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.
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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.
The revenge of Canada — crypto exchanges are put under securities regulation
After Quadriga, Canadian regulators feel they need a much bigger stick to deal with crypto.
Telegram tries to appease the SEC — no Gram tokens in Messenger
Telegram’s big-ticket investors may have a robust attitude to perceived shenanigans.
News: 2020 predictions, ICO fallout, Craig Wright, Qatar and Uzbekistan block cryptos, Bitcoin and censorship, Libra
The Bitcoin white paper’s elegant simplicity only exists in a perfectly spherical monetary system in a vacuum at absolute zero.
“Thousands” of Bomb Threats in Russia After BBC Links Businessman and FSB with $450 Million Bitcoin Theft
Guest post by Cali Haan. Includes WEX, Alexander Vinnik and BTC-e.