Here's what happened 4-16-18:
- Iran banned all foreign FIAT Currency Activity “Until further Notice”
- Barclays Bank is considering opening a trading desk according to Bloomberg and Coindesk; however, when Coindesk reached out, Barclays denied the claim. Goldman Sachs also announced last year that they were looking to do this, yet the CEO dismissed those rumors weeks after.
- Coinbase just bought Earn.com. The company offers a platform to “Earn bitcoin by replying to emails and completing tasks. Keep the money, or donate it to charity.”
- “In an application released by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) last Thursday, Mastercard describes a system in which a semi-private or private blockchain would be used to receive and store identity data, the pieces of which could include a "name, a street address, tax identification number" and more.”
- Samsung has announced that it intends to incorporate blockchain technology into its supply chain. They say it could “cut costs by up to 20%”.
- “The Hanoi Department of Industry and Trade (Vietnam) has banned organizations and individuals involved in e-commerce businesses in the city from using Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies to settle transactions online”
- And my favorite of the day: A crytpo investor was hacked (or he may be evading taxes) due to poor security management linked to an old school email being a backup to his main address.
- He took the video down..