Augur’s big problem is not the assassination markets — it’s being a bucket shop
Assassination markets on Augur are in the news lately — but I think their practical problem’s going to be the SEC and CFTC — who really don’t like bucket shops.
News: Intelligence Squared podcast, SEC rejects Bitcoin ETF, eMusic are broke, Ethereum ponzis incompetent as well as bad, Brock Pierce on Australian TV
Brock Pierce getting yelled at is quality television.
eMusic releases its blockchain ICO plan! … it’s not very good
eMusic’s plan: 1. Collect a large pile of money. 2. Write an all-new music platform that does everything! 3. Pay people in eMusic magic beans. This has a number of flaws.
News: Exitscam.me, UK Treasury, IBM’s dollar-substitute token, Stripe, KodakCoin
And there’s a Wikipedia article on the Kodak KashMiner.
City A.M.: “Approach Blockchain with Caution” — as text
The text of of my article “Approach Blockchain with Caution,” from last week’s City A.M.
News: BBC on Kodak KashMiner, Indian crypto ponzi, China crypto gambling, Vinnik to France, Ethereum clog, institutional investors don’t want cryptos
I posted about the KashMiner that never was, five days before the BBC.
News: Bitcoin $9000, Tether $1.08, US cross-agency task force, Bancor hack, DIRT, Augur, LSE, Ethereum Classic
CRYPTO STANDS FOR CRYPTOSPORIDIUM.
Kodak pt 7: Kodak KashMiner, the Bitcoin cloud mining scheme that … never existed
“Thank you for your inquiry. We did not make an announcement, the KashMiner is not a Kodak licensed product.”
City A.M.: “Approach Blockchain with Caution” by me
Today’s post is in this morning’s City A.M. — with Scared Business Guy versus BlockBot.
Eddie Hughes MP on why the UK needs a Chief Blockchain Officer … whatever a “blockchain” is
Hughes’ report is full of exciting ideas — but only the excitement, and not the necessary substance.