stablecoin | Attack of the 50 Foot Blockchain

News: DeFi in full mania, Australian Senate fintech report, Bank of England on Libra, Care Bears on the blockchain

by: David Gerard
In: Uncategorised
On Sep 03,2020
Comments: 1
Tags: alphabay , andrew bailey , andrew bragg , asic , australia , bank of england , beanie babies , binance , bitcoin , bitconnect , bithumb , blockchain , british blockchain association , bryan herrell , bxa , care bears , cbdc , china , christian harrington , coinmarketcap , crypto rating council , defi , eos , ethereum , ethereum classic , facebook , gabriel shapiro , hotdog , ico , inner mongolia , jp koning , libra , links , louis biggaton , mark zuckerberg , mining , opium , power ledger , rba , robert werner , robinhood , sandbox blockchain game , sec , stablecoin , stevan bunnel , switzerland , tether , tezos , united kingdom , whatsapp , zug

HOW TO DESTROY ETHEREUM: use it for something. This cripples it every time.
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News: Blockchain handouts, Wirecard UK, WhatsApp Pay Brazil, 10 billion tethers

by: David Gerard
In: Uncategorised
On Jul 17,2020
Comments: 0
Tags: accenture , asx , ayn rand institute , bitfinex , blockchain , brazil , california , cbdc , centre for evidence-based blockchain , coinbase , compound , craig wright , dai , defi , digital monetary trust , fca , financial action task force , gpay , jacob kostecki , jpmorgan chase , julien le goc , libra , links , mas , massive adoption , new york , philippines , singapore , stablecoin , telegram , tether , ton , whatsapp pay , wirecard , yodel bank

It’s right there in the white paper — cryptocurrency is about government handouts.
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Libra book cutting room floor: Libra as “stablecoin”; the early history of stablecoins

by: David Gerard
In: Uncategorised
On Jul 05,2020
Comments: 1
Tags: bitusd , libra , stablecoin , tether

I wrote a short history of stablecoins for the prospective Libra book, but decided it was a bit of a digression. So I’ve posted it to the blog for your amusement instead.
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News: Cooking Mama and blockchain, the Halvening and Bitcoin Cash, Simple Assurance of Future Trouble, Kraken, Craig Wright: Craigness

by: David Gerard
In: Uncategorised
On Apr 14,2020
Comments: 4
Tags: 1st playable , adam back , andreesen horowitz , beth bloom , binance , bitcoin , bitcoin cash , blockchain , cas piancey , coinmarketcap , cooking mama , cooking mama: cookstar , craig wright , cryptolab , dave kleiman , douglas saltsman , factom , fsb , glassdoor , gram , ico , ira kleiman , kevin castel , kraken , kyle s. gibson , libra , links , makerdao , marco santori , nintendo , office create , peter smith , planet entertainment , roche freedman llp , saft , saltmine , sec , stablecoin , telegram , unikoin , unikrn , visa

Markets are completely screwed, nobody knows what anything is worth, and the hard problem is keeping everyone in basic food and shelter. Nobody cares about your novelty crypto collectibles.
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