127. Vampire crypto squids

Simon Taylor is on hosting duties again this week and is joined by returning guest Matthew Pollard, founder of Archax, to talk about the latest and greatest news in blockchain, Bitcoin and Crypto including:

• The European Central Bank hopes to get "ahead of the curve" on stablecoins (02:14)
• Swiss Government Skeptical on Central Bank Digital Currency (10:37)
• Fidelity Digital Assets intends to support Ethereum in 2020 (14:00)
• Cryptocurrency is most useful for breaking laws and social constructs (19:17)
• SEC Charges Founder, Digital-Asset Issuer With Fraudulent ICO (24:23)
• 3 men are charged in US$722M cryptocurrency fraud (27:33)
• Chainalysis to provide Bitfinex with privacy safe tools to combat crime (29:58)

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Special Guest: Matthew Pollard.

Links:

• The European Central Bank hopes to get "ahead of the curve" on stablecoins
• Swiss Government Skeptical on Central Bank Digital Currency
• Fidelity Digital Assets intends to support Ethereum in 2020
• Cryptocurrency is most useful for breaking laws and social constructs-
• SEC Charges Founder, Digital-Asset Issuer With Fraudulent ICO
• 3 men are charged in US$722M cryptocurrency fraud
• Chainalysis to provide Bitfinex with privacy safe tools to combat crime