<h1>The Daily Dood for 5 - 17 -18</h1>  

<h3>Today's bitcoin low was about $7925 USD on BitFinex</h3> 
Today's bitcoin low was about $7925 USD. 
Total market cap for the day was above $136,000,000,000. 

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Total market cap for all cryptocurrency combined was above $362,000,000,000.
Bitcon dominance is currently 37.55%

<h3>Steem & SteemDollar</h3> 

STEEM is currently trading at $2.70 USD with a marketcap over $725,000,000
SteemDollar is currently trading at $2.14 USD with a marketcap over $29,000,000 

![steem.jpg](https://steemitimages.com/DQmPeZZbmmEdZZXo5yTNeYF3WdLcKKPGsKur5k4gBDVoToc/steem.jpg)

<h1> The Days Headlines</h1>

Bitcoin Becomes Store of Value for Iranians Hit by Hyperinflation - Cryptovest https://cryptovest.com/news/bitcoin-becomes-store-of-value-for-iranians-hit-by-hyperinflation/

Texas Shuts Down ICO that Used Fake Jennifer Aniston Endorsement https://www.ccn.com/texas-shuts-down-ico-that-used-fake-jennifer-aniston-endorsement/

It’s Official: JPMorgan’s CIB Is Now Working on Its Own ‘Crypto Strategy’ https://bitsonline.com/jpmorgan-developing-crypto-strategy/

Openbazaar Enables Decentralized Peer-To-Peer Trading of 44 Cryptocurrencies https://news.bitcoin.com/openbazaar-decentralized-peer-to-peer-trading-cryptocurrencies/

What Is the USDC Stablecoin? https://themerkle.com/what-is-the-usdc-stablecoin/ 

ReddCoin braces itself for the Singapore market with a listing on BiteBTC Exchange https://globalcoinreport.com/reddcoin-braces-itself-for-the-singapore-market-with-a-listing-on-bitebtc-exchange/

Ripple [XRP] announces its new initiative at Consensus 2018 – XSpring - https://ambcrypto.com/ripple-xrp-announces-new-initiative-consensus-2018-xspring/

NY Grants Fifth-Ever BitLicense to Genesis Global Trading https://www.coindesk.com/ny-grants-fifth-ever-bitlicense-crypto-exchange-genesis-global-trading/

Stellar Lumens is set to moon soon despite the bear trend in the market https://globalcoinreport.com/stellar-lumens-is-set-to-moon-soon-despite-the-bear-trend-in-the-market/



<h1>Technical & Fundamental Analysis</h1>

Ethereum: Short Positions Could Be Your Best Play Right Now https://theicojournal.com/?p=3963

Tron, EOS, Litecoin, IOTA and Stellar: Price Analysis May 18, 2018 https://www.newsbtc.com/2018/05/18/tron-eos-litecoin-iota-stellar-price-analysis/

<h1>Youtube & Podcasts</h1>

Bitboy & HODL now on Steemit https://steemit.com/@bitboyandhodl

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<h1>PSA</h1> 

Belacoin Coin Swap: Swap legacy Bela to ERC20 Bela https://www.swapbela.com/

Winklevoss Brothers Bitcoin Exchange Adds Zcash, Litecoin, Bitcoin Cash https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaeldelcastillo/2018/05/14/winklevoss-brothers-bitcoin-exchange-adds-zcash/#751bb2096b98

TRON [TRX] Rewarding Translators: Jobs in Crypto https://ethereumworldnews.com/tron-trx-rewarding-translators-jobs-in-crypto/

Popular Bitcoin Wallet Electrum Confirms Malicious Copycat Product https://btcmanager.com/popular-bitcoin-wallet-electrum-confirms-malicious-copycat-product/

PIVX v3.1.0.2 mandatory wallet upgrade has been enforced. If you are running an older version you will be on the wrong blockchain. If you need assistance in upgrading to the new client, please contact our support team in discord. https://discord.pivx.org 


<h1>Links</h1> 

Flappening Watch
http://flappening.watch/

New links added weekly to the website. 
https://bitcoindood.com/coin_directory/cryptocurrency-links.php

A Dogecoin Calculator
http://www.dogetools.com/calc

Fantasy sports site that has a fantasy crypto trading game! 
https://www.nocostfantasysports.com/

Proof of Burn Explained – A Sustainable Consensus Algorithm https://www.coinbureau.com/education/proof-burn-explained/

My referral Link for Kucoin https://www.kucoin.com/#/?r=86y5N6

My referral link for Binance. I'm a regular user of this exchange and it's currently one of my favorites. 
https://www.binance.com/?ref=11560333

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<h3>The End</h3>

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