Critical journalism in the crypto ice age
The crypto media frantically circles a dwindling pool of promotional cash.
Author: David Gerard
Filming in Vancouver about Quadriga
Amy Castor and I came to Vancouver for the weekend, to be interviewed by Sheona McDonald for a CBC documentary on the collapse of the Quadriga crypto exchange.
News: Hester Peirce and Bruce Springsteen, the $350,000 DeFi hack, FCoin exchange collapse, Voatz still bad, IOTA still broken, merchants still nonexistent
“It has been [0] days since the last inexplicably rare loss of customer funds from a Bitcoin exchange”
SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce’s “safe harbor” proposal for ICOs will only enable scammers
How big an exit scam could you set up, given three years free?
News: IOTA, Massive Adoption, Mastercard v. Libra, DRM in JPEG plans, Reggie Fowler plea deal fails, more Silk Road busts, ICO grace period, the Bitcoin market
Mastercard throws Libra under the bus so hard, it bounces twice.
This is all Elizabeth Sandifer’s fault
The loved one’s reaction: “Oh dear God this is a thing that is happening. Sandifer, you bastard, what have you unleashed???”
News: Jacob Kostecki and Massive Adoption, Quadriga, Vodafone hangs up on Libra
When you’re a serial foulup — with other people’s money, not just your own — running a conference is ill-advised.
Wikipedia Signpost: Crypto and bitcoins and blockchains, oh no!
Wikipedia despises spam. If you try to buy your way into Wikipedia, we despise you too.
Avant Card — a central bank digital currency from 1990s Finland
The Bank of Finland loved the idea — but forgot the bit where the users had to love it too. Your market is users, not other vendors.