Bitcoin
Bitcoin Scaling Project Segwit2x to Release New Code Tomorrow (Altcoin Today)
According to the schedule, mining pools are supposed to install the software on 14th June, which they can use to signal for the network to activate the upgrade from 21st July. Last week mining pools representing 80% of the bitcoin hashrate agreed to run the code that could lock in SegWit before 31st July. After that, three months later, is the hard fork to boost the block size. Of concern, is that the fork could potentially result in a split into two competing tradeable bitcoin assets if not everyone agrees to upgrade their software to the change.
Bitcoin Trader From Arizona Charged With Money Laundering Scheme and Illegal Possession of Firearms (The Cointelegraph)
Ethereum
Vitalik Buterin: Ethereum Issuance “Whatever It Needs To Be” For Security (The Cointelegraph)
The sheer popularity of ICOs using its Blockchain has also raised questionsabout Ethereum’s ultimate value, the number of tokens being uncapped with billions of dollars at stake. Responding to Silbert, meanwhile, Buterin said that a future issuance rate for Ethereum could go “below 0%” once additional features became live.
ICOs
Celebrity Investor Mark Cuban is About to Participate in His First ICO (Coindesk)
Founded in 2014, the Seattle-based Unikrn is an e-sports betting platform that has already raised $10m from investors also including Ashton Kutcher, Elisabeth Murdoch and 500 Startups, to let anyone in the world bet with "Unikoins," the firm's own digital token, or with fiat money in Australia and the UK.
Blockchain
InPay Introduces First Dual Blockchain Project For Ethereum Classic and Waves (The Merkle)
The platform allows an alias system which lowers the bar even for beginners in cryptocurrencies who are not used to long wallet addresses to start using the project because it reduces confusion. To be created at a tiny cost, the alias is also useful for crowdfunding campaigns as short and memorable aliases can be picked for campaign wallets.
This Protocol Could Blockchainize Entire Online Gambling Industry (The Cointelegraph)
The protocol is also beneficial for independent game developers: they may find a bankroll backer and then get automatically rewarded for their development efforts when people play their games, and, most importantly, retain copyright for their projects.
Encrypgen Uses Blockchain to Usher in New Era of Genetic Privacy (The Cointelegraph)
By creating a Blockchain enabled system Encrypgen can work with all the stakeholders like individuals, laboratories, universities, research centers, etc to have a verifiable audit trail of genetic information that is being shared.
Regulation
Louisiana State Regulatory Registry Picks New Chairman for Efforts That Will Affect Blockchain Industry (The Cointelegraph)
CSBS is stepping up efforts to address de-risking – where banks are cautious about doing business with non-banks, due to regulatory uncertainty – by increasing industry awareness that strong regulatory regimes exist for compliance with laws for money laundering, the Bank Secrecy Act, and cybersecurity.
