116. Blockchain as an excuse

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