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⁠Co-Founder Of Ripple, Stellar: Blockchain Needs To Be Decentralized To Be Successful Stellar co-founder McCaleb claims that crypto will only succeed if it remains decentralized, “like the Internet”. #NEWS

⁠Exec Who Published First Wall Street BTC Price Analysis Co-Founds Blockchain Fund After releasing the first BTC value analysis in 2013, Wedbush Securities exec has left the company to co-found a Blockchain startup. #NEW…

⁠Nigerian Regulator Warns Against Crypto Transactions Since They’re ‘Not Insured’ Nigerians have been warned away from crypto by a member of a gov’t-linked regulatory body, since they’re not backed by a “physical commodi…

⁠Santander: We’ll Launch Int’l Payment App With Ripple This Spring If No One Beats Us To It Santander will be using Ripple’s Blockchain cross-border payment technology for a new mobile payments app #NEWS

⁠Bitcoin, Ethereum Grow 18% On The Week, Markets In Green BTC gets closer to $9,000 after the beginning of the week saw a drop to below $7,500 #NEWS

⁠JPMorgan Considers Making Blockchain Platform Quorum An Independent Entity JP Morgan’s Blockchain platform Quorum may becomes its own company, according to sources #NEWS

⁠High-Profile Strategic Partnerships Are the Path to ICO Legitimacy: Expert Take ICOs need an adrenalin kick, and strategic partnerships are the metaphorical syringe #EXPERT_TAKE

⁠Reddit Reportedly Removes Bitcoin As Payment, Cites ‘Coinbase Change’ Reddit posts show that BTC is no longer a payment option for Reddit Gold, leaving some Reddit users upset and some nonplussed. #NEWS

⁠Tennessee Passes Bill Recognizing Blockchain, Smart Contracts For Electronic Transactions A Tennessee bill recognizes the legal authority of Blockchain and smart contracts for electronic transactions, protects ownership…

⁠Subsidiary of Canadian Stock Exchange Operator To Open Crypto Brokerage Service Subsidiary of Canadian stock exchange operator TMX Group partners with Paycase to launch new digital currency brokerage. #NEWS

⁠IRS Warns Taxpayers To Include Crypto On Income Tax Returns Due to the “inherently pseudo-anonymous aspect” of crypto, the IRS reminds taxpayers of penalties for failure to report crypto on tax returns. #NEWS

⁠China: IT Ministry To Create Committee For Blockchain Standards, Domestic And International The Chinese Ministry of Industry and Information Technology is commissioning a committee to standardize Blockchain technology.…