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Sponsored by   September 27, 2019 FEE FLIPPENING: Ethereum transaction fees are back on the rise and gaining parity with those on the bitcoin network. As seen in data from CoinMetrics, ethereum even briefly surpassed bitcoin in daily transaction fees on Sept. 21. The fairly rare event was down to bitcoins experiencing lower transaction volume alongside a fall-off in prices, while ethereum has seen a spate of transactions related to dollar-pegged stablecoin tether. “I do believe this is a temporary thing,” said trader Eric Choe. “Historically, bitcoin transaction fees have been higher."  Full story HOOP DREAMS: In partnership with crypto firm Paxos, NBA guard Spencer Dinwiddie is looking to raise $13.5 million by tokenizing the first year of his three-year, $34.5 million contract. Dubbed the DREAM Fan Shares platform, investors in the securities offering will earn interest through Dinwiddie’s bi-monthly paycheck.The minimum buy-in is $150,000. The guard for the Brooklyn Nets told CoinDesk that his contract is fully guaranteed, meaning investors do not risk losing their funds if he is injured or otherwise unable to play. Full story WAIT OVER: Harbor Square Investments, a subsidiary of tokenized securities platform Harbor, has received a broker-dealer license from FINRA, company executives told CoinDesk on Friday. The move breaks a lengthy standoff between aspiring crypto broker-dealers and the U.S. regulators who approve them. For more than a year, the SEC and FINRA slow-walked Harbor’s and roughly 40 other crypto firms’ applications, voicing concerns that the digital assets they trade causes investors undue risk. “It took the regulators a long time to get a handle on the space and understand it and its implications,” Harbor CEO Josh Stein told CoinDesk. “This was very new for the SEC and FINRA, and they wanted to do it right.” Full story UNDER PRESSURE: Dutch bank ING’s chief economist has said “fully fledged” digital currencies will be developed by central banks in just two to three years. Mark Cliffemight, speaking in an ING video published Friday, argued that the Facebook-led Libra cryptocurrency project is putting pressure on monetary authorities. With Libra slated for launch in 2020, central banks “would have” to make a move in that timeline. “I think we’ve already got some sense of urgency amongst the policy community,” he added. Full story RSK TAKING: IVO Lab, the parent company behind RSK‘s bitcoin smart contract network, has acquired Spanish-language social networking platform Taringa. With the deal, IVO Labs plans to integrate RIF, RSK’s native token, into Taringa, as well as test RSK decentralized applications and infrastructure on the platform. One of the largest Spanish social media apps, Taringa claims to have some 30 million users, 1,000 active communities, and 8 million daily shares on its platform. Full story SPONSOR SECTION BIGGEST DROP? Bitcoin remains on the defensive and looks set record its largest weekly loss of 2019. The prospects of a sustained bounce look weak, as the cryptocurrency is finding no takers, despite technical indicators reporting extreme oversold conditions. A deeper drop to $7,500 could be in the offing over the weekend. Full story FACEBOOK’S FENCE: Will Libra contribute to Facebook’s monopolization of tech? At least one senior executive at Ripple thinks so. In an interview with CNBC , Marcus Treacher, Ripple’s senior vice president referred to the stablecoin project as a “walled garden,” a term used to describe companies that exercise outsized control over their software and apps. Treacher points to the centralized design of the 28-member Libra Foundation, a Swiss-based non-profit that will oversee the development of the cryptocurrency.  WHO WON #CRYPTOTWITTER   Copyright © 2019 CoinDesk, All rights reserved.  Our mailing address is:  250 Park Avenue South New York, NY, 10003, US  Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list

Reminder: ICX Staking is Live!

ICX Staking has been live for just over a month, and here are some good things to know!

The moment you have been waiting for... Staking with ICX is Live! Attention ICONists, it's time to vote for your favorite P-Rep candidates! A tutorial on how to stake & vote is outlined below (but can also be found here), and here are some important points to keep in mind: Make sure to spread out your votes. Spreading your votes to multiple candidates is a simple but important process to help with network decentralization. Learn more about P-Rep candidates here! I-Score will appear ~2 days after initially voting, then will appear every ~1 day going forward Claiming I-Score more often will maximize your rewards Current ICON Staking Statistics: Reward Rate: 22.83% Percentage of Network Voted: 17.58% Number of Registered P-Reps: 55 As the Percentage of Network Voted increases, the Reward Rate decreases. Make sure to take advantage of the early adopter incentive to stake on the ICON Network while the reward rate is high! How Do I Vote? If you have any questions about how to stake/vote, please join our telegram channel!

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Maker + Loom = Dai Gateways (Loom Update #52)

Yoooo. Take a look at this dude — the guy managed to build a freakin' POWER PLANT by himself — how insane is that? 😮 Anyway... Just want to say thanks again for letting me visit your inbox a couple of times a month with Loom updates — Appreciate it 🙏🏾🥰🖖🏾 I'm sure you are in the middle of a whole bunch of busy stuff right now... so let's get to the updates.    First up...   1. You can now earn LOOM Tokens for participating in the network If you didn't get the memo, we are now heavily focused on increasing adoption of Loom Network. ...and we'd be honored if you are involved with the process.  Since our network is running smoothly in production with external validators, and we have a huge technical lead in our scaling tech, etc. — it's time to get serious.  We will be giving away millions of locked LOOM to the community for taking part in the network. There are numerous ways you can earn tokens: • Deploy a dapp to Basechain with 20+ Daily Active Users. • Launch a functional block explorer. • Create technical or non-technical content like videos, tutorials, articles, etc. that benefit the community. • Curate and vote on existing content about Loom Network. Validators that engage their community and perform the best will also be rewarded each month. 💥 To kick this off — we'll be giving 500,000 LOOM to each of the first 10 new dapps deployed to Loom Basechain and listed on DappRadar.   If you are interested in earning some LOOM tokens for your hard work, you should... 👉 Learn how to earn LOOM tokens for participating in the network That's not all...   2. Maker & Loom will be building Dai gateways to all major blockchains As you know, Maker are the creators of the most popular decentralized stablecoin called Dai. ...and they are going to be the first third-party project to use Loom's cross-chain gateways to make Dai into a multichain token by making it accessible on any major blockchain. If you are curious about how this is all going to work, you should... 👉 Read about how Dai will become a multichain token using Loom's cross-chain gateways In other news...  We are sponsoring another CryptoWars tournament, so if you want loot and bragging rights, you should join the action.  We also released a 6-part video tutorial series for dapp developers who are using (or interested in using) Loom Network to deploy their dapp. That's what's smokin' in this barbeque 😉 If you want to discuss any of the latest updates — stop by our subreddit @ /r/LoomNetwork.  Until next time... Your friend, —Dilanka P.S — By the way... If you are in need of some wisdom and guidance in your life, you should watch this talk by Dr. Wayne Dyer — After you watch it, let me know what you think. Wayne Dyer has been one of my most influential teachers — Also, did you see the recent Edward Snowden Interview?  Don't want to receive anymore updates from Loom Network? Unsubscribe. Our address: 26/-47 12A Floor Orakarn Building,, 46 Chit Lom Alley, Khwaeng Lumphini,, Bangkok, Thailand, 10330