Crypto News, August 22, 2018: Flat Day

Highlights: eBay for Coinbase, ETFs tomorrow?, and Vitalik weighs in on a possible BCH fork.

Coinbase Adds Ink Pay

Source: Medium

Coinbase has added Ink Pay, a marketplace protocol, to their wallet. Inkpay enables marketplaces like Listia, an eBay-esque site with peer-to-peer buying and selling of, well, pretty much anything.

Canadian Research Group Builds Ethereum Explorer

Source: NRC

The National Research Council of Canada (NRC) has built an IPFS-hosted Ethereum block explorer, it announced yesterday. The explorer is being used to track data for grants and contributions in real time. The NRC is reportedly looking into further use cases for blockchain technology.

Another ETF Decision Tomorrow

Source: Twitter

The next decision on an ETF will be issued tomorrow, with several others in the coming month. Of the possible outcomes - approve, deny, or delay - the community consensus seems to be that either of the latter two are significantly more likely. However, the SEC can only delay a final decision for a certain amount of time - in this case, we’re more likely to see decisions made around February of 2019. But, hey, you never know.

Bitcoin Cash Hard Fork Proposal

Source: Twitter

Bitcoin Cash is considering a hard fork. Among the proposals is an increase in the block size, from 32mb to 128mb, despite the fact that the network has yet to see a block larger than 8mb. In a Twitter thread, Vitalik argues that increasing the block size could result in security and performance issues that don’t always make themselves evident in a testnet environment, and also encourages the BCH community not to compromise with Fake Satoshi Craig Wright.

Gods Unchained Generates $1.3 Million in Pre-Sale

Source: CoinDesk

The Gods Unchained collectible card game, set to launch on Ethereum in Q4, has sold $1.3 million in collectible cards so far. It may not sound like much compared to Hearthstone’s current net of around $400 million, but keep in mind, this game hasn’t even launched yet. The development team announced that they are looking into payment channels as a possible solution for the usual performance issues associated with blockchain gaming.

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