This week was a snapshot of a Gartner hype cycle featuring two innovations at very different stages. Global digital currencies are at the very beginning of the cycle, while cryptocurrencies[…]
Laura's Crypto Newsletters
Laura’s take on the top crypto stories of the week
‘Fix this … or I promise I will destroy your company’
This week saw a lot of signs that crypto has begun its phase of worldwide adoption: Facebook met with central banks about Libra, FATF rules began to affect listings at[…]
$2 Billion in Bitcoin
Last weekend, MIT Media Lab director Joi Ito stepped down for having taken numerous donations from Jeffrey Epstein but covering them up as anonymous, as revealed in this New Yorker[…]
Bitcoin’s Dominance
The week after Burning Man was a bit sleepy, but several trends continued apace. Regarding stablecoins, Binance will launch a USD-pegged cryptocurrency. And the interest of big tech in crypto[…]
China Means Business
If you’re not one of the many crypto people at Burning Man, I commend you for not giving in to FOMO. It was a busy week on the Libra front,[…]
Stablecoin Race Heats Up
Greetings from Berlin! Stablecoins, stablecoins, stablecoins were in the news this week. With Facebook’s Libra project waiting for the regulatory response, Tether and Binance are also making moves in this[…]
That’s What You Get for Refusing the SEC
This week saw the end to one of the most egregious ICOs, Veritaseum, as the SEC sought to freeze the remaining assets, since the creator continued to siphon money from[…]
You Lie
Kik came out with a sentence-by-sentence rebuttal to the SEC’s complaint against it, showing that the SEC took quotes out of context to imply that the speakers had said the[…]
Crypto Co. vs. Regulator 2?
The uncertain state of crypto regulation was on full display again this week. First, there was yet another Congressional hearing, this one featuring Circle CEO Jeremy Allaire, who spoke on[…]
Why So Many Coinbase Execs Left
After Libra put crypto in the national news over the last few weeks, it was thankfully quieter this week. One great story delved into why it is that practically all[…]