Fire and Fury: merchant de-adoption, Visa, Bitcoin futures, porn ICO, Ripple, market cap collapse, book pics
“Fire and Fury” seems to be a title that shifts copies, so let’s see how it goes.
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News: NiceHash pay out, smart contracts, Australian banks, Coinbase vs Ripple, Meltdown vs cryptos, Dungeon World
“Unfortunately the horrible Charlie Brooker future we’re living in is Nathan Barley not Black Mirror.”
News: Nvidia blockchain, new US crypto tax rules, the cryptoruble returns, Bitcoin vs Islamic law, advertising on the blockchain, the Ripple pump
Ripple: “who, us? Anything to do with the XRP pump? Ahahaha nonono!”
News: Bitcoin as Ponzi, Australian bank blocks, schadenfreude, Hypebot, books
A quiet day, but with some good bits. Get yourself a good free ebook too.
News: IBM Blockchain, Sergei Mavrodi, carders hate Bitcoin, blockchain use cases, market manipulations
A bit of news, a few good opinion pieces, some nice book photos and the Christmas tweet selection. Also, you should sign up for the Patreon.
News: Christmas meme roundup
What a fun week it’s been in the land of Bitcoin!
News: Illiquidity, CFTC on the Bitcoin market, Parity rescue rejected, PR, academic COI, more stupid Bitcoin forks
The most important news, of course, is that you still have time to get that relative who’s telling you about Bitcoin that paperback of Attack Of The 50 Foot Blockchain for Christmas!
News: Bitfinex warrant canary disappears, Hyperledger loses members, Kik vs CryptoKitties
“Bitcoin is finance, distilled … There are no fundamentals, no cash flows or price-earnings ratios, to evaluate. It is pure speculation about speculation, a Keynesian beauty contest where all the pictures are blank.”
News: 1bn Tethers, NiceHash return, India, buying Bitcoin, FCA, Lightning Network, book news
One billion Tethers! Each and every one backed by a redeemable US dollar, of course, as they state. 800 million of those being loaned out on Bitfinex for margin trading.
News: Buttcoin 2017, ICOs, Parity bailout, NiceHash post-mortem, cashing in bitcoins, Wikipedia, Lightning Network
The SEC’s action against Munchee is particularly noteworthy for how generic the dodgy ICO in question is.