ICOs were so 2017? According to organizers of the Crypto Invest Summit taking place in Los Angeles next week, it's only just warming up. Despite crypto asset price slumps, increasing regulatory scrutiny and (to some) overheated enthusiasm by the inexperienced, token sales have continued to rake in fiat value in 2018. According to the latest data, 165 ICOs have raised $5 billion … [Read more...] about Crypto Invest Summit LA Organizer: ICOs Are ‘Only Going to Get Bigger’
Why Decentralized Derivatives Mean Freedom, With Patrick Dugan of TradeLayer
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A derivatives exchange where fiat currencies are backed by crypto, and every trade is its own atomic contract? Bitsonline spoke to Patrick Dugan, founder of the decentralized derivatives exchange TradeLayer, about settling trades on-chain and eliminating the need for exchanges to actually hold the assets they trade (custodial risk). Also see: Former CEO of Mt. Gox Lands … [Read more...] about Why Decentralized Derivatives Mean Freedom, With Patrick Dugan of TradeLayer
CryptoCannabis Still Seeking New Financial Solutions for a Lucrative Industry
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Bitsonline heads back to Denver next week for the CryptoCannabis conference, to find out more about an industry that could potentially be worth over $31 billion USD by 2021 -- yet continues to exist in a legal grey zone. Again, we expect to ask (and hopefully answer) the perennial question: Can bitcoin and cryptocurrencies help here? Also see: Verge Hooks up with Pornhub to … [Read more...] about CryptoCannabis Still Seeking New Financial Solutions for a Lucrative Industry
Japanese Police Arrest 12 in Bitcoin (Actually Yen) Fraud
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Police in Japan's Tokyo and Hyogo prefectures have arrested 12 people over an alleged live bitcoin trade fraud in July last year. Though touted in the media as a "bitcoin fraud" incident, the actual crime concerns the use of ¥200 million JPY ($1.86 million USD) in counterfeit national currency bills. Also see: NY Attorney General Launches Inquiry Into 13 Crypto … [Read more...] about Japanese Police Arrest 12 in Bitcoin (Actually Yen) Fraud
Junseth’s World Episode 32: Heroine Quality Assurance Tester
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There's morals on the menu in Junseth's World this week; which do you prefer -- vice, or math? The podcast crew riff again on the tragic loss of Backpage.com, and the important part it played in building the bitcoin economy -- before sidestepping into the morals of ASIC mining (did you ever think it was possible to segue from sex to algos? We didn't either, till we met … [Read more...] about Junseth’s World Episode 32: Heroine Quality Assurance Tester
