martin walker | Attack of the 50 Foot Blockchain

News: Quadriga report, Coinbase VCs want to dump their dead altcoins, India to re-ban cryptos, Civil is dead

by: David Gerard
In: Uncategorised
On Jun 15,2020
Comments: 1
Tags: amit bharadwaj , ben mezrich , bitcoin billionaires , bitfinex , blockstream , brilliant.org , canada , cas piancey , civil , coinbase , coinsquare , cole diamond , craig wright , dave portnoy , emin gun sirer , europol , fomo3d , gabriel jimenez , gerald cotten , hester peirce , holli bohren , ico , india , japan , joselit ramirez , justgame , justin sun , libra , links , malta , mark karpeles , marshall islands , martin walker , moneygram , mt gox , nick szabo , occ , osc , quadrigacx , reserve bank of india , revil , russia , sca ontier , sec , sterling daines , steve tendon , tether , the crypto company , tim swanson , tornadocash , tron , united states , venezuela , wasabi wallet , western union , winklevoss twins

And some light summer reading.
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News: 9 billion tethers, Reddit tokens, Kik is doomed, Singapore joins Libra, China’s CBDC — and J. K. Rowling asks about Bitcoin

by: David Gerard
In: Uncategorised
On May 15,2020
Comments: 5
Tags: alliance for prosperity , bitfinex , calvin ayre , cbdc , celo , charles sturt university , checkout.com , china , coinbase , cra , craig wright , cryptopia film , david silver , de nederlandsche bank , ecb , eos , ethereum , europe , ey , facebook , finance magnates , frederick pye , gemini , giancarlo devasini , harm van den dorpel , ico , investopedia , jacob kostecki , jk rowling , jpmorgan chase , kik , kin , left gallery , li lihui , libra , links , martin walker , massive adoption , netherlands , paradigm , paul tudor jones , podcast , preston byrne , qbtc.u , quadrigacx , reddit , ripple , saft , sec , singapore , slow ventures , stuart hoegner , stuart levey , switzerland , temasek , tezos , the bitcoin fund , xrp , yves mersch

And Investopedia are spammers, and you should remove any links to their site.
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News: Tether sued, ether is a commodity, proof of work is still awful, IRS releases incomprehensible guidance

by: David Gerard
In: Uncategorised
On Oct 16,2019
Comments: 2
Tags: alex de vries , alipay , beanie babies , binance , bitfinex , bitwise , blockchain , bundesbank , cftc , chainalysis , cls , cz , digiconomist , etf , ethereum , facebook , fca , hyperledger , irs , jennifer robertson , libra , links , martin walker , peter thiel , preston byrne , quadrigacx , roche freedman llp , sec , telegram , tether , tim swanson , ton , united kingdom , united states

If you’re going to do crimes, don’t do them on a permanent immutable public ledger of all transactions.
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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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News: Crypto media pay-to-play, Bitmain IPO troubles, Sia centralises proof-of-work, Initiative Q stretches the truth

by: David Gerard
In: Uncategorised
On Oct 25,2018
Comments: 0
Tags: alex sobel , bitmain , breaker , david vorick , initiative q , intelligence squared , izabella kaminska , links , martin walker , michelle mone , sia , siacoin , stephen hammond , tether

Nearly half the crypto media outlets refused payola! That’s good, right?
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News: UK Treasury Digital Currencies Inquiry, Ethereum as a security, Bitcoin Cash, mining for charity

by: David Gerard
In: Uncategorised
On May 02,2018
Comments: 0
Tags: acx , andra capital , bbc , bbc click , binance , bitcoin cash , bitcoin.com , cftc , chris taylor , dogecoin , ethereum , grammateia kotsialou , iso , izabella kaminska , links , martin walker , roger ver , ryan zagone , sec , silicon valley , unicef , united kingdom

The first spoken evidence session from the Treasury’s Digital Currencies Inquiry is a blinder.
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News: Coinbase, Bittrex breach, NiceHash, Zero Hedge, CEBMa interview with me, not a Ponzi, Lightning Network

by: David Gerard
In: Uncategorised
On Dec 09,2017
Comments: 0
Tags: bittrex , cebma , coinbase , jacksfilms , lightning network , links , martin walker , nicehash , patreon , preston byrne , zero hedge

Sure has been a busy couple of days, and I don’t just mean the Bitcoin price peak.
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News: Bitfinex crypto withdrawal problems, SEC vs celebrity ICOs, Tapscott VC fund, scammers, magic, bubbles

by: David Gerard
In: Uncategorised
On Nov 03,2017
Comments: 0
Tags: alex tapscott , bitfinex , economist , ico , links , martin walker , sec

Plus some favourite tweets for the weekend.
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News: Securing plutonium, unsecuring Trezor, Twitter, NHS WannaCry, LSE review of the book

by: David Gerard
In: Uncategorised
On Nov 01,2017
Comments: 0
Tags: attack of the 50 foot blockchain , blockchain of shit , links , lse business review , martin walker , nhs , ransomware , trezor , wannacry

I’ve also sold a surprising and pleasing number of books.
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