Multi-Collateral DAI goes live / Not so privacy coins / Crypto fundraising & M&A
After a huge amount of work, MakerDAO's multi-collateral DAI is live. Only one new token (Brave's BAT) is in the ecosystem, but it heralds the beginning of a new era. In the world of privacy coins, th...
19 Marras 201916min
Why did Satoshi choose Halloween to publish the bitcoin whitepaper?
11 years ago today, on Halloween 2008, Satoshi shared the bitcoin whitepaper for the first time. The question is: why choose that date? Satoshi was extremely intentional, so it seems unlikely to be ra...
31 Loka 201911min
Bitmain power struggle / Russian crypto intrigue / Don't call it a QE
Today was a quick news briefing: Bitmain power struggles as Jihan Wu pulls a coup to return China bans anti-blockchain sentiment Russian crypto intrigue that could confirm the US' worst fears Co...
31 Loka 201915min
Mass Adoption - But Of What? And At What Cost?
Times, how they've changed. The surge in bitcoin price and the explosion of China into blockchain has heads spinning. Some argue that we should be celebrating mass adoption of any type. In this audio ...
30 Loka 201915min
Narrative Watch: The New China Narrative, 2019 Edition
China has had an ongoing role in the crypto narrative. For much of the history of the industry, it was about control of mining. Now, something new is happening. As the crypto industry gets caught up i...
28 Loka 201917min
Bitcoin Soars on China President Xi's Blockchain Comments
On Wednesday, Zuckerberg responded to the largely hostile US Congress by reminding them that, if the US didn't proactively assert leadership around digital currencies, then China would be more than wi...
26 Loka 201916min
Repo Market Madness & Bitcoin Macro / CT Reacts To Libra Hearings / LabCFTC
Most of the world outside crypto twitter that saw a clip of Mark Zuckerberg's testimony would have no idea that it was, theoretically about Libra. On CT, basically everyone bemoaned the clear lack of ...
25 Loka 201920min
SPECIAL EDITION: An Opinionated Recap Of Zuckerberg's Libra Testimony Before Congress
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg testified before Congress today, nominally about Libra but actually about a lot of things. In this (opinionated) recap of the testimony, we look at: What was different v...
23 Loka 201927min
