

Friday, March 9, 2018 View in Browser | Forward to a Friend Coinbase hires former New York Stock Exchange Head of Finance Eric Scro to serve as VP of Finance; Scro had been with the NYSE since 2009; he previously served as VP of Strategy & Business Development at JP Morgan; Coinbase says it plans to double its staff from 250 to 500 this year - Link Chicago-area universities to teach Bitcoin classes; the DePaul University is integrating cryptocurrency into ”Foundations of Finance” class; digital currency is now part of the classes’ discussions surrounding the definition of money; milestones like this add legitimacy to blockchain technologies; this comes as the Illinois Institute of Technology is set to offer its first class on blockchain this summer - Link IBM tells investors it has over 400 blockchain high-profile clients; as IBM’s foray into blockchain technology seems to be catching on, the company shared an investor briefing this Thursday; the brief claims that IBM has over 400 clients with projects on its blockchain platform; the clients include Walmart, Nestlé, Visa, Unilever, Maersk, Santander, Unicredit, HSBC and many more high-profile companies - Link Microsoft warns as malware outbreak affects 500,000 computers; Microsoft experts were recently able to halt a massive cryptocurrency-mining malware outbreak; the attack spread to roughly 500,000 computers in just one day; the malware was a new variant of ”Dofoil” dubbed "Smoke Loader” by cyber researchers; upon infection, it would mine digital cash using a computer’s CPU power; it is still unclear who are responsible for the hacking scheme- Link US real estate transactions to use blockchain; reports are claiming that Vermont are testing the use of blockchain for recording real estate transactions; the source is a website known as ”Propy”; this comes as the world’s first real estate purchase using the Ethereum blockchain was reported in October of 2017; if Vermont goes through with this implementation, it will make it easier for the other 49 states to iterate the process - Link Bitcoin Cash announces BitPay payments; today, the company is stating that support for Bitcoin Cash is rolling out to all BitPay merchants; the arguably biggest merchant that accepts BitPay is tech and computer retailer Newegg - Link Crypto mining firm to invest $193M in Canadian centers; the cryptocurrency mining company Backbone Hosting Solutions Inc. recently announced it will invest C$250M ($193M) in computing centers in Sherbrooke, Canada; these bitfarms will allow to company to quadruple its computing power and increase its workforce; the company has also arranged hydropower purchases with provider Hydro-Sherbrooke - Link New version of Solidity programming language available; version 0.4.21 of the contract-oriented programming language was recently released; the update features a variety of changes; among others, staticcall and other opt-in breaking security changes are supported - Link Qarnot unveils heater that doubles as cryptocurrency miner; the French startup has announced the QC1 heater for your home; notably, the heater features a passive computer optimized for mining inside; as cryptocurrency mining is an energy-intensive task, it generates a large amount of heat; the QC1 uses this excess to heat homes; the heater will be available for $3,600 - 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 crypto tickerr © 2018. All rights reserved



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