WEEKLY NEWS 11/13/19

Hello dear Patreons! Ed from headquarters has informed you that we are starting a new weekly structure. Each Wednesday we will post some media reports which we think are worth a read. This is not meant to be a complete overview of the media coverage but rather some infos and  tidbits which we think are worthwhile. Please let us know how you like the new format. Thank you everybody for your contributions to our work.

Wish you a lovely Wednesday!

Rose

CRYPTOS

• CME Group Announces Launch Date of Options on Bitcoin Futures Product
  https://cointelegraph.com/news/cme-group-announces-launch-date-of-options-on-bitcoin-futures-product
  
• Paxos Debuts Fiat Gateway With Binance Crypto Exchange as Its First Client  
  https://cointelegraph.com/news/paxos-debuts-fiat-gateway-with-binance-crypto-exchange-as-its-first-client
  
• Raising the Bar: Announcing Bakkt Institutional Custody  
  https://medium.com/bakkt-blog/raising-the-bar-announcing-bakkt-institutional-custody-ed5e2ad0da9a
  
• French Students Will Now Have to Learn About Bitcon https://gizmodo.com/french-students-will-now-have-to-learn-about-bitcoin-1839547502). Thank you to our Patreon Mr. Skylight.  
  
• Andreessen Horowitz launches free crypto startup school techcrunch.com/2019/11/08/andreessen-horowitz-launches-free-crypto-startup-school
  
• Binance Adds 12 New Crypto Assets to US Exchange, VeChain (VET) Surges After Gaining Support https://dailyhodl.com/2019/11/07/binance-adds-12-new-crypto-assets-to-us-crypto-exchange-vechain-vet-surges-after-gaining-support/
  
• Ether on Lightning Is the Latest Bridge Crossing Crypto’s Great Divide https://www.coindesk.com/ether-on-lightning-is-the-latest-bridge-crossing-cryptos-great-divide
  

SCIENCE

• Natural image reconstruction from brain waves: breakthrough - a novel visual BCI system with native feedback (thank you oRamBo): biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/787101v2 (see the attached pdf document)
  
• Max Plank Institute: Imagined movements can alter our brains
  Brain-computer interfaces (BCI) work on the principle that measurable  changes in electrical brain activity occur just by thinking about  performing a task. Signals can be read by an EEG  (electroencephalography) and converted into control signals via a  machine learning system. https://www.mpg.de/14090102/1105-nepf-113272-can-our-thoughts-alter-our-brains1
  

POLITICS

• Michael Bloomberg sizes up a 2020 appears to be actively preparing to jump into the 2020 Democratic race https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SafH9A3aW2E
  
• Chaos In Bolivia After President Morales Resigns, Claims He Was Victim Of A Coup https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/chaos-bolivia-after-president-morales-resigns-claims-he-was-victim-coup
  In the meantime, he has fled into political exile to Mexico and hopes to return back soon in his homecountry.
  

MISCELLANEOUS

• Google’s ‘Project Nightingale’ Gathers Personal Health Data on Millions of Americans
  https://www.wsj.com/articles/google-s-secret-project-nightingale-gathers-personal-health-data-on-millions-of-americans-11573496790?redirect=amp#click=https://t.co/5HXBOK6ql0