Decrypt: The fictional trading reserve — by me, after Tether announced that the skeptics had been right all along
So, it turns out that Bitfinex’ed was right about everything.
News: Bitcointopia busted, OneCoin busted, 1pool busted, Canada audits crypto traders
Canada has a sudden interest in regulating cryptocurrency.
Rocknerd: the Cryptorave in Athens, Saturday 16 February 2019
I finally wrote this up and posted it over at Rocknerd. Excessive quantities of pseudish babble wrapped around a surprisingly good live techno gig. Photos by Jemima Kelly.
News: Quadriga, the merchant case for cryptos, Ripple, Malta, Coinbase buys Neutrino, CoinHive shuts down, EOS hack, Tether on TRON
“It shows how an accused fraudster might sell himself and his fantastical story using the modern tools of the internet age.”
Facebook’s planned “cryptocurrency” — which almost certainly isn’t one
You can say “crypto” all you like — but if you’re dealing in actual money, you have to work to the rules of actual money.
News: Gladius ICO settles, pay-for-listing, Bitcoin SV, QuadrigaCX, Ripple, Greece
And lots of good opinion pieces.
Buttcoin classic — greece.txt — an anarcho-capitalist meets Greek anarchists
A few notes on my Greek visit, and a heartwarming tale.
News: Me in Athens on Sunday, Australian ICO inquiry, Ripple, QuadrigaCX, enterprise blockchain, JPMorgan Coin
Just call me Tom Marvolo Ripple — Lorp Volpemort.
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.