Bitcoin Correlation / Supply Chain Improvements / XRP Projects / tZERO

Subscribe | View in browser $BTC (12:40 p.m. EST): $4,029.26 (0.42%) // 90-day high: $4,238.41 // 90-day low: $3,286.14 / / More… $BCH ABC (12:40 p.m. EST): $159.33 (4.10%) // 90-day high: $218.09// 90-day low: $80.95 // More… $ETH (12:40 p.m. EST): $138.63 (0​​​.99%) // 90-day high: $160.13 // 90-day low: $86.08 // More… $LTC (12:40 p.m. EST): $59.89 (1.08%) // 90-day high: $62.08 // 90-day low: $22.09 // More… $XRP (12:40 p.m. EST): $0.31 (0.53%) // 90-day high: $0.43 // 90-day low: $0.28 // More…       1. The correlation between the price of bitcoin and altcoins has diminished over the last three months, according to a study from Binance Research. The prices of altcoins historically followed bitcoin, including during last year's historic crash. However, if the current trend of lower correlation continues it would sign a maturing of the market where future price cycles will not cause the entire market to move as one. Bitcoin's market dominance recently hit its lowest point in seven months, threatening to fall below 50 percent. –NEWS BTC       2. IBM's research laboratory in Haifa, Israel has created a blockchain platform it hopes will reduce the sale of fake medicine in Africa. The system has the ability to bring transparency to the pharmaceutical supply chain, letting patients know if the drugs they take have the active ingredients promised and no toxic substances. The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine estimates that up to 158,000 people in Africa die each year from malaria after taking fake antimalarial drugs. –THE STANDARD       Ad The best customer experiences are built with Zendesk. Zendesk was built upon a simple idea: make customer service software that's easy to use & accessible to everyone. Our products give organizations the flexibility to move quickly, focus on innovation, & scale with their growth. Schedule a demo 3. Wietse Wind, the founder of Ripple-backed XRPL Labs, asked the crypto community to create and rank projects centered on making XRP a mainstream payment option around the world. Wind recently completed a crowdfunding campaign to bring XRP to 3.3 million online stores via WooCommerce. The top proposals will be presented to Ripple and the larger XRP community for funding. So far, the top projects include: Streaming XRP micropayments for software licenses; integrating XRP tipping with Stack Overflow; and bringing XRP to e-commerce giant Shopify. –DAILY HODL       4. Overstock's tZERO security token platform plans to launch its own mobile trading app this summer. CEO Saum Noursalehi told CoinDesk that the app will focus on more than security tokens, allowing customers to trade a wide-range of cryptos including bitcoin. He added that the app's growth was part of the reason the company acquired Bitsy. The app, he added, will allow users to hold custody of their crypto without relying on a third party, and will plug into a network of exchanges through tZERO's partner, institutional trading platform SFox. –COINDESK       Ad Get Access To The Boss Cryptocurrency Trading Course - For FREE In This Free Course You Will Learn: - The exact trading strategy we used to win in 2018 - How to stop the seemingly endless cycle of losing money, forever - How to do it all trading less than 4 hours per week This course is 100% free for this week only. GET ACCESS NOW!   5. Pascal Boyart, a French street artist known for hiding cryptocurrency in his murals, received an anonymous donation of 1 BTC, worth about $4,000. –NEWS BTC 6. The first bitcoin ATM in the Middle East was installed in Dubai at the Rixos Premium Hotel. –AMB CRYPTO 7. EOS, tron, and ethereum were named the top three cryptocurrency projects by China's Center for Information and Industry Development in the agency's latest crypto rankings. –BITCOIN.COM 8. Nivesh Rustgi argues that JPMorgan's cryptocurrency could be the start of a blockchain revolution in banking that may doom Ripple's XRP. –COINGAPE 9. Joseph Young believes that Jack Dorsey's push to hire crypto developers at Square could be pivotal for crypto adoption. –CCN 10. Alexander Vinnk, the alleged operator of the troubled ETC-e exchange who was arrested in July 2017, has been on a hunger strike for three months as he fights for extradition to his native Russia. –THE NEXT WEB       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: Kim Lyons (Pittsburgh-based journalist and managing editor at Inside) and Susmita Baral (senior editor at Inside, who runs the biggest mac and cheese account on Instagram).       Ad A reimagined Jira Software. Simpler and more powerful than ever before. Learn more. Vettery's 2019 Tech Salary Report Is Here. Download Now.   Meet the Pod: A high-tech bed designed to improve your sleep through dynamic cooling and heating. Learn More

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