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March 7, 2019 MYSTERY STARTUP: Former employees of Bitmain who focused on bitcoin cash development are planning to launch a new startup that will offer cryptocurrency custody, over-the-counter (OTC) trading and lending services, CoinDesk has learned. According to two sources with knowledge of the matter, the former employees include those from the mining giant's Copernicus project that was impacted by company-wide layoffs last year. Full story CRYPTO CHEAT SHEETS: Israel-based social investing platform eToro has launched a cryptocurrency trading platform allowing U.S. customers from 31 states and territories to trade 13 cryptocurrencies. At launch, the platform will offer three CopyPortfolios to let users mimic the bets of established traders. eToro also announced a multi-signature crypto wallet for the U.S. that supports six cryptocurrencies initially. Full story SIX PICKS CORDA: SIX Group, the Swiss stock exchange operator, has picked R3’s Corda Enterprise platform as the blockchain on which to build its upcoming digital-asset trading, settlement and custody service. Revealed exclusively to CoinDesk, SIX said it chose Corda Enterprise because it was designed for a highly regulated space. Its use cases beyond finance, as well as the flourishing open-source Corda ecosystem also appealed to SIX. Full story VOTE OF CONFIDENCE? The city of Denver, Colorado, plans to utilize a blockchain system to store and track votes in its municipal elections in May. The pilot program will allow overseas voters, active-duty military personnel and their eligible dependents to vote using a blockchain-based smartphone app from a startup called Voatz. The city hopes the technology will make voting easier and more secure for eligible residents abroad, as well as for those living with disabilities. Full story DIVERGING PATHS: Binance Coin (BNB), the crypto token that can be exchanged for transaction fees on the Binance exchange, is up more than 140 percent year-to-date and is now deviating from bitcoin's price trend. While most cryptocurrencies are highly correlated to bitcoin, BNB is charting its own course, for now at least, and is notably the only cryptocurrency out of the top 10 to post a yearly gain against the dollar. Full story BEST OF THE BEST FORTUNE: Facebook should pay users a “data dividend” in cryptocurrency, according to a piece in Fortune. With the firm said to be developing its own “Facebook Coin” and reportedly already in talks with exchanges to list the token, the social media giant could sidestep growing issues with regulators by rewarding users for their information. The move would also “spin the mounting momentum against [the firm] into a positive attribute,” the author says. THE REST BUSINESS WIRE: A Canadian court has for the first time used a bitcoin expert witness in a trial, according to Business Wire. CipherTrace CEO David Jevans testified last month at the Ontario Superior Court of Justice in a case involving a man who allegedly purchased a handgun illegally and sold drugs for bitcoins on the dark web. FORBES: The team behind the cryptocurrency Zilliqa is partnering with King's College London's blockchain society for an education drive, writes Forbes. The university’s student-run group, KCL Blockchain, will host a series of workshops from Zilliqa, at which the crypto firm will provide its “Blockchain A-Z” program to all members for free. 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

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QUOTE OF THE DAY

"[Bitcoin] was something that was born on the internet, that was developed on the internet, that was tested on the internet…It is of the internet."

- Jack Dorsey

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MARKET

COIN	PRICE	24H
BTC	$3,928.62	+ 0.73%
ETH	$138.45	- 0.10%
XRP	$0.316694	- 0.17%
LTC	$57.94	+ 4.85%
EOS	$3.78	+ 0.81%

*Information as of 11:00 AM EST

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INSTITUTION

Enterprise Blockchain Spending is Forecasted to Blow Last Year's Numbers Away

In 2018, companies around the world joined the blockchain craze and globally invested $1.5 billion into the new technology.

This year, however, researchers from the International Data Corporation (IDC) are betting that blockchain spending grows more than 88.7% to around $2.9 billion.

That growth is just the start though. Until 2022, the IDC sees the industry growing at a compound annual growth rate of 76% per year, leading to $12.4 billion in blockchain spending by the end.

The top industries

For a better view, IDC broke down the spending by industry. Here are the top three:

1. Finance
2. Manufacturing and resources
3. Retail and professional services

The top countries

Following the sector breakdown, IDC divided regions by their contribution. Here are the top three:

1. United States
2. Western Europe
3. China

Notably, Japan and Canada are expected to lead growth among countries for the next 4 years.

Still young

If anything, the report shows how young enterprise blockchain is right now, despite coming so far already.

IDC Researcher Stacey Soohoo commented on the matter:

"With a number of breakthroughs in 2018, ranging from mainstream acceptance by large enterprises to regulators recognizing their governance role in the blockchain world, blockchain has come a long way since 2017, the year of blockchain experimentation and awareness. 2019 will be a year of mainstream adoption, but will rely heavily on reshaping the ideology of a blockchain revolution."

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BITCOIN

Jack Dorsey is Allegedly Buying $10,000 of Bitcoin Each Week

Twitter's CEO Jack Dorsey is no stranger to the Bitcoin community.

The notorious Bitcoin bull has gone on record repeatedly saying that it will "probably" become the "internet's native currency."

Now, he might be spending $10,000 per week to buy the world's largest cryptocurrency.

Hitting limits

In a podcast called Tales from the Crypt, Dorsey explained that he wanted to take part in "Stacking Sat Saturday" - a trend that encourages weekly Bitcoin purchases - but he couldn't participate because he hit his CashApp limit.

If true, that would mean Dorsey is maxing out at about $10,000 per week in Bitcoin buys.

Though Dorsey stays away from price predictions, his support for Bitcoin is clear.

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TRADING

BNB is Straying Away from Bitcoin's Price Trend

Once in awhile a cryptocurrency will massively outperform or underperform Bitcoin for a short time period. However, Binance's BNB token is now showing signs of trend deviation from Bitcoin - an unusual feat for the young market.

First reported by CoinDesk, BNB is the only asset in the top 10 cryptocurrencies to post a yearly gain against the U.S. dollar. The next closest is TRON with a -44% loss.

Further, in the last 30 days BNB is up more than 99% while Bitcoin posted a mere 12.65% gain.

That positive trend has made it the only cryptocurrency in the group to stray from Bitcoin's overarching influence.

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• 🇺🇸 The social trading platform eToro adds crypto trading to 31 U.S. states.
• 🧐 The City of Denver will pilot blockchain voting in its next coming election.
• 🤔 Ripple's CEO Brad Garlinghouse says other banks won't use J.P. Morgan's JPM Coin.

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