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

Altcoin

Why Ripple’s XRP Outperformed the Other Top Cryptos This Week

https://www.coindesk.com/why-ripples-xrp-outperformed-the-other-top-cryptos-this-week/

Venezuelan Cryptocurrency Petro Receives the Satoshi Nakamoto Prize in Russia

https://www.ccn.com/el-petro-the-venezuelan-cryptocurrency-receives-the-satoshi-nakamoto-prize-in-russia/

Regulations

Crypto Tax dodgers are tempting fate

https://www.coindesk.com/crypto-tax-dodgers-tempting-fate

How Australia Is Becoming A Cryptocurrency Continent: Markets, Regulations And Plans

https://cointelegraph.com/news/how-australia-is-becoming-a-cryptocurrency-continent-markets-regulations-and-plans

Taiwanese Miner Shot By Gangsters, Blames China’s ‘Strict’ Bitcoin Control

https://www.coindesk.com/why-ripples-xrp-outperformed-the-other-top-cryptos-this-week

ICO



Football Legend Luís Figo is the Newest Athlete to Promote an ICO

https://www.ccn.com/football-legend-luis-figo-is-the-newest-athlete-to-promote-an-ico/

Malta Proposes Test to Define When ICOs Are Securities

https://www.coindesk.com/malta-proposes-test-to-define-when-icos-are-securities/

‘Downright Fraud’: Hong Kong Securities Watchdog Warns on ICOs

https://www.coindesk.com/many-icos-may-be-frauds-says-hong-kong-securities-watchdog/



Alibaba Subsidiary Taobao Bans listing of Cryptocurrency and ICO Services

https://www.ccn.com/alibaba-subsidiary-taobao-bans-listing-of-cryptocurrency-and-ico-services/

Price Analysis

Bitcoin Price Surges 5% to $8,450 as Cryptocurrency Market Eyes $350 Billion

https://www.ccn.com/bitcoin-price-surges-5-to-8450-as-cryptocurrency-market-eyes-350-billion/

Equity Markets vs. Cryptocurrency Markets: Weekly Performance Review: Apr. 7 – Apr. 13

https://cointelegraph.com/news/equity-markets-vs-cryptocurrency-markets-weekly-performance-review-apr-7-apr-13

CNBC’s Brian Kelly Supports Tim Draper’s BTC Prediction Of $250,000 By 2022

https://cointelegraph.com/news/cnbcs-brian-kelly-supports-tim-drapers-btc-prediction-of-250000-by-2022

Cardano Price Leads Lonely Advance as Bitcoin Retreats Below $8,000

https://www.ccn.com/cardano-price-leads-lonely-advance-as-bitcoin-retreats-below-8000/

Applications

Samsung is looking into Blockchain for its huge Global Supply Chain

https://cointelegraph.com/news/samsung-wants-to-use-blockchain-for-its-huge-global-supply-chain

Mastercard Eyes Blockchain for Fighting Fake Identities

https://www.coindesk.com/mastercard-eyes-blockchain-fighting-fake-identities/

Blockchain Platform Hopes To Stop Electricity Bills Surging Through Energy Marketplace

https://cointelegraph.com/news/blockchain-platform-hopes-to-stop-electricity-bills-surging-through-energy-marketplace

$120 Million: Coinbase Buys Earn.com in Largest-Ever Acquisition

https://www.ccn.com/120-million-coinbase-buys-earn-com-in-largest-ever-acquisition/



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