Ep. 37. Sandra Ro, Women in Blockchain and Tracking Crypto Crime

First up, Binance are offering a $250,000 bounty for the arrest of hackers that tried to infiltrate the exchange earlier in March! Is Bitcoin as untraceable as we think? The met police claim that Bitcoin is not anonymous and is easy to track! Simon and Colin discuss this one in great depth. Next up, Bitfinex'd, the the pseudonymous blogger and persistent critic of cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex has lawyered up! An interesting saga to keep an eye on.... Following on from International Women's Day it was fitting that CoinDesk, one of the larger crypto publications wrote a great piece on encouraging and acknowledging Women in Crypto! We were super lucky to have Sandra Ro's insights on today's show as well! From Bifinex'd to Utility Token Bill's, Wyoming's state legislature has cleared a bill that would exempt certain types of crypto assets from securities laws. Are crypto-assets creeping toward legitimation? Now the next headline was controversial, but when Simon and Colin dogged deeper- it actually raised some interesting points. From The Verge, the headline read- 'Blockchain' is meaningless.... This wouldn't be a blockchain based show without mentioning the good folks of Ripple! According to Bloomberg Technology they have lost their bid to keep it's cryptocurrency fight in California. The dispute is over a staggering amount of XRP- once worth over $16 Billion, with R3. Another headline grabber, the FT writes that SWIFT claim blockchain not ready for mainstream use! According to them, the tech needs to mature to handle high volume transactions. From mainstream use to miners, Bitcoin miners have taken over a town in Seattle! This one was close to home for CGP (literally) so he gave us a good run down on this story. Staying with mining, Egypt are apparently forcing their citizens to mine cryptocurrency?! Simon and Colin had a lot to say about this questionable and slightly confusing headline! And if you enjoyed our tweet of the week why not send us your best tweets? See if you can make it on to the show! We hope you enjoy the show and, as ever, don't forget to subscribe. Want to join the conversation on all the topics discussed? Tweet the show @bchaininsider and if you really love the show, why not leave us a review on iTunes? Special Guest: Sandra Ro. Links: Binance Offers $250,000 Bounty For Arrest of Hackers Bitcoin is not anonymous and is easy to track, says Met Police Chief (Paywall) Bitfinex’ed Strikes Back: Lawyer Warns Bitfinex Against 'Threats' Toward Blogger Time to Acknowledge – and Encourage – Women in Blockchain Wyoming 'Utility Token' Bill Heads to Governor ‘Blockchain’ is meaningless FinTech Insider News Swift says blockchain not ready for mainstream use This Is What Happens When Bitcoin Miners Take Over Your Town A new report says Egypt is secretly forcing citizens to mine cryptocurrency KODAKCoin Backers Warn SEC Could Restrict Token Trading FinTech Insider News 周小川：中国央行正在研发数字货币DCEP_凤凰资讯 JP Morgan's Amber Baldet On What Enterprise Wants from Ethereum