This is a periodic section that features the most important news in the blockchain and crypto world of the last 7 days. Bitcoin Venture Capitalist: Buy Bitcoin, Hold Ripple, Sell Altcoins http://bitcoinist.com/venture-capitalist-buy-bitcoin-hold-ripple-sell-altcoins/ Despite Hitting Monthly Price Lows, Bitcoin Network Fundamentals Keep Growing https://cointelegraph.com/news/despite-hitting-monthly-price-lows-bitcoin-network-fundamentals-keep-growing   Altcoin TRON’s Justin Sun Reportedly Close to Buying BitTorrent Inc. http://bitcoinist.com/tron-justin-sun-reportedly-buying-bittorrent/ Et ..read more

This is a periodic section that features the most important news in the blockchain and crypto world of the last 7 days.   Bitcoin Back Above $8,500: Does Bitcoin’s Rally Have Legs? https://www.coindesk.com/bitcoin-back-above-8500-but-does-rally-have-legs/ Bitcoin Miner Maker Canaan Files for Hong Kong IPO https://www.coindesk.com/bitcoin-miner-maker-canaan-files-for-hong-kong-ipo/   Altcoin Hacked Crypto Exchange Coincheck Confirms Removal of Four Anonymity-Focused Altcoins https://cointelegraph.com/news/hacked-crypto-exchange-coincheck-confirms-removal-of-four-anonymity-focused-altc ..read more

This is a periodic section that features the most important news in the blockchain and crypto world of the last 7 days. Bitcoin Bitcoin Loses $9K Support As Markets React To S. Korea Investigation, Mt.Gox Sell-Off https://cointelegraph.com/news/bitcoin-loses-9k-support-as-markets-react-to-s-korea-investigation-mtgox-sell-off/ Tim Draper: Bitcoin is ‘The Most Secure Place to Put Your Money’ http://bitcoinist.com/tim-draper-bitcoin-is-the-most-secure-place-to-put-your-money/   Altcoin Most Big Cryptos Dropped this Week – These Two Bucked the Trend https://www.coindesk.com/most-big-cryptos-d ..read more

This is a periodic section that features the most important news in the blockchain and crypto world of the last 7 days. Bitcoin MIT comes up with three ways to take bitcoin down. https://cointelegraph.com/news/mit-comes-up-with-three-ways-to-take-bitcoin-down 17 millions of total 21 mln bitcoins now mined in milestone for digital scarcity. https://beat.10ztalk.com/2018/04/27/17-mln-of-total-21-mln-bitcoins-now-mined-in-milestone-for-digital-scarcity/   Altcoin Will Ethereum or Ripple ever beat Bitcoin? http://bitcoinist.com/will-ethereum-or-ripple-ever-beat-out-bitcoin/ Ripple partners wi ..read more

This is a periodic section that features the most important news in the blockchain and crypto world of the last 7 days. Altcoin Why Ripple’s XRP Outperformed the Other Top Cryptos This Week https://www.coindesk.com/why-ripples-xrp-outperformed-the-other-top-cryptos-this-week/ Venezuelan Cryptocurrency Petro Receives the Satoshi Nakamoto Prize in Russia https://www.ccn.com/el-petro-the-venezuelan-cryptocurrency-receives-the-satoshi-nakamoto-prize-in-russia/   Regulations Crypto Tax dodgers are tempting fate https://www.coindesk.com/crypto-tax-dodgers-tempting-fate How Australia Is Becoming ..read more

This is a periodic section that features the most important news in the blockchain and crypto world of the last 7 days. Altcoin Cisco Developing Confidential Communications Via Blockchain In Patent Filing https://cointelegraph.com/news/cisco-developing-confidential-communications-via-blockchain-in-patent-filing BitPay Merchants Can Now Accept Bitcoin Cash Payments https://www.ccn.com/bitpay-merchants-can-now-accept-bitcoin-cash-payments/   Regulations South Korea: Insurance Company Denies Hacked Crypto Exchange’s Damages Claim https://cointelegraph.com/news/south-korea-insurance-company-d ..read more

This is a periodic section that features the most important news in the blockchain and crypto world of the last 7 days. #Altcoin News Hong Kong Stock Exchange Seeks Dialogue With Australian Counterpart For Blockchain Advice https://cointelegraph.com/news/hong-kong-stock-exchange-seeks-dialogue-with-australian-counterpart-for-blockchain-advice Stellar Preps Lightning Network Implementation for December Release https://www.ccn.com/stellar-preps-lightning-network-implementation-for-december-release   #ICO Gibraltar: ‘200’ ICOs Waiting To Launch On New Blockchain Exchange, Managing Director C ..read more

EthereumWisdom announces the launch of a brand new interface! After released the new logo, the platform will completely change how users monitor price and data in real time. In addition to the current features, the platform will integrate an ICO Calendar with 150+ upcoming crowdsales, a News section and a Crypto Market Cap section with 24h and 7d time frame. #EWRebranding is just 6 days away!   #EthereumWisdom announces the official Rebranding! The platform will launch a brand new interface: in addition to graphs and charts, there will be an #ICO calendar with 150+ upcoming crowdsales, a ..read more

Binance is a crypto currency exchange, focused mainly on the Chinese market. The most recognizable name behind this project is that of Changpeng Zhao, former CTO at OKCoin. Binance was created after attracting funds via an ICO. 24-hour Trading Volume hits 5.5 Billion, achieving the goal of being the most important exchanges in the crypto world. KuCoin is a relatively new cryptocurrency exchange based in Hong Kong. It operates on a crypto-to-crypto basis, so no fiat currencies are supported. Nonetheless, its digital assets portfolio is pretty extensive it offers its own token KCS (KuCoin S ..read more

Zen team wants to efficiently bring smart contract functionalities to the Bitcoin blockchain. They want to use sidechain technology, which consists in building a new blockchain pegged to the Bitcoin blockchain, in order to allow users to build and trade advanced financial assets in a decentralized manner. We already presented their project in our blog. Today we are glad to interview Nathan Cook, CTO at Zen Protocol, about their project. When do you think Zen will be live and which are the next steps before the launch? The testnet alpha is up, and finishing the mainnet is going faster than expe ..read more