Gregory Pepin, deputy CEO of Deltec Bank and Trust, responds to allegations in a blog post by the pseudonymous Crypto Anonymous, that Tether is a “highly probably fraud.” In this[…]
Tag: stablecoins
Central Bank Digital Currencies: How Should Privacy Be Built In?
Hi everyone, welcome to Unchained, your no-hype resource for all things crypto. I’m your host Laura Shin. This panel, from a panel for the fifth anniversary of Hyperledger, features Rob[…]
2020 Highlights: The Biggest News Stories of the Year in Crypto
Host Laura Shin recaps the biggest stories of the year in crypto, with clips from shows throughout the year. In this episode, we cover how the pandemic drove Bitcoin to[…]
Why Rohan Grey Believes Stablecoin Issuers Need to Be Banks
Rohan Grey, assistant professor at Willamette Law, talks about the STABLE Act, which would require stable coin issuers to obtain a banking charter, require approval from the Federal Reserve and[…]
What the Crypto Industry Could See Under a Biden Administration
Kristin Smith, executive director of the Blockchain Association and a board member of HODLpac, discusses how advocating for crypto will change under what is likely to be a new presidential[…]
Vitalik Buterin on Ethereum’s Five-Year Anniversary
Vitalik Buterin, co-founder of Ethereum, shares his thoughts on the five-year anniversary of Ethereum, challenges with ETH 2.0 and criticisms about DeFi. We discuss: his thoughts and feelings ahead of[…]
Why Stablecoin Growth Over 5 Years Doubled in 4 Months
Nate Maddrey, senior research analyst at Coin Metrics, discusses a report on the rise of stablecoins over the last few months that Coin Metrics published in conjunction with Bitstamp. He[…]
Why Bitcoin Now: Mike Novogratz and Raoul Pal on ‘the Single Greatest Brand’ of the Last 10 Years
This episode is the first in a series, Why Bitcoin Now, that takes a deeper dive into Bitcoin and the history of money in the macroeconomic environment of the coronavirus.[…]
Spencer Bogart on the $20 Trillion in Store-of-Value Assets
Spencer Bogart, general partner at Blockchain Capital, the first VC firm to tokenize one of its funds, talks about how well offering tokenized shares has worked out, why it didn’t[…]
What Happened to Bitfinex/Tether’s $850 Million
Robert-Jan Den Haan, a contributor to the Block who has been researching the Bitfinex/Tether situation for over a year, talks about how Bitfinex found itself without access to $850 million[…]