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De HBO-documentaire 'Money Electric: The Bitcoin Mystery' beweert de identiteit van de nog altijd anonieme Satoshi Nakamoto te onthullen. Deze documentaire kan groot nieuws zijn, omdat de ware identiteit van de oprichter van Bitcoin al meer dan een decennium een raadsel is. Daniël Mol en zijn co-host Remy van der Nagel praten over de nieuwe documentaire. Verschillende journalisten hebben in het verleden beweerd Satoshi te hebben ontmaskerd, maar zonder definitief bewijs. De vraag blijft of deze documentaire wel het laatste woord heeft over wie Nakamoto echt was. Satoshi Nakamoto verdween in 2011, nadat hij of zij de controle over Bitcoin had overgedragen aan de community en zich volledig terugtrok. Nakamoto had vanaf de lancering van Bitcoin in 2009 anoniem leiding gegeven aan het project, met veel interactie op forums en via e-mails. Over de jaren hebben velen geprobeerd te achterhalen wie achter het pseudoniem schuilgaat, maar dit leidde vaak tot verkeerde beschuldigingen. Op de goksite Polymarket speculeren mensen al volop over de uitkomst van de documentaire. De naam van Len Sassaman, een cryptograaf die in 2011 overleed, wordt vaak genoemd. Sassaman was actief in de cryptografie-gemeenschap en zijn achtergrond past in het profiel van iemand die betrokken zou kunnen zijn geweest bij het ontstaan van Bitcoin. Toch blijft het speculatie.  Wat als de makers van de documentaire écht Satoshi's identiteit onthullen? Dit zou mogelijk grote gevolgen hebben voor Bitcoin en de cryptomarkt. Een van de zorgen is dat als bekend wordt wie Nakamoto is, deze persoon grote hoeveelheden Bitcoin in bezit zou kunnen hebben. Mocht die voorraad op de markt komen, dan zou dat de prijs van Bitcoin sterk kunnen beïnvloeden. In de prijsanalyse met Bert Slagter wordt verder ingegaan op de mogelijke gevolgen voor de cryptomarkt als Satoshi's identiteit bekend wordt. Bert benadrukt dat, hoewel dit impact zou kunnen hebben, het in de huidige markt moeilijk te voorspellen is wat de directe gevolgen zouden zijn. Hij wijst erop dat oktober historisch een sterke maand is voor Bitcoin, maar dat er dit jaar weinig beweging is geweest. Lage handelsvolumes suggereren dat investeerders momenteel afwachtend zijn. Ook bespreekt hij de mogelijke renteverlagingen door centrale banken, waarbij hij zich afvraagt of dit nog nodig is gezien de goed presterende Amerikaanse economie. Tenslotte komt het nieuws dat Coinbase de populaire stablecoin Tether mogelijk gaat verwijderen uit hun aanbod door de nieuwe Europese cryptowet MICA. Tether, de grootste stablecoin, moet aan nieuwe regels voldoen om compliant te zijn in Europa. Dit kan grote gevolgen hebben, zeker omdat concurrent USDC al aan de regels voldoet. Andere stablecoins, zoals DAI en TrueUSD, hebben ook nog geen licentie onder MICA. Gasten Remy van der Nagel Links HBO-documentaire tracht Satoshi te ontmaskeren Coinbase stopt met Tether Host Daniël Mol Redactie Daniël MolSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Bennett and Cas discuss Justin Sun's empire, and the fact that he does not seem to have enough money. Additional resources: Protos coverage of Poloniex and WBTC Protos coverage of USDD reserves at HTX Protos coverage of TrueUSD market-cap collapse Protos coverage of false Diplomatic Immunity Protos reporting on stUSDT This episode was recorded on May 1st, 2024.

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In 2023, Bitcoin Ordinals drew the masses somewhat controversially, and now Avalanche has its own ASC-20 token standard in the early stages of virality. Meanwhile, a report from the United Nations put crypto on the firing line for crime in Southeast Asia and singled out Tether, which sparked an irritated response from the stablecoin issuer. Speaking of stablecoins, TrueUSD has depegged as users flock to alternatives.Further reading:Avalanche inscriptions draw record user interest amid BRC-20 hype — Zhiyuan SunUN implicates crypto in booming illicit economies of Southeast Asia — Derek AndersenTether responds to UN report about ‘illicit activity' of USDT — Helen PartzTrueUSD stablecoin depegs as holders dump $330M in TUSD — Tom MitchelhillReferences:Gate.io guide to ASC-20 (Chinese)Tether blog post challenging UN reportSo, grab yourself a coffee, and let's get into it!Rise'n'Crypto is brought to you by Cointelegraph and is hosted and produced by Robert Baggs. You can follow Robert on Twitter and LinkedIn. Cointelegraph's Twitter: @CointelegraphCointelegraph's website: cointelegraph.comThe views, thoughts and opinions expressed in this podcast are its participants' alone and do not necessarily reflect or represent the views and opinions of Cointelegraph. This podcast (and any related content) is for entertainment purposes only and does not constitute financial advice, nor should it be taken as such. Everyone must do their own research and make their own decisions. The podcast's participants may or may not own any of the assets mentioned.

TrueUSD and MooreHK partner for enhanced stablecoin transparencyCrypto funds see $103 million weekly inflowsPolitical donations from crypto industry surge ahead of 2024 elections

This week, we look beyond the fake news on spot bitcoin ETF applications and discuss what's next following the SEC's decision not to appeal the ruling in the Grayscale case. Josh takes us through this and the latest crypto news, including new fees on Uniswap's front end. David discusses a busy macro week with a number of Federal Reserve speakers on the tape including Chair Jerome Powell on Thursday (October 19) alongside retail sales, housing data and 3Q23 equity earnings. He also talks about entry and exit queues on Ethereum and the effect on staking yields. Greg provides updates on trading volumes and compares technical charts for BTC/USD vs ETH/USD. Finally, Sid walks us through emerging developments on friend.tech and the TrueUSD security breach.Please like or subscribe if you like our content!Host Ben Floyd, Head of Execution Services Presenters Josh Pak, CES Salestrader David Duong, Head of Institutional Research Greg Sutton, Senior CES Salestrader Sid Shekhar, Staff Blockchain Researcher Link to Research and Insights Hub.

Today Bennett Tomlin and Cas Piancey are discussing the weird shenanigans ongoing with the stablecoin TrueUSD (TUSD) and the numerous platforms and exchanges that Justin Sun has purchased over the years. This episode was recorded on Wednesday, July 26th, 2023.

Today Bennett Tomlin and Cas Piancey are joined by Jonathan Reiter and Patrick Tan of ChainArgos to discuss Prime Trust, TrueUSD, stablecoins, and offshore finance. This episode was recorded on Tuesday, June 27th, 2023

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Get complete cryptocurrency market data with the latest price, charts, indicators, market cap, historical volatility metrics, and complete crypto sector analysis here - https://app.tokenmetrics.com/market?u... In this audio, we take a deep dive into the top-performing coins in the current crypto market and analyze where capital is flowing. We also discuss the shift in capital towards stablecoins such as TrueUSD and LUSD, and what it means for the crypto market as a whole. Introduction - 0:00-0:10 Liquity Crypto Fundamental Analysis - 0:11-1:40 Binance USD Crypto News - 1:41-2:09 Where Is Stable Coin Capital Flowing? - 2:10-3:50 Outro - 3:51-3:56 ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ Token Metrics Media LLC does not provide individually tailored investment advice and does not take a subscriber's or anyone's personal circumstances into consideration when discussing investments; nor is Token Metrics Media LLC, registered as an investment adviser or broker-dealer in any jurisdiction. Information contained herein is not an offer or solicitation to buy, hold, or sell any security.

Get complete cryptocurrency market data with the latest price, charts, indicators, market cap, historical volatility metrics, and complete crypto sector analysis here - https://app.tokenmetrics.com/market?u... In this audio, we take a deep dive into the top-performing coins in the current crypto market and analyze where capital is flowing. We also discuss the shift in capital towards stablecoins such as TrueUSD and LUSD, and what it means for the crypto market as a whole. Introduction - 0:00-0:10 Liquity Crypto Fundamental Analysis - 0:11-1:40 Binance USD Crypto News - 1:41-2:09 Where Is Stable Coin Capital Flowing? - 2:10-3:50 Outro - 3:51-3:56 ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ Token Metrics Media LLC does not provide individually tailored investment advice and does not take a subscriber's or anyone's personal circumstances into consideration when discussing investments; nor is Token Metrics Media LLC, registered as an investment adviser or broker-dealer in any jurisdiction. Information contained herein is not an offer or solicitation to buy, hold, or sell any security.

TrueFi's TRU Surges 140% After Binance Mints $50M in TrueUSD Stablecoin $TRU Trade w/o KYC on MEXC => https://www.mexc.com/en-US/register?inviteCode=mexc-1YfoE Follow Me On Twitter => https://twitter.com/AltcoinPodcast Youtube => https://www.youtube.com/@AltcoinPodcast Nothing I say is financial advice. This is a podcast for developments within the altcoin ecosystem. Nothing is to be construed as investment advice. Assume anything I talk about on the show is an investment I own. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/cryptopodcast/support

Binance, el exchange de criptomonedas más grande del mundo, dijo el lunes que convertirá automáticamente los saldos de los usuarios y los nuevos depósitos de las monedas estables USD Coin, Pax Dollar y True USD en su propia criptomoneda estable, Binance USD. CVS anuncia un acuerdo para adquirir la empresa de atención médica a domicilio, Signify, por $8 mmdd. Volkswagen anunció el lunes su intención de sacar a bolsa la marca de autos deportivos Porsche, lo que podría convertirse en una de las OPIs más grandes del mundo incluso cuando la inflación récord y un enfrentamiento energético entre Rusia y Europa han hecho caer las acciones europeas. Bed Bath & Beyond enfrenta una crisis de liderazgo después de la muerte de director financiero.

True USD (TUSD) Cryptocurrency was introduced in 2018 and was designed to be a transparent, simple, and reliable stable coin. Therefore, for this reason, it does not use any special algorithm or a hidden bank account and is crystal clear in all of its policies. Continue reading on procommun.com

In this episode of The DIVI Crypto Podcast, we talk with Michal Cymbalisty, Co-founder and Business Strategist of Domination Finance. Domination Finance is The world's first DEX for dominance trading. Domination Finance is live on both the Ethereum and Polygon Networks. Domination Finance is a non-custodial financial instrument and Decentralized Exchange, allowing traders to trade dominance pairs or earn trading fees by providing liquidity to Domination Finance. The top pair is Bitcoin Dominance (BTCDOM). Bitcoin Dominance is one of the most utilized signals in the market, showing Bitcoin's share of the total cryptocurrency industry. With Domination Finance, one no longer uses dominance as a tool for their trading. Now, a trader can take a position on the decentralized exchange and long or short not only Bitcoin Dominance, but other dominance pairs as well, such as Ethereum Dominance (ETHDOM), and Tether Dominance (USDTDOM). Bitcoin Dominance can be defined as Bitcoin's share of the total cryptocurrency market cap, calculated as a percentage. This is useful as an indicator of times when Bitcoin will either outperform or under perform the wider cryptocurrency market. In turn, this may help investors in evaluating whether to increase or decrease their altcoin exposure. AltCoins are collectively any cryptocurrency that is not Bitcoin. These include Ethereum, LiteCoin, Doge, Monero, and stablecoins like DAI, Tether, USD Con, True USD, etc. Users earn a percentage of the trading fees earned via providing liquidity on UniSwap. At this time, only USDC can be used to add liquidity on Domination Finance. Domination Finance is compatible with MetaMask and Web3 wallets supported by WalletConnect. DomFi's intuitive design is easy for traders to decide on a particular asset's market dominance. A trader can decide, with the click of a button, if they feel Bitcoin Dominance (BTCDOM) will go up, with the green LONG button. Users will then be prompted to buy BTCDOM tokens with either USDC or ETH. Alternatively, if they feel that Bitcoin Dominance will drop, they can click the red SHORT button. Traders will then be redirected to purchase invBTCDOM tokens. Liquidity providers aid others to execute their trades. A 0.3% fee is distributed pro rata to all LPs in the pool. The dominance pair has two corresponding liquidity pools: BTCDOM / USDC invBTCDOM / USDC Users add liquidity to the pools by depositing USDC. The supplied USDC will be used to mint and pool an equal number of BTCDOM and invBTCDOM tokens. BTCDOM and invBTCDOM tokens are minted by supplying USDC collateral. In turn, USDC can be unlocked by redeeming BTCDOM and/or invBTCDOM tokens. To learn more about Michal Cymbalisty, visit: Website: https://domination.finance/ Discord: https://discord.domination.finance/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/dominationfi LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/domination-finance -- DIVI is creating the world's first closed-loop, vertically-integrated cryptocurrency ecosystem. Much like Apple's ecosystem is anchored by iCloud, the DIVI Project blockchain serves as the core of the DIVI network of technologies. Thanks to a keen understanding of the divide that separates the mainstream from the crypto world, the DIVI team is able to create solutions to the industry's biggest problem: adoption by non-technical users. DIVI's user-friendly, one-click solutions aim to bring blockchain-based payments into modernity with great UX. In this podcast, we will cover all aspects of cryptocurrency, hot topics, and technology as worldwide adoption grows.

Today on EP. 187 of the BlockHash Podcast, CEO Rafael Cosman and Brandon Zemp discuss TrustToken TrueFi, TrueUSD, DeFi and more. Learn how you can build a credit history on blockchain and even receive an uncollateralized loan. Listen to the full episode wherever you go on Anchor, Spotify, Apple, Google, Amazon Music and more! The podcast is available on… Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/blockhash-exploring-the-blockchain/id1241712666 Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/6dc84ee4-845b-4bea-b812-b876daab2c7e/BlockHash-Exploring-the-Blockchain Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4AGqU8qxIYVkxXM4q2XpO1 Google Podcasts: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy9iNmNhNWM0L3BvZGNhc3QvcnNz Website: www.blockhashpodcast.com On Social Media… Website: https://www.trusttoken.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/RafaelCosman Twitter: https://twitter.com/TrustToken Twitter: https://twitter.com/tusd_official Find Brandon Zemp & the podcast on Social Media… Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theblockhash/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/zempcapital/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/zempcapital Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theblockhash LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/brandonzemp NFTs by BlockHash… OpenSea: https://opensea.io/collection/zemp OpenSea: https://opensea.io/collection/kiseokkim OpenSea: https://opensea.io/collection/officialcryptoghosts Sign up for the newsletter… (FREE) Blockchain Weekly: https://www.getrevue.co/profile/zemp (MEMBERS ONLY) Blockchain Insider: https://www.getrevue.co/profile/zemp/members

DeFi and the Future of Stablecoins While we have discussed both DeFi and stables on this show several times, it’s always interesting to get fresh perspective from others innovating this space.  That’s why we’re pleased to bring you a candid talk with Rafael Cosman of TrustToken. As the creator of the True USD stablecoin, Rafael knows things and stuff and some other things. That’s good because we only know stuff and need to learn more about the things.  Come along with us on a journey on the DeFi and Stablecoin rabbit hole, and get ready for some honest talk about USDT, the Tether coin, on this stuff, things, more stuff Full Show Notes at: http://badco.in/491 SUBSCRIBE, RATE, & REVIEW: Apple Podcast: http://badco.in/itunes Google Podcasts: http://badco.in/google Spotify: http://badco.in/spotify FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA: Twitter: @BadCrypto - @joelcomm - @teedubya Facebook: /BadCrypto - /JoelComm - /teedubyaw Facebook Mastermind Group: /BadCrypto LinkedIn: /in/joelcomm - /in/teedubya Instagram: @BadCryptoPodcast Email: badcryptopodcast[at]gmail[dot]com Phone: SEVEN-OH-8-88FIVE- 90THIRTY DONATE CRYPTO TO THE SHOW: If you'd like to donate a bit of cryptocurrency to The Bad Crypto Podcast, feel free to send copious amounts to the following locations: $BTC: Bitcoin: 3GMgCH4dFUHSLdrPnLwEsfKPVnLnoGbzGZ $ETH Ethereum: 0x1ccE8A04fa6743eD1D24cA063c7543D43B42F328 $LTC Litecoin: LavXqTWVHebEgVhBXdg3Hue3xEAmgtxLgr $DOGE Dogecoin: DMngvNMX1U8Sg8PkDjCC3UTS8Mmn9RqTP5 DISCLAIMER: Do your own due diligence and research. Joel Comm and Travis Wright are NOT FINANCIAL ADVISORS. We are sharing our journey with you as we learn more about this crazy little thing called cryptocurrency. We make NO RECOMMENDATIONS. Don't take anything we say as gospel. Do not come to our homes with pitchforks because you lost money by listening to us. We only share with you what we are learning and what we are investing it. We will never "pump or dump" any cryptocurrencies. Take what we say with a grain of salt. You must research this stuff on your own! Just know that we will always strive for RADICAL TRANSPARENCY with any show associations.   Support the show: https://badcryptopodcast.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

TechCentral — In this episode of the podcast, Jonathan Ovadia, co-founder and CEO of Ovex, a relatively new cryptocurrency exchange based in Cape Town, joins Duncan McLeod for a discussion on the crypto market. Ovex, which enjoys the backing of Civic founder Vinny Lingham and Bitcoin Foundation executive director Llew Claasen, among others, wants to bring down the cost differential associated with buying crypto coins on South African exchanges relative to their international counterparts. Ovadia explains how Ovex got its start, how it was funded, its relationship with TrustToken in the US - which launched a "stablecoin" called TrueUSD - and its plans to launch an index fund token in the coming months. He also talks about why altcoins - coins that aren't bitcoin - deserve more attention, why Facebook's libra could be a game changer for the crypto market and how Ovex secures the funds of its investors. It's a great discussion - don't miss it!

Bank of Hodlers aims to provide its users with a customer-centric banking solution leveraging blockchain. We intend to treat your cryptocurrencies as a separate asset class and offer services that ensure technologies based on the blockchain are usable as of today. Our asset-backed lending and borrowing platform currently supports Bitcoin, Ethereum, TrueUSD and DAI. We will be going live with our platform within a week. https://bankofhodlers.com https://twitter.com/BankofHodlers https://www.facebook.com/bankofhodlers

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Tory Reiss, co-founder of TrustToken, discusses stablecoins and how these cryptocurrencies are being applied throughout the blockchain ecosystem. He uses TrustToken’s USD-backed stablecoin, TrueUSD, as an example of a stablecoin being implemented to help developing countries. He also explains how stablecoins can be used for portfolio building. Additionally, he goes into detail about his recent meeting with Facebook. Full Show Notes At: https://thecryptochick.io/014 Show Edited By: Aaron The Tech (http://aaronthe.tech) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jai (Danny) An is the Co-Founder & CEO of TrustToken. In this conversation, Jai and Anthony Pompliano discuss brain implant technology, automation of knowledge and value, how TrustToken built their crypto infrastructure, and the founding story of TrueUSD. ----- If you enjoyed this conversation, share it with your colleagues & friends, rate, review, and subscribe. This podcast is presented by BlockWorks Group. For exclusive content and events that provide insights into the crypto and blockchain space, visit them at: https://www.blockworksgroup.io

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This time I have Tory Reiss, co-founder of the TrustToken Asset Tokenization Platform. Tory shares how their company was bootstrapped, raised capital from elite VCs and launched one of the biggest regulated stablecoins - the TrueUSD. Recently they also launched the TrueGBP. Tory and I talk about the ways in which you can use TrueUSD to easily transact internationally or to simply earn passive income with the interest-earning product of Nexo. Among many other things Tory also explains: How fiat-pegged stablecoins can replace traditional digital money; What sets TrueUSD apart from all other stablecoins; How to convert your USD into TUSD; What is the business model of TUSD; Why Tory sees MakerDAO and DAI as a partner instead of a competitor; How TUSD combats money laundering. This was a conversation that sparked me to think even more about the importance and stablecoins and how are accelerating the removal of existing financial borders. Tory's Contacts: https://www.trusttoken.com TrustToken - https://twitter.com/TrustToken Tory Reiss - https://twitter.com/theetory Evangelists who converted Tory into crypto: Satoshi Nakamoto and the Bitcoin White Paper Leaders Tory continues to learn from: Arjun Balaji, https://twitter.com/arjunblj “Cryptoassets The Innovative Investor's Guide to Bitcoin and Beyond” by Chris Burniske and Jack Tatar Feel free to message me, George, on Twitter @borderlessBTC   Full Episode Transcript   (01:52) George Manolov: Tory, I'm happy to have you today on the show. For everybody else; Tory Reiss is the co-founder of the TrustToken Tokenization Platform, which has been renowned for launching one of the biggest USD-backed stablecoins. But before we dive deeper into TrueUSD and the Trust Tokenization Platform, can you share a little bit about yourself, your personal professional path and how did you end up in the crypto space working on one of the biggest USD-backed stablecoins?   (02:31) Tory Reiss: Absolutely. My background is a good example of that you don't have to stay in one area or define yourself too narrowly, because whatever you're really curious about, you can learn almost anything online. The Internet has made learning simple; you can be a lifelong learner. If you look at my path, I went to school in Chicago and, and my studies revolved around entrepreneurship, international studies, behavioral economics, and neuroscience. All these topics that really have nothing to do with finance whatsoever. I started my career in enterprise software. So, the first two companies I worked for were very focused on B2B enterprise software. The first being Microsoft, where I spent a good chunk of my early career. And the second being a startup in San Francisco called Lob that was also selling APIs to the Enterprise.   I caught the crypto bug towards the end of college when I first started buying Bitcoin. Obviously once you have bitcoin, you follow the industry news over time. I saw how it was evolving and I was really excited about it, but I didn't really make the move into the crypto space or working in it full time until I saw what happened with Ethereum. In a way, the world was changing in terms of gaining a global compute layer or a global database layer that we could work on from virtually any country. It represented a paradigm shift in computing that I thought was very exciting, and particularly as it relates to finance. I'd always had a fascination with personal finance and financial technology. So, this company ended up being the perfect intersection of all those interests. We started working on what is now TrustToken in 2017 and then in 2018, we launched TrueUSD.   (04:47) George Manolov: What was the thought process of starting a company that is to tokenize other assets? Did you first come up with; Hey, let's tokenize the US dollar? Walk me through that process of how did you come up with the idea.   (05:06) Tory Reiss: It's a great question. At that time, when we saw what was happening with Ethereum and the ICO boom of 2017, what became apparent when we took a step back was that there was a new financial system emerging on the Blockchain. We saw exchanges, OTC desks, new forms of derivatives and lending products. We saw it cropping up everywhere. So, we did this exercise where we looked at traditional markets and tried to think of parallels in what would change in this new paradigm. The first thing we observed when we looked at Nasdaq or other traditional exchanges is that the majority of the value represented on those exchanges are hard assets such as real estate, commodities, etc. So, following that chain of thought, we thought, if Ethereum was going to be running the world's most important computations and many of those relate to financial services, there's going to be a need for a way to legally and technically represent real world assets on the Blockchain.   And following that chain of logic, we thought what asset or what financial instrument which is the most well understood and widely adopted instrument in the world? And it was pretty clear at that time that it was the US dollar. We thought; this is going to be a great proof of concept, that if we can prove to the world this idea of representing a dollar on the Blockchain, then we could represent any asset. We saw it as a first step in just proving out the thesis that we could represent real world assets on the blockchain.   (07:06) George Manolov: Alright. In terms of company building, what was the process? Because I know that you have raised capital from some of the top investors in Silicon Valley. So, did you first launch some sort of MVP? Did you have something prepared or in the running? or was it straight raising capital and then building it?   (07:31) Tory Reiss: I think people should know that the reality of startups is way messier than they appear from the outside. This company started in a totally different space. We pivoted into Blockchain and it was very painful in the beginning. We didn't have many resources. Over a year ago, there was just five of us working away and we didn't really have a chance to have an MVP because as soon as our product would go live, it meant that basically anyone in the world could use it. So, we just put together all of the pieces, it was very much what I would call MacGyver, in the sense that we took a lot of toothpicks and bubble gum in the beginning, like a lot of manual processes and a lot of hard work behind the scenes to get our first version of TrueUSD out of the door.   With that being said, the most important things are security and compliance. So, even if there were lots of manual processes for us on the backend in terms of how we interact with the banks or how we interact with our users, we still had to make sure that we had world class security and world class bank-grade compliance. We couldn't skimp on those, which was very tough. That was our biggest investment area early on.   We started in the same way as most other startups; we were literally working out of the same house that we were living in. It was both office and where we lived. Once we had our product out of the door and we had traction, it then became a lot easier to raise capital. Today, we have thirty-one people, both here and in Asia, and a great office here in Selma. But it's not easy; you might be sleeping on a couch for a year or two before you actually get traction and have enough capital to move into your own space.   (09:57) George Manolov: But then it's totally worth it, because you start building something big and TrueUSD is already quite big. If I'm not mistaken, it's the second largest USD-backed stablecoin after the notorious Tether. So, can you share a little more about TrueUSD? You say it's the most obvious asset to tokenize, but why so? What are the needs that TrueUSD solves and how do people use it? What deficiencies does TrueUSD solve?   (10:41) Tory Reiss: That's another good question. At the time, we thought it was a great move because anyone anywhere in the world knows what a US dollar is, almost anywhere. I shouldn't say 100%, but most places in the world recognize and accept the US dollar. That was our logic at the time, that okay, if we tokenize that, then we don't have to explain what the token is, because it's essentially a dollar and people understand what a dollar is. What we only realized after, was that the product we created was far more useful than we originally imagined. The first use case for a USD-backed stablecoin was trading. Traders were using it because they could only trade crypto to crypto and they needed a stable store of value during volatile markets.   Now, in the grand scheme of things, that's just a tiny use case. And by tiny, it's still a multi-billion-dollar market today. It's still about $3 billion in market, but it's still relatively small. What we've learned over time is that, the market beyond trading and beyond crypto is massive, because what we've actually created is a new payment rail. What's very important is that we've helped increase the velocity of money, the velocity of capital, and we've offered an alternative way to move value that's outside of the control of the traditional banking system. Traditional banks, which have been the gatekeepers for time immemorial, have been able to charge whatever fees they want on FX which is conversion between multiple currencies. Or if you want to move money internationally, they pretty much set the terms. But with TrueUSD, if you want to send money to anyone, anywhere in the world, you can do so in a matter of seconds and pay about 2 cents on average, which is the transaction fee on Ethereum. In many ways, it’s really a very powerful tool, because capital can now be moved more efficiently. If you're a lender, you can raise money in the US and deploy it in Indonesia the same day, that's never been possible. Or if you're doing remittances. The applications are so broad across financial services that we're now thinking much more broadly about how this technology can be applied. We're also going to be adding many more currencies to our offerings. And we think that this is just the start, currency is just the start.   (13:40) George Manolov: That makes total sense. I've been thinking about the same thing, when a crypto equivalent of a currency, like a crypto US dollar, has so many advantages over the traditional US dollar.  As you said, you can send it very cheaply and very fast locally and internationally. In regards to that train of thought, and specifically since you're saying you're going to be tokenizing more of the currencies out there, do you think that, in the not so distant future, fiat currencies will be essentially some sort of stablecoins on the Blockchain?   (14:26) Tory Reiss: First off, one of the common confusions is when people say "the Blockchain". I think the reason why it's worth pointing that out is that, I think that there will be multiple blockchains, for better or for worse. J.P. Morgan, for example, has illustrated that their coin will be on a private blockchain. So, technically that's on, quote unquote, the Blockchain or a blockchain, but it's not a public blockchain. I do believe that public blockchains are better than private ones, because they solve a larger problem that J.P. Morgan's chain won't solve, which is the visibility of the data. Right now, it's actually an incredibly powerful thing to be able to have those transactions be public. The perfect version now is a public blockchain that allows some amount of privacy. So, for example, if we have a use case with Microsoft or with an SAP customer that relates to how their customers move money for receivables or payments to publishers, which are real use cases that are being explored right now, they want privacy for those transactions, but they're okay with it being public for scenarios that aren't related to their affairs.   I think that's where things like Zero-Knowledge Proofs such as zk-SNARKs can become really useful, because you can then have some transactions that are private and maybe only visible to let's say a company and its audit partner, like Ernst and Young, and then have the majority of other transactions between the general public remain on a public blockchain.   That way, we can all rely on a single chain, but use different technologies to adjust the level of privacy. And I think that's more of what the future looks like, rather than today where only a few people have access to that data and they typically can't be trusted. Unfortunately, that's what history has shown us.   (16:35) George Manolov: That is very interesting. Would people still have any motive or incentive to use traditional currencies? Or what would it become the standard for all currencies, especially when Ethereum introduces zero knowledge proofs?   (17:13) Tory Reiss: I guess I didn't answer the original question. I do think that it's inevitable that, if not Blockchain, a similar technology will be standardized. Most people don't realize that most cash today is already digital, and I think this is just improving upon it. The benefit of a blockchain is that it acts as a shared database; it's one of the few technologies that people can have faith in and use as a shared database. And for that reason, it might be the earliest adopted technology for digital cash. I do think that within this year or at least within the next few years, we will start to see sovereign nations issue their currency on a blockchain. I can't say if the whole world will go that direction, but I do believe that some governments are going to make that decision and I think it's going to happen.   (18:29) George Manolov: When it comes to the use cases of TrueUSD, like you said, you didn't understand when you initially started the size of TrueUSD when it comes to payments, do you have such data or knowledge that people are already using TrueUSD for remittances or for other purposes outside of trading? Or do you think that today the main use case for TrueUSD is still trading?   (19:04) Tory Reiss: The majority is still trading. However, we know for a fact that it's being used now for a number of other use cases. For example, we know that there are companies right now that are paying their employees payroll in TrueUSD, and it makes perfect sense why that would be, because more and more often it's common that a company is distributed, remote or has teams around the world and it's incredibly expensive for an employer to use traditional payroll providers to pay employees all around the world, especially if you're a smaller business.   Let's say you only have 50 or 100 employees; you don't have the resources of a multinational corporation to have bank accounts in every single country where you have employees. Paying in TrueUSD costs nothing, it's super easy and wherever they are, they will be able to convert that TrueUSD back to something that has a utility.   We're working on making sure that everyone can use their TrueUSD in whatever way they want, whether that's spending on products through a debit card, which we think is an obvious next step, investing, saving and earning interest, lending the money out and getting loans, we want all of those services to be available and already a lot of that is happening. Even if you look at Nexo which just launched a fantastic product where any user of TrueUSD can deposit their coins with their full liquidity and no lockup, but they earn six and a half percent interest, which blows away the Fed funds rate of two and a half percent that we have here in the United States.   This is a long way of saying that these use cases are already happening, whether it's individuals using it just to save and store money or send it, or it’s businesses paying employees or using it for remittances. We know because we've talked to our customers that these are happening, but what matters to us is that they might be early adopters. We need to figure out how to build software and make it easier for entire industries to adopt the technology. That hasn't happened yet, but that's what we're working towards.   (21:23) George Manolov: How does it work today? I mean, what if we have somebody who's now listening and realizes, Hey, I want to start paying my employees with TrueUSD because they're international, or maybe I want to convert some USD to TrueUSD and deposit it on Nexo to earn 6.5 instead of 2%. How can I get TrueUSD?   (21:50) Tory Reiss: That's a great question. Today, the easiest way to get TrueUSD is probably using our app, if you have US dollars. There are two main ways to get it today, and this is something that we're actually investing heavily in and we want to make it ten or a hundred times easier to get TrueUSD.   Today, if you go to app.trusttoken.com which is our secure web application, that's where you can take dollars and convert them into TrueUSD. You can purchase one for one, there're no fees. You simply send a wire, we have the easiest book purchase and redemption process in the industry, you verify your identity and then you can make a purchase or redeem and get your dollars out at one for one, that's with dollars.   If you're using crypto; right now, we're traded on almost a hundred exchanges. So, any number of our partners is good. We obviously have the most volume and liquidity in finance, but we work very closely with many other exchanges and are constantly adding new partners in that regard as well. So, depending on how you want to make the change, those tend to be the best ways.   Businesses tend to use OTC desks, and we work with about 15 different OTC desks, so we're supported almost everywhere. But we're working on expanding the ways you can get TrueUSD and make it even easier.   (23:23) George Manolov: And anyone can get TrueUSD, alright? I mean, whether you're obviously in the States or not. Do you have certain limitations or can anyone just use the app? What was the website?   (23:34) Tory Reiss: app.trusttoken.com   (23:36) George Manolov: Right. Anyone can go there and basically you wire funds from your bank account, right?   (23:43) Tory Reiss: That's right. So, it's anyone with a bank account anywhere in the world. You don't even necessarily have to have US dollars, you can send the money and have your bank convert it, and then use the app to buy TrueUSD. We'll be launching additional currencies and support for crypto and purchasing with other currencies. All of that is coming, it's all in the pipeline.   (24:12) George Manolov: With that in mind, it would be curious to learn more about how do you compare TrustToken to other stablecoins, because there is a ton of them right there. At some point, I thought they're growing like mushrooms, everyone is starting his own stablecoin. Seriously, sometimes I don't understand to be honest with myself, why so many people are involved in this space? There are big and small players, how do you compare the TrustToken to other fiat-backed stablecoins, and then obviously as well to algorithmic stablecoins?   (25:03) Tory Reiss: Algorithmic stablecoins, none of them have launched yet, but crypto-collateralized stablecoins, obviously the only player in the game today is Maker and Dai, which we think is awesome, we think it's a great project and a great team. We actually work with them very closely, they're adding multi-collateral support soon, and TrueUSD is going to be part of that bundle. So, there's actually a lot of collaboration there.   In terms of fiat-backed, we've been able to win the fiat-backed market, it's still very much a competition and we admire most of the competitors that are in the market today which run really fantastic businesses. We are the only independent stablecoin in the world; we're the only one that is not owned or controlled by an exchange. And that's allowed us to invest really heavily in the user experience, but to do sell in a different way than our competitors. I think this is why the market has been choosing us. What I mean is that we tend to invest heavily in whatever's going to be best for the user, not relating to us, we don't have a platform, so we don't have a dog in the fight.   We just want to make sure that they have the broadest range of services, wallets and exchanges. We're dedicated to maximizing the value that anyone holding TrueUSD can realize. Whereas many other tokens are trying to lock you into an ecosystem of their services, their exchange and things like that, because that's the only way that they make money. That's what's in their best interest. Whereas, everything we do is in our user's best interest. That's always what we're thinking of. So, that's really helped us differentiate so far.   (27:09) George Manolov: Got It. And here comes another question, how do you make money then?   (27:17) Tory Reiss: Great question. There're a couple of different ways by which we make money today. We do have a trading desk, and that's necessary when it comes to things like OTC trading or providing liquidity and things like that, that is one source.   We are also developing relationships with other platforms - Nexo is actually a great example. There're so many partners and so many companies that are putting together crypto investments all around the world. It's important to us, that we only work with the top 1%, the best companies that we believe in and that we can endorse. And when we do, we want to affiliate revenue. This is a similar model to that of Mint.com and a lot of traditional players like Credit Karma who refer you to credit card companies or lending companies and then they earn a percentage of the return. So, we're setting up similar relationships with the companies that we work with and we plan to generate some affiliate revenue.   Lastly, we make money on the float of the TrueUSD that we hold. We generate interest on the float. Those are the main methods today.   We tend to think it's better that we're transparent than many other companies whose ways of making money are a little bit unclear and they maybe don't want the public to know. We want to make sure that we're well aligned with all of our customers.   (28:59) George Manolov: I want to just get back to something that you mentioned earlier; you're actually thinking of exploring ways to cooperate with Dai. Intuitively, one would think that since Dai is a stable coin, they should be more of a competitor to you. So, could you talk to me a little about how do you see your relation to them?   (29:25) Tory Reiss: We see them more as both a partner and a valuable part of the ecosystem. They appeal to different consumers than we do and they also allow for different use cases than we do. We might be the better choice if you’re a Forex company, a business that's doing remittances or an individual who actually want to hold US dollars, but doesn't have access to traditional US banking or a traditional US bank account or you know.   However, if you're a consumer that likes the idea of holding a stable currency that's not tied to any government and that’s truly independent, similar to Bitcoin, but you want the stability, I think Maker is clearly the better choice in that regard. I look at myself as a consumer and I genuinely do use TrueUSD to generate returns on my dollars. But I actually also hold a balance of Dai, and there are certain instances where it makes sense to use it. So, we believe that two great projects are better for this space than one. That seems clear.   (30:49) George Manolov: One second, sorry I'm thinking out loud here, but the Dai is essentially pegged to the US dollar today, right? Or that’s what they are aiming for. I know they had this problem of the Dai sometimes being traded for less than one dollar. So, they are discussing how they can solve this. So, it's still a dollar today, right?   (31:20) Tory Reiss: That's right. The difference though is that it isn’t redeemable for the dollar. So, it might be pegged to the dollar, there are many currencies around the world that are pegged to the dollar, but that doesn't make them a dollar. The example I would give you is this; think like a CFO or a merchant, and if you need dollars to pay your suppliers and they only want to deal with dollars, you know it's not good enough to say, "Hey, I'll give you this instrument that is pegged to the dollar", they want to know it actually is a dollar. In the instance of TrueUSD, for all intents and purposes, it is a dollar like you have a legal claim on a dollar that is sitting in a bank account. There will always be one to one parity and we just launched a real time platform with the top 25 US accounting firms. This real-time dashboard shows you that every single TrueUSD is backed by one US dollar, one to one, and it shows that information in real time. So, you can go and look at the dashboard and see for yourself that you really are holding a US dollar.   (32:39) George Manolov: I guess you introduced this because of the concern of the people who were asking, do you guys actually have the dollars? As it has been the question with Tether for a very long time. Does somebody guarantee or audit this? How does this work?   (32:59) Tory Reiss: What I was just explaining is that. Previously, we had been posting PDFs of attestations, which is a form of an audit, performed by a third-party accounting partner where they would review the funds that we hold in all of the various escrow accounts or TrueUSD, and compare that to the number of tokens in circulation, and then they issue a report confirming that it was one to one. However, we recently - about less than 10 days ago - announced this new product and big innovation, which is that we are going to be launching a real-time dashboard, and it's built and managed by a third-party accounting firm that will show in real time that it’s one for one. So, instead of once a month seeing a report, you're going to actually see, minute to minute, that it's always one for one and you'll see it go up and go down as people purchase new tokens or redeem tokens for the underlying dollars, and you'll be able to see the reserves.   (34:09) George Manolov: Got It. That's pretty cool and I look forward to it. Another topic that I would be curious to learn more, and would love to hear your thoughts about is money laundering. The whole crypto space basically has to rebuke the reputation of being a place where mostly criminals and people with nefarious activities are operating, and that these are the guys who are working with crypto. So, what is TrueUSD doing to make sure that it’s not used for money laundering?   (34:58) Tory Reiss: Good question. The money laundering is something we take very seriously. We have a fantastic legal and compliance team, our head of compliance formally led compliance at Coinbase and she has been building a bank-grade, or to be totally honest with you, better than a bank-grade anti money laundering in KYC infrastructure and program. The reason we know it's better is because we work with a lot of banks and when we compare our programs, ours is actually more thorough than many of the banks we work with. Towards that end, we take our position very seriously in terms of that, the only way that someone can redeem TrueUSD, pull dollars out of the system or put dollars in, is if they pass our anti money laundering check.   That's the first thing you interact with when you're in our app; you have to pass that identity verification. And as part of that process, we're looking for the telltale signs of money laundering. So, they're doing things like looking at the source of funds, what they want to use it for, the history of the company, who owns it and things like that. They're looking for any red flags and comparing against all of the national databases to ensure that we are maintaining a high standard. That is a big part of our program, but we're also working on some pretty revolutionary technology that's going to be doing a bit more of on-chain analytics to help identify money launderers that way.   We're looking at both and we think that, that's really what the future looks like; using both traditional methods and on-chain methods to prevent money laundering. Because no one wants funds being used by terrorists to carry out attacks, or funds being used by criminal organizations. So, we take that very seriously.   (37:09) George Manolov: I would actually be very excited and very curious to learn more about this technology that you are working on, because it really can be an overplayed issue, because there's been numerous reports of such vast amounts of money which has been laundered through the traditional banking system compared to the whole crypto market cap, that is just astounding. And I'm sure with what you said about the transparency, the publicity and the trackability of public blockchains, that over time such technologies will eventually be built, which will significantly decrease or make it even impossible for money laundering to happen at all.   (38:08) Tory Reiss: I actually agree with you completely. I laugh when people tend to ask about, "Oh well, crypto is synonymous with money laundering", and the reason I find it funny is because people don't realize how much money laundering is happening in the traditional banking system, and a lot of it is even perpetrated or involves many of the banks that are supposed to be preventing it.   When it comes to something like TrueUSD or a US dollar-backed stablecoin, the technology that's available is far superior for preventing criminals from using it. I actually think if I were a criminal, I would maybe look at using something like Monero or other similar coins. By the way, not to call out any of the privacy coins, because I think that's actually a very valuable service to society. But it's very different than something like TrueUSD. I think you'd be foolish to use TrueUSD or a similar fiat-backed stablecoin for money laundering, because your transactions are public and forever available to law enforcement, it would be a little bit silly. And we would cooperate with the appropriate authorities in case of an investigation, if it's within our jurisdiction, obviously. If a US law enforcement came to us, we would cooperate and we don't want our users to be thinking otherwise. We have their best interests in mind so we want to make sure that criminals, terrorists, etc. aren't able to use our technology towards their game.   (40:07) George Manolov: That makes total sense. I'm looking at your website right now as we're speaking and I see that you’re planning, or your vision is to eventually be able to tokenize all kinds of different assets. From the traditional ones, such as currencies like you currently have the euro here, you also have gold and silver commodities.   But you also have securities essentially; small businesses, stocks, bonds, and even crazy stuff such as movies, books, TV shows, music and patents. Can you share a bit on that?   (40:58) Tory Reiss: Sure. The way we think of it is; a part of our responsibility is to evangelize the possibilities and the potential futures that are available when it comes to tokenization, which is really just another word that represents securitization, it's just securitization that is done on a blockchain.   We obviously list all these different news cases and these assets, but we'd come to believe more and more that this market is going to start with small niche markets that are currently not being well served by the public equities and public markets and that ecosystem. I can name a few examples, but we think it all starts with these small niches and then build from there. I don't think that the consumers necessarily care that it's a security token or it's a stock, quote unquote, because all that really matters to them is that they're able to access the investments that they want. I think eventually if the technology is adopted, which I believe it will be by companies like Nasdaq and ICE, or the New York Stock Exchange, etc. The difference will be that anywhere in the world when people are attempting to make these investments, it's just going to be more affordable, faster, and there might even be portability, where they can carry their investments with them and they're not stuck with one exchange or another. I think that the future is exciting from a technologist standpoint and from a financial more democratization standpoint, in the sense that it'll be available to more people. But I don't think people need to know what technology is running on the backend. Our job is to make it so seamless that people don't even think about the technology behind it.   (43:15) George Manolov: I imagine you will be working on commodities and currencies, or just currencies?   (43:29) Tory Reiss: In the short term, we are very focused on currencies and potentially commodities. In the mid to long term, it's going to shift towards securities, that infrastructure is being built out as we speak, but I think it could be a number of years before it reaches mainstream adoption.   (44:00) George Manolov: I Just want to take a quick break here from Tori and let you know that since this episode was recorded a couple of weeks back, the Trust Tokenization Platform has already released their second stablecoin, which is a TrueGBP, essentially bringing the British Sterling Pounds onto the blockchain as a stablecoin. This is the first ever project to bring the British Pound on the blockchain. So, if interested, definitely go and check this out on Google or on trusttoken.com   (44:36) Back to the interview: With that in mind, I want to come to a few final questions that I have. In this talk, I love paying tribute to people who inspired our guests to enter the Crypto Space, to become excited about Bitcoin and Blockchain. So in that sense, is there any particular person, content creator or any particular thing that you read, which made you excited about crypto, blockchain space, and Bitcoin?   (45:12) Tory Reiss: It might sound cliché at this point, but for me it was also Satoshi Nakamoto and the Bitcoin White Paper, which I randomly stumbled upon in college after somebody tweeted about it. It’s a masterpiece in terms of being a viral idea and viral concept that managed to transmit itself across millions of people, and I was one of these people. That really kicked off my journey.   (45:51) George Manolov: The second question here is, who's the one person or a couple of people, that you follow today, that you read, listen, watch, or keep learning from, until this very day, people that you respect and that myself and our audience can learn from as well?   (46:14) Tory Reiss: I'd highly recommend following Arjun Balaji; he's one of the best writers in the space and I think he does a great job in the sense that he shows both sides of many issues and his predictions are always really fascinating to follow. I also follow people in other spaces, but if you are just getting exposed to this space now, one of my favorite books to recommend to people is "Cryptoassets; The Innovative Investor's Guide to Bitcoin and Beyond", and that's by Chris Burniske and Jack Tatar. I love that book. For someone that is maybe an expert in the space, you might not learn a lot, but it does offer the perspective of an investor's lens for the space. And for those that are just getting started, I think it's one of the best introductions to the space.   (47:13) George Manolov: I Haven't had the time to check it out, so I'll definitely do. I'm sure some of our listeners will. One more question I have here is, does a company or a crypto project come to mind which you want to succeed, because if it becomes successful it will have a positive impact on what you're doing at the Trust platform?   (47:46) Tory Reiss: I mentioned them earlier, but I do think that Maker is one of those projects that has a huge impact and can have a huge influence on the security token space. Because if you think about it, any security token that we create can potentially be used as part of the multi-collateral for the new Dai.   So, almost anyone can get leverage on their assets, which is a big deal. If you have a token that represents equity in your home, you can pull capital out using multi-collateral Dai. Not every country has access to home equity lines of credit or things like that. So, I think that's a very powerful innovation and I think that'll unlock a lot of value across hard assets once they're represented in a token form.   (48:37) George Manolov: Finally, where can people learn more about you and about the Trust Tokenization Platform? Where can they follow you?   (48:52) Tory Reiss: I'd love for you to check out trusttoken.com, we'd love to hear your thoughts. If you want to buy TrueUSD, it's app.trusttoken.com. For me personally, you can find me on Twitter. I'm not super active but I am responsive and that's “@Theetory”, feel free to shoot me a DM or a chat anytime. That's the best way to get in touch.   (49:26) George Manolov: Awesome, Tory! Thanks again for your time. It was an exciting talk. There are definitely some valuable insights here. I look forward to seeing further developments in the Trust Tokenization Platform and maybe we can do this again after some time. (49:45) Tory Reiss: Yeah, I would love it.

Episode 21 of the Hacker Noon Podcast: An interview with Danny An, CEO and Co-Founder of TrustToken. Today’s show would not be possible without Digital Ocean. Learn more at do.co/hackernoon. In this episode Trent Lapinski and Danny An discuss tokenized assets, stable coins, True USD, and cryptocurrency. “Compliance is definitely a top priority for us.” “True USD is meant to be as regulatory compliant as possible. We recently published a stable coin code of ethics, where we said, ‘hey, here is some of the things we learned about creating a stable coin, and some of the past lessons we learned historically.’” “We’re never actually going to prevent redemptions, because we think a stable coin is only good as its ability to redeem the underlying US dollars. We said we would never influence the price of a stable coin purposely by offering discounts. We will continue to be as regulatory compliant as possible and sustain the stable coin so it is not knocked down by miscompliance.”— Danny An Production and music by Derek Bernard - https://haberdasherband.com/production Host: Trent Lapinski - https://trentlapinski.com

Here are the top cryptocurrency news headlines from India this week:Government committee to finalise report on cryptocurrency regulations soon: https://cryptodost.io/india/indian-government-panel-to-finalise-report-on-cryptocurrency-regulation-soon-confirms-rti.htmlSupreme Court to decide constitutional validity of RBI banking ban: https://cryptodost.io/news/cryptocurrency-case-update-supreme-court-to-decide-on-constitutional-validity-of-rbi-banking-ban.htmlKoinex launches TrueUSD market: https://cryptodost.io/india/koinex-revamps-its-exchange-and-p2p-platform-loop-with-trueusd-stablecoin.htmlCoinDCX announces support for the Zilliqa mainnet migration: https://blog.coindcx.com/coindcx-is-supporting-zil-mainnet-migration/WazirX crossed 100 crores worth of P2P trades.

Gemini's Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss, who serve as chief executive and president, respectively, discuss their new ad campaign -- what they mean when they say crypto needs rules, why they agree in certain respects with some of their critics, and what the general reaction has been. They discuss why they launched a stablecoin, why they chose the stablecoin structure of dollar reserves and GUSD's role in an arbitrage involving a Chinese exchange and a competing stablecoin. They also explain how they intend to make a Bitcoin ETF a reality, what they think of SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce's dissent and what they intend for the Virtual Commodity Association. Plus, the brothers talk about why their goal is to be "the fastest tortoise in the race." Thank you to our sponsors! Tokensoft: https://www.tokensoft.io Microsoft: https://twitter.com/MSFTBlockchain CipherTrace: http://ciphertrace.com/unchained Episode links: Gemini's new ad campaign: https://www.wsj.com/articles/winklevosses-cryptocurrency-exchange-says-the-revolution-needs-rules-11546599600 Negative reaction to Gemini ad campaign from crypto community: Erik Voorhees: https://twitter.com/ErikVoorhees/status/1081204430857416706 Gemini USD gets approval of New York Department of Financial Services: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-09-10/controversial-crypto-coin-tether-to-get-regulated-competitors Past episodes with other stablecoin projects: USDC/Circle: https://unchainedpodcast.com/circles-jeremy-allaire-and-sean-neville-on-why-crypto-will-be-bigger-than-the-web-ep-71/ TrueUSD: https://unchainedpodcast.com/harbor-and-trusttoken-on-why-they-dont-mind-being-unsexy-ep-77/ MakerDAO: https://unchainedpodcast.com/why-its-so-hard-to-keep-stablecoins-stable/ https://unchainedpodcast.com/rune-christensen-of-makerdao-on-its-15-million-from-andreessen-horowitz-ep-039/ Bloomberg reporter Matt Leising on Tether: https://unchainedpodcast.com/bloombergs-matt-leising-on-why-it-appears-tether-has-sufficient-dollar-reserves-ep-052/ Trading of GUSD for Pax and cashing out via Huobi: https://medium.com/paxos/regulation-in-the-crypto-world-part-i-leading-the-way-into-the-light-11e54d16b035 https://www.theblockcrypto.com/2019/01/04/gemini-gave-trading-firms-a-stablecoin-discount-and-it-caused-big-headaches-for-one-of-its-rivals/ GUSD distribution on Etherscan: https://etherscan.io/token/tokenholderchart/0x056fd409e1d7a124bd7017459dfea2f387b6d5cd Cameron and Tyler's AMA on Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/adk0ua/we_are_cameron_and_tyler_winklevoss_cofounders_of/edhlb3b/ SEC commissioner Hester Peirce's dissent on Bitcoin ETF decision: https://www.sec.gov/news/public-statement/peirce-dissent-34-83723 Bitcoin Cash launch on Gemini: https://medium.com/gemini/bitcoin-cash-is-now-available-on-gemini-cc75299d892f The 51% attack on Ethereum Classic: https://unchainedpodcast.com/the-ethereum-classic-51-attack-how-it-happened-and-why-the-price-didnt-crash-ep-055/ Gemini year in review https://medium.com/gemini/geminis-2018-year-in-review-1cd0815dd45e Virtual Commodity Association: https://medium.com/gemini/joining-the-virtual-commodity-association-8bdf3b2f803e Gemini's new mobile app: https://medium.com/gemini/introducing-the-gemini-mobile-app-crypto-on-the-go-1448d2ae74fa USD Coin's banking partners: https://support.usdc.circle.com/hc/en-us/articles/360015278272-Who-are-the-banking-and-financial-partners-you-are-using-for-USDC-    TrueUSD's trust companies and their correspondent banks: https://blog.trusttoken.com/who-are-the-correspondent-banks-and-trustee-partners-for-trueusd-e12508f0d5a2

Gemini's Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss, who serve as chief executive and president, respectively, discuss their new ad campaign -- what they mean when they say crypto needs rules, why they agree in certain respects with some of their critics, and what the general reaction has been. They discuss why they launched a stablecoin, why they chose the stablecoin structure of dollar reserves and GUSD's role in an arbitrage involving a Chinese exchange and a competing stablecoin. They also explain how they intend to make a Bitcoin ETF a reality, what they think of SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce's dissent and what they intend for the Virtual Commodity Association. Plus, the brothers talk about why their goal is to be "the fastest tortoise in the race." Thank you to our sponsors! Tokensoft: https://www.tokensoft.io Microsoft: https://twitter.com/MSFTBlockchain CipherTrace: http://ciphertrace.com/unchained Episode links: Gemini's new ad campaign: https://www.wsj.com/articles/winklevosses-cryptocurrency-exchange-says-the-revolution-needs-rules-11546599600 Negative reaction to Gemini ad campaign from crypto community: Erik Voorhees: https://twitter.com/ErikVoorhees/status/1081204430857416706 Gemini USD gets approval of New York Department of Financial Services: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-09-10/controversial-crypto-coin-tether-to-get-regulated-competitors Past episodes with other stablecoin projects: USDC/Circle: https://unchainedpodcast.com/circles-jeremy-allaire-and-sean-neville-on-why-crypto-will-be-bigger-than-the-web-ep-71/ TrueUSD: https://unchainedpodcast.com/harbor-and-trusttoken-on-why-they-dont-mind-being-unsexy-ep-77/ MakerDAO: https://unchainedpodcast.com/why-its-so-hard-to-keep-stablecoins-stable/ https://unchainedpodcast.com/rune-christensen-of-makerdao-on-its-15-million-from-andreessen-horowitz-ep-039/ Bloomberg reporter Matt Leising on Tether: https://unchainedpodcast.com/bloombergs-matt-leising-on-why-it-appears-tether-has-sufficient-dollar-reserves-ep-052/ Trading of GUSD for Pax and cashing out via Huobi: https://medium.com/paxos/regulation-in-the-crypto-world-part-i-leading-the-way-into-the-light-11e54d16b035 https://www.theblockcrypto.com/2019/01/04/gemini-gave-trading-firms-a-stablecoin-discount-and-it-caused-big-headaches-for-one-of-its-rivals/ GUSD distribution on Etherscan: https://etherscan.io/token/tokenholderchart/0x056fd409e1d7a124bd7017459dfea2f387b6d5cd Cameron and Tyler's AMA on Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/adk0ua/we_are_cameron_and_tyler_winklevoss_cofounders_of/edhlb3b/ SEC commissioner Hester Peirce's dissent on Bitcoin ETF decision: https://www.sec.gov/news/public-statement/peirce-dissent-34-83723 Bitcoin Cash launch on Gemini: https://medium.com/gemini/bitcoin-cash-is-now-available-on-gemini-cc75299d892f The 51% attack on Ethereum Classic: https://unchainedpodcast.com/the-ethereum-classic-51-attack-how-it-happened-and-why-the-price-didnt-crash-ep-055/ Gemini year in review https://medium.com/gemini/geminis-2018-year-in-review-1cd0815dd45e Virtual Commodity Association: https://medium.com/gemini/joining-the-virtual-commodity-association-8bdf3b2f803e Gemini's new mobile app: https://medium.com/gemini/introducing-the-gemini-mobile-app-crypto-on-the-go-1448d2ae74fa USD Coin's banking partners: https://support.usdc.circle.com/hc/en-us/articles/360015278272-Who-are-the-banking-and-financial-partners-you-are-using-for-USDC-    TrueUSD's trust companies and their correspondent banks: https://blog.trusttoken.com/who-are-the-correspondent-banks-and-trustee-partners-for-trueusd-e12508f0d5a2

Here are the top cryptocurrency news headlines from the week:RBI vs Cryptocurrency Case will now be heard on February 26: https://cryptodost.io/india/rbi-vs-cryptocurrency-case-now-scheduled-for-hearing-on-february-26-2019.htmlKoinex launches TrueUSD market on its exchange: https://cryptodost.io/india/koinex-revamps-its-exchange-and-p2p-platform-loop-with-trueusd-stablecoin.htmlBitbns launches USDT-based crypto to crypto trading: https://cryptodost.io/india/bitbns-launches-usdt-based-crypto-to-crypto-trading.htmlWazirX lists Stellar in its USDT market;CoinDCX begins margin trading.

各位链团财经的读者朋友们，大家早上好。欢迎收听链团财经早间资讯。今天是2019年1月11日星期五，农历戊戌年十二月初六。首先让我们聚焦今日财经： 首尔市政计划向区块链和金融科技投资600亿韩元 日本虚拟货币杠杆交易所Bitbank Trade将于3月31日停止服务 网信办：区块链信息服务存在隐患的需整改至合规 网信办：区块链信息服务提供者需备案 审计报告：TrueUSD抵押在银行的美元资产余额约为2.07亿美元 京东区块链应用正在医药领域落地 美国能源部拨款资助科研 含区块链项目 佛山市一社区利用区块链等技术建立社区共享文化 长沙市委书记胡衡华：要发展新经济，打造区块链等应用场景 证券日报：比特币新年站稳4000美元 全球三成以上矿机或亏损运行 今日财经就到这里，下面我们来聊一聊关于区块链的那些事儿：据法制网报道，中国人民大学法学院副院长、教授杨东在接受《法制日报》记者采访时表示，在“互联网+”的影响下，为了适应证据立法的需要，在民事诉讼证据种类中添加了互联网元素。比如，在最新的民事诉讼法中新增“电子证据”，但互联网上“电子证据”的可采性及其认定仍然是审判实践中的难点之一。互联网上的数据、信息量大，经过一定技术处理的电子数据可能会出现失真的现象，区块链技术的不可篡改特性可以缓解民事诉讼电子证据所面临的这一困境。另外，目前在民事诉讼领域出现的一些举证定责难的情况，可以利用区块链技术记录下每个步骤，帮助司法机关认定具体的责任人。我们在高度重视区块链技术带来巨大变革的同时，还需秉持理性和辩证的态度看待区块链技术可能存在的风险和挑战。区块链技术仍然需要不断地完善成熟，技术提供商需要向世人证明区块链技术的成熟程度和稳定性。具备高效、便捷、低成本优势的区块链技术虽可以解决诸多传统行业中信息不对称的现象，但也给当前诸多监管模式带来巨大挑战，因此还需要统一的市场规范。我国目前仍未大规模应用区块链技术，但是随着技术发展的深入，规范区块链发展的法律法规将逐渐完善，其在我国的应用也将前景可期。 以上就是今天链团财经早间资讯的全部内容，感谢您的关注与支持，祝您生活愉快，我们明天再见。

各位链团财经的读者朋友们，大家早上好。欢迎收听链团财经早间资讯。今天是2019年1月11日星期五，农历戊戌年十二月初六。首先让我们聚焦今日财经： 首尔市政计划向区块链和金融科技投资600亿韩元 日本虚拟货币杠杆交易所Bitbank Trade将于3月31日停止服务 网信办：区块链信息服务存在隐患的需整改至合规 网信办：区块链信息服务提供者需备案 审计报告：TrueUSD抵押在银行的美元资产余额约为2.07亿美元 京东区块链应用正在医药领域落地 美国能源部拨款资助科研 含区块链项目 佛山市一社区利用区块链等技术建立社区共享文化 长沙市委书记胡衡华：要发展新经济，打造区块链等应用场景 证券日报：比特币新年站稳4000美元 全球三成以上矿机或亏损运行 今日财经就到这里，下面我们来聊一聊关于区块链的那些事儿：据法制网报道，中国人民大学法学院副院长、教授杨东在接受《法制日报》记者采访时表示，在“互联网+”的影响下，为了适应证据立法的需要，在民事诉讼证据种类中添加了互联网元素。比如，在最新的民事诉讼法中新增“电子证据”，但互联网上“电子证据”的可采性及其认定仍然是审判实践中的难点之一。互联网上的数据、信息量大，经过一定技术处理的电子数据可能会出现失真的现象，区块链技术的不可篡改特性可以缓解民事诉讼电子证据所面临的这一困境。另外，目前在民事诉讼领域出现的一些举证定责难的情况，可以利用区块链技术记录下每个步骤，帮助司法机关认定具体的责任人。我们在高度重视区块链技术带来巨大变革的同时，还需秉持理性和辩证的态度看待区块链技术可能存在的风险和挑战。区块链技术仍然需要不断地完善成熟，技术提供商需要向世人证明区块链技术的成熟程度和稳定性。具备高效、便捷、低成本优势的区块链技术虽可以解决诸多传统行业中信息不对称的现象，但也给当前诸多监管模式带来巨大挑战，因此还需要统一的市场规范。我国目前仍未大规模应用区块链技术，但是随着技术发展的深入，规范区块链发展的法律法规将逐渐完善，其在我国的应用也将前景可期。 以上就是今天链团财经早间资讯的全部内容，感谢您的关注与支持，祝您生活愉快，我们明天再见。

What are Stablecoins & Are they bad For Crypto? Mem and Pete discuss the Stablecoins. What are Stablecoins? What types of Stablecoins are there? Are they good or bad for Crypto? Is Tether really backed by USD?

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For this week's podcast, we have the pleasure of interviewing Tory Reiss, Co-Founder and VP of Corporate Development at TrustToken. TrustToken is an asset-tokenization platform which recently raised $20 million in a strategic token sale with the support of major VCs, such as Andreessen Horowitz and BlockTower capital. Their first product is a stable coin, TrueUSD, which already is among the top 100 coins by market cap.

Cryptocurrency and blockchain news for October 18, 2018. Zebpay to Malta. Huboi's UBUS reports ten-fold increase trading in Tether . Switching to TrueUSD.

A clampdown on cryptocurrency by Indian regulators is forcing one exchange in that country to go to great lengths to do business.The U.S. Marshals have announced a plan to auction off nearly $4.3 million worth of bitcoin next month. Clients of the defunct crypto exchange Mt. Gox must submit claims for trapped funds by October 22. The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has partnered with blockchain startup Coil as part of its mission to provide payment services for the unbanked. A U.S. cryptocurrency exchange is reporting a significant increase in trades between tether (USDT) and a newer alternative called TrueUSD. For more information, visit www.CoinDesk.com

A widespread sell off in the global markets as well as significant fear regarding banking issues with Bitfinex and Tether have lead to a sudden drop in the Bitcoin and crypto prices across the board. Let's discuss what's happening, what you should keep an eye on and how to approach things in the crypto world moving forward. Bitfinex suspends fiat deposits:https://theblockcrypto.com/tiny/bitfinex-suspends-all-fiat-deposits/ Paxos and TrueUSD trade at premium to Tether:https://theblockcrypto.com/tiny/paxos-and-trueusd-trades-at-a-premium-against-tether/ Peter Van Valkenburgh's pro-crypto testimony:https://theblockcrypto.com/tiny/paxos-and-trueusd-trades-at-a-premium-against-tether/ Nouriel Roubini's anti-crypto testimony:https://www.banking.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/Roubini%20Testimony%2010-11-18.pdf Margin trade crypto to hedge your portfolio (only for advanced investors and traders):Bitmex - https://www.bitmex.com/register/9taqGR Buy and Trade altcoins on Binance - https://cryptobobby.com/binance Secure your Crypto with a Ledger Nano S: Amazon (faster shipping): https://cryptobobby.com/ledger-amazonLedger (slower shipping, but cheaper): https://cryptobobby.com/ledger Get a Free Trial of Coinigy (the trading/charting software I use):https://cryptobobby.com/coinigy Follow me on Steemit:https://steemit.com/@cryptobobby Follow me on Twitter:https://twitter.com/crypto_bobby Join the Facebook Group:https://www.facebook.com/groups/140921189836895/ Portfolio Tracking:Blockfolio - https://www.blockfolio.com/CoinTracking.info - https://cryptobobby.com/cointrackingBitcoin.tax - https://cryptobobby.com/bitcointax *Some of these links may be affiliate links, meaning if you click and purchase something, I may receive a small commission at no additional cost to you. I only recommend companies and products I personally use, and any commissions help to pay for content creation. Thanks! * ** This is not financial advice and these are simply my own opinions, as such, this should not be treated as explicit financial, trading or otherwise investment advice. This is not explicit advice to buy these cryptos, do you own research.**

Bitfinex announced that it's halting fiat deposits until the banking situation is resolved, which they expect to happen in about a week. My prediction is that Bitfinex will never reopen deposits. As you know Tether and Bitfinex are interlinked, and - what a surprise - audited stablecoins like Paxos or TrueUSD are now trading at a hefty premium against USDT.The US Senate Banking Committee held a hearing yesterday on blockchain technology featuring Nouriel Roubini, also known as "Old Men Yells at Crypto". Roubini's testimony was light on facts and heavy on bs.Coinbase exchange listed 0x, which long has been rumored. Expect more ERC20 tokens to be listed! Coinbase also announced to shut down its index fund, which offered institutions and accredited investors a convenient vehicle to invest into top market cap crypto. People familiar with the situation said the fund failed to attract clients, and it raised less capital than expected.Pundi X revealed new, blockchain-powered smartphone at the their ongoing summit on Bali. The XPhone will hit the market in early 2019, but we only need to wait three more days to learn more about Function X, the technology powering the phone. Function X is a new transmission protocol built on blockchain, and it can be used to make calls, send messages and transmit data without connecting to a phone carrier.Blockchain, the company behind the blockchain.info wallet, hired a new legal officer who comes from... Noble Bank.

Robert Leshner, founder of Compound, describes how its protocol will enable people to earn interest on crypto assets, and why he thinks this will be crucial to crypto becoming mainstream. He also describes how the company is currently building an interest rate model -- a task so difficult that an early version "blew up" the Ethereum virtual machine -- and why using one of its smart contract-based money markets is both riskier and less risky than using an exchange. We talk about who will use Compound and how, which coins they're going to launch with, and how Compound plans to make money. Thank you to our sponsors! AltLending: https://altlending.com StartEngine: https://www.startengine.com/unchained Episode links: Compound: https://compound.finance Robert Leshner: https://twitter.com/rleshner Intro to Compound: https://medium.com/compound-finance/introducing-compound-the-money-market-protocol-4b9546bac87 TechCrunch article on Compound: https://techcrunch.com/2018/05/16/cryptocurrency-compound-interest/ Unchained interview with Nadav Hollander of Dharma: http://unchainedpodcast.co/nadav-hollander-on-how-dharma-could-create-new-forms-of-debt-ep80 Unchained interview with Joey Krug of Augur: http://unchainedpodcast.co/joey-krug-on-how-augur-is-like-any-other-tool-ep79 Unchained interview with Danny An of TrustToken, which is creating TrueUSD: http://unchainedpodcast.co/harbor-and-trusttoken-on-why-they-dont-mind-being-unsexy-ep77 Unchained interview with Will Warren of 0x: http://unchainedpodcast.co/will-warren-of-0x-on-why-decentralized-exchanges-are-the-future Unchained interview with Vitalik Buterin: http://unchainedpodcast.co/vitalik-buterin-creator-of-ethereum-on-the-big-guy-vs-the-little-guy

Robert Leshner, founder of Compound, describes how its protocol will enable people to earn interest on crypto assets, and why he thinks this will be crucial to crypto becoming mainstream. He also describes how the company is currently building an interest rate model -- a task so difficult that an early version "blew up" the Ethereum virtual machine -- and why using one of its smart contract-based money markets is both riskier and less risky than using an exchange. We talk about who will use Compound and how, which coins they're going to launch with, and how Compound plans to make money. Thank you to our sponsors! AltLending: https://altlending.com StartEngine: https://www.startengine.com/unchained Episode links: Compound: https://compound.finance Robert Leshner: https://twitter.com/rleshner Intro to Compound: https://medium.com/compound-finance/introducing-compound-the-money-market-protocol-4b9546bac87 TechCrunch article on Compound: https://techcrunch.com/2018/05/16/cryptocurrency-compound-interest/ Unchained interview with Nadav Hollander of Dharma: http://unchainedpodcast.co/nadav-hollander-on-how-dharma-could-create-new-forms-of-debt-ep80 Unchained interview with Joey Krug of Augur: http://unchainedpodcast.co/joey-krug-on-how-augur-is-like-any-other-tool-ep79 Unchained interview with Danny An of TrustToken, which is creating TrueUSD: http://unchainedpodcast.co/harbor-and-trusttoken-on-why-they-dont-mind-being-unsexy-ep77 Unchained interview with Will Warren of 0x: http://unchainedpodcast.co/will-warren-of-0x-on-why-decentralized-exchanges-are-the-future Unchained interview with Vitalik Buterin: http://unchainedpodcast.co/vitalik-buterin-creator-of-ethereum-on-the-big-guy-vs-the-little-guy

Check out our weekly recap here. This weeks interview is with TrustToken's Co-Founder Tory Reiss. Make sure you check out:   Interview: Ethereum Development Studio ConsenSys CSO Sam Cassatt and the associated video. Interview: Joseph Lubin, Co-Founder of Ethereum & ConsenSys

Josh Stein, CEO of Harbor, and Danny An, cofounder and CEO of TrustToken, talk about security tokens and tokens backed by real-world assets, often called an unsexy area of crypto. They explain the strategies their teams are using to tackle the tokenization of what currently constitute $250 trillion in assets, what kinds of new behaviors and business opportunities "faster, cheaper, more liquid" assets could open up, and how they'll comply with regulations across all jurisdictions for markets that are global and trade 24/7/365. Thank you to our sponsors! StartEngine: https://www.startengine.com/unchained The Sun Exchange: https://thesunexchange.com Episode links: Harbor: https://harbor.com Trust Token: https://www.trusttoken.com True USD: https://www.trusttoken.com/trueusd/ An overview of security tokens: https://medium.com/@apompliano/the-official-guide-to-tokenized-securities-44e8342bb24f More on Harbor and security tokens: http://fortune.com/2018/05/18/security-token-harbor-ce More on True USD: https://venturebeat.com/2018/07/18/trusttoken-readies-sale-of-more-trueusd-asset-based-tokens/ The PICO: https://medium.com/harborhq/introducing-the-private-ico-pico-3e8b782924c1 Episode with Meltem Demirors and Jill Carlson: http://unchainedpodcast.co/episode-74

Josh Stein, CEO of Harbor, and Danny An, cofounder and CEO of TrustToken, talk about security tokens and tokens backed by real-world assets, often called an unsexy area of crypto. They explain the strategies their teams are using to tackle the tokenization of what currently constitute $250 trillion in assets, what kinds of new behaviors and business opportunities "faster, cheaper, more liquid" assets could open up, and how they'll comply with regulations across all jurisdictions for markets that are global and trade 24/7/365. Thank you to our sponsors! StartEngine: https://www.startengine.com/unchained The Sun Exchange: https://thesunexchange.com Episode links: Harbor: https://harbor.com Trust Token: https://www.trusttoken.com True USD: https://www.trusttoken.com/trueusd/ An overview of security tokens: https://medium.com/@apompliano/the-official-guide-to-tokenized-securities-44e8342bb24f More on Harbor and security tokens: http://fortune.com/2018/05/18/security-token-harbor-ce More on True USD: https://venturebeat.com/2018/07/18/trusttoken-readies-sale-of-more-trueusd-asset-based-tokens/ The PICO: https://medium.com/harborhq/introducing-the-private-ico-pico-3e8b782924c1 Episode with Meltem Demirors and Jill Carlson: http://unchainedpodcast.co/episode-74

TrustToken is a platform to create asset-backed tokens that you can easily buy and sell around the world. For example, gold to gold tokens or dollar to dollar tokens. The company's first asset token is TrueUSD, a stablecoin that you can redeem 1-for-1 for US dollars. TrustToken was founded in 2017 and consists of a team from Stanford, UC Berkeley, Airbnb, Goldman Sachs, PayPal, and Google, and is backed by a16z crypto, BlockTower Capital, Danhua Capital, Founders Fund Angel, GGV Capital, Jump Capital, Stanford-StartX, and others.  For more information about TrustToken and its TrueUSD product, visit http://www.trusttoken.com.

Welcome to Announcements with Host No. 2, Demetrick Ferguson, a show that provides you details on current events, upcoming projects in the blockchain space, and token offering details. We are attempting to provide you with details and information from the people who are creating projects, and we are not giving advice. Please do proper due diligence when considering investments. Today we are interviewing Tory Reiss, the VP of Trust Token. Trust Token's first product, TrueUSD, a stable coin designed to aid the liquidity of cryptocurrency markets has had a successful SAFT raise. Currently, TrueUSD funds exceed $80M and they will pass $100M very soon. TrueUSD has also been added in the last two weeks as a quote currency on HitBTC, HBUS, and The Ocean exchanges.

Welcome to Crypto Waves with The Crypto Lark,! Here I will be discussing all of the latest happenings in the news, and breaking down what it means for investors. Here you'll also find reviews of hot new projects, interviews with the founders and developers, as well as information about the all the new and upcoming ICOs. Join the decentralized media - follow me on Steemit https://steemit.com/@larksongbirdGet some of the best coins going on https://www.kucoin.com/#/?r=18a8fSecure your coins with a hardware wallet! Get the Ledger Nano S https://www.ledgerwallet.com/r/6877Be safe, be secure, use a Trezor hardware wallet https://shop.trezor.io?a=Aw902RstedGet 3% off on Genesis Mining - nBiS6jMine Bitcoin on Hashflare https://hashflare.io/r/4B0EA9ABeat the ads and help support your favorite Youtubers with the Brave Browser https://brave.com/Join the Discussion on Telegram - https://t.me/thecryptolarkStay up to date with the latest news https://twitter.com/TheCryptoLarkFollow me on https://www.facebook.com/TheCryptoLark/Disclaimer: Everything expressed here is my opinion and not official investment advice - please do your own research before risking your own money! Thanks for watching! Please like, subscribe, and share if you found this useful! Questions or comments please e-mail thecryptolark@gmail.comFollow the best podcasts from the best minds in the Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency space on twitter.https://twitter.com/bitcoinpodcasts

Whatever you think of the SEC, it’s consistently shown itself to have a better sense of humor, and to be more in touch with the zeitgeist then the rest of America’s three-letter agencies put together. We have a special guest - Joel from Bad Crypto joins us to deliver the news: The SEC has launched the best token sale of 2018 Bitcoin Cash upgrades to 32MB block size without a hitch. How stable is a stablecoin if it pumps by 40%? Bitmain  announced that they invested in Circle to issue USDCoin A look at Bitcoin vs Alt Coins on a 5 year window. CEO of Alibaba, says bitcoin is a bubble Is bitmain playing dirty?

Today Brent and Mike are going over a few of the USD Stablecoins, they explain what they are, why we might want them, and then tackle how each one of them work. Tether, BitUSD, TrueUSD, Maker DAI, and Gemini USD are on the docket for today. In the end all of these coins are cryptocurrency assets that are trying to mimic the US Dollar to the best of their ability, but they all go about it differently. Find out the subtle differences between Tether and all those other stable coins nipping at it heels, with a little talk about ponzi schemes to roll it all together.   LINKS TO TOPICS FROM THE SHOW   TrustToken Audit Blog ConsensysBlog on all StableCoins Bitshares Website MakerDAO Website Bitshares Explained Bitshares Further Explained MakerDao Guide HELP SUPPORT THE PODCAST! PLEASE Subscribe and give us an honest rating on iTunes. These links are all referral links for us, but we use every one of these exchanges and wallets. Ledger Wallet Website This is where you buy the hardware wallet that we're always talking about on the show - we all use a Ledger Nano S. CASH APP HAS BITCOIN! If you sign up through that link the show gets $5 and so do you! Stop the presses. The easiest to use money transfer application (yes it's easier than Venmo) now as a built in way to buy and sell Bitcoin. They even have a no - fee debit card you can use. CryptoBasicPodcast@gmail.com 405.440.3260   Theme Music - Neledrax by Earradiate (2017)