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IMF’s Lagarde Counters Crypto Warnings With New Praise Of ‘Potential Benefits’:https://cointelegraph.com/news/imfs-lagarde-counters-crypto-warnings-with-new-praise-of-potential-benefits

A16z, Founders Fund Back $28 Million Raise for Tokenized Securities Startup: https://www.coindesk.com/a16z-founders-fund-back-28-million-raise-tokenized-securities-startup/

Bitcoin exchange Coinbase buys Earn.com for a reported $100M and adds key executive: https://www.cnbc.com/2018/04/16/bitcoin-exchange-coinbase-buys-earn-com-for-a-reported-100m.html

Cryptocurrency wallet Blockchain hires top Goldman Sachs exec to help it boost institutional clients: https://www.cnbc.com/2018/04/17/blockchain-cryptocurrency-wallet-hires-top-goldman-sachs-exec.html

Cryptocurrency exchange Kraken is leaving Japan: https://www.cnbc.com/2018/04/17/cryptocurrency-exchange-kraken-is-leaving-japan.html

Daily Bit April 16: https://medium.com/@twobitidiot/the-100-million-man-46d04b52c17e

Over the past few weeks, there has been an ongoing discussion in the Ethereum community over whether Ethereum’s supply should be capped. The CoinDesk article below gives a decent overview of the situation.

Vitalik’s Serious Joke: The Case for Ending Ethereum Inflation: https://www.coindesk.com/vitaliks-serious-joke-case-ending-ethereum-inflation/

If anyone is interested in more detail, take a look at the Ethereum community’s discussion of this matter on Reddit. See the 4 links in the original Reddit post. The first is Vitalik’s EIP (Ethereum Improvement Proposal)on Github. Lots of discussion in the comments. The other 3 links in that Reddit post are discussions between Vlad Zamfir and Vitalik Buterin on Medium.

Reddit discussion of ending Ethereum inflation: https://www.reddit.com/r/ethereum/comments/8cqllp/fixed_supply_arguments_from_vlad_zamfir_and/

In this next article, Bitcoin developer Jimmy Song explores some of the ideas in Saifedean Ammous’s new book, The Bitcoin Standard. It’s about Bitcoin’s economic policy and its implications.

Why Bitcoin Works: https://medium.com/@jimmysong/why-bitcoin-works-fe32879a73f5

The Bitcoin Standard: The Decentralized Alternative to Central Banking: https://www.amazon.com/Bitcoin-Standard-Decentralized-Alternative-Central/dp/1119473861/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1523979110&sr=8-1&keywords=the+bitcoin+standard&dpID=51DjvzoYwFL&preST=_SY291_BO1,204,203,200_QL40_&dpSrc=srch

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