Mable Jiang, formerly of Nirvana Capital, will spearhead the venture firm’s hunt for new deals in Asia.
MARKETS DAILY: Casualties Ahead in the Cryptocurrency Mining Arms Race
On another down day, we’re talking U.S. warnings on digital assets, a brief history of troubled but systemically important stablecoin “Tether”, and a look at the arms-race in blockchain mining technology.
Stack Overflow VP Joins Crypto Lending Firm as Chief Product Officer
Crypto lending firm Unchained Capital has hired Will Cole of the Wyoming Blockchain Task Force as its new chief product officer.
Pompliano Joins Board of Blockchain-Based Lending Firm After $103M Raise
Blockchain-based consumer lender Figure added Morgan Creek Digital’s Anthony “Pomp” Pompliano to its board following a $103 million funding round.
What Twitter Meme Wars Say About Crypto’s Reliance on Figureheads
Cryptocurrency has strayed from its anonymous roots. Today, cults of personality and public histrionics define the sector.
MARKETS DAILY: Is Bitcoin Market Manipulation Profitable?
With markets recovering, we take a look at Bitcoins’ recent behavior and wonder whether it’s still a safe haven? Later, we’re joined by Galen Moore for quick discussion on alleged bitcoin market manipulation…
Freedom Fighter or Fool? Jury’s Out on Arrested Ethereum Developer Virgil Griffith
The case offers a litmus test of sorts: Was Griffith’s appearance in North Korea a brazen violation of economic sanctions or a noble act of spreading ethereum’s gospel of global reinvention?
MARKETS DAILY: China Picking Winners While Traders Wonder
This time we’re talking winners and losers in China’s increasingly top-down crypto industry, the implications behind former CFTC chairman Giancarlo’s just-announced move to white-shoe law firm Willkie Farr & Gallagher, and more.
MARKETS DAILY: A North Korean Conspiracy and Top Hacks of 2019
This time we’re talking crypto and traditional market, an ethereum developer in hot water after alleged sanction busting, and a look at this years biggest exchange hacks.
PODCAST: Altcoins and Ancient History with Litecoin’s Charlie Lee
The hosts are talking network effects, ad-hoc audits and more with early Bitcoin developer and Litecoin creator Charlie Lee.
Lebanese Bitcoiners Show How to Talk About Crypto At Thanksgiving
Amid civil unrest, bitcoin is helping some Lebanese get by. Emphasis on the word “helping.” Traditional social ties are as important as technology.
MARKETS DAILY: UpBit Hack Reactions & Crypto Liquidity Insights
On today’s episode, we’re talking markets reaction to UpBit exchange hack, crypto liquidity, and VeChain’s November rally.
Statechains, and Trading the Panopticon for Magical Internet Money
CoinDesk’s Nolan Bauerle and Thiel Capital’s Eric Weinstein talk Magical Internet Money; the Let’s Talk Bitcoin! host and Somsen Ruben discuss statechains.
PODCAST: ‘Let’s Talk Bitcoin!’ Hosts Discuss Libra, China and Cargo Cults
Every Sunday, CoinDesk plays host to deep, nuanced discussions about the complex issues we cover, with the cast of the Let’s Talk Bitcoin! podcast.