Bitspark has announced they are moving their remittance business to the Bitshares Network because it is better suited for the companies needs. Extract from their announcement 'As things stand currently, Bitshares offers the greatest benefits to a remittance company looking to utilise cryptocurrency as a means to send money quicker, cheaper and to more locations. Bitspark will be aiming for 180+ currencies, instant payments, no cost and zero counterparty risk.' You can find their official announcement HERE

The Bitshare UI worker proposal (raised by @billbutler) has been voted in with a slight modification. Existing issues in the Bitshares UI Github page will be given an estimated hourly value. An estimated issue is prefixed with a number in brackets like this: [2] A nasty bug. In this example, the bug is valued at two hours ($125 per hour). If you fix this issue according to these guidelines and your PR is accepted, this will earn you $250 bitUSD. You must have a Bitshares wallet and a Bitshares account to receive payment. You can find more information on the formation of this arrangement HERE or summary HERE. The README.md on the Bitshares UI Github repo has been updated with further details. Personally i think this is a great move forward and pull requests have already started rolling in for review!

ICOWallet.net team is developing a new mobile based simple ICO focused wallet currently available for Android and mobile web for iPhone.

Ronny Boesing (CEO of OpenLedger) has mentioned on telegram that SZZC have confirmed the addition of BitCNY, ICOO and CVCoin to their exchange platform in the near future.

OCASH international payment cards ITO launching on the 31st of August. OCASH draws funds from the users’ contract wallet which support SmartCoins, like bitUSD, and more than 20 other existing cryptocurrencies from the OpenLedger crypto gateway including BTC, ETH, OBITS and BitShares.

loyaltycoin.ch is launching a platform for loyalty points based off the Bitshares technology.

KexCoin has announced an upcoming ICO to be hosted on the Bitshares network.

What is unfortunately thing in crypto I have seen over and over again is everyone has eyes on drop of value side but fully ignores the fact that there were huge buy orders which let people to dump. I always watch these situation like smart people have bought more cheaper to maximize their profit when market will be on rise again in few days/weeks.

thank god, i'm sorry but the WAVES Lite Dex App puts any online BitShares one to shame, especially surrounding connection and login issues. Been waiting for a downloadable one for awhile now

When a token is created off the Bitshares network... such as Smoke... will that token wallet be supported on the Bitshares wallet?

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