Crypto Daily Roundup – Oct 20, 2018

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.

• I’m a big fan of Purse, where you can pay with Bitcoin and Bitcoin Cash and get 15–30% off everything from Amazon, so I wrote a guide how to use it. This works even if Amazon and Purse is not “officially” in your country.
• I’m Jesse Lund, VP, Blockchain & Digital Currencies at IBM, answering questions live from Sibos 2018 via livestream with CryptosRUs! Get ready to Ask Us Anything about blockchain, crypto, and the emerging economy at 6pm ET on 10/22…
• Prime Suspect in $24 Million Bitcoin Scam Arrested in Thailand
• Daily Discussion Megathread – October 19, 2018
• [Scam Alert]: Elon Musk and The Boring Company Flame Thrower Accepts Crypto – Coinfeed Blog
• Wow – the US SEC launches new department to HELP ICOs launch compliant and legit projects!
• The Pinnacle of Crypto “Journalism” – a PSA
• Dear Diary…
• Tether Has Yanked $610 Million out of Circulation this Month
• Bakkt will launch on December 12
• After Google and Amazon already dipping their toes into blockchain, it’s hardly surprising that IBM has decided to jump on the bandwagon, and on a huge scale.
• Approximately 1 in 7,000 sites use web mining methods. Sites like PirateBay and UNICEF already doing it for years. Web mining, while unfortunately holding a negative image, If done safely and transparently could increase revenue, and remove the need for ads and therefore clutter on websites.
• Portfolio Composition of Blackmoon Allows You To See Whole Trading Strategy
• Using Brave you can now tip BAT to Reddit, a Brave verified publisher, instantly.
• TO THE MOON!
• What are you holding for passive income during the bear market?
• If a family with an average annual US salary of $52,000 starts to save money for college upon the birth of a child, they should save at least $13,500 per year to save the amount of $270,000. But the inflation from the past 20 years would make it lose half of its value
• nOS and Data Access Worldwide Join Forces to Bring Decentralized Applications to the Enterprise Market
• What Do People in China think about Crypto and Blockchain. Asking People n the Streets
• Biggest Bank in Nordic Region Bans Bitcoin, Gets Caught for Money Laundering
• Half a billion borrowed in 6 months: Institutional crypto lending is booming, according to the Genesis Global report
• 2018 Crypto Year in Review
• Why Bitcoin and crypto have no future
• Bakkt and Fidelity Will Bring an ‘Enormous Amount of Capital’ Into Crypto, Bitcoin ETF Is Overhyped and ‘Not News’: Pantera Capital CEO
• Two of the many lies that Waltonchain wants you to believe
• Covesting Has Officially Received Their DLT Providers License
• My New Coolwallet S!
• Brave is releasing in-app tipping for both Twitter and Reddit!
• Slovenia’s Prime Minister Buys Himself a Coffee with Crypto – One of the Friendliest Crypto Travel Destinations in the World
• Tether’s course was artificially dropped by competitor’s trading bots
• Fidelity Has $7.2 trillion in customer assets — Now Crypto Too!