Bitcoin and cryptocurrency round-up 15 August 2018
What's happening in crypto?
Read about Cardano's price tag, XRP bearwhale-watching, Jamaica's Crypto Stock Exchange, US-wide crypto for cash and bitcoin's price analysis.
1. A man walks into a bar
He asks the bartender for a drink while handing over the money. The bartender then just stands there.
"Well?" the man asks impatiently.
"Well, what?" the bartender replies. "You have your drink – it's in the keg. If you want it in a glass, that costs extra."
Accurately valuing crypto platforms is partly about the platform and partly about the token.
2. Thar she blows
Fifteen men on a dead man's chest
Yo ho ho! XRP users have spied a bear whale and are trying to harpoon it.
3. Jamaica pulls up to the blockstation
The Jamaica Stock Exchange and Canadian firm Blockstation are aiming to create a regulated crypto trading platform.
The former chose the latter after an exhaustive search.
4. Stars, bars and bitcoin
Stars, stripes and Square
50 states, one bitcoin buying app
Bitcoin price analysis: Meditation edition
In altcoin markets
The trade winds howl without, but
Disclosure: At the time of writing, the author holds ETH, IOTA, ICX, VET, XLM, BTC and ADA.
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