IOTA Newsletter #8 — Coordinator-free Testnet, Crypto Payments, Venture Building, Geo-Tagging & moreA Testnet with no CoordinatorCoordicide is rapidly approaching and already now you can test the Tangle with no Coordinator. Learn how to here.Read more…Recent NewsIOTA joins with payments app ZeuxStart paying for everything from coffee to clothes with MIOTA in any place that accepts Apple Pay and Samsung Pay. Read more…IOTA supports EU-funded LEDGER to accelerate human centric DLT solutions€200,000 equity-free funding and 12-month programme available to IOTA and DLT development ecosystem. Read more…IOTA Area Codes — A proposal to geo-tag IOTA transactionsGo local and empower your community. IOTA Area Codes enables IOTA-based applications to be built for specific geographic regions. Read more…Qubic ExplainedStill getting a grasp of the quintessential Qubic? Get started with the first of five blog posts about the ground-breaking computation model. Read more…IOTA awards Professor Robert Shorten with Research GrantRecently announced IOTA Research Council member, Professor Robert Shorten, is awarded with new IOTA Research grant dedicated to three-year Tangle research. Read more…A Message from the BoardThe IOTA Board of Directors is announcing the departure of Ralf Rottmann, who will be stepping down in his position, effective immediately, due to an ongoing family matter. The current board took over all of Ralf’s responsibilities at the onset of his absence in August 2018, so business will continue as usual. We wish him the best in his future endeavors.In case you missed it…Subscribe to the Newsletter (and receive it directly to your email)IOTA Newsletter #8 — Coordinator-free Testnet, Crypto Payments, Venture Building, Geo-Tagging &… was originally published in IOTA on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.