Poloniex leaves Circle & the USA / Binance 125x leverage / BIS says BTC failed & stabelcoins a threat
Circle is spinning out Poloniex and the exchange's new honors want to build away from the US. Is this more evidence of the "companies leaving US" narrative or just competitive pressure? Speaking of ex...
18 Loka 201917min
Does Bitcoin Institutionalization Threaten Cypherpunk Values?
Chainalysis recently helped law enforcement take down a child porn ring by tracking btc addresses. This kicked off a huge conversation about how essential is it to the value proposition of bitcoin for...
17 Loka 201922min
Is FinCEN going after Telegram around money laundering? / The new, lighter Libra Association
The fallout continues from the crazy last week in Libra, as the Association moves forward without any of its payment partners, all of whom have withdrawn at this point. Still the Association is now of...
15 Loka 201916min
Narrative Watch: Regulators Get Rowdy (aka Why You Might Owe Money On BSV)
Last week was apparently "government says get rekt" week in crypto. The SEC kicked things off by disapproving a bitcoin ETF proposal from Bitwise and closed things out by taking emergency action again...
14 Loka 201918min
BREAKING: Is The Libra Dream Dead? Visa, Mastercard, Stripe, eBay leave Libra
The title says it all. Visa, Mastercard, eBay, and Stripe have joined PayPal in leaving the Libra Association. Is this the death knell for the project? Will the rest of the organizations follow suit a...
11 Loka 20199min
Will there ever be a BTC ETF? / CFTC says ETH a commodity / Binance accepts Alipay/WeChat pay...sorta
The SEC has denied the most recent bitcoin ETF proposal - this time from Bitwise. Some speculate that there simply will not be an ETF on Chairman Clayton's watch. The CFTC chair meanwhile has said tha...
10 Loka 201914min
IRS Forks Up New Tax Guidance / DevCon Debates / Senate Pressures Libra
The IRS dropped quite the surprise today: their first new tax guidance since 2014. Unfortunately, it seems to indicate that chains forking and airdropping users coins (whether they want them or not) c...
9 Loka 201918min
Narrative Watch | The NBA, Hearthstone & Hong Kong - Why Censorship Resistance Matters
First it was the NBA aggressively distancing itself from comments from Rockets GM Daryl Morey in support of Hong Kong protesters. Then it was Blizzard banning a player from competitive Hearthstone pla...
9 Loka 201916min
