Ken’s Cryptocurrency News 1-liners 014

Cryptocurrency News items worthy of attention:

• Reuters News Survey: At least 56 Finance Firms will enter the Crypto market in the next 3 to 6 months. (cointelegraph.com)

• 88 million USD of Litecoin (LTC) transferred in 2 1/2 minutes for only 40 cents in fees. (globalcoinreport.com)

• 2nd largest electric utility in Japan (KEPCO) will trial Power Ledger (POWR) peer-to-peer renewable energy trading. (medium.com/power-ledger)

• Japanese OK Blockchain Capital offers $100M to support EOS projects. (coinspectator.com)

• Ten IOTA use projects are being featured at the Hannover Messe Industrial Tradeshow from: Bosch, Pass, DXC, Deutsche Telekom, Accessec GmbH, Fuijitsu etc. (coinsnews.com)

• Aion a 3rd generation blockchain network launches their mainnet on April 25th. (cryptocoinspy.com)

• South Korean exchange Bithumb announces ICO in Switzerland (ccn.com)

• Coinbase suspends WikiLeaks online shop for terms of service violation. (cryptodaily.co.uk)

• Ethereum network more diverse/decentralized than bitcoin according to academic study out of Cornell University. (toshitimes.com)

• Goldman Sachs Hires Crypto Trader as VP of Digital Assets “in response to growing client interests”. (Cointelegraph.com)

• Rising OTC Bitcoin trading makes Circle double minimum trade to $500K as CEO says volumes will rise. (Cointelegraph.com)

• High court of India to hear case against Central Bank crypto ban (coindesk.com)

• Iran’s central Bank (CBI) said to bar banks from Bitcoin market, while at the same time developing their own cryptocurrency for the government. (coindesk.com)

• Tim Draper said that his bitcoin investment will be bigger than: Tesla, Hotmail & Skype COMBINED. Bigger than the internet, Iron Age, Renaissance and the Industrial Revolution. (cnbc.com)

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