• F2pool, believes that anywhere from 600k to 800k bitcoin miners have shut down since mid-November as the bitcoin network’s hashrate - and the cryptocurrency’s price - have declined.
• Ripple has released the latest version of its most popular product, xCurrent.
• Porn startup SpankChain raised $6 million in an initial coin offering in 2017.
• Ohio has officially become the first US state to accept bitcoin for taxes.

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