CoinDesk’s Policy on Coronavirus and Blockchain Week NYC

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Dear CoinDesk Readers— As we all look ahead to Consensus 2020 and Blockchain Week NYC, we wanted to share the following updates with you regarding the recent spread of the COVID-19 virus. As of today, CoinDesk is moving forward as planned with Consensus 2020 and Blockchain Week NYC, but we will be monitoring the situation on a daily basis between now and May 8. We have over 60 speakers confirmed in our great lineup, including Kevin Werbach from the Wharton School, the influential economist Carlota Perez and Chris Burniske from Placeholder. There are 90+ companies that have already signed on to sponsor the event, including 10 for the fifth consecutive year. Attendee registration is on pace with last year. Nevertheless, we understand there are concerns regarding coronavirus and its impact on Blockchain Week NYC. We are closely monitoring what the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), local and state government agencies, and other health organizations are saying regarding the spread of COVID-19. We continue to work closely with the New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC) and all of our partners in Blockchain Week NYC to ensure attendees are safe. With that, we are instituting the following policy: If Consensus is cancelled due to guidance from health organizations and local/federal governments, attendees will receive a full refund on their ticket purchase within 60 days of CoinDesk making the announcement to cancel. Further, if an attendee is unable to attend because his or her home country is barred from traveling to the United States, we will also issue a full refund within 60 days. We’re excited to have all of you join us at Consensus from May 11-13 and the Blockchain Week NYC events taking place from May 8-15. We’ve planned an industry-leading agenda, and the quality of attendees who have already registered will make for worthwhile networking opportunities. Register today for a worry-free ticket to the most important event of the year. If there are any questions, please direct them to: Attendees: registration@coindesk.com Sponsors: sponsors@coindesk.com Speakers: speakers@coindesk.com Our primary concern is for the safety of all attendees! We will continue to provide timely updates regarding Consensus and Blockchain Week NYC in a blog post on CoinDesk and on the Consensus 2020 homepage. Thanks, and see you in May! Updates Posted Here This email was sent by: CoinDesk   250 Park Avenue South New York, NY, 10003, US   Want to change how you receive these emails? update your preferences here.

æternity Community Update - March 2020

A lot has been going on in the ecosystem. Here are some of the biggest announcements from the community.

Be a Superhero.  Send help where it's needed. Throughout Internet history, content monetization has been restricted by the rules and prejudices of a select few: Internet giants who dictate which content can receive monetary rewards on their platform—with users being banned, funds frozen on subjective grounds. The end of this era is here. Superhero is giving the people back their freedom to transact. Monetize content without third-party intervention—no censorship, no commissions, unhindered, fully P2P transactions at near-zero fees. Support your favorite charitable causes, fundraisers, quality content, musicians, artists, influencers—anything on the Internet. Within a few clicks, content can be monetized so long as the website is live. Send help where it's needed.  Be one of the first to take part in the free web. SIGN UP FOR THE WAIT LIST. Starfleet India: Genesis Week AE Ventures and IBC Media have kicked off Starfleet 4 with 13 shortlisted blockchain startups from different parts of India. Read more about the contenders for the fourth edition of the accelerator through their Medium post. STARFLEET 4: SHORTLISTED STARTUPS You can now trade AE tokens through Changelly!   Crypto exchange Changelly has added AE Mainnet tokens to its cryptocurrency trading list—users can now buy AE tokens using their credit cards through the platform. "With the current launch, casual traders globally can access yet another easy-to-use tool to trade AE tokens. Non-custodial exchanges like Changelly provide an important on-ramp for new cryptocurrency users worldwide." - Yanislav Malahov. READ MORE ABOUT IT HERE JellySwap: AE-ETH, AE-BTC Cross-Chain Atomic Swaps Go Live Users can now swap ETH and BTC for AE tokens (and vice versa) in a fully decentralized manner through JellySwap, which allows instant and secure cross-chain transactions using a fully decentralized atomic swap technology. More pairs with AE may be added in the future, according to the JellySwap team. Tito Titov, CEO of WeiDex—which created JellySwap, opened an AMA session regarding this development, as well as their future project on the æternity platform last week through æternity's Telegram channel. READ THE SUMMARY OF THE AMA Events - Ulf Wiger at GOTO Conference æternity's core developer Ulf Wiger went to Copenhagen to discuss building a blockchain in Erlang at the GOTO Conference late last year: WATCH ULF'S PRESENTATION HERE Yanislav Malahov in Davos Recently, æternity founder Yanislav Malahov joined Charles Hoskinson for a Fireside Chat at Davos. He also introduced æternity and talked about building a decentralized future at the Genesis Devcon in India. Read IBC Media's extensive feature about æternity at this event on Medium, or watch the video below.  WATCH THE VIDEO HERE Scam Alert A lot of users have reported instances of scammers impersonating æternity community members through job ads. Please note that the only official contact for job applications for openings at æternity is hr@aeternity.com Rest assured that the community is doing its best to take down these scams. In the meantime, please stay vigilant—do not readily disclose information without checking on the sender's identity. If you're unsure, you can always ask questions on the Forum. Report dubious and fraudulent messages through this thread. Help Us Track Down The Offenders And Win A Bounty Jobs The æternity Establishment is hiring for the following positions: UI/UX Designer Chief Marketing Officer Director - Asia Pacific Head of Partner Management Developer Advocate Project Manager As earlier mentioned, please remember that job applications should be sent to hr@aeternity.com VIEW ALL JOB OPPORTUNITIES AND APPLY Open Bounties There are plenty of opportunities within the æternity ecosystem. There are currently two bounties open to the public. Feel free to apply. BOUNTY: Update developer tutorials BOUNTY: Help Take Down the Scam Impersonating æternity HR and Team Members  If you have ideas that would help expand the æternity ecosystem, the community is also open for proposals: CREATE A COMMUNITY-BUILDING CAMPAIGN Thank You for Your Continuous 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 YouTube Medium Blog Forums & Chats Forum Reddit Weibo Telegram 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

Trust issues

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March 3, 2020 TRUSTLESS STATES: It’s Super Tuesday and CoinDesk's new Post-Trust Election package is here to explore a world in which voters have lost faith in democracy and how tech might help fix the problems it's created. The series gives a sense of where the 2020 candidates stand on questions like Libra, regulation and CBDCs. We will also explore issues like fake news, blockchain voting and crypto campaign finance, pointing to their perils and talking to experts about potential solutions. See our roundup here and find all the articles here KEY SHIFT: IBM’s cloud service is secure enough to attract crypto custodians. Singapore-based Onchain Custodian’s latest version of its hardware-based vault is hosted entirely on Big Blue’s banking-grade public cloud. Full story NBA SHARES: An initiative by NBA basketball player Spencer Dinwiddie to tokenize the value of professional athletes' contracts has engaged a FINRA-registered investment bank and broker-dealer. DREAM Fan Shares has brought in Tritaurian Capital to manage an upcoming offering of tokenized shares in sports stars earnings. Full story LOSING STEEM: Justin Sun has seized control of the Steem blockchain, a takeover that cuts to the core of the problems of decentralized governance. Steem stakeholders initiated a soft fork to disempower the controversial creator of the TRON blockchain in mid-February, following Sun's purchase of Steemit, making him a major STEEM token holder. Full story LAUNDRY LIST: The U.S. Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Asset Control has added 20 new bitcoin addresses associated with two individuals to its list of sanctioned individuals. The pair, said to be from China, are accused of laundering funds for Lazarus, a hacking group possibly affiliated with the North Korean government. Full story FRAUD WARNING: Scammers have been sending fake versions of CoinDesk's daily newsletter to try to trick recipients into visiting a suspicious "XRP giveaway" site. If you received this message, which copied our logo and design and even used our executive editor's name in the "from" field, know that it did not come from us. (Note that the actual sender's address is not a CoinDesk.com domain.) Please forward to fraud@coindesk.com and nik@coindesk.com, and block the sender if received.   NEW BOTTOM: Bitcoin seems to have found a bottom at $8,400, according to a bullish pattern seen on the daily chart. Prices are up over a 24 hour trading period, although the bullish case would weaken if sellers succeed in penetrating the recent low of $8,400. Full story   POST-TECH? PRO-PEOPLE: CoinDesk travelled to South Carolina to check in with voters in the third statewide contest of the 2020 election cycle. Speaking with Bernie supporters and campaign staffers, we learn that the democratic socialist Senator from Vermont's campaign is about people, not tech. Read and watch here WHO WON #CRYPTOTWITTER Copyright © 2020 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