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►BITFINEX | Masks Missing $850 Million
According to Blockchair.com, some $1.6M worth of Bitcoin Core (BTC) addresses, believed to be tied to the 2016 hack of Hong Kong, Virgin Islands-registered cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex, were moved on 25 April 2019.

LINK: http://fortune.com/2019/04/25/bitfinex-tether-bitcoin/

►TWITTER | CEO Asks about @Bitcoin Account in Private Message
After years of complaining about censorship and related techniques employed against the @Bitcoin account on Twitter, it appears more direct evidence has emerged. In a now deleted exchange, analyst Zack Voell, asks CEO Jack Dorsey to “end” the @Bitcoin handle, to which Dorsey responds, “What do you recommend we do with it?”

LINK: https://coinspice.io/news/bitcoin-censorship-jack-dorsey/

►BITCOIN CASH | Merchant App on Android
Bitcoin.com has released a free, non-custodial Point of Sale app for Android devices for merchants to accept Bitcoin BCH.

LINK: https://news.bitcoin.com/learn-how-to-use-bitcoin-coms-new-point-of-sale-solution-bitcoin-cash-merchant/
SOURCE: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bitcoin.merchant.app

►PROTOCOL | Upgrades Coming on the Bitcoin Cash Blockchain
May 15 will bring the scheduled upgrade for the Bitcoin Cash Blockchain. Notable changes will include two predominant upgrades. Enabling Schnorr Signatures and Allow SegWit Recovery.

LINK: https://www.bitcoinabc.org/
https://github.com/bitcoincashorg/bitcoincash.org/blob/master/spec/2019-05-15-upgrade.md
SOURCE: https://www.reddit.com/r/btc/comments/bgw0qy/bitcoin_unlimited_bitcoin_cash_edition_1600_has/

►REST | Layer on Bitcoin Cash Sees 5 Million Requests in 24 Hours
The REST portal allows developers to speak to the BCH Blockchain, providing programmers and other users with the software and tools to supercharge development kits for SLP, Badger, Bitbox and other frameworks.

LINK: https://news.bitcoin.com/lots-of-building-on-bch-as-bitcoin-coms-rest-layer-sees-millions-of-requests/
SOURCE: https://twitter.com/bitcoininfo/status/1121037822440431616?s=12

►SAMSUNG | Invests into Ledger Hardware Wallets
Samsung has invested 2.9 Million into the crypto giant Ledger.

LINK: https://www.ccn.com/samsung-ploughs-2-9-million-into-crypto-hardware-wallet-giant-ledger
SOURCE: https://twitter.com/ccnmarkets/status/1121346929667997697?s=12

►CRESCENT.cash | Adds SLP Token Support
Crescent Cash has recently introduced support f