Category: Bitcoin

What Stablecoins Might Become

(This article was originally published at Coindesk) Identifying the ideal path to regulatory compliance for a stablecoin has been difficult. It seems that United States regulators have taken a much more active interest in this industry, though it is still not entirely clear what they want stablecoins to be and what they will want stablecoins … Continue reading What Stablecoins Might Become →

Episode 26 — Cryptocurrency Lending is Too Good to Believe — Crypto Critics’ Corner

https://cryptocriticscorner.com/2021/09/13/episode-26-cryptocurrency-lending-is-too-good-to-believe/ https://anchor.fm/s/4fa795b4/podcast/rss https://youtu.be/A_Sj_ZrlyLs In this episode Cas and I discuss the problems with cryptocurrency lending companies including BlockFi, Celsius, and Nexo. They are marketed as risk-free while actually you take on significant counterparty risk.  AnchorSpotifyAppleGoogleOvercastRSS Feed

Episode 22 — Blockchain Terminal with Robert Green — Crypto Critics’ Corner

https://cryptocriticscorner.com/2021/08/16/episode-22-blockchain-terminal-with-robert-green/ https://anchor.fm/s/4fa795b4/podcast/rss/ https://youtu.be/N9fmzPxbE-Q In this episode Cas and I are joined by Robert Green, a marketing consultant who had worked with Blockchain Terminal. Blockchain Terminal was a fraudulent cryptocurrency company who was claiming to build the “Bloomberg Terminal” of crypto. The biggest issue with the company is that it was run by a known fraudster named … Continue reading Episode 22 — Blockchain Terminal with Robert Green — Crypto Critics’ Corner →

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

Binance After less than four months the CEO of Binance US resigns. https://twitter.com/BrianBrooksUS/status/1423727097323802626 ICYMI In these two episodes Cas and I are joined by Frances Coppola to discuss inflation, deflation, regulation, stablecoins, and algorithmic stablecoins. https://bennettftomlin.com/2021/08/02/episode-19-inflation-deflation-and-stablecoins-with-frances-coppola-part-1-crypto-critics-corner/ https://bennettftomlin.com/2021/08/06/episode-20-algorithmic-stablecoins-and-regulation-with-frances-coppola-part-2-crypto-critics-corner/

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 … Continue reading Sunday Reads – Things I Found Interesting 2021-08-01 →