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0/ 🔺 Want to know what's been going on in the crypto and blockchain space over the past day?

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1/ 😲 @EYnews will next month publish free software to help corporate clients use Ethereum. Code-named Nightfall, the consulting firm's team of 200+ blockchain devs has been working on the protocol - which uses ZKPs and ERC-721 - over the last year. coindesk.com/ey-nightfall-e…
2/ ❌ At #PBWS, @eToro unveiled its crypto exchange, @eToroX. Supporting 6 cryptocurrencies at launch: $BTC, $BCH, $ETH, $XRP, $LTC, and $DASH.

There are 37 crypto-to-fiat pairs, too, plus they're issuing eToro-backed tokens pegged to 8 fiat currencies.
3/ 👋 Following the likes of @Binance and @ShapeShift_io, @KrakenFX delisted bitcoin SV [ $BSV ]. Notably, it's being reported Kraken plans to, as of May, begin listing two cryptoassets per month through 2019. blog.kraken.com/post/2274/krak…
4/ 🚪 As initially reported by @GlobesEnglish, Sirin Labs [ $SRN ] laid off a quarter of its workforce; letting go 15 of its 60 employees. The layoffs come amid lackluster consumer demand for Sirin Labs' recently launched blockchain-based phone, Finney.
5/ ⚡️ @Lightning Labs announced lnd v0.6 beta. This update brings with it static channel backup and recovery (SCB), improved performance for large nodes, routing optimization, Lightning Loop support, and a ton of developer-friendly improvements. blog.lightning.engineering/announcement/2…
6/ 📊 @InstaDApp v2 is out! The team, who are building a decentralized bank atop Maker, detailed v2 in the below blog post recently.

Users can now execute calls on contracts to trade tokens via @KyberNetwork and @MakerDAO, with @Uniswap coming next week. medium.com/instadapp/v2-6…
7/ 🅰️ After many months of private testing by several hundred participants, @Algorand publicly launched its testnet!

Algorand is a first-of-its-kind, permissionless, pure PoS protocol founded by cryptography pioneer and Turing award winner @SilvioMicali. algorand.com/news/algorand-…
8/ 👥 @EthHub_io announced the EthHub Community Forum is now open!

The forum is designed for Ethereum community members to discuss important topics which will then be curated into a monthly call (with the first one scheduled for May 7th at 14:00 UTC). community.ethhub.io
9/ 🤝 @Trading_Tech (TT), a Chicago firm offering a platform to trade derivatives, equities, and crypto, partnered with leading bitcoin-based trading platform @BitMEXdotcom. The deal will enable TT users to trade crypto perpetual swaps alongside other cryptos on its platform.
10/ 🤑 @Chainalysis announced it has received an extra $6M investment in its now-closed Series B round from Japanese bank @BTMU_Official Innovation Partners and Sozo Ventures. In February, Chainalysis revealed $30M had been invested in its Series B round. reuters.com/article/us-cry…
11/ 🧵 @sassal0x (Co-Founder, @ethhub) published an 8-part thread devoted to @KyberNetwork [ $KNC ], a project he believes is "flying under many people's radars."
12/ 🦄 Similarly, @AriannaSimpson (Founder & Managing Partner, ASP) shared a terrific 18-part thread detailing @UniswapExchange, a protocol for automated exchange of ERC20 tokens on the Ethereum blockchain.
13/ 🗞️ @Arca published their weekly 'That's Our Two Satoshis' newsletter.

This week's edition features a bitcoin market analysis and a timely reminder of exchange risk. As always, Arca also highlights the week's standout projects and recommended reads. ar.ca/blog/crypto-ma…
14/ 🎙️ A new episode of @EnigmaMPC's 'Decentralize This!' was uploaded today. In it, host @TorBair chats to @KyleSamani (Co-Founder, @MulticoinCap) about how smart contracts can supplant the financial system, key management solutions, leverage, and more. blog.enigma.co/decentralize-t…
15/ ⚙️ In the latest @WGMGpodcast episode, hosts @Melt_Dem and @_jillruth discuss the theory and practice of financial performance and measurement, the challenges in applying this theory to crypto markets, and why this matters so much. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wha…
16/ 🗣️ @SendWyre shared a new episode of 'Wyre Talks', which saw @Brendan_Dharma (Co-Founder & COO, @Dharma_HQ, @crabbylions (Growth Lead, @0xProject), and @CJL49 (Strategy Lead, @CompoundFinance) join host @TomScaria to talk decentralized finance. blog.sendwyre.com/defi-the-odds-…
17/ 🎧 In the latest episode of @MessariCrypto's 'Unqualified Opinions', @ZackVoell invites @MarkB (Founder & CEO, @GoBaeond) to discuss the fast-evolving blockchain-enabled gaming space and Baeond, a crypto card game with on-chain governance. pscp.tv/w/1lDxLrWvOdQGm
18/ 📞 The @Ikigai_fund team hosted their quarterly conference call. In it, partners @Travis_Kling, @Anthony_Emtman, and Timothy Lewis discuss the state of the market, DLT technology, and where their fund is at as we enter into 2Q19. kanaandkatana.com/blog/2019/4/15…
19/ 👨🏻‍🏫 In the hour-long episode #15 of NEAR's #WhiteboardSeries, @IzMeckler (Founder & CTO, @CodaProtocol) walks @NEARProtocol co-founders @ilblackdragon and @AlexSkidanov through his team's architecture as well as the Ouroboros proof-of-stake consensus.
20/ 🔗 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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