Poloniex's excited to open up listing application again! — link

55,337 #BTC (410,303,711 USD) transferred from unknown wallet to unknown wallet — link

Russia’s richest man starts testing sales of crypto metal tokens — link

No Libra style digital currencies without rules, say EU finance ministers — link | statement

Ethereum "Istanbul" Hard Fork coundown

ATTENTION: If you are running Parity please update your nodes! There was an emergency patch issued yesterday. Prepare for Istanbul!

Deutsche Bank suggests publicly that Bitcoin could overcome FIAT-currencies — link

BIS Wants Central Banks at Center of Digital Cash Revolution — link

Over 60% of the total Bitcoin (BTC) in circulation has not left its wallet in more than a year, highlighting demand among investors. — link

Report: ‘Blockchain Is A Rapidly Maturing Technology in China’ — link

Blockchain Startup SpaceChain Sends Wallet Tech to International Space Station — link

State Street: 38% of Clients Will Put More Money into Digital Assets in 2020 — link

Seems like eos blockchain is broken and most dapp developers are moving out despite of highest tps claims of EOS — link

SEC approves BTC futures-focused asset manager to offer shares to institutional investors — link

Microsoft Azure Announces Blockchain Token and Data Management Service — link

Italian Copyright Authority and Algorand Develop Blockchain Ecosystem for Copyright Management — link

SEC Requests UK’s Intervention to Force Telegram’s Former Advisor to Testify — link

Ethereum Mainnet has been successfully upgraded — technical explanation

Bitcoin Addresses Hit a New All-Time High — link

The total number of bitcoin addresses that hold any amount of BTC has hit an all-time high at 28.39M addresses, surpassing the previous ATH of 28.38M (achieved on 1/10/18). (Data via
@coinmetrics
Pro)

Why are halvings important

Halving events will continue taking place until the reward for miners reaches 0 BTC. Since Bitcoin's value representation has 8 decimal places, after the 33rd halving, the value of the reward will hit precisely 0 BTC. 33 halving events every 4 years adds up to 132 years total. The last Bitcoin to be mined into existence will be mined in the year 2140. It will be the 21 million'th Bitcoin to come into existence, and last, after which point it will be impossible to create anymore. From then on, Bitcoin will become truely 'deflationary', since "printing" / "minting" / "mining" new coins will no longer be possible, and if owners keep on losing their private keys, as they currently are, then the supply would further deflate by that lost-keys ratio.