0/ Happy Valentine's Day to you #crypto-Twitter. I have a 14-part thread for you covering events from the space within the past day or two. Romantic, I know 💋

Enjoy!

1/ ⚡️ The development team behind @BeamPrivacy [ $BEAM ] - a privacy #cryptocurrency implementation of Mimblewimble - revealed plans to build a Mimblewimble-compatible #LightningNetwork!

Will work with @GrinMW devs to achieve this. medium.com/beam-mw/mimble…

2/ 🎉 @LeapDAO - a decentralized adaptive organization delivering layer-two #Ethereum scalability as a global public utility - announced its "community is now operating a More Viable Plasma chain" on the #Ethereum mainnet. leapdao.org/blog/Plasma-Ma…

3/ 🚀 Announced via @TheBlock__, @SKALELabs - a project building an #Ethereum- and #Web3-compatible layer-two smart contract network - launched the SKALE DevNet, a production-quality, developer-friendly sidechain test network. SKALE is expected to go live on #mainnet in 3Q19.

4/ 🍕 @LN_Pizza - developed by @Fold_App - went live!

Now, users located in the U.S. can buy Domino's Pizza via the #Bitcoin #LightningNetwork at a 5% discount. Pretty neat indeed!

https://twitter.com/ln_pizza/status/1095751406420615168

5a/ 🤝 @OwnMarket [ $CHX ] partnered with @HamersleyLLC.

As part of the deal, Own will collab. with Hamersley Digital Markets, a Hamersley subsidiary with a "deep network of institutional investors," to launch a platform for end-to-end lifecycle management of digital securities.

5b/ 🔌 For more on the Own/Harmersley strategic partnership, check out my article on @CryptoCoin_Spy. cryptocoinspy.com/own-chx-partne…

6/ 💳 @ethStatus [ $SNT ] unveiled a secure, contractless hardwallet known as Keycard.

With Keycard and the Keycard API each having been made open source, devs are able to integrate wallets, hardware, and even build their own smartcards. keycard.status.im

7/ ⚖️ Wanting to sharpen your knowledge re stablecoins? You're in luck!

@LoopringOrg [ $LRC ], in collab. with its research partners @PwC_China, published a 29-page Stablecoin Report. Loopring also shared a blog post dedicated to the report's publication. medium.com/loopring-proto…

8/ 🌏 @TobyAI (CEO, @TenXWallet) announced that residents in #Australia and #NewZealand are now able to order their TenX Card!

The card can be used in nearly 200 countries. Users can spend at over 42 million points of acceptance online and offline.

https://twitter.com/tenxwallet/status/1095975888426958849

9/ 🦅 The SEC requested the withdrawal of a proposed #Bitcoin futures- and sovereign debt-backed ETF submitted by Reality Shares ETF Trust.

Reality Shares is a sub-unit of fintech firm Blockforce Capital.

Source: sec.gov/Archives/edgar…

10/🎙️ @EthHub_io released a new 'Into the Ether' #podcast episode!

In it, hosts @econoar and @sassal0x chat to @NadavAHollander (CEO, Dharma) for ~50 minutes about the underpinnings of the Dharma platform and the team's latest product: Dharma Lever. podcast.ethhub.io/lending-on-eth…

11/ 🎧 @Epicenterbtc shared a new ep. of its self-titled podcast. Joining hosts @seb2point0 & @tw_tter for this instalment was @realLedgerwatch (Ind. #Ethereum researcher).

The ~80-min chat focuses on Alexey's current focus, Turbo-Geth, and Ethereum 1.x. epicenter.tv/episode/274/

12/ 📽️ Two of the most popular YouTubers in the space - @AlexSaundersAU (CEO, @NuggetsNewsAU) and @Nicholas_Merten - got together to chat not just about #crypto, but heaps of other topics like the commodities market and the U.S. opioid epidemic.

13/ 🗞️ @8x_Protocol issued the 28th ed. of its 'Protocol Weekly' newsletter!

Weekly updates from various teams like @MARKETProtocol, @AirSwap [ $AST ], @KyberNetwork [ $KNC ], @LiquidityNet, @ParityTech, @Aion_Network [ $AION ], @DharmaProtocol and 8x. medium.com/8xprotocol/pro…

14/ 🔙 Hope you liked my daily wrap-up of the #crypto/#blockchain space! This thread was shared earlier on @Cent, an #Ethereum-powered, income-generating social network. Check it out.

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