Sunday Reads – Things I Found Interesting 2021-08-01

This one will be a little bit longer than normal because I was in a wedding last weekend and did not get that week’s post up.

Books I Read

Dolores Clairborne – A fascinating King novel that focuses exclusively on a single woman and the people she did and did not kill as it steps through her life.

Tether

Tether execs likely received target letters from the Department of Justice.

Tether was a specific topic of discussion at Yellen’s working group.

ICYMI

In this episode Cas and I were joined by David Z. Morris to discuss what Enron can still teach us.

https://bennettftomlin.com/2021/07/19/episode-15-revisiting-enron-with-david-z-morris-crypto-critics-corner/

In this episode Cas and I are joined by Rohan Grey to discuss money transmitters, CBDCs, stablecoins, and the best way to regulate that morass.

https://bennettftomlin.com/2021/07/21/episode-16-stablecoins-cbdcs-and-the-stable-act-with-rohan-grey-crypto-critics-corner/

In this episode Cas and I are joined by Preston Byrne to discuss stablecoins, DeFi, regulation, and decentralization theater.

https://bennettftomlin.com/2021/07/26/episode-17-from-skeptic-to-believer-preston-byrne-on-the-cryptocurrency-ecosystem-crypto-critics-corner/

In this article I try to assess the currently available evidence that Bitfinex and Tether have committed bank fraud, it also includes an audio version, a new thing I’m trying out so let me know what you think.

https://bennettftomlin.com/2021/07/26/the-available-evidence-that-tether-and-bitfinex-committed-bank-fraud/

In this episode of the Blockchain Debate podcast I discuss whether or not I think algorithmic stablecoins will ever work.

https://bennettftomlin.com/2021/07/27/my-second-appearance-on-the-blockchain-debate-podcast-with-sam-kazemian/

In this episode of The Daily Dive I discuss Bitfinex and Tether and get to specifically talk about the new information about their Department of Justice probe.

https://bennettftomlin.com/2021/07/27/my-second-appearance-on-the-deep-dive/

In this episode Cas and I discuss a variety of cryptocurrency charity scams and frauds.

https://bennettftomlin.com/2021/07/30/episode-18-crypto-charity-where-you-donate-to-random-people-making-promises-and-get-nothing-in-return-crypto-critics-corner/

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