The Crypto News Podcast

This UK-based podcast launched in January 2018. Show notes at: https://cryptonewspodcast.com/episode-000-podcast-for-newbies/ Every week we'll share the latest news from the Crypto Currency world. We'll have occasional expert interviews. We'll also share great tips, tools and websites. The iTunes feed is: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-crypto-news-podcast/id1329160140 The Stitcher link is: http://stitcher.com/s?fid=161907&refid=stpr Co-host Paul Teague also holds a crypto currency portfolio and subscribers will be able to follow the ups and downs of this. We'll be on Twitter at: https://twitter.com/CryptoNewsPC We'll be on Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/CryptoNewsPodcast/ We'll be on the web at: https://cryptonewspodcast.com How will the show work? Weekly look at the biggest crypto news stories of the week We’ll answer your questions ... where we can (remember, we're crypto idiots!) We’ll talk to real life people who are investing in cryptyo to get their tips and hear their stories We’ll occasionally interview experts Paul is in a crypto mastermind group,he'll share what he learns in there We have a Patreon group where we’ll share ‘how to videos’ and extra interview content We’ll try as hard as possible to avoid getting too geeky - if we do, call us out on it and we’ll try and simplify :-) Any questions? Email us at questions@cryptonewspodcast.com

Show notes at: https://cryptonewspodcast.com/episode-001-introduction-to-podcast/ For more information check out ... Twitter: https://twitter.com/CryptoNewsPC Web: https://cryptonewspodcast.com/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/CryptoNewsPodcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CryptoNewsPodcast/ Subscribe to the podcast feed ... iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-crypto-news-podcast/id1329160140 Stitcher: http://stitcher.com/s?fid=161907&refid=stpr TuneIn: https://tunein.com/radio/The-Crypto-News-Podcast-p1088127/  

Show notes at: https://cryptonewspodcast.com/episode-002-crypto-made-simple/ For more information check out ... Twitter: https://twitter.com/CryptoNewsPC Web: https://cryptonewspodcast.com/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/CryptoNewsPodcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CryptoNewsPodcast/ Subscribe to the podcast feed ... iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-crypto-news-podcast/id1329160140 Stitcher: http://stitcher.com/s?fid=161907&refid=stpr TuneIn: https://tunein.com/radio/The-Crypto-News-Podcast-p1088127/

Show notes at: https://cryptonewspodcast.com/episode-003-essential-crypto-terminology/ For more information check out ... Twitter: https://twitter.com/CryptoNewsPC Web: https://cryptonewspodcast.com/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/CryptoNewsPodcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CryptoNewsPodcast/ Subscribe to the podcast feed ... iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-crypto-news-podcast/id1329160140 Stitcher: http://stitcher.com/s?fid=161907&refid=stpr TuneIn: https://tunein.com/radio/The-Crypto-News-Podcast-p1088127/

Show notes at: https://cryptonewspodcast.com/episode-004-crypto-info-sources/ For more information check out ... Twitter: https://twitter.com/CryptoNewsPC Web: https://cryptonewspodcast.com/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/CryptoNewsPodcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CryptoNewsPodcast/ Subscribe to the podcast feed ... iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-crypto-news-podcast/id1329160140 Stitcher: http://stitcher.com/s?fid=161907&refid=stpr TuneIn: https://tunein.com/radio/The-Crypto-News-Podcast-p1088127/

Show notes at: https://cryptonewspodcast.com/episode-005-crypto-vs-real-money/ For more information check out ... Twitter: https://twitter.com/CryptoNewsPC Web: https://cryptonewspodcast.com/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/CryptoNewsPodcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CryptoNewsPodcast/ Subscribe to the podcast feed ... iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-crypto-news-podcast/id1329160140 Stitcher: http://stitcher.com/s?fid=161907&refid=stpr TuneIn: https://tunein.com/radio/The-Crypto-News-Podcast-p1088127/

Show notes at: https://cryptonewspodcast.com/episode-006-crypto-extras/ For more information check out ... Twitter: https://twitter.com/CryptoNewsPC Web: https://cryptonewspodcast.com/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/CryptoNewsPodcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CryptoNewsPodcast/ Subscribe to the podcast feed ... iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-crypto-news-podcast/id1329160140 Stitcher: http://stitcher.com/s?fid=161907&refid=stpr TuneIn: https://tunein.com/radio/The-Crypto-News-Podcast-p1088127/  

Show notes at: https://cryptonewspodcast.com/episode-007-crypto-coins-and-wallets/ For more information check out ... Twitter: https://twitter.com/CryptoNewsPC Web: https://cryptonewspodcast.com/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/CryptoNewsPodcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CryptoNewsPodcast/ Subscribe to the podcast feed ... iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-crypto-news-podcast/id1329160140 Stitcher: http://stitcher.com/s?fid=161907&refid=stpr TuneIn: https://tunein.com/radio/The-Crypto-News-Podcast-p1088127/  

Show notes at: https://cryptonewspodcast.com/episode-008-crypto-security/ For more information check out ... Twitter: https://twitter.com/CryptoNewsPC Web: https://cryptonewspodcast.com/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/CryptoNewsPodcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CryptoNewsPodcast/ Subscribe to the podcast feed ... iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-crypto-news-podcast/id1329160140 Stitcher: http://stitcher.com/s?fid=161907&refid=stpr TuneIn: https://tunein.com/radio/The-Crypto-News-Podcast-p1088127/  

Show notes at: https://cryptonewspodcast.com/episode-009-crypto-investor-profile/ For more information check out ... Twitter: https://twitter.com/CryptoNewsPC Web: https://cryptonewspodcast.com/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/CryptoNewsPodcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CryptoNewsPodcast/ Subscribe to the podcast feed ... iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-crypto-news-podcast/id1329160140 Stitcher: http://stitcher.com/s?fid=161907&refid=stpr TuneIn: https://tunein.com/radio/The-Crypto-News-Podcast-p1088127/

Show notes at: https://cryptonewspodcast.com/episode-010-altcoins/ For more information check out ... Twitter: https://twitter.com/CryptoNewsPC Web: https://cryptonewspodcast.com/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/CryptoNewsPodcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CryptoNewsPodcast/ Subscribe to the podcast feed ... iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-crypto-news-podcast/id1329160140 Stitcher: http://stitcher.com/s?fid=161907&refid=stpr TuneIn: https://tunein.com/radio/The-Crypto-News-Podcast-p1088127/

Show notes at: https://cryptonewspodcast.com/episode-011-cryptocurrency-mistakes/ For more information check out ... Twitter: https://twitter.com/CryptoNewsPC Web: https://cryptonewspodcast.com/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/CryptoNewsPodcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CryptoNewsPodcast/ Subscribe to the podcast feed ... iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-crypto-news-podcast/id1329160140 Stitcher: http://stitcher.com/s?fid=161907&refid=stpr TuneIn: https://tunein.com/radio/The-Crypto-News-Podcast-p1088127/

Show notes at: https://cryptonewspodcast.com/episode-012-fantasy-crypto-portfolio/ For more information check out ... Twitter: https://twitter.com/CryptoNewsPC Web: https://cryptonewspodcast.com/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/CryptoNewsPodcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CryptoNewsPodcast/ Subscribe to the podcast feed ... iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-crypto-news-podcast/id1329160140 Stitcher: http://stitcher.com/s?fid=161907&refid=stpr TuneIn: https://tunein.com/radio/The-Crypto-News-Podcast-p1088127/

Coming up in today’s show: It’s been a bitcoin bloodbath this week - we reflect on a CRAZY week of crypto Facebook gets slammed for allowing cryto scams to jam up news feeds Why you may need to get some crypto security if you start bragging about your Bitcoin The Top 5 Crypto News Stories from this week's show: 1: Facebook slammed for failure to crack down on News Feed cryptocurrency scams http://www.trustedreviews.com/news/facebook-cryptocurrency-bitcoin-scam-news-feed-update-3373606 2: Russia: Blogger Who ‘Boasted’ About Crypto Wealth Beaten and Robbed For $425k https://cointelegraph.com/news/russia-blogger-who-boasted-about-crypto-wealth-beaten-and-robbed-for-425k 3: 5 Blockchain Developments Coming in 2018 https://www.coindesk.com/5-blockchain-developments-coming-2018/ 4: Buffett on cryptocurrencies: 'I can say almost with certainty that they will come to a bad ending' https://www.cnbc.com/2018/01/10/buffett-says-cyrptocurrencies-will-almost-certainly-end-badly.html Warren Buffett Doesn't Understand Cryptocurrencies 'At All': https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/7q7frq/warren_buffett_doesnt_understand_cryptocurrencies/ 5: Crypto Bloodbath Leaves Coins Swimming in a Sea of Red Read more at: https://beat.10ztalk.com/2018/01/17/crypto-bloodbath-leaves-coins-swimming-in-a-sea-of-red/ CRYPTO INSIDER: The bloodbath continues: http://markets.businessinsider.com/currencies/news/bitcoin-cryptocurrencies-today-january-17-2018-1-1013166714 Bitcoin's Price Drops Below $10,000 for First Time Since Early December https://www.coindesk.com/bitcoins-price-drops-below-10000/ CRYPTOCURRENCY CRASH SEES SUICIDE HOTLINE APPEAR ON REDDIT FORUM, AS BITCOIN PRICE CONTINUES SLIDE http://www.newsweek.com/cryptocurrency-crash-sees-suicide-hotline-appear-reddit-forum-bitcoin-price-783412 The Winklevoss twins have seen about $600 million wiped off their bitcoin wealth in 2 days http://markets.businessinsider.com/currencies/news/bitcoin-winklevoss-twins-millions-wiped-out-2018-1-1013164917 Alison's Fantasy Crypto Portfolio: See http://cryptonewspodcast.com/alison Paul's Fantasy Crypto Portfolio: See http://cryptonewspodcast.com/paul This week's Top 5 Crypto Coins: See https://cointracking.info/coin_trends.php for the latest stats.

Coming up in today’s show: Did Nostradamus see Bitcoin in his predictions ... and if he did, would he have bought the dip? Is UK prime minister Theresa May planning to get tough on cryptos? AND there’s HUGE money still to be made on the Blockchain, but not necessarily by investors The Top 5 Crypto News Stories from this week's show: 5 > Bananacoin Is a New Cryptocurrency Based on Banana Prices http://www.extracrispy.com/culture/4774/bananacoin-is-a-new-cryptocurrency-based-on-banana-prices 4 > Forsooth! Was Bitcoin Foreseen by Nostradamus? https://beat.10ztalk.com/2018/01/22/forsooth-was-bitcoin-foreseen-by-nostradamus/ 3 > Bitcoin CRACKDOWN: Theresa May DEMANDS tighter regulation to tackle 'CRIMINALS' https://www.express.co.uk/finance/city/909809/bitcoin-price-live-cryptocurrency-news-ethereum-ripple-value-price-market 2 > Skyrocketing fees are fundamentally changing bitcoin https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2017/12/bitcoin-fees-rising-high/ Top Story 1 > Bitcoin broker Coinbase booked $1 billion in revenue last year — so the company has told hovering VCs to back off https://www.recode.net/2018/1/22/16911692/cryptocurrency-bitcoin-trading-coinbase-revenue-secondary This week's Crypto quickies: 1) Here is the link to Alison's infographic: https://www.pinterest.com/pin/514043744962182837/ . 2) Ian Schofield got in touch to recommend the Dominic Frisby episodes of the Delingple podcast: https://podtail.com/en/podcast/delingpole-with-james-delingpole/dominic-frisby-2018-01-18/ 3) Not financial advice! The coins that Paul mentioned were Dragon Chain, Cindicator and Aragon. Alison's Fantasy Crypto Portfolio: See http://cryptonewspodcast.com/alison Paul's Fantasy Crypto Portfolio: See http://cryptonewspodcast.com/paul This week's Top 5 Crypto Coins: See https://cointracking.info/coin_trends.php for the latest stats.

Coming up in today’s show: Why it’s time to get minted if you’re into Crypto and live in the UK Two of our mystic predictions come true … Facebook goes OTT and it’s time to check that burglar alarm if you’re holding lots of coins When bitcoin meets football – we get the chance to discuss TWO things that we know very little about! The Top 5 Crypto News Stories from this week's show: 5 > Turkish amateur side claim they are the first football club to have paid for a player with cryptocurrency. https://cointelegraph.com/news/turkey-football-chairman-proud-to-hire-player-for-bitcoin-in-new-first http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/42878706 4 > Facebook is banning all ads that promote cryptocurrencies, including bitcoin, in an effort to prevent people from advertising what the company is calling “financial products and services frequently associated with misleading or deceptive promotional practices.” https://www.recode.net/2018/1/30/16950926/facebook-mark-zuckerberg-bans-crypto-advertising-bitcoin-james-altucher https://cointelegraph.com/news/ranging-reactions-to-facebook-cryptocurrency-ad-ban 3 > Armed robbers broke into a house in a wealthy Home Counties village and forced a cyber-currency trader to transfer a fortune in Bitcoin to them on his computer. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5320477/Bitcoin-heist-Home-Counties-village-Moulsford.html 2 > Fears have emerged in the cryptocurrency community that Tether Limited doesn't hold sufficient currency reserves to back all the Tethers in circulation. http://uk.businessinsider.com/tether-explained-bitcoin-cryptocurrency-why-people-worried-2018-1?r=US&IR=T Top Story 1 > The UK’s Royal Mint, the institution responsible for producing all the physical money the country has for circulation, has announced the launch of its own gold-backed cryptocurrency. https://cointelegraph.com/news/uks-royal-mint-launch Crypto Quickies 1) New recommended podcasts page on our website: https://cryptonewspodcast.com/our-favourite-crypto-podcasts/ 2) Inland Revenue UK guidance at http://cryptonewspodcast.com/UKTax 3) Fab Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/DecentralizedMemes/

Coming up in today’s show: We might get mixed up with whether it’s a Ledger Nano S or a Nano Ledger S … but one thing we are sure about is that your Bitcoin isn’t even safe on one of these devices! The first crypto rich list has just been announced … we’ll be revealing where we are in the rankings Why you must have no imagination if you can’t picture Bitcoin shooting to the moon. The Top 5 Crypto News Stories from this week's show: 5 > Lloyds Banking Group bans credit card purchases of Bitcoin Lloyds Banking Group and Virgin Money have banned customers from using credit cards to buy Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. The move comes amid fears that investors speculating on the volatile market could face huge losses. https://news.sky.com/story/lloyds-banking-group-bans-credit-card-purchases-of-bitcoin-11237438 4 > Millennials Much More Interested in Cryptocurrencies, Could Care Less About StocksWhile many older individuals see the volatile cryptocurrency market as proving too wild for their taste, millennials prefer to put their money in Bitcoin and alternative cryptocurrencies (altcoins) – as opposed to established stocks and bonds. Many millennials have become disillusioned with the traditional stock market after the 2008 financial crisis – which happened while many millennials had only recently finished high school. According to MarketWatch, over 82% of millennials claim their investment decisions are influenced by the economic crisis, which saw important players of major banks receive generous bonuses after nearly bankrupting the economy by losing $14 trillion in wealth. Many people lost their jobs, while also losing large portions of their personal wealth. Because of this formative financial influence, millennials simply don’t trust the stock market. https://decentral.market/2018/02/08/millennials-much-more-interested-in-cryptocurrencies-could-care-less-about-stocks/ 3 > Newly Discovered Vulnerability In All Ledger Hardware Wallets Puts User Funds At Risk Hardware wallet manufacturer Ledger, which sold over one million devices last year, has alerted its users to a major attack vector that’s recently been discovered. Although there are no reported cases of the attack being successfully deployed, the threat itself is very real. Ledger has urged users of its cryptocurrency wallets to take steps to avoid falling prey to the address spoofing attack. https://news.bitcoin.com/ledger-addresses-man-in-the-middle-attack-that-threatens-millions-of-hardware-wallets/ https://cointelegraph.com/news/newly-discovered-vulnerability-in-all-ledger-hardware-wallets-puts-user-funds-at-risk 2 > Forbes Publishes ‘First-Ever’ Richest People In Cryptocurrency List Forbes, known for its “World’s Billionaires List”, published a list of the richest people in cryptocurrency for the first time, Tuesday Feb. 6. The goal of publishing such a list, according to Forbes Editor Randall Lane, is to “[provide] a snapshot of a pivotal moment, part of the transparency needed to pull crypto away from its provenance as the favorite currency of drug dealers and into the adolescence of a legitimate asset class.” While compiling a list of the world’s traditional billionaires is a relatively straightforward task, calculating the exact amount of wealth of the world’s richest crypto tycoons is more difficult. Forbes acknowledges that they could have left some people off the list and that their estimates may be “wide of the mark.” AI – mention security – most big players don’t make themselves known. https://cointelegraph.com/news/forbes-publishes-first-ever-richest-people-in-cryptocurrency-list https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbespr/2018/02/07/forbes-releases-first-ever-crypto-rich-list-a-compilation-of-the-20-wealthiest-people-in-crypto/#389efe3c6002 Top Story 1 > Winklevoss: If you can’t see bitcoin at $320,000, you just lack imagination “We believe bitcoin disrupts gold. We think it’s a better gold if you look at the properties of money. And what makes gold gold? Scarcity,” Cameron said. “Bitcoin is actually fixed in supply so it’s better than scarce … it’s more portable, its fungible, it’s more durable. Its sort of equals a better gold across the board. We think regardless of the price moves in the last few weeks, it’s still a very underappreciated asset.” https://www.marketwatch.com/story/winklevoss-if-you-cant-see-bitcoin-at-320000-you-just-lack-imagination-2018-02-07 This week's Crypto quickies: 1] Definition of a ‘no coiner’ and ‘candle watcher’: A Nocoiner is a person who has no Bitcoin. Nocoiners (usually Socialists, Lawyers or MBA Economists ) are people who missed their opportunity to buy Bitcoin at a low price because they thought it was a scam, and who is now bitter at having missed out. The nocoiner takes out his or her bitterness on Bitcoin Hodlers, by constantly claiming that Bitcoin will crash, is a scam, is a bubble, or other types of easily refuted FUD. Nocoiners have little to no computer skills or imagination; even when they see the price of Bitcoin go up and its adoption spread they consider all Bitcoin users to be in a collective delusion, with only themselves as the ones who can see what is happening. See: https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=nocoiner When first looking at a candlestick chart, the student of the more common bar charts may be confused; however, just like a bar chart, the daily candlestick line contains the market's open, high, low and close of a specific day. Now this is where the system takes on a whole new look: the candlestick has a wide part, which is called the “real body”. This real body represents the range between the open and close of that day's trading. When the real body is filled in or black, it means the close was lower than the open. If the real body is empty, it means the opposite: the close was higher than the open. Read more: Candlestick Charting: What Is It?https://www.investopedia.com/articles/technical/02/121702.asp#ixzz56XOj7kjM 2] 4] Great podcast episode: http://unchainedpodcast.co/xapos-wences-casares-on-how-bitcoin-makes-a-fairer-world [Note: We're happy to attribute sources where we can. If you haven't branded your graphic and you'd like us to add a link, please email us at questions@cryptonewspodcast.com]

Coming up in today’s show: At last! It’s a sea of greens ... we celebrate crypto’s upturn and start counting our profits like greedy Golums finally holding the ring! How you can now take crypto payments on your website ... no hassles. No tech and no conversion problems :-) Paul goes on a 1-day crypto course and returns with all sorts of wonderful crypto goodies to share! The Top 5 Crypto News Stories from this week's show: 5 > Panarama on BBC1: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09s3wbt Panorama investigates what Bitcoin is and what it means, going inside a Bitcoin mine in Iceland - where currency is made - and spending time with the Bitcoin millionaires of Silicon Valley. The programme also hears from others who have been scammed out of their life savings and investors who think the cryptocurrency is an enormous scam and that the writing is on the wall. Pros 1) An excellent demo of how ledger based technology works 2) Great to see mining in Iceland and hear how this is uses renewables Cons 1) Superficial jounalism ... this programme used to be good! 2) Focus on OneCoin ponzi scheme - have you ever evenb heard of this? That’s a sub-story, not THE story and it’s a distraction 3) Usual mentions of drugs/criminal activity blah blah yawn 4 > Lightning Network: https://www.coindesk.com/bitcoin-isnt-crypto-adding-lightning-tech-now/ Lightning is spreading across the cryptocurrency landscape. Originally designed for use on bitcoin, the world's largest cryptocurrency by market size was also the first to implement the concept, touted as a way to make transactions faster and cheaper by moving them to a layer above the blockchain. But with scalability emerging as a pressing issue across the industry, developers of other cryptocurrencies aren't letting the once-novel idea go to waste. Entering 2018, litecoin, zcash, ethereum and ripple are just a few of the many cryptocurrencies planning to implement or test some form of the lightning network. Also threatening Bitcoin ... Hashgraph > it is a data structure and consensus algorithm that is much faster, fairer, and more secure than blockchain. It is described as future of distributed ledger technology. Tangle/IOTA > IOTA, however, has no mining, no blocks, no transaction fees. The security and consensus of the network is not divided among miners, validators, and users. Block Lattice > block-lattice architecture, where each user possesses their own blockchain. Instead of a user’s blockchain tracking transaction amounts, it instead will record account balances, a method that allows for less intensive storage requirements through the use of database pruning. Each blockchain will also reflect information related to the individual’s balance history, and can only be updated by the owner. 3 > Coinbase commerce: https://commerce.coinbase.com/ Accept digital currency payments Coinbase Commerce is - apparently - the easiest and safest way for your business to start accepting digital currency payments. Paul has given it a try! 2 > Litecoin goes crazy! [Mention fork] https://www.coindesk.com/surging-litecoin-is-leading-the-crypto-market-recovery/ The crypto market recovery is looking stronger by the day, and litecoin is leading the way. Having broken above $10,000, the broad-based recovery could gain further traction. Litecoin (LTC), in particular, has had a stellar run in the last couple of days and is leading the recovery in top 10 cryptocurrencies by market capitalization. The lure of making quick money on an upcoming hard fork seems to have boosted demand for LTC, although the legitimacy of the project is under question. Top Story 1 > Paul goes to a 1-day crypto course and comes back with a mind buzzing with ideas! Some of the things I learned - this is reported info, not financial advice - do your own research and due diligence first. > A blockchain is basically an online, unchangeable online spreadsheet that everybody can see > Bitcoin has become centralized bacuse over 51% of it is now based in China > Atomic swaps are coming ... where you can make a ditrect swap between cryptos > Thinks Bitcoin will die when atomic swaps come in ... Lightning Network could save it > Coin burning will allow you to destroy old coins and create newly minted coins - this will in turn mean that it’s easier to steal and spend > Blockchain is becoming redundant - only the Lightning Network can save it - we need greater speeds and infinite scaleability > Thinks Phore and Tron are a good bet > Don’t buy Etereum Classic, it’s flawed code > Thinks Bitcoin will rise to $50-$100k but will only hold 10% of market share ... it’ll be less volatile at that point > Thinks you’ll eventually have biochips connected to your crypto wallet > Thinks the gvt will launch a full-on war against cash ... £50 notes will go first, taking 50% of cash out of circulation. Crypto is the unltimate solution for gvts > Recommends not using Bitfinex > Masternodes are a better thing to get into than mining ... a masternode is a server on a decentralized network. It is utilized to complete unique functions in ways ordinary nodes can’t. It can be used for features like direct send / instant transactions or private transactions. You can set up for $31k with Phore or $3k with SmartCash Set up a master node! http://forum.smartcash.cc/t/smartcash-masternode/1760 https://phore.io/masternodes/ > Avoid ‘cloud-based’ mining programes - this is miners, who knmow their returns are dminishing, selling off their old crap to you! > Siam used the VPNExpress service > Don’t buy ICOS - they’re there to help initial investors and founders cash out. Either be an initial investor/founder and make money on day 1 of launch OR wait until the inevitable crash comes and buy in then http://www.therealistictrader.com/

Coming up in today’s show: The whales are gathering - and why that’s good news for HODLRs! Which is easier to spend in the shops - Bitcoing or a bar of gold? It’s official! Bitcoin has failed ... but it’s not a total write-off just yet! The Top 5 Crypto News Stories from this week's show: 5 > Coinbase And Bitfinex Integrate Bitcoin Scaling Upgrade SegWit Crypto exchange platforms Coinbase and Bitfinex both announced this week that they are now ready to implement the Segregated Witness (SegWit) scalability upgrade for Bitcoin (BTC). Coinbase tweeted the announcement that it has finished the final testing stages of SegWit for Bitcoin on the platform and is aiming for a 100 percent launch to all customers by mid-next week.  Bitfinex announced an already functioning rollout of SegWit to all customers trading in BTC. The SegWit upgrade aims to reduce transaction times and fees for transacting in Bitcoin, something that crypto investors have long awaited during the recent period of rising fees and slow transaction rates plaguing Bitcoin users globally. ---- SegWit is a Bitcoin protocol improvement that facilitates scaling. The SegWit implementation will provide Coinbase and Bitfinex users with lower transaction fees and improved processing times on transactions across the Bitcoin network. This happens by increasing block size limits by separating signature data from transaction data. In addition to increasing capacity, SegWit will also effectively fix transaction malleability, a potential attack based on the modification of transaction IDs prior to network confirmation. Further, SegWit also lays the foundation for future Bitcoin development efforts like the implementation of Lightning Network, which will permit the network to process millions to billions of transactions per second. https://www.inverse.com/article/41499-bitcoin-cryptocurrency-coinbase-segwit http://www.altcointoday.com/segwit-finally-embraced-coinbase-bitfinex-bright-future-ahead/ https://cointelegraph.com/news/coinbase-and-bitfinex-integrate-bitcoin-scaling-upgrade-segwit 4 > Power usage and the blockchain: http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/bitcoin-environment-damage-electricity-energy-cash-coins-zinc-mining-servers-a8210591.html Headlines recently announced that Iceland will apparently use more electricity mining bitcoin this year than it will for powering its homes. There’s no denying that the electricity used for mining these neoteric codes could devastate the world around us. But so might the energy we use for sending emails all day, watching Netflix all night, driving cars short distances, flying around the globe and eating steak several times a week or strawberries in the middle of winter. And as far as payment methods go, there may well be a worse – or at least equally bad – offender out there: humble, old-fashioned cash. 3 > Unknown Investor Buys a Billion Dollars Worth of Bitcoin The price of a single bitcoin briefly crossed $10,000 this week as details emerged about a mysterious buyer’s bet on the cryptocurrency. (See also: Bitcoin Price Topped $10,000 Amid Cryptocurrency Rally.) According to a tweet, a bitcoin address bought almost $1 billion worth of bitcoin during a dip in its prices recently. The buyer first bought bitcoin worth $344 million between February 9th and February 12th, when its price traversed the range between $8,500 and $8,900. The buyer doubled down on bitcoin by purchasing 41,000 coins, just before its price hit $10,000. https://www.trustnodes.com/2018/02/19/unknown-investor-buys-billion-dollars-worth-bitcoin https://www.investopedia.com/news/bitcoin-price-retreats-10k-mysterious-buyer-emerges/ 2 > I spent a day trying to pay for things with bitcoin and a bar of gold In an effort to fairly compare gold and bitcoin in this vein, Business Insider went out into the world to see how easy it was to spend both in everyday transactions. It turns out it isn't easy to spend either. The only person they could find who accepted gold in New York City was Donald Trump in 2011. Bitcoin is slightly easier to spend. They couldn't use their bitcoin at Subway, which is on a few lists of retailers that accept bitcoin. Le Village, a restaurant in New York's East Village that many have reported accepts bitcoin, was closed down when they tried to eat there. But they did have some luck spending bitcoin. Business Insider found that it was easy to use bitcoin on Overstock.com. Also, the reporter’s daughter's preschool accepts bitcoin for tuition payments. But if you really want to use bitcoin in everyday transactions, you can get a debit card that allows you to spend bitcoin easily. http://uk.businessinsider.com/trying-to-pay-for-things-with-bitcoin-price-gold-2017-10?r=US&IR=T Top Story 1 > Bank of England Governor Claims Bitcoin Has ‘Failed’ As A Currency https://cointelegraph.com/news/bank-of-england-governor-claims-bitcoin-has-failed-as-a-currency Bank of England (BoE) Governor Mark Carney declared that Bitcoin cannot be considered a legitimate currency by “traditional” definitions, The Telegraph reported Monday, Feb. 19. At an event at London’s Regent's University, Carney claimed that Bitcoin failed to meet two major requirements of a traditional currency, claiming that Bitcoin is neither a means of exchange, nor a store of value. "It [cryptocurrency] has pretty much failed thus far on... the traditional aspects of money. It is not a store of value because it is all over the map. Nobody uses it as a medium of exchange," Carney told students of London’s Regent's University. However, Carney allowed that cryptocurrency’s underlying Blockchain technology  “may still prove useful” due to its decentralised nature: “Cryptocurrency’s underlying technology may still prove useful as a way to verify financial transactions in a decentralised way,” Carney said. This week's Crypto quickies: 1) Great info sources: New favourite podcast > Coin Mastery with Carter Thomas [watch rather than listen] https://www.coinmastery.com/ep1-welcome-to-the-coin-mastery-podcast/ Magic Poop Cannon on Trading View: https://www.tradingview.com/u/MagicPoopCannon/ Crypto Vince: https://www.facebook.com/CryptoVinceTeam/ 2) Zen Master’ Steven Seagal Confirms He Is Face Of New ‘Superior’ Coin Bitcoiin2Gen https://cointelegraph.com/news/zen-master-steven-seagal-confirms-he-is-face-of-new-superior-coin-bitcoiin2gen “Zen Master” and Hollywood actor Steven Seagal has announced that he is the new brand ambassador for Bitcoiin2Gen (B2G), a new cryptocurrency that claims to be a “superior or more advanced version of [Satoshi Nakamoto’s] Original Bitcoin”, in a tweet Feb. 20. Bitcoiin2Gen published a press release on Feb. 12 announcing that due to Seagal’s beliefs that “the development of the physical self is essential to protect the spiritual man,” the actor is “obvious as brand ambassador” for the new cryptocurrency, adding emphatically: “Steven Seagal has become a believer of Bitcoiin2Gen.” 3) How Bitcoin has given us a lame excuse to swear on this podcast ... http://foulomatic.hnldesign.nl/#

Coming up in today’s show: Two members of the IT old guard make a mess on the Blockchain – we’ll reveal how! JP Morgan does an about turn and finally acknowldeges crypto currencies … Why crypto currencies need a big player to step in and drive trust and uptake … AND where are all the women in crypto and what’s keeping them away? The Top 5 Crypto News Stories from this week's show:   5 > Bill Gates Attacks Cryptos Calling Them ‘Super Risky’ on Reddit AMA, Draws Twitter Ire Bill Gates – tech guru and philanthropist – made some sharp attack on cryptocurrencies. During a recent “Ask Me Anything” session on Reddit, Gates said that one of the key features of the virtual digital currencies is the anonymity they offer to the buyers, and this according to Gates, is NOT a “good thing”. As Gates was being quizzed during the Reddit AMA session on Tuesday, he seemed to be more focused on the downsides Bitcoin and other cryptos. Gates also further went out to comment on the speculative nature of cryptos and said that it is “super risky for those who go long.” https://beat.10ztalk.com/2018/02/28/bill-gates-attacks-cryptos-calling-them-super-risky-on-reddit-ama-draws-twitter-ire-coinspeaker/ 4 > Steve Wozniak had $70000 in bitcoin stolen after falling for a simple, yet perfect, scam Apple co-founder and technology genius Steve Wozniak revealed at the Economic Times Global Business Summit, that someone had stolen a handful of bitcoins from his account. According to Wozniak, seven bitcoins were bought from him, but the transaction was then immediately cancelled. Also see: https://beat.10ztalk.com/2018/02/28/apple-co-founder-steve-wozniaks-bitcoin-theft-story-is-just-credit-card-fraud/ 3 > JPMorgan Says It May Have to ‘Adapt' to Counter Crypto Adoption … both financial institutions and their non-banking competitors face the risk that payment processing and other services could be disrupted by technologies, such as cryptocurrencies, that require no intermediation. New technologies have required and could require JPMorgan Chase to spend more to modify or adapt its products to attract and retain clients and customers or to match products and services offered by its competitors, including technology companies.” Also: https://www.ccn.com/dont-tell-jamie-jpmorgan-admits-cryptocurrencies-disrupt-banks/ The report was signed by JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon, a noted Bitcoin skeptic who has repeatedly lambasted the flagship cryptocurrency as a “fraud” and once threatened to fire any employees caught trading cryptoassets, although he recently walked back some of these comments. Access the JP Morgan Blockchain document at: https://bitcoinhungary.hu/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/5_6057884928140378143.pdf Also: So Why Did Goldman Sachs-Backed Circle Really Buy Poloniex? https://beat.10ztalk.com/2018/02/28/so-why-did-goldman-sachs-backed-circle-really-buy-poloniex/ https://www.coindesk.com/jpmorgan-says-it-may-have-to-adapt-to-counter-crypto-adoption/ 2 > Amazon-coin? Most customers would use a cryptocurrency if online retailer creates one: Survey More than half of respondents in a new LendEDU survey said yes to the idea of using an Amazon-created cryptocurrency for purchases on the site. More than 58 percent of Prime users said they would consider using “Amazon Coins.” About 45 percent are open to the idea of using Amazon as their primary bank account. https://www.cnbc.com/2018/02/28/majority-of-shoppers-are-open-to-amazon-cryptocurrency-survey-shows.html Top Story 1 > Women in Cryptocurrencies Push Back Against ‘Blockchain Bros’ Virtual currencies and blockchain, the digital ledger that forms the basis of the cryptocurrencies, were intended to be democratizing and equalizing forces, buoyed by a utopian exuberance. But women who have been trying to participate in the gold rush are finding a lopsided gender divide. And some say the culture is getting worse, with the male-dominated culture buoyed by a new fleet of wealthy crypto speculators known as “blockchain bros.” https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/25/business/cryptocurrency-women-blockchain-bros.html https://beat.10ztalk.com/2018/02/28/for-women-in-cryptocurrency-investor-jalak-jobanputra-is-betting-big-on-crypto-venturecanvas/ This week's Crypto quickies: 1) Rakuten is Launching Its Own Cryptocurrency Named Rakuten Coin: https://www.coinspeaker.com/2018/02/27/rakuten-launching-cryptocurrency-named-rakuten-coin/ 2) Rapper 50 Cent Denies He Is Bitcoin Millionaire Read more at: https://beat.10ztalk.com/2018/02/28/rapper-50-cent-denies-he-is-bitcoin-millionaire-at-ban-news/ 3) The Bitcoin Pizza guy does it again! https://cointelegraph.com/news/original-pizza-day-purchaser-does-it-again-with-bitcoin-lightning-network 4) Bitcoin and the Banks: The Five Stages of Grief: https://youtu.be/43Ucj6_Erb0 5) Bitcoin: Beyond The Bubble: https://youtu.be/tx75jYKq1Qw