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Welcome to episode #124 of Block Digest! (Wednesday, September 12th 2018)

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Credits
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Shinobius - https://twitter.com/brian_trollz
Janine - https://twitter.com/J9Roem
Rick - https://twitter.com/cryptorick

This video is licensed under Creative Commons (CC BY 4.0): https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Links
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Bitcoin Optech
https://bitcoinops.org/en/newsletters/2018/09/11/

Coinbase, Circle, and DCG Form the Blockchain Association
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/09/11/digital-currency-trade-association-779391
https://coincenter.org/entry/welcome-to-the-party-blockchain-association

Lightning Labs Releases New Lightning App
https://blog.lightning.engineering/announcement/2018/09/10/lightning-app.html

Academia Sucks
https://twitter.com/LaurentMT/status/1037771481588084736
https://epjdatascience.springeropen.com/articles/10.1140/epjds/s13688-018-0159-3

Gemini Launches Gemini Dollar Stablecoin
https://medium.com/gemini/gemini-launches-the-gemini-dollar-62787f963fb4
https://bitcoinist.com/us-regulators-approve-winklevoss-twins-fiat-backed-stablecoin-gemini-dollar/

US Judge Rules Securities Law Covers ICOs In Criminal Matters
https://twitter.com/crypto/status/1039545535428997127

Coingate Payment Processor Launches Lightning Support
https://blog.coingate.com/2018/09/coingate-launches-bitcoin-lightning-network-payments-thousands-merchants/
https://xbt.net/blog/bitcoin-lightning-network-now-available-at-4000-merchants-via-coingate/

Star Xu(OKEx Founder) Being Investigated By Shanghai Police
https://twitter.com/cnLedger/status/1039472962296926210
https://twitter.com/cryptovenus/status/1039454527613796352
https://www.coindesk.com/okcoins-star-xu-questioned-as-police-investigate-bitcoin-futures-allegations/
https://twitter.com/KenWong_/status/979229877822894081
https://coindoo.com/suicide-attempt-at-okex-offices-after-bitcoin-liquidation/

Canada Approves Bitcoin Trust Fund
https://www.cointrust.com/news/canada-approves-first-ever-bitcoin-trust-fund-gets-mutual-fund-status

SEC Halts Bitcoin/Ether Tracker One Product Trading
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-cryptocurrency-sec/sec-halts-trading-in-two-cryptocurrency-products-citing-market-confusion-idUSKCN1LP0TW
https://www.sec.gov/litigation/suspensions/2018/34-84063.pdf
https://media2.mofo.com/documents/160405privatesecondarymarkets.pdf

Hanwha South Korean Insurance Firm Launches Crypto Policy for Exchanges
https://xbt.net/blog/hanwha-south-korean-insurance-firm-to-cover-crypto-exchange-hacks/

IMF Warning Marshall Islands Against National Cryptocurrency
https://www.btcnn.com/imf-against-total-adoption-of-cryptocurrency-in-the-marshall-islands/

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