CryptoWeekly #85

The best cryptocurrency news, guides and resources.

CRYPTO WEEKLY November 30, 2018 | #85 THE MARKETS BTC: $4,271.14 | +$9.31 (+0.22%) since last week ETH: $118.07 | -$1.51 (-1.26%) since last week SPONSOR LXDX: The Crypto Derivatives Exchange Get access to institutional liquidity with products you can't get anywhere else. Achieve much higher returns with only a fraction of the capital. Cody Solomon, LXDX's COO, shares:  "LXDX uses Smart Routing and our proprietary matching engine to secure the best-priced trades across all exchanges. This means that individual users can execute millions of trades per second across thousands of pairs, even during bull runs." Visit LXDX to learn more. GOOD READS Amazon is launching a self-service managed blockchain platform This week Amazon launched a new service to help its clients build and deploy their own blockchain networks. Clients can build platforms with Hyperledger Fabric or Ethereum, and integrate with Amazon Web Services. Wikipedia's co-founder is building a blockchain-based encyclopedia One of Wikipedia's co-founders is now working on Everipedia IQ, said to be the first encyclopedia on the blockchain. He intends to use blockchain and smart contracts as a verification method for new data added to the encyclopedia. What do you legally "own" with Bitcoin? A short introduction to crypto-property This is an excellent deep dive into the complexities of individual property rights as they relate to Bitcoin, as well as the diverging approaches to ownership that the United States and the UK have both taken on this matter. Little known to investors, cryptocurrency reviews are for sale Crypto review brokers are creating a new economy of reputation that puts every project under a new level of scrutiny. Many token projects have reportedly paid thousands of dollars in exchange for video reviews, even from reputable news sites. Here's how crypto can become more environmentally sustainable It's well-known that crypto has a sustainability problem - but that might be able to be solved through the use of more energy-efficient mining machines, and algorithms that require less computing power to solve for. Free software messiah Richard Stallman says the world can do better than Bitcoin In a speech earlier this week, the founder of the free software movement stated that despite the hype, Bitcoin actually has quite poor privacy protections - and a new crop of cryptocurrencies are aiming to solve for that. Ethereum developers are quietly plotting an accelerated tech roadmap Ethereum's development team are meeting this week to firm up the details of a highly-anticipated updated to the platform's technology roadmap. Several key updates that would improve scalability may be pushed forward to early next year, and other upgrades are on the way too. Meet the new crop of companies supporting the blockchain industry From the gold markets to the silver trading industry, numerous businesses are setting up shop to tokenize key asset classes and create new industries altogether - and here are some of the most interesting companies that are doing just that. Billionaires, blockchain, and art are set to collide in Miami later this year The art world hasn't traditionally been forward-looking, but blockchain is changing all of that. This year's Art Basel show is packed with blockchain-related events as investors and collectors alike look to use the technology to disrupt the industry. Thefts, hacks, and surveillance: whose side is blockchain really on? For all the talk of increased security, blockchain technology still hasn't delivered a cryptocurrency that's impervious to hacking. This has led to the emergence of "white hat" blockchain startups that look to protect against smart contract hacks and malicious attacks.   COMMUNITY NEWS TRON is set to invest $100M in blockchain games over the next 3 years. Link This is a great comparison chart of the top crypto payment processors. Link Coinbase is adding Zcash to its Pro exchange. Link Crypto merchant bank Galaxy Digital has lost $136M over the past 9 months. Link Digital Currency Group and Coinbase are making a $4.5M investment in Flipside Crypto. Link Nexo is conducting its first-ever dividend payout on Dec 15. Link Hardware wallet Ledger Nano has just announced support for Monero. Link The US state of Ohio now accepts tax payment in Bitcoin - starting this year. Link Oil-trading blockchain platform VAKT has just officially launched. Link Visit the UNLOCK Blockchain forum in Dubai on Jan 15, 2019. Link Binance is hiring a Global PR Manager in Singapore. Link An honest explanation of price, hashrate and Bitcoin mining network dynamics. Link An awesome initiative by Airtm to raise $1M in crypto to be airdropped to 100K Venezuelans in need. Link Genesis Capital is hiring a Operations Analyst in New Jersey. Link We just added 50 new crypto companies, 51 new ICOs, 2 new exchanges, and more to CryptoList. Link Edited by Chris Osborne, founder of KintuLabs, in Bangkok (in town? reach out to get a coffee). Feel free to reply to this email with any feedback and/or suggestions. -- Nothing shared or published by CryptoWeekly constitutes an investment recommendation, nor should any data or content published by CryptoWeekly be relied upon for any investment activities. CryptoWeekly strongly recommends that you perform your own independent research and/or speak with a qualified investment professional before making any financial decisions. Copyright © 2018 CryptoWeekly. All rights reserved. No longer want to receive CryptoWeekly? Unsubscribe.

æternity is Live!

After months of applied research and development, æternity's Roma Release is here. Roma is the first live implementation of the æternity blockchain!

We are thrilled to announce that æternity's Roma Release is now a reality!  After months of applied research and development, æternity's first live implementation is now OPERATIONAL! The launch is a big success for the æternity team and community. No issues have been identified so far and the network is currently accumulating mining power. We invite early adopters, miners and developers to join the network and continue growing the æternity ecosystem.    READ THE ANNOUNCEMENT Video From the Launch Share the special moment of launch with æternity's team by watching this short video. The launch was initiated by the Founder of the æternity movement - Yanislav Malahov. THE LAUNCH OF ÆTERNITY Want to Congratulate the Team? If you have some questions or simply want to congratulate the team on the successful launch, use the dedicated Forum topic by clicking on the button below. SAY "CONGRATULATIONS" The Launch æternity's Genesis Block was instantiated by a commit to GitHub initiated by Yanislav at 23:19:17, Tuesday, November 27. The first block was created at 3:54 the following day and was mined by the community a few minutes later. Thank You for Your Ongoing Support!   If you would like to interact with the team or community, please feel free to join one or more of the channels below. Social Media Channels Twitter LinkedIn Facebook Google+ ##aeternity on freenode Blogs, Forums & Chats Medium Forum Reddit Telegram Bitcointalk We are thrilled to have you with us! The æternity team Our mailing address is: info@aeternity.com Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list

NYSE chair says bitcoin is here to stay / Galaxy lost $15M per month / Amazon launches blockchain service

Subscribe | View in browser $BTC (1:45 p.m. EST): $4,321.93 (+1.15%) // 90-day high: $7,382.19 // 90-day low: $3,604.14 / / More… $BCH ABC (1:45 p.m. EST): $182.37  (-5.14%) // 90-day high: $703.41// 90-day low: $157.32 // More… $ETH (1:45 p.m. EST): $119.68 (-1.13%) // 90-day high: $365.71 // 90-day low: $98.42 // More… $LTC (12:45 p.m. EST): $34.58 (-1.66%) // 90-day high: $74.80 // 90-day low: $27.23 // More… $XRP (1:45 p.m. EST): $0.3782 (-3.48%) // 90-day high: $0.61 // 90-day low: $0.26 // More… Here are the 10 most important stories about bitcoin and cryptocurrencies today       1. "Bitcoin is here to stay" was the message from the chairman of the New York Stock Exchange, as crypto prices continued to surge for a second day. When asked at the Consensus: Invest conference in New York this week if he thinks digital assets will survive in the long term, NYSE chair Jeff Sprecher said, "The unequivocal answer is yes." He added, "Somehow bitcoin has lived in a swamp and survived. There are thousands of other tokens that you could argue are better but yet bitcoin continues to survive, thrive and attract attention."  – FORBES       2. Cryptocurrency investor Mike Novogratz's merchant bank has been hit hard by the market tanking in the last several months, to the tune of $15 million per month. Bloomberg reports that Novogratz's crypto trading desk Galaxy Digital Holdings LP racked up $136 million in losses for the first nine months of 2018. The report, as CCN says, "provides a rare window of insight into just how affected crypto traders have been by depressed and falling asset prices that have persisted throughout the year." Earlier this month, Novogratz was predicting that Bitcoin rebound and hit a record of high price of $20,000 in 2019. – BLOOMBERG       Vettery is building a more accountable hiring process. Vettery aims to make the recruiting process more transparent for job-seekers and hiring managers, across the board. With intuitive search and collaborative tools, cut down your time to hire and discover top-notch tech talent today. Try Vettery       3. Amazon is launching a service to help clients build blockchain networks. At Amazon's re:Invent conference on Wednesday, the company announced the Amazon Managed Blockchain platform, which promises it will make creating and managing scalable blockchain networks easier. As of now, the service is in the preview stage for certain Amazon Web Services clients. – COINDESK       4. Wednesday marked the biggest single-day price gain for bitcoin since April. After months of trending downward, bitcoin surged between Tuesday and Wednesday, closing yesterday at $4,257, an 11.43 percent gain over the previous day. That hasn't happened since April 12, when bitcoin was trading at around $6,900. Still, this may mark the start of a major recovery, especially as institutions like the Nasdaq and NYSE begin to show more confidence in crypto's future. – COINDESK       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. When the US government announced sanctions this week against two Iranian nationals and published their bitcoin addresses in connection to a ransomware scheme, it may have largely just been symbolic. While the US may be able to punish US nationals who do business with these addresses, there are no actual means of blacklisting a bitcoin address. – BITCOIN NEWS 6. Smaller coins have been riding the wave of this week's rally, with Vertcoin surging, and TRON (TRX) rising over 33% in one day. 7. Venture capital guru Fred Wilson isn't taking this bitcoin rally too seriously, and warns crypto dabblers that the worst is yet to come for the market.  8. The last 24 hours of trading meant $19 billion in overall value gains in the crypto market. 9. South Korea's National Election Commission is working to implement blockchain voting. 10. The TRON Foundation just announced a $100 million fund to advance blockchain gaming on the TRON network.       Written and curated by Jay Barmann, who also edits Inside Social and Inside Beer, and spent three and a half years as Editor in Chief of SFist.com, the San Francisco branch of Gothamist. As a freelance writer he has also written for SF Weekly, 7x7, Curbed SF, Eater SF, New York Magazine, and San Francisco Magazine, among others, and in his spare time he edits the blog OpeningNightSF. Follow him on Instagram at @conflator or Twitter at @jaybarmann. 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.

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