Marco Santori, the president and chief legal officer of Blockchain, discusses this week’s big regulatory news — the SEC’s guidance on initial coin offerings and its first no-action letter. We[…]
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SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce: Come Talk to the SEC
In a fireside chat I moderated with SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce held by the Blockchain Digital Asset Forum, in conjunction with the NYU Stern Executive MBA program, on March 26,[…]
How Uniswap Quickly Became One of the Most Popular Dexes
Hayden Adams, founder of the new decentralized exchange Uniswap, discusses how Uniswap differs from a traditional exchange based on order books, how market the contract determines the price of the[…]
When Is a Token Decentralized Enough to Not Be a Security? – Ep.056
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[…]
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.[…]