Marathon mines compliant block, Crypto coming to US banks, Kraken bows to IRS - To the Moon Ep. 11

For this week's episode we interview Matt Ahlborg, Bitrefill team member and founder of https://www.usefultulips.org/ a fantastic website which provides Bitcoin data for emerging economies. Matt is also Bitrefill's data scientist, and he plays a critical role in Bitrefill's presence in regions around the globe where Bitcoin and crypto are helping people find financial inclusion, and offering an alternative to the legacy financial system. We  also cover Marathon's mining of a fully compliant block, Kraken giving customer info to the IRS, and FIS & NYDIG's partnership to bring cryptocurrency services to thousands of US banks.  John's website: https://thebiz.pro Follow John on Twitter: https://twitter.com/BitcoinErrorLog Follow the Biz on Twitter: https://twitter.com/thebizbtc Intro: 00:00:10 - 00:02:13 Marathon mines fully compliant block: 00:02:14 - 00:17:53 Kraken ordered to turn over customer data to IRS: 00:17:54 - 00:26:29 Interview with Matt Ahlborg: 00:26:30 - 01:00:42 Good News Outro: 01:00:43 - 01:02:13 Articles covered in today's episode: 1.https://bitcoinmagazine.com/.amp/business/marathon-mines-clean-bitcoin-block 2.https://www.coindesk.com/irs-kraken-tax-records 3.https://blockworks.co/fis-opens-bitcoin-floodgates-for-banks/ Welcome to the 11th episode of Bitrefill's To The Moon Podcast. To The  Moon is Bitrefill's new weekly podcast to discuss Bitcoin, altcoins,  adoption, news & current events, and all things crypto. Join host  Lawrence Ray, along with Jerry Okai, and Ricardo Martinez, for a  light-hearted and humorous weekly discussion about the latest  developments in the crypto economy. Join our Sphinx.Chat Tribe: https://tribes.sphinx.chat/t/bitrefillstothemoonpodcast Follow To The Moon Podcast on Twitter:  twitter.com/ToTheMoonPod  Follow Bitrefill on Twitter:  twitter.com/bitrefill    Browse Bitrefill's catalog of gift cards and mobile refills:  www.bitrefill.com/  Sign up for a Bitrefill account:  www.bitrefill.com/signup  Download the Bitrefill app:  iOS - apps.apple.com/us/app/bitrefill/id1378102623  Android - play.google.com/store/apps/detail…pp&hl=en_US&gl=US   To the Moon on Anchor FM:  anchor.fm/bitrefill   To the Moon on Soundcloud:  soundcloud.com/user-309782084/sets/to-the-moon-podcast Where the Moon Shines Bright by Kara Square (c) copyright 2020 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/mindmapthat/62227 Ft: Mr_Yesterday, Stefan Kartenberg