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https://www.stellar.org/
https://twitter.com/StellarOrg

Stellar Network Information
https://dashboard.stellar.org/
https://stellar.expert
https://github.com/stellar

Current Price: $0.207 (3200 Satoshi)
ATH: $0.93 on January 4th, 2018
Current CMC Ranking: #6

What’s happening?

> IBM WORLD WIRE - https://www.ibm.com/blockchain/solutions/world-wire
>Stellar just surpassed 1 million accounts
>COINBASE LISTING - Currently Pending
>STRONGHOLD USD - IBM building Stellar dependent “stablecoin” pegged to USD (beta)
>http://www.Fairx.io (Pending trading site)
>http://www.StellarX.com (Beta Released!)
>http://www.Stellarterm.com (Stellar Decentralized Exchange)
>http://www.Stellarport.io (Stellar Decentralized Exchange)

Benefits of Stellar:

>ICOs and smart-contracts. Not turing-complete like ETH, but far easier to use
>faster than all other networks (lightning set for 12/1/18)
>decentralized (in governance, coin distribution and validation)
>anyone can run a node
>war chest for developers and worldwide distribution
>transaction cost = effectively $0.00001
>strongly backed by IBM, Tempo
>Stellar just purchased Blockchain startup Chain for $500 million USD
>Stellar Consensus Protocol: 1000s tx/s (global scale) tested. 10ks possible
>1% annual inflation distributed weekly to those who own XLM (https://lumenaut.net/))
>compatible with ledger (https://www.stellar.org/account-viewer/#!/))
>LOBSTR mobile wallet for IOS and Android (https://lobstr.co/#start-section))

Popular ICOs on Stellar:
>Mobius (MOBI)
>Smartlands (SLT)
>Sureremit (RMT)

What’s the bottom line?
>Stellar is a fast, cheap and simple cryptocurrency that can function well for both fintech and everyday people. Stellar is ready to go right now.

Recent:
>Lumenaut Letter #30 - https://mailchi.mp/e42e60cdfddc/ibm-world-wire
>Stellar vs Ethereum ICO - https://blog.stellarx.com/the-great-filter-why-you-shouldnt-ico-on-ethereum/