View in Browser | Forward to a Friend Google working on blockchain technology; Bloomberg reports that Google’s development of a distributed digital ledger is intended to support its cloud business; this move is also intended to give Google and Alphabet a heads up on competition from emerging crypto startups; Google insiders state that the cloud is ”a natural home” for the blockchain technology - Link Dutch "VI Company" finds Coinbase vulnerability; the VI team found the vulnerability, which they first dismissed as a bug, last December; the weakness allowed an Ethereum wallet to receive Ethereum whilst the sender did not fulfill sending the Ethereum; VI shared their insight with Coinbase, who worked to patch it; VI also received a bug bounty of $10K for sharing the flaw - Link France will create a legal framework for cryptocurrency offerings; the French Finance Minister Bruno Le Marie revealed he has urged a former central bank official to draft a proposal for digital currencies; this comes as a part of La Maire’s plan to establish France as a ”leading center for offerings in Bitcoin-style digital currencies”; this follows finance ministers from the world’s 20 largest economies meeting in Buenos Aires this week to ask regulators to monitor cryptocurrencies - Link New TREZOR One firmware update released; the update has been issued by SatoshiLabs as a response to a recently discovered vulnerability affecting the STM32F205 chip; this chip is also used in Ledger’s products; the weakness cannot be exploited remotely, not does it affect initialized devices; the TREVOR Model T is also not affected by this issue, as it uses a different chip - Link Snapchat confirms it has blacklisted ICO advertisements; this ban comes after both Facebook and Google have implemented similar restrictions on cryptocurrency and ICO advertisements; the company has confirmed that it has increasingly put restrictions on ICO advertisements since the start of February; however Snapchat still allows the marketing of cryptocurrencies - Link Huawei reportedly in talks with Israeli startup Sirin Labs; the potential deal would see Huawei license Sirin Labs’ blockchain OS; Sirin OS is designed to support blockchain applications, such as cold storage wallets, secure exchange access, encrypted communication and P2P resource sharing ecosystem for payments and apps; although no deal is yet confirmed, Sirin Labs’ CEO confirmed on Twitter that he had met with representatives from Huawei - Link Russia reportedly helped Venezuela launch its "Petro" cryptocurrency; a TIME investigation has found that Moscow supported the development of the Petro in an effort to erode the power of US sanctions; this comes as Donald Trump recently signed an executive order, barring US individuals from purchasing Petro - Link Twitter’s Jack Dorsey says Bitcoin will be "the world’s single currency"; this comes as Dorsey, who is the CEO of Twitter and Square, has previously spoken out in support of Bitcoin; in an interview with The Times this Wednesday, he shared his belief that cryptocurrency will take over the US dollar’s dominant place in world finance in ten years or less - Link UK government to launch "crypto task force"; the announcement is expected to be made this Thursday by UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond, together with other fintech initiatives; this comes as the UK will work with Australia to create a "fintech bridge"; it also follows British PM Theresa May expressing concern regarding the ”potential criminal usage” of crypto - Link Forward this to your friend Did we miss anything or do you have any suggestions? We know that many of our readers are smarter and more informed than we are – so please reply and let us know when we miss something! Copyright cryptotickerr © 2018. All rights reserved



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