BOB (Bitcoin OP_RETURN Bytecode) is a new transaction serialization format for dealing with Bitcoin transactions, especially OP_RETURNs. BOB is a new, modified version of TXO which adopts an abstract machine metaphor, where instructions are written on tapes made up of cells, where each cell contains a single atomic procedure call. It is a Bitcoin transaction serialization format which fundamentally stops seeing OP_RETURN data as just a dumb data feed, but as actual procedure calls in a virtual operating system.
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Citing data from DApp Total, as of 00:00 (UTC+8), August 18, EOS, Ethereum, IOST, and TRON DApps recorded 188,707 daily active users (DAUs), 70.99% of which were EOS-based.
1. Number of users: EOS (133,971) > ETH (35,134) > TRON (19,602) > IOST (13,566);
2. Number of transactions: EOS (3,777,154) > TRON (1,875,928) > IOST (568,245) > ETH (109,129);
3. Trading volume: ETH ($18,502,309) > TRON ($17,573,458) > EOS ($6,853,416) > IOST ($2,072,852).
In addition, across the Ethereum, EOS, IOST and TRON blockchains, the top 3 DApps by user number are: Hash Baby (EOS), Endless Game (EOS), and ADM (EOS); the top 3 DApps by transaction number are: WINk (TRON), Hash Baby (EOS), and Dice (EOS); the top 3 DApps by trading volume are: WINk (TRON), Edgeware (ETH), and NEST (ETH).

Smart contract pioneer Nick Szabo tweeted to state, "Digitally centralized assets have poor deep safety. They were designed in & only work in a legally stable environment.
Real estate & gold have deeper safety, assuming strong local security.
Trust-minimized Bitcoin uses computer science to achieve unprecedentedly deep safety."

Financial inclusion is not the main objective of Facebook and Walmart and each company's initiative (launch of digital currency) could have unintended consequences on unbanked and underbanked customers, according to the article by Christophe Uzureau, vice president at Gartner.
For example, in the case of Libra, the reserve is expected to contain "a collection of low-volatility assets, including bank deposits and government securities in currencies from stable and reputable central banks." This is unlikely to include the assets native to some of the emerging markets that may lack a stable currency in the first place (and whose customers could in theory benefit the most from a new digital currency). And this has implications in terms of monetary policy. It will dilute the impact of the quantitative easing policy of a domestic central bank, as well as increase capital outflows. And in turn this will limit the amount of capital available for investments to support local infrastructure development, he said.
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Summa co-founder James Prestwich wants to bridge the great divide: Bitcoin vs. Ethereum.
Now his firm is teaming up with fellow blockchain startup Keep to launch the Cross-Chain Working Group, which aims to create a protocol for using Bitcoin on Ethereum-based systems.
Specifically, the Bitcoin is deposited with a smart contract that requires multiple signatures to unlock funds. Key holders lock up crypto collateral, like Ether, which the depositor can seize if the holders misbehave. In the meantime, the depositor is essentially given a crypto equivalent of Ethereum-compatible tokens that represent the Bitcoin, called tBTC.
The working group's goal is to launch an Ethereum-based tester App with access to Bitcoin this fall and a tBTCmainnet by Q4.

According to the official announcement, BKEX Global will support the deposit of ADF at 11:00 UTC on August 19. The ADF/USDT trading pair will be listed at 08:00 on August 20.

Grant Thornton LLP has released the Reserve Account Report of USD Coin (USDC) for July. According to the Report, as of July 31 at 11:59 PT, the number of USDC tokens issued and outstanding is 435,017,581, and the amount of US Dollars held in custody accounts is $436,244,741. As of the above-mentioned time, the issued and outstanding USDC tokens do not exceed the balance of the US Dollars held in custody accounts.

Keyvan Gordan, managing director of Power Industries and Electronics Office of Iranian Industry Ministry, said on Saturday (August 17) that cryptocurrencies are mined for exports in Iran and trading them is illegal in the country.
"The Central Bank of Iran (CBI) has announced trading cryptocurrencies illegal in the country because it regards digital money as a kind of exports good," he said.
"The earned revenues from exporting domestically-mined cryptocurrencies must be re-injected back to Iran's financial system through NIMA - Iran's Forex Management Integrated System," he underlined.

Citing statistics from alternative.me, the Fear & Greed Index currently reads 14, six units lower than yesterday, indicating the crypto market remains the status of "Extreme Fear."
As per the index, a value of 0 means "Extreme Fear" while a value of 100 represents "Extreme Greed."

As reported by CoinNess.com earlier, CZ tweeted to share his interaction with a 14-year-old child, discussing BNB. Later, Peter McCormack commented the tweet, suggesting that CZ should refer the child to the Binance Terms of Use, which makes it clear that users shall be at least 18 years old or of legal age to form a binding contract under applicable law.

As of 03:00 (UTC) on August 18, the global index of Bitcoin (BTC) price has fallen below the $10,200 level. Currently, it marks $10,188.52 with a decrease of 1.62% in the past 24 hours.
The CoinNess.com Bullish vs. Bearish Indicator shows our four-hour technical bias on BTC is "Sell" with 10 indicators sending out a selling signal, six showing a neutral signal, and two indicating a buying signal.
The broad market is trading sideways, with 47 out of Top 100 cryptos by market cap rising.
The global market cap reads $264.76 billion, and the 24-hour trading volume is $42.00 billion.
Major Coins
1. BTC quotes show 10,158.83 USDT on Binance, $10,162.00 on Bitfinex, and $10,156.37 on Coinbase Pro;
2. CoinNess.com Market Index presents quotes for major cryptocurrencies besides BTC as following: ETH marks $184.74 (-0.06%); XRP marks $0.2649 (+1.53%); BCH marks $306.84 (-0.86%); LTC marks $72.36 (-3.19%); EOS marks $3.55 (-0.82%); ETC marks $5.45 (-1.13%).
Top 3 Gainers and Losers in Cryptocurrencies
1. Top 3 gainers among Top 100 cryptocurrencies by market cap: HC (+46.77%), RIF (+20.80%), and XVG (+15.77%);
2. Top 3 losers among Top 100 cryptocurrencies by market cap: BCN (-8.74%), ODE (-7.12%), and EGT (-6.07%).
Top 3 Gainers and Losers in Categories
1. Top 3 gainers among 24 categories: Content Copyright (+23.22%), Cross Chain Technology (+21.47%), and Side Chain Concept (+16.27%);
2. Top 3 losers among 24 categories: DAG Technology (-1.41%), Authentication (-1.30%), and Payment Concept (-1.29%).
Cap Flows of Coins/Exchanges
1. Top 3 capital inflows within the last 24 hours: DASH (+$364.97 mln), USDC (+$317.57 mln), and BTC (+$262.16 mln);
2. Top 3 capital outflows within the last 24 hours: TUSD (-$285.55 mln), PAX (-$141.14 mln), and HT (-$15.82 mln);
3. Net inflows/outflows of exchanges: Binance (+$17.44 mln), Bitfinex (-$2.87 mln), and Coinbase Pro (-$621.17 k).

Monitored by CoinNess.com, from 00:00 to 02:00 (UTC) on August 18, BTC registered a net inflow of over $3 million in the past two hours.
1. The Top 3 net cap inflows in the crypto market are: BTC (+$3.67 mln), KCS (+$554.8 k), BNB (+$483.1 k);
2. The Top 3 net cap outflows in the crypto market are: LTC (-$2.71 mln), ETH (-$2.36 mln), EOS (-$1.44 mln).
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On August 17, among the key addresses monitored by the China-based blockchain security firm PeckShield, a PlusToken wallet address which starts with 33FKcw initiated transactions once again, and sent plenty of fractional amounts (1-10 BTC) to different addresses. Prior to this, starting from August 13, a total of 37,922 BTC has been distributed to nine relay addresses firstly, among which holds roughly 5,000 coins each. At present, 29,805 of 37,922 BTC have been moved, and there is no clue whether these coins are sent to exchanges.

The California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA), which will go into effect on Jan. 1, 2020, has signaled a new push in the United States to strengthen and broaden privacy regulations.
The CCPA's obligations are limited to "businesses," which are defined as any for-profit company doing business in California that collects personal information and satisfies at least one of the following thresholds:
1. Receives an annual gross revenue in excess of $25 million.
2. Annually buys, sells, or, for commercial purposes, receives or shares personal information of at least 50,000 California consumers, households or devices.
3. Derives 50% or more of its annual revenue from "selling" California consumer personal information.

Citing the official announcement, ZG.com has enabled the deposit and withdrawal of YottaBytes (YO) at 06:00 UTC on August 17. The trading platform will list the YO/USDT trading pair at 06:00 on August 18.

Citing data from BTC.com, as of 00:34 UTC on August 18, the number of unconfirmed transactions on the BTC network marks 922. In addition, Bitcoin's mining difficulty marks 9.99 T and is estimated to increase by 3.63% to 10.35 T in 17 hours. The 24-hour transaction rate (txs/s) marks 3.75, with the network hashrate reporting 72.52 EH/s.

[Policy]
1. The Commercial Customs Operations Advisory Committee (COAC), a United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP) advisory committee, is planning to launch a live test of its blockchain-based intellectual property rights proof of concept.
[Cryptocurrency]
1. Crypto analyst Preethi Kasireddy's tweet (@iam_preethi) shows that around 2.03% Bitcoin addresses control 80.46% of all Bitcoins;
2. Bitcoin fell about 15% this week to around the $10,100 level, the biggest five-day slide since November 2018;
3. The Litecoin Foundation is restructuring its fundraising and project management model;
4. Qtum Core has been upgraded to Bitcoin Core v0.18.0 with staker improvements and bug fixes.
[Exchange & Wallet]
1. Binance has been approved by the App Store and trading is once again accessible to Apple smartphone users.
[Others]
1. The "real" Satoshi Nakamoto vows to reveal himself as the true inventor of Bitcoin over the next few days.

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Binance CEO CZ shared a story via Twitter. His tweet reads, "Had an interesting interaction with a 14-year-old today. He refused to discuss numbers in USD, and insisted on #BNB numbers. The next generation will be #CryptoNative."

CoinNess Market Index shows that BTC surged by 1.05% within 5 minutes. BTC currently marks $10168.79 on Binance.
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As of 21:00 on August 17 (UTC), Bitcoin (BTC) trades around the $10,100 level. Now it marks $10,103.11 with a decrease of 3.24% in the past 24 hours. CoinNess.com editors have selected opinions from three popular crypto analysts for your market analysis.
Bearish:
1. Marcelo280289: "Current trading path showing signs to break to the downside, unless a surge to the upside is realized. We failing to rally past the 21EMA, even if that is breached, we would need to blast past the 55EMA to register any bullish movement. Bull Targets: $10,500, $10,800, $11,500 so much confluence on the way up, we will likely not rally past that unless some magical volume pushes us past that. Bear Targets: $10,000, $9,700, $9,000, $8,500 (Unfilled CME gap) very strong resistance on the $10,000-$9,000 range, a clear pass of these range is needed for further lows."
2. jack_hartmann: "I wanted to publish this idea to show that lower levels are still in play. Any break down of BTC (see my previous- shorter term- post below) could easily send the price back towards 6,000 USD. I have no reason to believe BTC would go lower than 6,000 USD at this time. However, we must still keep this in mind. **Notice**; however, BTC could go ape shit if it breaks above the top line. Aka, if we see Bitcoin going strongly above 12,000 USD in the coming month(s), this would be extremely bullish IMO. But we are showing signs of weakness. So, it is my opinion that BTC will go lower before it goes higher. "
3. Mihir: "The pullback height hasn't been good enough though it was strong. My bias for the down fall continues. I see minor support near $9900. [Still, the upper boundary to be watched.]"

Litecoin creator Charlie Lee stated on Twitter: "Satoshi Nakamoto brought to the world an open-source, decentralized, trustless, censorship-resistant currency based on math and cryptography. If Satoshi wanted to reveal himself, he would sign a message with the genesis key. Anything short of that is most likely fraudulent."

As observed by CoinNess.com, statistics by CoinTrendz.com show BTC was mentioned 163 times on Twitter in the last hour, holding the first position.
The top 10 mentions of cryptocurrencies are as follows: BTC (163 mentions), ETH (59), LTC (38), XRP (33), LINK (30), BCH (22), EOS (19), XVG (19), XMR (15), NEO (15).

As of 18:05 (UTC) on August 17, the global index of Bitcoin (BTC) price has decreased to the $10,100 level. Currently, it marks $10,117.95 with a decrease of 3.01% in the past 24 hours.
The CoinNess.com Bullish vs. Bearish Indicator shows our four-hour technical bias on BTC is "Sell" with 11 indicators sending out a selling signal, four showing a neutral signal, and three indicating a buying signal.
The broad market sees more bears than bulls, with only 30 out of Top 100 cryptos by market cap rising.
The global market cap reads $262.68 billion, and the 24-hour trading volume is $42.76 billion.
Major Coins
1. BTC quotes show 10,111.75 USDT on Binance, $10,132.00 on Bitfinex, and $10,138.28 on Coinbase Pro;
2. CoinNess.com Market Index presents quotes for major cryptocurrencies besides BTC as following: ETH marks $183.18 (-1.48%); XRP marks $0.263 (+0.34%); BCH marks $305.27 (-2.54%); LTC marks $72.35 (-4.08%); EOS marks $3.52 (-2.61%); ETC marks $5.43 (-1.87%).
Top 3 Gainers and Losers in Cryptocurrencies
1. Top 3 gainers among Top 100 cryptocurrencies by market cap: LSK (+21.99%), HC (+20.00%), and XVG (+6.87%);
2. Top 3 losers among Top 100 cryptocurrencies by market cap: JCT (-19.04%), AOA (-9.03%), and RIF (-8.04%).
Top 3 Gainers and Losers in Categories
1. Top 3 gainers among 24 categories: Content Copyright (+13.52%), Side Chain Concept (+3.44%), and Smart Economy (+1.78%);
2. Top 3 losers among 24 categories: DAG Technology (-3.04%), Authentication (-2.97%), and Public Chain (-2.41%).
Cap Flows of Coins/Exchanges
1. Top 3 capital inflows within the last 24 hours: DASH (+$405.25 mln), BTC (+$207.85 mln), and ETH (+$162.42 mln);
2. Top 3 capital outflows within the last 24 hours: TUSD (-$235.33 mln), PAX (-$57.37 mln), and HT (-$16.38 mln);
3. Net inflows/outflows of exchanges: Binance (-$751.85 k), Bitfinex (-$9.56 mln), and Coinbase Pro (-$4.11 mln).

CoinNess Market Index shows that BTC surged by 1.43% within 5 minutes. BTC currently marks $10142.85 on Binance.
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TRON founder and CEO Justin Sun claimed recently that he would soon bring TRX back to the top 10 largest cryptocurrencies by market cap. But how?
On August 10, Sun announced the official launch of the 1.0 version of the SUN Network via his Weibo handle, which highlights the DApp Chain smart contract as one of the scalability solutions. Is the SUN Network the next catalyst for TRX’s price boom?
Shortly after the debut of the SUN Network, the TRON founder and CEO began publishing a series of posts introducing the new product on social media platforms.
Users may wonder what changes the SUN Network will bring to the TRON ecosystem and why Justin Sun will offer such a free lunch to DApp developers, saying they can use it with no extra charge. In an exclusive interview with CoinNess.com, Sun detailed his grand plans and gave answers to some of the frequently asked questions.
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The "real" Satoshi Nakamoto vows to reveal himself as the true inventor of Bitcoin over the next few days.
What's more, the "real" Nakamoto claims he's currently in possession of 980,000 BTC. Using today's Bitcoin price, that stash is worth more than $10 billion.
A blockchain company called Satoshi Nakamoto Renaissance Holdings promised that the "real" Satoshi would finally break his silence following a decade of anonymity. He promised to unveil his deepest secrets in three installments, starting on August 18 at 4 p.m. Eastern time.

Binance now invites white hat hackers to review the Binance Bug Bounty program and will offer a reward up to $100,000 to those reporting a security vulnerability with any of the products within the Binance ecosystem depending on the severity of the issue reported.
As previously reported by CoinNess.com, at 15:00 UTC on August 16, 2019, a white hat hacker was able to gain access to the Binance Jersey Twitter account by social engineering the email domain name service provider used by Binance Jersey. The white hat hacker posted a few tweets via the Twitter handle @BinanceJE, then deleted them.