Crypto Daily Roundup – Oct 5, 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.

• Lightning Network explained – history, how it works, pros and cons [r/CryptoCurrency Event]
• Every noobie alive is calling for crypto to go lower.
• Wallstreet WANTS to get more bullish on bitcoin by the sounds of it.
• Legendary Wall Street Investor Joins Crypto Craze, Says Cryptocurrency Is Here to Stay and Bitcoin ETF Is Coming
• Money Tap by SBI Has Gone Live!
• SEC comments about The inevitable adoption of BTC and potentially a BTC ETF. The masses are adopting and there’s no stopping it.
• Daily Discussion Megathread – October 4, 2018
• Stock Brokerage Giant TD Ameritrade Invests in CFTC Regulated Crypto Exchange ErisX
• Coinbase Valued at $8 Billion, One of the Most Valued US Startups
• Virtual currencies are commodities according to the Federal Court
• Snack time… you can only buy three coins, what are you choosing?
• There’s a finally new use for your altcoins. qiibee just announce they will accept 18 different altcoins in one of the first ever multi-currency raised in the crypto market. You can now use BAT, OMG, GNT, Augur, BNB and many others.
• Recently a Blockchain ‘Shark Tank’ took place In Singapore where a panel of prominent investors and experts discussed the future of our market
• MCO cards on display at DELTA conference.
• Gemini Obtains Insurance Coverage For Online Hot Wallet Crypto Assets
• Many companies utilize blockchain to create products for people to use. However, very few have found success. Here are a few examples of companies that keep pushing toward mass adoption
• XRP News: Post-SWELL Edition
• SBI Ripple Asia’s MoneyTap App Based on xCurrent Rolled Out In Japan
• 1.2K BTC has been blocked on my Binance account for a month and no clear response from their team yet.
• October Community Coin Vote now open at Coinbates
• Implacations for the crypto world? China has allegedly installed remotely controllable microchips in motherboards used by a large number of US government agencies and private companies
• Novogratz backtracks on his earlier predictions: Bitcoin won’t knack the $9k mark this year. One thing is certain: no one knows shit about where the prices go!
• FunFair platform based Casino’s (first of which being Casino Fair) now legal in Ukraine and Russia. More to come soon
• Over 1,500 Bitcoin ATMs to Be Deployed in Argentina in Response to Rampant Inflation
• Round 2 of BattleBracketz is open for voting! Only 8 alt-coins remain in the cryptocurrency contest: (DASH, IOTA, NEO, NANO, DOGE, MONERO, CYBERMILES & VECHAIN)
• “Partnership” with Microsoft. Stop with this bullshit please.
• Staking enabled on Ontology Network making it one of the best coins to stake. What is your thought on this token?
• More adoption in Silverlake, Los Angeles!
• Elon Musk mocks SEC as “Shortseller Enrichment Commission”
• Ripple Blockchain Payment App ‘MoneyTap’ Goes Live in Japan
• Fantasy Gold Coin [FGC] To Be The First Crypto to Launch Own Online Gaming Competition Platform. eSports Players Around The World Will Compete On The New FGCArena.com Starting With Titles, Fortnite and Highly Anticipated, COD Black Ops 4
• Relex Development’s globally compliant investment platform launches tomorrow
• Wall Street Journal creates and then promptly stops its own cryptocurrency. But journalism coins could be the new thing