Why Bitcoin May Split In Two And How To Prevent It
Please take the Unchained podcast survey! https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/unchained The bitcoin community is mired in a civil war. In this episode of the Unchained podcast, supporters of opposing side...
4 Apr 20171h
Bobby Lee, CEO Of BTCC, On Why The Chinese Probably Aren't Using Bitcoin To Evade Capital Controls
Bobby Lee, CEO of BTCC, one of the world's longest-running cryptocurrency exchanges, talks about whether Chinese people are using bitcoin to evade capital controls, how bitcoin trading in China has ch...
21 Mar 201755min
Why The First Employee Of Coinbase Launched A Hedge Fund
Olaf Carlson-Wee is the founder of Polychain Capital, a hedge fund that has invested $15 million into digital assets and has gotten backing from storied venture capital firms Andreessen Horowitz and U...
7 Mar 201757min
Why Nasdaq Is Even More Optimistic About Blockchain Than It Was 3 Years Ago
Fredrik Voss, Nasdaq's head of blockchain initiatives, discusses what the company has accomplished with the technology and how his firm evaluates whether potential projects could benefit from a blockc...
21 Feb 201750min
With Deadline Looming, Will The SEC Approve A Bitcoin ETF?
The SEC will make a decision on a proposed bitcoin ETF by March 11. Will it approve? An optimist and pessimist weigh in, touching upon bitcoin’s liquidity, the impact recent events in China have had o...
7 Feb 201757min
Is The IRS Justified In Demanding Information On Millions Of Bitcoin Users?
The IRS found three entities using bitcoin to evade taxes and has now demanded the records of millions of users at Coinbase, the largest U.S. cryptocurrency exchange. An accountant and an attorney spe...
24 Jan 201751min
What Is One Of The World's Largest Derivatives Exchanges Doing With Bitcoin?
CME Group handles three billion contracts worth about $1 quadrillion annually. So why is it making a foray into bitcoin, whose market capitalization is a mere $16 billion? Sandra Ro, CME's head of dig...
10 Jan 201745min
Federal Prosecutor Kathryn Haun On How Criminals Use Bitcoin -- And How She Catches Them
Kathryn Haun put away the DEA and Secret Service agents who tried to make off with more than $800,000 in stolen bitcoin while investigating the darknet Silk Road marketplace. She talks about how the b...
1 Nov 201645min
