Welcome to episode #176 of Block Digest! (Wednesday, May 15th 2019) Join us: https://dragonsden.io/ Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/blockdigest Credits ======== Shinobius - https://twitter.com/brian_trollz Janine - https://twitter.com/J9Roem Rick - https://twitter.com/cryptorick Nopara - https://twitter.com/nopara73 Intro Song: DVNZXL - [fried_noodles] https://youtu.be/w28NKJJHPZM This video is licensed under Creative Commons (CC BY 4.0): https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Links ===== Updates on Assange and Manning Case: https://einzelgaengerinmotte.wordpress.com/2019/04/13/laugh-in-the-face-of-corruption/ https://einzelgaengerinmotte.wordpress.com/2019/05/02/new-frontiers-old-barriers/ https://twitter.com/J9Roem/status/1125533059854622720 https://twitter.com/xychelsea/status/1126642611199070209 https://twitter.com/xychelsea/status/1126996359410745345 FinCEN Guidance on Virtual Currencies https://twitter.com/msantoriESQ/status/1126532756316540929 https://www.fincen.gov/sites/default/files/2019-05/FinCEN%20CVC%20Guidance%20FINAL.pdf Liquid Bonanza: New Members/Bitfinex Live/Securities Platform https://blockstream.com/2019/05/08/en-liquid-new-members-and-integrations/ https://blockstream.com/2019/05/15/en-new-liquid-securities-platform/ Bitfinex IEO And Court Updates https://twitter.com/paoloardoino/status/1127839301218254851 https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=0vDWeudHv5dtaRitYbx2gA== Jameson Lopp Destroys Faketoshi https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/op-ed-how-many-wrongs-make-wright/ https://twitter.com/BitcoinMagazine/status/1126544781985943553 Microsoft’s Decentralized Identifiers on Bitcoin https://twitter.com/csuwildcat/status/1127926974054391809 https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/Azure-Active-Directory-Identity/Toward-scalable-decentralized-identifier-systems/ba-p/560168 Blockstream Integrates GoTenna with Satellite https://twitter.com/Blockstream/status/1127310433675878407 https://blockstream.com/2019/05/11/gotenna-satellite-api-integration/ HTC Bitcoin Full- Node Phone Exodus 1s https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/htc-launch-exodus-1s-smartphone-full-node-capacity/ Major Retailers in US to Start Accepting Bitcoin https://twitter.com/IamNomad/status/1127957793925996544 https://web.archive.org/web/20190513143106/http://www.fortune.com/2019/05/13/bitcoin-comes-to-whole-foods-major-retailers-in-coup-for-digital-currency/ Bakkt Contracts in July https://twitter.com/Bakkt/status/1127938136070328322 https://medium.com/bakkt-blog/bitcoin-futures-custody-bakkts-differentiated-approach-59b88d6984b5 Cryptopia Enters Liquidation https://www.grantthornton.co.nz/press/press-releases-2019/cryptopia-limited-appoints-grant-thornton-as-liquidators/ Tron Drama Spurs New Blockchain Project https://medium.com/@volumenetworkblockchain/why-should-i-rebuild-a-new-tron-4ea4dd83bb7b https://news.yahoo.com/ex-tron-cto-denies-founder-131828005.html Donate to Block Digest with bitcoins: 3NG9TkTztxUEg44Mcby4Uk3poNn9s6pYjV