# **Successful Bitcoin Halving Has Minimal Impact on Network**
Now that the Bitcoin halving is behind us, the time has come to look towards the future once again. As was to be expected, this milestone event had no impact on the Bitcoin price whatsoever. Trading volume remains quite across most exchanges, and it looks like the experts were right in their short-term predictions.
*More info: http://fintechist.com/successful-bitcoin-halving-minimal-impact-network/*
# **Ukraine to use blockchain technology in curtailing corruption when selling government assets**
The Minister of Finance for the Ukraine, Oleksandr Danilyuk, was a speaker at the sold-out ‘Blockchain Incredible Party’ conference (BIP001) which took place Thursday in Odessa, Ukraine. In his speech, Danilyuk gave his vision for Ukraine as the leading nation in blockchain technology use, showcasing it for public service management and improving government efficiency and transparency.
*More info: http://bravenewcoin.com/news/ukraine-to-use-blockchain-technology-in-curtailing-corruption-when-selling-government-assets/*
# **Bitcoin Grows in Colombia with 300 New Coinapult BTMs**
Leading Bitcoin broker and wallet service provider Coinapult (coinapult.com) recently announced the deployment of 300 bitcoin-selling ATM locations across Colombia.
*More info: https://news.bitcoin.com/bitcoin-colombia-300-coinapult-btms/*
# **Former Silk Road Moderator Leaves Prison After 18-Month Sentence**
Most people are well aware how this notorious dark net marketplace operated. Buyers and sellers could sell anything they wanted through the Tor-protected platform, and Bitcoin was the main currency used throughout the years. By offering an escrow service, the operators of Silk Road could earn a bit of money on the side, and pay their staffers, including Peter Phillip Nash.
*More info: http://www.livebitcoinnews.com/former-silk-road-moderator-leaves-prison-after-18-month-sentence/*
# **Bitcoin Versus Ethereum: Room For Both?**
Ethereum has increasingly become a problem for the Internet’s millions of Bitcoin faithful. It goes against Bitcoin maximalist dogma, for one thing: if the 21 million eventual total Bitcoins in the world are the only genuine, useful, well-supported cryptocurrency...
*More info: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-seaman/bitcoin-versus-ethereum-r_b_10908418.html*
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