Source: https://twitter.com/edwardmorra_btc?lang=en

More about fake exchange volume: OKex is a ghost town

- In this piece I will expose why I believe more than $3 billion of all cryptoassets’ volume is fabricated, and how OKex, #1 exchange rated by volume, is the main offender with up to 93% of its volume being nonexistent. I’ll endeavour to prove it by analyzing publicly available data. -

Source: https://medium.com/@sylvainartplayribes/chasing-fake-volume-a-crypto-plague-ea1a3c1e0b5e

Tim Draper being bullish as usual...

Draper, who bought 30,000 BTC from the U.S. Marshals Service auction in 2014, has a net worth of around $350 million-$500 million. He is also known for correctly predicting the price of bitcoin in 2014, where he said that BTC would cross $10,000 in three years. The price not only hit the number but surpassed it slightly on Nov. 2017. When asked whether he will be giving another one in the future, Draper stated that he will deliver a price prediction on Apr. 12, 2018 to the entire world.

https://www.ccn.com/tim-draper-cryptocurrencies-will-used-payments-5-years/

Korea to allow ICOs according to unofficial sources

"The financial authorities have been talking to the country's tax agency, justice ministry and other relevant government offices about a plan to allow ICOs in Korea when certain conditions are met," said a source asking for anonymity as he wasn't authorized to speak to the media.

Source:
https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/biz/2018/03/367_245242.html

NEX ICO lottery opens in a few hours at 18:00 UTC (in 3h).

In the first round, we will conduct lotteries among all registered users to select participants for the token sale. The first lottery will select up to 25k participants to contribute up to $1,000 each. A second lottery will select participants from the remaining users to fill any gaps left by participants who failed to register or wished to contribute under the maximum individual limit.
To register for the lotteries you will need the following:
An email address
Your passport or national ID number — This information must match your KYC documents
The country issuing your document

Interesting article on Binance, their revenues/profits and the value of their BNB token.

https://medium.com/@BambouClub/a-valuation-calculator-for-binance-coin-af3e18a579fc

Binance announces its own Blockchain

>As a public blockchain, Binance Chain will mainly focus on the transfer and trading of blockchain assets, as well as provide new possibilities for the future flow of blockchain assets. Binance Chain will focus on performance, ease-of-use, and liquidity. Binance Coin (BNB) will be upgraded to exist on its own blockchain mainnet, becoming a native coin.

Source:
https://support.binance.com/hc/en-us/articles/360001668872

Venchain (VEN) Update

The VeChain Foundation has formed a partnership with a major Chinese risk management and shipping firm to explore possibilities for using blockchain technology throughout its supply chain.

The partnership is expected to see the implementation of Vechain’s technology throughout LogSafer’s business. In a blog post published on their website, LogSafer said the cooperation agreement will allow the two company’s work together “to combine big data, Internet of Things, and blockchain technologies.”

https://themarketmogul.com/vechain-partnership-deal/

TE-FOOD (TFD), Electrify.Asia (ELEC) and Tomocoin (TOMO) are now listed on gate.io.

https://gate.io/article/16393

TE-FOOD was a Bronze Level Sponsor of the Global Food Safety Conference in Japan.

https://twitter.com/TE_FOOD/status/972849318523801601

First U.S. Congressional hearing to address ICOs.

"Examining the Cryptocurrencies and ICO Markets"

Stream: https://t.co/JZqWE9qQQa

Bitcoin Lightning Network released on mainnet

>Today we at Lightning Labs are announcing the release of lnd 0.4-beta! This release marks the 4th major release of lnd and the first Lightning mainnet beta, an important milestone.

Source:
https://blog.lightning.engineering/announcement/2018/03/15/lnd-beta.html

Request (REQ) new update

https://blog.request.network/request-network-project-update-march-16th-2018-mainnet-audits-bug-bounties-a-new-hire-2173b8903f5b

[DarpalRating] We went through 133 Blockchain projects Github, Here’s our Code Audit Report for February

https://medium.com/@Darpalrating/darpalrating-we-went-through-133-blockchain-projects-github-heres-our-code-audit-report-for-5c060df3af44

South Korean authorities raid 3 Crypto Exchanges

South Korean prosecutors stormed the premises of three cryptocurrency exchanges in Seoul earlier this week after a government investigation raised suspicions that top executives at the exchanges were shifting client assets into their personal accounts, local media outlet Chosun reported.

Source:
https://cryptovest.com/news/3-korean-crypto-exchanges-get-raided-by-prosecutors/