Cryptospendthrift's Bitcoin And Cryptocurrency Podcast

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News US Hits Crypto Buying Service Payza With Money Laundering Lawsuit Washington State County Moves to Limit New Bitcoin Mining Firms Coinbase Bug Allowed Users To Steal Unlimited ETH, Wallet Paid $10k Bounty For Discovery 15-Year-Old Hacks Hardware Crypto Wallet Ledger US Could Put Crypto Wallets on OFAC Sanctions List Child Abuse Content on Bitcoin Blockchain: Can Node Operators Be Prosecuted? Blockchain Remittances Face Efficiency Hurdle, Says Taiwan Central Bank Binance Receives Formal Warning from Japan, Plans to Move Office in Malta Yahoo Japan is Launching a Cryptocurrency Exchange: Local Report Enterprises Building Blockchain Confront Early Tech Limitations South Korean Investors To Buy Crypto Exchange Bitstamp For $400 Mln Sources Report

Recorded a month ago. Different from most other interviews, but it is an interesting discussion. Since then a lot of things discussed has changed. Specifically the regulatory changes. We even discussed the recent ad changes that ended up happening.  Check out Michael Alden! http://www.michael-alden.com/ https://www.youtube.com/mikealden2012 https://twitter.com/MikeAlden2012  

News Federal Trade Commission Files Lawsuit, Targets 'Deceptive' Cryptocurrency Schemes British IT Hardware Supplier To Build Largest Bitcoin Farm In The UK ICOs Iced: A 12-Month Freeze on US Token Trading May Just Be Beginning Bitcoin Price Surges 10% as G20 Will Not Crackdown on Cryptocurrencies Gox Trustee: $400 Million Sale Didn't Drop Bitcoin Price Twitter Will Ban Cryptocurrency Ads in Two Weeks, Says Report Coincheck Removes Monero, Dash, and Zcash Due to "Risks" Trump Bans US Citizens, Residents from Venezuela's Crypto 'Petro' Volumes on Most Major Cryptocurrency Exchanges Are Fake or Inflated: Study The NSA Has Been Tracking Bitcoin Users, Snowden Papers Reveals Controversial Tether Issues $300 Mln In New Tokens, Critics React Twitter CEO Says Bitcoin Will Become World's 'Single Currency' Within A Decade

News South Korea's Largest Cryptocurrency Exchange Partners BitPay for Remittance Coinbase Obtains a UK eMoney License and Partners with Barclays SEC Probes Crypto asset Hedge Funds as Regulators Ramp up ICO Scrutiny Australia Warns of Fake 'Tax Collectors' Demanding Bitcoin Andreas Antonopoulos: Airdrops 'Not Free Money,' Carry Major Privacy Problems US Bills Could Spell Disaster for Crypto Sex Industry Lightning Labs Launches Beta With Twitter CEO Backing Circle Co-Founder Says Recently-Acquired Poloniex Exchange Will Expand In Asia Royal Bank of Canada Explores Blockchain to Automate Credit Scores PwC Unveils Blockchain Auditing Service With Crypto Business Already Signed Up New York Power Providers Cleared to Hike Rates for Crypto Miners Trump's New Economic Adviser Hints at Friendly Tax Policy for Crypto Investors Bittrex Will Remove 82 Tokens Due to Lack of Liquidity in Small Cryptocurrencies SEC Investigating 'Dozens' of Cryptocurrency Startups, Official Confirms French Financial Regulator To Introduce

We take a look at Viewly. A platform for that aims to be the all in one solution for content creators.   https://view.ly/ https://twitter.com/OfficialViewly

News Older South Koreans Are The Biggest Investors in Cryptocurrencies Finnish Crypto Exchange Risks Collapse AAs Banks Refuse To Do Business Japan's SBI Group Scraps Huobi Crypto Exchange Partnership Thomson Reuters Is Using Your Feelings About Bitcoin to Make Investors Rich EU Can't Ban Bitcoin Mining Over Energy Concerns, Official Says Venezuela's Petro Will Harm 'Legitimate' Cryptocurrencies, Says Brookings Airdropping Becomes Popular Method for Developers to Promote Cryptocurrencies Central Bank Digital Currencies Could Fuel Bank Runs, BIS Says CFTC Moves to Cement Authority Over Crypto Fraud Cases Coinbase Releases Tax Calculator But Many Users Will Likely Not Qualify China IT Ministry to Create Official Blockchain Standards Crypto Trading Giant Binance to Launch Decentralized Exchange and Public Blockchain Cryptocurrency Mining at Home Heats Up With Eco-Friendly Miner Google is Banning All Cryptocurrency, ICO Advertisements from June South Korea Seizes Three Cryptocurrency Exchanges, Alleges Embezzleme

Maomao Hu and Dickson Nsofor from Kora talk about bringing financial services to areas that lack it, but can benefit immensely. Why should you care? As these underserved areas get access to payments with less friction it can open up opportunities to interact with new suppliers and markets! Check out Kora https://www.kora.network/ https://twitter.com/Kora_Network

Sorry for late upload. Fell asleep midway through exporting the audio. News Glitched Consensus Node Briefly Cripples NEO Network Belgian Tax Authorities Hunting Down Cryptocurrency Speculators Australia's Tax Office Targets Bitcoin Investors Icelandic Police Are Hunting for Hundreds of Bitcoin Miners PayPal Is Seeking Faster Crypto Payments Tech Blockchain Needs Centralization, Says Chinese SEC Official Major Blockchains Are Pretty Much Still Centralized Research Finds Member of China's Main Political Advisory Proposes National Crypto Trading Platform Coincheck's $534M of Stolen NEM Found By Blockchain Forensics Firm ICO Exit Scams after Listing Ryan Gosling as Graphic Designer MasterCoin+ May Be the Next BitConnect Bitconnect Lawsuit Saga Continues: Legal Fees Pass $750,00 Bitcoin Transaction Volume Hits Two-Year Low, Despite Rock-Bottom Fees Telegram on Track to Pocket Over $2 Billion From ICO Rounds, Despite SEC Prying Into the Funding Method 'No Decision' on New Assets, Coinbase Says Amid Ripple Rumors: E

News AriseBank ICO Fraud Case May Ensnare Additional Parties SEC Sends Wave of Subpoenas to ICOs, Including Overstock's tZERO Overstock Defends tZERO ICO: SEC Subpoenaed 'Everyone Else' *Update- They voluntarily cooperated with the SEC Bitcoin Wallet and Jaxx Blockchain Wallet Contain Major Security Flaws $1 Trillion Investment Management Company Getting Serious About Crypto Walmart Wants Blockchain to Make Shipping 'Smarter' JD.com to Track Beef Imports Using Blockchain Platform Richard Sherman Loves Crypto, But Hates Trading Fees A Major Dutch Bank Is Considering a Cryptocurrency Wallet for Its Customers Liechtenstein's Bank Frick Is Offering Cryptocurrency Investments and Cold Storage The US Government Wants to Keep $5.5 Million in Seized Bitcoin Vulnerable? Ethereum's Casper Tech Takes Criticism at Curacao Event Banks Successfully Transaction $30 Million in Securities Using Blockchain Technology Bitcoin's 'Kimichi Premium' Has All But Evaporated Chile is Putting Energy Regulation on the Blockchain  Japane

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News Vladimir Putin Endorses Blockchain: Russia Can't Be 'Late In The Race' Goldman Sachs Backed Circle Acquires Poloniex Cryptocurrency Exchange Israeli Supreme Court Backs Crypto, Forces Banks to Allow Trading Craig Wright Sued by Dave Kleiman's Estate Over Satoshi Nakamoto's Bitcoins EU Official Floats New Rules for Crypto Assets Bitcoin Pizza Day 2: History Repeats With Lightning Buy Telegram Promises ICO Investor Refund or Maybe Not Europol: Monero, ZCash, and Dash Are a Major Problem Trump Administration Working on 'Comprehensive Strategy' for Crypto JPMorgan Says It May Have to 'Adapt' to Counter Crypto Adoption

News Venezuela's Cryptocurrency Is Here, But Who's Involved Isn't Clear Venezuela Decides One Coin's Not Enough, Readies New 'Petro Gold' Token Venezuela's President Orders Companies to Accept Petro The Next Petro? Iranian Minister Reveals Cryptocurrency Plans PayPal CFO: Bitcoin's Success is Very Likely The Legal Risk to ICOs That No One's Talking About Bitcoin Lightning Fraud? Laolu Is Building a 'Watchtower' to Fight It German Regulator Pledges 'Precise' Oversight of ICOs Oil Data Firm Platts Rolls Out Commercial Blockchain Platform Coinbase Gives IRS More Than 10k Users' Information Bank of America Admits Bitcoin is a Threat in SEC Report Former Top JPMorgan Trader Says Banks 'Have Absolutely Failed' With Cryptocurrency Researchers Uncover Ethereum Contract Vulnerabilities Putting Millions Of Dollars At Risk

News Phone Numbers Becoming Backdoor to Crypto Accounts Billionaire Calvin Ayre is Building a $100m Bitcoin Cash Resort in Antigua Bank Buy Stakes in Blockchain Startup SETL Israel Confirms It Will Tax Bitcoin as Property Bitcoiner Faces Charges After Selling BTC to an Undercover Cop South Korea Investigating Cryptocurrency Regulator's Death Wyoming House Approves Utility Token Securities Exemptions Bill Vitalik Has a New Idea for ICOs- And It's Being Tested Finland Mandates Cold Storage, Public Auctions for Seized Bitcoin Dutch Bank ING Says Crypto Exchange Bitfinex Is an Account Holder Tesla's Cloud Hit Buy Crypto Mining Malware Attack Venezuela Claims $735 Million Raised in First Cryptocurrency Sale Cryptocurrencies NEO And Stellar Added To eToro Platform – Newsbtc Bitcoin Fees Sink to 6 Month Low, Undermining Bitcoin Cash

News Canadian Securities Exchange Taps Blockchain for New Clearinghouse Charlie Lee Labels Litecoin Cash a Scam Japanese Watchdog Warns Crypto Firm Over Unlicensed Operation Crypto Is Now Fastest Growing Donation for Fidelity Charitable Citrix: Research Indicates 50% of Large UK Businesses Have Stockpiled Digital Currency Slovenia is Becoming a Target Destination for Blockchain Companies Spain Planning to Lure Blockchain Companies With Favourable Tax Legislation Coinbase Confirms Drastically Overcharging Users Debit/Credit Purchases, Draining Accounts 'Hundreds' of Crypto Miners Said to Be Descending on Quebec Ellen DeGeneres Just Introduced Bitcoin to Her 3 Million US Viewers Silent No More: Ethereum Users Spurn Recovery Code SEC Suspends 3 Companies Claiming Crypto Connection Financial Regulators Are Unable to Control the Crypto Market Venezuela's National Cryptocurrency 'Petro' Expected to Go Global Polish Central Bank Paid Youtuber to Attack Cryptocurrencies

Interview with Alex Kravets from Xtrade.io A wide range of discussion happens ranging from Xtrade's platform to Wall Street entering crypto. The XTRADE.IO team has extensive experience developing sophisticated trading platforms from the ground up, specializing in market data, execution, clearing, colocation, and all facets of high frequency and DMA trading infrastructure.   https://xtrade.io/ https://medium.com/xtradeio https://twitter.com/xtradeio

News Japanese Crypto Traders Could Be Paying As Much As 55% in Capital Gains Tax Cryptocurrency Thrives in Europe With Small Banks Support IMF Chief Lagarde: Global Cryptocurrency Regulation Is 'Inevitable' Thailand's Central Bank Bans Banks from Dealing with Cryptocurrencies JPMorgan Report: Crypto Could One Day Help Diversify Portfolios BitConnect Plaintiff Claims Founders Are Associated with OneCoin Goodbye Bitcoin Cash? Microsoft: On-Chain Scaling 'Degrades Decentralization' Coinbase Introduces a PayPal-like Merchant Solution for Cryptocurrencies Salon Offers Readers Choice Between Ads and Mining Monero Telegram Users Hacked- Computers Used to Mine Monero and Zecash JPMorgan Proclaims Bitcoin ETFs Are the 'Holy Grail'

Slightly inebriated during recording. I apologize.   News Report" Venezuela's Maduro Wants OPEC to Launch a Cryptocurrency Crypto Should Try Self-Regulation, CFTC Commissioner Says New York Mandates Stronger Fraud Controls for Crypto Companies Austrian Energy Group Eyes Blockchain With Vienna Test Ripple Enters Chinese Online Shopping Market City of Taipei Confirms It's Testing IOTA Tech for ID Nvidia: Crypto Mining Sales Beat Q4 Expectations Bitcoin Demand From Academia and College Students Rapidly Rises Shark Tank's Robert Herjavec: 'Cryptocurrency is the Future' Why DavorCoin May Become the Next BitConnect MyEtherWallet "Rebrand' a Hoax: Taylor Censoring Reddit as Damage Control? CEO of Ripple, Brad Garlinghouse: Cryptocurrencies are Bad Currencies Feds Seize $4.7 Million in Bitcoins in Fake ID Sting France & Germany 'Threatened' By Bitcoin, Want Global Crypto Crackdown Caught Infraud: Thailand Police Seize 100,000 Bitcoins From Darknet Marketplace Pantera Capital CEO: Bitcoin Bear Market About to Turn

SEC & CFTC Hearing:  Got to give credit to Giancarlo for seeing there is no blockchain without bitcoin.  Giving credit to the creation of the whole ecosystem and tech to the rightful owner. Like I've been saying for weeks, every ICO is considered a security by these guys. Not a single ICO that has currently been released has registered with the SEC. So, any with US investors are technically in violation of something. It is worth mentioning that also want to separate crypto that isn't a security and ones that are from each other. So, there might be some interesting regulation in the future about ICOs and premines. Current focus is on straight scams and ponzi schemes and the rest of crypto will be relatively left alone. Volatility wasn't a problem at this hearing like it usually is for government entities. They stated that they are used to entities that are that volatile. Basically, the US government regulation won't be too bad from the SEC and CFTC. All you guys must watch out for is the IRS.