122. ETH 2.0, Bitcoin the asset & blockchain for banking

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