Amid the ongoing debate about diversity and inclusion, one of the biggest questions we’ve heard repeated is, “WHY?” 

Not “why isn’t there more diversity?” We’ve explored this question with specific reference to women in blockchain in the past. In this case, it refers to a broader question: Why does it even matter if there are less women than men? Why do we need more people of color, or LGBT representation, either in blockchain, or technology in general? 

MediConnect, an upcoming blockchain framework solution to trace and manage prescription medication, has received “indicative support” from the Ugandan government to explore the possibilities of curtailing the spread of counterfeit pharmaceutical drugs.

While this isn’t an official partnership, it nevertheless signals the interest of the government of Uganda in solving the problem of counterfeit drugs with innovative solutions powered by blockchain.

Developers have made the Stellar (XLM) network more accessible for cryptocurrency traders, with the new StellarX mobile wallet and exchange interface for Android and iOS users.

The TRON (TRX) Foundation has denied rumors that Justin Sun is being prevented from leaving China, for the salient reason that the TRON founder is not actually in the country.

A TRON spokesperson reiterated to Crypto Briefing today that Sun is currently suffering from kidney stones and is recuperating at his home in San Francisco.

Despite predictions of its impending death, XRP experienced a brief bull run after the social media giant announced its long-awaited cryptocurrency. While other digital assets also rose, XRP’s performance was less expected, if only because Ripple and its token are widely considered to be among Libra’s closest competitors. 

• Lisk has a bearish short-term outlook, with the cryptocurrency still trading below its 200-period moving average on the four-hour time frame
• The four-hour time frame shows that LSK / USD bulls are attempting to create a bullish inverted head and shoulders pattern
• The daily time frame continues to show a large broadening wedge pattern

Lisk has a bearish short-term outlook, with the cryptocurrency still trapped below its 200-period moving average on the four-hour time frame.

• Crypto.com Chain has an increasingly bullish short-term bias against Bitcoin
• The four-hour time frame shows that a large head and shoulders pattern is taking shape
• The daily time frame shows that the CRO / BTC pair is trading within a huge descending wedge pattern

CRO price is rallying after the project announced that its MCO Visa Cards are now shipped to customers in the United States. People started to receive the cards already.

• TRON has a bearish short-term bias, with the cryptocurrency sold heavily from key resistance on the four-hour time frame
• The four-hour time frame shows a bearish head and shoulders pattern that has yet to reach its full downside target
• The daily time frame continues to show a valid inverted head and shoulders pattern

TRON’s price has been going down, after its CEO Justin Sun postponed the Warren Buffet launch due to health issues.

The Zcash Foundation has revealed the results of its latest research to create new hardware, which is expected to make Zcash (ZEC) network more efficient and affordable for end-users.

Cryptocurrency gets a bad rap, and the media loves to associate virtual currencies with criminal activity. But an immutable ledger is actually more useful as a tool to fight crime than it is for would-be criminals, as researchers, law enforcement and criminals are learning very quickly all over the world.

Terrorist organizations, drug cartels, and other criminals aren’t likely to stop using cryptocurrency anytime soon. But banks and government have already created a slew of fintech forensic tools, which can track crypto transactions as easily as a trail of breadcrumbs.