August, 2017 Archives
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#198 Nick Morgan: The DAO, the SEC and the ICO Boom
August 29th, 2017 by
Epicenter In the current ICO boom, few things cause as much concern as the uncertain regulatory environment. Many do expect that at least some token sales will be considered unlicensed sales of securities and that action by the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) will be forthcoming. Nick Morgan, a former attorney in the SEC's enforcement division, joined us to discuss the recent report by the SEC on the DAO, how the SEC chooses what kind of cases to prosecute and what their likely next steps will be.
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Let's Talk Bitcoin! #342 - Listen Up
August 27th, 2017 by
Adam B. Levine On Today's Episode
After a summer hiatus, Andreas Antonopoulos rejoins Stephanie, Adam and Jonathan for a discussion of recent events.
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The Bitcoin Game #49: Digging Deeper (Part Two) - Eric Lombrozo
August 25th, 2017 by
Rob Hello, welcome to episode 49 of The Bitcoin Game, I'm Rob Mitchell.
After moderating a Bitcoin scaling panel at the State Of Digital Money in Los Angeles, I followed up by arranging back-to-back interviews with Ryan X. Charles and Eric Lombrozo. I wanted to dig a bit deeper into some issues around scaling and Bitcoin forks. Last episode was my interview with Ryan, and now the yin to Ryan’s yang, Eric Lombrozo.
TheCryptoShow On tonight's episode of "The Crypto Show," Scrooge McAltCoin, a.k.a., Stash's Daniel Krawisz, comes on the show to discuss his opinion of the Bitcoin fork and Bitcoin Cash, and several people call in to comment on or disagree with Daniel's assessments, including our good friend Dima Murshik.
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Ether Review Legal #5 — BernsWeiss Stops the IRS in its Tracks
August 23rd, 2017 by
Arthur S. Falls Lee Weiss of the US law firm BernsWeiss discusses the Coinbase/IRS dispute. The dispute began in November 2016, when the IRS summoned Coinbase to hand over data about all users who were active on the exchange from 2013 to 2015, with a view to investigating the tax compliance of individuals who have transacted in cryptocurrencies.
On behalf of one or more anonymous Coinbase users, BernsWeiss took the issue to court and was recently granted permission to argue against the summons, which among o...
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#197 Dan Larimer: EOS - The Decentralized Operating System
August 23rd, 2017 by Epicenter Dan Larimer joined us to discuss his latest project EOS, which aims to create a decentralized operating system and solve the scalability problems of current blockchain technology.
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The Bitcoin Game #48: Digging Deeper (Part One) - Ryan X. Charles
August 22nd, 2017 by Rob Hello, welcome to episode 48 of The Bitcoin Game, I'm Rob Mitchell.
In episode 47 you heard the Bitcoin Scaling panel I moderated at the State Of Digital Money in Los Angeles. While I loved being part of that panel, I really didn’t get to ask many questions. The time allotted to that panel went by so quickly that I really wanted more! So, I was able to arrange interviews with Ryan X. Charles and Eric Lombrozo to dig a bit deeper into some issues around scaling and Bitcoin forks. In this e...
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The Crypto Show: Stan Larimer & Dylan Howard, Bitshares Plus Lyn Ulbricht
August 21st, 2017 by TheCryptoShow On tonight's episode of "The Crypto Show," We interview Stan Larimer and Dylan Howard of Bitshares, as they describe and explain the marvelous versatility, functionality, and success of their platform. We also discuss the charitable possibilities that BitShares offers as well.
In the second hour, we interview frequent guest Lynn Ulbricht, mother of Ross Ulbricht, the alleged Dread Pirate Roberts of The Silk Road. She updates us on Ross's transfer to a Colorado maximum security prison, as we...
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The Tatiana Show - Will Coley of Muslims For Liberty & Kingsley Edwards
August 18th, 2017 by
Tatiana Moroz Tatiana interviews Will Coley of Muslims for Liberty & Kingsley Edwards. Topics include: --"The Story of Michael Edwards" --"Will Coley's Journey to Liberty and Islam" --"Liberty and Family" --"Liberalism and Islam" About the Guests: -William Coley is a native of Lenoir City, TN, as National Director for Muslims 4 Liberty he has spent the last five years as an ardent political activist within the Muslim community. Mr Coley wor... Read More -
#196 Arthur Falls: From Lobser Fishing to Blockchain Podcasting
August 17th, 2017 by Epicenter Prior to hosting his ground breaking podcasts Beyond Bitcoin and The Ether Review, Arthur Falls had left his home country of New Zealand to fish lobster off the coast of Maine. Like many people in the blockchain space, his unlikely journey into the world of decentralized technologies is a fascinating one, and he shares it with us in this episode.
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The Crypto Show: Jeffrey D. Welsh Frontera Law Group & Heather Fazio Texas Marijuana Policy/ MPP
August 16th, 2017 by TheCryptoShow On tonight's episode of "The Crypto Show," lawyer Jeffrey D. Welsh, partner at Frontera Law Group ([email protected]) discusses with us the legal and regulatory environment for cannabis in California and other cannabis-legal states as well as the reasons why most cannabis businesses are forced to use cash and unable to use banks (and how California is largely an exception). We talk about the corporatization of the industry, why the Feds sometimes raid grow operations in legal states, and...
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The Crypto Show: MAPS Cruise & Ft. Galt, Matt McKibbin, Gabriel Schear, Kevin McKernan...Terry?
August 15th, 2017 by TheCryptoShow On tonight's episode of "The Crypto Show," Danny joins us from off the coast of San Francisco on the MAPS (MDMA-assisted Psychotherapy for PTSD) cruise. We get a chance to talk to a gentleman named Terry about his Bitcoin ATM in San Francisco, and why the government has forced him to move it from a great spot already, and possibly soon from a second great spot.
We talk to Kevin Mckernan, CSO of Medicinal Genomics, about his experience at the cruise, and then we have a conversation with Matt M...
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Let's Talk Bitcoin! #341 - The Everything Bitcoin
August 13th, 2017 by Adam B. Levine On Today's Episode
It turns out Bitcoin Cash wasn't the end of the world, at least yet. Adam, Stephanie and Jonathan Mohan discuss our new multi-bitcoin paradigm as prices hit new all time highs.
As the conversation shifts to the locking in of Segwit, Yours.org co-founder Ryan X. Charles shares his thoughts on the sudden shunning of 2x supporters by the bitcoin core client.
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Ether Review #71 - David Bailey on Po.et & the MtGox/BTC-e Connection
August 12th, 2017 by Arthur S. Falls David Bailey, CEO of BTC Media, discusses the recent shutdown of BTC-e and its mysterious connection to the MtGox hack which led to the exchange’s demise in 2014. He also introduces Po.et, a revolutionary proof-of-existence blockchain platform. The arrest of Alexander Vinnik and seizure of the BTC-e website by the FBI in late July shed some long-awaited light on the cold case of the 650,000 bitcoins which went missing from MtGox over several years from 2011 to 2013. Upon his arrest, WizSec re...
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The Crypto Show: Kevin McKernan Of Medicinal Genomics, David & Nuno Martin Of Power Ledger
August 9th, 2017 by TheCryptoShow On tonight's episode of "The Crypto Show," we talk to Kevin McKernan of Medicinal Genomics about some of their upcoming product rollouts. We also discuss the upcoming Raise Awareness Cruise for MAPS, the MDMA Assisted Psychotherapy group that focuses primarily on helping those with PTSD using MDMA. We also discuss the psychotherapeutic benefits of cannabis and psylocibin.
In the second hour we talk to Nuno and Dave, Chief Technology Officer and Managing Director, respectively, of Power Ledge...
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#195 Loi Luu: KyberNetwork - Towards Truly Decentralized Crypto-Asset Exchanges
August 8th, 2017 by Epicenter We're joined by Loi Luu, Co-founder of KyberNetwork. This new decentralized exchange protocol, built on Ethereum, aims to match buyers with reserve operators, who create liquidity for crypto-asset pairs. Trades occur instantaneously and without the need for a trusted third party exchange operator.
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The Crypto Show: Paul Snow On 2017 Texas Bitcoin Conference & Bitcoin Cash
August 7th, 2017 by TheCryptoShow On tonight's episode of "The Crypto Show," Paul Snow, Founder of Factom and CEO of the Factom Foundation, joins us to recap some of the company's recent successes and in the process gives a good overview of what the company is all about. He also announces details about the 3rd annual Texas Bitcoin Conference to be held late October here in Austin. We then get into a discussion about the recent Bitcoin fork and resulting Bitcoin Cash, and Paul gives us some illuminating answers concerning the imp...
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Ether Review Legal #4 - MME, the Beating Heart of Crypto Valley
August 6th, 2017 by Arthur S. Falls Luka Müller and Dianne Schepers of MME — the Swiss law firm famous for running the Ethereum crowdsale — discuss jurisdictional constraints, Crypto Valley, novel crypto-asset classes and the “second wave” of tokenization.
With 25 previous “token generating events” and 60 pending projects, MME is a clear leader in the crypto law realm. The firm is now welcoming a “second wave” of clients; companies from the legacy economy which are seeking ways to enter the blockchain w...
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Let's Talk Bitcoin! #340 - Assorted Forks
August 6th, 2017 by Adam B. Levine On Today's Episode
We're headed back into the distant past of late last month. On the day before Segwit2x locked in, Stephanie Murphy, Jonathan Mohan and Adam B. Levine sat down for a discussion about the multi-forked, multi-coin future of bitcoin....
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#194 Eyal Hertzog: Bancor and the Rise of User-Generated Currencies
August 4th, 2017 by Epicenter Bancor Co-Founder Eyal Hertzog joined us to explain how Bancor makes trading the long tail of assets more efficient and how this will enable user-generated currencies at scale.
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