Blue Alpine Cast - Cryptocurrency News and Research (Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH) and more)

- Waves (WAVES) the ICO and DEX platform where you can create and issue your own tokens.

- We talk specifically about the team, advisors, investors, product, technology, roadmap, partnerships and ease of use/availability

- It would have been cool to learn a bit more about the technology in the whitepaper

- The Monero Forks that just recently happened (https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/monero-just-hard-forked-and-it-resulted-four-new-projects/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+BitcoinMagazine+%28Bitcoin+Magazine%29#1523068899)

- What it means for the privacy-focused investor

- How they are different from Monero

- Monero ASIC Miner that are sold out (https://shop.bitmain.com/product/detail?pid=000201803132107063379CD35Gxy064F&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=x3-announcement&utm_content=batch%201)

In today's episode we'll talk about how central banks and cryptocurrencies or rather Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) could work together. We're looking at the concrete example of Switzerland's Financial System.

- Fresh off the press: Coinbase announces 1.6 Billion USD Venture Fund to build "Google-style company of the cryptocurrency space" (http://uk.businessinsider.com/coinbase-launching-venture-fund-2018-4?r=US&IR=T)

- Macroeconomic Research Company says Bitcoin (BTC) "is worthless" (https://www.ccn.com/macroeconomic-researchers-call-bitcoin-worthless/)

- India's Reserve Bank of India (RBI) bans cryptocurrency-related businesses (https://cointelegraph.com/news/indias-central-bank-to-stop-dealing-with-all-crypto-related-accounts-not-ban-on-crypto-commenters-say)

- Tweet storm by Pankaj Jain https://twitter.com/pjain/status/981875952354496515

- Why Ethereum is more popular in India than Bitcoin (https://bitrazzi.com/ethereum-is-now-more-popular-than-bitcoin-in-india/)

- What propped the price of Bitcoin (BTC) in the last days

- The OTC tweet and an explanation on what OTC is (https://twitter.com/Disruptepreneur/status/980940740564942848)

- Bitcoin crosses 6 Trillion USD in total volume sent over the network (https://www.coinspeaker.com/2018/04/04/6-trillion-sent-across-bitcoin-network/)

- Comparison with VISA in terms of payment volume (http://www.businessinsider.com/visas-payment-volume-hit-2-trillion-in-q4-2018-2?IR=T, mentioned graphic: https://amp.businessinsider.com/images/5a7873c285cdd447008b4fdd-640-480.png)

- Bitmain's Ethereum (ETH) ASIC Miner which has been released today and will be shipped Mid-July (https://shop.bitmain.com/product/detail?pid=00020180403174908564M8dMJKtz06B7)

- Drama around Deconomy between Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash and Etehreum (https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/qvx3jx/ethereum-vitalik-buterin-called-craig-wright-satoshi-fraud-deconomy)

- Vitalik's Tweet storm on the panel (https://twitter.com/VitalikButerin/status/981069924255739904)

- Bitcoin (BTC) potentially popping the world finance bubble and whether crypto could be a hedge against an economic crisis (https://cointelegraph.com/news/bitcoin-foundations-jon-matonis-bitcoin-is-pin-to-pop-world-finance-bubble)

- Brave Browser is now based on Chromium (https://bitrazzi.com/the-all-new-chrome-based-brave-to-hit-the-market-soon/)

- How you could decide whether investing into Basic Attention Token (BAT) with Brave is a good idea

- South Korea will present the tax regulation by the end of June (https://cointelegraph.com/news/south-korean-regulators-to-release-crypto-tax-framework-by-june)

- Russia's Gazprombank will test cryptocurrency transactions in Switzerland (https://www.ccn.com/russias-gazprombank-to-test-cryptocurrency-transactions-in-switzerland/)

- Is the crypto bubble the same as the dot com bubble? Where are the difference (https://cointelegraph.com/news/is-crypto-space-fated-to-become-another-dotcom-bubble)

- Litecoin is gaining traction as a dark web currency (https://www.recordedfuture.com/dark-web-currency/)

- IBM is betting big on crypto and advising governments and other big corporations (https://www.coindesk.com/ibm-evolution-big-blue-finally-getting-serious-cryptocurrency/)

- Interesting tweet from Chris Burniske about the Telegram ICO (https://twitter.com/cburniske/status/980073905900675073)

- Nvidia CEO's statement that cryptocurrency is here to stay (https://bitrazzi.com/cryptocurrency-is-here-to-stay-and-is-the-future-of-our-business-nvidia-ceo-jensen-huang/)

- Telegram raising 1.7 Billion USD in the history's biggest ICO (https://www.coindesk.com/telegram-doubles-amount-raised-in-ico-to-1-7-billion/)

- Mailchimp starts banning crypto-related newsletters (https://bitrazzi.com/email-service-mailchimp-set-to-shut-ico-and-crypto-related-marketing/)