Daily Roundup – August 8, 2017

According to Bitcoin Magazine, Segregated Witness has reached the point of no return and will be activated on the Bitcoin network. The highly anticipated protocol upgrade is expected to be live on the Bitcoin network in a little more than two weeks.
According to Bloomberg, one of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s internet advisers plans to raise as much as $100 million in an effort to bring bitcoin mining to Russia.
According to Forbes, bitcoin has been used to solve payment problems for