Iran Has Launched a Gold-Backed Cryptocurrency ‘Peyman’ in Effort to Avoid US Sanctions. Bitcoin (BTC) ban lifted as Iran’s Central Bank issues new draft rules on cryptocurrency
Rate 3 introduces cross-chain swaps between Stellar and Ethereum on testnet.
A Bitcoin-Backed Stablecoin Wrapped Bitcoin (WBTC) Has Launched on the Ethereum Blockchain. WBTC delivers the power of Bitcoin with the flexibility of an ERC20 token.
CoinGate introduced DAI stablecoin payments for merchants.
Canadian cryptocurrency exchange QuadrigaCX loses access to its wallets.
Cryptos Would Only Have Value in ‘Dystopian’ Economy: JPMorgan
Görli TestnetLaunched: The Görli testnet is the first cross-client proof-of-authority network for Ethereum. It is based on the Clique PoA protocol. It was launched on 31 January 2019 at the GörliCon. The development is led by Chainsafe Systems + Afri Schoedon from Parity but there are dozens of more contributors that helped in making this a reality. Getting started with Görli Testnet.
Alexey Akhunov - My take on ProgPOW — looking for a reasonable answer to a reasonable question
Afri Schoedon suggested "releases are agnostic to upgrades now. if we cannot make a decision on progpow before May, then it will not be part of the next scheduled hardfork."
Reddit User concern - ProgPow decision still delayed and removed from next Core Devs call agenda.
Announcing TokenCard Visa® Debit Cards: Soon™ Step 2 Completed! ✅ TokenCard users convert tokens from their wallet to fiat (GBP/EUR) to load their debit card, which can then be used for standard transactions online or offline just as with any other debit or credit card anywhere Visa is accepted.
Bounties Network is partnerning with UNICEF and ETHDenver to prototype a new “positive action token”.
Aragon comes back to the desktop, launches a desktop app.
Miscellaneous
Print, Video, Podcast & Interviews
Coinbase Speaker Series: Eli Ben Sasson Co-founder & Chief Scientist (East) of StarkWare and Founding Scientist of ZCash. Alex Gladstein, Chief Strategy Officer of the Human Rights Foundation, and Alejandro Machado of the Open Money Initiative to talk Crypto and use cases in developing countries.
How blockchain can fight plastic pollution. Joe Lubin on CNN
Chris Dixon on Ethereum: "To me, Ethereum is the most important technology of the decade, for sure. I don’t even think it’s going to be questionable."
Peer to Peer funding platform built on Tezos. Interview with CEO of Viaz.io Peter Meronek
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