Cardano Foundation Newsletter - 27th July 2018

The latest news from Cardano Foundation

Hi contacto1745.send-mail@blogger.com, The latest Cardano Foundation newsletter includes the most recent report from the Foundation's research programme, updates from Charles Hoskinson and the IOHK project managers and a recap from a very successful meetup in Rotterdam. Keep on reading to find out more... Distributed Futures Research Cardano Foundation sponsors a research programme that investigates blockchain applications to help inform and accelerate the development of Cardano and the greater cryptocurrency space. This research programme is in partnership with Z/Yen's Distributed Futures, an initiative based in London with the goals of researching innovative ways of building a more sustainable financial system. The latest research report to come out of the program is entitled "Smart Ledgers & Collective Defined Contribution Pensions" and looks at how blockchain can be used in pensions, and in particular how pension schemes could be administered using such technologies.    Video Update from Charles Hoskinson Charles Hoskinson, CEO of IOHK, sent the community another informative video update. This time, all the way from Singapore where he was attending and speaking at the World Blockchain Conference. In the latest video update, he explains the progress made in various projects such as Cardano 1.3, Plutus and Sidechains, as well as introducing Prometheus, a parallel development project that IOHK is funding to build up library functionalities for mobile wallets, light wallets, embeddable devices. You can read the full summary and watch Charles' video on the forum!   Project Goguen Update Project Goguen pertains to everything around smart contracts. In the June video update, project manager, Gerard Moroney, gave us insight into the progress made in the various workstreams such as sidechains, Plutus, Marlowe and IELE. If you are a developer, the KEVM testnet and the upcoming IELE testnet would definitely be worth checking out through the IOHK testnet website. To find out more about Project Goguen, click the link below.      Project Shelley Update In like manner, the community also received a June update for Project Shelley. The primary goal of the Shelley release is to upgrade the network towards decentralization. Project manager, Liz Bancroft-Turner gave an update on Incentives, Delegation and Networking. She also explained some of the research and simulations conducted for incentives and stake pools to ensure the system gets the desired outcome of multiple, equally-sized pools. Read about this research and the project progress in the Cardano forum.    Cardano Meetups Last week, the first Cardano community meetup in the Netherlands was successfully held. Organized by community members and attended by many people of various backgrounds, the meetup embodied the traits of an engaged, healthy community. The speakers at the event included Tom Kelly and Jon Moss from Cardano Foundation, Bernardo David and Edsko de Vries from IOHK, as well as a surprise guest appearance from Professor Phil Wadler. Head over to the recap forum post to read about their presentations. Cardano Foundation will also be attending two upcoming meetups in Poland next month. We will be going to Warsaw on 14th August and Krakow on 16th August, with Duncan Coutts, Director of Engineering at IOHK to speak to and meet the Polish Cardano community. To see details and to RSVP to these events, please click the following links: Warsaw Krakow Community Questions Image Credit This newsletter's community question is: I'm a developer. Where can I have relevant resources and which communities can I join? Answer: The Cardano repository is held on IOHK's GitHub, so if you are interested in seeing the code and the progress being made, be sure to check it out! If you are interested in developing smart contracts, you can find all the documentation and details on the smart contract testnet website. And finally, to interact with other developers in the space, you can join our official Cardano Telegram group for developers and the developers category of the Cardano Forum. Cardano Foundation   Dammstrasse 16    Zug  6300      Switzerland You received this email because you are subscribed to newsletters from Cardano Foundation. Update your email preferences to choose the types of emails you receive.  Unsubscribe from all future emails

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CRYPTO WEEKLY July 27, 2018 | #65 THE MARKETS BTC: $7,965.36 | +$634.68 (+8.72%) since last week ETH: $463.18 | +$18.80 (+4.72%) since last week LTC: $82.87 | +$1.86 (+1.03%) since last week Buy & Sell Cool Crypto Domain Names BrandBucket is ecommerce for business naming. Connecting people who have great domain names with people who need them, BrandBucket brings trust and transparency to domain name transactions. Sponsor GOOD READS Here's the lowdown on the seven types of crypto assets worth getting to know There are hundreds of crypto assets available for investment on the market today, but according to the authors of "Blockchain Revolution", these are the seven tokens worth doubling down on and learning more about. 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Take a look at Coinbase's key accomplishments in Q2 - and what they have planned for next quarter Coinbase is the juggernaut of the crypto world at the moment, and this recap of what happened for the company in Q2 backs it up - from major investments via Coinbase Ventures to the launch of Coinbase Custody, it's been a busy quarter for the company. According to AMD, its crypto chipmaking boom is over In the chipmaker's most recent earnings call this week, it announced that its boom in crypto mining-related sales had slowed, and that blockchain-related chip sales will likely make up a smaller part of its business moving forward. Check out CoinGecko's Q2 State of Crypto Report CoinGecko has just released its quarterly review of the crypto landscape, and it contains a multitude of insights - ranging from reviews of the latest ICOs to an analysis of the Dapp ecosystem's growth and evolution. Investment behemoth BlackRock is planning a big expansion into crypto BlackRock is setting up a working group to investigate how the firm might be able to enter the crypto markets in the coming months. The move marks for a turnaround for the company, which previously said it was opposed to getting involved in crypto. For crypto to live, the wallet address must die According to some analysts, crypto won't find mainstream adoption until the requirement of a wallet address goes away. This is because using 3rd party solutions for storing crypto is seen by some as a security vulnerability. Here's why Stripe is saying no to crypto and blockchain (for now) According to Stripe's COO, the company still isn't considering processing crypto payments due to the network's lack of ability to scale and make transactions quickly, as well as crypto's present price volatility. 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