CoinDesk: conflicts of interest make journalists more independent, apparently
Crypto’s tanking — so let’s pay people in crypto company equity!
Author: David Gerard
News: El Salvador phone tapping, Bitcoin in Tonga, Associated Press NFTs, books
President Bukele’s office denies everything, and doubtless won’t rest until they find the real hacker.
News: El Salvador volcano bonds to sell for tethers, Bitcoin didn’t cause Kazakhstan riots, lawsuits on the blockchain, MobileCoin live on Signal, Craig Wright sued again
Bitfinex Securities will not charge a fee for this. They’re just being nice, see.
El Salvador: Bitcoin Volcano Bond laws, Chivo still doesn’t work, corruption
President Nayib Bukele is day-trading by phone with public funds and tweeting about it, and blowing hundreds of millions in public funds on magic beans.
News: crypto exchange ransomwared, Neom quantum blockchain city, visions of 2022
Eschew manlet economics.
News: Dead Man’s Switch broadcast, Australian regulation, NSW housing, gaming NFTs, Jean-Louis van der Velde of Tether
Bitcoin fans are gullible. Talk to them about the future of money, throw in a few buzz words and they believe any garbage.
Jennifer Robertson: Bitcoin Widow — Quadriga? I know nothing! Nothing!
“So the truth is, I didn’t know all that much about Gerry or his business.” Well, so much for the one reason we’re reading this.
News: David Marcus quits Facebook, WhatsApp uses Novi, corporate NFT disasters
NFT promoters need to be forced to walk the streets ringing a bell, yelling “UNCLEAN,” and wearing a scarlet ฿.
News: Craig Wright loses, baseball Bitcoin, Kickstarter on the blockchain, Australian crypto scams
A human centipede ouroboros of scammers scamming scammers scamming scammers.
Foreign Policy: Bitcoin Failed in El Salvador. The President Says the Answer Is More Bitcoin.
A version of my previous post about the Volcano Bonds and Bitcoin City, with more geopolitics — this is Foreign Policy, after all.