This is a periodic section that features the most important news in the blockchain and crypto world of the last 7 days.

Bitcoin

MIT comes up with three ways to take bitcoin down.

https://cointelegraph.com/news/mit-comes-up-with-three-ways-to-take-bitcoin-down

17 millions of total 21 mln bitcoins now mined in milestone for digital scarcity.

https://beat.10ztalk.com/2018/04/27/17-mln-of-total-21-mln-bitcoins-now-mined-in-milestone-for-digital-scarcity/

Altcoin

Will Ethereum or Ripple ever beat Bitcoin?

http://bitcoinist.com/will-ethereum-or-ripple-ever-beat-out-bitcoin/

Ripple partners with 5 more European and Asian companies.

http://bitcoinist.com/ripple-partners-with-5-more-european-and-asian-companies/

Price Analysis

Weekly price overview April 26th

https://cointelegraph.com/news/weekly-price-overview-neo-april-26



Bitcoin Price Analysis: Market Direction Depends on Next Price Line Tests.

https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/bitcoin-price-analysis-market-direction-depends-next-price-line-tests/

ICO

SEC Official Defends ‘Balanced’ ICO Oversight in Congress.

https://www.coindesk.com/sec-official-defends-balanced-ico-oversight-congress/

ICO Promoters Can Expect Canada to Be as Tough as the US.

https://www.coindesk.com/ico-promoters-can-expect-canada-tough-us/

EOS Hype Builds as Over 50 Candidates Vie for 21 Supernodes.

https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/eos-hype-builds-over-50-candidates-vie-21-supernodes/



Regulation

Japanese Crypto Exchange Everybody’s bitcoin receive citation form financial regulators.

https://cointelegraph.com/news/japanese-crypto-exchange-everybodys-bitcoin-receives-citation-from-financial-regulators

Spanish BBVA becomes first global bank to issue loan using blockchain.

https://cointelegraph.com/news/spanish-bbva-becomes-first-global-bank-to-issue-loan-using-blockchain

Implementation

IBM Files Patent For Proof-Of-Work Protocol Tailored To IoT Networks.

https://cointelegraph.com/news/ibm-files-patent-for-proof-of-work-protocol-tailored-to-iot-networks

IBM and jewelry industry leaders to use blockchain to trace origin of diamonds.

https://cointelegraph.com/news/ibm-and-jewelry-industry-leaders-to-use-blockchain-to-trace-origin-of-diamonds

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