While it’s impossible to predict the direction of the cryptocurrency markets week to week, one clear trend is beginning to emerge: the involvement of large enterprises as driving factor in the news cycle. In just one week, Microsoft, Twitter, Google and IBM all made breaking news for taking some form of action related to cryptocurrency or blockchain technology. These large enterprises have identified that this movement is not going anywhere, and the smart ones are beginning to incorporate these technologies into their products.

Unfortunately, any piece of negative press always seems to cancel out the mostly positive news as the markets are primed to react in a knee-jerk fashion. This period of price consolidation is certainly building up to a big move, up or down.

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News of the Week

Hackers Shut Down Government Computers In Atlanta, Demand Bitcoin

Binance To Open Office In Malta After Japanese Regulator Warning

US Postal Service Files Patent for Backing up Data With the Blockchain

Tennessee Warns Consumers About Steven Seagal-Backed ‘Bitcoiin’

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey Predicts Bitcoin Will Become the World’s ‘Single Currency’

Binance CEO Denies Shut-Down by Japanese FSA

Google Breaks Into Blockchain to Support Its Cloud Business

The World’s First Blockchain-Based Investment Product Launches Using Microsoft’s Cloud

CryptoKitties Raises $12 Million in Series A Financing Led by Andreessen Horowitz

76% of 2018’s ICOs Are Trading Below Their Listing Price

Volumes on Most Major Cryptocurrency Exchanges Are Fake or Inflated: Study

Twitter Plans Crypto Ad Ban Following Decisions by Facebook and Google

Cheddar Launches New Cryptocurrency TV Show: ‘Crypto Craze’

Top Gainers of the Week

% represents 7-day change at 5 PM on Friday. This list does not include pump-and-dumps or dead projects. Graphs show 1-month time frame or longest available time frame under a month for reference.

Storm (159.18%)

Description: Gamified micro tasks.

Symbol: STORM

Website: stormtoken.com

Linda (135.22%)

Description: Privacy masternode coin.

Symbol: LINDA

Website: lindacoin.com

Ace (125.76%)

Description: First platform to tokenize people.

Symbol: ACE

Website: tokenstars.com

Icon (69.30%)

Description: The ICON Network is comprised of various institutions ranging from:

financial institutions, insurance companies, hospitals, universities and more.

Symbol: ICX

Website: icon.foundation

Veritaseum (61.29%)

Description: Veritaseum builds blockchain-based, peer-to-peer capital markets as software on a global scale.

Symbol: VERI

Website: veritaseum.com

Loom Network (49.03%)

Description: The next-generation blockchain platform for large-scale online games and social apps.

Symbol: LOOM

Website: loomx.io

Worldcore (43.58%)

Description: Global payment provider.

Symbol: WRC

Website: worldcore.com

Time New Bank (43.31%)

Description: Precision time-value transmission platform based on blockchain technology.

Symbol: TNB

Website: tnb.fund

IoT Chain (43.07%)

Description: IoT Chain (ITC) is developed as a lite operating system using the blockchain concept and implementing PBFT, DAG, SPV and CPS technology, allowing data to be layered and stored in a decentralized manner and providing protection with the combined strength of the millions of IoT nodes within the network.

Symbol: ITC

Website: iotchain.io

Voise (40.81%)

Description: VOISE is a blockchain powered anonymous decentralized platform with personalized token based on Ethereum’s smart contract ecosystem for transactions.

Symbol: VOISE

Website: voise.com

indaHash (37.32%)

Description: Automated influencer marketing on a global scale.

Symbol: IDH

Website: indahash.com

Profile Utility Token (34.77%)

Description: Allows a profile owner to tokenize and monetize their social media presence via blockchain technology

Symbol: PUT

Website: robin8put.org

EOS (32.72%)

Description: Scalable decentralized applications built and tested in a public environment.

Symbol: EOS

Website: eos.io

Loopring (30.83%)

Description: Decentralized Exchange and Open Protocol

Symbol: LRC

Website: loopring.org

TRON (30.60%)

Description: Decentralized content entertainment platform based on blockchain technology.

Symbol: TRX

Website: tron.network

Credits (30.54%)

Description: CREDITS is an open blockchain platform with autonomous smart contracts and the internal cryptocurrency.

Symbol: CS

Website: credits.com

IOStoken (29.30%)

Description: The secure, scalable blockchain that actually works.

Symbol: IOST

Website: iost.io

DATA (26.69%)

Description: Decentralized AI-powered trust alliance.

Symbol: DTA

Website: data.eco

Visit us again next Friday to check out which cryptocurrencies make the list of top gainers.

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Disclaimer: The author(s) of this article may have a position in one or more of the securities mentioned above. This article is for informational purposes only and should not be taken as investment advice. Always conduct your own due diligence before making investments.