Crypto Daily Roundup – Sep 21, 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.

• Apple has a BTC glyph in iOS 12!
• CryptoTwitter can always make us laugh
• Horizon State release their charity app – Coinpocket.
• MustangChain is proud to announce Cecil Alliance; a Foundation that will leverage blockchain-IoT technology to track and identify animals on the blockchain and unite global collaboration in the fight for animal welfare!
• Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong said that the number of people involved in the crypto ecosystem could reach 1 billion in the next five years
• How much manipulation is in the crypto community?
• Antpool to Sponsor Houston Rockets in Upcoming NBA Season, Tickets to be Sold for Cryptocurrency
• Daily Discussion Megathread – September 20, 2018
• By bringing loyalty programs to the blockchain, qiibee allow brands to issue their tokens easily. It means businesses can store customer rewards on the blockchain, opening the crypto market to $500B worth of unredeemed loyalty points
• Mustangchain announced Cecil Alliance: a Foundation that will leverage blockchain-IoT technology to track and identify animals on the blockchain and unite global collaboration in the fight for animal welfare!
• The global app revenue grew 35% in 2017, reaching $60 billion and still growing. Lately, a new kind of app has emerged known as dApp. It’s more secure, transparent and great for storage, but it’s still not fully adopted by the mass. Why?
• Bancor just announced the first Cross-Blockchain Decentralized Exchange. It will allow users to instantly convert tokens against its automated smart contracts.
• It’s easy to look at the depressed valuations of Bitcoin, Ethereum and other cryptocurrencies out there and conclude that the bubble has burst. Institutional Crypto is coming, don’t be fooled by the bear market.
• ETN has launched it’s Instant Payment feature!
• The biggest money laundering scandal in Europe.
• VeChain Amsterdam Event Notes; Big partnerships with Oxford University, BMW, Chanel, Volvo and more
• Blockchain Security: Hodlers Should Leard More About It
• Coil Facilitates XRP Payments On Twitch, YouTube & Wikip
• Kraken pushes back hard against New York regulators’ unjust guilty until proven innocent stance.
• Fake EOS Used to Steal $58,000 on Newdex Decentralized Exchange
• Stronghold Platform APIs: a Digital Wallet in Every Pocket
• Your Bitcoin Is Unusable Unless You Do One of These Things
• Genesis Vision partners up with RoboForex – Genesis Vision Blog
• I’m Compound CEO Robert Leshner; we’re creating an algorithmic money market for Ethereum assets. Got tokens? Earn interest! Compound was just featured on Laura Shin’s ‘Unchained’ podcast. AMA! [cryptocurrencyevents]
• SEC Commissioner Argues for Relaxed Cryptocurrency Regulations
• Kik [KIN] teams up with app to bring cryptocurrency to 92M women
• How novel is the original Satoshi Nakamoto Bitcoin Whitepaper?
• RippleNet To Be Used For Bank Payments
• Fidelity Turned Down Bakkt Investment As They Pursue ‘In-House’ Crypto Exchange And Custody Solutions (and compete with Bakkt) – The ICO Journal
• Leaked U.S. NSA Software Used For Illegal Cryptocurrency Mining
• XRP Extends Gains As Anticipation Fuels Rally
• Bogdanoff, BlockchainIO (BCIO) Whitelists are closed. Wait, WHAT. You’re opening 567 spots?
• SEC Postpones ETF Decision
• Ripple Reveals Successful XRP Pilot Program With Banks Around the World
• New York regulator approves Winklevoss, Paxos dollar-linked tokens
• PRESS RELEASE: Leading Stellar Wallet, LOBSTR, Announces Support for the DigitalBits Blockchain; Launches Wallet for DigitalBits Tokens
• PRESS RELEASE: Ambrosus Leverages GS1 Digital Link Standard to Democratize Product Verification
• PRESS RELEASE: Distilled Analytics and Shyft Network Partner to Combat Global Identity Theft, Exploitation, and Human Trafficking
• US Lawmakers Say IRS Too Focused on Enforcement, Needs to Provide Clarity on Crypto Taxation