*There is way too much news in the cryptosphere. Let's break it down.* # 1) Lisk Relaunch Was... Awesome To be transparent, I have been a fan boy of Lisk for awhile, so I might be a bit biased. That said, in a world of decentralized crypto teams, this was the first true 'major' launch/event I have see in the crypto space. Oh, and thank goodness they changed the logo. # 2) New Day, New Scam Tactic Be careful out there. Now going after SMS. https://altcoinatlas.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Scam.jpg # 3) Major Coinbase Investor Really Loves Nano Garry Tran (yes he has two 'Rs' in his name), is the Cofounder and managing partner of Initialized Capital, an early stage seed fund that was earliest investor in Coinbase and Instacart, and over $250M in assets under management.

Just witnessed the first $Nano transfer to Android mobile wallet with the Nano Core team @ZackShapiro @ColinLeMahieu - in a time of crazy crypto money grabs in crypto this is a very ideologically pure team focused on enabling instant free payments pic.twitter.com/H3ayY0AZJQ
Garry Tan (@garrytan) February 21, 2018

https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/7z2axe/coinbase_seed_investor_gary_tan_getting_his_first/ # 4) Volkswagen "Cooperates" with IOTA Ever wonder what use cased there are for IOTA? This is what Volkswagen thinks: * Feeless Transactions * Short Verification Time * Offline Transactions * Quantum Secure https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/7z7ahh/vw_announcing_cooperation_with_iota_foundation_at/ # 5) Venezuela Launches Pre-Sale Of Oil-Backed National Cryptocurrency The Venezuelan government launched the pre-sale of the world’s first national, oil-backed cryptocurrency Petro (PTR), Financial Times reports Tuesday, Feb. 20. 82.4 million Petros are already available for purchase for fiat currencies and top cryptocurrencies, although not for Venezuelan Bolivars. https://cointelegraph.com/news/petro-ignited-venezuela-launches-pre-sale-of-oil-backed-national-cryptocurrency https://altcoinatlas.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/STEEMIT-FOLLOW2.jpg
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