Coming every Sunday, the Hodler’s Digest will help you to track every single important news story that happened this week. The best (and worst) quotes, adoption and regulation highlights, leading coins, predictions, and much more — a week on Cointelegraph in one link.
Top Stories This Week
Facebook Ends Cryptocurrency Ad Ban, Keep ICO Ban Active
Facebook will no longer ban[1] ads related to cryptocurrencies, but will maintain their ban on advertising Initial Coin Offerings. Crypto advertisers must now submit an application to Facebook, with acceptance for the ads pending on their eligibility.
Nobel Prize Winner Robert Shiller Says Bitcoin Is “Epidemic of Enthusiasm”
Economist Robert Shiller said[2] this week that Bitcoin is a “social movement” that whose popularity is not reducible to a “rational response to new information.” Although Shiller did say that cryptocurrencies were a bubble, that doesn’t mean that they can’t recover even if the bubble bursts multiple times.
Apple’s Steve Wozniak Thinks Blockchain Is A “Bubble,” But Could Mature In The Future
According to Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak, blockchain is a bubble[3] similar to that of the dotcom era. In Wozniak’s opinion, it will take time for the hype around blockchain to die down, leaving only the companies with the good ideas left standing. However, Bitcoin is still “just amazing,” in Wozniak’s words.
Tron Launches Mainnet After Migrating To Independent Public Blockchain
Tron, the eleventh currency by market cap listed on CoinMarketCap, has activated[4] its mainnet this week after it moved to an independent public blockchain away from the Ethereum blockchain. June 25, dubbed “Independence Day,” was preceded by a four week build up to make sure investors were ready to move their ERC-20 standard tokens to
