Thread by @mwill_crypto

0/ The #crypto/#blockchain space is starting the week off strong! Many projects continuing to develop at a commendable rate. Let's see what's been going on over the 24 hours or so, shall we? 17 parts to this bad boy, let's do this 👇

1/ 🗳️ @WillWarren89 (CEO, @0xProject) announced an upcoming vote on #ZEIP23 which, if approved, would provide “0x with native support for trading any arbitrary bundle of ERC20/ERC721.” If implemented, ZEIP23 would be 0x's first-ever “hot upgrade.” blog.0xproject.com/zeip-23-trade-…

2/ 🎨 @ColemanSMaher (Partnerships, @OriginProtocol) unveiled the Origin-enabled PeerArt.io, a feeless, peer-to-peer marketplace for #art.

A number of artists signed up at launch, including @TrevorJonesArt, the first Scottish painter to incorporate AR into his work.

3/ 📦 0x-funded @BoxSwap, a decentralized wallet-to-wallet swapping for NFTs, launched "an open-swaps discord bot, called SwapBot." Also, the team revealed users can now incl. #NFT price approximations in their wallet. Instant swap function added, too. medium.com/boxswap/swapbo…

4/ 📣 @EnigmaMPC [ $ENG ], a #privacy layer for the decentralized web, released its Jan. development update. "Nearly completed end-to-end full round-trip integration tests for deploying and executing secret contracts in [its] upcoming Discovery release." blog.enigma.co/enigma-develop…

5/ 💅 @Decentraland [ $MANA ] shared a new home page and visual identity. Looking sharp! Below is a recap of the redesign process. Comes as #Decentraland prepares to kick off its Creator Contest at the beginning of March! decentraland.org/blog/announcem…

6/ 🤝 @Web3Infra launched the Web3Infra Alliance, an open developer platform for Web 3.0 applications that thrive on "decentralization and the shared economy."

Founding members are @BluzelleHQ [ $BLZ ], @NKN_Org [ $NKN ], @NoiaNetwork [ $NOIA ], and @ItIsPortal.

7/ 🏘️ #NewYork-based @ElevatedReturns announced its selection of #Tezos [ $XTZ ] as the #blockchain upon which it will offer its fully compliant tokenized real-estate offerings to qualified investors. Achieved in collaboration with @Securitize_io and @TQTezos.

8/ 👋 Per @TheBlock__'s @FintechFrank, Bloomberg Television anchor Cory Johnson (@CoryTV) "is no longer with Ripple." Roughly a year ago, Ripple hired Johnson as its chief market strategist. Ripple blamed market conditions for Johnson's departure. theblockcrypto.com/2019/02/11/rip…

9/ 🤑 In more #Ripple-related news, remittance service startup @SendFriend closed secured $1.7M in funding. Having partnered with Ripple, SendFriend is set to become the first US-based consumer partner of #RippleNet. Also using #xRapid. Investors incl. MIT Media Lab and Barclays.

10/ 🦅 The FBI announced the sentencing of Homero Garza, determining he scammed $9M+ from #PayCoin investors. Sentenced to 21 mo. in prison followed by 3 years supervised release. First time FBI has sentenced a #crypto-related fraudster w/ a direct action. fbi.gov/news/stories/c…

11/ 🎧 @APompliano uploaded a new 'Off the Chain' #podcast episode with @SamCassatt (CSO, @ConsenSys). Talking points incl. how ConsenSys’ foreign governments view liquid #crypto, the @MakerDAO [ $MKR / $DAI ] project, and #Ethereum scalability. itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/off…

12/⚡️ Speaking as a guest on @StephanLivera's #podcast along with @Starkness (CEO, @Lightning), @Jack (CEO, Twitter & Square) revealed "it's not an if, it's more of a when and how" Square goes about integrating its @CashApp with the LN. stephanlivera.com/episode/52

13/ 🗞️ @Arca issued its weekly 'That's Our Two Satoshis' #crypto newsletter.

Recap of the past week's major events, along with an exploration of the fundamental differences between #Litecoin [ $LTC ] and #BinanceCoin [ $BNB ]. medium.com/arca/thats-our…

14/ 🆕 @DiarNewsletter published v3.5 of its weekly #crypto newsletter.

Covers @Coinbase's international growth plans in an interview with Dan Romero (VP, International). Also looks at how @Binance may amp up demand for $BNB, fees on #Bitcoin, and more! diar.co/volume-3-issue…

15/ ✍️ @EthHub_io released its 48th weekly #Etheruem-centric newsletter.

Prepared by co-founders @Sassal0x and @EConoar, the stacked ed. covers the week's most notable #crypto events, project-specific updates, on-chain activity, saved tweets, and more! ethhub.substack.com/p/ethhub-weekl…

16/ 🎟️ Another popular weekly crypto newsletter, @StefanoBernardi and @YanRoux's 'Token Economy', published a *monster* ed. We're talking over a dozen project updates, plus funding news and a heap of recommended must-reads! weekly.tokeneconomy.co/2019/02/11/86

17/ 🔙 Hope you liked my daily wrap-up of the #crypto/#blockchain space! This thread was shared earlier on @Cent, an #Ethereum-powered, income-generating social network. Check it out.

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