Amy and Pat are here to cover both the Bitcoin price surge to $34k as well as the trickle, soon to be torrent, of lawsuits floating towards Ripple. Plus, looking for a warm Mediterranean country with low cryptocurrency tax rates? We may have something for you…
Tag: XRP
Dec 28th, 2020: SEC Rips Ripple Royally
Pat and Amy are back from the holidays, and things are happening! Bitcoin at $27k, Cover getting super-hacked, and the SEC drops a Christmas present on Ripple that they wish they could leave under the tree.
Dec 11th, 2020: It’s Deep Dive Friday!
Pat and Amy cover the news, then Pat goes deep on how DeFi platforms are planning on approaching two of the biggest issues facing DeFi adoption – support for mainstays of traditional finance, under-collateralized loans and fixed rate loans. Startup Swivel raised money to build an interest rate swap market, and Pat goes deep. Happy […]
Dec 9th, 2020: Monero Under Attack, and That’s Good For Crypto
Amy and Pat chat about a recent series of attacks against privacy focused coin Monero, they discuss a new over the counter crypto index fund (BITW), Bitstamp apologies for a report they didn’t even write, and JP Morgan says crypto is eating gold’s lunch, Pat argues vociferously both in favor and against this.
Dec 4th, 2020: Libra, Please Stop Freaking People Out
Facebook changes the name of Libra to Diem, and people continue to be incredibly freaked out by Facebook controlling a monetary supply. Plus Ripple makes a PR announcement but still holds and dumps tons of their own coin, and Grayscale is doing a stock split…don’t be fooled!
Nov 24th, 2020: Insurance Covers Lost Pickles
In what we believe is an industry first, the Cover insurance program for DeFi is paying out after the Pickle hack. Plus, Pat and Amy ponder if Coinbase crashing yesterday heralds the start of the official bull run, OkEx says they will start with Transfers (Pat is skeptical), and Cronje has a new project coming […]
Nov 23rd, 2020: Someone Got Their Hand in the Pickle Jar
Pickle is the most recent entrant into the DeFi Hack of Fame, losing $20mil over the weekend. Plus, ETH 2.0 is ready to roll, Bitcoin Cash ABC is suffering a super interesting economic / DOS attack, and why the hell is XRP up 50%?!
Nov 11th, 2020: CBDC Oil For Sale
ConsenSys is getting into the CBDC game big time, and Australia and Lebanon are tagging along. Plus, Ripple is failing to make a ripple (Pat hates puns but made that one, winter madness is starting to set in apparently), and we answer a great tweet about REN.
Oct 28th, 2020: It Stopped Raining In China So BTC Is More Expensive (Seriously)
Amy and Pat talk about the recent moves in Bitcoin and how that could be related to energy supplies in China, plus they look at Ripple and how that blockchain is trying to get in on the DeFi market, and end with a nice discussion about rating DEXes.