Blockchain and cryptocurrency news and analysis by David Gerard
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.
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.
A short rant about ICOx Innovations, the company behind KodakOne, and their offshoot BitRail’s “cryptocurrency” for guns.
Remember that time your bank manager died, and suddenly all your money was gone?
QuadrigaCX’s Litecoin “cold” wallets are being drained as I write this.
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.
Come hear me speak at “Blockchain: Utopia or U-turn?” at the Onassis Cultural Centre, Athens, Greece on Sunday 17 February!
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.
“Crypto is a tax on libertarians the same way lottery is a tax on the poor.”
Despite Brendan Eich tweeting for about five days to defend Brave’s previous behaviour, his web browser is no longer displaying apparent donation pages for creators who never signed up.