Daily Crypto News Digest - Jan 29th 2018

Crypto-Mining Malware Epidemic: 55% of Businesses Affected Worldwide, Including YouTube
https://cointelegraph.com/news/crypto-mining-malware-epidemic-55-of-businesses-affected-worldwide-including-youtube

Something’s Fishy: Tether, Auditor “Dissolve Relationship” According to Rumors
https://cointelegraph.com/news/somethings-fishy-tether-auditor-dissolve-relationship-according-to-rumors

Amidst Chaos, ‘First US-China’ Blockchain Conference Connects 1500 Eager Attendees
https://cointelegraph.com/news/amidst-chaos-first-us-china-blockchain-conference-connects-1500-eager-attendees

Texas Halts Crypto Banking Operation over Regulatory Violations
https://www.coindesk.com/texas-halts-crypto-banking-operation-over-regulatory-violations/

Latest Zcash Ceremony Used Chernobyl Waste
https://www.coindesk.com/latest-zcash-ceremony-took-chernobyl-nuclear-waste-to-3000-feet/

WWF Uses a Blockchain to Eradicate Illegal Fishing and Slavery in the Tuna Industry
https://www.ccn.com/wwf-uses-the-blockchain-to-eradicate-illegal-fishing-and-slavery-in-the-tuna-industry/

IMF’s Lagarde Says That Bitcoin Mining Consumes Too Much Electricity
https://www.ccn.com/imfs-lagarde-says-bitcoin-mining-consumes-much-electricity/

Bitcoin Not a ‘Legitimate’ Currency, But a Trusted Digital Currency Could Be: Starbucks Chairman
https://www.ccn.com/bitcoin-not-a-legitimate-currency-but-a-trusted-digital-currency-could-be-starbucks-chairman/

Prodeum ICO exitscams with millions of dollars, and now their website just has one word: "penis"
https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/7tpifa/prodeum_ico_exitscams_with_millions_of_dollars/

The first major online Korean shopping mall has partnered with Bithumb and will start accepting 12 cryptocurrencies
https://twitter.com/CryptoOfKorea/status/957760622128697345