Coinbase announced it has acquired Cipher Browser; the service is a decentralized wallet and app browser for the Ethereum blockchain; Coinbase will be combining the Cipher Browser team with the team for its own decentralized mobile browser, Toshi; features from the Cipher Browser will be integrated into the Toshi browser - Link
Block.one announces the first feature-complete pre-release of EOSIO Dawn 3.0; this comes as EOSIO 1.0 is slated for release in June of 2018; EOSIO has, with the release of Dawn 3, already moved far beyond those features outlined in the EOSIO White Paper - Link
Mastercard investigates the use of blockchain to fight fake identities; this is being revealed by a newly published patent filing from Mastercard which would allow Mastercard to more accurately verify identities; this comes as Emirates NBD is also beginning to integrate blockchain technology into issued cheques to reduce forgery and identity fraud risks - Link
Venezuela recognizes Petro cryptocurrency as legal tender; this entails that all transactions involving government institutions in Venezuela now need to accept Petro as legal tender; following April 9th, every government institution has 120 days to comply with the decision - Link
Bitcoin reportedly declared ”halal” and compliant with Sharia law; this comes following a research paper published by a micro-finance firm, Blossom Finance, based in Indonesia; this means that Bitcoin will qualify as ”Islamic money”, despite the places where it is banned by a local government - Link
World-renowned advertising agency McCann takes on their first blockchain company as client; the blockchain firm is a job-matching platform, job.com; job.com is an industry-leading job search platform with over 60M users worldwide. McCann will be the leading creative on the Job.com brand as the platform gears for launch this year - Link
$3.5M in Bitcoin missing from the Indian Coinsecure exchange; the exchange is reportedly suspecting that an employee may have made away with the 438 BTC in the biggest virtual currency exchange heist in India; Coinbase is reassuring its customers that they will be paid back through the exchange’s personal funds - Link
Ripple asks UK regulators to ”strike a balance for cryptocurrencies”; the San Francisco-based cryptocurrency is urging the UK to follow in the footsteps of Japan; this would reportedly lead to ”encouraged safe and legal investments in cryptocurrencies” - Link
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