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►BITCOIN CASH | Supporting Hong Kong protesters
The company Genesis Block has been handing out water bottles to protesters with a BCH logo and the words “free water” on the bottle.
LINK: https://news.bitcoin.com/cryptocurrencies-such-as-bitcoin-cash-shine-during-hong-kong-protests/
►CASHSCRIPT | used to write and rewrite powerful smart contract functionality
Gabriel Cardona has re-written both the Mecenas (Met-Say-Nahss) recurring payment smart contract and the Zero-Confirmation Forfeit contract in the CashScript language
LINK: https://news.bitcoin.com/bitcoin-cash-innovation-accelerates-with-cashscript-high-level-language/
►RealmX | BCH mobile Game to launch at the End of the Month
The reasons are simple. Because the Bitcoin Cash chain is fast, reliable, and low-cost. That’s perfect for an online game. More importantly, BCH has a huge community which is helpful to enlarge our userbase.”
LINK:https://coinspice.io/news/bitcoin-cash-blockchain-based-game-realmx-readies-to-launch-an-interview-with-its-creator/
►Craig Wright | Loses Case versus Kleiman estate
Craig Wright now appears to owe the Kleiman estate 50% of any Bitcoin he mined before Dave Kleiman’s death in 2013. Whether that is any number of coins remains to be seen.
►Zeux App | Adds Bitcoin Cash Integration
With the app, users can now pay using BCH at any UK location that accepts Apple Pay or Samsung Pay
LINK:https://medium.com/zeux/zeux-enables-users-to-pay-with-bitcoin-cash-bch-via-apple-pay-or-samsung-pay-at-all-stores-9301ce548afd
►EXCHANGE.Bitcoin.com | Crypto Exchange Opens This Week!
Our exchange will offer BCH pairings & more than 50 trading pairs and w.
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►BITCOIN CASH CITY |Conference Lands in Australia Next Week - September 4 - 5, 2019 Townsville, Australia
Members from the Bitcoin.com team, including - Gabriel Cardona, Vin Armani, Akane Yokoo will join other prominent BCH members in Queensland Australia Sept 4-5th.
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- Mineable digital assets are the most valuable cryptocurrencies on the market today
- Cash Shuffle brings greater privacy into the BCH ecosystem
- Twitter accused of Shadow Banning @bitcoin
- Crypto debit card companies find themselves in a precarious profession
- How is Bitfarms, a mining company, handling the current market?
- Interesting findings in Satoshi's pre-release bitcoin code
- Joey and Matt discuss the importance of having a skill stack
- The LN pizza that never came
- Exchanges falsifying their reported trade volumes
- The mysterious past of QuadrigaCX co-founder Michael Patryn
- Avent starts accepting bitcoin cash payments via Bitpay
- XRP accused of manipulating market sentiment across social media
Joining us in exile from the Bahamas, John McAfee is never shy to voice his opinion.
We discuss what the cryptocurrency world needs most, JPMorgan and state-backed coins, plus the platform for his 2020 presidential campaign.
- ETH not considered a security, according to SEC chairman Jay Clayton
- Are cold storage wallets on phones safe?
- Vulnerabilities on Trezor hardware wallets
- People still nervous about making cryptocurrency payments
- John's go-to drinks when out at sea (or on land).
A special episode recorded live on stage at the Anarchapulco conference last month.
There is a lot of talk about how cryptocurrencies will help the oppressed to have more economic freedom. Enough talk. Bitcoin's been around for a decade. It's time to take action.
Matt Aaron, leader of Bitcoin.com's efforts in Venezuela, shares his thoughts on why Venezuela needs cryptocurrencies and why cryptocurrencies need to work in Venezuela.
If you'd like to learn more and get involved, visit venezuela.bitcoin.com.
- Early Bitcoin adopters build a Seasteading home off the coast of Thailand
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DeleteCoinbase sentiment is high after Neutrino scandal
- Blockfi launches BTC and ETH interest bearing savings accounts
- A new twist adds some clarity to the Quadrigacx mystery
- Tron is partnering with Tether for a TRC20 token
- Tokyo nightclubs to start accepting BCH in April
With 8 bills recently passied in the state Congress, Wyoming is positioning itself as THE cryptocurrency and blockchain state of the United States.
From charter banks, to utility tokens, to special mining utility agreements, there is genuine excitement in the bitcoin world.
Joey King, developer at Bitcoin.com is back on the show. Why is the lightning network so complex? What is the real reason for it?
- BCH and BTC whales accumulate more bitcoins during the price dump
- China's updates their crypto ranking (again)
- Bitcoin easter eggs everywhere
- The lighting network and planned absurdity
- US Government helps Bitfinex recover $106,000 of stolen BTC
- Cryptopia reports on the losses from its January hacks
- A new person (not CSW) comes on the scene claiming to be Satoshi
- The impact of JP Morgan and CBDCs on bitcoin
- Shift Card ending its debit card service
- The new Samsung Galaxy, crypto and blockchain friendly
- Coinbase wallet app now supports bitcoin cash
- Millennials place their faith in crypto
For years, lawyer Daniel Kelman has led the fight to recover the lost bitcoins from the infamous Mt Gox exchange.
All of a sudden, Brock Pierce has declared that he is the rightful owner of Mt. Gox and plans to give everyone their coins back.
Daniel and I discuss the timing and motives of Pierce's proclamation and what it means for the future of the hundreds of thousands of bitcoins still locked up.
Plus we revisit the sale of Mt Gox coins in 2018 on Bitpoint that may have contributed to the market crash.
- Craig Wright is being sued for 1.1 million BTC
- Bitcoiners debating about raising Bitcoin’s supply
- BTC trading volumes in Venezuela hit record highs
- Cryptopia is allowed to reopen their exchange
- Nasdaq to start offering BTC and ETH indices
- Public pension funds start investing in crypto
- Two groups of hackers responsible for stealing about $1 billion of cryptocurrency
- You can now use wrapped bitcoin (WBTC) on the Ethereum network
- Are unknown Bitcoin miners taking market share from known mining pools?
- Wikipedia accepts BCH
- Iran planning to tackle economic sanctions using cryptocurrency
- Genesis Capital lent out over $1.1 billion in cryptocurrency loans in 2018
- The airdrop error that sent Koreans BTC and other cryptocurrencies
- John McAfee “living in exile”
- Operations of physical bitcoin manufacturers have ceased to exist
- Executives of a South Korean exchange sentenced for inflating trading volumes
- Cryptos: the new television show directed by the Hollywood actor Kevin Connolly
Joey King is back with insightful analysis of bitcoin news. Many bullish and bearish signals are ones that we haven't thought about.
- New luxury hardware wallets
- Bitpay does work: 1 Billion processed in 2018
- Binance has launched a euro and pound fiat-to-crypto trading platform
- Will Russia start to invest in bitcoin? Bullish or bearish signal?
- Scams on social media platforms impersonating bitcoin personalities
- A new impressive “blockchain phone”
China is an important country for bitcoin development, investment, and adoption.
What's in store for 2019? What is the sentiment around Bitcoin, EOS, Zcash, and blockchain tech?
Journalist Cindy Wang is on the ground in China and shares the latest news, rumors and things to keep an eye on as the year progresses.
Bitcoin is everywhere. From the protests in France, to U.S. sanctioned countries, to intellectual debates in Israel.
- A street mural inspired by the Yellow Vests protest contains a solvable puzzle with 0.28 BTC inside
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Binance’s decision to terminate services to some of its loyal users in U.S. sanctioned countries
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The entreprise blockchain hype falls flat
- Coinbase, Ethereum Classic, and a 51% attack
- Nick Szabo debates cryptocurrencies as a better, alternative national reserve to gold
- Unit of account: pricing in satoshis.
- Bitcoin’s 10th Birthday
- 2018 - the year that many altcoin investors went back to BTC
- The altcoins that failed to survive 2018
- Can you tell when an altcoin is close to death?
- Bakkt has announced that it completed its first round of funding
- 2018’s Top Cryptocurrencies Ranked by Github Activity
We spoke to four experts with diverse skillsets:
1. Roger Ver - Founder and CEO of Bitcoin.com, investor in many Bitcoin-related startups.
2. Vin Armani - Founder CEO of CoinText and developer
3. Miko Matsumura - Cofounder of Evercoin and GP gumi Cryptos venture fund
4. Gabriel Cardona - lead at developer.bitcoin.com, created BitBox
And we asked them the following questions:
How do you build in a bear market?
Is there a chance of cryptoassets appreciating next year on the basis of fundamentals, or are we reliant on a new wave of speculators to fuel the next bull run?
Will the Bitcoin Cash / Bitcoin SV hard fork matter a year from now? How will we look back at it?
Vitalik Buterin recently stated on R/BTC: “at the end of the day the goal of BCH should not be to grow its community by grabbing off a few more supporters from BTC and BSV, it should be reaching out to larger communities in broader society that stand to benefit from what it has to offer.” Do you agree? And if so, how do we do this?
At the end of the day, cryptocurrencies have to be used as cash, currency. How do you see usage of crypto in 2019 playing out, especially in developing countries?
Let’s pretend I, Matt, was off the grid for one year, no internet, human contact … and I come back online December 2019. If you had 60 seconds to fill me in on the last 12 months, what would you say? 2019 was the year of…
Will Stablecoins continue to generate attention, development and investment in 2019, or are they simply a sticking plaster for getting traders through bear markets, with their role likely to diminish once more favorable conditions return?
Why will security tokens be big?
Despite the low probability of success, many are unafraid to call "the bottom". Plus, Bitcoin Cash leads an upswing in the crypto market.
- BCH making us feel cautiously optimistic
- The BTC bottom predictions
- The Proof of Keys campaign
- Is JP Morgan wrong about the future for the cryptocurrencies?
- Cypherpunk Godfather Timothy May has passed away
Joey King is back to go over all the latest news. More crypto FUD plus thoughts on the Lightning Network, Stablecoins and more.
- “What is Bitcoin?” one of the most trending searches of 2018
- Allianz global investors CEO wants cryptocurrencies to be banned
- Mark Karpeles could face 10 years in jail
- The Lightning Network (LN) is not close to ready for commercial use
- The taxi driver who sells cryptocurrencies to passengers
- What's going on with the Basis stablecoin?
Misinformation has reached a new level at the darkest time so far in the bear market. We make sense of it all.
- Cryptophobic statements from the former Israeli Prime Minister
- Maduro is raising the price of the Petro against the sovereign bolivar
- The three worst Bitcoin lies
- DHS wants surveillance tools for cryptocurrencies like Monero and Zcash
- Morgan Creek is looking to bet against the S+P 500 performance. Any takers?
- A new study by Coinshares has revealed Bitcoin’s impact on the climate change
- Vertcoin network suffers reorg attacks
- SEC asking for key upgrades before approving bitcoin ETF
- U.S. Government trying to blacklist bitcoin addresses
- Russian miners are looking to sell their hardware
- China’s updates their crypto rankings
- Snowden weighs in on the value of bitcoin
- Wallet Apps infected with malicious code
- The eight most important transactions in Bitcoin history
- Ross Ulbricht petition reaches 100,000 signatures
Anthony "Pomp" Pompliano of Morgan Creek Digital runs an awesome bitcoin podcast focused on the investing crowd, Off the Chain.
A recent episode with Murad Mahmudov made a particularly compelling case for bitcoin and why fiat may be in trouble. It makes you want to buy bitcoin (with fiat) immediately after listening.
The episode soared the charts reaching number 4 in Business > Investing.
Then it was temporarily gone.
We go behind the scenes of the episode and get Pomp's take on the bitcoin ecosystem:
- The people who censor the most, need uncensorable currency the most.
- The people who seize the most need unseizable currency the most.
- State backed national currencies like the Petro
- How to handle the Bitcoin and terrorism question
- Why 0% is the wrong number for cryptocurrency holdings
- What does Yale Endowment Fund entering Bitcoin say about the legitimacy of this asset class?
- Seats at the table and scarcity
- What about the BAKKT and fractional-reserve bitcoin?
- Question the “institutional money, bitcoin moon” theory
- What will the BTC % of market cap be 10 years from now?
- Updates on the last six days of the hash war
- How crypto traders are handling the drop
- A new message from Satoshi?
- Cryptocurrency exchange Quoine is going to trial
- Market volatility goes beyond crypto
Updates from China
- Jihan Wu is no longer CEO of Bitmain. Truth or fake?
- Market panic: miners are shutting off their machines
- Zhao Dong’s opinion about the BTC drop
- Coco wallet and its new tool that help users split their BCH assets
The BCH Hard Fork war kicked off 24 hours ago. What happened and what comes next? Blake Moore joins us to discuss.
- Bitcoin Cash miners break records
- The Michigan Secretary of State has formally barred cryptocurrency donations to political campaigns
- "Central Banks may want to issue digital currency" says the managing director of IMF
- Has it been good for Stablecoins?
President Maduro helped make Venezuelan Bolivar worthless. Can he do it with a national cryptocurrency as well? Plus an update on the Bitcoin Cash hard fork next week.
- Venezuela and its plan for Petro Adoption
- Preview of the BCH fork on Nov. 15th
- Initiative Q. The next Bitcoin?
- Jeffrey Berns plans to Build a Crypto City in the Nevada Desert
- President of the Marshall Islands facing a political attack for her support of a national cryptocurrency
David Clement is the director of external relations for Students for Liberty, the largest libertarian student organization in the world. Bitcoin is a bottom-up movement; it starts with the kids. How do they feel about bitcoin right now?
Students for Liberty is going strong in 90 countries around the world. From using digital media to promote liberty in Africa to advancing liberty through public policy and academia in Argentina.
David has a pulse on how college students are thinking about bitcoin and blockchain. Without their buy-in, it will be tough for the crypto movement to grow.
Coinbase, a young kid arrested for running an unlicensed money-transmitting business between Mexico and San Diego, and a 7 year journey for two Slovenians with 1000 Euros and two laptops in a garage selling their exchange for millions in 2018.
The tenth birthday of the bitcoin whitepaper
Coinbase raises more money in a Series E
The Bitstamp acquisition
A Bitcoin trader going to jail
Gab is blocked by Paypal and Stripe
Cindy Wang with updates from China
Maplechange loses funds. Was it a hack or a scam?
Gabriel Cardona, founder of BitBox and head of developer.bitcoin.com is on the show. We talk about his world travels helping to inspire to developers and entrepreneurs to build on Bitcoin Cash.
- Permissionless Ventures and Hackathons
- Have an idea? 30 million dollars of funding available for BCH startups
- Why bitcoin cash is the most undervalued asset in the cryptospace
- Advantages of launching token on Bitcoin Cash protocol instead of Ethereum
- How developers can get involved
- The 100x multiplier for Bitcoin Cash
- ViaBTC's VIAT token
- Jihan Wu on hash power towards BTC
- Kurzweil's Law
- Will there be recurring payment apps for e-commerce stores?
- A contentious hard fork for Bitcoin Cash?
- IDEX is banning traders who reside in New York
- The New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) approves Coinbase custody services for “institutions”
- HTC’s new blockchain smartphone
- Coinbase now supports USDC, a stablecoin
- Bakkt Bitcoin Futures will start trading on Dec. 12
- The ten days of Bitcoin’s history
China Update
- Bitmain officially released Overt Asicboost firmware for Antminer S9
- Star Xu and OkEx had a very hard time this week
Professional contrarian Derek Magill joins us to discuss Tether, American Express buying anti-bitcoin advertising, his thoughts on the Binance and Chainanalysis partnership and other hot topics in the crypto world.
- Big media drama with stablecoins, tether in particular
- American Express promoting a dirty war on Bitcoin
- 51 percent attacks on altcoins becoming a spectator sport;
- Someone in China thinks "USDT sucks"
- Derek's thoughts on a potential BCH fork
- Global security firm to offer crypto storage solutions
Kevin travels all around the world to help run the Bitcoin.com mining pool. He has some stories to tell; insights that will make you think differently about the health of bitcoin.
We talk to traders, coders, business developers, entrepreneurs all the time. The vague question "How is bitcoin doing?" .. We tend to weigh part of our answer on the price even if the metric takes on (way) too much importance.
But sometimes we forget about the miners. A fundamental part of the ecosystem, how do they see Bitcoin and crypto?
Kevin Zhang, our mining operations manager at Bitcoin.com, gave us a unique perspective:
Why governments are inviting bitcoin miners to expand operations there
Surprising facts about renewable energy consumption and costs
Could bitcoin miners take away electricity from citizens who need it?
Metrics that Kevin uses to judge the health of the bitcoin ecosystem
Is mining too centralized?
Why investment in mining is fundamentally different than a hedge fund buying a lot of bitcoin
The opportunity cost of producing mining chips and Samsung
Jimmy Song is back. And a shady Russian exchange "pumps" in a (brilliant) PR stunt? Plus, ViaBTC did an ICO. Will it pave the way for more mining tokens?
- The controversial tweet from Jimmy Song that everyone is talking about
- Nouriel Roubini and his testimony full of exaggerations and inaccuracies
- Binance’s major move: donations instead of fees
- Pantera fund down 40%
- Yobit launching an aggressive campaign
- The first ICO on the bitcoin cash blockchain
- On oct, 13 a livestream of an altcoin being 51% attacked
- Unocoin is launching its own crypto ATMs in India
"Mess with a bull, you get the horns." Erik Voorhees breaks down Wall Street Journal's poor and unethical journalism. Plus studies on exchange security and crypto adoption.
- Report finds lax security on crypto exchanges
- Breaking down the 36% of lost and or stolen BTC
- SEC, CFTC, and FBI take action against 1Broker
- Beijing Sci-Tech Report (BSTR) accepts BTC
- Crypto ATMs supporting Bitcoin Cash are growing in Europe
- Meet Fabio and his BCH merchant adoption story
- Wall Street Journal attacks Shapeshift; Voorhees responds
Laws don’t have to be harsh to be bad: sometimes they just need to be vague, or ambiguous, or to not exist at all.
- Confusing laws for crypto users in U.S.
- Frustrated crypto traders in India
- 1 in 4 millennials want to invest in crypto
- Chinese crypto adoption stats
- Coinbase has made a surprise mov
- Is Bitcoin becoming mainstream?
- A new bitcoin-based foundation
- Google will allow some crypto ads in US and Japan
- Bitmain has filed its initial public offering (IPO)
- A third of humanity remains financially excluded
- Money laundering in Danske Bank
- Netherlands’ Largest Bank ING violated numerous money laundering laws
- Are Visa and Mastercard running a credit card cartel?
- The monopolistic tendencies in the trade of bitcoin and other crypto from Brazil’s banks
- Japan's first major exchange hack in months
- A new platform allows people to create a custodian-free bitcoin trust
China Updates
- "A Crypto Newbie Prepares" the new book from Bitcoin tycoon Li Xiaolai
- Blockchain and crypto official WeChat accounts are getting banned with no clear agenda behind it
Welcome to another action-packed week in the never-sleeping, never-slowing world of cryptocurrency. Unlike the legacy financial system, bitcoin doesn’t clock off at 5pm or on weekends.
- Ether at a 14 month low; BTC dominance rising
- SEC taking action against two cryptocurrency firms
- The confusing sales tax for bitcoin in the U.S.
- The Blockchain Association is ready to play in D.C.
- The world’s dirtiest currency: USD
- IMF is pushing on the Marshall Islands
- Thai government wants its own crypto wallet
Is there finally clarity on the Satoshi Nakamoto mystery? Kelso sits in for Matt Aaron this week, and discusses how a wallet not touched for four years, containing hundreds of millions worth of BTC, is suddenly moving funds; BCH has an incredible stress test, and maybe there is finally hope for India's crypto enthusiasts; and much more news as well.
- More clues about Satoshi Nakamoto identity
- The Bitcoin Cash stress test results
- BCH getting Adoption Across Canada, Europe, Australia
- Iran approves Cryptocurrency Mining
- The new “beautiful” Russian cryptocurrency mining rig
- Venezuela’s Petro is facing serious doubts about its viability
- Indian Officials are learning about crypto from regulators in Japan, the UK, and Switzerland
Reina is back on the show. Her and I talk about the bitcoin ecosystem and make another trip around the world:
- India bitcoin legislation - what does the future hold?
- A national cryptocurrency in Iran
- DASH adoption in Venezuela
- China update: CSW and a WeChat message
- University students and cryptocurrency/blockchain adoption
- A worthy competitor to Bitmain emerges
Top stories for this week:
Bitconnect aftermath
Bitcoin ETFs rejected again by the S.E.C.
Was Bitmex victim of a DDoS attack?
Research by Bitmex suggests Satoshi owns less coins than we thought
The first jackpot winner in ETH ponzi 'Fomo3D'
Woz is back and excited about crypto
China has updated its crypto rankings
China Bans: Shanghai and WeChat
Everyone, tune into Humans of Bitcoin this Monday night (EST) for an exclusive with Cody Wilson that will rock your world.
Lawsuits, internet arguments, they have become a staple. The bear market is in full force, so we bring you some tips to take advantage of it.
- AT&T has been sued by Bitangels Co-Founder
- Another lawsuit, this time by Playboy
- Washington Post journalist failing to understand cryptocurrency basics
- Is Bitcoin illegal in Saudi Arabia?
- The search for Satoshi has turned into an international hunt
- 5 ways to benefit from the Bear Market
China update
- Former Baidu executive Qi Lu joins American start-up incubator Y Combinator
- Rumors that founder of FCoin exchange Zhang Jian has been arrested
Nassim Taleb saw that the financial system was way too complex for any one to understand. He succeeded as a trader by learning how to deal with uncertainty.
His work (check out all of Nassim's books on Amazon - https://www.amazon.com/Nassim-Nicholas-Taleb/e/B000APVZ7W/ref=dbs_p_pbk_rwt_abau)is quite popular within the bitcoin community. Joey and I thought it would be worthwhile to look at some of his ideas through lens of Bitcoin:
- the Turkey problem
- Risk taking and iterative action
- Mediocristan vs extremistan
- Fat Tails and asymmetries
- IYIs
- Dr. John and Fat Tony
- Lindy effect
- Antifragility
- Learn by doing and iterating
Bitcoin.com developer and contrarian thinker Joey King is in da house. He provides his own spin on the latest news:
CEO Jack Dorsey is attracting criticism from the left for failing to ban figures it disagrees with, such as Infowars’ Alex Jones, who was unceremoniously booted from Spotify, Youtube, and Apple’s App Store in one fell swoop.
Did the market panic because of the delayed ETF?
Surprising coins being considered for Coinbase custody: Ripple, Bytecoin, Kik and Monero
- People around the world celebrate Bitcoin Cash Day
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Paul Krugman calls out bitcoin; we respond
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Use crypto and become a citizen of Antigua and Barbuda
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Kim Kardashian gets her first Bitcoin
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McAfee wallet, hackable or unhackable?
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A crypto scammer arrested for SIM jacking
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MacDonald's MacCoin
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Bill Clinton is invited to Ripple’s Swell Conf
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NFL Players earning crypto?
- The SEC is overwhelmed by over 90 different letters about the Bitcoin ETF decision
- Altcoins seem to be dying
- Ross Ulbricht on twitter, beating changes, and fighting for his freedom
- Coinbase has formed a political action committee (PAC)
- Cryptosphere leaders dominate fortune’s new ledger 40 under 40 list
- Coinbase launches crypto gift card service in Europe and Australia
What is it like running the largest node on the Lightning Network?
Andreas Brekken of Shitcoin.com shares his findings. Halfway through the project, we cover the following aspects of the LN:
- How easy is it to setup a node?
- The economics of opening channels
- Profitability of running a node
- Security from hackers
- Will there be future KYC/AML requirements?
- Bitcoin soaring and the Lightning Network
- An idea why an anti-crypto politician is blasting cryptocurrencies
- Are cryptocurrency exchanges creating fake volume?
- Is the age of Cryptocurrency Banks coming?
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New chairman of The Federal Reserve gave his opinion about cryptocurrencies
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Change.Org fights for Ross Ulbricht’s freedom
China update
- Bitmain and BCH Tokens
- Head of Internet Finance Professional Committee Chen Yunfeng said lockchain projects share similarities with pyramid schemes
You may not think it when you glance at its current market value, but bitcoin is eating the world.
Specifically, it’s eating a big chunk out of the devalued currencies in nations such as Venezuela, as citizens seek a refuge from the volatility of government issued money.
Reina Nakamoto is back and we cover the latest stories around the world:
- Hyperbitcoinization and a bright (or dim?) future
- The "next bitcoin"
- Have you sold bitcoin in the past? You may have issues with loans and mortgages
- More crypto issues with police in India
- New academic research reveals the short life of ICO projects
- A localbitcoins trader is going to prison
- The private beta of the Opera browser with an easy-to-use and built-in cryptocurrency wallet
- Mr. Stiglitz´s bitcoin prediction
- Li Xiaolai called creators of Binance, NEO, TRON and Qtum scammers
- Taiwan set up a Cross-straits Blockchain Alliance (CBA)
- Indian Supreme Court is not lifting cryptocurrency ban
- Israel's crypto regulations
- Ripple`s third lawsuit
- European Parliament’s findings and recommendations
- Uzbekistan and its advances towards legalizing cryptocurrencies and implementing blockchain technology
- Coinbase Custody is now officially open for business
- The mainstream media (MSM) believes Satoshi Nakamoto is
- Back
- Syscoin hacked
- Expedia has stopped accepting bitcoin (BTC)
Reina Nakamoto joins the show from Helsinki. A sharp game designer, she has been in the bitcoin world for a while. We discuss:
- What would happen if Satoshi moves his coins?
- The 00000000000000000021e800 overreaction
- Crypto on the Dark Web and the FBI investigating 130 related cases
- BTCChina exchange revealed that are opening back up for business
- Yakuza’s involvement with crypto exchanges in Japan.
- US regulation, fighting the illicit use of crypto
- Facebook to allow cryptocurrency ads
The level of hype and funds invested in the project meant a soft launch was never going to be possible. Satoshi appears to have launched bitcoin alone, while EOS, on the other hand, has launched following a 4 billion dollar ICO.
- EOS and their launch troubles
- Bithumb hacked, 35 billion Korean won (around $31 million) in cryptocurrency was stolen
- South Korean government will strengthen the regulatory framework for cryptocurrency exchanges
- BTC and BCH trading are now supported on Japan’s SBI Crypto Exchange
- North Carolina is adapting virtual currencies into its laws
- The Bank of International Settlements (BIS) launched a report that provides a critical appraisal of Crypto
- Schiphol Airport lets travelers swap leftover euros for Crypto on a new ATM
- Another real satoshi claim in Hawaii
This week we welcome Josh Ellithorpe, Senior Engineer at Coinbase. Josh added valuable perspective to this weekas news:
- Tether has been blamed for market manipulation, again
- A new order from the Japanese police that affects crypto mining
- Suspicious activity at South Korea’s Coinrail exchange
- Ripple CEO shares his opinion about BTC
- CHINA: Blockchain technology to help the wine supply chain and fight counterfeiting.
- Twitter scams
- Epic virtual graffiti battle raging between BTC and BCH
A bullish week for Bitcoin. Banking, mining .. the infrastructure is starting to come together.
- Crypto exchanges versus the banks - if you can’t beat them, join em
- Another claim to the real Satoshi?
- Bitcoin pizza guy talks about his relationship with Satoshi Nakamoto
- The future of the 20 trillion tax haven “industry”
- Bitmain has a serious challenger in the mining ring
- Brenna Sparks, a big believer in Bitcoin and blockchain speaks about cryptocurrencies and governments
- And a big China rumor
- A UK company trademarked the name Bitcoin and is slinging lawsuits
- A new website estimates the cost of a 51% attack on different cryptocurrencies
- Ripple trying to separate itself from XRP
- Weiss crypto ratings, who are the "winners"?
- The top 10 cryptocurrency exchanges from 2016 vs 2018
- South Korea’s national legislature has officially proposed to allow domestic initial coin offerings
China updates
- OKEx users who bought futures and lost money threatening suicide
- Bitmain launched a BCH forum and users who make suggestions to improve the forum could receive BCH as a reward.
- The Hangzhou-based EOSFORCE team made a big announcement
Today we have the underground famous Andreas Brekken on the show and together we will talk about the most important news of the week:
- The Double Spend attack on Bitcoin Gold
- Small banks loves bitcoin
- Coinbase acquires decentralized DEX platform paradex
- Banco Masventas allow customers to settle in BTC as an alternative to Swift
- SEC announced its going after insider trading and illegal practices
- India is considering to impose a goods and service tax (GST) on cryptocurrency trades
China updates
- China’s crypto rankings
- CCTV aired a segment Wednesday saying that the crypto market is a mess
- Shenzhen Municipal Office announced a partnership with Tencent for making blockchain-based invoices for international trade
Whatever you think of the SEC, it’s consistently shown itself to have a better sense of humor, and to be more in touch with the zeitgeist then the rest of America’s three-letter agencies put together.
We have a special guest - Joel from Bad Crypto joins us to deliver the news:
- The SEC has launched the best token sale of 2018
- Bitcoin Cash upgrades to 32MB block size without a hitch.
- How stable is a stablecoin if it pumps by 40%?
- Bitmain announced that they invested in Circle to issue USDCoin
- A look at Bitcoin vs Alt Coins on a 5 year window.
- CEO of Alibaba, says bitcoin is a bubble
- Is bitmain playing dirty?
Every week in the TWiB podcast, we try to thread together the week’s top stories into some kind of a narrative.
This week, it’s all about the big guns weighing in and saying their piece about bitcoin.
How big are we talking? We’re talking Warren Buffett vs Elon Musk. In other news:
- Novogratz is turning to crypto
- Ripple is getting sued, among other problems with this "cryptocurrency"
- How many marriage proposals are on the bitcoin blockchain?
- Binance vs Sequoia
- EOS Block Producers in China
- Iranians are going abroad to purchase cryptocurrencies
- Bitcoin smart banknotes launched by company in Singapore
- Approximately 6.25% of the total bitcoin supply has been deposited with Xapo
Ryan Charles is the founder of Yours.org, a content platform powered by Bitcoin Cash micropayments.
He has been involved with bitcoin software since 2013, primarily coding on the application layer.
I asked Ryan to break down he May 15th hard fork and what it means for Bitcoin Cash.
Mentioned in the episode:
Use cases for re-enabled op codes
- Goldman Sachs is opening a Bitcoin trading operation
- Warren Buffet thinks Bitcoin is a mere casino
- Japan’s FSA gives privacy coins a thumbs down
- After raising $1.7 billion, Telegram cancels ICO and plans to expand into tokenization
- Two Bitcoin forks emerging this week
- Coinbase valuation has increased from $1.6 Billion to $8 Billion
- Mining rigs in the stratosphere, the new concept Miner One launched this week
Updates from China - Jiang Zhuoer claims that EOS is a huge bubble.
- Huobi exchange will work with leading industrial players to set up 10 blockchain labs in 2018
It’s been a good week for Cash – Bitcoin Cash – and a mixed week for ethereum.
- Facebook to be sued for scammy crypto ads
- Myetherwallet Servers Are Hijacked in DNS Attack
- Exchanges Suspend ERC20 Token Deposits After Discovery of
- Smart Contract Bug
- Bullish news from China
- Security Firms Offer Protection for Crypto Traders in Moscow
- James Bond bitcoin caper
Valuable information: Unchained Capital released a report analyzing unspent transaction outputs (UTXOs).
Localbitcoins is requiring users who trade “significant” volume to verify themselves.
Bithumb has published its first audit report. How much are their crypto reserves?
Most US states have adopted some regulatory stance in regards to cryptocurrencies like bitcoin and the blockchain technologies.
The prank Savedroid played "taught a lesson" to the crypto community.
China updates
Huawei and their blockchain product BCS (Blockchain Service)
Yang Dong says that crowdsale is one of the greatest inventions of modern civilization.
Jihan Wu head of Bitmain and its stance on DPOS
Official announcement: XDite is running for Mayor of Taipei
Bullish sentiment is in the air. The Rockefellers and George Soros are getting into the game.
- JPMorgan Chase is sued for anti crypto-friendly "policies"
- Blossom Finance concludes that Bitcoin is compliant under Sharia law
- The best performing cryptocurrencies of 2018. Who is the top performer?
- Bitfinex denies money laundering claims linked to Colombian drug cartels
- A dedicated Litecoin debit card is coming
- China update: Communists on the blockchain?
Journalist Edward Kelso has followed the quest for a Bitcoin ETF from the beginning.
We discuss the implications for Bitcoin IF an ETF is approved by the SEC.
Kelso identifies some key turning points in the saga and looks at what the future holds:
- Trump's appointment of Jay Clayton
- Jay Clayton's appointment of Dalia Blass
- The unexpected progress of ProShares
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- Verge’s 51% attack
- Vitalik Buterin battles Craig Wright
- Bitcoin mules, the business of trading bitcoin OTC in China
- The worst performing cryptocurrencies of 2018 (so far)
- A Bitcoin serial scammer has been busted in Bangkok
- The SEC charged the founders of the Centra ICO with fraud
- Mark Karpeles confessions via an AMA (ask me anything) session on Reddit
- Coinbase is planning on adding ERC-20 tokens to its offering of cryptoassets
- Hypertokenization, 1000’s of coins and confusion
- Cryptocurrency and blockchain associations from Russia, China and South Korea plan to file a class action against social media giants for banning crypto ads. Was there a cartel collusion and abuse of power?
- Blockchain technologies, mining, cryptocurrencies and coin offerings are being regulated in RussiaThe Bank of Montreal is now blocking cryptocurrency transactions
- President Trump has signed the CLOUD Act. Why is the rrypto community worried?
- Nelson Mandela's golden hand casts sell for $10m in BTC
- OKCoin has angry customers at their headquarters
- Is there child porn on the Bitcoin blockchain?
- Ethereum’s ICO Whales Can Crash the Market
- Predictions from Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey
- Conclusions from G20 summit
- 15-year-old finds a vulnerability in Ledger wallet
- US Treasury plan to add cryptocurrency wallet adresses to SND list
China updates
- JD.COM will adopt blockhain technology
- A new criptokitties copy
- Lenovo is also adopting blockchain tech for it's latest phone
If there’s one thing a crypto recession’s good for, it’s rebuilding.
It’s yet to be confirmed that we’re in a full-blown crypto recession, admittedly, but whatever you wanna call it, the charts ain’t looking too pretty right now, which makes it a prime time for looking elsewhere.
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver and EOS, Senators and IMF Talk Smack About Crypto, China's “Blockchain Media Self-discipline Pact”, The Cryptoinfluencers list, Google Bans Crypto ads, Futures market volumes are increasing.
- Bitcoin drops below $10K
- East vs West in Crypto
- The US Securities and Exchange Commission has concerns about crypto exchanges
- Japanese regulators shutting down crypto exchanges
- What happened with binance, was it really hacked?
- A new ruling: Bitcoin and Cryptocurrencies are commodities
- Research paper says issuers of ICO Tokens will face class action lawsuits
- Mt Gox's crypto stash is being dumped
- Bitcoin “broker” arrested for selling without asking for ID
Our first guest today on the celebrity edition of This Week in Bitcoin is one of the most decorated U.S. athletes in Olympic history.
He was a sensation in short track speed skating, winning 8 medals in his olympic career.
In addition, he was also won Dancing with the Stars, hosted a game show and provided commentary in the 2014 and 2018 winter olympics which just ended. Plus he is a serial entrepreneur.
He has overcome a lot of adversity in his career and is blessed with an amazing father who helped guide him.
You may ask why he is on today’s show? Well today, he is competing in the cryptocurrency world.
He is the cofounder and CEO of Hybrid Block a cryptocurrency trading ecosystem that is focusing it’s initial efforts in Southeast Asia.
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is cracking down on FinTech companies issuing initial coin offerings (ICOs).
Self-proclaimed “Satoshi” Craig Wright is being sued for billions. Did he really stole his partner’s bitcoin?
Do you remember that Coindash was hacked in July? Well, now a mysterious hacker has returned 20,000 ETH to the company's wallet.
News about the future of adult entertainment: Las Vegas Strippers are now accepting Bitcoin via QR Tattoos.
BitPay is banning prohibited activities on its platform like: explicit content, cloud-mining and gambling.
And exclusive news from China.
Bitcoin Usage has dropped significantly since December.
South Korean news: cryptoexchanges are growing exponentially and an unexpected death from a South Korean cryptocurrency regulator.
Cryptowallets are moving to the next level.
Don't miss out on crypto via Facebook, learn how to see crypto related content with the new algorithm that wants to keep it off your newsfeed.
Weird stories - Sometimes crypto can be a little strange, Bitcoiin (yes, you read that right) and Steven Seagal.
You can now tokenize yourself, and find someone who might want to buy your skills.
The Petro (oil based Venezuelan cryptocurrency) is now live. It might not work perfectly, but it reportedly raised $735 million on the first day.
In Russia, governors want to push forward crypto mining.
How are "Bitcoin Whales" increasing their holdings?
Japanese crypto investors are preparing to face taxes of up to 55%.
More hip-hop stars go crypto.
The most controversial bitcoin fork yet?
IOTA community in battle with its’ dissenters.
Tons of crypto losses due to bad code.
Sergey Medvedev, a russian cyber criminal accused of being the co-founder of the dubious dark web marketplace Infraud has been arrested in Bangkok.
Positive news for bitcoiners from the U.S. Senate hearing on cryptocurrencies.
Addressing the fake news and FUD that is rampant in the cryptospace.
Forbes releases the very first crypto rich list and some people view it as an unnecessary invasion of privacy.
Korean Government defends cryptocurrency trading and investing.
Weiss Ratings defends their C+ rating of Bitcoin.
Apple Co-Founder Steve Wozniak sells his bitcoin nd more about China fake news and FUD.
A new week, a new scam: A cryptocurrency start-up has dissapeared into thin air.
Meanwhile Facebook is banning all advertisements for cryptocurrency, including Bitcoin and initial coin offerings.
Companies like Square and Samsung are introducing new ways of trading and mining with Bitcoin.
South Korea officially ends the current practice that allowed for anonymous trading of cryptocurrencies.
Bitfinex and Tether are being subpoenaed by the CFTC.
A very popular messaging app in Japan is launching a cryptocurrency exchange.
And finally Venezuela announces their Ethereum ICO.
Major Problems with IOTA, a critical evaluation and an online wallet hack.
8 South Korean Credit Card Companies Block Transactions to Overseas Cryptocurrency Exchanges.
Stripe is ending Bitcoin support. What about Stellar?
Scientist are discovering the magic of DNA information storage via a Bitcoin challenge.
Do Tether and Bitfinex have the funds they claim?
How did 50 cent make $8 million in Bitcoin?
Korea continues to stay in the spotlight with insider trading allegations and more bank regulations.
Belarus is launching a tax-free zone for cryptocurrencies.
Bitconnect looks dead, and more news out of Venezuela.
Live from The North American Bitcoin Conference.
United States, Malaysia and Korea are actively regulating cryptocurrencies:
- The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) suspended trading of UBI Blockchain Internet, Ltd.
- Malaysia Says No to an ICO
- The South Korean regulators have started investigating two major cryptocurrency exchanges: Bithumb and Coinone.
And more news about bitcoin events, payments and security alerts:
- Has Microsoft stop accepting Bitcoin as currency?
- CEO of a porn coin has vanished with millions of dollars from investors
- Crypto payment Glitch on the e-commerce marketplace Overstock
Featured story is on the meteoric rise of Ripple. Could it surpass Bitcoin's market cap?
We also talk about the first lightning network transaction, Japan's Bitcoin GDP Effect, and Venezuela’s national cryptocurrency - the Petro.
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►BITCOIN CASH | Supporting Hong Kong protesters
The company Genesis Block has been handing out water bottles to protesters with a BCH logo and the words “free water” on the bottle.
LINK: https://news.bitcoin.com/cryptocurrencies-such-as-bitcoin-cash-shine-during-hong-kong-protests/
►CASHSCRIPT | used to write and rewrite powerful smart contract functionality
Gabriel Cardona has re-written both the Mecenas (Met-Say-Nahss) recurring payment smart contract and the Zero-Confirmation Forfeit contract in the CashScript language
LINK: https://news.bitcoin.com/bitcoin-cash-innovation-accelerates-with-cashscript-high-level-language/
►RealmX | BCH mobile Game to launch at the End of the Month
The reasons are simple. Because the Bitcoin Cash chain is fast, reliable, and low-cost. That’s perfect for an online game. More importantly, BCH has a huge community which is helpful to enlarge our userbase.”
LINK:https://coinspice.io/news/bitcoin-cash-blockchain-based-game-realmx-readies-to-launch-an-interview-with-its-creator/
►Craig Wright | Loses Case versus Kleiman estate
Craig Wright now appears to owe the Kleiman estate 50% of any Bitcoin he mined before Dave Kleiman’s death in 2013. Whether that is any number of coins remains to be seen.
►Zeux App | Adds Bitcoin Cash Integration
With the app, users can now pay using BCH at any UK location that accepts Apple Pay or Samsung Pay
LINK:https://medium.com/zeux/zeux-enables-users-to-pay-with-bitcoin-cash-bch-via-apple-pay-or-samsung-pay-at-all-stores-9301ce548afd
►EXCHANGE.Bitcoin.com | Crypto Exchange Opens This Week!
Our exchange will offer BCH pairings & more than 50 trading pairs and w.
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►BITCOIN CASH CITY |Conference Lands in Australia Next Week - September 4 - 5, 2019 Townsville, Australia
Members from the Bitcoin.com team, including - Gabriel Cardona, Vin Armani, Akane Yokoo will join other prominent BCH members in Queensland Australia Sept 4-5th.
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