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Sponsored by   September 23, 2019 LIVE AT LAST: Trading of bitcoin futures on ICE’s long-awaited Bakkt exchange got off to a slow start Monday. The first contract changed hands (at $10,115) a few minutes after the platform went live (12:00 UTC), followed by another four settling within the first hour. Ten hours later, 28 contracts had been traded, with only one falling below $10,000. Experts speculated that brokers were not quite ready for launch, but they expect the pace of trading to pick up in the days ahead. Full story MATH MAGIC: Also on Monday, blockchain research and development startup Matter Labs announced a $2 million seed round led by Placeholder VC to develop a new scaling initiative atop the ethereum blockchain. Matter's technology is based on a novel form of cryptography known as zero-knowledge proofs (ZKPs). By leveraging this “mathematical magic,” says co-founder Alex Gluchowsk, transactions on ethereum can be significantly sped up and cheaper to deploy. Full story ‘SPECULATION’: China’s central bank has denied that it plans to launch a national digital currency in November. News sources including Forbes made the suggestion in late Augustl. But the People’s Bank of China (PBoC) said on Saturday that the November date was “inaccurate speculation,” as were details of institutions said to be participating in the project, Chinese daily Global Times reported. Full story BLOCK OVER: Binance.US, the American arm of cryptocurrency exchange giant Binance, says it will start offering fiat-crypto and crypto-crypto trading pairs on Tuesday. The platform will list seven cryptocurrencies immediately, including bitcoin, Binance coin (BNB), ethereum, XRP, bitcoin cash, litecoin and Tether’s USDT. In June, Malta-based Binance barred U.S. traders from its global platform Binance.com. Full story SMART CHAIN: Networking giant Cisco Systems is partnering with SingularityNET, developer of a decentralized AI platform, to host its Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) project. AGI is a branch of AI that focuses on a computer’s ability to learn intellectual tasks. Dr. Ben Goertzel, SingularityNET CEO, said, “The scale of the AGI deployments needed by a partner like Cisco is going to be tremendous, and we are working hard to make sure our AGI tools and our blockchain-based platform is up to the task.” Full story SPONSOR SECTION BEAR SIGNALS: Bitcoin remains trapped in a three-month contracting price range. But the odds of a range breakdown have increased with the widely followed weekly MACD indicator falling to its lowest level since last December. A break below $9,500 would confirm a range breakdown and open the doors for a deeper sell-off below July's low of $9,049. Full story SPACE COIN? NASA is looking for a data expert  with cryptocurrency and blockchain experience to work at its Jet Propulsion Laboratory’s Innovation Experience Center in California, according to a recent job post. As reported by Next Web, the hire will be responsible for developing innovative applications involving robotics, AI, cloud computing, and next-generation flight hardware. There’s no indication from the posting as to why NASA requires blockchain skills. 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

BTG Core Wallet v0.17.1RC1 available for testing!

Major update to the Full Node wallet w/ substantial new features for BTG, numerous bug fixes, extends support for light wallets and Lightning on BTG.

BTG Core Wallet v0.17.1 Release Candidate 1 now available for public testing This major update to our Full Node wallet includes substantial new features for BTG, numerous bug fixes, and extends support for light wallets and Lightning on BTG. Full Details Here If you prefer, go straight to the Release Notes or to the Download page. Copyright © 2019 The Bitcoin Gold Organization, All rights reserved. Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list.

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