Weekly B-digest #1
Important events in the blockchain and Bitcoin world
https://cryptowat.ch/bitfinex/btcusd
Bitcoin falls
The last week was hard for Bitcoin. Chinese regulations became stricter and this caused a high volatility.
9 exchanges reported a trading stop: OKCoin, Huobi Totaly Yunbi, Dahonghuo, BitKan, BTCC, 51szzc, biduobao and ViaBTC. Later, China gave Huobi and Okcoin an extra month of life. That caused an instant $400 BTC price pump.
https://cointelegraph.com/news/breaking-all-chinese-bitcoin-exchanges-must-close-by-september-30
JPMorgan Chase CEO Insulting BTC
Jamie Dimon separated the blockchain technology from Bitcoin at CNBS’s Delivering Alpha conference. But then he attacked cryptocurrencies and said they were not unlike the famous Tulip bubble during the 17th century.
Chase Bank Buys Bitcoin Even as Jamie Dimon Rejects It
https://cointelegraph.com/news/chase-bank-buys-bitcoin-even-as-jamie-dimon-rejects-it
MacAffee disagrees:
https://twitter.com/CNBCFastMoney/status/908089342605889536
- CNBCFastMoney
BTC-e relaunch
BTC-e successfully launched a new bitcoin exchange platform called WEX (wex.nz).
The Pirate Bay Miner
Users of The Pirate Bay reported that the website is testing a new way to gain revenue:
A few hours ago a cryptocurrency miner appeared on The Pirate Bay website, using the computer resources of visitors to mine Monero coins.
https://torrentfreak.com/the-pirate-bay-website-runs-a-cryptocurrency-miner-170916/
Russia Meets Blockchain
Five leading Russian universities start offering cryptocurrency courses
https://news.bitcoin.com/russian-universities-cryptocurrency-courses/
Monero Hardfork
The scheduled protocol upgrade was introduced to enforce RingCT transactions.
https://twitter.com/monerocurrency/status/908870318533595136
- monerocurrency
Bitcoin Core Update
- Improved memory usage
- Improved cache memory allocation
- Reduced CPU usage
- Simpler code
- Up to 40% faster starts for new full nodes
- New Bitcoin Core Update 0.15.0 Released - Steemit
https://steemit.com/bitcoin/@olyup/new-bitcoin-core-update-0-15-0-released
Japan Dominates Crypto
What explains the surge in the trading volume of the Japanese Bitcoin exchange market.
Japan Becomes Largest Bitcoin Market as Traders Leave China
https://cointelegraph.com/news/japan-becomes-largest-bitcoin-market-as-traders-leave-china
ERC-20 is Ready
The standard that governs how new cryptographic tokens can be launched on top of the ethereum blockchain has been been finalized.
Ethereum's ERC-20 Token Standard Has Been Formalized - CoinDesk
https://www.coindesk.com/ethereums-erc-20-token-standard-formalized/
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