Karpeles Sentenced / Cboe Stops Futures / Blockchain Bugs / Cocoa

Subscribe | View in browser $BTC (12:46 p.m. EST): $3,958.83 (0.88%) // 90-day high: $4,238.41 // 90-day low: $3,286.14 / / More… $BCH ABC (12:46 p.m. EST): $143.23 (6.23%) // 90-day high: $218.09// 90-day low: $80.95 // More… $ETH (12:46 p.m. EST): $138.16 (0​​​​.20%) // 90-day high: $160.13 // 90-day low: $86.08 // More… $LTC (12:46 p.m. EST): $58.86 (4.04%) // 90-day high: $52.69 // 90-day low: $22.09 // More… $XRP (12:46 p.m. EST): $0.31 (0.54%) // 90-day high: $0.43 // 90-day low: $0.28 // More…       1. A Japanese court sentenced former Mt. Gox CEO Mark Karpeles to a suspended jail sentence for falsifying data after his exchange lost 850,000 bitcoins. The court sentenced Karpeles to two-and-a-half years with four years suspended if he remains on good behavior. Karpeles spent a year behind bars after his arrest in 2015 where prosecutors interrogated him on the disappearance of the coins. Karpeles maintained his innocence throughout the court proceeding. While this is the final court appearance for Karpeles, Mt. Gox's case remains open. The company still controls substantial cryptocurrency assets which are in the process of being returned to those defrauded. –THE NEW YORK TIMES       2. Cboe Global Markets plans to not add a new bitcoin futures market in March as it reviews how it approaches the space. The exchange did say that currently listed bitcoin futures contracts will remain available for trading. The Chicago Mercantile Exchange, which launched a bitcoin futures product about the same time as Cboe, has seen its volume dwarf that of Cboe. Both of the Chicago exchanges settle futures with cash. This is in contrast to new competitors Bakkt and ErisX, which plan to offer physically settled futures contracts where bitcoin is delivered to the buyer. –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!   3. Security researchers found more than 40 bugs on blockchain platforms over the past 30 days, although none of the vulnerabilities appear to be serious. Thirteen companies that use blockchain including Coinbase, Tezos, and Brave, submitted 43 vulnerability reports between February 13 and March 13 to Hacker One. Security researchers received $23,675 for finding the bugs, a relatively low amount that shows the bugs were not overly serious. Of all the firms, Unikrn, an esports gambling platform, received the most vulnerability reports. –THE NEXT WEB       4. The cocoa industry (yes, that's a thing) could greatly benefit from blockchain, especially in how the technology can add transparency to the supply chain. Tom Daly, president of augmented reality company skignz, told the Cocoa Merchants Association America Conference that the industry has a bad data problem. Daly said that the cocoa industry lacks transparency when it comes to traceability and other sustainable issues with different supplies offering wildly different data sets. As a result, consumers may turn away from products that can not offer this information. –CONFECTIONERY NEWS       Ad What's new in the entirely reimagined Jira Software? Just about everything. The next generation of Jira has arrived, featuring new roadmaps, more flexible boards, an overhauled configuration experience, and dozens of new integrations. And that's just the beginning. 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The price of Cardano rose 6 percent after the Cardano Foundation was named one of the founding members of the International Association for Trusted Blockchain Application (INATBA). –AMB CRYPTO 10. Here is a handy guide if you find yourself in the United Arab Emirates and want to buy bitcoin. –BENZINGA       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); Susmita Baral (senior editor at Inside, who runs the biggest mac and cheese account on Instagram); and David Stegon (senior editor at Inside, whose reporting experience includes cryptocurrency and technology).       Ad A reimagined Jira Software. Simpler and more powerful than ever before. Learn more. Vettery's 2019 Tech Salary Report Is Here. Download Now.

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