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News: Bitcoin crashes despite Bakkt, Crypto Research Council, Libra, Tether stay, Kik shuts down Messenger, Craig Wright’s apparent plagiarism, CoinDesk shakeup

by: David Gerard
In: Uncategorised
On Sep 30,2019
Comments: 5
Tags: bakkt , barry silbert , bitcoin , bitfinex , bitmex , blockchain , cardano , cbdc , charles hoskinson , coinbase , coindesk , craig wright , crypto rating council , deltec , facebook , gram , ibm , ico , icobox , image protect , incognito , jp koning , kik , kim , kim dotcom , kin , kodakone , kyrgyzstan , libra , lightning network , links , lnbig , new york , nikolay evdokimov , onecoin , pete rizzo , reggie fowler , sec , telegram , tether , vortex

Watch me debate Bitcoin as a reserve currency tomorrow!
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News: Kleiman and Wright settling, Libra, Tether, Initial Sucker Offerings, enterprise “blockchains” as back-end datastores, Marshall Islands, Telegram TON software

by: David Gerard
In: Uncategorised
On Sep 18,2019
Comments: 0
Tags: australian national blockchain , bertrand perez , bitcoin , blockchain , china , craig wright , crypto capital , dan larimer , ecb , eos , ethereum , facebook , finma , global trading solutions , ico , ieo , ira kleiman , iran , judge business school , libra , links , luke-jr , marshall islands , michael hlady , michael peters , north korea , okex , reggie fowler , south korea , spacechain , spc , stablecoin , steven nerayoff , switzerland , telegram , tether , tim swanson , ton , uld , uledger , vaneck

Crypto in general is a complicated machine to funnel decreasing supplies of actual-money from retail suckers to about twenty guys.
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News: Tether clogs Ethereum, Quadriga venue move, KodakOne sends copyright-trolling email, Telegram TON proceeding, no official Chinese stablecoin, Lightning in decline, don’t be your own bank

by: David Gerard
In: Uncategorised
On Sep 02,2019
Comments: 0
Tags: andreesen horowitz , bitcoin , bitqy , bitqyck , bitqym , bruce bise , bx.in.th , canada , cftc , china , craig wright , ethereum , ey , facebook , florida , fs vector , gram , ico , india , jonathan johnson , kodakone , lightning network , links , nevada , overstock , petro , quadrigacx , ransomware , sam mendez , sec , telegram , tether , thailand , ton

Ethereum is the World Computer! As long as you don’t try to use it for any sort of real application.
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News: Craig Wright hearing transcript, US Congress staff unimpressed with Facebook Libra, Reggie Fowler court date, Ledger Wallet bad firmware, Roubini/Hayes debate

by: David Gerard
In: Uncategorised
On Jul 07,2019
Comments: 1
Tags: arthur hayes , bitcoin , bitmex , china , craig wright , daniel kelman , europe , facebook , fca , frances coppola , ira kleiman , joseph stiglitz , jp koning , ledger , ledger wallet , libra , links , nouriel roubini , overstock , ravid yosef , reggie fowler , tether , uk , united kingdom , united states , vechain , wal-mart , wala

“Well, let me get this straight. A company you didn’t buy until 2014 is listed as a beneficiary of a trust document you claimed was formed in 2012?”
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News: Bitcoin’s $13,000 not-even-a-bubble, how Tether say Tether works, Craig Wright shows up in Florida, Facebook Libra

by: David Gerard
In: Uncategorised
On Jun 30,2019
Comments: 0
Tags: australia , bitcoin , bitfinex , blockchain association , bruce reinhart , cftc , coinbase , craig wright , crypto briefing , david marcus , defend crypto , ethfinex , facebook , foreign policy , india , ira kleiman , kik , kin , koinex , ledgerx , libra , links , martin walker , robinhood , tether , world of money

I’d question even calling this a “bubble” — because there’s no evidence of an influx of retail get-rich-quick dreamers. The only visible cause is manipulation.
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