Weekly b-Digest #2
China Investors are Refunded, First Cross-Chain Exchange, Naval, Chinese Miners, Stuck, Mastercard.
Over 90% Of Chinese ICOs Have Fully Reimbursed Their Investors
More than 90 percent of Chinese token offerings have refunded their investors’
money in full, and some Chinese exchanges have also issued restitution as they
prepare to suspend cryptocurrency trading.
https://www.ethnews.com/over-90-of-chinese-icos-have-fully-reimbursed-their-investors
Atomic Swap
Decred is announcing support for on-chain atomic swaps, which will allow
cryptocurrency holders to trade directly, without having to rely on external
exchanges.
8 Things Cryptocurrency Enthusiasts Won’t Tell You
Have a look at the Cryptocurrency world from the other perspective.
Bitfinex eventually painted over these large losses by stealing from its own
users.
Mid-to-large exchanges in China used customer deposits (without disclosing this
fact) to purchase other financial products.
http://www.ofnumbers.com/2017/09/21/eight-things-cryptocurrency-enthusiasts-probably-wont-tell-you/
Naval + Vitalik
TechCrunch: AngelList’s Naval Ravikant brings Vitalik Buterin onstage to explain
what it is and why it’s useful.
https://techcrunch.com/2017/09/18/vitalik-buterin-explains-ethereum-in-his-own-words-at-disrupt-sf/
Bitcoin Is Likely to Split Again in November
There’s probably going to be another split between bitcoin legacy and SegWit2X
version of bitcoin
Bitcoin Being Accepted By Google: Payment API Update Requests
http://ethereumworldnews.com/bitcoin-accepted-google-payment-api-update-requests/
Australia (Finally) Introduces Bill to Kill Double Taxation of Bitcoin
If you pay $4 in bitcoin for a coffee, you will pay 40c GST for the coffee, and
40c again for the bitcoin you used to pay for the coffee.
https://www.cryptocoinsnews.com/australia-finally-introduces-bill-kill-double-taxation-bitcoin/
Russian Governor Invites Cryptocurrency Miners to Set Up Mining Farms in
Leningrad
https://news.bitcoin.com/russian-governor-cryptocurrency-miners-mining-farms-leningrad/
Chinese Miners are Stuck
Mastercard Hints at Plans for Blockchain Settlement System
https://www.coindesk.com/mastercard-hints-plans-blockchain-settlement-system/
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