SEC purgatory

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November 19, 2019 SECOND CHANCE: The SEC is reviewing the rejection of a recent bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) proposal put forth by Bitwise Asset Management. Overturning the rejection would clear the way for potentially the first bitcoin ETF in the U.S., following years of anticipation of a mainstream-ready investment product. Full story DON’T BANK ON IT: The Royal Bank of Canada is not currently planning to build or launch a cryptocurrency exchange, CoinDesk has confirmed. Bank spokesperson Ed Jones pushed back on recent media reports that Canada’s largest bank was exploring the development of a crypto exchange, saying that patent applications filed by the bank do not indicate any intention to actually launch an exchange. Full story BISON BACKING: Libra Association member Bison Trails has secured a $25.5 million Series A funding round led by Blockchain Capital, with Coinbase Ventures, ConsenSys, Kleiner Perkins and more also investing. “As the only blockchain infrastructure firm in the Libra project, we'll contribute to building the new system with Facebook,” said CEO Joe Lallouz. Full story PAYPAL BACKED: Compliance startup TRM Labs raised $4.2 million from backers including Reddit founder Alexis Ohanian’s Initialized Capital, Blockchain Capital and PayPal Ventures. The investment marks PayPal’s second foray into blockchain. Full story CRYPTO FIRST? Grayscale Investments, the asset management subsidiary of Digital Currency Group, is filing to register its Bitcoin Trust as a Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) reporting company. If approved, the trust’s shares would become the first cryptocurrency investment vehicle to become a reporting company. Full story COINDESK WEBINAR: CoinDesk Research is hosting a free Webinar tomorrow, November 20! Join us at 12pm ET to hear from Catherine Coley, CEO of BAM Trading Services (Binance.US), and Sam Bankman-Fried, co-founder and CEO of Alameda Research and FTX. We’ll talk to them about launching new exchanges, where to find liquidity, institutional involvement in the market and much more. Sign up here LIBRA PROGRESS: Libra has logged 51,000 dummy transactions on its testnet in the last two months, according to an update, reports Business Insider. Carrying out the trial work are Libra partners Coinbase, Uber, Xapo, Anchorage and Calibra. Thirty-four projects are now listed by Libra, including 10 digital wallets and an API. 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

WEBINAR NOVEMBER 20 - Building liquidity in crypto markets

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FREE WEBINARS - NEW SERIES! Binance.US and FTX Explain How New Exchanges Build Liquidity Join us for the second in our NEW SERIES OF WEBINARS about crypto market trends and developments, in which we talk to industry experts about their experiences, insight and expectations.  On November 20 at 12:00pm ET, we'll talk to Binance.US CEO Catherine Coley and Alameda Research (FTX) chief executive and co-founder Sam Bankman-Fried about fake volume, regulatory constraints and the two fledgling crypto asset exchanges' very different strategies for attracting trading volume against incumbents with huge advantages in liquidity. Don’t miss it! And let us know what questions you'd like us to ask, we'll do our best to get to them. You can sign up for free HERE - November 20, 12pm ET.     CoinDesk   |  Events CoinDesk is not an investment advisor. This newsletter is for informational purposes only, and any comments here do not constitute investment advice. Copyright © 2018 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

Explore the most pressing AI issues of today

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View in your browser March 23–25, 2020 San Francisco, CA Register now Meet experts at the heart of the AI revolution Join us at EmTech Digital, our signature conference on artificial intelligence, for a front row seat as leaders from NYU, IBM Research, Salesforce, and Google Brain (among others) explore the most pressing AI issues of today: deepfakes, bias, explainability, privacy, and trust.  This year's program provides practical, technical, and ethical guidance on deploying AI now. We are moving the conversation beyond "What are the opportunities and threats of AI?" to "How do we improve our lives and businesses with AI – technically, legally, and without bias?" We have a limited number of discounted First Mover Rate tickets available now. Save up to $400 by purchasing your ticket today.  SAVE ON YOUR TICKET New speakers just announced Gary Marcus Founder and CEO, Robust.AI; Professor Emeritus, NYU Francesca Rossi AI Ethics Global Leader and Distinguished Research Staff Member, IBM Research Richard Socher Chief Scientist, Salesforce Vincent Vanhoucke Principal Scientist, Google Brain REGISTER NOW Copyright © 2019 MIT Technology Review, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you opted in to receive newsletters and/or promotional emails from MIT Technology Review. Our mailing address is: MIT Technology Review 1 Main St Cambridge, MA 02142-1531 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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TODAY is Lisk.js 2019 in Berlin! Important Details Inside...

📌 The event will take place at Kühlhaus Berlin 

Lisk.js 2019 starts today at noon 🏁🏎 Less than 3 hours... ...until Lisk.js 2019, our annual full-day event with SDK workshops, a coding competition, presentations, panels, prizes to win, pizza, donuts, finger food and drinks in the evening. We look forward to seeing many of you there today. Did you hear the news? We are excited to announce that LSK trading starts on Kraken today! Getting to the venue   Kühlhaus Berlin (Google Maps) Address: Luckenwalder Str. 3, 10963 Berlin 📍 Closest U-bahn station: Gleisdreieck (U1, U2, U3) ☝️ Look for our large blue poster hanging outside Can't make it to the event?   Follow along on Twitter via our @LiskHQ Twitter handle or #LiskJS2019 hashtag for updates and announcements. We will also record and post video footage after the event. Attending a developer workshop?  ☝️Please bring your own laptop and prepare the initial setup at home. If you have problems with the installation instructions, please come to the event at 12PM in order to get personalized help to set up the required dependencies and enjoy some pizza!  Lisk.js 2019 overview 12pm - 6pm: developer workshops & coding challenge 6pm - 11pm: presentations, networking & afterparty Food and refreshments will be provided Lisk.js 2019 agenda    ◴ 12:00 - 13:00    Registration Grab your goodie bag at the registration desk and enjoy a large variety of pizza.   ◴ 13:00 - 13:30    Introduction Prior to the workshops, we will give a short intro to the Lisk SDK and custom transactions.   ◴ 13:00 - 15:30    Developer Workshops   ◴ 15:30 - 16:00    Break Enjoy tasty donuts and coffee to refuel before the challenges begin.   ◴ 16:00 - 18:00    Coding Challenges Join the coding challenges to win one of the three prizes.   ◴ 18:00 - 18:30    Networking ◴ 18:30 - 18:45    Welcome Speech Lisk founders will open the event with their welcome speech.   ◴ 18:45 - 19:00    Prize Winners Announcement The prize winners from the SDK workshop challenges will be announced on stage. Top winners will be able to enjoy a smart backpack, a Raspberry Pi and total value of €2,500 in LSK tokens. ◴ 19:00 - 19:20    Research Presentation "The fairest of them all? An overview of Lisk's newly researched DPoS algorithm."    ◴ 19:20 - 19:50    Development Presentations ◴ 19:50 - 20:00    Break ◴ 20:00 - 20:30    Panel Discussion ◴ 20:30 - 21:00    Lisk Ecosystem Presentations ◴ 21:00 - 23:00    Networking & Afterparty Enjoy drinks and good music with local developers, the Lisk community and team.   Stay updated with Lisk:       Copyright © 2019 Lisk Stiftung, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you opted in at our website Lisk.io. Our mailing address is: Lisk Stiftung Dammstrasse 16 Zug 6300 Switzerland Add us to your address book Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list.