The Control - Issue #32
The ERC20 standard spawned the ICO boom of 2017 and it's possible that the ERC721 standard will spawn the non-fungible token boom of 2018. Read why: Digital Collectibles: A New Category of Tokens Emerging
In addition to digital collectibles, regulation and dApps are two areas that are very much in focus right now...
Required reading this week
A Brief Overview of dApp Development — thecontrol.co
The highest leverage thing a young person could do today is learn about dApps. Richard Chen of 1confirmation shares a brief overview on the landscape for beginners that want to get started.
Introducing the Private ICO (PICO) — medium.com
A token standard that makes it easy for Ethereum-based token issuers to comply with the requirements associated with certain securities types (SEC Reg A, Reg CF, Reg A+, etc) is promising and could have a real impact on the way that token sales are conducted in teh future.
FinCEN raises major licensing problem for ICOs in new letter to Congress — coincenter.org
There are inconsistent messages coming from US regulators about what a token is; SEC says securities, FinCEN says money, CFTC says commodities, IRS says property. More sophisticated thinking needs to go into how the different regulatory bodies view it and Coincenter is doing some of the best work on education.
Marshall Islands Preparing a Cryptocurrency, Two Officials Say — www.bloomberg.com
Governments around the world are starting to implement their own cryptocurrencies. The Republic of the Marshall Islands is the latest to announce.
Toshi wallet now supports ERC20 tokens and ERC721 collectibles
Toshi on iOS or Android is worth checking out if you'd like to start using dApps.
GasToken is a new, cutting-edge Ethereum contract that allows users to tokenize gas on the Ethereum network, storing gas when it is cheap and deploying it when it is expensive : ethereum — www.reddit.com
The Initiative for Cryptocurrencies and Contracts at Cornell is putting out a lot of great work, and the GasToken project is one of the latest.