Stellar.org Monthly Roundup - July 2018

View this email in your browser 2018 July Roundup Ecosystem Updates The Shariyah Review Bureau (SRB), a leading international Sharia advisory agency licensed by the Central Bank of Bahrain, has reviewed the Stellar network and has promulgated guidelines that enable Sharia compliant applications of Stellar technology in Islamic financial institutions. SharesPost has partnered with Lightyear.io to implement SDEX as an exchange node for a global security token network. As issuers and investors continue to see the benefits of asset tokenization, Lightyear has partnered with SharesPost to facilitate compliant secondary trading for security tokens on the Stellar Distributed Exchange. TransferTo Partners with Stellar.org to bolster international money transfers. Under this collaboration, financial institutions and partners of both Stellar.org and TransferTo will benefit from the combined network coverage, being able to leverage new technologies to send and receive money more efficiently to more than 70 countries. StellarExpert services have been restored! New features have been added and more are coming. orbitlens has written a thorough piece on the process and has promised more links and metrics via Twitter. Blockdaemon has announced support for Stellar with their Node Deployment and Management Service. You can read more on this here. Don't forget that we are currently accepting submissions for the 7th Stellar Build Challenge! Read the announcement blog post and dive into the full guidelines for more details. Submissions close on August 15th. There's only a short window of time left to submit! Community Articles   Boosting TPS with Stellar Channels What value Stellar is bringing to Dala Creating smart contracts for your ICO on Stellar Stellar Developer Updates   Platform Team Releases: Horizon v0.13.1 patch release is out: https://github.com/stellar/go/releases/tag/horizon-v0.13.1 It fixes a bug in the ingestion system. Js-stellar-base v0.8.0, js-stellar-sdk v0.10.0 and java-sdk v0.3.0 with Protocol V10 features support have been released. You can use Stellar Laboratory with your own Horizon node and custom standalone network. Just press "Custom" button in the Laboratory header menu.   Call To Action: Are you an open source developer working on an exciting Stellar project? We recently conducted spring (well, summer) cleaning on our Community Open-Source Project Directory, removing all inactive projects… and now the directory is feeling a bit empty. We're looking to update the directory so if you are working on a project that you want others to know about, open a PR and we'll add your project! Reminder! The Stellar StackExchange is in Public Beta – We are currently using StackExchange to help developers find the answers they need when working on projects. Come join the community!   Events Upcoming:  Lisa Nestor - Voice of Blockchain, August 24 & 25 Hosted by the Chicago Blockchain Project, the event will focus discussions on blockchain applications for communities, governments and business. Rehive Hackathon - San Francisco Series Rehive is a platform and toolkit for building fintech apps, including apps on Stellar. Their mission is to accelerate fintech innovation by breaking down the technology barrier to entry. They are hosting three SF-based hackathons in July, August and September. More details here. Past Events:  July 19 Meetup at Heavybit with Hyperledger, Coinbase, Stellar, Blockdaemon, Heavybit reps Meet The Community DISCLAIMER:  Stellar.org does not endorse any third party organizations that are named in this and/or any other communication(s). Please conduct due diligence and interact with these organizations at your discretion. Safety Policy: The Stellar team will NEVER ask you for your private keys. We will NEVER ask you to deposit funds to any wallet address. Read our Security Guide for more information. Copyright © 2018 Stellar Development Foundation. All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you signed up to receive updates with Stellar.org Our mailing address is: Stellar Development Foundation PO Box 411486 San Francisco, CA 94141 Add us to your address book unsubscribe from this list    update subscription preferences

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Subscribe | View in browser Here are today's ten most important Bitcoin stories, efficiently ranked & summarized by smart humans, not algorithms: $BTC (1:45 p.m. EST): $6,963.89 (-1.08%) // 90-day high: $8,362.59 // 90-day low: $5,755.25/ / More… $BCH (1:45 p.m. EST): $692.18 (-1.04%) // 90-day high: $1,663.91// 90-day low: $608.37 // More… $ETH (1:45 p.m. EST): $406.55 (-0.10%) // 90-day high: $790.72 // 90-day low: $365.43 // More… $LTC (1:46 p.m. EST): $73.36 (-1.28%) // 90-day high: $162.87 // 90-day low: $73.12 // More… $XRP (1:46 p.m. EST): $0.42 (-1.68%) // 90-day high: $0.86 // 90-day low: $0.41 // More… Here are the 10 most important stories about bitcoin and cryptocurrencies today       1. The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has begun reviewing cryptocurrency deals. The agency has reportedly been questioning exchanges about their business practices and how they deal with clients. The SEC has also sought specific information about fees generated from trading, financing and initial coin offerings. The agency has also gathered data on investment advisors and their role in bitcoin trades. -BLOOMBERG       Blockchain Beyond Bitcoin What if the intense media focus on bitcoin and other digital currencies is missing the big story of business blockchain? Real Vision's Ash Bennington investigates, interviewing blockchain specialists from IBM and KPMG, the founders of cutting-edge blockchain startups, and independent experts in the space. Watch the full video on Real Vision by signing up for a FREE 14-day trial today. For an ad-free experience, upgrade to Inside Premium       2. Starbucks clarified a cryptocurrency announcement it made last week. The company will not be accepting bitcoin for coffee and other popular products, despite many media reports. Starbucks said news outlets misinterpreted the company's announcement. Starbucks, instead, is part of a venture alongside Microsoft and BCG to create Bakkt, a platform to "convert digital assets like bitcoin into US dollars, which can be used at Starbucks." –COIN TELEGRAPH       3. An anonymous source said Goldman Sachs plans to offer to manage cryptocurrencies for its customers. Under the plan, the source said, Goldman would hold securities on behalf of their customers, reducing the risk for clients that want to guard against the threat of losing their investments to rogue attacks. A Goldman spokesperson said that the company has not reached a conclusion on the "scope of our digital asset offering." -BITCOINIST       4. Bitcoin and cryptocurrency donations to neo-Nazi groups have recently gone up. The payments come ahead of the Unite the Right rally, which will be held this weekend in Washington D.C. Bitcoin has long been associated with the far right and other extremist groups due to their relative anonymity. Last year, cryptocurrency donations to these same groups spiked ahead of the first Unite the Right rally, held in Charlottesville, Va. -FORBES       5. Robinhood has added support for ethereum classic, a day before Coinbase will start to offer the cryptocurrency. Customers in the 19 states where Robinhood is available can now trade ETC. Users can also trade bitcoin, ethereum, bitcoin cash, litecoin, and even dogecoin, on the platform now. -COINDESK       6. JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon criticized bitcoin again. He reportedly called bitcoin "a scam" and said he had "no interest" in it during a talk over the weekend. Dimon lashed out at the bitcoin community last year during bitcoin's historic rise only to taper some of his comments later on. Part of that likely came from the negative attention his original bitcoin comments received. –COIN TELEGRAPH       7. Here's a profile of Will McDonough, CEO of iCash. McDonough has a different path to crypto than most, starting his career as the first manager for New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady. -CNBC 8. There is a brewing battle between bitcoin's old money and new money. The two groups have argued over the best way to stabilize bitcoin's notoriously volatile price. -BLOOMBERG 9. Do not expect bitcoin to set a new record in 2018. Economist Tuur Demeester writes that sluggish retail demand, along with other factors, will suppress bitcoin's price. -COINDESK 10. Chain Bits looks at five promising scalability projects. All of these are in development and could impact the crypto community in the near future. -CHAINBITS       From the Forums Bitcoin art. Reaction to Goldman Sachs. The modern version of a piggy bank.       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).

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