CRYPTOCURRENCIES

As of now, Neure Zuercher Zeitung reports, financial authorities – specifically Swiss regulator Finma – are still unsure whether the services Xapo offers make it, in fact, a bank. Read more: www.bitcoinist.com

CoinScope, a tool that provides aggregated data about bitcoin nodes, has been made open source. Read more: www.coindesk.com

In South Korea, financial regulators have launched a digital currency task force to focus on regulatory parameters for bitcoin exchanges. Read more: www.cryptocoinsnews.com

New York-based digital currency exchange Gemini Trust Co. has announced a new partnership and sponsorship deal with professional eSports organization Echo Fox. Read more: www.econotimes.com

Chinese investors are buying bitcoin as the yuan continues to fall since bitcoin allows them to store funds outside of China. Read more: www.cryptocoinsnews.com

Digital currency payments in vehicles may not be far off, if the ideas in a new patent application from telecom giant AT&T enter real-world use. Read more: www.coindesk.com

MimbleWimble has quickly became one of the more anticipated bitcoin R&D initiatives, since it is believed it could help improve upon the scalability and fungibility of bitcoin in a unique way. Read more: www.coindesk.com

Mansharamani is a lecturer at Yale University [and] has developed a framework for spotting bubbles in his bestseller book, Bubbles & Busts. Read more: www.bitcoinist.com

With a hard fork looming, BitGo, a multi-signature bitcoin wallet, has advised its customers what to do in the case of a new chain. Read more: www.cryptocoinsnews.com

EasyDEX is a decentralized exchange that allows users to exchange cryptocurrencies among themselves without entrusting their funds to a third party. Read more: www.cryptocoinsnews.com