Crypto Daily Roundup – Jan 9, 2019

Every day we collate the hottest Cryptocurrency articles from around the web and social media. Below is our reading list for the past 24 hours.

• Steemit censor 9/11 blackmailer
• About the possible 51% attack..
• High-profile Russian economist believes the Kremlin will soon begin transferring billions of USD reserves into Bitcoin to mitigate against the impacts of US sanctions.
• “Imagine if your email worked like your money, that is to say it was available from 9-5pm Mon-Fri and it took sometimes up to 3-5 days for someone in another country to get your message” Tyler Winklevoss, Crypto Revolution
• Daily Discussion Megathread – January 8, 2019
• BCH costs only around 2x of ETC’s cost to 51% attack. Litecoin is more expensive. If anyone tells you BCH is secure, they are lying. It is next
• S.Korea Crypto Hacking Victim Denied Compensation After Court Ruling
• Upfiring vs. Tron’s Project Atlas – A comparison of the two incentivized blockchain torrenting platforms that reward seeders for contributing to the network
• Yellows vest protester planning to withdraw all funds from banks 🏦
• Malta Government Committed to ‘Blockchain Island’ Vision Despite Criticism. Influx of top crypto exchanges catapulted Malta to the top of the global cryptocurrency trading volume charts in 2018.
• Yellow vest protesters begin to coordinate a run on french banks.
• WordPress Bloggers can Now Receive Payments in Cryptocurrencies
• Ethereum Classic Hit by 51% Attack Allegedly Worth $460,000
• Bakkt is on hold again, and are there alternatives to Bakkt for retail investors?
• Factom is dangerously centralized and controlled by five people
• 13 new RippleNet users, 5 new xRapid users, including 1 European Bank
• RippleNet Surpasses 200 Customers Worldwide
• IBCS Group Uses IOTA Tangle Technology for Track and Trace Supply Chain Solution
• Bitcoin’s Market Cap Will Surpass the $7 Trillion Market Cap of Gold, Winklevoss Twins Say
• WARNING: Substratum has several missing ICO funds and the CEO was able to purchase a $400,000 home and several new toys weeks after the ICO ended.
• Bitcoin v0.1 turns 10
• Today the french gov closed a donation related to the yellow vests by pressure on the website owned by a bank, crypto can come faster than we think here
• Coinbase, Why not NANO/IOTA?
• Winklevoss Twins: Still Committed To An ETF And Bitcoin Will Surpass 7 Trillion
• PRESS RELEASE: æternity invests in weiDex To Develop The First Decentralized Exchange On The Platform
• Greenspan: XRP isn’t a security but the community is way too toxic
• 42% of the world’s top 50 universities now offer cryptocurrency courses & 18% of U.S. college students own crypto? Blockchain is here to stay.