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0/🔹 Here's a 19-part thread covering the day's events from the crypto and blockchain ecosystem. Hope you find a thing or two worth exploring further!
1/ ✌️ @AugurProject [ $REP ] published a detailed post covering many features that will be released in v2.0, "a comprehensive suite of improvements to Augur and the first major upgrade to the platform." augur.net/blog/augur-v2/
2/ ⚖️ "A bid to restructure Vancouver-based QuadrigaCX has failed and the virtual company has officially entered bankruptcy proceedings," according to CBC, a local news outlet. cbc.ca/news/canada/no…
3/ 👀 Per the below four-part tweet from The New York Times journalist @NathanielPopper, sources say Facebook is looking for VC firms to fund its stablecoin project, "targeting as much as $1 billion."
4/ 🌊 The team behind @OceanProtocol - a decentralized data exchange protocol to unlock data for AI - shared the beta version of its network; a revised and updated Ocean Protocol Nile Testnet. A dedicated blog post explaining the Nile beta network was published today, too. 
5/ 🚀 Ethereum-powered @Dharma_HQ went publicly live! On Dharma, lenders and borrowers are matched peer-to-peer to set up crypto lending terms in a non-custodial fashion, governed by Dharma’s smart contracts. blog.dharma.io/experience-mag…
6/ 🛠️ @TruffleSuite - a development environment, testing framework and asset pipeline for #Ethereum - announced the latest addition to its product suite: Truffle Teams, a zero-config continuous integration solution for developer teams.
7/ 🇺🇸 The @KuCoinCom [ $KCS ] #crypto exchange revealed it will soon launch instant USD-denominated deposits and withdrawals. They are firstly running a beta test for this feature. kucoin.com/news/867-20
8/ ☀️ The @TRONFoundation announced they'll launch the testnet for the next iteration of its network, the Sun Network, on May 30. Will feature dApp sidechains and cross-chain infrastructure; expanding "the overall capacity of TRON network," per the Foundation's blog post.
9/ 📢 @CoinbasePro announced they will soon begin accepting inbound transfers of EOS [ $EOS ], @MakerDAO [ $MKR ], and @AugurProject [ $REP ]. Notably, MKR trading will be made available in all Coinbase-supported regions outside the U.S.
10/ ⚡️ @Sparkswap raised a $3.5M seed round from @Initialized (lead), @PanteraCapital, @FoundationCap, and @YCombinator. The startup, which represents the first crypto exchange built on Lightning Network Atomic Swaps, also announced their public beta version is live on mainnet!
11/ 👹 @MolochDAO, an experimental, decentralized system to provide funding for Ethereum infrastructure, approved its first grant, with 2 of Moloch's 24 members voting to support @Kyokan_io's efforts re State of Ethereum 2.0; a recently published report.
12/ 🤝 @MaticNetwork x @AnkrNetwork
Ankr will use Matic sidechains to scale its distributed computing services, whilst Matic will leverage Ankr to provide distributed computing to its enterprise clients. Each to geographically support the other, too. medium.com/matic-network/…
Ankr will use Matic sidechains to scale its distributed computing services, whilst Matic will leverage Ankr to provide distributed computing to its enterprise clients. Each to geographically support the other, too. medium.com/matic-network/…
13/ 🗞️ @DiarNewsletter is up! Focuses this week include Bitcoin and its insufficient levels of privacy and fungibility (per @aantonop), institutional bitcoin trading volumes, and Asia's IEO space. @Faboualfa's feature is a sobering, timely read, also. diar.co/volume-3-issue…
14/ 📰 @StefanoBernardi and @yanroux published the 94th edition of the weekly @TokenDaily newsletter: weekly.tokeneconomy.co/2019/04/08/94.
As always, this edition features some quality suggested reads and a number of up-and-coming projects you may not have heard of.
As always, this edition features some quality suggested reads and a number of up-and-coming projects you may not have heard of.
15/ 🌍 @TonySheng shared a writeup arguing "the virus is spreading" as "the natural incentive for people that buy cryptocurrencies is to connect with more people, which leads [people] to think more people are buying cryptocurrencies than they actually are."tonysheng.com/proof-cryptocu…
16/ 🌌 @KermanKohli (Founder, @8x_Protocol) published a highly informative piece explaining - with the assistance of diagrams - the state of crypto interoperability; focussing primarily on @Cosmos [ $ATOM ] and @Polkadot [ $DOT ]. tokeneconomy.co/the-state-of-c…
17/ 🇰🇷 The latest episode of CNBC Africa's 'Crypto Trader' came out today!
This episode features host @cryptomanran interviewing several presenters from Seoul's recent Deconomy conference, such as @cz_binance and @Arrington.
This episode features host @cryptomanran interviewing several presenters from Seoul's recent Deconomy conference, such as @cz_binance and @Arrington.
18/ 🗣️ @BREAKERMAG's @DavidZMorris published an in-depth interview with @IOHK_Charles (CEO, @InputOutputHK). Discussed topics range from Cardano's origins, its consensus algorithm's transition to a permissionless model, competition, treasury, and more. breakermag.com/boxing-with-sh…
19/ 🔗 Want more? Find the full version of my thread over on @Cent, an Ethereum-powered, income-generating social network.
Be sure to give 'mattw' a follow while you're over there 😉
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