116. Blockchain as an excuse

Simon Taylor is back this week to talk about the latest and greatest news in blockchain, Bitcoin and Crypto including:

• Block.one agrees to pay $24M penalty for unregistered EOS ICO (01:32)
• Swiss Stock Exchange SIX lines up buyers for its Initial Digital Offering (12:05)
• Fidelity Digital Assets to Provide Custody for Bitcoin Derivatives Yield Fund (20:53)
• SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce says digital assets could one day be ‘the money of the internet’ (27:16)
• Barclays, Overstock lead $8m funding for identity startup Evernym (32:10)
• LedgerX cries foul; CFTC says there’s no favoritism (35:52)

The Tweet of the Week comes from @davidmarcus about well... libra! Why not send us your best tweets? See if you can get a shout out on the show! (37:44)

We also bring you an amazing interview with Matthew Pollard, Founder and CFO at Archax! (41:33)

Check out our brand new documentary 11:YEARS - the Rise of UK Fintech now. Head over to 11years.film to watch for free, and share using #11YEARS.

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Special Guest: Richard Cohen.

Links:

• Fireside
• Swiss Stock Exchange SIX Lines up Buyers for ‘Initial Digital Offering’ | CoinDesk
• Fidelity Digital Assets to Provide Custody for Bitcoin Derivatives Yield Fund - CoinDesk
• SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce says digital assets could one day be 'the money of the internet' - The Block
• Barclays, Overstock lead $8m funding for identity startup Evernym - Ledger Insights
• LedgerX cries foul; CFTC says there's no favoritism - The Block
• Richard ⚖️ on Twitter: "Bakkt to life. https://t.co/7T5FROsp7O" / Twitter