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Green for Days Edition

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

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

Current Price: $0.20 (3200 Satoshi)
ATH: $0.93 on January 4th, 2018
Current CMC Ranking: #6

What’s happening?

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>Lightyear and Chain merge to form INTERSTELLAR - https://www.coindesk.com/interstellar-arrives-visa-citi-backed-chain-acquired-by-stellar-startup/
> IBM WORLD WIRE - https://www.ibm.com/blockchain/solutions/world-wire
>Stellar just surpassed 1.25 million accounts
>COINBASE LISTING - Currently Pending
>STRONGHOLD USD - IBM building “stablecoin” in Beta
>http://www.Fairx.io (Pending trading site)
>http://www.StellarX.com (Beta Released!)

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
>Lightyear.io just purchased Blockchain startup Chain for $500 million in XLM
>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:
>Stellar Build Challenge Results - https://www.stellar.org/blog/stellar-build-challenge-7-results
>Lumenaut Letter #31 - https://mailchi.mp/e42e60cdfddc/ibm-world-wire