Stablecoins, Institutional Custody, DeOS

Tommy and Brady discuss the blockchainer/altcoiner topic dujour, stablecoins, take a look at institutional moves from Fidelity, Baakt and Coinbase and Andrew Desantis' ambitious project DeOS, which began mining last night. Links from the show below. Fascinated by bitcoin? Confused? Overwhelmed? We feel you. Follow us for useful breakdowns of news, the social & economic implications of bitcoin and breakdowns about how the system works. We are dedicated to being sovereign citizens of bitcoin and we're sharing our journey learning bitcoin hoping it makes yours a bit easier. Citizen Bitcoin on Twitter: https://twitter.com/citizenbitcoin Citizen Bitcoin Podcast: https://citizenbitcoin.world Citizen Bitcoin on Medium: https://medium.com/@citizenbitco Links from the show: Backdoor in USD Coin (USDC) https://twitter.com/econoar/status/1054785269843415040 "Huobi Lists Four ‘Regulated’ Stablecoins Vying for Tether’s Crown" https://www.ccn.com/huobi-lists-four-regulated-stablecoins-vying-for-tethers-crown/ "The Delicate Psychology of Stablecoins" https://www.coindesk.com/the-delicate-psychology-of-stablecoins/ "The crypto world is going wild for 'stablecoins' — here's everything you need to know about them" https://www.businessinsider.com/crypto-stablecoins-explained-bitcoin-ethereum-fintech-2018-9 Tether market cap: https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/tether/ "Baakt Launches Bitcoin Futures For Institutional Clients Starting December 12" https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/9qjje2/baakt_launches_bitcoin_futures_for_institutional/?utm_source=ifttt "Fidelity, the $2.5 trillion Wall Street giant, is launching a brand new institutional brokerage and custody business for crypto" https://theblockcrypto.com/2018/10/15/fidelity-the-2-5-trillion-wall-street-giant-is-launching-a-brand-new-institutional-brokerage-and-custody-business-for-crypto/ "What Bakkt aims to solve as a first step" https://medium.com/bakkt-blog/what-bakkt-aims-to-solve-as-a-first-step-afa7c56b10d7 "What is Baakt?" https://blockonomi.com/what-is-bakkt/ @desantis on Twitter, enjoy the rabbit hole, bitcoiners: https://twitter.com/desantis/with_replies Andrew Desantis' website: https://andrewdesantis.com/