05/03/2018 - Telegram shelves plans for a public ICO, Goldman Sachs set to begin trading Bitcoin futures within coming weeks
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0.000 HBD05/03/2018 - Telegram shelves plans for a public ICO, Goldman Sachs set to begin trading Bitcoin futures within coming weeks
<html> <p> <img src="https://cryptotickerr.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Asset-7.jpg" width="471" height="471"/></p> <p>Telegram shelves plans for a public ICO; this comes following two funding rounds from private investors which have jointly raised $1.7B; Telegram intends to use these funds to develop a new digital payment platform known as the ”Telegram Open Network” - <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/telegram-messaging-app-scraps-plans-for-public-coin-offering-1525281933?mod=searchresults&page=1&pos=1">Link</a> </p> <p>Goldman Sachs set to begin trading Bitcoin futures within coming weeks; this news comes out of a report from the New York Times; the exact launch date of the trading operation is not yet confirmed; however, the bank’s board of directors have reportedly signed off on it - <a href="https://mobile.nytimes.com/2018/05/02/technology/bitcoin-goldman-sachs.html">Link</a> </p> <p>The Enterprise Ethereum Alliance releases set of <a href="https://entethalliance.org/resources/">business standards</a>; these were previously teased at a London blockchain event in April; called the ”Enterprise Ethereum Architecture Stack”, these guidelines will be used by corporations to provide a framework for ”the next generation” of EEA applications - <a href="https://www.ethnews.com/eea-releases-business-standards-the-enterprise-ethereum-architecture-stack">Link</a> </p> <p>Dubai announces a blockchain-based business registry; this is intended to help companies enter the UAE market and comply with existing regulations; Dubai will partner with IBM to develop the system; this comes as the lastest part of the city’s ”2020 Blockchain Strategy” - <a href="http://www.arabianbusiness.com/technology/395613-dubais-ded-launches-blockchain-based-commercial-business-registry">Link</a> </p> <p>Coinbase to open subdivision in Chicago; these plans come at a time when Coinbase is pursuing an aggressive expansion of its operations and businesses, including a acquisition spree; the location of Chicago for the office was chosen due to its popularity among institutional investors and professional firms - <a href="https://ambcrypto.com/coinbases-subdivision-opened-chicago-expanding-business-institutional-clients/">Link</a> </p> <p>Ethereum developer <a href="https://github.com/ethereum/EIPs/issues/865">proposes</a> ERC865 token that allows users to pay transfer fees with tokens instead of ETH; this is due to prevent Ether gas fees from appearing confusing to clients; this allows users to delegate transfers of tokens to a third party, which pays for the gas, all in one transaction - <a href="https://medium.com/coinmonks/erc865-a-case-for-more-user-friendly-tokens-eb68e62a986">Link</a> </p> <p>Berkeley in California is coming closer to becoming the first municipality to use blockchain tech to raise funds for community projects; this comes following a vote in Berkeley’s City Council; the city would issue a ”blockchain municipal bond” sold for less than $5K - <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-05-02/blockchain-municipal-bond-plan-inches-forward-with-berkeley-vote?utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=socialflow-organic&utm_medium=social&utm_content=crypto">Link</a> </p> <p>Reddit looks to re-allow Bitcoin payments; moreover, Ethereum and Litecoin support is reportedly incoming; this comes as Reddit previously disabled Bitcoin as a viable payment method for Reddit Gold back in March; Reddit claims that support was removed due to issues with Coinbase’s payment platform - <a href="https://www.ccn.com/reddit-to-re-enable-bitcoin-payments-along-with-ethereum-and-litecoin/">Link</a> </p> <p>Substratum’s Twitter account temporarily hacked; the Substratum Network seeks to make a decentralized web hosting accessible globally; the hack appears to have been intended to briefly raise the price of the currency with a fraudulent statement, a so-called ”pump and dump”; Substratum has now regained control over the account - <a href="https://twitter.com/substratumnet/status/991759204900851713?s=21">Link</a> </p> <p>The Ethereum Foundation has announced a new set of grants being offered to 22 ecosystem projects; the grants total $2.84M and will be used to assist organizations working on expanding the Ethereum ecosystem; the foundation issued grants related to scalability, security and so-called ”#buidl" grants - <a href="https://www.ethnews.com/ethereum-foundation-announces-new-grant-recipients">Link</a></p> <p><br></p> <p> <a href="https://cryptotickerr.com/"> If you want this in your mailbox, subscribe to our daily newsletter. </a></p> </html>
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