“The US Securities and Exchange Commission filed a lawsuit against cryptocurrency platform Ripple, its CEO, and its chairman, for orchestrating securities fraud worth $1.3 billion, the agency said Tuesday.” | learn more
Noteworthy because of their status as a top crypto company. I’ll be interested to see how closely the market value of Coinbase will fluctuate with the market value of Bitcoin. | learn more
Fred Wilson thinks the crypto industry, “owe[s] these elected officials an education on how crypto can address these important issues [around banking access] and why it is not a distraction from them.” I appreciate that crypto has folks like Fred […]
“An aggressive Bitcoin trade got crypto VC shop Paradigm flying out of the gate. But Fred Ehrsam and Matt Huang aim to do more than just generate outsized returns for their blue-blooded backers — they want to take alt-currencies into […]
The miner is in a part of Texas that’s flush with wind power. The nature of renewable energy creates periods where supply vastly outstrips demand. This unique dynamic is an opportunity for large energy users who have the flexibility to […]
“On August 20th, 2020, the team behind MetaMask— the most popular dApp-enabled wallet in the Ethereum ecosystem— announced a change to their software license.” | learn more
“After federal law enforcement seized millions of dollars’ worth of crypto from terrorist organizations, Congress is left with questions.” | learn more
This is a great primer on the state of the crypto insurance market, including the problems that need to be solve to really unlock its potential. Written by Fred Ehrsam, who “personally secured the first ever crypto insurance (I believe) […]
Messari’s Unqualified Opinions this week is excellent. “The major themes of this week can be broken down into the divergent paths between Bitcoin and Ethereum’s DeFi ecosystem. Bitcoin put on its best boardroom suit and tie, while DeFi went from […]
Though this post is a big haphazard, it offers some interesting ideas on Open Finance (DeFi) and what the author calls Open Law. | learn more