This week we bring you some more news from Ireland as well as upcoming local events where you will be welcome to come and learn about Blockchain and Cryptocurrencies.

What is happening on the Irish Blockchain scene?

Weekly News

Two articles caught my eye this week both related to the Mainstream:

Deloitte Strengthen Leadership team at EMEA Lab in Dublin

A COO and CTO have been appointed here, strengthening the team at the the EMEA Blockchain Lab for Deloitte.

• https://irishtechnews.ie/deloitte-strengthens-leadership-team-at-emea-blockchain-lab-with-two-key-appointments/

Mastercard Announce Jobs in Dublin

This is notable as they include in the description of this article that they are looking for "Blockchain Specialists".

• https://www.siliconrepublic.com/jobs/mastercard-dublin-jobs

Living Offset

We also had a surprise guest a the Crypto Cafe on Saturday for the monthly @steem-dublin Meetup.
David Boles of Living Offset dropped in to find out about Steemit and also to promote their upcoming ICO, which is now due to launch in July. It was interesting to hear about the journey and the vision for Living Offset.

Andreas M. Antonopoulos in Dublin

I saw this news this morning. Big news if your in Dublin. If you don't know who this guy is, check out some youtube videos of him.

• https://www.meetup.com/Bitcoin-Dublin/events/250278990/

Videos

The Crypto Divas

@jilliangodsil and Morgan Pierce bring us the good and bad news stories from the Week in Crypto.

Crypto Coast

I haven't seen a video from these guys in a while but Reuben and @Lukebrn travel to Switzerland to check out a location for an additional office.

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Meetups This Week

Dublin Blockchain Forge

This weekly meetup group is in the Crypto Cafe on Wednesday. For more information check out their meetup page.

• https://www.meetup.com/Dublin-Coder-Forge/events/249102435/

RSK The Smart Contract Platform Comes to Dublin

This event is being hosted by the Blockchain Association of Ireland. Please note the date has been moved from Wednesday to Thursday.

• https://www.meetup.com/Blockchain-Association-of-Ireland-Fortnightly-Meetup/events/250112511/

A quick heads up for next Week, there is an EOS meetup on in Dublin.

Recommended Reading

New to Crypto?

• This article by Deloitte gives a great overview of the possibilities, and some of the industries that will be affected by it.
  https://www2.deloitte.com/ie/en/pages/financial-services/articles/blockchain.html

• For information about upcoming ICO's @lukebrn, an Irish writer and ICO consultant, has started writing about them on Steemit.
  https://steemit.com/@lukebrn

• For an intro to Bitcoin, the book Mastering Bitcoin by Andreas Antonopoulos is a great place to start.

As always please add comments to this post with any upcoming events or developments that you think may be of interest to readers.

Previous Issues

• https://steemit.com/ireland/@eroche/crypto-in-ireland-issue-1
• https://steemit.com/ireland/@eroche/crypto-in-ireland-issue-2
• https://steemit.com/ireland/@eroche/crypto-in-ireland-issue-3
• https://steemit.com/ireland/@eroche/crypto-in-ireland-issue-4
• https://steemit.com/ireland/@eroche/crypto-in-ireland-issue-5
• https://steemit.com/ireland/@eroche/crypto-in-ireland-issue-6
• https://steemit.com/ireland/@eroche/crypto-in-ireland-issue-7
• https://steemit.com/ireland/@eroche/crypto-in-ireland-issue-8
• https://steemit.com/ireland/@eroche/crypto-in-ireland-issue-9
• https://steemit.com/ireland/@eroche/crypto-in-ireland-issue-10

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