In today's edition of The Daily we cover stories about Shapeshift shutting down its decentralized portfolio platform Prism, the bitcoin-hating CEO of JP Morgan, Jamie Dimon, thinking he can be elected US President, an exchange expanding to 20 more states, and further censorship of bitcoin-related accounts on Chinese social media.

Shapeshift Shuts Down Prism

Shapeshift, which recently announced a shift to a mandatory membership model, is now also shutting down its decentralized portfolio platform, Prism. When it was launched last year, Prism promised the ability to secure a basket of cryptocurrencies without exposure to third party risk, meaning without leaving your funds on an exchange. It also featured some social trading capabilities, like displaying public performance leaderboards so users could learn from top traders and copy their portfolios.

Shapeshift didn't indicate that the move is related to its recent change of model, instead stating it has been done to focus on developing its core product line. "With the work we've done over these past 18 months, it's become clear to us that there is actually a different (and likely superior) product to be built with this underlying technology. It requires more than a pivot: a reimagining of the product itself…These reasons combined have led us to the conclusion that we should sunset the current Prism product, both in order to focus on our core platform, and to clear the pallet for a potential reimagining of what this technology can do later on."

Bitcoin-Hating Banker Thinks He Can Be Elected President

Jamie Dimon, the CEO of JP Morgan Chase and former director of the New York Fed, seemingly loves to stir up controversy in a way that will grant him maximum publicity before quickly retreating. After attacking bitcoin as a fraud and regretting it, he has now said he can be elected President of the United States – and then almost immediately took it back. Apparently the Wall Street banker thinks he can beat current president Donald Trump because "I'm as tough as he is, I'm smarter than he is."

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