News headlines: Economic sanctions have led to polarizing views on cryptocurrencies in Iran
BlockShow 2018 Europe has kicked off in Berlin, bringing together over 3,000 attendees and 150 projects from the international blockchain space
Crypto markets continue downtrend with all top ten coins by market cap in the red, Bitcoin trading around $7,200
Bithumb is banning users from 11 countries, citing the need to follow “global anti money laundering efforts”
Winners revealed for Blockshow’s 2018 blockchain industry leaders poll: Dr Quy Vo-Reinhard of the HIT foundation and Bitfury win the top places in respective categories
A Scottish hospital is treating people who are addicted to trading cryptocurrencies in the UK’s first ever ‘crypto clinic’
The Bank of England has issued a staff working paper, which warns that central bank digital currencies could pose a competition threat to commercial banks
92% of blockchain projects ever launched are no longer active, says China
Ethereum analytics firm reveals 100,000 new users join ETH ecosystem every day
Deloitte has analyzed over 50 potential blockchain use cases in the retail and consumer packaged goods industry, conclude the “potential impact” of the technology “is huge”
TrustNodes suggests EOS as the party responsible for today’s ETH price drop, pointing to evidence that EOS recently sold a large amount of ETH
Economic sanctions have led to polarizing views on cryptocurrencies in Iran
An actor impersonating Chinese national leader Mao Zedong received a backlash of criticism at a blockchain conference in China
German authorities in the federal state of Bavaria have sold off digital assets seized in criminal proceedings worth €12 mln
The founder of a leading Chinese ride hailing company is planning to launch a blockchain-based ride hailing app
Source: cointelegraph
