Blockchain Daily Digest – October 15th, 2019

1. Libra Forms Governing Board Despite Shrinking Membership
   The Libra Association has reaffirmed its commitment in creating a payments-oriented stablecoin, holding its inaugural meeting yesterday despite major investors jumping ship.
   
   
2. CME Group Bullish on Bitcoin Despite Pullback in Prices
   The Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) Group recently stated that customer interest in CME Bitcoin futures remained bullish in Q3 2019 despite the Bitcoin price pullback.
   
   
3. Russian Prime Minister Sets Deadline For Adopting New Approach To Cryptocurrencies
   The wave of change has entered into the Russian cryptocurrency market  as their finance ministry advocates for a new regulatory framework to be adopted by the country’s legislative body.
   
   
4. Vitalik Buterin Believes Proof-of-Stake Algorithm Will Make Ethereum More Secure Than Bitcoin
   Proof-of-stake (POS) system is gradually making its way to reach the top position and overtaking proof-of-work (POW), which is currently much older and the most widely used blockchain consensus algorithm.
   
   
5. Binance Partners with Amun to Launch BNB ETP on Swiss SIX Exchange
   Cryptocurrency exchange Binance has partnered with Switzerland-based exchange-traded product (ETP) Amun to launch the Binance token (BNB) ETP.

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