This is a periodic section that features the most important news in the blockchain and crypto world of the last 7 days.
Bitcoin
MIT comes up with three ways to take bitcoin down.
https://cointelegraph.com/news/mit-comes-up-with-three-ways-to-take-bitcoin-down
17 millions of total 21 mln bitcoins now mined in milestone for digital scarcity.
https://beat.10ztalk.com/2018/04/27/17-mln-of-total-21-mln-bitcoins-now-mined-in-milestone-for-digital-scarcity/
Altcoin
Will Ethereum or Ripple ever beat Bitcoin?
http://bitcoinist.com/will-ethereum-or-ripple-ever-beat-out-bitcoin/
Ripple partners with 5 more European and Asian companies.
http://bitcoinist.com/ripple-partners-with-5-more-european-and-asian-companies/
Price Analysis
Weekly price overview April 26th
https://cointelegraph.com/news/weekly-price-overview-neo-april-26
Bitcoin Price Analysis: Market Direction Depends on Next Price Line Tests.
https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/bitcoin-price-analysis-market-direction-depends-next-price-line-tests/
ICO
SEC Official Defends ‘Balanced’ ICO Oversight in Congress.
https://www.coindesk.com/sec-official-defends-balanced-ico-oversight-congress/
ICO Promoters Can Expect Canada to Be as Tough as the US.
https://www.coindesk.com/ico-promoters-can-expect-canada-tough-us/
EOS Hype Builds as Over 50 Candidates Vie for 21 Supernodes.
https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/eos-hype-builds-over-50-candidates-vie-21-supernodes/
Regulation
Japanese Crypto Exchange Everybody’s bitcoin receive citation form financial regulators.
https://cointelegraph.com/news/japanese-crypto-exchange-everybodys-bitcoin-receives-citation-from-financial-regulators
Spanish BBVA becomes first global bank to issue loan using blockchain.
https://cointelegraph.com/news/spanish-bbva-becomes-first-global-bank-to-issue-loan-using-blockchain
Implementation
IBM Files Patent For Proof-Of-Work Protocol Tailored To IoT Networks.
https://cointelegraph.com/news/ibm-files-patent-for-proof-of-work-protocol-tailored-to-iot-networks
IBM and jewelry industry leaders to use blockchain to trace origin of diamonds.
https://cointelegraph.com/news/ibm-and-jewelry-industry-leaders-to-use-blockchain-to-trace-origin-of-diamonds
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