BTC Crosses $7k / eBay Hints Crypto / Crypto Transfer Fees / Retailers Accept Crypto

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Presented by Subscribe | View in browser $BTC (1:03 p.m. EST): $7,831.47 (13.45%) // 90-day high: $7,847.71 // 90-day low: $3,607.70 / / More… $BCH ABC (1:03 p.m. EST): $391.68 (13.86%) // 90-day high: $399.31// 90-day low: $121.15 // More… $ETH (1:03 p.m. EST): $202.39 (9.44%) // 90-day high: $205.10 // 90-day low: $121.33 // More… $LTC (1:03 p.m. EST): $91.05 (7.35%) // 90-day high: $97.50 // 90-day low: $67.27 // More… $XRP (1:03 p.m. EST): $0.32 (5.96%) // 90-day high: $0.37 // 90-day low: $0.28 // More…       1. Bitcoin passed through $7,000 over the weekend, reaching a high of more than $7,600 on Sunday while continuing to increase early Monday.  Bitcoin is now up 90% since the start of 2019 and many analysts predict the asset price will continue to rise. The price increase comes just as New York Blockchain Week is beginning and many projects will announce product updates and partnerships. Bitcoin remained resilient throughout the past two weeks as news of the hack against Binance and the New York Attorney General's investigation of Bitfinex being flooded the cryptocurrency news cycle. -CNBC       2. eBay may start accepting cryptocurrency payments and host digital collectibles on its platform in the near future. eBay has advertisements set up at Consensus, a major event at New York Blockchain Week. The ads state, "Virtual Currency. It's happening," and "Reach 179 million active buyers in the world's largest marketplace," and "Digital Collectibles. It's happening on eBay." This integration would be a major boost to the cryptocurrency market as eBay has 179 million users while crypto has 25 million. -CRYPTO NEWS NETWORK       A MESSAGE FROM MANAGED BY Q 2019 Workplace Trends Report How, where, and why we work is changing. This report identifies the five major trends that employers of all sizes and industries must effectively integrate into their workspace to stay relevant as workplace culture and technology rapidly evolve.   Download the 2019 Workplace Trends Report 3. From The Forums: Reddit user Crypto Nerd complained in r/cryptocurrency that he spent over €15 to send € 100 via Western Union. He proclaimed, "You could LITERALLY send 1m EUR of ANY cryptocurrency for less money". Cryptocurrency whales, those who have large amounts of crypto holdings, have recently transferred hundreds of millions of dollars of bitcoin for a minuscule amount, at least compared to traditional money transfer services like Western Union. Bitcoin whale moves $230 million in BTC and was charged 57 cents in fees. Bitcoin whale moves $212 million in BTC and was charged $3.93 in fees.       4. Flexa partnered with Gemini and launched an in-store crypto Point of Sale solution in Whole Foods, Starbucks and a host of other retailers. Flexa released an iOS app at New York Blockchain Week today called Spedn that allows users to spend bitcoin, bitcoin cash, ethereum and GUSD at participating retailers. These retailers include Nordstrom, Barnes & Noble, Express, Lowe's, GameStop, Office Depot, Regal Cinemas and Jamba Juice, to name a few. Users pay in crypto via the app and the retailer receives USD after Gemini converts it on the backend during the transaction. -COINDESK       A MESSAGE FROM TWIT When It Comes to Covering Tech, TWiT.tv Hits Every Angle TWiT.tv publishes 15 podcasts a week focused on news, perspective, help, and how-tos. Learn about the latest innovations, privacy, social media, security, plus reviews of smartphones, laptops, tablets, PCs, and wearables. If it has a chip, Leo Laporte and friends have a podcast for it. Find Your Next Favorite Podcast Here 5. Microsoft launched a decentralized identity tool, Ion, on the bitcoin blockchain. -COIN DESK 6. Priced between $250-300, HTC's new blockchain phone will double as a bitcoin node. -THE NEXT WEB 7. Bitfinex CTO, Paolo Ardoino, stated that Bitfinex has almost raised $1 billion in its private token sale. -COIN RIVET 8. General Electric Aviation has built a blockchain based supply chain integrated with Microsoft Azure. -COIN DESK 9. BitOasis became the first regulated digital asset trading firm allowed to operate in the Middle East after the United Arab Emirates granted BitOasis a preliminary license. -CRYPTO NEWS NETWORK 10. Tron co-founder and CTO, Lucien Chen, left the company claiming Tron became centralized and strayed from its founding principles. -COIN TELEGRAPH       Written and curated by Darren Webb. He created Currencylists and has worked in marketing roles for a multitude of cryptocurrency and blockchain projects since 2014. Based in NYC, Darren loves to read and continue to learn about cryptocurrency and emerging technology in his spare time. You can find him on Twitter @Dwebbny. 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).

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æternity Community Update - April 2019

All the most important news coming from the æternity universe, bundled up in a nice digital package. Open it! :)

Dear community, The month of April saw a number of community initiatives, blog posts, articles, new æpps, bounties, and lots of product development. If you haven't been following æternity's communication channels closely, this short update will help you get up-to-date with all the most important news and developments from the æternity universe in the month of April 2019. Dive in below! The First On-Chain Vote The Block Reward Initiative (BRI) was announced on May 1, but since it is a historical event for the æternity movement, it earned its place in the April update. The BRI allows AE token holders to express an opinion on whether part of the block reward should be used to support the faster and long-term development of æternity. Users have until May 15 (~01:00 AM CEST) to vote with their AE tokens. Voting with AE tokens on the Ethereum network closes on May 15, 12:00 AM CEST. Voting is very easy, but if you require support, we created a BRI-dedicated topic in the Forum. VOTE IN THE BRI! æternity Ventures: Starfleet 2 Winners The final Starfleet 2 Demo Day took place on April 11. Eight innovative projects from around the world showcased their product ideas before an audience composed of investors, journalists, æternity team members, and experts from the European start-up ecosystem. In the end, four projects were selected to receive an investment offer by æternity Ventures and develop their decentralized apps on æternity infrastructure. Want to know who the four winners are? There is a button for that below. SEE WHO JOINED STARFLEET æternity Joined ITSA With the goal to develop token standards that are widely used by governments, businesses, and enterprises, æternity became a founding member of the International Token Standardization Association (ITSA). ITSA is a non-profit organization and special interest group that aims to develop and implement comprehensive market standards for the identification, classification, and analysis of cryptographic tokens. READ THE ANNOUNCEMENT Development Updates In April, as in any previous month, the focus of the æternity team was on development, as well as on showcasing the advantages of the æternity platform to the public. Here are a few of the most important updates: Milen from Hack.bg presented the functional Sophia smart contract language during the Dronathon event in Sofia, Bulgaria. The weekly public update calls featuring members of all æternity development teams proceeded as usual, every Friday at 12:00 (noon) CEST. Written updates from all development teams were also shared in the Forum. Nikita Fuchs shared his view on scalable blockchain applications and how æternity achieves them in an interview for CryptoGlobe. Dr. Erik Stenman, one of æternity's highly esteemed developers, gave a compelling interview discussing FATE — the Fast æternity Transaction Engine — for WeAreDevelopers. An AMA session dedicated to state channels was held on Telegram, featuring Dimitar Ivanov, one of æternity's brilliant state channel architects. The tradition of sharing dev and æpp updates through the æternity Blog was resumed after a brief pause. An extensive æpps update was published, together with a detailed core dev update. JOIN THE DEV DISCUSSIONS Even More Updates! All four articles that won the Writers Contest organized in the Forum were published on the Blog. The articles answer the question, "How Will Blockchain Technology Enter the Mainstream?" Read them all. A social media contest dedicated to the major WeAreDevelopers event in Berlin was announced on the Blog. The prizes? Two free tickets for the world's largest developers congress. Two bounties for Windows and Linux mining guides were announced with prizes in AE tokens. A blog post commenting on the five major issues that companies face when trying to implement blockchain technology was shared in all communication channels. The first Trivia Quiz dedicated to æternity was organized on Telegram. It was fun and educational! More trivia quizzes coming up! æternity @ TEAMZ Yanislav, æternity's Founder, spoke about the advantages of decentralized applications built on the æternity platform during the TEAMZ Blockchain Summit in Tokyo, Japan. Get all the details about this major event here. Thank You for Your Ongoing Support!   If you would like to interact with the team or the community, please feel free to join one or more of the channels below. Social Media Channels Twitter LinkedIn Facebook Medium Blog Forums & Chats AE Forum Reddit Telegram Bitcointalk We are thrilled to have you with us! The æternity team Our mailing address is: info@aeternity.com Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list