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On Today's Episode of Let's Talk Bitcoin... Andreas, Stephanie and Adam discuss appeals to authority in a blockchain world. Examining Ethereum's Paradox of Choice(or, Why You Shouldn't Be An Elder ) You always wanted to buy Satoshi's book, right?(or, All Satoshis are Fake Satoshis ) Bonus: Collaborate with Andreas on Mastering Ethereum This episode of Let's Talk Bitcoin! was sponsored by EasyDNS.com and was edited by Matthew Zipkin. Today's discussion featured Stephanie Murphy, Andreas Antonopoulos and Adam B. Levine. This episode featured music by Jared Rubens & General Fuzz. Any questions or comments? email adam@letstalkbitcoin.com Read More

Today, Overstocks Medici Ventures doubled down on its investment in the realm of digital currency for central banks. The additional $3 million dollar investment in Caribbean blockchain-based digital payment provider Bitt.com signals a reaffirmation of Overstock and Medicis belief in the ability of digital currencies to become the de facto means of payment transactions.Medici Ventures originally invested $4 million in the Barbados-based fintech company in 2016. At the time of the initial inves

In its most sweeping crackdown yet, a Japanese regulator has penalized seven cryptocurrency exchanges, requiring two to halt operations for one month. Japans Financial Services Agency FSA announced today, March 8, 2018, that it came down on the exchanges due to their failure to provide proper internal-control systems. All of the exchanges were ordered to step up efforts to improve security and prevent money laundering.Business suspension orders were issued for FSHO and Bit Station, effective

One of the biggest Russian IT holdings, Mail.Ru Group, is allowing advertisers and the owners of advertising sites to pay and be paid with cryptocurrencies on the advertisement platform myTarget. Mail.Ru Group is the worldwide technology company which unites three big social networks Vkontakte, Odnoklassniki and My World ICQ messenger mobile ads service Youla popular online games Warface, Allods Online, Armored Warfare and Skyforge food delivery platform Delivery Club and ridesharing service

One of the most promising concepts of second-generation blockchains is that of dApps or decentralised applications. These are apps built on top of a blockchain. To date, few have made the headlines with the exception, perhaps, of CryptoKitties, but there is a an increasingly large amount being pushed to the Ethereum mainnet, and even more in the works State of the Dapps lists a range of projects in various stages of development.MetaMask will let users interact with these dApps using only the

Combining the benefits of a utility-based cryptocurrency and a company that exhibits the characteristics of a power law network creates the perfect opportunity for a globally adopted cryptocurrency the Amazon Token.Amazons Full-Circle EconomyIn this hypothetical futuristic scenario, Amazon extends on the suite of products and services it provides customers in 2018 including online shopping, physical grocery, web services, artificial intelligence, internet of things, video and music streaming

While Japan has been cracking down more on cryptocurrency exchanges recently, we see the state of Wyoming opening things up to make the state more attractive to the technology. At the same time, the SEC defined ICOs as money transmitters and crypto exchanges as money exchange businesses. It is rapidly becoming easier to run afoul of these quickly changing clarifications and find yourself in hot water.On the lighter side, words such as cryptocurrency, blockchain and ICO are joining Bitcoin in