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Bitcoin chasing businessman in cryptocurrency price crash

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Author
Jonathan Bartlett
Date
December 15, 2022

Categorized
Cryptocurrency

Tagged
Binance and audits, Binance and FTX failure, Binance Earn, Changpeng Zhao, CZ (Changpeng Zhao), FTX implosion, Mazars, Self-custody of crypto assets}

FTX Implosion: There Are Warning Signs from Binance

_{The CEO of Binance fundamentally misrepresented the character of the firm's engagement of the Mazars auditing firm} _{Jonathan Bartlett

December 15, 2022

5

Cryptocurrency}

Since the implosion of FTX, many have been watching cryptocurrency exchange Binance to see if it might be the next crypto firm to face a liquidity crunch. While the CEO of Binance, known in the crypto world as CZ (Changpeng Zhao), has assured investors and depositors that the firm is financially sound, many of its recent moves have left observers wondering if there is more to the story. The Audit that Wasn’t The first major red flag was the “audit.” Binance has long been criticized for failure to provide audited financial statements. Because it is not a public company, an audit is not a legal requirement. Nonetheless, many crypto watchers view the failure to have an external audit as evidence of concern Read More ›

Businessman holding investment finance chart, stock market business concept, and exchange, financial growth graph,Investing in the stock market of cryptocurrencies

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Author
Jonathan Bartlett
Date
November 21, 2022

Categorized
Business and Finance, Cryptocurrency

Tagged
Binance and FTX failure, Featured, FTX failure (2022), John Ray, Market capitalization}

Understanding the Fall of FTX — the False Reality of Market Caps

_{Let’s have a look at the critical question that was never asked in the first place…} _{Jonathan Bartlett

November 21, 2022

9

Business and Finance, Cryptocurrency}

In finance, the “market capitalization” or “market cap” of a security or currency is a simple way to evaluate the overall “value” of the total entity (this is also called “network value” in terms of a cryptocurrency). It is easiest to think about market caps in terms of stocks instead of currencies. In the stock market, if ABC Company is broken up into 100,000 shares, and the going market price is $3 per share, then the market cap of ABC is $300,000. Likewise for coins, if there are 100,000 coins available, and the current market price of the coin is $7, then the market cap of the coin will be $700,000. The idea behind the market cap is that, if Read More ›

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Author
News
Date
November 16, 2022

Categorized
Cryptocurrency

Tagged
Bloccelerate, Cryptocurrency and user experience, Featured, Gregory Meredith, Interwork, John Devadoss, Rchain Cooperative, Sam Yilmaz, William Dembski, Wyatt Robinson}

Could Crypto Be a Safe National Currency?

_{At COSM a panel of experts debated the future of crypto} _{News

November 16, 2022

5

Cryptocurrency}

A panel moderated by blockchain expert Sam Yilmaz COO of Bloccelerate last week at COSM debated whether cryptocurrency could be a national currency. It’s a risk but then many current currencies are. From Wyatt Robinson — Principal Corporate Counsel, Microsoft: The whole premise behind blockchain as I understand it from my view as a former financial services attorney, is really to promote efficiency free up capital allow more money to be out there for end users to have in their pockets. And so when we think about what should we put on chain, what activities should be going on chain at the end of the day, think about the stakeholders, the users who are involved in that transaction or are Read More ›

Crypto currency background with various of shiny silver and golden physical cryptocurrencies symbol coins, Bitcoin, Ethereum, Litecoin, zcash, ripple

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Author
News
Date
September 27, 2022

Categorized
Cryptocurrency, Politics

Tagged
Adam Goad on cryptocurrency viability, Bob Seeman, Coinmen (book 2022), Eric Holloway on cryptocurrency, Ethereum switch to staking, Featured, Gary Smith, Jonathan Bartlett on cryptocurrency}

Is Cryptocurrency Part of the Overall Future of Money?

_{Experts clash over whether crypto could replace government-issued currency} _{News

September 27, 2022

10

Cryptocurrency, Politics}

Recent discussions between WBC director Robert J. Marks and fellow engineers raise a question: Could new technology enable a global private currency to compete with government currencies? While the fact is not always evident in the Western world, government currencies depend on the stability of the government. Stories about people using discredited government banknotes to warm themselves, etc., are not fiction. And today what about the unbanked billions of the world who work and create value but do not have access to financial institutions? So in, for example, a national emergency, would cryptocurrency be any help? The option of private electronic currency is comparatively new and, as we might expect, expert views differ. We present them for your reflection (not Read More ›

Blockchain blocks and their hexadecimal hash values conceptual vizualization 3D render

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Author
Robert J. Marks
Date
September 25, 2022

Categorized
Cryptocurrency, Ethics, Religion

Tagged
Bitcoin and Scripture, Blockchain, Featured, Scripture and blockchain compared}

Modern Bitcoin’s Surprising Lesson About Ancient Scripture

_{It turns out there’s a striking parallel between the historical record of scripture and the blockchain ledger} _{Robert J. Marks

September 25, 2022

5

Cryptocurrency, Ethics, Religion}

This article was published in The Stream (September 13, 2022) and is republished with permission. Can we trust the authenticity of the New Testament scriptures? Trust is foundational in the acceptance of scripture. There’s an interesting lesson to learn from a very modern system of trust: money. Even Bitcoin, believe it or not. An Exchange of Trust We’ll start with old-fashioned familiar money. Why is a twenty dollar bill worth $20? It’s just a small sheet of paper, after all. The answer is trust. We trust the piece of paper has value because its worth is backed by the United States government. We also trust that Walmart will give us $20 worth of Doritos if we give them a twenty Read More ›

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Author
News
Date
September 21, 2022

Categorized
Cryptocurrency, Data Privacy, Economics

Tagged
COSM 2022, Featured, Jamie Dimon, Larry Fink, Mary Harrington, Peter Thiel and cryptocurrency, Peter Thiel on "finance gerontocracy", Peter Thiel on progress claims, Warren Buffett}

Peter Thiel Will Be Luncheon Keynoter at COSM, November 9

_{Billionaire venture capitalist Thiel made waves earlier this year, calling Warren Buffett and other investment gurus a “finance gerontocracy”} _{News

September 21, 2022

4

Cryptocurrency, Data Privacy, Economics}

Some iconic tech venture capitalists go with the flow — and then there’s Peter Thiel: In an age when some computer scientists prophesy that AI will soon rise up and destroy mankind, he says no, that’s not happening; the big story is the End of Privacy. He also sees Big Tech innovation as slowing down, in the sense that most Wow!! new developments are successfully hyped riffs on earlier ones. He goes so far as to say that, contrary to expert views, cryptocurrency is not just a flash in the pan. At Bitcoin 2022, he blasted “Warren Buffett, Jamie Dimon, Larry Fink as ‘finance gerontocracy.’” That is, they are over the hill though not yet under it. So Thiel is Read More ›

Close up of top important cryptocurrencies which dollar bank note in background. which including of Bitcoin, Ethereum, Litecoin, Dash, Zcash and Ripple coin. Business and financial as concept.

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Author
News
Date
September 13, 2022

Categorized
Cryptocurrency

Tagged
Adam Goad, alpha call, Alpha caller, DYOR in cryptocurrency, Featured, Liquidity pools in cryptocurrency, Loans in cryptocurrency, Market maker algorithms in cryptocurrency, Robert J. Marks, tokenomics}

What Happens If You Want To Lend or Borrow in Crypto?

_{In the world of Web 3.0, the borrower is anonymous, so collateral is a must} _{News

September 13, 2022

13

Cryptocurrency}

In this second part of “Staking and Liquidity on Web3”, the fifth episode of the podcast series between computer engineering prof Robert J. Marks and engineers Austin Egbert and Adam Goad, the discussion centers on making and taking loans in cryptocurrency. In the first part, we looked at changes in how cryptocurrency is produced: Ethereum is moving from mining to staking this month. In Episode 4, the discussion centered on what a decentralized financial system would look like and on challenging new concepts like flash loans and smart contracts. Dr. Marks is the director of the Walter Bradley Center. https://mindmatters.ai/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/08/Mind-Matters-203-Adam-Goad-Austin-Egbert.mp3 A partial transcript of the first part, notes, and Additional Resources follow: Robert J. Marks: Now there’s something in staking Read More ›

Stack of ether or ethereum coins. ETH Coin.New Virtual Money.Physical coins. Cryptocurrency mining and trading concept.

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Author
News
Date
September 13, 2022

Categorized
Cryptocurrency, Environment

Tagged
Adam Goad, Austin Egbert, Bitcoin and mining vs. staking, Cryptocurrency and energy consumption, Cryptocurrency staking and validator role, Cryptocurrency staking vs mining, Ethereum switch to staking, Featured, Proof of stake vs. proof of work, Robert J. Marks, Staking rewards in cryptocurrency, Validator in cryptocurrency, Validator rewards and penalties}

Ethereum Moves From Mining to Staking This Month

_{As there came to be more and more “eth” in the world, the puzzles computers had to solve got very much harder, consuming vast energy resources} _{News

September 13, 2022

15

Cryptocurrency, Environment}

In this first part of “Staking and Liquidity on Web3”, the fifth episode of the podcast series between computer engineering prof Robert J. Marks and engineers Austin Egbert and Adam Goad, look at upcoming changes in mining — how cryptocurrency is produced. In Episode 4, the discussion centered on what a decentralized crypto financial system would look like and on challenging new concepts like flash loans and smart contracts. Dr. Marks is the director of the Walter Bradley Center. https://mindmatters.ai/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/08/Mind-Matters-203-Adam-Goad-Austin-Egbert.mp3 A partial transcript, notes, and Additional Resources follow. Robert J. Marks: Like gold, cryptocurrency like Bitcoin and Ethereum is mined, at least so far. Mining becomes harder and harder as more gold is mined… finding fresh gold deposits becomes more Read More ›

Modern way of exchange. Bitcoin is convenient payment in global economy market. Virtual digital currency and financial investment trade concept. Abstract cryptocurrency with gold bitcoin background..

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Author
News
Date
September 9, 2022

Categorized
Business and Finance, Cryptocurrency

Tagged
Adam Goad, Arbitrage, Arbitrage in cryptocurrency, Banks and cryptocurrency, Decentralized vs. centralized trading, Featured, flash loans, Hypernode, Nodes in cryptocurrency, Robert J. Marks, Smart contracts, Smart contracts and cryptocurrency, Smart contracts vs. collateral, Stablecoins (explained)}

The futurist finance world of flash loans and hypernodes

_{In the cryptocurrency world, you could float a loan for ten seconds and make good money — but you and your computer must be very fast indeed} _{News

September 9, 2022

11

Business and Finance, Cryptocurrency}

In the first part of Episode 4, “What Is Decentralized Finance?” (September 1, 2022), computer engineer Adam Goad discussed with Walter Bradley Center director (and computer engineering prof) Robert J. Marks how blockchain would decentralize finance by establishing trust and security without government regulations. Now they look at how some of the remarkable new financial instruments work. https://mindmatters.ai/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/08/Mind-Matters-202-Adam-Goad-Austin-Egbert.mp3 A partial transcript, notes, and Additional Resources follow. Robert J. Marks: Before we started this recording, you mentioned something which blew my mind — flash loans. Adam Goad: A flash loan is a loan that you take out for a very short amount of time, usually a few seconds. But it can be for a very large amounts, like millions of dollars. Read More ›

Block chain concept - Chain of network connections . 3d rendering

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Author
News
Date
September 7, 2022

Categorized
Cryptocurrency

Tagged
Adam Goad, Austin Egbert, Blockchain (how hacked), Blockchain and law enforcement, Blockchain encryption, Decentralized finance, Decentralized finance and privacy, Decentralized finance projects (DeFis), Dread Pirate Roberts, Etherscan, Featured, Robert J. Marks}

What Would a Financial System Based on Blockchain Look Like?

_{Adam Goad talks about key differences between banks and blockchains in what creates trust and privacy} _{News

September 7, 2022

15

Cryptocurrency}

Could blockchain could decentralize finance by establishing trust and security without government regulations? In “What Is Decentralized Finance?” (September 1, 2022), computer engineers Adam Goad and Austin Egbert are back with Walter Bradley Center director (and computer engineering prof) Robert J. Marks to discuss how such a system might work. Or maybe not. It didn’t work with decentralized autonomous organizations… But then again, this might be simpler. A partial transcript, notes, and Additional Resources for the first half follow. What difference would decentralized banking make to the average customer? Robert J. Marks: When you pay Uber for a ride, you use a bank or a third party like PayPal, or Visa, or MasterCard, or something. Decentralized banking, hopefully, will let Read More ›

WEB 3.0 abstract sign with blockchain 3d illustration

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Author
News
Date
August 24, 2022

Categorized
Business and Finance, Cryptocurrency

Tagged
Adam Goad, Austin Egbert, Decentralization and scams, Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAOs), Decentralized Autonomous Organizations' weaknesses, Discord app, Featured, Helium blockchain, Kickstarter and scams, LoRaWAN, MakerDAO, Robert J. Marks, VGPL and scams, Web3's future}

Why Didn’t Decentralized Organizations Work in the Crypto World?

_{DAOs broke down when people tried to make them interact with the outside world} _{News

August 24, 2022

14

Business and Finance, Cryptocurrency}

Here’s the second part of Episode 3 of the discussion between computer engineering prof Robert J. Marks and computer engineering grad students Adam Goad and Austin Egber on the wild new online world. They’ve been talking about non-fungible tokens (NFTs), and what sort of NFTs survived the crypto crater: Now, in the second part of “The NFT Anti-bubble” (August 18, 2022), they look at what happened to the decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs) that grew up along with crypto and NFTs: https://mindmatters.ai/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/08/Mind-Matters-200-Adam-Goad-Austin-Egbert.mp3 A partial transcript, notes, and Additional Resources follow. Austin Egbert: Could you give an example of what one of these DAOs was maybe trying to do? What service were they providing? Or what was their business output, so to Read More ›

Metaverse world NFT Art Gallery Avatars and VR Glasses 3D Illustrations

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Author
News
Date
August 23, 2022

Categorized
Business and Finance, Cryptocurrency, Economics

Tagged
Adam Goad, Austin Egbert, Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAOs), Featured, hype curve, Jelly beans as crowd wisdom illustration, Non-Computable You (book), Non-fungible token (NFT), Non-fungible tokens (as membership), Robert J. Marks, Wisdom of Crowds (book)}

Are NFTs a Bubble That Has Just Plain Popped for Good?

_{Despite the crypto crash, they seem to be developing a life of their own — in ticket sales, for example} _{News

August 23, 2022

12

Business and Finance, Cryptocurrency, Economics}

Here’s the first part of Episode 3 of the discussion between computer engineering prof Robert J. Marks and computer engineering grad students Adam Goad and Austin Egbert on that wild new online world. They’ve been discussing what gives NFTs (non-fungible tokens) their value. Now, in “The NFT Anti-bubble” (August 18, 2022), they are looking at how NFTs are faring in the vast crypto crater. What still sells?: https://mindmatters.ai/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/08/Mind-Matters-200-Adam-Goad-Austin-Egbert.mp3 This portion begins at 00:15 min. A partial transcript, notes, and Additional Resources follow. Robert J. Marks: We have talked about non-fungible tokens kind of hitting the skids. Is this a bubble pop? Are non-fungible tokens going to disappear as kind of an interesting thing in history? Or are they going to Read More ›

NFT non fungible tokenscrypto art on colorful abstract background. Pay for unique collectibles in games or art. 3d render of NFT crypto art collectibles concept

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Author
News
Date
August 18, 2022

Categorized
Business and Finance, Cryptocurrency, Economics

Tagged
Adam Goad, American Kingpin (book), Art as NFTs, Austin Egbert, Bitcoin (tracing transactions), Bitcoin and crime, Bitcoin and privacy, Cryptocurrency and crime, Cryptocurrency and Russian oligarchs, Dread Pirate Roberts (Ulbricht), Ethereum and privacy, Featured, InterPlanetary File System (IPFS), JSON text files, NFTs and gas fees, Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) and art, Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) and copyright, OpenSea, Pornography and Bitcoin, Robert J. Marks, Silk Road (digital black market)}

What Gives NFTs (Non-Fungible Tokens) Their Value?

_{But first, a tour through the seamier side of the internet, supported in large part by the very blockchain that mints NFTs} _{News

August 18, 2022

16

Business and Finance, Cryptocurrency, Economics}

Here’s the second part of Episode 2 of the discussion between computer engineering prof Robert J. Marks and computer engineering grad students Adam Goad and Austin Egbert on the wild new online world of digital money, fan gear, contracts, and art. In the first part, Adam and Austin explained how digital collectibles — non-fungible tokens (NFTs) — work (or don’t). In this second part, What are NFTs?, they look at how people use them, with a sidestep into the swashbuckling world of crypto crime: https://mindmatters.ai/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/08/Mind-Matters-199-Adam-Goad-Austin-Egbert.mp3 A partial transcript, notes, and Additional Resources follow. The discussion continued with the NBA’s use of NFTs as the new “trading cards.” How are NFTs like or unlike the iconic cards? Adam Goad: That one Read More ›

Crypto Virtual Museum and Metaverse internet NFT display as a futuristic streaming media symbol as augmented reality and computer media concept.

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Author
News
Date
August 16, 2022

Categorized
Cryptocurrency, Economics, Law

Tagged
Adam Goad, Adam Goad on NFTs, Austin Egbert on NFTs, Featured, National Basketball Association (NBA), National Basketball Association and NFTs, Non-fungible token (NFT), Non-fungible tokens (value), Non-fungible tokens and law, Non-fungible tokens as owned memes, Robert J. Marks, semi-fungible token}

When You Buy a Non-Fungible Token (NFT), What Do You Own?

_{You are buying someone’s digital idea. Just what legal rights that NFT confers is an open question. But the NBA is now selling them…} _{News

August 16, 2022

14

Cryptocurrency, Economics, Law}

In the first episode of the discussion between computer engineering prof Robert J. Marks and computer engineering grad students Adam Goad and Austin Egbert (here and here), the discussion started with the projected metaverse and slowly turned to the wild world of cryptocurrencies and non-fungible tokens — like Twitter founder Jack Dorsey’s first tweet. What’s worth knowing about this burgeoning digital world? Here are Bob, Adam, and Austin again in Episode 2, What are NFTs?, Part 1: https://mindmatters.ai/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/08/Mind-Matters-199-Adam-Goad-Austin-Egbert.mp3 This portion begins at 00:10. A partial transcript, notes, and Additional Resources follow. Robert J. Marks: We have been talking to Adam Goad and Dr. Austin Egbert both at Baylor University about Web3. Web3, which uses distributed computing, is the tool that’s Read More ›

computer engineer working with laptop at cryptocurrency mining farm

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Author
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Date
August 5, 2022

Categorized
Cryptocurrency

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Adam Goad, Austin Egbert, Bitcoin mining, Cryptocurrency crash 2022, Featured, Metaverse (living in metaverse), Non-fungible token (NFT), Ready Player One (film), Robert J. Marks}

What’s Really Happening With Bitcoin and Other Cryptos?

_{News

August 5, 2022

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Cryptocurrency}

In the first part of this week’s podcast, “Web3: The next generation of the internet” (August 4, 2022), Walter Bradley Center director Robert J. Marks talked with graduate student Adam Goad about Web3, the coming internet of more privacy on the one hand and a metaverse of avatars on the other. So, only as wild as you want it to be, maybe. Now, postdoc Austin Egbert joins the discussion as they continue with how, at worst, Web3 could be a bit like sci-fi film Ready Player One. (2018). Note: Re the metaverse, this week’s news reveals that Facebook executives are deserting Mark Zuckerberg’s metaverse in droves: “ … recent retreats point to deeper turmoil inside Meta. Some suggest it lies Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Bartlett
Date
July 25, 2022

Categorized
Business and Finance, Cryptocurrency

Tagged
Binance crypto exchange, Bitpanda crypto exchange, Celsius crypto exchange, Coinbase crypto exchange, crypto.com crypto exchange, Cryptocurrencies 2022 collapse, Cryptocurrency rationale, Featured, LUNA (cryptocurrency), Stablecoins losing peg to dollar, Terra (cryptocurrency firm), Three Arrows Capital, UST (cryptocurrency), Voyager Digital}

Just As Cryptocurrencies Went Mainstream — a Huge Collapse!

_{A central weakness is that investors must go through exchanges which have none of the safeguards established for the blockchain itself} _{Jonathan Bartlett

July 25, 2022

4

Business and Finance, Cryptocurrency}

The cryptocurrency markets have been in total upheaval for the last several months. The blowup essentially started when the stablecoin UST (provided by Terra) suddenly lost its peg to the US dollar. A stablecoin is supposed to maintain a 1:1 trading match to an underlying currency, so 1 UST is supposed to be worth $1. Most trading in crypto is trades between stablecoins and other coins rather than actual cash transactions using stablecoins. Due to some unforeseen (but not necessarily unforeseeable) issues, UST lost its peg; between May and June its value dropped from $1 to just over two pennies. This near erasure of value affected Terra’s other cryptocurrency, LUNA, which dropped from $80 to effectively zero over the same Read More ›

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Author
News
Date
March 10, 2022

Categorized
Business and Finance, Cryptocurrency, Economics, Surveillance

Tagged
Alexander Lee, Central bank digital currencies (CBDCs), Cryptocurrencies (and fiat digital currencies), Programmable digital currency (and social control), Social credit system (United States)}

Government Control of What You Buy Grows More Popular

_{With governments, that is. You’d be surprised at how far along they are with digital currency and how detailed the control could be} _{News

March 10, 2022

6

Business and Finance, Cryptocurrency, Economics, Surveillance}

Recently, we looked at a new idea governments are looking at — programmable digital currency. It’s all digital, issued by government, constantly trackable, and can’t be spent on items not approved by government (or only with penalties). The Federal Reserve Board (the United States’ central bank) explains, bureaucratically, Potential benefits of the “digital cash” model using programmable UTXOs are the ability to specify spending constraints on any discrete amount of value and a greater facility to trace the provenance of any particular “virtual banknote.” Alexander Lee, “What is programmable money?” at FEDS Notes (June 23, 2021) In other words, the two benefits of these central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) are that the government can potentially control what the money is Read More ›

Big red semi tractor trailer room for copy

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Author
Jonathan Bartlett
Date
February 21, 2022

Categorized
Business and Finance, Cryptocurrency

Tagged
Bank of America, banks, bitcoin, Canada, Canadian truckers, Candace Owens, Christian bakeries, Citi, cryptocurrency, GiveSendGo, GoFundMe, Justin Trudeau, Patriot Act}

Trudeau’s Truckers Reveal Problems with Banking Infrastructure

_{And crypto isn't the solution you might think it is} _{Jonathan Bartlett

February 21, 2022

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Business and Finance, Cryptocurrency}

On February 14th, Justin Trudeau, the Prime Minister of Canada, invoked the Emergencies Act in order to stop the flow of funding to the truckers who were protesting vaccine mandates in Canada. This order allows and encourages banks to freeze the accounts of anyone suspected of involvement with the protest. The Canadian use of the Emergencies Act in this way has been widely criticized for its draconian and expansive overreach of governmental authority. However, that hasn’t stopped the Canadian government from moving forward with the plan, and they have said that they have already begun freezing accounts. Even before this, though, a Canadian judge had halted access to funds donated to the truckers through the GiveSendGo website. Additionally, GoFundMe, of Read More ›

Gold coins in the form of bitcoin on a bag with dollars

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Author
Jonathan Bartlett
Date
February 10, 2022

Categorized
Cryptocurrency, Law

Tagged
Featured, Heather Morgan, Ilya Lichtenstein}

DOJ Arrests Couple for Huge Bitcoin Heist — Who Are They?

_{Cryptocurrency doesn’t depend only on technology; it depends on trust, and trustworthiness} _{Jonathan Bartlett

February 10, 2022

4

Cryptocurrency, Law}

On the morning of February 8, DOJ announced that they had made an arrest in the $3.6 billion Bitcoin heist from Bitfinex from 2016. They arrested Ilya Lichtenstein and his wife, Heather Morgan. However, little information was conveyed about the pair. Some digging, however, revealed two individuals by those names who worked together in a variety of technology startups, at least one of which is cryptocurrency-based. While we don’t know for certain if these are the same individuals, the profiles are very similar, and other media seem to be reporting that they are the same. The profile here is on the two individuals we were able to identify, and have not confirmed they are identical to the ones in the Read More ›