Bitcoin
Bitcoin and the Benefits of 'Coopetition' in Adversarial Environments (Coindesk)
Ethereum
Enterprise Ethereum Alliances Unveils New Technical Steering Committee (Coindesk)
Many of the blockchain industry's best and brightest have agreed to contribute their leadership and energy as a chair for an EEA work group. We thank them and all the working group members for their support and efforts.
Ethereum Classic Comes Big To China, Becomes Best Performing Crypto On Friday (The Cointelegraph)
Blockchain
Goldman Sachs Awarded Cryptocurrency Patent (ETH News)
According to the document, the virtual multi-asset wallet possesses the ability to generate, manipulate, and store SETLcoins, a new cryptocurrency for exchanging assets, like securities, cash, and cash equivalents, through a peer-to-peer network.
How Blockchain Gaming Is Evolving The Way Games Are Played (The Cointelegraph)
Giving a player value to their in-game assets encourages them to put in more funds into games they enjoy playing without the risk that they will lose it and think smart. With all transfers and trades for the game dependant on the Blockchain, no reverse transactions, double charge or fake items will exist since it is all backed by a Blockchain record.
What is blockchain? (Recode)
The world of money is sort of similar,” he added. “We have all of these closed networks. If you happen to have PayPal, then you can use PayPal. If you happen to be in another country, it might be a completely different system and it might be administered by a government agency or by a consortium of banks.
Regulation
Reserve Bank of India Сlosely Watching Transactions With Cryptocurrencies (The Cointelegraph)
As per Mint, the members of the Standing Committee on Finance raised concerns about increasing the number of cryptocurrency transactions and wanted the views of the RBI governor on the legality of these transactions.