Blockchains and Bagels Daily Market Roundup - 04.30.2018

Blockchains and Bagels: the morning market update to get you ready for the day ahead. Today, digital asset mining goes humanitarian with UNICEF Australia launching The Hope Page for users to donate computing power.

UNICEF Australia launches program to allow users to donate CPU mining power

The UN program has launched The Hope Page, which integrates Coinhive’s opt-in CPU miner for users to donate their processing power. The landing page allows users to allocate 20-80% of their CPU power to mining Monero with proceeds to be donated to the charity.

The CEO of a Taiwanese digital currency exchange to run for mayor of Taipei

Cheng Yi-ting, CEO of OTCBTC, will be in the running for local elections in November. She will be looking to stimulate digital currency investments in the country through the creation of a “special area” for the financial sector and to support an education program.

Jump Labs to fund digital asset ventures through incubator

Jump Trading’s research facility at the University of Illinois, Jump Labs, will begin incubating digital asset startups. Companies accepted into the incubator will receive between US$35,000 and US$50,000 in funding.

SBI Holdings takes strategic position in Templum Markets

Templum Markets secures US$10 million in financing led by SBI Holdings. The company is looking to facilitate the regulated offering and secondary trading of security tokens. The company operates an Alternative Trading System and is registered as a broker-dealer.

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