Blockchain Insider Podcast by 11:FS

gm. Simon Taylor and Cuy Sheffield are back this week to take another deep dive, this time into all things scaling and layer 2, including: Why do we want decentralisation and how is it achieved in traditional PoW blockchains? What solutions have been proposed and implemented for the scalability problem? And what are the main trade-offs at play? All of this, and much much more. We are also joined by some amazing guests: Mauricio Magaldi, Global Strategy Director, Crypto at 11:FS Yessin Schiegg, CFO at NEAR Foundation This episode is sponsored by Visa. This episode is brought to you by Visa, one of the world’s leaders in digital payments. Crypto has opened up a new world of possibility. And Visa is helping everyone take part. Visa enables commerce across their network and crypto networks through solutions like Fintech Fast Track, a quick and easy way for crypto innovators to issue payment credentials. Join us in this new money movement. Learn more at visa.com/crypto. If you enjoyed the show, don't forget to subscribe and leave a review! Want to join the conversation on all the topics discussed? Tweet the show at: www.twitter.com/bchaininsider Special Guests: Mauricio Magaldi and Yessin Schiegg.

gm. Simon Taylor hosted a live onstage panel as part of Empire Startups New York FinTech Week! Originally recorded for Fintech Insider podcast, the conversation was so good we just had to share it here too. Earlier this year, we saw an executive order signed on the desk of the White House calling for research and development on a US CBDC. What was once a theoretical possibility has now been directly decreed by the President himself. So, today we’re talking about how this executive order will fit into the history books, what we know about CBDCs currently, what the challenges are still to overcome and what the future may hold. This week's guests include: Cuy Sheffield, Head of Crypto, Visa Carmelle Cadet, Founder & CEO, EMTECH Jennifer Lassiter, Executive Director, The Digital Dollar Project If you enjoyed the show, don't forget to subscribe and leave a review! Want to join the conversation on all the topics discussed? Tweet the show at: www.twitter.com/bchaininsider Special Guests: Carmelle Cadet, Cuy Sheffield , and Jennifer Lassiter.

gm. Simon Taylor and Cuy Sheffield are back this week to talk about the latest and greatest news in the world of crypto, including: European crypto industry steps up efforts to influence EU policy Terra’s UST flips BUSD to become third-largest stablecoin Circle Announces $400M Funding Round Bitcoin may soon be accepted by McDonald’s, Walmart via Lightning Network, Mallers says Meta plans ‘Zuck bucks’ virtual coins for Facebook and Instagram users Nike and Rtfkt take on digital fashion with first “Cryptokick” sneaker Coinbase launches social NFT marketplace in limited beta We are also joined by some amazing guests: Adi Ben-Ari, Founder and CEO at Applied Blockchain Cokie Hasiotis, Founder of Twali The Tweet of the Week comes from @masonnystrom, about Web3 infrastructure protocols generating substantial protocol revenue in Q1'22. This episode is sponsored by Visa. This episode is brought to you by Visa, one of the world’s leaders in digital payments. Crypto has opened up a new world of possibility. And Visa is helping everyone take part. Visa enables commerce across their network and crypto networks through solutions like Fintech Fast Track, a quick and easy way for crypto innovators to issue payment credentials. Join us in this new money movement. Learn more at visa.com/crypto. If you enjoyed the show, don't forget to subscribe and leave a review! Want to join the conversation on all the topics discussed? Tweet the show at: www.twitter.com/bchaininsider Special Guests: Adi Ben-Ari and Cokie Hasiotis. Links: European crypto industry steps up efforts to influence EU policy Terra’s UST flips BUSD to become third-largest stablecoin Circle Announces $400M Funding Round Bitcoin may soon be accepted by McDonald’s, Walmart via Lightning Network, Mallers says Meta plans ‘Zuck bucks’ virtual coins for Facebook and Instagram users Nike and Rtfkt take on digital fashion with first “Cryptokick” sneaker Coinbase launches social NFT marketplace in limited beta Pollofeed

gm. Simon Taylor and Cuy Sheffield are back this week to take a deep dive into the world of crypto regulations. In this Insights show, we take a look at the current state of crypto regulations and its challenges, the differences in various parts of the world, the opportunities, and of course, the future. We are also joined by some amazing guests: Chris Brummer, Professor and Faculty Director, Institute of International Economic Law Patrick South, Head of Sales at TRM Labs This episode is sponsored by Visa. This episode is brought to you by Visa, one of the world’s leaders in digital payments. Crypto has opened up a new world of possibility. And Visa is helping everyone take part. Visa enables commerce across their network and crypto networks through solutions like Fintech Fast Track, a quick and easy way for crypto innovators to issue payment credentials. Join us in this new money movement. Learn more at visa.com/crypto. If you enjoyed the show, don't forget to subscribe and leave a review! Want to join the conversation on all the topics discussed? Tweet the show at: www.twitter.com/bchaininsider Special Guests: Chris Brummer and Patrick South.

gm. Simon Taylor and Cuy Sheffield are back this week to talk about the latest and greatest news in the world of crypto, including: Paradigm and a16z back Ethereum scaling startup Optimism at $1.65bn valuation 3:03 FTX announces expansion into Europe, FTX Ventures invests $100m in money app Dave and Naomi Osaka becomes latest FTX 'ambassador' 15:35 The cryptocurrency community is celebrating Biden’s executive order, while Europe rejects proposal limiting PoW cryptos but sets draft rules for sustainability 30:30 Crypto start-up founded by ex-Meta employees raises $200m 46:10 We are also joined by some amazing guests: Richard Brown, CTO at R3 Brett Harrison, US President at FTX Emily Nicolle, Crypto Blogger at Bloomberg News The Tweet of the Week comes from @BitcoinMagazine about Airbnb looking into crypto payments! This episode is sponsored by Visa. This episode is brought to you by Visa, one of the world’s leaders in digital payments. Crypto has opened up a new world of possibility. And Visa is helping everyone take part. Visa enables commerce across their network and crypto networks through solutions like Fintech Fast Track, a quick and easy way for crypto innovators to issue payment credentials. Join us in this new money movement. Learn more at visa.com/crypto. If you enjoyed the show, don't forget to subscribe and leave a review! Want to join the conversation on all the topics discussed? Tweet the show at: www.twitter.com/bchaininsider Special Guests: Brett Harrison, Emily Nicolle, and Richard Brown. Links: Paradigm and a16z back Ethereum scaling startup Optimism at $1.65B valuation FTX Announces Expansion Into Europe FTX Ventures Invests $100 Million in Money App Dave Naomi Osaka Becomes Latest FTX 'Ambassador' The cryptocurrency community is celebrating Biden’s executive order Europe rejects proposal limiting PoW cryptos but sets draft rules for sustainability Crypto Startup Founded by Ex-Meta Employees Raises $200 Million

gm. Simon Taylor and Cuy Sheffield are back this week to take another deep dive into the world of NFTs. We wanted to take a look at the intersection between NFTs and culture. This is such a wide topic with so many incredible artists, collaborations and forms of art - so for this episode, we want to shine a light on music. We explore how NFTs play a part in what music is and how we experience and share it, as well as how they compare to the traditional music model most of us know and dislike. We are also joined by some amazing guests: Daouda Leonard, Founder and CEO of CreateSafe Summer Watson, CEO, Heir & President, Vol. 1 Xcelencia, musician This episode is sponsored by Visa. This episode is brought to you by Visa, one of the world’s leaders in digital payments. Crypto has opened up a new world of possibility. And Visa is helping everyone take part. Visa enables commerce across their network and crypto networks through solutions like Fintech Fast Track, a quick and easy way for crypto innovators to issue payment credentials. Join us in this new money movement. Learn more at visa.com/crypto. If you enjoyed the show, don't forget to subscribe and leave a review! Want to join the conversation on all the topics discussed? Tweet the show at: www.twitter.com/bchaininsider Special Guests: Daouda Leonard, Summer Watson, and Xcelencia.

gm. Simon Taylor and Cuy Sheffield are back this week to talk about the latest and greatest news in the world of crypto, including: NYSE wants to be the marketplace for NFTs Multis wants to build the financial backbone of crypto-native organizations Solana integrates Web3Auth to lower DApp barrier to entry Democratic DAO suffers coup, new leader steals everything $1.7m in NFTs stolen in apparent phishing attack on OpenSea users Colorado to accept crypto for state taxes Pro athletes among group trying to raise $4bn in cryptocurrency to buy Denver Broncos We are also joined by some amazing guests: Rhian Lewis, author of The Cryptocurrency Revolution Mauricio Magaldi, Global Leader of Crypto,11:FS Thibaut Sahaghian, CEO, Multis The Tweet of the Week comes from @pridesai about Meta-mates! This episode is sponsored by Visa. This episode is brought to you by Visa, one of the world’s leaders in digital payments. Crypto has opened up a new world of possibility. And Visa is helping everyone take part. Visa enables commerce across their network and crypto networks through solutions like Fintech Fast Track, a quick and easy way for crypto innovators to issue payment credentials. Join us in this new money movement. Learn more at visa.com/crypto. If you enjoyed the show, don't forget to subscribe and leave a review! Want to join the conversation on all the topics discussed? Tweet the show at: www.twitter.com/bchaininsider Special Guests: Mauricio Magaldi, Rhian Lewis, and Thibaut Sahaghian. Links: NYSE Wants to Be Marketplace for NFTs Just Like With Stocks Multis wants to build the financial backbone of crypto-native organizations Solana integrates Web3Auth to lower DApp barrier to entry Democratic DAO Suffers Coup, New Leader Steals Everything $1.7 million in NFTs stolen in apparent phishing attack on OpenSea users Colorado to accept crypto for state taxes Pro Athletes Among Group Trying to Raise $4B in Cryptocurrency to Buy Denver Broncos

Simon Taylor and Cuy Sheffield are back this week to take a deep dive into Central Bank Digital Currencies, known as CBDCs. We have looked at them, as well as stablecoins, in a previous podcast, but as we have stated before - this space moves at the speed of sound. We want to revisit our conversation, and take a look at how they have evolved since we’ve last spoken about them. Simon and Cuy are joined by fantastic guests who are experts in the ever-evolving crypto space: George Selgin, Director Emeritus, Centre for Monetary and Financial Alternatives at Cato Institute John Lester, Cypherpunk Capitalist and VP of Operations at Oneiro This episode is sponsored by Visa. This episode is brought to you by Visa, one of the world’s leaders in digital payments. Crypto has opened up a new world of possibility. And Visa is helping everyone take part. Visa enables commerce across their network and crypto networks through solutions like Fintech Fast Track, a quick and easy way for crypto innovators to issue payment credentials. Join us in this new money movement. Learn more at visa.com/crypto. If you enjoyed the show, don't forget to subscribe and leave a review! Want to join the conversation on all the topics discussed? Tweet the show at: www.twitter.com/bchaininsider

Simon Taylor and Cuy Sheffield are back this week to talk about the latest and greatest news in blockchain and Crypto. Tune in now to find out more about: Facebook and Instagram are reportedly exploring plans to make, showcase, and sell NFTs, while Twitter debuted their new hexagonal NFT avatars One Day After Launch, OpenSea Competitor LooksRare Sells Over $100M in NFTs Big month for play-to-earn in the global south - big wins for Nestcoin, Carry1st, and YGG’s India subDAO Web3 ‘Proof of attendance’ startup raises $10M to mint shared memories as NFTs China’s Digital Yuan Captures $8.3B in Payments Over 6 Months And much more! Simon and Cuy are joined by some fantastic guests: Cristiano Teixeira, Founder of Sandclock Elizabeth Teixeira, COO at Sandclock Chris Maddern, Co-Founder of Button The Tweet of the Week comes from Serena Williams, @serenawilliams. Why not send us your best tweets? See if you can get a shout out on the show! This episode is sponsored by Visa. This episode is brought to you by Visa, one of the world’s leaders in digital payments. Crypto has opened up a new world of possibility. And Visa is helping everyone take part. Visa enables commerce across their network and crypto networks through solutions like Fintech Fast Track, a quick and easy way for crypto innovators to issue payment credentials. Join us in this new money movement. Learn more at visa.com/crypto. If you enjoyed the show, don't forget to subscribe and leave a review! Want to join the conversation on all the topics discussed? Tweet the show at: www.twitter.com/bchaininsider Special Guests: Chris Maddern, Cristiano Teixeira, and Elizabeth Teixeira. Links: Facebook and Instagram are reportedly exploring plans to make, showcase, and sell NFTs, while Twitter debuted their new hexagonal NFT avatars One Day After Launch, OpenSea Competitor LooksRare Sells Over $100M in NFTs Nigerian crypto/web3 collective Nestcoin launched MetaverseMagna - Africa’s first crypto gaming DAO Carry1st’s most recent round, led by a16z, includes YieldGuild YGG’s India subDAO raised $6M Web3 ‘Proof of attendance’ startup raises $10M to mint shared memories as NFTs China’s Digital Yuan Captures $8.3B in Payments Over 6 Months

Simon Taylor and Cuy Sheffield are back to discuss and unpack all things Fintechs and Crypto. In this Insights show, we want to take a deep dive into what their relationship has been like over the past few years. A couple of episodes ago, we visited the relationship between big banks and crypto - with incumbents dismissing Bitcoin and Co. at the very start. Now, at the beginning of 2022, not only are large banks offering crypto custody and leading in investments in crypto in 2021, but fintechs aren't too far behind either. But what has changed, and what is their role in the crypto space, and vice versa? Join us while we try to unpack and ask all the right questions to get to the bottom of this! Simon and Cuy are joined by fantastic guests who are experts in the ever-evolving crypto space: Trevor Marshall, CTO at Current Michael Shaulov, CEO at Fireblocks This episode is sponsored by Visa. This episode is brought to you by Visa, one of the world’s leaders in digital payments. Crypto has opened up a new world of possibility. And Visa is helping everyone take part. Visa enables commerce across their network and crypto networks through solutions like Fintech Fast Track, a quick and easy way for crypto innovators to issue payment credentials. Join us in this new money movement. Learn more at visa.com/crypto. If you enjoyed the show, don't forget to subscribe and leave a review! Want to join the conversation on all the topics discussed? Tweet the show at: www.twitter.com/bchaininsider Special Guests: Michael Shaulov and Trevor Marshall.

Simon Taylor and Cuy Sheffield are back to discuss all things 2022 predictions! 2021 has been a wild year for crypto, so expectations are high for 2022. Simon and Cuy unpack all of their thoughts about what the new year will bring, and even debate some of your very own predictions. Will crypto crash in 2022? Will regulators kill the momentum in crypto this year? What wil happen to NFTs? All of this and much much more on today' episode! This episode is sponsored by Visa. This episode is brought to you by Visa, one of the world’s leaders in digital payments. Crypto has opened up a new world of possibility. And Visa is helping everyone take part. Visa enables commerce across their network and crypto networks through solutions like Fintech Fast Track, a quick and easy way for crypto innovators to issue payment credentials. Join us in this new money movement. Learn more at visa.com/crypto. If you enjoyed the show, don't forget to subscribe and leave a review! Want to join the conversation on all the topics discussed? Tweet the show at: www.twitter.com/bchaininsider

Simon Taylor and Cuy Sheffield are back this week to talk about the latest and greatest news in blockchain and Crypto. Tune in now to find out more about: MetaMask surpasses 21 Million MAUs as ConsenSys raises $200 million to make Web3 universally easy to use, access, and build on Crypto payments service MoonPay raises $555 million from Coatue and Tiger Jack Dorsey’s Square is now Block Bank of England chief expresses concern over El Salvador’s Bitcoin experiment Iconic Los Angeles Venue STAPLES Center gets a new name NFT or non-fungible token is Collins Dictionary’s word of the year And much more! Simon and Cuy are joined by some fantastic guests: Curtis Ting, Managing Director EMEA, Kraken Amber Baldet, Co-Founder and CEO of Clovyr Haseeb Awan, Founder and CEO of Efani, and Co-founder of Bitaccess The Tweet of the Week comes from John Hillis, @JohnathanHillis. Why not send us your best tweets? See if you can get a shout out on the show! This episode is sponsored by Visa. This episode is brought to you by Visa, one of the world’s leaders in digital payments. Crypto has opened up a new world of possibility. And Visa is helping everyone take part. Visa enables commerce across their network and crypto networks through solutions like Fintech Fast Track, a quick and easy way for crypto innovators to issue payment credentials. Join us in this new money movement. Learn more at visa.com/crypto. If you enjoyed the show, don't forget to subscribe and leave a review! Want to join the conversation on all the topics discussed? Tweet the show at: www.twitter.com/bchaininsider Special Guests: Amber Baldet, Curtis Ting, and Haseeb Awan. Links: MetaMask Surpasses 21 Million MAUs as ConsenSys Raises $200 Million to Make Web3 Universally Easy to Use, Access, and Build On Crypto payments service MoonPay raises $555 million from Coatue and Tiger Jack Dorsey’s Square is now Block Bank of England chief expresses concern over El Salvador’s Bitcoin experiment Iconic Los Angeles Venue STAPLES Center gets a new name NFT or non-fungible token is Collins Dictionary’s word of the year

Simon Taylor and Cuy Sheffield are back to discuss and unpack all things Large Banks and Crypto. In this Insights show, we want to take a deep dive into the turbulent relationship between the both. With incumbents dismissing Bitcoin and Co. at the start, things are now looking very different - large banks are offering crypto custody and leading in investments in crypto in 2021. So how is the space looking? How has it changed to get to where we are now? What does the future relationship look like? Let's dive in! Simon and Cuy are joined by fantastic guests who are experts in the ever-evolving crypto space: Emily Nicolle, Fintech Correspondent at Financial News Edward Woodford, Co-Founder and CEO at Zero Hash This episode is sponsored by Visa. This episode is brought to you by Visa, one of the world’s leaders in digital payments. Crypto has opened up a new world of possibility. And Visa is helping everyone take part. Visa enables commerce across their network and crypto networks through solutions like Fintech Fast Track, a quick and easy way for crypto innovators to issue payment credentials. Join us in this new money movement. Learn more at visa.com/crypto. If you enjoyed the show, don't forget to subscribe and leave a review! Want to join the conversation on all the topics discussed? Tweet the show at: www.twitter.com/bchaininsider Special Guests: Edward Woodford, Emily Nicolle, and Emily Nicolle.

Simon Taylor and Cuy Sheffield are back this week to talk about the latest and greatest news in blockchain and Crypto. Tune in now to find out more about: $9.5 billion spent using Chinese central bank's digital currency 1:55 Chipper Cash gets $2B valuation with $150M extension round led by FTX 15:05 Goldman Sachs Taps Digital Asset to Build Open Platform for Tokenized Assets 24:10 A DAO is trying to buy a rare print of the US Constitution 34:25 EA says NFTs are part of the future of games industry 41:13 And much more! Simon and Cuy are joined by a fantastic guest: Charles Cascarilla, CEO and Co-Founder of Paxos The Tweet of the Week comes from David Hoffman, @TrustlessState. Why not send us your best tweets? See if you can get a shout out on the show! This episode is sponsored by Visa. This episode is brought to you by Visa, one of the world’s leaders in digital payments. Crypto has opened up a new world of possibility. And Visa is helping everyone take part. Visa enables commerce across their network and crypto networks through solutions like Fintech Fast Track, a quick and easy way for crypto innovators to issue payment credentials. Join us in this new money movement. Learn more at visa.com/crypto. If you enjoyed the show, don't forget to subscribe and leave a review! Want to join the conversation on all the topics discussed? Tweet the show at: www.twitter.com/bchaininsider Special Guest: Charles Cascarilla. Links: $9.5 billion spent using Chinese central bank's digital currency Chipper Cash gets $2B valuation with $150M extension round led by FTX Goldman Sachs Taps Digital Asset to Build Open Platform for Tokenized Assets A DAO is trying to buy a rare print of the US Constitution EA says NFTs are part of the future of games industry

Simon Taylor and Cuy Sheffield are back to discuss and unpack all things Play To Earn. In this Insights show, we want to take a deep dive into the metaverse, and all things Play To Earn. Even if you’re not into the crypto world, I can guarantee you have started seeing and hearing about the metaverse and Axie Infinity lately - and for good reasons. Play To Earn is revolutionising gaming and crypto, all in one go. But what is it, how does it work, why have we been hearing so much about it lately? Is this just a fad? Is it too good to be true? Could this be the future of gaming? Let’s dive in! Simon and Cuy are joined by fantastic guests who are experts in the ever-evolving crypto space: Cathy Hackl, Godmother of the Metaverse Bryce Johnson, Co-Founder at LootSquadGG This episode is sponsored by Visa. This episode is brought to you by Visa, one of the world’s leaders in digital payments. Crypto has opened up a new world of possibility. And Visa is helping everyone take part. Visa enables commerce across their network and crypto networks through solutions like Fintech Fast Track, a quick and easy way for crypto innovators to issue payment credentials. Join us in this new money movement. Learn more at visa.com/crypto. If you enjoyed the show, don't forget to subscribe and leave a review! Want to join the conversation on all the topics discussed? Tweet the show at: www.twitter.com/bchaininsider Special Guests: Bryce Johnson and Cathy Hackl.

Simon Taylor and Cuy Sheffield are back this week to talk about the latest and greatest news in blockchain and Crypto. Tune in now to find out more about: Visa develops interoperability concept for central bank digital currency payments 1:48 Almost 1.1M people have already signed up for Coinbase NFT waitlist, and NFT sales surge to $10.7 billion in Q3 as crypto asset frenzy hits new highs 12:40 Bitcoin—not gold—is the new inflation hedge, says JPMorgan 25:30 DeFi platform mistakenly sends $89 million, CEO begs its return 38:20 And much more! Simon and Cuy are joined by some fantastic guests: Kinjal Shah, Senior Associate at Blockchain Capital LLC David Hoffman, Co-owner at Bankless Lex Sokolin, Head Economist, Decentralized Protocols at ConsenSys The Tweet of the Week comes from Ryan Watkins, @RyanWatkins_. Why not send us your best tweets? See if you can get a shout out on the show! This episode is sponsored by Visa. This episode is brought to you by Visa, one of the world’s leaders in digital payments. Crypto has opened up a new world of possibility. And Visa is helping everyone take part. Visa enables commerce across their network and crypto networks through solutions like Fintech Fast Track, a quick and easy way for crypto innovators to issue payment credentials. Join us in this new money movement. Learn more at visa.com/crypto. If you enjoyed the show, don't forget to subscribe and leave a review! Want to join the conversation on all the topics discussed? Tweet the show at: www.twitter.com/bchaininsider Special Guests: David Hoffman, Kinjal Shah, and Lex Sokolin. Links: Visa develops interoperability concept for central bank digital currency payments Almost 1.1M people have already signed up for Coinbase NFT waitlist, and NFT sales surge to $10.7 billion in Q3 as crypto asset frenzy hits new highs Bitcoin—not gold—is the new inflation hedge, says JPMorgan DeFi platform mistakenly sends $89 million, CEO begs its return

Simon Taylor and Cuy Sheffield are back to discuss all things DAO. In this Insights episode, Simon and Cuy want to explore the world of DAOs. After its resurgence in 2020, DAOs is grabbing headlines left, right, and centre. What are the differences between DAO and more traditional forms of financial services such as traditional banks? What about community based decision making that goes into DAO? But most importantly - what is it, and why should we be paying attention? How does it work? Is this just a novelty, or is there something lasting here? Let’s dive in! Simon and Cuy are joined by fantastic guests who are experts in the ever-evolving crypto space: Jess Sloss, Instigator at Seed Club - Social Token Incubator Kyla Scanlon, creator and investor This episode is sponsored by Visa. This episode is brought to you by Visa, one of the world’s leaders in digital payments. Crypto has opened up a new world of possibility. And Visa is helping everyone take part. Visa enables commerce across their network and crypto networks through solutions like Fintech Fast Track, a quick and easy way for crypto innovators to issue payment credentials. Join us in this new money movement. Learn more at visa.com/crypto. If you enjoyed the show, don't forget to subscribe and leave a review! Want to join the conversation on all the topics discussed? Tweet the show at: www.twitter.com/bchaininsider Special Guests: Jess Sloss and Kyla Scanlon.

Simon Taylor and Cuy Sheffield are back this week to talk about the latest and greatest news in blockchain and Crypto. Tune in now to find out more about: The Loot project flips the script on NFTs 1:26 El Salvador endures bumpy first week with bitcoin as legal tender 11:16 SEC wants to regulate Coinbase’s crypto yield product, and is also investigating decentralized crypto exchange developer Uniswap Labs 22:20 Big week for FTX: An NFT marketplace with cross-chain trading between Ethereum and Solana, an ambassador/equity deal with NBA star Steph Curry, and cast Tom Brady and Gisele Bundchen in their first ads 31:52 British Post Office ID App to sell Bitcoin vouchers next week 43:40 Standard Chartered is more bullish on ether than bitcoin — with a $35,000 price prediction 44:41 And much more! Simon and Cuy are joined by some fantastic guests: Gwera Kiwana, Senior Ops Analyst at 11:FS Ryan Todd, Research Lead of Digital Assets at Fintech Collective The Tweet of the Week comes from Jeremy Allaire, @jerallaire. Why not send us your best tweets? See if you can get a shout out on the show! This episode is sponsored by Visa. This episode is brought to you by Visa, one of the world’s leaders in digital payments. Crypto has opened up a new world of possibility. And Visa is helping everyone take part. Visa enables commerce across their network and crypto networks through solutions like Fintech Fast Track, a quick and easy way for crypto innovators to issue payment credentials. Join us in this new money movement. Learn more at visa.com/crypto. If you enjoyed the show, don't forget to subscribe and leave a review! Want to join the conversation on all the topics discussed? Tweet the show at: www.twitter.com/bchaininsider Special Guests: Gwera Kiwana and Ryan Todd. Links: The Loot project flips the script on NFTs El Salvador endures bumpy first week with bitcoin as legal tender SEC wants to regulate Coinbase’s crypto yield product, and is also investigating decentralized crypto exchange developer Uniswap Labs An NFT marketplace with cross-chain trading between Ethereum and Solana, An ambassador, equity deal with NBA star Steph Curry, Cast Tom Brady and Gisele Bundchen in their first ads British Post Office ID App to sell Bitcoin vouchers next week Standard Chartered is more bullish on ether than bitcoin — with a $35,000 price prediction

Simon Taylor and Cuy Sheffield are back to discuss all things NFTs. In this Insights episode, Simon and Cuy aim to break NFTs down: what are they, how do they work, what can you do with them, what are the practical applications of NFTs, and what does the evolution of the space look like? What is the story so far, how are they stored, and how can they move beyond what might be described as a “gimmick” and into something more impactful? Simon and Cuy are joined by fantastic guests who are experts in the ever-evolving NFT space: Ameer Carter - NFT Artist Maria Shen - Partner at Electric Capital This episode is sponsored by Visa. This episode is brought to you by Visa, one of the world’s leaders in digital payments. Crypto has opened up a new world of possibility. And Visa is helping everyone take part. Visa enables commerce across their network and crypto networks through solutions like Fintech Fast Track, a quick and easy way for crypto innovators to issue payment credentials. Join us in this new money movement. Learn more at visa.com/crypto. If you enjoyed the show, don't forget to subscribe and leave a review! Want to join the conversation on all the topics discussed? Tweet the show at: www.twitter.com/bchaininsider Special Guest: Ameer Carter.

Simon Taylor and Cuy Sheffield are back this week to talk about the latest and greatest news in blockchain and Crypto, kicking off with a big announcement from Visa that we dive into and ask Cuy all the burning questions. Tune in now to find out more about: Visa NFT White Paper and CryptoPunk Announcement 2:05 NFT Trading Surges 8X as Penguins, Apes Drive New Boom 6:16 SuperRare Drops RARE Token to Decentralize NFT Marketplace 6:36 Free Clipart of a Cartoon Rock Is Selling for $300,000 as NFTs 6:42 Cryptocurrency heist hacker returns $260m in funds 15:52 The ECB starts work on creating a digital version of the euro 26:30 Messi's welcome package at PSG includes cryptocurrency fan tokens 35:12 And much more! Simon and Cuy are joined by some fantastic guests: Ryan Selkis, Founder and CEO of Messari Rhian Lewis, author of The Cryptocurrency Revolution. The Tweet of the Week comes from Julien Bouteloup - @bneiluj, view here. Why not send us your best tweets? See if you can get a shout out on the show! This episode is sponsored by Visa. This episode is brought to you by Visa, one of the world’s leaders in digital payments. Crypto has opened up a new world of possibility. And Visa is helping everyone take part. Visa enables commerce across their network and crypto networks through solutions like Fintech Fast Track, a quick and easy way for crypto innovators to issue payment credentials. Join us in this new money movement. Learn more at visa.com/crypto. If you enjoyed the show, don't forget to subscribe and leave a review! Want to join the conversation on all the topics discussed? Tweet the show at: www.twitter.com/bchaininsider Special Guests: Rhian Lewis and Ryan Selkis. Links: Visa NFT White Paper and CryptoPunk Announcement NFT Trading Surges 8X as Penguins, Apes Drive New Boom SuperRare Drops RARE Token to Decentralize NFT Marketplace Free Clipart of a Cartoon Rock Is Selling for $300,000 as NFTs Cryptocurrency heist hacker returns $260m in funds The ECB starts work on creating a digital version of the euro Messi's welcome package at PSG includes cryptocurrency fan tokens

Simon Taylor and Cuy Sheffield are back to discuss all things decentralized finance. In this insights episode, Simon and Cuy aim to break DeFi down: what is it, how does it work, what can you do with decentralised finance, how is it having a real world impact and how much more could be done with it? What is the story so far, how does Defi reward its investors differently to banks, and what does the future hold? Simon and Cuy are joined by some fantastic guests who are experts in the ever evolving DeFi space: Gwera Kiwana, Ops Analyst, 11:FS Robert Leshner, CEO of Compound Finance This episode is sponsored by Visa. This episode is brought to you by Visa, one of the world’s leaders in digital payments. Crypto has opened up a new world of possibility. And Visa is helping everyone take part. Visa enables commerce across their network and crypto networks through solutions like Fintech Fast Track, a quick and easy way for crypto innovators to issue payment credentials. Join us in this new money movement. Learn more at visa.com/crypto. If you enjoyed the show, don't forget to subscribe and leave a review! Want to join the conversation on all the topics discussed? Tweet the show at: www.twitter.com/bchaininsider Special Guests: Gwera Kiwana and Robert Leshner.

Simon Taylor and Cuy Sheffield are back this week to talk about the latest and greatest news in blockchain, Bitcoin and Crypto including: FTX Crypto Exchange Valued at $18B in $900M Funding Round 2:12 Visa Crypto Cards Have Racked Up $1B in Spending in 2021 10:10 USDC Stablecoin Backer Circle to Go Public in $4.5B SPAC Deal 15:20 Square is making a hardware wallet for Bitcoin 23:44 How Axie Infinity Creates Work in the Metaverse 31:50 Simon and Cuy are joined by some fantastic guests: Camila Russo, Founder of The Defiant Sina Nader, COO FTX US The Tweet of the Week comes from @RyanWatkins_ : “In Q2 2021 Ethereum settled $2.5 trillion in transactions. This represents +65% QoQ and +1,490% YoY, and puts Ethereum on pace to settle $8 trillion in 2021.” Why not send us your best tweets? See if you can get a shout out on the show! This episode is sponsored by Visa. This episode is brought to you by Visa, one of the world’s leaders in digital payments. Crypto has opened up a new world of possibility. And Visa is helping everyone take part. Visa enables commerce across their network and crypto networks through solutions like Fintech Fast Track, a quick and easy way for crypto innovators to issue payment credentials. Join us in this new money movement. Learn more at visa.com/crypto. If you enjoyed the show, don't forget to subscribe and leave a review! Want to join the conversation on all the topics discussed? Tweet the show at: www.twitter.com/bchaininsider Special Guests: Camila Russo and Sina Nader. Links: FTX Crypto Exchange Valued at $18B in $900M Funding Round Visa Crypto Cards Have Racked Up $1B in Spending in 2021 USDC Stablecoin Backer Circle to Go Public in $4.5B SPAC Deal Square is making a hardware wallet for Bitcoin How Axie Infinity Creates Work in the Metaverse

Simon Taylor is back with a new co-host, Cuy Sheffield, Head of Crypto at Visa, to discuss all things stablecoins. In this insight episode, Simon and Cuy aim to start at the very beginning, and dive deeper down the stablecoins rabbit hole. What are the problems with existing payments systems? What are the similarities and differences between stablecoins and CBDCs? How do they work against fiat? How can they maintain stability? Listen now to find out all of this, and much much more. Simon and Cuy are joined by some fantastic guests who are experts in the evolving stablecoins space: Mike Dudas, VP of Ventures, Paxos Joao Reginatto, VP of Product at Circle This episode is sponsored by Visa. This episode is brought to you by Visa, one of the world’s leaders in digital payments. Crypto has opened up a new world of possibility. And Visa is helping everyone take part. Visa enables commerce across their network and crypto networks through solutions like Fintech Fast Track, a quick and easy way for crypto innovators to issue payment credentials. Join us in this new money movement. Learn more at visa.com/crypto. If you enjoyed the show, don't forget to subscribe and leave a review! Want to join the conversation on all the topics discussed? Tweet the show at: www.twitter.com/bchaininsider Special Guests: Joao Reginatto and Mike Dudas.

Our expert host, Simon Taylor, is joined by a great panel of guests to talk about all things crypto. In the first part of the show, we want to take a look at just how far we’ve come. How far the crypto space has come in the last year - not just in terms of bitcoin surges but also the real steps forward in terms of adoption by big organisations, regulators and even central banks to start taking this crypto phenomenon seriously. Why is it booming so much now? Does crypto matter more now than it ever has before? And last but not least, is crypto mainstream, and why should we care about it? This week's expert guests include: Shivani Siroya, CEO and founder of Tala Diogo Monica, CEO of Anchorage Cuy Sheffield, Head of Crypto, Visa If you enjoyed the show, don't forget to subscribe and leave a review! Want to join the conversation on all the topics discussed? Tweet the show at: www.twitter.com/bchaininsider Special Guests: Cuy Sheffield , Diogo Mónica, and Shivani Siroya.

In a special episode of Blockchain Insider, Simon Taylor is in conversation with Yuval Rooz, CEO of fintech company Digital Asset. Yuval became CEO of the fintech company in 2019 and since then has shifted focus to smart contracts and DAML. We kick off the episode with the reasons for this change, the importance of distributed ledger and power of DAML. Moving onto the bigger picture issues in blockchain, Yuval and Simon also discuss the importance of interoperability as governments move towards central bank digital currencies and the opportunities for DLT applications beyond fintech and financial services in a post-coronavirus world. But first, we hear a special announcement from host Simon Taylor about the current COVID-19 pandemic and the future of the podcast. Small business financial services are only 1% finished. Our latest research examines the Jobs to be Done and cultural insights on what US business owners need, and the digital services that will help them meet their goals. Download the research for free by heading to bit.ly/digitalsmb. If you enjoyed the show, don't forget to subscribe and leave a review! Want to join the conversation on all the topics discussed? Tweet the show at: www.twitter.com/bchaininsider Special Guest: Yuval Rooz.

Simon Taylor is back this week to talk about the latest and greatest news in blockchain, Bitcoin and crypto. Of course, he is not alone, and in this episode, Simon is joined in the studio by: Garrick Hileman - Head of Research at Blockchain.com Isabelle Corbett - Head of Government Relations at R3 Max Kantelia - Co-founder of Zilliqa This week is all about CBDCs and stablecoins. First up, Libra is back in the headlines and making waves in the stablecoin world as it tries to win regulatory approval. Meanwhile, China is taking its digital yuan up a level. Not only has the central bank confirmed mobile app trials, but big brands are also getting in on the action with Starbucks, McDonald's and a host of other big firms testing the CBDC. A lot can happen in a few weeks, and in this episode, we continue to dig into the latest blockchain and crypto news including: Facebook scales back Libra as it tries to win regulatory approval (03:30) China Launches National Blockchain Network (08:55) China Central Bank Confirms Digital Yuan Mobile App Trials (09:39) Starbucks, McDonald’s Among 19 Firms to Test China’s Digital Yuan (14:09) Central Banks Recommended to Ban Stablecoins (19:16) Andreessen Horowitz is reportedly raising as much as $450M for new crypto fund (27:05) Options Market Signals Doubt Bitcoin Price Will Rise After Halving (36:20) The Tweet of the Week comes from @DTAPCAP about bitcoin trades in Lebanon. Why not send us your best tweets? See if you can get a shout out on the show! The COVID-19 pandemic has created an immediate financial and operational crisis, permanently reshaping the financial services industry. This change must be swift and unavoidable - check out our research report to find out more: Info.11fs.com/covid19 If you enjoyed the show, don't forget to subscribe and leave a review! Want to join the conversation on all the topics discussed? Tweet the show at: www.twitter.com/bchaininsider Special Guests: Garrick Hileman, Isabelle Corbett, and Max Kantelia . Links: Facebook scales back Libra as it tries to win regulatory approval China’s National Blockchain Will Change the World China Central Bank Confirms Digital Yuan Mobile App Trials Starbucks, McDonald’s Among 19 Firms to Test China’s Digital Yuan Central banks recommended approaching stablecoins with caution Andreessen Horowitz is reportedly raising as much as $450M for new crypto fund Options Market Signals Doubt Bitcoin Price Will Rise After Halving Tweet of the Week

Simon Taylor is back this week to talk about the latest and greatest news in blockchain, Bitcoin and crypto. Of course, he is not alone, and in this episode, Simon is joined remotely by Blockchain Insider returners: Lex Sokolin - Fintech Co-head at ConsenSys Olivia Vinden - Head of Fintech and Innovation UK at Alpha FMC It's a big week for cryptocurrencies as Bitcoin Cash sees it's first halving, resulting in each new transaction block being reduced from 12.5 BCH to 6.25 BCH. On the other side of the crypto spectrum, Ether is on a high with prices rising by 20% ahead of their upgrade. Whilst France experiments with a digital Euro, we also get into a discussion about how CBDCs might be moving us further away from the goals of cryptocurrencies. A lot can happen in a few weeks, and in this episode, we continue to dig into the latest blockchain and crypto news including: Programmable fintech payments startup Sila raises $7.7M seed to wipe out ACH (01:55) Bitcoin Cash just went through its first halving (08:23) Ether Rises to 28-Day High Amid Positive Sentiment for Coming ‘Eth 2.0’ Upgrade (14:33) France's central bank begins experimenting with digital euro (23:01) Paxful launches peer-to-peer trading between gold and Bitcoin (35:22) The Tweet of the Week comes from @Melt_Dem about the future of CBDCs. Why not send us your best tweets? See if you can get a shout out on the show! Love fintech? Then sign up for our newsletter, Fintech in Five. A snack-sized selection of the week's biggest stories, longer reads, soundbites and more. Just visit this link to sign up! 11fs.com/newsletter If you enjoyed the show, don't forget to subscribe and leave a review! Want to join the conversation on all the topics discussed? Tweet the show at: www.twitter.com/bchaininsider Special Guests: Lex Sokolin and Olivia Vinden. Links: Programmable fintech payments startup Sila raises $7.7M seed to wipe out ACH Bitcoin Cash just went through its first halving Ether Rises to 28-Day High Amid Positive Sentiment for Coming ‘Eth 2.0’ Upgrade France's central bank begins experimenting with digital euro Paxful launches peer-to-peer trading between gold and Bitcoin

Simon Taylor is back this week to talk about the latest and greatest news in blockchain, Bitcoin and crypto. Of course, he is not alone, and in this episode, Simon is joined in the studio by: Richard Crook - Director at Lab 577 Dave Hudson - Chief Engineering Officer at R3 This week we kick things off with a discussion about central bank digital currencies. As coronavirus continues to spread across the globe we're beginning to see shifts in attitudes towards CBDCs. In the US, before Donald Trump signed into law the largest economic stimulus package in US history, there were murmurs of a digital dollar just before it was dropped from the bill. Meanwhile, in China, efforts to create a national digital currency have just gone up a notch as they complete development of the basic functions of a CBDC. A lot can happen in a few weeks, and in this episode, we continue to dig into the latest blockchain and crypto news including: House stimulus bills adopt then promptly drop 'digital dollar' (02:18) Turning A Crisis Into An Opportunity, China Gets One Step Closer to CBDC (07:43) Shift in payments habits because of coronavirus fears could bolster central bank digital currencies says BIS (11:30) Square says bitcoin 'engagement' on its Cash App has grown in recent weeks amid market volatility (17:05) HSBC Puts $10B of Private Placements on R3’s Corda Blockchain (27:44) CFTC announces finalized guidance on the 'actual delivery' of digital assets (36:04) The Tweet of the Week comes from @antony_btc about "magical money" (41:49). Why not send us your best tweets? See if you can get a shout out on the show! Love fintech? Then sign up for our newsletter, Fintech in Five. A snack-sized selection of the week's biggest stories, longer reads, soundbites and more. Just visit this link to sign up! 11fs.com/newsletter If you enjoyed the show, don't forget to subscribe and leave a review! Want to join the conversation on all the topics discussed? Tweet the show at: www.twitter.com/bchaininsider Special Guests: Dave Hudson and Richard Crook. Links: House stimulus bills adopt then promptly drop 'digital dollar' Turning A Crisis Into An Opportunity, China Gets One Step Closer to CBDC Turning A Crisis Into An Opportunity, China Gets One Step Closer to CBDC Shift in payments habits because of coronavirus fears could bolster central bank digital currencies says BIS Square says bitcoin 'engagement' on its Cash App has grown in recent weeks amid market volatility HSBC Puts $10B of Private Placements on R3’s Corda Blockchain CFTC announces finalized guidance on the 'actual delivery' of digital assets

We've had some technical difficulties with remote recording and unfortunately, that means no new episode this week. Fear not, as we're back next week and the week after with more of the latest and greatest in blockchain, crypto and DLT news. Whilst you're here, why not check out some of the other shows in the 11:FS podcast family? We've got Fintech Insider, Insurtech Insider, which recently had a blockchain special, and the brand new Fintech Marketing Podcast. Check them out by clicking the links below. Fintech Insider - https://link.chtbl.com/fintechinsider Insurtech Insider - https://link.chtbl.com/insurtech Fintech Marketing Podcast - https://link.chtbl.com/fintech-marketing-podcast Love fintech? Then sign up for our newsletter, Fintech in Five. A snack-sized selection of the week's biggest stories, longer reads, soundbites and more. Just visit this link to sign up! 11fs.com/newsletter If you enjoyed the show, don't forget to subscribe and leave a review! Want to join the conversation on all the topics discussed? Tweet the show at: www.twitter.com/bchaininsider

Simon Taylor is back this week to talk about the latest and greatest news in blockchain, Bitcoin and crypto. Of course, he is not alone, and in this episode, Simon is joined remotely by Blockchain Insider returners: Vinay Gupta - Founder and CEO of Mattereum Obi Nwosu - CEO of Coinfloor This week we kick things off with a discussion about cash, crypto and coronavirus. In the past few weeks, COVID-19 has taken its toll on markets worldwide, and in today's episode, we talk about how cash has become the new safe haven as the value of crypto and gold continues to tank. While many cryptocurrency advocates have long likened bitcoin to gold as the ultimate financial safe haven, in these challenging times the markets are saying otherwise. A lot can happen in a few weeks, and in this episode, we continue to dig into the latest blockchain and crypto news including: Cash Is the New Safe Haven as Crypto, Gold Continue to Tank (01:44) Bank of England releases white paper on central bank digital currencies (12:01) DeFi Leader MakerDAO weighs emergency shutdown following ETH price drop (25:59) ING invests in enterprise blockchain securities lending platform HQLAX (39:12) The Tweet of the Week comes from @MalcMili13 about crypto merch and celebrity endorsements (42:32). Why not send us your best tweets? See if you can get a shout out on the show! Love fintech? Then sign up for our newsletter, Fintech in Five. A snack-sized selection of the week's biggest stories, longer reads, soundbites and more. Just visit this link to sign up! 11fs.com/newsletter If you enjoyed the show, don't forget to subscribe and leave a review! Want to join the conversation on all the topics discussed? Tweet the show at: www.twitter.com/bchaininsider Special Guests: Obi Nwosu and Vinay Gupta. Links: Cash Is the New Safe Haven as Crypto, Gold Continue to Tank Bank of England releases white paper on central bank digital currencies DeFi Leader MakerDAO Weighs Emergency Shutdown Following ETH Price Drop ING invests in enterprise blockchain securities lending platform HQLAX Tweet of the Week

Simon Taylor is back this week to talk about the latest and greatest news in blockchain, Bitcoin and crypto. Of course, he is not alone, and in this episode, Simon is joined in the studio by Matthew Pollard, founder of Archax and Helen Disney, founder and CEO of Unblocked. This week we kick things off with a discussion about Caitlin Long's future bank called Avanti. The former Wall Street executive helped pioneer Wyoming's progressive blockchain laws and is now taking advantage of them to build what many are calling the first regulated crypto-native bank in the US. Next up, we talk about Shopify joining the Libra Association, the potential for bringing commerce opportunities to developing nations and the possible regulatory implications of this move. A lot can happen in a few weeks, and in this episode, we continue to dig into the latest blockchain and crypto news including: Blockchain Pioneer to Build First Crypto-Native bank in the US (02:52) Shopify joins Facebook’s cryptocurrency Libra Association (11:18) Sweden starts testing world's first central bank digital currency (19:07) Bank of England official says it is 'crucial' for central banks to consider digital currencies (23:40) G-20 Urges Countries to Adopt Tough FATF Rules on Cryptocurrencies (33:20) Blockchain-based ID system for credit union members made commercially available (40:00) The Tweet of the Week comes from @mdudas about M&As and the fintech bubble. (48:28) Why not send us your best tweets? See if you can get a shout out on the show! Love fintech? Then sign up for our newsletter, Fintech in Five. A snack-sized selection of the week's biggest stories, longer reads, soundbites and more. Just visit this link to sign up! 11fs.com/newsletter If you enjoyed the show, don't forget to subscribe and leave a review! Want to join the conversation on all the topics discussed? Tweet the show at: www.twitter.com/bchaininsider Special Guests: Helen Disney and Matthew Pollard. Links: Blockchain Pioneer to Build First Crypto-Native bank in the US Shopify joins Facebook’s cryptocurrency Libra Association Sweden starts testing world's first central bank digital currency Bank of England official says it is 'crucial' for central banks to consider digital currencies G-20 Urges Countries to Adopt Tough FATF Rules on Cryptocurrencies Blockchain-based ID system for credit union members made commercially available Tweet of the Week

Simon Taylor is in the hosting seat this week to talk all things blockchain, Bitcoin and crypto. Of course, he is not alone, and in this episode, Simon is joined by: Ed Cooper - Head of Crypto at Revolut Michael Coletta - Head of Blockchain & Emerging Tech Innovation and Strategy at the London Stock Exchange Group Rhian Lewis - Founder of London Women in Bitcoin Aman Kohli - Chief Technology Officer at DXC This week we kicked things off with a discussion about flash loans, bZx and the future of decentralized finance. Following two exploitations and almost a million dollars in ETH lost, we go into why this happened, how it transpired and what this means for the development of DeFi. A lot can happen in a few weeks and in this episode, we continue to dig into the latest blockchain and crypto news including: DeFi lending protocol bZx exploited and ‘a portion of ETH lost’ (02:16) JPMorgan in talks to merge blockchain unit Quorum with startup ConsenSys (11:55) Lightning Labs raises $10M series A to be the ‘Visa’ of Bitcoin (20:51) ICE snaps up loyalty program provider Bridge2 to boost Bakkt’s consumer play (28:33) Bitcoin price soars as Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell confirms crypto’s threat to U.S. dollar (32:02) The Tweet of the Week comes from Nathaniel Whittemore (@nlw) about crypto M&As. Why not send us your best tweets? See if you can get a shout out on the show! (41:05) Love fintech? Then sign up for our newsletter, Fintech in Five. A snack-sized selection of the week's biggest stories, longer reads, soundbites and more. Just visit this link to sign up! 11fs.com/newsletter If you enjoyed the show, don't forget to subscribe and leave a review! Want to join the conversation on all the topics discussed? Tweet the show at: www.twitter.com/bchaininsider Special Guests: Aman Kohli, Ed Cooper, Michael Coletta, and Rhian Lewis. Links: DeFi lending protocol bZx exploited and ‘a portion of ETH lost’ bZx attacked again, $645K in ETH estimated to be lost JPMorgan in talks to merge blockchain unit Quorum with startup ConsenSys Lightning Labs Raises $10M Series A to Be the ‘Visa’ of Bitcoin ICE Snaps Up Loyalty Program Provider Bridge2 to Boost Bakkt’s Consumer Play Bitcoin Price Soars as Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell Confirms Crypto’s Threat To U.S. Dollar

Simon Taylor is back this week to talk all things blockchain, Bitcoin and crypto. This week, with a special focus on central bank digital currencies, Simon was joined in the studio by Eric Van der Kleij, CEO of Frontier Network and Andrew Smith, CTO at RTGS. This week we kicked things off with a lively discussion about central bank digital currencies and the future of monetary policy if they go ahead. Should central banks issue digital currencies? China has already set the wheels in motion with the proposal of its digital yuan and it looks like other countries want to follow suit with their own. A lot can happen in a few weeks and in this episode, we continue to dig into the latest blockchain and crypto news including: Central banks are pursuing 'extensive work' on digital currencies, BIS researchers say (02:05) Bank of England to assess the potential for digital central bank currencies Japan’s central bank ‘must be prepared’ to issue digital currency, says deputy governor The National Banks of Cambodia to launch a digital payments network this quarter When will we see the digital dollar? ‘Crypto Dad’ says soon Hyperledger Fabric, the open-source distributed ledger, reaches release 2.0 (30:16) 3 more execs leave Swiss stock exchange’s $100M blockchain project (35:46) Ripple CEO hints at IPO says more crypto firms will go public in 2020 (31:38) The Tweet of the Week comes from @EricGraca about Bitpanda and Brexit. (49:32) Why not send us your best tweets? See if you can get a shout out on the show! Love fintech? Then sign up for our newsletter, Fintech in Five. A snack-sized selection of the week's biggest stories, longer reads, soundbites and more. Just visit this link to sign up! 11fs.com/newsletter If you enjoyed the show, don't forget to subscribe and leave a review! Want to join the conversation on all the topics discussed? Tweet the show at: www.twitter.com/bchaininsider Special Guests: Andrew Smith and Eric Van der Kleij. Links: Central banks are pursuing 'extensive work' on digital currencies, BIS researchers say Bank of England to assess the potential for digital central bank currencies Japan’s central bank ‘must be prepared’ to issue digital currency, says deputy governor The National Banks of Cambodia Will Launch a Digitial Payments Network this Quarter When Will We See the Digital Dollar? ‘Crypto Dad’ Says Soon Hyperledger Fabric, the open-source distributed ledger, reaches release 2.0 3 More Execs Leave Swiss Stock Exchange’s $100M Blockchain Project Ripple CEO hints at IPO says more crypto firms will go public in 2020 Tweet of the Week

Simon Taylor is back this week to talk all things blockchain, Bitcoin and crypto. This week he was joined in the studio by Paolo Ardoino, CTO at Bitfinex and Abbas Ali, Head of Digital Identity at R3. Together the trio discusses the latest and greatest news in the world of blockchain including: Former CFTC officials ramp up push for digital dollar with Accenture partnership (02:10) Currency ‘cold war’ takes center stage at pre-Davos crypto confab (10:00) NBA's Spencer Dinwiddie set to roll out tokenized investment platform (18:50) Gemini launches captive insurance company and custody insurance solution with leading brokers Aon and Marsh (22:18) Fidelity is hiring bitcoin mining engineer to scale its operations (29:39) Crypto asset manager Grayscale posts its best year with over $600m in investments (34:20) The Tweet of the Week comes from @twobitidiot about the surprising Bitwise financial advisors survey results. Why not send us your best tweets? See if you can get a shout out on the show! (39:09) Love fintech? Then sign up for our newsletter, Fintech in Five. A snack-sized selection of the week's biggest stories, longer reads, soundbites and more. Just visit this link to sign up! 11fs.com/newsletter If you enjoyed the show, don't forget to subscribe and leave a review! Want to join the conversation on all the topics discussed? Tweet the show at: www.twitter.com/bchaininsider Special Guests: Abbas Ali and Paolo Ardoino . Links: Former CFTC Officials Ramp Up Push for Digital Dollar With Accenture Partnership Currency ‘Cold War’ Takes Center Stage at Pre-Davos Crypto Confab NBA's Spencer Dinwiddie set to roll out tokenized investment platform Gemini Launches Captive Insurance Company and Custody Insurance Solution with Leading Brokers Aon and Marsh Fidelity is hiring bitcoin mining engineer to scale its operations Crypto asset manager Grayscale posts its best year with over $600 million in investments Tweet of the Week

Simon Taylor is in the hosting seat once again and is joined this week by a returning guest. Joining Simon to talk about the latest and greatest news in blockchain, Bitcoin and Crypto is Oliver Von Landsberg-Sadie, CEO at BCB. Together the pair discuss: How Facebook’s vision for Libra turned into a nightmare (01:43) Binance CEO says some ‘major’ strategic acquisitions are in the works for 2020 (10:04) Venezuela to use petro cryptocurrency for oil sales (16:39) IBM and Fair Trade initiative demo blockchain-based coffee tracking app (23:50) North America saw the most crypto and blockchain investment in 2019 (27:34) Secretary-General Says United Nations Must Embrace Blockchain (31:17) The Tweet of the Week comes from @SpencerNoon about Telegram's decision to not integrate TON natively in the messenger app. (36:28) Why not send us your best tweets? See if you can get a shout out on the show! Love fintech? Then sign up for our newsletter, Fintech in Five. A snack-sized selection of the week's biggest stories, longer reads, soundbites and more. Just visit this link to sign up! 11fs.com/newsletter If you enjoyed the show, don't forget to subscribe and leave a review! Want to join the conversation on all the topics discussed? Tweet the show at: www.twitter.com/bchaininsider Special Guest: Oliver von Landsberg-Sadie. Links: How Facebook’s Vision for Libra turned into a Nightmare Binance CEO says some ‘major’ strategic acquisitions are in the works for 2020 Venezuela to use petro cryptocurrency for oil sales, Maduro says IBM and Fair Trade Initiative Demo Blockchain-Based Coffee Tracking App North America saw the most crypto and blockchain investment in 2019 Secretary-General Says United Nations Must Embrace Blockchain

In this Blockchain Insider predictions show Simon Taylor is joined by Mike Dudas, CEO and founder of The Block. To kick things off, the pair take a look back at last year's predictions. Some worked out great...and others not so much. (01:20) After the recap, Simon and Mike launch into their predictions for 2020 including: continued Bitcoin dominance, digital currencies turn to digital cash and more crypto mergers & acquisitions. From stablecoin stumbles to Chinese crypto chaos, there's a lot that could happen in the next year of blockchain. (10:13) All this and so much more on this week's episode of Blockchain Insider! Love fintech? Then sign up for our newsletter, Fintech in Five. A snack-sized selection of the week's biggest stories, longer reads, soundbites and more. Just visit this link to sign up! 11fs.com/newsletter If you enjoyed the show, don't forget to subscribe and leave a review! Want to join the conversation on all the topics discussed? Tweet the show at: www.twitter.com/bchaininsider Special Guest: Mike Dudas.

In this episode, we’re going to give you some exclusive content that we’ve selfishly kept all to ourselves. From this year's Money20/20 we’ve got an awesome panel on the state of crypto and whether or not it has grown up (00:54). As legal and regulatory frameworks develop, we hear about how the industry is instilling transparency, integrity, and accountability to demonstrate that crypto is growing up and evolving into a sustainable asset class. The panel was hosted by: Sandra Ro - CEO of Global Blockchain Business Council And she was joined on stage by: Michel Rauchs - Cryptocurrency & Blockchain Lead at the Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance Asaf Meir - CEO at Solidus Labs Max Boonen - CEO at B2C2 If that wasn’t enough, we also talked to Asaf (31:01) and Max (40:49) about their respective companies and what they’re doing in the industry. Love fintech? Then sign up for our newsletter, Fintech in Five. A snack-sized selection of the week's biggest stories, longer reads, soundbites and more. Just visit this link to sign up! 11fs.com/newsletter If you enjoyed the show, don't forget to subscribe and leave a review! Want to join the conversation on all the topics discussed? Tweet the show at: www.twitter.com/bchaininsider Special Guests: Asaf Meir, Max Boonen, Michel Rauchs, and Sandra Ro.

Simon Taylor is on hosting duties again this week and is joined by returning guest Matthew Pollard, founder of Archax, to talk about the latest and greatest news in blockchain, Bitcoin and Crypto including: The European Central Bank hopes to get "ahead of the curve" on stablecoins (02:14) Swiss Government Skeptical on Central Bank Digital Currency (10:37) Fidelity Digital Assets intends to support Ethereum in 2020 (14:00) Cryptocurrency is most useful for breaking laws and social constructs (19:17) SEC Charges Founder, Digital-Asset Issuer With Fraudulent ICO (24:23) 3 men are charged in US$722M cryptocurrency fraud (27:33) Chainalysis to provide Bitfinex with privacy safe tools to combat crime (29:58) The Tweet of the Week comes from friend of the podcast @JamieJBartlett about his very own 2020 fintech predictions. Why not send us your best tweets? See if you can get a shout out on the show! Love fintech? Then sign up for our newsletter, Fintech in Five. A snack-sized selection of the week's biggest stories, longer reads, soundbites and more. Just visit this link to sign up! 11fs.com/newsletter If you enjoyed the show, don't forget to subscribe and leave a review! Want to join the conversation on all the topics discussed? Tweet the show at: www.twitter.com/bchaininsider Special Guest: Matthew Pollard. Links: The European Central Bank hopes to get "ahead of the curve" on stablecoins Swiss Government Skeptical on Central Bank Digital Currency Fidelity Digital Assets intends to support Ethereum in 2020 Cryptocurrency is most useful for breaking laws and social constructs- SEC Charges Founder, Digital-Asset Issuer With Fraudulent ICO 3 men are charged in US$722M cryptocurrency fraud Chainalysis to provide Bitfinex with privacy safe tools to combat crime

Simon Taylor is back in the hosting seat again and this week he's joined by returning guest Aman Kohli, CTO of Banking & Capital Markets UKI at DXC. Together they talk about the latest news in blockchain, Bitcoin and Crypto including: Brave Passes 10 Million Monthly Active Users and Sees 19% Growth since 1.0 Launch (02:15) SEC Reveals Telegram’s Communications With Investors, Seeks to Question Advisor (09:45) With parliament approval, German banks to sell and custody crypto in 2020 (13:01) China begins Phase 2 of digital yuan roll-out (18:42) Commerzbank, Credit Suisse and UBS execute first live transactions on the Deutsche Börse-HQLAx securities lending platform (25:28) Huobi joins China telecom and finance giants to form state-backed blockchain alliance (34:16) The Tweet of the Week comes from Twitter CEO @Jack about his upcoming move to Africa. Why not send us your best tweets? See if you can get a shout out on the show! (37:13) Check out our brand new documentary 11:YEARS - the Rise of UK Fintech now. Head over to 11years.film to watch for free, and share using #11YEARS. If you enjoyed the show and, as ever, don't forget to subscribe and leave a review! Want to join the conversation on all the topics discussed? Tweet the show at: www.twitter.com/bchaininsider Special Guest: Aman Kohli. Links: Brave Passes 10 Million Monthly Active Users, and Sees 19% Growth since 1.0 Launch SEC Reveals Telegram’s Communications With Investors, Seeks to Question Advisor With parliament approval, German banks to sell and custody crypto in 2020 China begins Phase 2 of digital yuan roll-out Commerzbank, Credit Suisse and UBS execute first live transactions on the Deutsche Börse-HQLAx securities lending platform Huobi joins China telecom and finance giants to form state-backed blockchain alliance Tweet of the Week

Simon Taylor is back this week and is joined by Jamie Bartlett, the author of The Dark Net, People vs Tech, and Radicals Chasing Utopia, and now the host of the hottest new podcast in the crypto community: The Missing Cryptoqueen. The series, based upon OneCoin’s founding CEO Dr Ruja Ignatova, has had the community at their edge of their seats. Following the hugely successful series’ suspenseful finale, Simon Taylor sat down with Jamie to explore the genesis of the podcast, how the blockchain boom fuelled the rise of Ponzi schemes, and much more! Check out our brand new documentary 11:YEARS - the Rise of UK Fintech now. Head over to 11years.film to watch for free, and share using #11YEARS. If you enjoyed the show and, as ever, don't forget to subscribe and leave a review! Want to join the conversation on all the topics discussed? Tweet the show at: www.twitter.com/bchaininsider Special Guest: Jamie Bartlett .

Simon Taylor is hosting again and this week he's joined by returning guest Lex Sokolin, Global Fintech Co-Head at Consensys. Together they talk about the latest news in blockchain, Bitcoin and Crypto including: JPMorgan to finance a ledger-based inventory system to remove information asymmetry in the automobile industry (01:44) UK confirms legal status of cryptoassets and smart contracts (11:22) 25,000 Blockchain firms in China tried to issue own cryptos (17:26) Fidelity eyes new client opportunities and an expansion of its crypto trading platform (28:53) The Tweet of the Week comes from @NLW about the volatility of Bitcoin. Why not send us your best tweets? See if you can get a shout out on the show! (34:46) Check out our brand new documentary 11:YEARS - the Rise of UK Fintech now. Head over to 11years.film to watch for free, and share using #11YEARS. If you enjoyed the show and, as ever, don't forget to subscribe and leave a review! Want to join the conversation on all the topics discussed? Tweet the show at: www.twitter.com/bchaininsider Special Guest: Lex Sokolin. Links: JPMorgan to finance a ledger-based inventory system to remove information asymmetry in the automobile industry UK confirms legal status of cryptoassets and smart contracts 25,000 Blockchain Firms in China Tried to Issue Cryptos, Senior Official Claims With trust license, Fidelity eyes new client opportunities and an expansion of its crypto trading platform Tweet of the Week

Simon Taylor is back in the hosting seat to talk about the latest developments in blockchain, Bitcoin and crypto. Of course, he is not alone! This week Simon is joined by returning guest Aman Kohli, CTO Banking & Cap Markets UKI at DXC. The stories covered this week are: Andreessen Horowitz leads $25M funding round for crypto lending startup (02:22) Why the UK should launch its own cryptocurrency (09:57) Brave browser hits 1.0 with crypto-coin rewards for your fave websites (26:19) Swiss stock exchange SIX lists first income-generating crypto product, tied to tezos token (32:16) The Tweet of the Week comes from @Mayazi about dissident tech and the VC market segment. Why not send us your best tweets? See if you can get a shout out on the show! (39:00) Check out our brand new documentary 11:YEARS - the Rise of UK Fintech now. Head over to 11years.film to watch for free, and share using #11YEARS. If you enjoyed the show and, as ever, don't forget to subscribe and leave a review! Want to join the conversation on all the topics discussed? Tweet the show at: www.twitter.com/bchaininsider Special Guest: Aman Kohli. Links: Andreessen Horowitz leads $25M funding round for crypto lending startup Here’s why the UK should launch its own Cryptocurrency Brave browser hits 1.0 with crypto-coin rewards for your fave websites Swiss stock exchange SIX lists first income-generating crypto product, tied to tezos token Tweet of the week

Simon Taylor is back in London this week with some amazing returning guests: Richard Crook - Director of Lab577 Vinay Gupta - CEO of Mattereum Together they talk about the latest in blockchain, Bitcoin and Crypto news including: Ethereum's Istanbul hard fork release date is confirmed by core developer (01:46) Bakkt's monthly bitcoin futures hit all-time-high of $15M (08:09) The UN accuses North Korea of laundering money through a blockchain firm (15:48) FBI Director says crypto is a ‘significant issue’ for law enforcement (22:00) Ray Dalio writes about the financial system and why he thinks it's broken (34:16) The Tweet of the Week comes from @PeterMcCormack about his honest opinions on DAI! Why not send us your best tweets? See if you can get a shout out on the show! (44:56) Check out our brand new documentary 11:YEARS - the Rise of UK Fintech now. Head over to 11years.film to watch for free, and share using #11YEARS. If you enjoyed the show and, as ever, don't forget to subscribe and leave a review! Want to join the conversation on all the topics discussed? Tweet the show at: www.twitter.com/bchaininsider Special Guests: Richard Crook and Vinay Gupta. Links: Ethereum's Istanbul hard fork release date is confirmed by core developer Bakkt's monthly bitcoin futures hit all-time-high of $15M The UN accuses North Korea of laundering money through a blockchain firm FBI Director says crypto is a ‘significant issue’ for law enforcement Ray Dalio writes about the financial system and why he thinks it's broken

Simon Taylor is back this week and still coming to you from New York! Of course he is not alone but joined by some fantastic guests: Sandra Ro - CEO Global Blockchain Business Council Emin Gün Sirer - CEO, AVA Labs Together they talk about the latest and greatest news in blockchain, Bitcoin and Crypto including: China Announces New Regulatory Authority to Certify Digital Payments, Blockchain Products Binance to Open Beijing Office Amid China’s Renewed Blockchain Push Harbor receives transfer agent license from SEC to help security token issuers pay out dividends Association of over 200 German private banks calls for digital euro FATF Releases Guidance on Global Digital IDs as Use Cases Grow Lone Bitcoin Whale Likely Fueled 2017 Price Surge, Study Says The Tweet of the Week comes from @thecryptodog about how Xi Jinping pumped bitcoin! Why not send us your best tweets? See if you can get a shout out on the show! Check out our brand new documentary 11:YEARS - the Rise of UK Fintech now. Head over to 11years.film to watch for free, and share using #11YEARS. If you enjoyed the show and, as ever, don't forget to subscribe and leave a review! Want to join the conversation on all the topics discussed? Tweet the show at: www.twitter.com/bchaininsider Special Guests: Emin Gün Sirer and Sandra Ro. Links: China Announces New Regulatory Authority to Certify Digital Payments, Blockchain Products - CoinDesk Binance Said to Plan Beijing Office Amid China's Renewed Blockchain Push - CoinDesk Harbor receives transfer agent license from SEC to help security token issuers pay out dividends - The Block Association of over 200 German private banks calls for digital euro - The Block FATF Releases Guidance on Global Digital IDs as Use Cases Grow - CoinDesk Did Bitcoin Price Manipulation Fuel 2017 Surge? Study Says Yes - Bloomberg Tweet of the week

Simon Taylor and Will White are coming to you from New York this week, and of course they is not alone but joined by some amazing guests: Amber Baldet, Co-founder at Clovyr (pronounced Clover) Mike Dudas, CEO and co-founder at The Block Together they talk about the latest and greatest news in blockchain, Bitcoin and Crypto including: Zuckerberg: Facebook would leave Libra if US regulators don't approve the project (01:35) Twitter’s Jack Dorsey says Hell No to joining Libra (16:20) CCIEE Vice Chairman Says PBOC Will Be First to Roll Out Digital Currency (25:41) Bitcoin Jumps 12% as China’s Xi Embraces Blockchain, Boosting Crypto Sentiment (30:51) Visa-backed crypto custodian Anchorage launches governance voting platform for Maker holders; support for more coins coming (37:06) The Tweet of the Week comes from @ColeGotTweets about the staggering volumes of blockchain related searches on wechat. Why not send us your best tweets? See if you can get a shout out on the show! Check out our brand new documentary 11:YEARS - the Rise of UK Fintech now. Head over to 11years.film to watch for free, and share using #11YEARS. If you enjoyed the show and, as ever, don't forget to subscribe and leave a review! Want to join the conversation on all the topics discussed? Tweet the show at: www.twitter.com/bchaininsider Special Guests: Amber Baldet, Mike Dudas, and Will White. Links: Huobi Japan raises $4.6M in new funding to expand in the country - The Block Twitter's Jack Dorsey says ‘hell no' to joining Libra Association [Video] CCIEE Vice Chairman Says PBOC Will Be First to Roll Out Digital Currency - Pandaily Bitcoin Jumps 12% as China's Xi Embraces Blockchain, Boosting Crypto Sentiment - CoinDesk China state paper urges calm after blockchain stocks, bitcoin soar - CNA Visa-backed crypto custodian Anchorage launches governance voting platform for Maker holders; support for more coins coming - The Block

Simon Taylor is away this week, but Pet Berisha hosts this episode in his place! Of course he is not alone, but joined by some fantastic guests: Aman Kohli, CTO Banking & Cap Markets @ DXC Oliver von Landsberg-Sadie, CEO BCB Group Together they talk about the latest and greatest news in blockchain, Bitcoin and Crypto including: Facebook Open to Currency-Pegged Stablecoin for Libra Project (02:56) A Republican senator just gave Libra its first voice of support in Congress after its rocky start with regulators and partners (12:31) Bitcoin Has Failed But Global Stablecoins a Threat, Say BIS & G7 (15:43) Circle to Spin out Poloniex Less than 2 Years After $400m Takeover (21:27) Samsung SDS Partners With Tech Mahindra for a New DLT Product (27:57) The Tweet of the Week comes from @patio11 about . Why not send us your best tweets? See if you can get a shout out on the show! (34:58) We also bring you a very special panel discussion straight from Corda Con, where Simon Taylor and Colin G Platt caught up with Todd McDonald form R3! (38:26) Check out our brand new documentary 11:YEARS - the Rise of UK Fintech now. Head over to 11years.film to watch for free, and share using #11YEARS. If you enjoyed the show and, as ever, don't forget to subscribe and leave a review! Want to join the conversation on all the topics discussed? Tweet the show at: www.twitter.com/bchaininsider Special Guests: Aman Kohli and Oliver von Landsberg-Sadie. Links: Facebook open to currency-pegged stablecoins for Libra project - Reuters Sen. Mike Rounds voices support for Facebook's cryptocurrency Libra - Business Insider Bitcoin Has Failed But Global Stablecoins a Threat, Say BIS and G7 - CoinDesk Circle to Spin Out Poloniex Less Than 2 Years After $400 Million Takeover - CoinDesk Samsung SDS Partners With Tech Mahindra for a New DLT Product Tweet of the week

Simon Taylor back this week to talk about the latest and greatest news in blockchain, Bitcoin and Crypto, and of course he is not alone but joined by some awesome guests: David Nicol - Head of Digital Assets R3 Isabel Woodford - Fintech Journalist @ Sifted Together they cover the following stories: Payments giants abandon Facebook’s Libra Cryptocurrency (01:24) David Marcus on Twitter (04:12) New Libra Fork Will Create Permissionless Stablecoin Free of Corporate control (08:46) SEC Halts Alleged $1.7bn Unregistered Digital Token Offering (12:44) SEC not convinced a ‘real’ Bitcoin Market exists, denies Bitwise Bitcoin ETF (19:38) CFTC Chairman Confirms Ethereum is a Commodity (24:13) Tether, Bitfinex Sued for creating the “Largest Bubble in History” (28:52) The Tweet of the Week comes from @lopp about the state of today's IRS guidance! Why not send us your best tweets? See if you can get a shout out on the show! (35:07) Check out our brand new documentary 11:YEARS - the Rise of UK Fintech now. Head over to 11years.film to watch for free, and share using #11YEARS. If you enjoyed the show and, as ever, don't forget to subscribe and leave a review! Want to join the conversation on all the topics discussed? Tweet the show at: www.twitter.com/bchaininsider Special Guests: David Nicol and Isabel Woodford. Links: Payments giants abandon Facebook's Libra cryptocurrency - BBC News New Libra Fork Will Create Permissionless Stablecoin Free of Corporate Control - CoinDesk SEC.gov | SEC Halts Alleged $1.7 Billion Unregistered Digital Token Offering US House Committee Pressuring Zuckerberg to Testify on Libra: Report - CoinDesk CFTC Chairman Confirms Ether Cryptocurrency Is a Commodity - CoinDesk Tether, Bitfinex sued for creating the “largest bubble in history” - CoinGeek Tweet of the week

Simon Taylor is back in the hosting seat this week and he is joined by Catherine Rutter from R3 to talk about the latest and greatest news in Blockchain, Bitcoin and Crypto including: Coinbase, Kraken and others develop a system to rate cryptocurrencies on likelihood they are securities (02:22) Blockchain in banking: An inside look at Four Banks’ early blockchain successes & failures (06:17) US House Committee Pressuring Zuckerberg to Testify on Libra (12:51) US Lawmakers Ask FED to Consider Developing ‘National Digital Currency (21:04) German finance minister Olaf Scholz wants to introduce digital euro (23:20) The Tweet of the Week comes from @StephendPalley about the EOS settlement! Why not send us your best tweets? See if you can get a shout out on the show! (28:18) We also bring you an amazing interview with Jason Kelley, General Manager,Blockchain services @ IBM! (29:33) Check out our brand new documentary 11:YEARS - the Rise of UK Fintech now. Head over to 11years.film to watch for free, and share using #11YEARS. If you enjoyed the show and, as ever, don't forget to subscribe and leave a review! Want to join the conversation on all the topics discussed? Tweet the show at: www.twitter.com/bchaininsider Special Guest: Catherine Rutter.

Simon Taylor is back this week to talk about the latest and greatest news in blockchain, Bitcoin and Crypto including: Block.one agrees to pay $24M penalty for unregistered EOS ICO (01:32) Swiss Stock Exchange SIX lines up buyers for its Initial Digital Offering (12:05) Fidelity Digital Assets to Provide Custody for Bitcoin Derivatives Yield Fund (20:53) SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce says digital assets could one day be ‘the money of the internet’ (27:16) Barclays, Overstock lead $8m funding for identity startup Evernym (32:10) LedgerX cries foul; CFTC says there’s no favoritism (35:52) The Tweet of the Week comes from @davidmarcus about well... libra! Why not send us your best tweets? See if you can get a shout out on the show! (37:44) We also bring you an amazing interview with Matthew Pollard, Founder and CFO at Archax! (41:33) Check out our brand new documentary 11:YEARS - the Rise of UK Fintech now. Head over to 11years.film to watch for free, and share using #11YEARS. If you enjoyed the show and, as ever, don't forget to subscribe and leave a review! Want to join the conversation on all the topics discussed? Tweet the show at: www.twitter.com/bchaininsider Special Guest: Richard Cohen. Links: Fireside Swiss Stock Exchange SIX Lines up Buyers for ‘Initial Digital Offering’ | CoinDesk Fidelity Digital Assets to Provide Custody for Bitcoin Derivatives Yield Fund - CoinDesk SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce says digital assets could one day be 'the money of the internet' - The Block Barclays, Overstock lead $8m funding for identity startup Evernym - Ledger Insights LedgerX cries foul; CFTC says there's no favoritism - The Block Richard ⚖️ on Twitter: "Bakkt to life. https://t.co/7T5FROsp7O" / Twitter

Simon Taylor is joined by some awesome guests, coming to you straight from Sibos in London! Our brilliant panel of guests include: Todd McDonald, Co-Founder and Chief Product Officer of R3 Lex Sokolin, Global Fintech Lead @ Consensys Thomas Zeeb, Head Securities & Exchanges @ SIX Group A Together they talk about the latest and greatest news in blockchain, bitcoin and crypto including: Bakkt Exchange’s Bitcoin Futures See Slow Start on First Day of Trading (01:26) No Chinese yuan in basket underpinning Facebook's Libra (11:59) Swiss Stock Exchange SIX Launches Digital Asset Prototype (25:35) Wells Fargo’s Stablecoin ‘Faster, Cheaper’ Than SWIFT (37:08) The Tweet of the Week comes from @squarecrypto about the bitcoin dream team! Why not send us your best tweets? See if you can get a shout out on the show! (44:03) If you enjoyed the show and, as ever, don't forget to subscribe and leave a review! Want to join the conversation on all the topics discussed? Tweet the show at: www.twitter.com/bchaininsider Special Guests: Lex Sokolin, Thomas Zeeb, and Todd McDonald. Links: Bakkt Exchange's Bitcoin Futures See Slow Start on First Day of Trading - CoinDesk No Chinese yuan in basket underpinning Facebook's Libra - Spiegel - Reuters Swiss Stock Exchange SIX Launches Digital Assets Exchange Prototype - CoinDesk Wells Fargo's Stablecoin 'Faster, Cheaper' Than SWIFT, Says Exec - CoinDesk Tweet of the week