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/

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 →

Stablecoins Janet Yellen is getting together a whole bunch of regulators and law enforcement to figure out what the heck is happening with stablecoins. ICYMI I was able to go on the Grant William's Podcast to discuss Bitfinex and Tether and he has also made his report on Tether and Bitfinex freely available. https://bennettftomlin.com/2021/07/11/my-appearance-on-the-grant-williams-podcast/ In … Continue reading Sunday Reads – Things I Found Interesting 2021-07-18 →

Binance https://twitter.com/BennettTomlin/status/1413270421114433540?s=20 Binance in their continual journey to be simultaneously everywhere and nowhere has ended up right back where they started, in Hong Kong. TrueUSD I am still worried about the fact that we have yet to get more information from TrueUSD about their acquisition or when attestations may resume. Cas covered it months ago … Continue reading Sunday Reads – Things I Found Interesting 2021-07-11 →

Fraud in the art world Vulture had a fantastic article about a fraudulent art dealer. See if you can find analogies to crypto and especially NFTs. Read it here. ICYMI In this article I attempt to challenge those who malign Tether researchers and journalists covering Tether as 'conspiratorial truthers'. https://bennettftomlin.com/2021/07/03/tether-truthers-and-the-inconvenient-conspiracy-theories/ In this episode Cas and … Continue reading Sunday Reads – Things I Found Interesting 2021-07-04 →

Summary of Bitfinex and Tether Grant Williams wrote the best summary of Bitfinex and Tether I have yet read, it is unfortunately paywalled, but if you would like to subscribe to get access you can go here. (Note: I was given a free copy) If instead you would like to read my introduction you can … Continue reading Sunday Reads – Things I Found Interesting 2021-06-27 →

El Salvador Cas Piancey writes about El Salvador making Bitcoin legal tender for Protos Media: https://protos.com/el-salvador-bitcoin-bukele-legal-tender-adoption-read-this/ Ruminations on Cryptocurrency Critics Ben Muenster writes a brilliant piece on the strangeness of cryptocurrency critics for Decrypt. How an eccentric astronomer took down a Russian spy ring Read the wild story about this man who stood opposed to … Continue reading Sunday Reads – Things I Found Interesting 2021-06-20 →

Books I Read Insomnia - This book by Stephen King is a supernatural thriller (like many of King's books). If you are a fan of King you will likely enjoy this, especially with the references back to Dark Tower and to Derry more broadly. If you are not a fan of King, I think he … Continue reading Sunday Reads – Things I Found Interesting 2021-06-13 →