5 June 2018
May 2018 has been an exciting month, with almost all cryptocurrencies drastically down in price. Some excitable commentators spoke of a 'crash!'
At the same time, no-one had a serious explanation of why: more Mt Gox sales? U.S. action against crypto-investing? US tax return manipulation? Ali Baba and Paypal's rejection of tokens? Who knows?
At the same time, there were lots of interesting developments. In fact, so many I may have to do this more than monthly.
Here's my scoring according to potential: 5% for a definite action (positive or negative) — not many of those, 3% probable, 1% possible changes in the probability of success or failure.
Global
Bittrex Now Allows Fiat Purchases (for approved corporate customers (BTC, LTC, XLM 2%)
NASDAQ Exchange Announces Support for Bitcoin, Litecoin, and Stellar (BTC, LTC, XLM)
Cryptocurrency Firms Announce Changes to Comply with GDPR (CCN, 1%)
Kazakhstan President Calls for Global Rules on Cryptocurrencies under UN Oversight (ccn, 1%)
United Nations Development Programme to Bring Crypto-Funded Solar Energy to Moldova(bitrazzi, 2%)
Investment Platform Etoro Launches in the US with 10 Cryptocurrencies (bitcoin.com, 2%)
National
Norway's Largest Bank to Explore Applications for IOTA’s Distributed Ledger Technology (IOTA, 1%)
Bitbay Exchange Moves to Malta After Last Polish Bank Stops Service (bitcoin.com, 5%)
S.Korea's Bithumb Crypto Exchange Bans Accounts From 11 Countries (cointelegraph, 2%)
Xapo Among 30 Cryptocurrency Firms Expanding to Crypto-Friendly Gibraltar (cryptoglobe, 1%)
Marshall Islands Officially Make Crypto Their Sovereign National Currency (cryptoglobe, 5%)
Argentinian Bank to Use Bitcoin for Cross-Border Transactions (newsbtc, 2%)
Switzerland Government Plans To Create A National Digital Currency (bitnews, 1%)
US SEC Launches Fake ICO Site to Raise Awareness (bitrazzi, 3%)
Swiss Blockchain Startup envion AG Reports Suspected Fraud in [EVN] Crowdfunding Campaign (EVN, 5%)
Poland Becomes First Country to Put Banking Records on Blockchain (the-blockchain, 5%)
Business
Average ICO Investor Makes 82 Percent Profit: Boston College Researchers (CCN, 5%)
Blockchain Micro-Learning Platform to Help Students Earn as They Learn (cointelegraph, 1%)
Crypto Asset Management Just Got A Lot Easier (bitcoinnews, 1%)
Ali Baba and PayPal Reject Cryptocurrency as a Medium of Exchange (cryptocurrencynews, -2%)
Cryptocurrencies
CLN:The First Community Currencies are Live! (5%, CLN)
Japan's bitbank achieves number one in 30-day Ripple (XRP) volume (1%, XRP)
Waves addresses wave of fake news, headquarters in Switzerland (1%, WAVE)
Tezos Confirms Beta Release As Bitcoin Suisse Adds To Lawsuit Controversy (1%, TZ)
Crypto Collectible™ ‘Ether Online' Partners with WAX and OPSkins Marketplace (WAX, medium, 5%)
IOTA is part of the Climate Chain Coalition (IOTA News, 2%)
Wanchain partners with Quantstamp for auditing and ecosystem growth (cryptoninjas, 2%)
China Has Found 421 Fake Cryptocurrencies (bitcoin.com, 3%)
And much more. These are just the stories I found most significant. And I just skipped over the predictions of how high crypto-currencies would rise — Boring...