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• Coinstar and Coinme team up to offer bitcoin-for-cash transactions at grocery stores around the country
• Twitter users have shared photos of the on-screen process

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• The founder of ConsenSys joins the board of ErisX, a spot and futures crypto asset platform
• Could precede additional assets becoming available on the platform
• Signals potential optimism for 2019 crypto asset market

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• Bipartisan bill would allow corporations to use blockchain tokens as their only form of stock certification
• Comes on the heels of other pro-blockchain legislation passed in the state
• Successful implementation under these blockchain-friendly laws may change legislation elsewhere

A group of professors from seven major American universities are collaborating on a new cryptocurrency called Unit-e, according to a press release published yesterday. The group’s goal is to overcome what it sees as major design flaws in cryptocurrencies like bitcoin, especially scalability limitations.