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The State Encourages ICO Fraud. The Free Market Minimizes It

11.12.2019
Many Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs) have been and are frauds. The state enables this con game in various ways, including the establishment of accredited investors and the regulation of businesses that sell equity. Shut off from the most lucrative aspects of investment, average people rush into...

MARKETS DAILY: How Bitcoin Diversification Is Helping Traditional Portfolios

10.12.2019
With the market set for another down day, we're talking new data on Bitcoin diversification for traditional portfolios, taking a look at shifting tactics in the mining hardware industry, traditional bonds issued, then redeemed on the Ethereum blockchain, and more

2019 in Review: Nic Carter on Quadriga, Libra and Other Suspect Projects

10.12.2019
VC Nic Carter discusses Quadriga, Libra, and why bitcoin mattered more than ever this year

People’s Bank of China to Launch Pilot Projects on Cryptocurrencies and Fintech Innovation

10.12.2019
China’s central banking authority, the People’s Bank of China (PBOC), is planning to roll out the pilot project focused on digital currency electronic payment in two of its major cities, namely, Shenzhen and Suzhou in the near future. Reports also affirmed that the PBOC is likely to put to the test...

China’s Central Bank Uses Blockchain to Issue $2.8B Worth of Financial Bonds

9.12.2019
China issued $2.8 billion in blockchain-based special financial bonds for small and micro enterprises

MARKETS DAILY: 2020 Could See First Central Bank Digital Currencies

9.12.2019
With today's markets mostly down, we’re talking bitcoin’s first golden cross in more than three years, "Central Bank Digital Currencies", and a behind the scenes look at troubled chat ICO Telegram, courtesy of the SEC

DISCUSSION: How Can Public Blockchains Have Privacy?

8.12.2019
On today's show, we discuss the idea of true privacy on public, transparent blockchains and some of the ways it's working (or not) in Bitcoin or related projects right now

Ross Ulbricht Clemency Petition Gathers 250,000 Signatures

7.12.2019
On Friday, the Clemency for Ross Ulbricht petition hosted on Change.org surpassed 250,000 signatures. The solicitation for signatures started in July 2018 and gathered roughly 6,200 signatures during the first three days. Now with a quarter of a million signatures asking U.S. President Donald Trump...

MARKETS DAILY: Planning a Run on “Bitcoin Banks”?

6.12.2019
With markets mixed but mostly down, we're looking at DeutcheBank's 2030 crypto call, the movement encouraging an annual bitcoin exchange "bank run", and Enjin’s Microsoft-fueled rally

Multicoin Capital Hires Principal in Asia as Crypto VCs Look East

6.12.2019
Mable Jiang, formerly of Nirvana Capital, will spearhead the venture firm's hunt for new deals in Asia

Weekly Platform News: Upgrading Navigations to HTTPS, Sale of .org Domains, New Browser Engine

5.12.2019
In this week's roundup: DuckDuckGo gets smarter encryption, a fight over the sale of dot org domains, and a new browser engine is in the works. Let's get into the news! DuckDuckGo upgrades and open-sources its encryption DuckDuckGo has open-sourced its “Smarter Encryption” technology that enables...

MARKETS DAILY: Casualties Ahead in the Cryptocurrency Mining Arms Race

5.12.2019
On another down day, we're talking U.S. warnings on digital assets, a brief history of troubled but systemically important stablecoin "Tether", and a look at the arms-race in blockchain mining technology

Stack Overflow VP Joins Crypto Lending Firm as Chief Product Officer

5.12.2019
Crypto lending firm Unchained Capital has hired Will Cole of the Wyoming Blockchain Task Force as its new chief product officer

The Rising Complexity of JAMstack Sites and How to Manage Them

5.12.2019
When you add anything with user-generated content or dynamic data to a static site, the complexity of the build process can become comparable to launching a monolithic CMS. How can we add rich content to static sites without stitching together multiple third-party services? For people in...

Pompliano Joins Board of Blockchain-Based Lending Firm After $103M Raise

5.12.2019
Blockchain-based consumer lender Figure added Morgan Creek Digital’s Anthony “Pomp” Pompliano to its board following a $103 million funding round

The Fed’s Money Creation System Is Fueling One of the Biggest Heists in History

4.12.2019
Since mid-September, the Federal Reserve has injected three trillion U.S. dollars into the hands of private banks and Wall Street. Despite the fact that massive amounts of money was created out of thin air, the central bank still believes repurchase agreements (repos) are needed to tame...