Protos Podcast

The headlines:

– A history of Bitcoin Fog, the crypto mixer that washed 6% of BTC’s supply.

– Coinbase to handle Bitcoin and Ether for Sotheby’s $3M Banksy auction.

– BitTorrent creator’s new crypto Chia collapsed 50% on launch.

– Bitcoin miners flock to upstate NY — this Senate bill would stop that.

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The headlines this week:

– Dutch police seized $10M in crypto in 2020 — 650% more than 2019.

– Musk accused of pump and dump as Bitcoin sale boosts Tesla earnings.

– Coinbase hits back at rumors of insiders dumping all their stock.

– International manhunt continues over alleged $2B crypto exchange fraud.

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The headlines this week:

– The UK arrives fashionably late to the CBDC conversation.

– Facebook’s Diem is closer but it’s still a boring stablecoin.

– Binance US hires ex-Coinbase exec to compete with Coinbase.

– Billion-dollar crypto exit scam labelled ‘biggest fraud’ in Turkish history.

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• What we know about Ledger and Shopify’s class-action lawsuit.
• Square’s COPA asks UK court to rule Craig Wright didn’t create Bitcoin.
• HSBC snubs MicroStrategy stock after CEO buys too much Bitcoin.
• Silk Road hacker who stole $4B in Bitcoin allegedly outed as US fraudster.

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The headlines this week:

• Ransomware hackers want to return Bitcoin — but they’ll keep the change.
• Coinbase, Square, Fidelity form crypto ‘innovation council’ — but why?
• Activist investor says Grayscale’s Bitcoin ETF pledge is not enough.
• Arthur Hayes’ surrender starts countdown ’til court hears the coconut quote.

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• Ransomware hackers want to return Bitcoin — but they’ll keep the change.
• Crypto whale stuck in $150M short squeeze during battle for tiny altcoin.
• Goldman Sachs lands crypto 180, readies rich clients for Bitcoin.
• Risk to user Bitcoin ‘unlikely’ after Tesla spots bugs in BTCPay code.

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• Coinbase fined $6.5M for wash trading and ‘reckless’ reporting
• Time asks ‘is fiat dead?’ as 98-year-old mag seeks Bitcoin-savvy CFO
• Robinhood’s crypto hiring spree is real — 8 open jobs including CFO
• Tesla accepting Bitcoin means it stacks 0.7 BTC per Model 3 sold for crypto
• Bitcoin fans have now donated nearly $1M to Satoshi since they disappeared

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• BitMEX's Delo posts $20M bail, denies money laundering charges.
• Twitter’s teen hacker sentenced to 3 years over Bitcoin scam.
• Social tokens plummet after Roll loses $6M to crypto hackers.
• First NFT? Evidence suggests someone sold a PNG for 500 BTC in 2010.

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A quick update from our newsroom: The Protos Daily is becoming the Protos Weekly. Next Friday, March 19 is the launch of our news podcast that brings you the most important stories in cryptocurrency. Expect original reporting, in-depth analysis, and more.

• Beeple becomes third most valuable living artist
• Ripple execs fight SEC subpoenas
• Bakkt awarded sought-after BitLicense
• MF Doom’s AR masks on sale again

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• New index shows granular YoY Bitcoin data.
• GBTC halts inflow after trading at 15% below Bitcoin.
• Nvidia hash limiter may not have been cracked, despite claims.
• Christie’s Beeple NFT auction about to close.

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