The newly formed Blockchain Association recently released a post outlining what it calls the Hinman Token Standard based on a speech given last summer by Bill Hinman, director of the SEC’s[…]
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Bloomberg’s Matt Leising on Why It Appears Tether Has Sufficient Dollar Reserves – Ep.052
Bloomberg reporter Matt Leising, who obtained bank statements from Tether’s bank, Noble Bank in Puerto Rico, found that for those months, the number of dollars in the bank matched the[…]
Consensus: Invest 2018: Financial Products in 2019 and Beyond – Ep.051
This special episode is a recording of the closing fireside chat I had at Consensus: Invest, titled “Financial Products: 2019 and Beyond,” with Jan Van Eck, president and CEO of[…]
Down 94% Since Winter, What Has Happened to ICOs? – Ep.91
After the ICO craze of 2017, such offerings have raised extremely little so far this fall, with total sales in October down 94% since February, according to Token Data. Why?[…]
How Binance Became the Most Popular Crypto Exchange in 5 Months – Ep.84
In this fast-paced and exhilarating conversation, Changpeng Zhao, aka “CZ,” tells the pivotal business decisions that led users to flock to the brand-new Binance in the summer and fall of[…]
Shapeshift’s About-Face: Why Now? – Ep.036
Katherine Wu, director of business development and community at Messari, talks about the news that everyone on crypto Twitter was discussing this week: Shapeshift’s decision to require customer accounts. The[…]
Harbor and TrustToken on Why They Don’t Mind Being Unsexy – Ep.77
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.[…]
CoinList’s Andy Bromberg on the One Big Regulatory Issue Facing Crypto – Ep.030
CoinList founder and president Andy Bromberg talks about why the ICO services firm has worked with only five out of 2,500 token projects, how tokenomic models are changing to ensure[…]
Demian Brener, CEO of Zeppelin, on Which Smart Contract Platform Will Win – Ep.026
Demian Brener, the cofounder and CEO of Zeppelin discusses a dilemma he’s seeing investors be concerned about: whether blockchains should be immutable forever or whether it should be possible to[…]
Jesse Powell, CEO of Kraken, on Drawing a Line With Regulators – Ep.61
Jesse Powell, CEO of crypto asset exchange Kraken, explains why he publicly rejected then-Attorney General Eric Schneiderman’s request for information from crypto exchanges, why he felt it was a publicity[…]