Blockchain and cryptocurrency news and analysis by David Gerard
If you’re in London, come and see me discuss the future of Bitcoin and blockchains at the Financial Times on Tuesday!
No, nobody can make sense of Venezuela’s Petro, because it doesn’t make sense. Plus more bad blockchain legislation, and SEC charges for fraudulent behaviour dating back to the Golden Age of Bitcoin.
Tether’s banking may be more interesting than we thought.
The EU Parliament Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE) is voting on a motion that’s a compendium of every spurious hypothetical blockchain use case they could find — so it’s worth answering in full. Contact your MEPs as well.
“Bitcoin is a malignant development, and it’s getting worse” — Salon, December 2017.
Wüst and Gervais’ paper “Do you need a Blockchain?” is pretty good, but goes a bit far in claiming use cases for blockchains. You’ll basically never need a so-called “permissioned blockchain.”
And a podcast featuring me and the book.
“Bitfinex’ed”‘s Twitter got blocked, and the Tether printer started up again, just in time for the crypto price pump! Plus Tether legal concerns, and a timeline of Bitfinex and Tether.
This is the final word on Kodak’s crypto boondoggles. And it’s brutal.
Cryptos have crashed, and altcoin miners are already selling their video cards. Buy wisely — that is to say, not from them.