Crypto Weekly | Cryptocurrency, Bitcoin, Ethereum, Altcoin and ICO news from the week

This week in the news:

- Tether it seems is not actually backed 100% by US dollars. Crypto Weekly front running the news AGAIN.

- MTGOX CEO is sentenced to a four years suspended jail term and found not guilty of two more serious charges.

- IBM and Stellar announce bank to bank payments.

- We deep dive into Litecoin this week after the listeners vote from last week.

Plus more!

This week in the news:

- Rumours of Facebook's stablecoin continue to circulate as they attempt to circumvent Visa and Mastercard fees.

- Binance announce an Argentinian Fiat gateway with more such on ramps on the horizon.

- Samsung S10 announce 4 dapps that will work with the new phone: CryptoKitties being one of them.

- Ripple announce an entry into the blockchain gaming space, possibly realising that XRP needs more use cases than just bank to bank transfers.

- We take a deep dive into Stratis as this week's weekly crypto.

Plus more!

This week in the news:

- We celebrate International Women's Day! Hooray for women!

- Funds from the Quadriga wallets apparently find their way onto other crypto exchanges.

- 8 ERC20 tokens will move over to and launch with the Binance Chain.

- We talk Factom in the inaugural Crypto Weekly's Weekly Crypto!

All this and more!

This week in the news:

- XRP is announced on Coinbase! What a time to be alive!

- Some suspicious transactions on the ethereum network leave some wondering about money laundering.

- Samsung S10 phones will ship with built in hardware wallet and other crypto functionality.

- LOOM staking hits mainnet launch! Stake up those LOOM tokens!

Plus loads more!

This week in the news:

- Crypto Weekly, the world's greatest cryptocurrency podcast turns 1 year old!

- JP Morgan, after claiming that cryptocurrencies are a scam, launches a cryptographically-secured, blockchain-based coin that they say isn't a cryptocurrency.

- KuCoin gets a platform upgrade.

- Wikileaks give Craig Wright some well deserved grief and it is hilarious.

- One of the Ethereum devs quits over online criticism - is it justified or is he being too sensitive?

All this and plenty more!

This week in the news:

- ZCash announce a vulnerability and a fix that would have allowed an attacker to mint unlimited coins.

- CZ announces that February 20th will see Binance's new blockchain go live on their testnet. Get ready to get involved!

- The SEC decide to return to being reasonable and announce their guide to ICOs. Basically, don't run it as a security.

- IBM puts oranges on the blockchain! Presumably this fails the Howey test?

Plus more!

This week in the news:

- Owner of Quadriga, Canada's largest cryptocurrency exchange, mysteriously dies with the only access to the cold wallets of the exchange. Fishy?

- Coinbase announce that you can now withdraw direct to a PayPal account. Presumably normies everywhere go wild.

- Kraken acquires UK exchange 'Crypto Facilities' for a reported $100ml. Could futures be coming soon?

- Leaked documents show that the MtGox trustee has indeed been selling Bitcoin on the open market contrary to his claims.

Plus more!

This week in the news:

- The BitTorrent Token (BTT) sale goes live and sells out in minutes!

- Nouriel Roubini is at it again as he compares blockchain to an excel spreadsheet. Not totally wrong there and finally something the Geordie Prince can agree with!

- Vitalik receives suggestions for how to inflate ETH price in a world with PoS in order to improve security.

- Crypto Twitter goes wild as one member, Romano, calls out influencers including one CryptoShillNye.

All this and more!

This week in the news:

- London Stock Exchange (LSE) sell some matching tech to a crypto exchange and it's misreported by the mainstream media!

- Cryptocurrencies and distributed applications are seen as the saviour of the alt right as more are de-platformed.

- The CEO of South Korean exchange, Komid, has been jailed for three years in part for faking volume on his exchange. Presumably every other exchange is quaking in their boots.

- Georgia double down on their effort to be seen as one of the world leaders in cryptocurrency based industry.

- Senators from the U.S table a bill to exclude ALL cryptocurrencies from being considered securities. How likely is this to go through?

All this and more on this week's Crypto Weekly!

This week in the news:

- Constantinople is delayed due to potential bugs being created in existing smart contracts.

- Binance Jersey opens up to provide Euro and GBP on and off ramps! Hold tight CZ.

- It's official, again, Justin Sun has no idea what he is doing and just repeats empty claims.

- Supposedly Russia are buying up huge amounts of Bitcoin. Another Wall Street bonus meme?

- China ban Bitcoin node operation. Or have they?