The Daily Dood for 5 - 08 -18

Today's bitcoin low was about $9045 USD on BitFinex

Today's bitcoin low was about $9045 USD.
Total market cap for the day was above $155,000,000,000.

Total market cap for all cryptocurrency combined was above $424,000,000,000.
Bitcon dominance is currently 36.55%

Steem & SteemDollar

Steem is currently trading at $3.43 USD with a market cap above $918,000,000 USD
The SteemDollar is currently at $2.83 USD with a total market cap above $37,000,000 USD

The Days Headlines

NYSE Isn’t Planning a Bitcoin Futures Market, But a Proper Crypto Exchange https://www.ccn.com/nyse-isnt-planning-a-bitcoin-futures-market-but-a-proper-crypto-exchange/

Coinfundr Will Enable Crowdfunding with Bitcoin Cash https://themerkle.com/coinfundr-will-enable-crowdfunding-with-bitcoin-cash/

Crypto Trading Should Be as Easy as Ordering a Pizza, Says Aussie Bitcoin Exchange https://www.ccn.com/australia-bitcoin-exchange-says-trading-crypto-should-be-as-easy-as-ordering-a-pizza/

Vaultoro Is the First Exchange to Integrate Lightning Network Features https://themerkle.com/vaultoro-is-the-first-exchange-to-integrate-lightning-network-features/

Bitcoin is Seeing Unprecedented Institutional Interest for First Time in History https://www.newsbtc.com/2018/05/08/bitcoin-is-seeing-unprecedented-institutional-interest-for-first-time-in-history/

Coinbase Delivers Knockout Report on Its Finances - Cryptovest https://cryptovest.com/news/coinbase-delivers-knockout-report-on-its-finances/

Tom Lee: Next Week’s Consensus Conference Could Push Bitcoin to All-Time Highs https://www.newsbtc.com/2018/05/08/tom-lee-next-weeks-consensus-conference-could-push-bitcoin-to-all-time-highs/

IOTA Announces Partnership with Porsche, Token Price Surges - Cryptovest https://cryptovest.com/news/iota-announces-partnership-with-porsche-token-price-surges/

Japan Has Announced New Five-Point Regulations for Cryptocurrency Exchanges https://coinidol.com/japan-announced-new-regulations/

Tyler Winklevoss to Bill Gates: ‘Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is’ https://www.newsbtc.com/2018/05/08/tyler-winklevoss-to-bill-gates-put-your-money-where-your-mouth-is/

IOTA (MIOTA) Partners With Multinational Schindler Group, Welcomes Technophile Andrew Greve https://ethereumworldnews.com/iota-miota-partners-with-multinational-schindler-group-welcomes-technophile-andrew-greve/

Why We Shouldn’t Listen To Warren Buffet: Expert Take https://cointelegraph.com/news/why-we-shouldnt-listen-to-warren-buffet-expert-take

How does Saudi Arabian government’s partnership with Ripple [XRP] affect its place in the New World Economic Order? - https://ambcrypto.com/saudi-arabian-governments-partnership-with-ripple-xrp-new-world-economic-order/

The First Version of Ethereum's Casper Upgrade Has Been Published https://www.coindesk.com/first-version-ethereums-casper-upgrade-published/

Waves CEO: Security Tokens are ‘Inevitable,’ Platform Set to ‘Lead the Way’ http://bitcoinist.com/waves-ceo-security-tokens-are-inevitable-platform-set-to-lead-the-way/

Bitcoin Cash Fund and Yeewallet Plan to Airdrop 20 BCH https://news.bitcoin.com/bitcoin-cash-fund-and-yeewallet-plan-to-airdrop-20-bch/

Zcash Foundation to Make ASIC Resistance ‘Immediate Technical Priority’ https://www.ccn.com/zcash-foundation-to-make-asic-resistance-immediate-technical-priority/

Technical & Fundamental Analysis

Bitcoin Price Watch: Currency Drops Another $200 https://themerkle.com/bitcoin-price-watch-currency-drops-another-200-2/

Weekly Cryptocurrency Market Outlook May 8: Bitcoin, Ethereum, Ripple, Bitcoin Cash, EOS, Litecoin, Cardano, Stellar https://btcmanager.com/weekly-cryptocurrency-market-outlook-may-8-bitcoin-ethereum-ripple-bitcoin-cash-eos-litecoin-cardano-stellar/

Youtube & Podcasts

Steemit

Altcoins and Tokens! — Steemit https://steemit.com/cryptocurrency/@steviecrypto/altcoins-and-tokens

7-day wayback music challenge: Day 4 - Guns 'N' Roses - Rocket Queen — Steemit https://steemit.com/musicwaybackchallenge/@steevc/7-day-wayback-music-challenge-day-4-guns-n-roses-rocket-queen

DOGE before DUDES — Steemit https://steemit.com/doge/@kryptokayden/doge-before-dudes

Move over Ethereum: New functionality for Bitcoin Cash makes it a Smart Contract Contender — Steemit https://steemit.com/bitcoin/@adambalm/move-over-ethereum-new-functionality-for-bitcoin-cash-makes-it-a-smart-contract-contender

PSA

PIVX v3.1.0.2 mandatory wallet upgrade has been enforced. If you are running an older version you will be on the wrong blockchain. If you need assistance in upgrading to the new client, please contact our support team in discord. https://discord.pivx.org

How to Buy Bitcoin http://www.investopedia.com/tech/how-to-buy-bitcoin

Dnotes coin swap. Bag holders must upgrade to Dnotes 2.0
https://www.minds.com/newsfeed/830295530697281536

Ripple [XRP] makes amendment announcement to all their users - https://ambcrypto.com/ripple-xrp-makes-amendment-announcement-to-all-their-users/

Breaking the Ledger security model. https://saleemrashid.com/2018/03/20/breaking-ledger-security-model/

Ledger's response to vulnerability. Firmware 1.4: deep dive into security fixes https://www.ledger.fr/2018/03/20/firmware-1-4-deep-dive-security-fixes/

Links

Flappening Watch
http://flappening.watch/

New links added weekly to the website.
https://bitcoindood.com/coin_directory/cryptocurrency-links.php

A Dogecoin Calculator
http://www.dogetools.com/calc

Fantasy sports site that has a fantasy crypto trading game!
https://www.nocostfantasysports.com/

Proof of Burn Explained – A Sustainable Consensus Algorithm https://www.coinbureau.com/education/proof-burn-explained/

My referral link for Binance. I'm a regular user of this exchange and it's currently one of my favorites.
https://www.binance.com/?ref=11560333

The End

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