Diving into Decentralized Exchanges

Welcome to Ledger Cast, hosted by me, Brian Krogsgard (@ledgerstatus on twitter), and Josh Olszewicz (@carpenoctom). Ledger Cast is a cryptocurrency trading and blockchain ecosystem podcast.

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In this episode of Ledger Cast, Josh and I discuss the news of the week, challenging our own indicators, and a dive into decentralized exchanges.

You can also watch via screencast, and see the charts and other information as we look at them.

News of the week

• Poloniex acquired by Circle, and the Goldman Sachs angle
• Craig Wright getting sued (find on Reddit)

TA Talk: Challenging your indicators

• When indicators disagree
• Challenging your settings

Primary Topic: DEXs (Decentralized Exchanges)

• Why do we need them
• How will it work
• Who are the big players
• What are the drawbacks

Exchanges discussed

• 0x Project (ZRX)
• Airswap
• Ethfinex by Bitfinex
• Republic protocol
• Blocknet
• Bancor and liquidity
• Waves
• Counterparty
• Bitshares
• Stellar
• Altcoin.io
• Radar Relay

Other links

• The crypto risk to Goldman
• Circle's acquisition announcement and their OTC trading landing page
• Nathaniel Popper's find on Poloniex's get out of jail free card
• Szabo's shade
• WizSec's takedown of Craig Wright
• Josh's 0x article

Find Josh and Brian elsewhere

• Josh's articles on Brave New Coin (must read material)
• Josh's YouTube channel (His Ichimoku series and Indicator series are especially great)
• Josh on Twitter @carpenoctom
• Brian on Twitter @ledgerstatus

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Music: "Oh, the chains" by Joel Madison Blount