Block Digest #72 - Bitcoin, Poutine, and Putin

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Welcome to episode #72 of Block Digest! (Tuesday, January 16, 2018) Join us: https://bitcoinmumble.com/ Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/blockdigest Credits ======== Shinobius - https://twitter.com/brian_trollz Aknix (2.0) - https://twitter.com/rm0rf Rick M. https://twitter.com/cryptorick Janine - https://twitter.com/J9Roem JW Weatherman - https://twitter.com/WeathermanIAm This video is licensed under Creative Commons (CC BY 4.0): https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... Links ===== Xapo CEO Visions a World Where Bitcoin is the Global Standard Value https://www.forbes.com/sites/ktorpey/2018/01/15/paypals-wences-casares-i-can-imagine-a-world-in-which-bitcoin-becomes-a-global-standard-of-value/#4bc9835a63b5 http://archive.is/vdz5r St. Louis Fed Admits Bitcoin is More Robust Than Fiat https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/st-louis-fed-some-ways-bitcoin-more-robust-many-fiat-currencies/ German Central Bank “Any Rule on Bitcoin must be Global” https://www.reuters.com/article/us-bitcoin-regulations-germany/any-rule-on-bitcoin-must-be-global-germanys-central-bank-says-idUSKBN1F420E Toronto Might Start Accepting Crypto for Municipal Payments/Taxes https://www.ctvnews.ca/video?playlistId=1.3760439 http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/cryptocurrency-norm-kelly-1.4488111 Russian Miners Buying Power Plants https://www.rt.com/business/415811-russia-power-station-cryptocurrenct-mining/ Continuing China Crackdown on Access to Any Bitcoin Services? https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-bitcoin/pboc-official-says-chinas-centralized-virtual-currency-trade-needs-to-end-source-idUSKBN1F50FZ Capital One Enforcing Ban on Cryptocurrency Purchases https://bitsonline.com/banks-cryptocurrency-ban/ Visa Looking to Hire a Blockchain Engineer with “8+ Years Experience” in Industry https://twitter.com/iamjosephyoung/status/953134267587899392 https://www.smartrecruiters.com/Visa/743999653819658-blockchain-engineer FAKE NEWS: Researchers Discover Bitcoin Price Manipulation https://techcrunch.com/2018/01/15/researchers-finds-that-one-person-likely-drove-bitcoin-from-150-to-1000/ https://archive.is/BaNlq https://twitter.com/kyletorpey/status/952986349849796613 Warning About BitcoinTalk Phishing Site https://twitter.com/chris_belcher_/status/952702527832756225 Blackwallet Compromised in $400,000 Bitcoin Hack https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hackers-hijack-dns-server-of-blackwallet-to-steal-400-000/ NYTimes Article on the Crypto Community and the Twitter Fallout https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/13/style/bitcoin-millionaires.html https://twitter.com/starkness/status/952586346236846080 https://twitter.com/J9Roem/status/952979041044369410 https://twitter.com/NellieBowles/status/952987558773850112 Bitcoin and the rest of the Crypto Market is Falling! https://techcrunch.com/2018/01/16/bitcoin-crypto-crashed-hard-part-deux/ Donate to Block Digest with bitcoins: 3NG9TkTztxUEg44Mcby4Uk3poNn9s6pYjV

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