Liqui / Mystery Miners / Gold / BitTorrent ICO

Subscribe | View in browser $BTC (1:18 p.m. EST): $3,448.12 (-0.29%) // 90-day high: $6,860.85 // 90-day low: $3,286.14 / / More… $BCH ABC (1:18 p.m. EST): $111.19 (0.90%) // 90-day high: $632.22// 90-day low: $80.95 // More… $ETH (1:18 p.m. EST): $105.68 (0.88%) // 90-day high: $229.12 // 90-day low: $85.11 // More… $LTC (1:19 p.m. EST): $31.11 (1.25%) // 90-day high: $54.64 // 90-day low: $22.09 // More… $XRP (1:19 p.m. EST): $0.28 (-0.33%) // 90-day high: $0.53 // 90-day low: $0.28 // More… Here are the 10 most important stories about bitcoin and cryptocurrencies today 1. The crypto winter has claimed another company – once-popular trading platform Liqui. Started in 2016, the exchange determined it would be "unable" to provide liquidity (insert joke here) for its remaining clients. As a result, the company announced on Monday it would cease operations. It also warned users that if they did not quickly withdraw supported assets on the exchange, which include bitcoin, litecoin, and OmiseGo, among others, the exchange could not guarantee how long its platform would remain online. –ETHEREUM WORLD NEWS       2. More and more "unknown" bitcoin miners have pulled hashrate from large mining pools. According to a research report from Diar, unknown miners solved more than 22 percent of total bitcoin blockchain blocks in December. That is up from just 6 percent during December of 2017. The report notes these miners could still be part of a pool, they have just chosen not to identify themselves. A separate study from Coinmetrics came to a similar conclusion. Its study showed that between mid-2015 and mid-2017, most miners disclosed their identity through the coinbase parameter. –BITCOIN.COM       Ad Build Proficiency with IoT while Exploring Azure IoT Tools and Technologies Developing applications for the Internet of Things is a balancing act. From avoiding business interruptions to factoring in security, there's a lot to consider. Find the resources you need to work through technical challenges in one, convenient place.   3. Bitcoin investors this year continue to put money into … gold. Jan Van Eck, CEO of Van Eck Associates, said that while investors put more money into bitcoin than gold in 2017, they have now reversed course. Van Eck said his insights came from a recent poll of 4,000 bitcoin investors his firm conducted. While the price of bitcoin has dropped 82 percent in the past year, the price of gold increased 2.5 percent. –CNBC       4. BitTorrent raised $7.1 million in just 15 minutes during an ICO on Monday. Held on Binance Launchpad, 1 BitTorrent token (BTT) was sold for $0.00012. Users could buy the coin with Binance Coin or Tron. The ICO did raise some complaints as some users that wanted to take part in the ICO were blocked because of a "user agreement confirmation" button locking. The coins can be used on BitTorrent's platform, particularly the ability to download content faster. –BITCOINIST       Ad How is AI changing the way professionals work across industries? Find out from WIRED and Watson experts at the AI & Future Of Work Virtual Summit Join this digital event to hear how AI is increasing productivity and allowing workers to focus on higher value tasks. Learn how you can harness AI to help your teams recognize opportunities you may not even know to look for! Register for the AI & Future of Work Virtual Summit today! 5. The Central Bank of Iran appears close to banning "unapproved" cryptocurrencies from being used as payment in the country. Any wallets used for holding or transferring cryptocurrencies will be strictly "forbidden." –COINDESK 6. Bitcoin's price took another slight dip early Tuesday, putting the coin on track for its fifth consecutive losing session. –MARKET WATCH 7. Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong remains one of the most influential people in the cryptocurrency world. In this article, NewsBTC looks at Armstrong's life and career and his general thoughts on the future of cryptocurrency. –NEWS BTC 8. Bitcoin investors may be able to get a tax refund this year if they lost money, but filling out the necessary tax forms may be a little tricky. As a result, this could be a good time to hire an accountant, said Jake Benson, founder and CEO of Libra, which built the first cryptocurrency tax calculator.–FORTNE 9. Ben Fairbank, the general manager of Komodo, a community-owned smart contract-centric form of Zcash, discusses how his platform uses delayed proof-of-work. –CCN 10. SovereignWallet plans to collaborate with the University of Southern California's ​​​​​Viterbi School of Engineering to develop the cryptocurrency model first envisaged by Satoshi Nakamoto. –COIN TELEGRAPH       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), and Susmita Baral (editor at Inside, recent bylines in NatGeo, Teen Vogue, and Quartz. Runs the biggest mac and cheese account on Instagram).       Ad Owl Labs is the creator of the Meeting Owl, the first 360-degree smart conference camera. Learn more.

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