This is your weekly wrapup of articles related to cryptos. Even if you don’t read the articles, take a gander at the headlines themselves, and you’ll still be up to speed with what’s going on in the crypto space.
As always, do your research. Any decision you makes rests upon your shoulders.
Be well, everyone.
General News
Implementation
Chinese Whale Buys Fleet of F1 Cars Worth £4 Million with LitecoinSenior VP Says eBay “Seriously Considering” Bitcoin IntegrationGibraltar to Launch License Scheme for Blockchain StartupsDenmark Could Tap Blockchain For Foreign Aid Delivery, Says ReportWill Uber Accept Bitcoin Payments in 2018?Japanese Internet Giant GMO Offers to Pay 4700+ Employees in BitcoinPrecious Metals Dealer Apmex Now Accepts Bitcoin for PurchasesBlockchain’s Boom Year: Job Market Grows 200%Crowdfunding Giant Indiegogo Opens to ICOsDigital Currency Dash Now Usable at 13,000 Locations In BrazilCraigslist Enable Sellers to Accept Bitcoin, More Merchants Adopt CryptocurrenciesSouth Korea Bitcoin Frenzy: Everyone is Rushing to Invest in Cryptocurrencies
Russia’s Biggest Bank Pilots Money Transfer on an IBM BlockchainDecentralized Gaming Platform CryCash Announces Partnership with Developers of FarCryIt’s Time for Governments to Embrace BlockchainStartup Aims to Build Open-Source Telecom Ecosystem on Blockchain
Regulation and Guidance
South African Tax Services Researching Ways to Track BTC TransactionsMalaysia’s Central Bank Releases Draft Rules for Cryptocurrency Exchanges Israeli Regulator Won’t Allow Bitcoin Firms Be Included in Stock IndicesBelarus Signs ‘Super Liberal’ Blockchain Support LegislationBitcoin Regulations Inevitable – Economics ProfessorNew Self-Regulatory Body Aims to Develop ICO StandardsBitcoin Will be Legal, Mining to See Regulation: Russia’s Deputy Finance MinisterIRS Bitcoin Hunt Ramps Up, But Tax Amnesty Could Follow: Expert Blog
Precious Metals Dealer Apmex Now Accepts Bitcoin for PurchasesVenezuela to Regulate Bitcoin MiningSouth Korean Cryptocurrency Exchanges to Implement Self-Regulation
Legal Sphere
Class-Action Suit Targets ICO Promoted By Floyd Mayweather, Jr.
Scrutiny Intensifies as Tether Exceeds Supply of 1 Billion USDT
Tezos Foundation Board Member Quits as Lawsuits, Allegations, Tensions Mount
Commentary
Members of European Parliament Agree Cryptocurrency Has Come to Stay
‘Mrs. Watanabe’ Driving Bitcoin Price Higher: Deutsche Bank
Charlie Lee: Japan and South Korea Regulations Good For Bitcoin
Top German Economist Says There Are Strong Reasons to Regulate Bitcoin
Deutsche Bank Executive: Bitcoin Isn’t Going Anywhere
Adoption of Bitcoin Picking Up Speed in Venezuela, Called “Lifesaving” Currency
6 Top Bitcoin Predictions For 2018
10 of the Biggest Lies Told About Bitcoin [Recommended reading]
Charles Hughes Smith: Charles Hughes Smith: Bitcoin vs Fiat Currency: Which Fails First?
Charles Hughes Smith: What Is Money? (Yes, We’re Talking About Bitcoin)
Tech Innovation
Komodo Developers Demonstrate Bitcoin Cash Atomic SwapTrezor Firmware Update Brings Shorter Addresses and Support for More Tokens
Misc
Video Websites Used For Mining By Hackers10 Bitcoin Apps That Everyone Should HaveAmericans Are Taking Out Mortgages to Buy BitcoinReport Shows Cryptocurrency Exchanges Most Common DDoS Victims WorldwideFake News? Former New Zealand Prime Minister Denies Investing in BitcoinCryptoKitties Sales Hit $12 Million, Could be Ethereum’s Killer App After AllBitcoin Is a New Haven From Hyperinflation for Rich Latin Americans
Humor
30 People Who Were Really Wrong About Bitcoin
Bitcoin ‘Keeping Me Awake at Night’: Bank of Canada Governor
Scammy Ads and News Factories Are Having a Field Day With Bitcoin
Categories: Laws & Regulation, Weekly Headlines
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