The Daily Dood for 1-7-18
Today's bitcoin high was about $16,915 USD on BitFinex
Headlines
SECURITY ALERT Electrum New release: 3.0.5. (security update). upgrade; release 3.0.4 did not completely address the vulnerability. https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/7ouova/electrum_new_release_305_security_update_upgrade/?ref=share&ref_source=twitter via
Cryptocurrency Hedge Fund Headed by Ex-Goldman Sachs VP Raises $140 Million
https://news.bitcoin.com/cryptocurrency-hedge-fund-headed-by-ex-goldman-sachs-vp-raises-140-million/
Binance, Bitfinex, Bittrex Temporarily Say No to New Users https://cointelegraph.com/news/binance-bitfinex-bittrex-temporarily-say-no-to-new-users
Coinbase to create company that supports institutional investors in 2018.
http://www.crypto-news.net/coinbase-to-create-company-that-supports-institutional-investors-in-2018/
People Selling ‘Fully Verified’ Crypto-Exchange Accounts On the Rise
https://news.bitcoin.com/people-selling-fully-verified-crypto-exchange-accounts-on-the-rise/
Bitcoin’s SegWit Impact: Transaction Fees Begin to Tumble https://btcmanager.com/bitcoins-segwit-impact-transaction-fees-begin-tumble/
Ledger Announces Nano S Shipments Are Delayed Until March 19 https://themerkle.com/ledger-announces-nano-s-shipments-are-delayed-until-march-19/
Bitcoin, Lightning, Channel Factories: Will It Really Work? https://btcmanager.com/bitcoin-lightning-channel-factories-will-really-work/
Crypto Tax Tips To Start 2018 Right
https://cointelegraph.com/news/crypto-tax-tips-to-start-2018-right
Youtube & Podcasts
Bitcoin TAX Myths! How to Avoid the Headache with Cointracking.
NEW IRS tax code turns CRYPTO traders into CRIMINALS
STEEMIT
Looking forward to sharing with you some very exciting news regarding #Promo-Steem, @Steem-Ambassador and the much anticipated Steem Ambassador Programme soon. In the meantime I'm reaching out to users in the U.S. wishing to help promote Steemit & Steem. Via
steemithttps://steemit.com/promo-steem/@stephenkendal/looking-forward-to-sharing-with-you-some-very-exciting-news-regarding-promo-steem-steem-ambassador-and-the-much-anticipated
Let's Make Steem Trend on Twitter on the 9th of January - Join the Steem Twitter Thunderclap!! via 
https://steemit.com/promo-steem/@fitzgibbon/let-s-make-steem-trend-on-twitter-on-the-9th-of-january-join-the-steem-twitter-thunderclap
Links
Simplify tax time, and keep track of your crypto portfolio.
https://cointracking.info/
ThunderClap campaign to promote Steemit various social networks like Twitter & Facebook. Sign up using your social media account to help spread the word & make Steemit grow.
http://thndr.me/sCNbfj
Free POW tokens. I'm not exactly sure what's going on with these. This is another social networking token and they're distributing the air drop via social site referrals. If you sign up, you recieve around 30,000 POW lite at the time of this writing. At the end of the air drop all POW lite will be converted to a POW ERC20 ethereum tokens and spendable like any other token.
https://POWtoken.com?ref=POW74296
The End
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