Markets

• Bitcoin BTC is at ~$15162 USD (-0.7% from last Monday)
• Ether ETH is at ~$1211 USD (+35.1% from last Monday)
• Bitcoin Cash BCH is at ~$2400 USD (-18.3% from last Monday)

Articles

• SEC warns bitcoin, cryptocurrency investors at risk by Reuters
• China central bank can tell local governments to regulate bitcoin miners' power use by Reuters
• The Criminal Underworld Is Dropping Bitcoin for Another Currency by Bloomberg
• Why African millennials can't get enough of Bitcoin by BBC
• Texas Issues “Emergency Cease and Desist” Against BitConnect by Texas State Securities Board
• Rise of Bitcoin Competitor Ripple Creates Wealth to Rival Zuckerberg by NY Times
• Merrill Lynch bans its clients, advisors from trading bitcoin-related investments by CNBC
• China wants an “orderly exit” from bitcoin mining by QZ
• Bitcoin Sucks, But Don’t Underestimate Bitcoin 2.0 (Lightning Network) by Cory (Hackernoon)
• E-Wallet “Electrum” security flaw by Github
• Cryptocurrency Hedge Fund Headed by Ex-Goldman Sachs VP Raises $140 Million by Bitcoin News
• Korean Government Starts Inspecting Major Banks for Crypto Regulation Compliance by Bitcoin News
• Maduro Orders the Issue of 100M Petros, Venezuela’s Oil-Backed Cryptocurrency by Bitcoin News

This week’s new initial coin offerings (ICOs)

• e-Commerce and advertising firm based on blockchain technology for the merchant community
• Allowing merchants to receive a secure, cost-effective and friction-less Point-of-Sales system to engage customers and grow their revenue
• EZPOS is a cloud-based Point of Sale system services provider
• Empower Customer Loyalty Services and aim to replace traditional loyalty based benefit programs
• Customers earn EZToken as a Loyalty points reward from merchants and can redeem for gifts from any participating merchants.
• Use data acquired from EZPOZ loyal customers to Marketing Services and engage them in a meaningful way through a streamlined communications channel
• Token Name: EZToken (EZT)
• Built on the Ethereum network
• Hard Cap: 50,000,000 EZT
• 1 EZT = $1 USD (Currently in - Round 2)
• Token Distribution
• 50% - Staffing and Development
• 20% - Marketing
• 10% - Operational Expense
• 10% - Team Incentives
• 5% - Advisors Incentives
• 5% - Legal and Finance

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