Weekly b-Digest #2

China Investors are Refunded, First Cross-Chain Exchange, Naval, Chinese Miners, Stuck, Mastercard.

Over 90% Of Chinese ICOs Have Fully Reimbursed Their Investors

More than 90 percent of Chinese token offerings have refunded their investors’
money in full, and some Chinese exchanges have also issued restitution as they
prepare to suspend cryptocurrency trading.

https://www.ethnews.com/over-90-of-chinese-icos-have-fully-reimbursed-their-investors

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Atomic Swap

Decred is announcing support for on-chain atomic swaps, which will allow
cryptocurrency holders to trade directly, without having to rely on external
exchanges.

https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/decred-adds-atomic-swap-support-exchange-free-cryptocurrency-trading/

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8 Things Cryptocurrency Enthusiasts Won’t Tell You

Have a look at the Cryptocurrency world from the other perspective.

Bitfinex eventually painted over these large losses by stealing from its own
users.

Mid-to-large exchanges in China used customer deposits (without disclosing this
fact) to purchase other financial products.

http://www.ofnumbers.com/2017/09/21/eight-things-cryptocurrency-enthusiasts-probably-wont-tell-you/

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Naval + Vitalik

TechCrunch: AngelList’s Naval Ravikant brings Vitalik Buterin onstage to explain
what it is and why it’s useful.

https://techcrunch.com/2017/09/18/vitalik-buterin-explains-ethereum-in-his-own-words-at-disrupt-sf/

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Bitcoin Is Likely to Split Again in November

There’s probably going to be another split between bitcoin legacy and SegWit2X
version of bitcoin

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-09-20/-bitcoin-jesus-ver-sees-the-digital-currency-splitting-again

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Bitcoin Being Accepted By Google: Payment API Update Requests

http://ethereumworldnews.com/bitcoin-accepted-google-payment-api-update-requests/

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Australia (Finally) Introduces Bill to Kill Double Taxation of Bitcoin

If you pay $4 in bitcoin for a coffee, you will pay 40c GST for the coffee, and
40c again for the bitcoin you used to pay for the coffee.

https://www.cryptocoinsnews.com/australia-finally-introduces-bill-kill-double-taxation-bitcoin/

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Russian Governor Invites Cryptocurrency Miners to Set Up Mining Farms in

Leningrad

https://news.bitcoin.com/russian-governor-cryptocurrency-miners-mining-farms-leningrad/

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Chinese Miners are Stuck

http://www.scmp.com/news/china/economy/article/2112085/chinas-bitcoin-miners-limbo-after-beijing-shuts-down-exchanges

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Mastercard Hints at Plans for Blockchain Settlement System

https://www.coindesk.com/mastercard-hints-plans-blockchain-settlement-system/

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