Saturday, August 17, 2019

• Mastercard is assembling its own cryptocurrency team · Gregory Bresiger
• Satoshi Nakaboto: ‘A day of consolidation in Bitcoin’ · Satoshi Nakaboto
• Take these 5 critical steps to protect yourself from cybercrime · Scott Shackelford

Friday, August 16, 2019

• The Serious Money Is Warming to Bitcoin · Gregory Barber
• Here’s How Big Far Right Social Network Gab Has Actually Gotten · David GilbertMichael Learmonth
• NYSE Owner to Offer Futures That Pay Out With Bitcoin Next Month · Benjamin Bain
• Looking Ahead After a Quarter Century Into the Digital Age... · Irving Wladawsky-Berger
• A beginner’s guide to cryptocurrency feuds for curious Bitcoin newbies · Yessi Bello Perez
• ‘Full-time #crypto trader’ gets 20 months in prison for selling stolen data for Bitcoin · David Canellis
• Nvidia’s GPU sales finally ‘normalize’ after its crypto-mining craze · Matthew Beedham
• Software giant Oracle sues blockchain startup over similar name · David Canellis
• Satoshi Nakaboto: ‘Bitcoin market cap rivals world’s largest beer company’ · Satoshi Nakaboto
• Tech journalist breaks first rule of holding cryptocurrency, loses $30,000 · Matthew Beedham
• How-to: Exhibit for free in Startup Alley at Disrupt Berlin 2019 · Leslie Hitchcock

Thursday, August 15, 2019

• New Zealand's crypto salary plan is a big win for Facebook Libra · Nicole Kobie
• Twitter leads $100M round in top Indian regional social media platform ShareChat · Manish Singh
• Exclusive: Coinbase Buys Xapo Custody for $55 Million, Eyes Lending Business · Jeff
• 'How I lost £25,000 when my cryptocurrency was stolen' · https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews
• Bitcoin Drop Not Likely Triggered by Scam Dump, Researcher Says · Olga Kharif
• New money-laundering rules change everything for cryptocurrency exchanges · Mike Orcutt
• IRS Sends Second Round Tax Warnings to Cryptocurrency Investors
• Overstock C.E.O. Takes Aim at ‘Deep State’ After Romance With Russian Agent · Michael Corkery
• IBM-Unilever blockchain pilot cuts wasteful ad spend · Matt Marshall
• How about earning crypto tokens to carbon-offset your Uber rides? · Mike Butcher
• Meet the TC Top Picks for Disrupt SF 2019 · Priya Gupta
• This bitcoin ad was literally a chart crime · Steve Goldstein
• Democratic 2020 hopefuls take aim at TCJA · teckert@politico.com (Toby Eckert)
• BBC’s English language lesson about cryptocurrency isn’t terrible · Matthew Beedham
• Russia wants to boost transparency with blockchain – are you kidding me? · Yessi Bello Perez
• 8.15.19 Your morning briefing
• Satoshi Nakaboto: ‘Bitcoin falls back to $10,000′ · Satoshi Nakaboto
• Threatened much? Bank industry expected to invest a metric fuckton of cash in blockchain · David Canellis
• The IRS won’t stop until it collects all the cryptocurrency tax it’s owed · Matthew Beedham
• New Zealand gives a vote of confidence in bitcoin, while the US remains wary · Matthew De Silva
• Bitcoin slumps to two-week low on technical trading, market jitters · Reuters

Wednesday, August 14, 2019

• Bitwise CEO Stays Positive Despite SEC's Move to Delay Bitcoin ETF Decision
• Overstock Shares Tumble 36% After CEO’s Comment on the ‘Deep State’ and the Clintons · Jenna Schnuer
• This spooky Monero-mining malware waits to be controlled remotely · David Canellis
• ING survey ironically finds Austrians are skeptical of Bitcoin · Yessi Bello Perez
• Meet experts from Ripple, Consensys, and more at Hard Fork Summit 2019 · Ailsa Sherrington
• Ugh finally, Samsung adds support for Bitcoin in Blockchain KeyStore · Matthew Beedham
• UK ad watchdog scorns BitMEX over Bitcoin’s 10th birthday ‘celebration’ · Yessi Bello Perez
• Barclays No Longer Banking Cryptocurrency Exchange Coinbase: Sources
• Coinbase and Barclays split up – but the cryptocurrency exchange already has a new banking bae · Matthew Beedham
• Nigerian logistics startup Kobo360 raises $30M backed by Goldman Sachs · Jake Bright

Tuesday, August 13, 2019

• Cryptocurrency lovers slip US watchdog $7m to make claims of ripping off investors, other rule breaking simply vanish
• Bitcoin Draws Premium in Argentina and Hong Kong Amid Sell-Off · Olga Kharif
• Your Wednesday Briefing · Alisha Haridasani Gupta
• North Korea is funding its weapons program with stolen cryptocurrency
• Another chunk of the Bitcoin stolen from Bitfinex has mysteriously moved · David Canellis
• New Zealand just became the first country to legalize salary payments in cryptocurrencies (BTC) · Ben Winck
• Your first trade for Tuesday, August 13 · Tyler Bailey
• Cryptocurrency scammers conned Australians out of $14.8M in just 7 months · Yessi Bello Perez
• SEC takes action against financial charlatan who operated a $14M fraudulent ICO · Matthew Beedham
• Mike Tyson’s latest startup mixes entertainment, games, fighting, and blockchain · Dean Takahashi
• Coinbase drops UK support for privacy-focused Zcash cryptocurrency · Charlie Osborne
• Poloniex to repay $18M worth of Bitcoin lost in margin trade flash crash with trading fees · David Canellis
• China says state cryptocurrency set to rival bitcoin is 'close' to launch · Anthony Cuthbertson
• Cryptocurrency scammers have netted $4.26B so far this year, report · Yessi Bello Perez
• South Korea takes the brunt of North Korea’s cryptocurrency cyberattacks · Matthew Beedham

Monday, August 12, 2019

• European blockchain company Bitfury launches artificial intelligence unit · Reuters
• IBM and Tata join DLT platform Hedera Hashgraph's governing council · Asha Barbaschow
• China’s Fintech Revolution—The Ledger · rhhackettfortune
• SEC Delays Cryptocurrency ETF Decisions, Citing Market Concerns
• Blade raises $4.3M from Coinbase, SV Angel to reshape cryptocurrency derivatives trading · Lucas Matney
• Four men sentenced for child pornography, DOJ says they used bitcoin and Tor to cover their tracks · Kate Fazzini
• NCAA Does Not Need to Pay Athletes, Court Rules · McKenna Moore
• Many blockchain use cases need IoT to succeed, and more · Forrester Research
• Announcing the Disrupt SF 2019 agenda · Jordan Crook
• A Goldman Sachs Analyst Is Bullish on Bitcoin. But Is Goldman?
• As Indian crypto ban looms, blockchain projects find new life
• Researchers hacked a Canon DSLR with Bitcoin demanding ransomware · Matthew Beedham
• CipherTrace: Cryptocurrency thefts, scams, and fraud could hit $4.3 billion in 2019 · Dean Takahashi
• Thailand-based Velo Says Blockchain Will Revolutionize Remittance in South East Asia · eamonbarrett
• New Zealand greenlights Bitcoin salary regulation – but it’s still a bad idea · Matthew Beedham
• UK dark web dealers get more than 20 years for selling cocaine for Bitcoin · Yessi Bello Perez
• China Says Its Own Cryptocurrency Is ‘Close’ to Release
• Why blockchain-based voting could threaten democracy · Lucas Mearian
• China's sovereign digital currency is 'almost ready': PBOC official · Reuters Editorial
• Moonday Mornings: IBM wants to put your browser history on the blockchain, forever · Matthew Beedham
• India’s Reliance Jio inks deal with Microsoft to expand Office 365, Azure to more businesses; unveils broadband, blockchain, and IoT platforms · Manish Singh

Sunday, August 11, 2019

• “Ola’s Bhavish Aggarwal, and not Microsoft’s Satya Nadella, is the Indian techie’s new role model” · Itika Sharma Punit
• China's official digital currency is nearly ready · Jon Fingas