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In this special look-back episode, Tim Swanson breaks down major developments in the cryptocurrency market in 2021. Tim is head of market intelligence at London-based blockchain company Clearmatics and is the founder and director of research at tech advisory firm Post Oak Labs. Tim's Twitter: @ofnumbers GFMC's Twitter: @DukeGFMC Lee's Twitter: @leereiners The FinReg Blog: https://sites.law.duke.edu/thefinregblog/
In this episode, we talk about WordPress blocking Google’s Federated Learning of Cohorts tracking technology, a web app that received so much negative feedback from food bloggers it was taken down in less than a day, and The Bank of England and HM Treasury creating a joint task force to explore the possibility of creating a central bank digital currency in the U.K. Then we speak with Tim Swanson, founder and director of research at Post Oak Labs, and head of market intelligence at ClearMatics, as well as the author of the research paper, “Bitcoin and other PoW coins are an ESG nightmare,” about the environmental impact of digital currency. Then we chat with Isedua Oribhabor, U.S. policy analyst at Access Now about their letter to Spotify on why the company should abandon their recent speech-recognition patent of a technology to detect emotion, gender, and age. Show Notes DevDiscuss (sponsor) CodeNewbie (sponsor) RudderStack (sponsor) Scout APM (sponsor) Proposal: Treat FLoC like a security concern Tech keeps trying to ‘fix’ recipe sites. Food bloggers wish they’d stop. Bank of England statement on Central Bank Digital Currency Access Now Letter To Spotify (Axios) RightsCon 2021
2020 was a critical year in the continued expansion of the cryptocurrency market and not just because the year ended with Bitcoin's price at an all-time high of close to $30,000. In this episode, Tim Swanson breaks down major developments in the cryptocurrency market over the past year; from the rise of stablecoins and central bank digital currencies, to regulatory crackdowns on crypto firms. Tim is head of market intelligence at London-based blockchain company Clearmatics and is the founder and director of research at tech advisory firm Post Oak Labs. Parasitic stablecoins | Great Wall of Numbers The Anatomy of a Money-like Informational Commodity: A Study of Bitcoin
Sara is joined by Tim Swanson, Founder and Director of Research at Post Oak Labs, this week to talk about the latest and greatest news in blockchain. First up, we take a look at Bitwise ETF filing - The ‘real Bitcoin market. A majority of bitcoin trading volume is artificially created by unregulated exchanges, according to Bitwise Asset Management. The firm attached a report, in a bitcoin-based ETF submission, in which it collected and analyzed Bitcoin trading data, over four days in March, across 81 cryptocurrency exchanges. Tim comments that exchanges located in certain areas have a habit of exaggerating their volume and Sara unpacks some of the deeper issues this raises (01:18). Next we talk about the failed ICO trying to flog itself on eBay. For as little as $60,000, a slice of history could be yours. That's the starting price in an eBay auction for all the documents, all of the branding, all of the strings of 1s and 0s, and all the broken dreams of an initial coin offering (ICO) that never managed to sell a single token. Sarah comments that she has no idea what the company does because it hasn't built anything and Tim adds that they have no capital which is why they're selling on eBay (8:01). Colin may be gone but he's still managed to do an interview with Alex Batlin, Founder and CEO of Trustology for a scoop on an annoucement they just had to share (15:33). We also have a great Tweet of the Week from @antony_btc on Deconomy (25:36). Colin also spoke to Will Martino, CEO and Founder, and Tony Pham, Lead on Marketing at Kadena to talk about blockchain, smart contracts and hitting the reach goals for the industry (26:35). Other stories include: Square Staffing up for new Cryptocurrency Unit, Says Jack Dorsey All this and so much more on this week's episode of Blockchain Insider. And why not send us your best tweets? See if you can get a shout out on the show! We hope you enjoy the show and, as ever, don't forget to subscribe! Want to join the conversation on all the topics discussed? Tweet the show @bchaininsider and if you really love the show, please leave us a review on iTunes. This week's episode of Blockchain Insider was produced by Laura Watkins and Petrit Berisha. Edited by Alex Woodhouse. Special Guests: Alex Batlin, Tim Swanson, Tony Pham, and Will Martino.
Business Radio Special: Cryptocurrency prices have crashed and blockchain killer applications have not taken off yet. What comes next? Will we look back on this time as the end of an overhyped fad, or a speed bump in the development of a major technological revolution? What will the blockchain and cryptocurrency world look like going forward? Wharton Professor Kevin Werbach, author of "The Blockchain and the New Architecture of Trust," leads a two-part discussion with blockchain experts on After the Blockchain Bubble. Guests this hour include: Tim Swanson, Founder of fintech advisory firm Post Oak Labs; Caitlin Long, Co-founder of the Wyoming Blockchain Coalition, former Chairman and President of Symbiont.io, the market-leading smart contracts platform for financial sector uses of blockchain technology; Tonya Evans, Professor of Law at the University of New Hampshire School of Law, Chair of the Intellectual Property & Technology Online Programs; Marco Santori, President and Chief Legal Officer of Blockchain, the world's largest wallet and the leading software platform for digital assets. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Colin and Sara are in the studio with Noelle Acheson, Editorial Producer at Coindesk and Tim Swanson, Founder and Director of Research at Post Oak Labs. First up, the group takes a look at a U.S. Judge stating that Initial Coin Offerings are covered by securities law. A federal judge has ruled that U.S. securities laws may cover an initial coin offering, handing the government a legal victory in its effort to regulate billions of dollars in cybercurrency offerings much like stocks. The ruling came in a criminal case against a man charged with promoting digital currencies backed by investments in real estate and diamonds that prosecutors said didn’t exist. Finra charges broker with fraud and unlawful distribution of unregistered cryptocurrency securities. FINRA (Financial Industry Regulatory Authority) filed a complaint against Timothy Tilton Ayre of Agawam, Massachusetts, charging him with securities fraud and the unlawful distribution of an unregistered cryptocurrency security called HempCoin. This case represents FINRA’s first disciplinary action involving cryptocurrencies. SEC Chairman Jay Clayton releases statement regarding SEC staff views. The Commission’s longstanding position is that all staff statements are nonbinding and create no enforceable legal rights or obligations of the Commission or other parties. The $1Billion Tezos Blockchain has officially launched. The Tezos Foundation raised $232 million in July 2017 to build the network and issue a new type of cryptocurrency to its backers in one of the largest-ever initial coin offerings. Several class-action lawsuits have been filed in the United States against the project’s organizers alleging the fundraiser violated federal securities laws and defrauded investors. Binance to start closed beta testing of new crypto-fiat exchange in Singapore. While no further details have been specified, the crypto-fiat Singapore-based exchange will presumably support the local Singapore dollar. Singapore ranked third most favourable country for ICOs in mid-July (in terms of number of top global ICO projects. Bitcoin trading volume has "Skyrocketed" in Argentina due to rising inflation. Alexander Tapscott, Canadian businessman and author, recently pointed out that bitcoin trading volumes are ‘skyrocketing’. It appears that Argentina is heading toward a recession due to mismanaged monetary policies. Argentina is struggling and many of its citizens now appear to have more confidence in cryptocurrencies than in the traditional financial system. Significantly, weekly bitcoin trading volume on peer-to-peer (P2P) exchange, LocalBitcoins, (in Argentina) has increased to nearly $7 million. We also have a Tweet of the Week on ICO skeptics. All this and so much more on this week's episode of Blockchain Insider. And if you enjoyed our tweet of the week why not send us your best tweets? See if you can get a shout out on the show! We hope you enjoy the show and, as ever, don't forget to subscribe! Want to join the conversation on all the topics discussed? Tweet the show @bchaininsider and if you really love the show, please leave us a review on iTunes. This week's episode of Blockchain Insider was produced by Petrit Berisha, written by Dhanum Nursigadoo and edited by Michael Bailey. Special Guests: Noelle Acheson and Tim Swanson.
As a TechBuzz China listener, you must be at least a little bit crypto-curious. This week on TechBuzz China, we talk in-depth about Bitmain, the most valuable company in the cryptocurrency space that happens to be from China. TechBuzz China by Pandaily is a weekly technology podcast focused on giving you a peek into what's buzzing within the tech community in China. It is co-hosted by Ying-Ying Lu and Rui Ma, who are both seasoned China watchers with years of experience working in the technology space in China. They uncover and contextualize unique insights, perspectives, and takeaways on headline tech news that don't always make it into English language coverage.This week, TechBuzz China's very own Ying-Ying Lu and Rui Ma, along with guest co-host Joyce Yang, talk all about cryptocurrency - more specifically, the biggest crypto company in the world, Bitmain. With profits of 3 to 4 billion dollars last year, how did Bitmain manage to hold 70-80% of the market share of bitcoin mining hardware? What are their future challenges and how will the Chinese government play a role?Our special guest co-host this week is Joyce Yang, the creator of Global Coin Research, a content platform that bridges the East and the West in this new global crypto world. In this episode, we also hear from Tim Swanson, the founder of Post Oak Labs who has heard over 500 blockchain-related pitches, and Jimmy Song, long time Bitcoin developer turned Venture Partner at Blockchain Capital.As always, you can find these stories and more at pandaily.com. Let us know what you think of the show, and don't forget to follow us on Twitter at @techbuzzchina and to like our Facebook page!
As a TechBuzz China listener, you must be at least a little bit crypto-curious. This week on TechBuzz China, we talk in-depth about Bitmain, the most valuable company in the cryptocurrency space, which happens to be from China. TechBuzz China by Pandaily is a weekly technology podcast focused on giving you a peek into what’s buzzing within the tech community in China. It is co-hosted by Ying-Ying Lu and Rui Ma, who are both seasoned China-watchers with years of experience working in the technology space in China. They uncover and contextualize unique insights, perspectives, and takeaways on headline tech news that don’t always make it into English-language coverage. This week, TechBuzz China's very own Lu and Ma, along with guest co-host Joyce Yang, talk all about cryptocurrency - more specifically, the biggest crypto company in the world, Bitmain. With profits of $3 billion to $4 billion last year, how did Bitmain manage to hold 70-80 percent of the market share of bitcoin mining hardware? What is its future challenges and how will the Chinese government play a role? Our special guest co-host this week is Joyce Yang, the creator of Global Coin Research, a content platform that bridges the East and the West in this new global crypto world. In this episode, we also hear from Tim Swanson, the founder of Post Oak Labs, who has heard over 500 blockchain-related pitches, and Jimmy Song, longtime bitcoin developer turned venture partner at Blockchain Capital. As always, you can find these stories and more at pandaily.com. Let us know what you think of the show, and don't forget to follow us on Twitter at @techbuzzchina and to like our Facebook page!
Notes / Links from the episode Todd McDonald - Twitter (https://twitter.com/Mcdtv) - LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/toddvmcdonald/) Consensus 2018 (https://www.coindesk.com/events/consensus-2018/) Watch Consensus 2018 (https://www.coindesk.com/events/consensus-2017/video/day1/) Consensus & Token Summit overview (https://tokeneconomy.co/consensus-token-summit-recap-597df4f7318) Amber Baldet (https://twitter.com/AmberBaldet) Jimmy Song (https://twitter.com/jimmysong) Joe Lubin (https://www.linkedin.com/in/joseph-lubin-48406489/) Amber, Jimmy, Joe Fireside Chat (https://www.coindesk.com/events/consensus-2017/video/day1/) Kevin Rutter - LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevin-rutter-1b109235/) Tim Swanson - Linkedin (https://www.linkedin.com/in/timswanson/) - Twitter (https://twitter.com/ofnumbers) - Blog (http://www.ofnumbers.com/) Post Oak Labs (http://www.postoaklabs.com/) Vitalik Buterin (https://twitter.com/VitalikButerin) Ethereum (https://www.ethereum.org/) [LizardCoin – An April Fools joke between R3 and Vitalik!](https://blog.ethereum.org/2016/04/01/ethereum-partners-with-r3cev-on-lizardcoin-bringing-together-the-best-of-centralized-finance-and-blockchain-technology/] Dogecoin (http://dogecoin.com/) Binance referral code (https://support.binance.com/hc/en-us/articles/115002423451-Binance-Referral-Program) Corda (www.corda.net) Guy Hochstetler, Solution Architect at R3 (https://www.linkedin.com/in/guyho/) GDPR Blog Post (https://www.r3.com/blog/gdpr/) Jana Moser on GDPR (https://www.r3.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/GDPR_Blockchains_R3.pdf) Overstock accepting cryptos (https://www.coindesk.com/ether-litecoin-overstock-now-accepts-cryptocurrencies-payment/) Dapps (https://www.coindesk.com/information/what-is-a-decentralized-application-dapp/) What is an ICO (https://bitcoinmagazine.com/guides/what-ico/) Gdax (https://www.gdax.com/trade/) Coinbase (https://www.coinbase.com/) CBDC (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Bank_Digital_Currency) Confidentiality Paper with Danny Yang and Zooko Wilcox (https://www.r3.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Survey_Confidentiality_Privacy_R3.pdf) Catherine Rutter LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/catherinemrutter/) Twitter (https://twitter.com/breadandrutter) Music by bensound.com Show notes: Consensus 2018 discussion with Todd 00:00-17:20 Interview with Tim Swanson (Accompanied by Kevin!) 17:20-44:25 Special Guest: Tim Swanson.
History of Crypto with Tim Swanson of Post Oak Labs.