OmniSparx Newsletter 4 May 2018

Here’s the latest crypto news curated by the OmniSparx team:

Mainstream Media

Goldman Sachs to Open a Bitcoin Trading Operation:https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/02/technology/bitcoin-goldman-sachs.html

Cryptocurrencies and blockchain are becoming a hot trend in the job market: https://www.cnbc.com/2018/05/04/cryptocurrencies-and-blockchain-are-becoming-a-hot-trend-in-the-job-market.html

Top crypto exchange Coinbase prepares for a monster increase in trading: https://www.cnbc.com/2018/05/04/coinbase-prepares-for-a-monster-increase-in-trading.html

Amid Blockchain Hype, Few Deployments, Limited Interest, Survey Finds: https://blogs.wsj.com/cio/2018/05/04/amid-blockchain-hype-few-deployments-limited-interest-survey-finds/

General

Social Scalability: The Most Important Idea In Cryptocurrency?: https://hackernoon.com/social-scalability-the-most-important-idea-in-cryptocurrency-73d60e08b85a

Mastercard Says Fewer Crypto Purchases Led To Drop in First Quarter Growth: https://cointelegraph.com/news/mastercard-says-fewer-crypto-purchases-led-to-drop-in-first-quarter-growth

Reddit CTO: ‘I Think Crypto Payments Will Come Back’ To Platform: https://cointelegraph.com/news/reddit-cto-i-think-crypto-payments-will-come-back-to-platform

12 Chinese Banks Adopted Blockchain Apps in 2017: https://www.coindesk.com/12-chinese-banks-adopted-blockchain-apps-in-2017-filings-show/

Russian Crypto Blogger Found Dead In Petersburg Apartment: https://cointelegraph.com/news/russian-crypto-blogger-found-dead-in-petersburg-apartment

Regulation

South Korean Lawmakers Introduce Bill To Legalize New ICOs: https://cointelegraph.com/news/south-korean-lawmakers-introduce-bill-to-legalize-new-icos

CFTC Officials Want Close Cooperation With SEC on Crypto Rules: https://www.coindesk.com/cftc-officials-want-close-cooperation-sec-crypto-rules/
Colorado Cracks Down On Two Companies For Illegal ICO Promotion: https://cointelegraph.com/news/colorado-cracks-down-on-two-companies-for-illegal-ico-promotion

Bitcoin

Why Hard Forks are Altcoins: https://medium.com/@jimmysong/why-hard-forks-are-altcoins-e0d3836c900d

eltoo: A Simplified Update Mechanism for Lightning and Off-Chain Contracts: https://blockstream.com/2018/04/30/eltoo-next-lightning.html

Ethereum

#EIP-999: Why A Vote To Release Parity Locked Funds Evoked So Much Controversy: https://cointelegraph.com/news/eip-999-why-a-vote-to-release-parity-locked-funds-evoked-so-much-controversy

New Ideas Energize Ethereum Though True Signaling Solution Still Elusive: https://www.coindesk.com/new-ideas-energize-ethereum-though-true-signaling-solution-still-elusive/