Johnny Depp Partners with Crypto-Powered Platform, Coinbase Launches USD Coin Stablecoin & Other News

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Don't Miss The Top Five Stories From The Last Week Johnny Depp Partners With Crypto-Powered Social Entertainment Platform Whaat?? As part of the new agreement, the Hollywood star is going to team up with TaTaTu founder, Andrea Lervolino, in order to create and produce films and digital content together. What does TaTaTu do? Launched in May 2018, TaTaTu intends to combat illegal piracy and improve transparency for rights holders, as well as assist high-quality brand advertising by using distributed ledger technology (DLT). Read more here. NYSE Parent Company Announces BTC Futures Launch Date On Bakkt Platform What happened? The Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), the parent company of the New York Stock Exchange, announced a Dec. 12, 2018 launch date for Bitcoin futures on its Bakkt platform this week. What is this for? According to the release, the ICE will list Bakkt Bitcoin (USD) Daily Futures Contracts for trading starting in December, and the product will be physically-settled and cleared by ICE Clear U.S., Inc. Read more here.   Dash CEO Ryan Taylor: Central Bank-Issued Cryptocurrencies Are the 'Inevitable Future' What is this all about? The CEO of Dash Core Group, Ryan Taylor, told Cointelegraph in an interview Oct. 23, that central bank-issued cryptocurrencies are the "inevitable future," but it will be people who "will decide what form of money they want to consume and use as part of their lives." What is he basing this on? Taylor noted that the "free market can ultimately design better money than the government," underlining: "I do think it's inevitable. They [governments] all are going —  through either competitors' pressure or through their own desires — to launch their own cryptocurrencies. But I don't think it is where the greatest innovations will occur." Read the full interview to get to know more.                 Coinbase Launches USD Coin Stablecoin What is this all about? Major U.S. cryptocurrency exchange, Coinbase, has launched a USD Coin stablecoin (USDC), making it the first stablecoin for trade on the platform. The underlying technology behind USDC was developed collaboratively between Coinbase and blockchain-powered payments technology company Circle. What is this for? Coinbase customers in supported jurisdictions can now purchase, sell, send, and receive USDC at coinbase.com and the exchange's iOS and Android apps. Coinbase notes in the statement that its U.S.-based customers outside the state of New York are able to buy and sell, while customers around the world can send and receive the coin. Read more here.   Visa Plans First Quarter Launch Of Blockchain-Based Digital Identity System What happened? Visa is planning to release its blockchain-based digital identity system for cross-border payments in the first quarter of 2019. How would it work? The system, called Visa B2B Connect, support a blockchain-based solution for financial institutions to securely process cross-border payments by tokenizing sensitive business data and creating a unique cryptographic identifier for transactions. Get more details here.   Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list. COINTELEGRAPH LIMITED · Shelton Street, Covent Garden · London