Newsletter #69

21 - 27 March 2015

This week we see a lot of development in the legal part so have a good weekend catching up on all the regulatory updates.

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Market

Bitcoin made the blockchain concept famous but many believe that the blockchain's most powerful applications are yet to be developed. One possible application: replacing SSL.

The benefits of bitcoin sidechain innovation will be insurmountable, and will enable an age of 'trustless computing'.

Could a decentralised system where off-blockchain bitcoin transactions are sent over a network of micropayment channels solve blockchain scalability?

Ecosystem

Neucoin recently released their whitepaper and makes a good read.

Legal

As Russia prepares for a forthcoming decision on bitcoin's legal status, current and former entrepreneurs weigh in on their market strategy.

A senior Hong Kong official has said that the government does not see a need for legislation that would regulate bitcoin.

Fred Wilson offers his comments on the proposed Bitlicense regulations.

Jerry Brito compares the slightly different approaches that New York and California are taking in the regulation of digital currency businesses.

InsideSources has learned that Martine Niejadlik has resigned from her position as Chief Compliance Officer at Coinbase at a time when the virtual currency