News: Me in Athens on Sunday, Australian ICO inquiry, Ripple, QuadrigaCX, enterprise blockchain, JPMorgan Coin
Just call me Tom Marvolo Ripple — Lorp Volpemort.
Author: David Gerard
Foreign Policy: Forget Bitcoin, Try Your Mattress — by me
The brief from editor James Palmer was “this is why crypto’s implausible/BS as an alternative national currency” using the latest fiascos, particularly the QuadrigaCX disaster, as a launching point.
News: QuadrigaCX, Swift and Ripple, Mt. Gox, illegal abuse images on Bitcoin SV blockchain
If you made up the Quadriga saga as a story about lost pirate treasure, the target audience would have to be about four, because eight year olds wouldn’t buy it.
Decrypt: FreedomCoin: Just another word for nothing left to lose? — by me
A short rant about ICOx Innovations, the company behind KodakOne, and their offshoot BitRail’s “cryptocurrency” for guns.
QuadrigaCX crypto exchange collapse — what we know so far
Remember that time your bank manager died, and suddenly all your money was gone?
News: Ripple’s partners are fog, Bitcoin ups and downs and downs, Kik vs SEC, unbanking the banked
QuadrigaCX’s Litecoin “cold” wallets are being drained as I write this.
The Block — The Buttcoin Standard: the problem with Bitcoin — by me
Today’s post is over at The Block — Mike Dudas asked Twitter for a really good skeptical take on Bitcoin and crypto, and lots of people suggested me.
News: Me in Greece, QuadrigaCX, pay your taxes, crypto malware, Tezos
Come hear me speak at “Blockchain: Utopia or U-turn?” at the Onassis Cultural Centre, Athens, Greece on Sunday 17 February!
UK Financial Conduct Authority draft “Guidance On Cryptoassets” — respond by 5 April
Even if you’re not in the UK, this will affect you — because all the regulators talk to each other, as they try to understand crypto.
News: US investors lose $1.7b on Bitcoin, Lightning Network, Cryptopia hack, QuadrigaCX founder/CEO dies, Tether timeline update
“Crypto is a tax on libertarians the same way lottery is a tax on the poor.”