Crypto updates: Week of 20Aug18

Business:

1. Nexus offers insurance against financial losses arising from security failures of smart contracts. Nexus runs on Ethereum as a smart contract too.
2. Soluna and Altus AG aim to complete a 900MW 37,000 acre wind farm in Morocco in 5 years to facilitate crypto mining. This represents about 35% of the 2.55GW requirement of Bitcoin.
3. Singapore Exchange (SGX) is working on securities tokenisation and settlement on blockchain.

Tech:

1. 3 key discussion points for upcoming Ethereum upgrade: Regularity of upgrade events, network economic policy (ie ETH issuance rate) and ASIC resistance level.

Links:

1. https://www.coindesk.com/ethereum-powered-insurer-nexus-is-winning-over-blockchain-skeptics/
2. https://www.technologyreview.com/s/611908/this-company-thinks-it-can-help-solve-bitcoins-energy-problem/
3. https://www.coindesk.com/singapore-stock-exchange-taps-blockchain-for-faster-settlement/
4. https://www.coindesk.com/a-phone-call-could-impact-ethereums-future-and-its-happening-today/