This week we bring you some more news from Ireland as well as upcoming local events where you will be welcome to come and learn about Blockchain and Cryptocurrencies.
What is happening on the Irish Blockchain scene?
@eosdublinThis group of BP candidates for EOS have been hard at work over the long weekend participating in the launch of the EOS blockchain. I have been following their telegram group with updates all weekend. They also posted a video from their launch bunker on Steemit.
SVK Crypto have just partnered with Block One to launch a $50m fund to accelerate the growth and development of the EOSIO blockchain ecosystem. They are based in London but headed up by an Irish Man.
The mainstream media do not often cover any news about Crypto with any measure of understanding but this piece by Steve Dempsey gives a fair assessment (in my opinion) of the state of Blockchain.
This study by NUIG takes a look at factors influencing the adoption of Blockchain in Ireland. Notable is the need for education and for more executive blockchain workshops.
A few weeks ago Andreas visited Dublin. The Crypto Coast team interviewed him. Watch the full interview
This course has been running for some weeks and will continue tonight in the Crypto Cafe
David is running another workshop tonight, from this highly recommended group
This group explores how digital technology is transforming financial services. This event takes place over a half day on Wednesday at the offices of Arthur Cox in Dublin.
The second meetup for this group will take place in Circles offices in Dublin. This looks really interesting. Lynne Rooney from Circle will be speaking.
This weekly meetup is in the Crypto cafe is on Wednesday.
A sneak peak at this event for next week where Joe Lubin (co founder of Ethereum) will be at an event on Monday. Not to be missed.
This article by Deloitte gives a great overview of the possibilities, and some of the industries that will be affected by it.
https://www2.deloitte.com/ie/en/pages/financial-services/articles/blockchain.html
For information about upcoming ICO's 
https://steemit.com/@lukebrn
For an intro to Bitcoin, the book Mastering Bitcoin by Andreas Antonopoulos is a great place to start.
As always please add comments to this post with any upcoming events or developments that you think may be of interest to readers.
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