about $5.6 million for its cryptocurrency mining business in the third quarter of 2018.
• Oil industry giants Shell and BP are among a group of firms planning to launch a blockchain platform to automate post-trade processes in the energy industry by the end of 2018.

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The news to know for Tuesday, November 13th, 2018!

Today: an update about the deadly wildfires in California and why a Senate race in Arizona just made history.

Plus: what to know about Amazon's big announcement, a comics legend dies and the former First Lady's revealing new book. 

Those stories and many more in less than 10 minutes.

Award-winning broadcast journalist and former TV news reporter Erica Mandy breaks it all down for you. 

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As recounts continue in Florida for the gubernatorial and Senate races, and Georgia continues tallying votes in its gubernatorial election, Heritage Foundation's Hans von Spakvosky, an expert on voter fraud, joins us to discuss what's really going on--and causes for concern about shenanigans. We also cover these stories:--A California college student defies the LGBT activists and stays true to her beliefs. --CNN is suing the White House over press credentials. White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders dismissed the lawsuit as “more grandstanding from CNN."--The attorney general of Maryland is now asking a federal court to block Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker from serving as acting attorney general, and to name Deputy AG Rod Rosenstein in his place.--Calling for a "green new deal," Rep.-elect Alexandria Ocasio Cortez joined a protest over climate issues in House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi’s office.The Daily Signal podcast is available on Ricochet, iTunes, SoundCloud, Google Play, or Stitcher. All of our podcasts can be found at DailySignal.com/podcasts. If you like what you hear, please leave a review. You can also leave us a message at 202-608-6205 or write us at letters@dailysignal.com. Enjoy the show!

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• Ironic? A fractious divide in the Bitcoin Cash community has raised fears that the cryptocurrency – the fourth largest by market cap – could split into two.
• The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and the country's stock exchange, Singapore Exchange (SGX), have developed a settlement system for tokenized assets that can work across different blockchains.
• Global professional services giant Accenture has rolled out a new software license management application built with tech from distributed ledger startup Digital Asset.
• The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has jailed a bitcoin trader and fined him over $1 million for running a fraudulent bitcoin and litecoin scheme.

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