Circle acquired Poloniex, one of the largest US-based crypto exchanges, in February 2018: and since then the exchange has taken a Friday 13th approach to delisting projects. In fact, the list of -ex’s is getting longer with almost every passing month.

Leading figures at Ontology (ONT) are seriously contemplating a future outside of the NEO ecosystem.

Erick Pinos, Ontology’s U.S. Ecosystem Partner, told Crypto Briefing that the project, although currently committed to using NEO technology, has begun laying the foundations for integrations elsewhere.

The NEM (XEM) community has been too generous with development funding, according to  leaders of its new investment arm. One of the General Partners of NEM Ventures says that many projects which reached the final stage of the old funding process would not have made it over the first hurdle under the new regime.

You’re special.

No, really; you’re very special.

In fact, as you’re probably well aware, you’re one-of-a-kind, an infinitely unlikely collection of little bits of matter that have coalesced over billions of years into Kevin Bacon (if you happen to be Kevin Bacon) and that are infinitely unlikely to exist anywhere else in this universe.

The Ethereum Foundation has released its Spring 2019 update, reporting the status of its ongoing initiatives and outlining the its plans for the next year. Although it’s hardly bedtime reading, the blog post outlines the development plans for the largest smart-contract ecosystem, including a substantial investment in Ethereum’s next upgrade.

Decentralization is not only a feature of the cryptocurrency industry; for many, it’s the defining cause.

The centralization of power and money in the hands of the few has inspired crypto advocates around the globe to seek a path toward a fairer, more equitable society.

The distribution of wealth is one factor in that quest: but equally important is the distribution of decision-making. And particularly, the notion that having proverbial skin in the game counts for something.

Kraken has opened its doors to small investors with an offering listed on the Bnk to the Future crowdfunding platform. The San Francisco-based exchange was originally hoping to raise $10 million through the campaign. However, it recently raised its funding maximum to just under $15.5 million, having passed $9 million within two days of inviting its users to invest.

That’s good news for the crypto exchange–but as Crypto Briefing learned firsthand, they’re not being picky about their investors. 

• Binance Coin has a bullish short-term bias, with the cryptocurrency continuing to make higher highs
• The BNB / USD pair has an increasingly bullish trading outlook over the medium-term
• The daily time frame is highlighting that a major technical breakout is underway

Binance Coin has a bullish short-term trading bias, with the cryptocurrency continuing to make higher price highs on the four-hour time frame.

• Zilliqa has a bullish short-term bias, with the cryptocurrency advancing to a new monthly trading high
• The ZIL / USD pair has a bullish medium-term outlook and is now trading above its key 200-day moving average
• The daily time frame is showing that a large bullish pattern may be forming

Zilliqa has a bullish short-term outlook, with the cryptocurrency advancing to a fresh monthly trading high.

The first step in using cryptocurrency is creating a wallet, storing the private keys and coming to grips with addresses. That’s quite a tall order, especially if you’re new and unfamiliar with crypto.

But if you could skip these steps and transfer tokens with something as simple as a QR scan, the digital asset industry could become far more accessible.

That’s the view taken by Linkdrop, a new protocol looking to streamline the initial onboarding process and enable more people from outside the space to interact with crypto.