Sunday, March 24, 2019

• Why I believe the future of work is on the blockchain · Simona Pop

Saturday, March 23, 2019

• Thailand, the Land of Smiles, is beaming on tourists, blockchain and cryptocurrencies alike to promote technological innovation · Nithinan Boonyawattanapisut
• Denver and West Virginia Deserve Praise for Voting on Blockchain · rhhackettfortune
• Cyber Saturday—Denver Votes on Blockchain, Facebook Password Snafu, ‘LockerGoga’ Ransomware · Robert Hackett
• Britain's Got Talent Olivia Archbold avoids jail for dark web drugs scheme
• Look at the History of Credit Cards for the Future of Cryptocurrency

Friday, March 22, 2019

• Report Findings Highlight Fake Bitcoin Trading on Unregulated Exchanges
• Most bitcoin trading activity is faked, research says · Thomas Barrabi
• Most bitcoin trading activity is faked, research says - Fox Business · Thomas Barrabi
• Bitcoin critic warns against central banks issuing own tokens
• You can now play scratchcards with Bitcoin, thanks to the Lightning Network · Matthew Beedham
• PSA: MetaMask reveals your Ethereum address to sites you visit, here’s how to hide it · David Canellis
• Majority of bitcoin trading is a hoax, new study finds · Kate Rooney
• Britain's Got Talent star made £85,000 with her boyfriend in dark web drugs racket
• A quick guide to understanding blockchain smart contracts · Yessi Bello Perez
• Most Bitcoin Trading Faked by Unregulated Exchanges, Study Finds · Paul Vigna
• Borrowing Bitcoins Could Get Awkward · Matthew S Levine
• Square is making a slew of updates across its product offering (SQ) · Rachel Green
• PRESS DIGEST- Canada-March 22 · Reuters Editorial
• 4,000 art auction houses are putting their sales records on the blockchain · Matthew Beedham
• Alleged Russian boss of Bitcoin ‘money-laundering scheme’ wants to go home · Matthew Beedham

Thursday, March 21, 2019

• How do you know where your olive oil really comes from? · https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews
• To fund Y Combinator’s top startups, VCs scoop them before Demo Day · Kate Clark
• Bitcoin scammer boasts $760,000 payday through dark web domain squatting · Yessi Bello Perez
• Here’s how much ‘Bitcoin Twitter’ loves presidential candidate Andrew Yang · David Canellis
• Intain Fintech to launch software product in India · Special Correspondent
• Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey Has an Incredible Job Offer for Bitcoin Enthusiasts · Sissi Cao
• Switzerland inches closer to cryptocurrency regulation · Yessi Bello Perez
• The jury's still out on blockchain as a payment fraud weapon
• Cryptocurrency scammer pleads guilty in $4M fraud case · Matthew Beedham
• Here’s the difference between ICOs and IEOs · Matthew Beedham
• Mt. Gox readies to pay back creditors five years after hack · Yessi Bello Perez
• Square will offer its new crypto employees payment in Bitcoin · Rachel England
• PSA: Don’t use this fake Wasabi wallet to store your Bitcoin · David Canellis
• Cryptocurrency market maker B2C2 makes senior hire to lead U.S. expansion · Echo Wang
• Why the future of blockchain may be a 'permissioned' governance model
• This 19-year-old is paying her way through college by naming over 677,000 Chinese babies · Karen Gilchrist
• Facebook is hiring a lead for its blockchain counsel · Matthew Beedham
• Regulators are cracking down on crypto speculation — that’s a good thing for the future of bitcoin · Matthew De Silva

Wednesday, March 20, 2019

• South Korean semiconductor stocks surge on the back of Micron earnings · Eustance Huang
• To back the best Y Combinator graduates, VCs must act quickly · Kate Clark
• Jack Dorsey is recruiting his own personal bitcoin posse · Jack Morse
• Square Is Staffing up for a New Cryptocurrency Unit, Says Jack Dorsey · Alyssa Newcomb
• Monash Uni claims reputation-based blockchain capable of defending itself · Asha McLean
• Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey says he will pay you to work on Bitcoin full-time · David Canellis
• Starbucks will anchor the new $400 million food-focused Valor Siren Ventures fund · Jonathan Shieber
• TC Sessions: Mobility, a one-day session event on the future of transportation · Kirsten Korosec
• Cryptocurrency platform Augur can’t fix ‘invalid market’ scam without huge update · David Canellis
• Huawei is putting blockchain into the stratosphere · Matthew Beedham
• Cryptocurrency exchange Cryptopia resumes trading months after debilitating hack · Yessi Bello Perez
• North Korean dissidents are using Ethereum to overthrow Kim Jong-un · David Canellis
• Facecoin: Will Facebook's cryptocurrency deliver? · Alistair Milne
• 3.20.19 Your morning briefing
• Crypto country: Ex-Soviet state Belarus uses bitcoin bubble to boost its tech sector · Andrada Fiscutean
• Facebook’s blockchain cryptocurrency could mean big money – and kill 'fake news' · Lucas Mearian
• We shouldn’t care about companies accepting Bitcoin in 2019 · Yessi Bello Perez
• Malware rises from the dead to take vengeance on cryptocurrency trading firms · Matthew Beedham

Tuesday, March 19, 2019

• BITCOIN IN DUMPS; GLOOM OVER CRYPTOS... · Paul Vigna
• Here are the 88 companies that launched at YC’s W19 Demo Day 2 · Greg Kumparak
• Beware the Mideast’s Falling Pillars · THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN
• CBOE pulls plug on bitcoin futures, more upside ahead? · Melissa Lee
• Quantum-safe communication over the internet infrastructure? Yeah, that’s doable · David Riggs
• Apply to be a TC Top Pick at Disrupt San Francisco 2019 · Emma Comeau
• Neo-Nazis Bet Big on Bitcoin (And Lost) · David Gerard
• Binance will let you buy Bitcoin with cash from 1,300 stores in Australia · David Canellis
• Citibank is abandoning its crypto ambitions (C, JPM, NDAQ, HSBC) · Mekebeb Tesfaye
• Blackmailers are posing as CIA agents to steal your Bitcoin · David Canellis
• Nobody wants a Bitcoin ETF because cryptocurrency ‘has no intrinsic value’ · Matthew Beedham
• This updated trojan malware campaign targets fintech and cryptocurrency trading companies · Danny Palmer
• A criminal past haunts surviving founder of troubled cryptocurrency exchange Quadriga · Bloomberg News
• A Big Step Backward for Bitcoin
• Bitcoin Tie Guy Is Breakout Star of the Elizabeth Holmes Documentary · Madison Malone Kircher
• A Low-Risk Way to Bet on Fintech and Blockchain
• Goldman’s diversity push; bitcoin futures expire
• Japan tightens grip on cryptocurrency margin trading · Yessi Bello Perez
• 3iQ Appeals Decision of OSC Director on The Bitcoin Fund · Business Wire
• In defense of “blitzscaling,” Silicon Valley’s most misunderstood growth strategy · Reid HoffmanChris Yeh
• Bitcoin’s $4,000 mark becoming ‘life or death’ for traders, says analyst · Aaron Hankin
• 3.19.19 Your morning briefing
• Don’t throw out your DVDs. They’re your best protection against corporate censorship. · Sonny Bunch
• ‘Drug-dealing’ football coach sues Bitcoin fund manager over $14M loss · David Canellis
• Hacker selling 26M stolen user records in exchange for $5,000 worth of Bitcoin · Yessi Bello Perez
• Visa is looking for someone to spearhead permissionless blockchain · Matthew Beedham
• Fighting crypto fraud will soon become easier, here’s why · Jamie Tolentino
• The New Zealand shooter profited from a notorious crypto pyramid scheme · Matthew De Silva

Monday, March 18, 2019

• The Ledger: Vitalik on Gaming and Ethereum’s Killer App, Mt. Gox CEO Not Guilty, Circle’s Jeremy Allaire · Robert Hackett
• Circle CEO: Cryptocurrency Business Is Down But We’re Still Growing · Robert Hackett
• Charges dismissed in Manhattan bitcoin robbery case · Rebecca Rosenberg
• OnMiners Changing the Game in Cryptocurrency Mining · Business Wire
• 5 Ways Blockchain and AI Are Changing Business in 2019
• Inside the blockchain lobbying boomlet · tmeyer@politico.com (Theodoric Meyer)
• Why you should change your default search engine · Matthew De Silva
• IBM launches challenge to Ripple and Swift
• Cboe to stop listing bitcoin futures as interest in crypto trading cools · Kate Rooney
• IBM launches global blockchain-based payments network · Lucas Mearian
• IBM sends Blockchain World Wire for global payments into limited production · Asha McLean
• Inside Craig Wright’s blockchain patent ‘empire’ · Yessi Bello Perez
• Citibank ditches plans for its own cryptocurrency, bets on SWIFT instead · Matthew Beedham
• Cryptos: IBM ramps up cryto-related cross-border payments offering · Aaron Hankin
• Blockchain tech is the future, and you can get on board for $29 · TNW Deals
• Bitcoin drifts lower after notching its fourth consecutive winning week · Aaron Hankin
• Asian tech groups struggle to adjust to iPhone slowdown
• After live-streamed New Zealand shooting, firms push platforms to change by threatening to pull ads · Emily Tamkin
• Australia’s new blockchain strategy is $71K and a non-existent roadmap · David Canellis
• Moonday Morning: Bitcoin dev ordered to prove Craig Wright isn’t Satoshi · Matthew Beedham