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News: Bitcointopia busted, OneCoin busted, 1pool busted, Canada audits crypto traders

by: David Gerard
In: Uncategorised
On Mar 12,2019
Comments: 0
Tags: 1broker , 1pool , australia , bitcointopia , canada , charlie shrem , derek magill , dogecoin , francis jervis , j'ai vendu mon ame en bitcoins , jake adelstein , konstantin ignatov , links , mark karpeles , morgan rockcoons , mt gox , nakamoto studies institute , nathalie stucky , neo-nazis , onecoin , patrick brunner , pay the devil in bitcoin , quadrigacx , ruja ignatova , setl , texas , wb21 , winklevoss twins

Canada has a sudden interest in regulating cryptocurrency.
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News: more coal-powered Bitcoin mining, Colorado vs. ICOs, Bitfinex withdrawal issues, the decline of “blockchain”

by: David Gerard
In: Uncategorised
On Nov 11,2018
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Tags: axios , bitcoin cash , bitfinex , bitmain , blockchain , charlie shrem , colorado , cryptopay , decentraland , forrester , jermu michal salonen , jihan wu , jonathan harris , links , pure bit , rcn , ross ulbricht , tyler cowen , winklevoss twins

Bitfinex’s banking arrangements are fine — so long as you don’t try to get your money out.
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News: Tether, Winklevoss vs Shrem, regulation, Consensys asteroid mining, Ethereum analysis, Proof of Work is still awful

by: David Gerard
In: Uncategorised
On Nov 04,2018
Comments: 3
Tags: amsterdam , charlie shrem , consensys , deltec , ethereum , fca , financial action task force , hong kong , htc , jeffrey berns , links , planetary resources , proof of work , tether , united kingdom , winklevoss twins

You can see the clear synergies between an Ethereum development house and asteroid mining … right?
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News: Intelligence Squared podcast, SEC rejects Bitcoin ETF, eMusic are broke, Ethereum ponzis incompetent as well as bad, Brock Pierce on Australian TV

by: David Gerard
In: Uncategorised
On Jul 27,2018
Comments: 0
Tags: andreas brekken , australia , bittorrent , brock pierce , emusic , gdpr , lightning network , links , sec , tether , tron , winklevoss twins

Brock Pierce getting yelled at is quality television.
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Eric Geissinger: Virtual Billions — looking at Bitcoin through a libertarian lens

by: David Gerard
In: Uncategorised
On Dec 31,2017
Comments: 0
Tags: bitcoin , book , charlie shrem , emin gun sirer , eric geissinger , jed mccaleb , ross ulbricht , satoshi nakamoto , silk road , virtual billions , winklevoss twins

A book given to historical rambling, but the Ross Ulbricht/Silk Road chapter is particularly good and insightful on what happens when you overextend an ideology to the point of monstrosity.
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