- Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro announced the official launch of the national cryptocurrency petro - The Enterprise Ethereum Alliance and Hyperledger have become Associate Members within each other’s organization - Ripple's xRapid solution is now commercially available - Bithumb announced its plans to launch a global decentralized crypto exchange - TD Ameritrade will … [Read more...] about Crypto news in brief (October 4, 2018): Venezuela, Petro, Enterprise Ethereum Alliance, Ripple, xRapid, Bithumb, TD Ameritrade, ErisX