Christine Lagarde, IMF (International Monetary Fund) boss on cryptocurrency:

"...In my view, the fintech revolution will not eliminate the need for trusted intermediaries, such as brokers and bankers. There is hope, however, that decentralized applications spurred by crypto-assets will lead to a diversification of the financial landscape, a better balance between centralized and de-centralized service providers, and a financial ecosystem that is more efficient and potentially more robust in resisting threats."

Source: https://blogs.imf.org/2018/04/16/an-even-handed-approach-to-crypto-assets/

Either Savedroid ICO really likes Southpark... or we have another exit scam.

https://ico.savedroid.com/

Savedroid ICO exit scam confirmed, or social media hacked?

Founder & CEO @savedroidAG:
https://twitter.com/YassinHankir/status/986551967932735488

Switcheo Exchange will list Effect Ai (EFX). Traiding will start on 23rd April at 4pm SGT (UTC+8).

Payfair (PFR) UPDATE

"The launch of the platform will be on April 30. The delays were mainly due to bug fixes, platform testing, and working with escrow logic."

Read more: https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/8d6jai/payfair_platform_launching_on_the_30th_april_let/

Source: Payfair telegram https://t.me/payfair

Ark UPDATE

ACES Completes Integration of ARK Channels for Two-way Transfers for Easy ICOs When Paired With ARK Deployer (Push-Button-Blockchains).

https://medium.com/@arkaces/aces-completes-integration-of-ark-channels-for-two-way-transfers-for-easy-icos-when-paired-with-ark-bdf8229890ad

Not yet confirmed, but all signs are pointing to our previous reports being correct, and Savedroid ICO did pull a $50M USD exit scam.

Understanding Blockchain: Whats Byzantine Fault Tolerance?

https://medium.com/loom-network/understanding-blockchain-fundamentals-part-1-byzantine-fault-tolerance-245f46fe8419

Nucleus Vision (NCASH) UPDATE

👉🏻 There are rumors Nucleus Vision partnerships are fake.
Source: https://twitter.com/CryptoHades/status/986658191047053313

👉🏻 Nucleus Vision response:
"In light of recent rumors spread amongst our community, we at Nucleus Vision would like the community to hear an important message from our CEO Abhishek Pitti https://bit.ly/2EXH0L5
Our official statement here https://bit.ly/2qG0P5g"
TLDR: NCash has partnerships with stores, not brands.

Savedroid not gone and all a bad PR stunt?

CEO claims it was only to send a message (!?).

https://youtu.be/o5_bwFf_byo

CPROP ICO - partners of Wolf Crypto on CNBC.

https://youtu.be/CkmDQlbp-NM

ARK UPDATE

The final testing phase of ARK Core v2 is underway on our internal testnet and we are very close to making the code available to the public for testing on Devnet. The amount of time testing on Devnet, and when the push to Mainnet will occur can not be predicted. Multiple factors come into play such as public testing results and bugs that may pop up. Once public, everyone is invited who likes to pentest, hack and/or code to review the core, find and report bugs, suggest improvements or anything that will help improve the code for Mainnet.

https://blog.ark.io/ark-core-v2-additional-information-before-code-release-77fdd50831ce

Sentinel Chain have established a partnership with FintruX

FintruX is a Global P2P Lending Ecosystem Powered By Ethereum And No-Code Development. It prides itself in making unsecured loans highly secure.

"The collaboration between FintruX and Sentinel Chain expands both of our ecosystems. FintruX’s loan providers will gain access into the Sentinel Chain network and the borrowers in the Sentinel Chain B2B marketplace."

For more information regarding the partnership, read this article here:

https://medium.com/sentinelchain/fintrux-partners-with-sentinel-chain-9e3393e23c1b