Extract from this weeks Bitshares State of the Network report
The Heronomics team have published a proposal to rebuild Houston, The proposal is currently being circulated to the leaders of both Houston and Texas.
The team from Bitspark are launching 'Zephyr'. Zephyr will be a reward token for taking part in the Bitspark remittance network which will be powered by the Bitshares blockchain
BSIP-0018 commonly known as 'Revive BitAsset through buying Settlement Pool' is being forked into the Bitshares testnet this week
@stan has announced plans for Cryptonomex's to obtain investor funding and become a powerhouse supporting the future of the Bitshares network; similar to what Consensys is to Ethereum.
@jeremypeng has announced that his team have published the first version of their Bitshares wallet to the Google playstore this week
Coindesk has released their State of Blockchain Q2 2017 report which includes a survey question "What sector of blockchain applications are you most bullish on?"; The top 3 answers were Decentralized Exchange, Privacy and Asset management