Crypto Basic Podcast: Teaching You The Basics of Bitcoin and the World of Cryptocurrency. CryptoBasic

Today we're talking about how the new ZuckBucks (aka Libra) stacks up to Bitcoin. Is it the same? Is it different? Is it even a crypto? We talk about all of these questions in the most basic way that we can. Today we're talking about how the new ZuckBucks (aka Libra) stacks up to Bitcoin. Is it the same? Is it different? Is it even a crypto? We talk about all of these questions in the most basic way that we can. 

This is a great episode for those that might know what both Bitcoin and Libra are, but aren't really sure how they work together. So share it with your friends, and join us for Flagship Friday number 78

THIS IS OUR REFERAL LINK PLEASE SHOW EMBERFUND YOUR SUPPORT -  https://emberfund.app.link/CryptoBasic 

Bee Keepers like their crypto - https://coinyspace.com/merchants/drapis/ERC-1155

Becoming the gold standard - https://blog.enjincoin.io/erc-1155-the-final-token-standard-on-ethereum-a83fce9f5714

Reddit make LibraCashSV - https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/c2ddk3/roger_wright_libracashsv_is_the_real_libra_coin/

Ethereum 2.0 planned for launch - https://www.trustnodes.com/2019/06/15/ethereum-2-0-planned-for-launch-on-the-3rd-of-january-2020

THAT'S A SCAM - Quadriga Report - https://documentcentre.eycan.com/eycm_library/Quadriga%20Fintech%20Solutions%20Corp/English/CCAA/1.%20Monitor's%20Reports/6.%20Fifth%20Report%20of%20the%20Monitor/Fifth%20Report%20of%20the%20Monitor%20dated%20June%2019,%202019.PDF

Tweetstorm - https://twitter.com/evanmthomas/status/1141501872467001344 

Whitepaper - https://libra.org/en-US/white-paper/#introducing-libra 

On today's featured project episode we are talking with Alex Wang, the Co-Foudner of Emberfund.io. He has helped create a project that solves a need in the space, and honestly investing in general. Emberfund is a non-custodial fund that allows you to have the benefits of a managed fund, and the security of owning your own funds with your own private keys.

Listen to Brent ask the questions, learn the process, and get to the bottom of this new asset of fund management. Alex is all about keeping this accessible to all investors, and e goes into exactly how all of this is accomplished in detail on this episode of the CryptoBasic Podcast.

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• Rapid Fire

  r/CryptoCurrency - Uber, MasterCard, Visa and other big companies have reportedly signed on to Facebook's blockchain efforts

  https://www.businessinsider.com/facebook-enlists-uber-mastercard-visa-back-cryptocurrency-2019-6?utm_source=reddit.com

  Uber, MasterCard, Stripe, Visa, and Booking.com have been persuaded to support it's new crypto.

  Binance Says It's Launching a US Exchange With FinCEN-Registered Partner - CoinDesk

  Binance is launching a US exchange with a FinCEN registered partner called BAM Trading Service

  Reuters & Bloomberg to add a Crypto Index to the terminal

  Reuters and Bloomberg will soon provide cryptocurrency data and will be able to access the top 100 performing cryptocurrencies. adoption of crypto indices into conventional trading terminals is definitely positive

• BULLISH OR BULLSHIT - Google will integrate Chainlink in their approach to smart contract adoption.

  • We always like to hear Google and Blockchain together, so what gives here
  • Quick version - they're using Chainlink as a Decentralized Oracle on an Ethereum Smart Contract.
  • They haven't implemented anything, just used it.
  • Quick explanation of an oracle.
  • Use cases google thinks this provides -
    • Prediction Markets
    • Hedging Against Blockchain Platform Risk
    • Enabling commit/reveals across Ethereum using submarine sends (huh?)
      • Basically this is a pseudo privacy option.
      • One of the things that happens on DEXs is that you can take advantage of the fact that transactions have to go on a blockchain in a certain order.
      • If you know an order was filled you can put in a bigger order later and it would get moved to the top, or even bump that order off.
      • Especially problematic during ICO releases.
  • I really like this quote
    • "The decentralized finance movement is rapidly gaining adoption due to its successful reinvention of the existing financial system in blockchain environments which, on a technical basis, are more trustworthy and transparent than current systems."

• Retail Giant Target Is Quietly Working on a Blockchain for Supply Chains

  -Target has been quiet regarding blockchain. In 2016 they hired Aarthi Srinivasan as director of product management for machine learning and blockchain. So clearly they are being secretive about what they are doing.

  Target has pledged to support IBM's Hyperledger Grid which is a supply chain framework.

  They are currently seeking a blockchain engineer and a systems developer on their career page.

  incorporating identity verification tech

  "investing in supply chain improvements"

• BULLISH OR BULLSHIT - A Bank in Liechtenstein Grew its Traffic by 900% by Selling Currencies

  • Lets first talk about Liechtenstein -
    • It's a German Speaking country that's between Austria and Switzerland
    • Takes up a total area of 61.78 Square Miles and has 37,000 people. That's about 1/20th the size of Rhode Island.
    • They have a lot of castles.
    • One of the highest GDPs per person in the world.
    • They're a member of the UN
    • They use the Swiss Franc
  • So the company's name is "Bank Frick"
  • march of last year they started offering crypto for professional traders and financial consultant customers
    • BTC, BCH, ETH, XRP, LTC, ETC, NEM, QTUM, and XLM
    • They can only make one transaction per day
    • They hold all reserves in cold storage.
    • They're even creating a subsidiary that will allow trading called DLT Markets
    • So here's the 900% part - They basically had more website visits. They went from 120 impressions on their website to 1250/month at their peak.
• Coinmarketcap Launches Data Accountability and Transparency alliance - DATA
  • Remember Bitcoin2 from last week? Basically they were on 2 super shitty exchanges and had some fake volume and popped up into the top 100 of CMC.
  • This probably isn't a direct response, but should be a step in mitigating that problem on CMC in the future. So far the following have joined -
    • Binance, Bittrex, Liquid, IDEX, OKEX, Huobi, HitBTC, Upbit, Kucoin, Bitfinex, OceanEX, bithumb, Bancor, Gate.io, Bibox, Hacken, Exmo, Coinfloor, Bitrue, Switcheo, Midas protocol, Crypto Briefing, Flipside Crypto.
  • They want to use a standard API across all platforms - CoinMarket Cap's of course.
  • Twice yearly round table on suggested updates to transparency policy.
  • Funding for proof of concept prototypes.
  • That's all we know, but I think this is a result of competition.
  • OnChainFX has been doing something similar with a really much better source of people to be a part of it.

Apple said tey're going to be pushing something called the CryptoKit. What's that? What is Facebook doing? Where the hell did Brent go? Find out about all of this and more in the cryptospace on Flagship Friday-ish.

Binance DEX to geo-block 28 countries including US - https://www.notion.so/cryptobasic/Flagship-Friday-75-cfb287e07feb4bad8497716f6f1c97bf#6489d4ba7932446c83b9e5b1bf941081 
Vitalik Says BSV is a scam - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ggyABjicZt8 
Facebook's Cryptocurrency Plans Revealed - https://www.forbes.com/sites/billybambrough/2019/06/06/facebooks-radical-bitcoin-beating-cryptocurrency-plans-revealed/#1da1f25c3564 
Kik Gets in Trouble with the SEC - https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2019/06/04/kik-messaging-app-sued-100-million-sec-cryptocurrency/1347266001/ 
Justin Sun - https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/bxe46n/justin_sun_invites_the_founders_of_eth_ltc_and/ 
Why Blockchain and Crypto Are Picking Up Steam in Tiny Countries - https://www.pcmag.com/news/368788/why-blockchain-and-crypto-are-picking-up-steam-in-tiny-count 

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Karim is back on the show after his trip to Europe, and he's brought a bunch of crypto aroudn the world news with him. He's talking Africa, he's talking Europe, and he's calling Brent out for being wrong on stuff. Karim is back on the show after his trip to Europe, and he's brought a bunch of crypto aroudn the world news with him. He's talking Africa, he's talking Europe, and he's calling Brent out for being wrong on stuff. 

EOS and CSW appear on every show at this point, but the news is never good. Why is EOS not a good blockchain? Did they pump their own ICO? Who knows, we talk about the evidence.

You can now buy bitcoin at Coinstar machines at the grocery store (adoption) - https://i.redd.it/uk7fdi2fz7131.jpg

Excel lists Bitcoin as a currency - https://i.redd.it/pja93uz5nr031.jpg

Kraken paid 250 salaries in crypto - https://beincrypto.com/nobod-work-bitcoin-except-everyone/?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=btc&utm_content=sne

Samsung moving to integrate crypto to Samsung Pay - https://cryptoticker.io/en/samsung-cryptocurrency-smart-pay/

IOTA has announced a solution to remove the Coordinator - https://coordicide.iota.org/

Reserve Bank of Malawi spooked by Crypto - https://www.ccn.com/cryptocurrencies-not-legal-tender-says-malawis-central-bank

Mthuli Ncube - https://www.ccn.com/cryptocurrency-could-solve-zimbabwes-cash-shortages-finance-minister

Project Khokha - https://www.ccn.com/real-world-ethereum-based-blockchain-payments-trial-a-success-south-africas-central-bank

North Korea Launched Cryptocurrency Attacks in Response to Sanctions, Says FBI - https://cointelegraph.com/news/north-korea-launched-cryptocurrency-attacks-in-response-to-sanctions-says-fbi

Egypt Lifts Cryptocurrency Ban & Will Allow Licensed Companies - https://www.coindesk.com/egypt-lifts-ban-will-allow-licensed-cryptocurrency-companies?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=coindesk&utm_term=&utm_content=&utm_campaign=Organic%20

Egypt Lifts Cryptocurrency Ban & Will Allow Licensed Companies - https://www.coindesk.com/egypt-lifts-ban-will-allow-licensed-cryptocurrency-companies?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=coindesk&utm_term=&utm_content=&utm_campaign=Organic%20

Egypt Lifts Cryptocurrency Ban & Will Allow Licensed Companies - https://fora.ie/bank-of-ireland-aib-blockchain-4659758-May2019/

Report on EOS alleges that they engaged in wash trading during the year long ICO. - https://media.consensys.net/a-retrospective-of-the-eos-token-sale-172d3437932b 
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It's a round Table episode: Poker, Gambling, Crypto. These names can be synonymous. Today we've got Brett Richey on the show - he's the founder of a company called Blitz Predict and he has a lot of interesting information to share about what he feels is a match made in heaven of Crypto and Gaming.

Their company didn't build their own coin, they actually USED another existing platform to create their content. Augur provides the frame work, Blitz Predict provides the app, and you provide the action.

Blitz Predict - https://www.blitzpredict.io/ 
Brett's Twitter - https://twitter.com/BrettRichey 
Brett's Rap Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tyBCDv8GXTs 
Blitz Predict Subreddit - https://www.reddit.com/r/BlitzPredict/ 
Blitz Predict Telegram - https://t.me/BlitzPredict 
Blitz Predict Discord - https://discordapp.com/invite/e9vTTTw 
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It's time for another Crypto Convo episode - and today we're going to be having a chat with Monica Quaintance from the Kadena Project. It's an open ended conversation Where we discuss anything and everything blockchain and beyond. Learn about how Kadena developed a language that you can read, even if you can't code.

Kadena Website - https://kadena.io/ 
Kadena Twitter - https://twitter.com/kadena_io 
Monica's Twitter - https://twitter.com/quaintm 
Monica's Linked in - https://www.linkedin.com/in/monica-quaintance/ 
Monica's Medium - https://medium.com/kadena-io  
Pact Language - https://pactlang.org/ 

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Scams. So many of these projects are turning out to be scams, and we knew it was coming. This space is perfect for scammers, and perfect for seizing control from the bankers. HitBTC, Cobinhood, Cryptopia, yo never know which exchange is next. Find out what we’ve seen, as well as some other news from across the land.

DAI On Coinbase - https://twitter.com/coinbase/status/1131614714113527808
ETH raises $30M - https://www.coindesk.com/ethereum-foundation-funding-development-upgrade-plasma?hootPostID=baacd72a28d0318ddb1429b0e59447c6
Tim Draper talks BTC - https://www.foxbusiness.com/markets/bitcoin-5-global-market-share-earth-tim-draper
Craig's Copyright 1 - https://www.coindesk.com/us-copyright-office-says-it-does-not-recognize-craig-wright-as-satoshi
Craig's Copyright 2 - https://www.change.org/p/karyn-temple-remove-craig-wright-s-name-from-bitcoin-whitepaper-copyright
Enjin teaming with Minecraft - https://www.asiacryptotoday.com/enjin-and-minecraft-launch-worlds-first-blockchain-powered-server-called-enjincraft/
Bitconnect is back? - https://beincrypto.com/bitconnect-2-july-1-joke/
HitBTC might be insolvent? - https://www.cointelligence.com/content/is-hitbtc-insolvent-coinfirm-analysis-and-research-by-cointelligence-paint-a-disturbing-picture/
Tether admits to investing in BTC - https://www.theblockcrypto.com/2019/05/21/tether-admits-in-court-to-investing-some-of-its-reserves-in-bitcoin/
Cobinhood likely exit scam - https://beincrypto.com/cobinhood-exit-scams-after-raising-3m-last-month/?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=cobinhood&utm_content=sne

Yeah right you thought we were going to talk about price on a CryptoBasic episode? We talk about all the goings on of the week. From Cryptopia closing and bring liquidated to Bakkt getting clearer with their direction we cover it all this week. Are Whole Foods and Starbucks really taking CryptoCurrency?

What is the Adam Levy Effect? Is it real? Brent roasts a portfolio, and more. 

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Origin Trail Tracking stolen coins - https://medium.com/origintrail/40-million-worth-of-bitcoin-stolen-from-binance-now-traced-using-origintrail-b938bd179d2e?sk=fde34107a8a5f22c6469ac8500b3d6c5
NEO Gets 100mil - https://mobile.twitter.com/NEO_Blockchain/status/1128291681483350016
Cryptopia Gets Liquidated - https://www.grantthornton.co.nz/press/press-releases-2019/cryptopia-limited-appoints-grant-thornton-as-liquidators/
Bullish or Bullshit - Startbucks and Wholefoods accept Crypto - https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaeldelcastillo/2019/05/13/starbucks-nordstrom-and-whole-foods-now-accept-bitcoin-just-dont-ask-them/#294f607a2252
Bakkt Update - https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/bo43fk/bakkt_today_were_pleased_to_update_you_on_the/

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Decred means Decentralized Credits, and this was a tough nut to crack. The team decided to bring in the big guns and have Richard Redd on the show - he's a part of the Decred Team, in so far as he has Decred's DAO pay him for many many things. 

He has answers to all of Brent's questions as Brent takes him through the 101 series - Decred, and finds a new coin that he likes a lot. 

Links - 

Richard's Medium - https://medium.com/@richardred

Richard's Github - https://github.com/RichardRed0x

Richard's Twittter - https://twitter.com/RichardRed0x

Whitepaper - https://docs.decred.org/

Politeia - https://proposals.decred.org/

Website - https://www.decred.org

Subreddit - https://www.reddit.com/r/decred/

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