Steve Wozniak / Recycling / Fernando Haddad / Warning Signs

Subscribe | View in browser $BTC (1:21 p.m. EST): $6,545.10 (-0.55%) // 90-day high: $8,209.07 // 90-day low: $6,253.11/ / More… $BCH (1:21 p.m. EST): $448.41 (-1.72%) // 90-day high: $844.12// 90-day low: $420.58 // More… $ETH (1:22 p.m. EST): $207.96 (-0.64%) // 90-day high: $531.53 // 90-day low: $171.58 // More… $LTC (1:22 p.m. EST): $53.67 (-0.95%) // 90-day high: $107.31 // 90-day low: $49.35 // More… $XRP (1:22 p.m. EST): $0.46 (2.26%) // 90-day high: $0.57 // 90-day low: $0.22 // More… Here are the 10 most important stories about bitcoin and cryptocurrencies today       1. Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak has co-founded a blockchain-based venture capital fund. Named EQUI Global, the firm will target "sophisticated" investors that are focused on investing in other venture capital firms. Wozniak's firms will allow investors to purchase EquiTokens, the company's own crypto exchange based on the ethereum blockchain. –COIN TELEGRAPH       2. Vancouver-based startup Plastic Bank has created a blockchain-based system that lets people trade plastic for goods and services. The company wants to help promote plastic recycling in developing nations, which contribute disproportionately to the amount of plastic in the oceans. Plastic Bank's system lets locals trade collected plastic for health care, tuition, cooking oil, and other valuable items. –NBC NEWS       Meet the Expense Report Killer That Just Raised $57m in Funding Crumpled receipts, late nights, lots of staples. Sound familiar? Divvy is the answer to your expense management prayer, completely eliminating expense reports for good! More powerful than any other solution, Divvy is 100% free and offers decision makers $100 just to take a demo. Get your $100 now!       3. Fernando Haddad, the presidential candidate for the Brazil Workers' Party, has published his government reform plan on blockchain. He decided to use blockchain after a long-term struggle with what he believed to be erroneous news reports. By using blockchain, Haddad said he can ensure that the information will not become compromised, laying out his ideas for the country's future. –COIN TELEGRAPH       4. There is no known correlation between the price of bitcoin and stocks, but that does not mean one cannot learn from the other. There is a growing belief that bitcoin – seen as a high-risk asset among institutional vendors – would feel the effects of a coming crash before traditional assets. As a result, institutional investors could use a bitcoin as a warning signal for the larger financial market. –NEWS BTC       A 6-week MIT blockchain course Be guided by MIT faculty as you learn to harness the power of blockchain technology to solve real-world business problems in your organization. Find out more.        5. $194 million worth of bitcoin was transferred between accounts on Tuesday, costing just $0.01 in fees. –CCN 6. Argentina, Venezuela, and Egypt all posted record peer-to-peer bitcoin trading volumes. –BITCOINIST 7. Coinbase will now let users buy and sell ethereum token 0x. –COINDESK 8. Abu Dhabi will collaborate with a Belgium port on a blockchain trade program. –COINDESK 9. Bitcoin mining can help nuclear reactors. –BITCOIN.COM 10. Tether's struggles may benefit bitcoin, along with major altcoins. –COINNOUNCE       Written and curated by David Stegon. He has been a reporter for 15 years, the past 10 focused on technology. Follow him @davidstegon. Editing team: Lon Harris (editor-in-chief at Inside.com, game-master at Screen Junkies), Krystle Vermes (Breaking news editor at Inside, B2B marketing news reporter, host of the "All Day Paranormal" podcast), and Susmita Baral (editor at Inside, recent bylines in NatGeo, Teen Vogue, and Quartz. Runs the biggest mac and cheese account on Instagram).       Capitalize on the economic opportunities offered by blockchain technology with MIT Sloan. Dozens of analysts covering news on 2,000 coins in 24/7 realtime. Over 80,000 staff-written headlines. CryptocurrencyNewsfeed.com Know the FATCA requirements, register now for our AP Tax Compliance webinar with KPMG.

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