❏ Technical Progress

1. Hebrew support added to the Newton website.

2. NewPay V1.0.2 launched on TestNet, and NewPay V1.0.3 TestNet development completed, fixing errors in NewPaySDK, the interface and so on.

3. Functions including new version check, keyboard shortcuts, address monitoring, and local database storage of remarks added to NewPay Desktop.

4. NewMall & NewPay integration testing completed, adding app front page carousel and error status codes etc. in preparation for TestNet launch.

❏ Team News

1. On February 18, 2019, Newton founder Xu Jizhe met with Tanaka Hideyuki, Dean of the Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, at Tokyo University.

After Xu introducted Newton's technology and applications to Tanaka, Tanaka expressed his hope for deep cooperation with Newton on blockchain - including building an R&D center in Tokyo University and exchanging tutors and students between the University and the Newton team - to accelerate Newton's localization in Japan.

2. On February 20, 2019, Newton founder Xu Jizhe, together with Japan community members, visited the Japan Blockchain Collaborative Consortium (BCCC).

Xu introduced the advantages and use cases of Newton to the BCCC President & CEO Mr. Hirano. Mr. Hirano said that the Japanese market has great demand for blockchain technology, and he expressed his intention to help integrate Newton with local resources so that NewMall can take root in Japan as soon as possible.

3. On the afternoon of February 22, Dr. Hu Dinghe who is a Newton Advisor and Director of the International Clean Energy Blockchain Forum Committee had a meeting with Mr. China Gary Locke who was the first Chinese-origin state governor ,a former US Secretary of Commerce, and a former Ambassador to China, at Harvard Law School (US) and they discussed on applications of Newton’s blockchain technology in PM2.5 control and air quality improvement.

❏ Community News

1. On February 22, the NewShine team discussed the progress of the Newton Project in the official Newton Huobi Chat group, including improvements in NewPay V1.0 TestNet, the node plan, and the imminent launch of NewMall V1.0 TestNet. The team organized an activity involving forwarding the latest project news to WeChat circles, allowing participants to earn NEW through likes, increasing participation in that medium to over 43,200.

2. On February 21, the Chain-Sun team was elected as rotating manager of the Chinese community for next week.

3. On February 20, the Wemerge, the current rotating manager of the Chinese community, organized a " "Time limited flash sale"" event, with a variety of products including skin care, electric unicycles, edible bird’s nests, and backpacks. Every item was traded within 5 minutes, and Every product category was successfully transacted.

4. On February 19th, Bit Headline team planned and held a BBS event -" Newtoners Registration": community members were encouraged to register and interact on BBS newton.top, and post self-introduction or articles about how they met Newton. The top 50 in chronological order will each receive a 500NEW reward.

5. On February 18, the NEW not exchanged in the 3rd token exchange were transferred to a black hole address for burning, further reducing NEW circulation.

❏ Media News

This week, blockchain outlets including Bitcoinfin and pingcj added Newton weekly reports, reporting on updates like the burn of NEW token not exchanged in the 3rd round.

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