Block Digest #101 - All Ur Swag Are Belong To Us
Channel: Block Digest
Date: 26/05/2018

Welcome to episode #101 of Block Digest! (Saturday, May 26th 2018)

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Credits
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Shinobius - https://twitter.com/brian_trollz
Aknix (2.0) - https://twitter.com/rm0rf
Rick M. https://twitter.com/cryptorick
Janine - https://twitter.com/J9Roem
Nopara - https://twitter.com/nopara73

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Links
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Coinbase Buys Paradex
http://fortune.com/2018/05/23/coinbase-paradex/ 
https://0xproject.com/pdfs/0x_white_paper.pdf 

German Exchange Deutsche Börse AG Consider Securities Lending on “Blockchain”
https://twitter.com/AFME_EU/status/999274028891287553 
http://www.deutsche-boerse-cash-market.com/dbcm-en/newsroom/press-releases/Deutsche-Boerse-Group-and-HQLAX-partner-to-build-securities-lending-solution-on-the-R3-Corda-blockchain-platform/3357600 

1. Recent upgrade of BCH is not backwards compatible at VersionHandshake
https://github.com/MetacoSA/NBitcoin/issues/427
2. BCH dev GSPP wants us to implement BCH features, we are reluctant to do it
https://github.com/MetacoSA/NBitcoin/issues/432
3. BCH dev GSPP complains about disrespecting BCH
https://github.com/MetacoSA/NBitcoin/issues/433

Zimbabwe High Court Reverses Bitcoin Ban
http://bitcoinafrica.io/2018/05/25/zimbabwe-high-court-suspends-ban-on-cryptocurrencies-set-by-central-bank/ 

Acinq Strike API Live on Mainnet
https://medium.com/@ACINQ/strike-our-stripe-like-api-for-lightning-is-live-cd1dce76ce2e 

Alexander Vinnick of BTC-e Confesses to Money Laundering
 https://bitcoinnews.com/btc-es-vinnik-confesses-to-laundering-billions-of-dollars-of-bitcoin/ 

Russian Crypto Regulation
https://en.bitnovosti.com/2018/05/22/russian-state-duma-adopted-the-draft-law-on-regulation-of-cryptocurrency-transactions/ 

South African Kidnapping
https://cointelegraph.com/news/south-africa-gang-kidnaps-13-year-old-boy-demands-ransom-of-15-bitcoins 

British Company Trademark Trolling Bitcoin
https://www.ccn.com/uk-company-acquires-bitcoin-trademark-threatens-etsy-store-over-btc-themed-items/ 

India Crypto Taxes
https://www.coindesk.com/india-considers-new-tax-on-cryptocurrency-trades/ 

Crypto Donations in Politics Create Blowblack
https://www.merkle.press/2018/05/former-obama-aide-targeted-by-anti.html 

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