CryptoWeekly #88

The best cryptocurrency news, guides and resources.

CRYPTO WEEKLY December 21, 2018 | #88 THE MARKETS BTC: $4,038.16 | +$794.47 (+24.47%) since last week ETH: $114.05 | +$29.16 (+34.35%) since last week GOOD READS Facebook is reportedly developing a stablecoin for WhatsApp The social networking giant is reportedly leveraging its new blockchain team for the creation of a new stablecoin that would be used for native payment transfers via WhatsApp. A behind the scenes look at the biggest crypto transfer on record Coinbase recently moved 5% of all BTC in existence, 8% of ETH, and 25% of all LTC to its newest cold storage solution in the largest crypto transfer on record. Here's how they did it. Crypto miners are fighting for survival as market turmoil continues As crypto's bear market extends through the end of the year, many crypto miners are close to going out of business - and even Bitmain, the world's largest mining operation, is allegedly on the verge of bankruptcy. The current state of Venture Capital funding in the blockchain space Even against market headwinds, total VC investments in crypto projects topped more than $4B this year. ICOs still hasn't supplanted VC funding as the preeminent funding mechanism, and many VCs are actually directly investing in tokens themselves. Ethereum reaches 50 million unique addresses, but active addresses have dropped nearly 70% from its peak Last week, the total number of Ethereum addresses passed 50M for the first time. That said, the number of active addresses (and transactions) have dropped more than 68% since the start of the year. Here's how America could lead the transition to a digital reserve currency As China and Russia begin to unveil their cryptocurrency ambitions, some economists are calling on the US to accelerate R&D in the space, and create a digital reserve currency to block attempts to replace the dollar in the global financial system. Intersecting space and blockchain: the Blockstream Satellite story This is an amazing technical recap of how one crypto entrepreneur got the Blockstream Satellite (which receives data from Blockstream's 5 satellites presently orbiting earth) up and running from his own home.  A great presentation from Linda Xie: Beyond Cryptocurrencies This is an excellent presentation from Linda Xie (managing director of Scalar Capital) on the future applications of crypto, from decentralized prediction markets to sovereign identity platforms. Binance Labs launches 8 blockchain projects to solve the industry's biggest challenges In another first for the company, Binance has just set up a 10-week incubator program, which will help eight blockchain startups continue building their platforms and define their product-market fit. Inside China's plan to sideline Bitcoin Backed by patent filings for crypto technologies by state-backed banks and financial institutions, multiple analysts have indicated that the Chinese government is now preparing to launch its own cryptocurrency. Institutional crypto and a new generation of Wall Street leaders This year saw traditional financial institutions take the first few steps toward truly adopting crypto, and it all started with the digitization of brick-and-mortar exchanges themselves. COMMUNITY NEWS DDEX is forking the 0x protocol to remove the ZRX token. Link Coinbase customers in the U.S. can now make withdrawals into their PayPal accounts. Link The Lightning Network's first ERC-20 to Bitcoin atomic swap has taken place. Link Status.IM has laid off 25 staffers and asked remaining employees to take a pay cut. Link Coinbase Earn helps newbies earn crypto while they learn about it. Link Blockchain developer role tops LinkedIn's 2018 emerging jobs list. Link ConsenSys's Andrew Keys talks about the company's recent pivot. Link Meet Tagomi, the world's first crypto prime brokerage service - backed by Peter Thiel. Link Bitcoin from space: Blockstream CSO explains its satellite services. Link The second largest exchange OKEx launches a new crypto derivative product. Link Ripple looks back at what they accomplished in 2018. Link TokenSoft announces a partnership with Coinbase to offer custody solutions. Link Vitalik Buterin donates $300K to crypto startups in a bid to push Ethereum 2.0 development. Link Circle just published a great report on decentralized exchanges (DEX). Link Edited by Chris Osborne in Bangkok (in town? reach out to get a coffee). Feel free to reply to this email with any feedback and/or suggestions. Nothing shared or published by CryptoWeekly constitutes an investment recommendation, nor should any data or content published by CryptoWeekly be relied upon for any investment activities. CryptoWeekly strongly recommends that you perform your own independent research and/or speak with a qualified investment professional before making any financial decisions. Copyright © 2018 CryptoWeekly. All rights reserved. No longer want to receive CryptoWeekly? Unsubscribe.

ICON's Top 10 Developments of 2018

ICON announces ICX_Station Singapore, Wanchain goes 3.0 and more news from the ICON Republic

View email in browser | Visit The Iconist Let's take a look at what The Iconist considers the top ten developments in the ICON Republic in 2018. Editor's Notes What a year it's been for The Iconist (and for ICON, and for the market). The Iconist launched at the end of August and has nearly doubled its readership every month since. Thank you. Sincerely. Make sure to check in on us over the holidays. We will, of course, be cruising around the streets of Seoul in our Lambos and sipping eggnog (not at the same time, of course), but we've scheduled some very festive end-of-year listicles for your reading pleasure.  What should we cover next? We'd like to hear your ideas. Get in touch on Twitter (@TheIconistNews) or by email at hello@theicon.ist. In the meantime, take a look at our most recent stories below.  Erik Cornelius Chief Editor @ The Iconist  Don't Miss These Articles An Inside Look Into  ICON'S Singapore Launchpad by Robin J. Wolf ICON Top 10 Developments of 2018 by Robin J. Wolf Wanchain: Bridging Giants by Robin J. Wolf CHAIN ID: I Hash, Therefore I am by Robin J. Wolf ICON Keeps on Truckin' by Robin J. Wolf Connect with The Iconist Community. Get ICON news first. Copyright © 2018 THE ICONIST, All rights reserved. You asked us to keep you updated on what is happening with ICON. Our mailing address is: THE ICONIST PO Box 75 San Francisco, CA 94104-0075 Add us to your address book Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list.

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