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Sarah and Sara go through a run down of the latest crypto news including: Blackrock explore bitcoin, Block.one close a ‘strategic investment round’, and will there be Major League Baseball Crypto? We kick things off with Blackrock beginning to explore bitcoin. BlackRock has set up a group made up from different parts of the business to investigate cryptocurrencies and their underlying infrastructure to investigate how the $6.3 trillion asset manager can take advantage of the fast-growing cryptocurrency market. Then we move on to Block.one announcing on the 16th of July that Peter Thiel has invested in the company, along with other notable investors, Bitmain, Louis Bacon, and Alan Howard. Block.one has so much money now it’s hard not to wonder what they’re going to do with it. Next up Major League Baseball has announced that it is launching a crypto-based game that runs on the ethereum blockchain later this summer. Fans will be able to purchase avatars from baseball history. Those avatars can then be sold or traded, and users can earn rewards. Is this the tokenisation of trading cards and can Ethereum handle it? We move on to Coinbase getting the green light to list coins deemed securities. Coinbase Inc. said it got the green light from U.S. watchdogs to move forward with a trio of acquisitions that will allow it to become one of the first federally regulated venues for trading digital coins deemed to be securities. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority approved Coinbase’s purchase of Keystone Capital Corp., Venovate Marketplace Inc. and Digital Wealth LLC. And this week’s Tweet of the week is the controversial bit of news from Coinbase that they’re adding a host of new crypto assets to their platform. Simon hosted a panel at the Europa conference discussion institutional firms moving into crypto featuring: Lawrence Lundy Head of Research and Partnership at Outlier Ventures Obi Nwosu, CEO and Co-Founder of Coinfloor Claire Wells, Director of Legal & Business Affairs EMEA at Circle. The panel examines how institutional financing can help put a price limit on crypto and stabilise the space, but how in a crypto-to-crypto space there’s possibly no reason to have institutional money at all, and what’s holding asset managers back from entering the space. They also look at the value of the crypto asset market and how it can be utilised as a use case for blockchain. And how crypto can operate as a means for global financial inclusion. All this and more on this week's episode of Blockchain Insider. And if you enjoyed our tweet of the week why not send us your best tweets? See if you can get a shout out on the show! We hope you enjoy the show and, as ever, don't forget to subscribe! Want to join the conversation on all the topics discussed? Tweet the show @bchaininsider and if you really love the show, why not leave us a review on iTunes? This week's episode of Blockchain Insider was produced by Petrit Berisha and edited by Holly Blaxill.Special Guests: Claire Wells, Lawrence Lundy, and Obi Nwosu.Links: $6Tn Money Manager BlackRock in Bitcoin? Top Crypto Minds Comment | Cryptocoin Spy Block.one Closes Strategic Investment Round Led by Peter Thiel and Bitmain | Block.one MLB will release a crypto baseball game on the blockchain - The Verge Litecoin Foundation Acquires 9.9% of Bank in Payments Partnership - CoinDesk Coinbase Says It Won Approval for Trio of Acquisitions - Bloomberg Coinbase on Twitter: "Today we are announcing that we’re exploring the addition of the following assets to Coinbase: Cardano (ADA), Basic Attention Token (BAT), Stellar Lumens (XLM), Zcash (ZEC) and 0x (ZRX). https://t.co/qoECyR0V1f"

Simon and Sara sit down with Noelle Acheson Coindesk, Editorial Producer and Joon Ian Wong, Coindesk, Managing Director Europe/Asia to discuss the latest blockchain news, including: Todd McDonald had a Corda, The FCA is letting Blockchain play in their sandbox, and Coinbase get their custodial party started. We kick off with Binance eyeing a $1 billlion profit with a few discussions on why Binance is bothering to release this information now. And how with such a fragile market they may not be on top for long, with many younger companies biting at their heels. There's also a few interesting points made on how regulation may interact with crypto exchanges in the near future. We move on to Coinbase targeting insitutitional investors. There are few rumours that institutional investors have long been waiting for a custodial product in crypto that fits their needs, could this be it? We also discuss Vitalik Buterin's provocative comments on centralised exchanges and if these exchanges are even a good idea. All this and more on this week's episode of Blockchain Insider. And if you enjoyed our tweet of the week why not send us your best tweets? See if you can get a shout out on the show! We hope you enjoy the show and, as ever, don't forget to subscribe! Want to join the conversation on all the topics discussed? Tweet the show @bchaininsider and if you really love the show, why not leave us a review on iTunes? This week's episode of Blockchain Insider was produced by Petrit Berisha and edited by Holly Blaxill.Special Guests: Joon Ian Wong and Noelle Acheson.Links: World's Largest Crypto Exchange Eyes $1 Billion Profit Amid Rout - Bloomberg Binance Creates 'SAFU' Fund After Outage Becomes Marketing Gold - Bitcoinist.com ‘Coinbase Custody’ Targeting Institutional Investors Now 'Officially Open for Business' Swiss Stock Exchange to Tokenize Securities With New DLT Platform - CoinDesk Filings Link Crypto Exchange Bitstamp to Game Maker Nexon - CoinDesk The Emergence of Enterprise Tokens – Corda – Medium R3 launches Corda Enterprise FCA reveals blockchain and crypto-heavy fourth sandbox cohort - AltFi News Ethereum (ETH) Going Higher Security with the New Vyper Language Introduced - Ethereum World News

Sarah and Sara sit down with Maya Kumar, Head of UK & Ireland for Luno to discuss the latest blockchain news, including: EOS & IOTA come under scrutiny, SolarisBank launches Blockchain Factory, and are Facebook going to acquire Coinbase? Simon also has a great interview with Peter Grosskopf, CTO of Solaris Bank to talk through the launch of Blockchain Factory. All this and more on this week's episode of Blockchain Insider. And if you enjoyed our tweet of the week why not send us your best tweets? See if you can get a shout out on the show! We hope you enjoy the show and, as ever, don't forget to subscribe! Want to join the conversation on all the topics discussed? Tweet the show @bchaininsider and if you really love the show, why not leave us a review on iTunes?Special Guests: Maya Kumar and Peter Grosskopf.Sponsored By: R3: R3 is working with a network of over 200 financial institutions, regulators, trade associations, professional services firms and technology companies to develop on Corda, its open source open source blockchain platform designed specifically for businesses. R3 is an enterprise software firm working with banks, financial service providers and tech companies to make contracts smarter. Corda is the outcome of over two years of intense research and development by R3 and its members. ItCordaItand meets the highest standards of the financial services industry, yet is applicable to any commercial scenario. It records, manages and executes institutions’ financial agreements in perfect synchrony with their peers, creating a world of frictionless commerce... And it’s open source. Corda - It’s blockchain for every business, in every industry business. For business. Head over to r3.com to find out more.

Sarah sits down with Pete Rizzo, Editor at Coindesk and Anastasia Andrianova, CEO of Akropolis to discuss the latest blockchain news including: Stellar looking to acquire Chain, US Secret Service on Anonymous crypto, and #21e800. All this and more on this week's episode of Blockchain Insider. And if you enjoyed our tweet of the week why not send us your best tweets? See if you can get a shout out on the show! We hope you enjoy the show and, as ever, don't forget to subscribe! Want to join the conversation on all the topics discussed? Tweet the show @bchaininsider and if you really love the show, why not leave us a review on iTunes?Special Guests: Anastasia Andrianova and Pete Rizzo.Sponsored By: R3: R3 is working with a network of over 200 financial institutions, regulators, trade associations, professional services firms and technology companies to develop on Corda, its open source open source blockchain platform designed specifically for businesses. R3 is an enterprise software firm working with banks, financial service providers and tech companies to make contracts smarter. Corda is the outcome of over two years of intense research and development by R3 and its members. ItCordaItand meets the highest standards of the financial services industry, yet is applicable to any commercial scenario. It records, manages and executes institutions’ financial agreements in perfect synchrony with their peers, creating a world of frictionless commerce... And it’s open source. Corda - It’s blockchain for every business, in every industry business. For business. Head over to r3.com to find out more. Links: Zcash Pays Off Developer to Avoid Blockchain Split - CoinDesk EOS' Blockchain Arbitrator Orders Freeze of 27 Accounts - CoinDesk | Fortune Robinhood CEO: No Plans to Make Money on Cryptocurrency Trading for 'Forseeable Future' - Bitcoinist.com a16zcrypto | Fortune U.S. Secret Service: Action Needed To Address Anonymous Cryptocurrencies CryptoUK and FT Alphaville Debate Cryptoasset Regulation at UK Treasury Hearing | CryptoGlobe

Simon and Taylor sit down in the WeWork Aldgate offices in London to catch-up and have some very emphatic discussions on the latest blockchain news. Colin also interviews Stephen Palley, Partner at Anderson Kill. All this and more on this week's episode of Blockchain Insider. And if you enjoyed our tweet of the week why not send us your best tweets? See if you can get a shout out on the show! We hope you enjoy the show and, as ever, don't forget to subscribe! Want to join the conversation on all the topics discussed? Tweet the show @bchaininsider and if you really love the show, why not leave us a review on iTunes?Special Guest: Stephen Palley.Sponsored By: R3: R3 is working with a network of over 200 financial institutions, regulators, trade associations, professional services firms and technology companies to develop on Corda, its open source open source blockchain platform designed specifically for businesses. R3 is an enterprise software firm working with banks, financial service providers and tech companies to make contracts smarter. Corda is the outcome of over two years of intense research and development by R3 and its members. ItCordaItand meets the highest standards of the financial services industry, yet is applicable to any commercial scenario. It records, manages and executes institutions’ financial agreements in perfect synchrony with their peers, creating a world of frictionless commerce... And it’s open source. Corda - It’s blockchain for every business, in every industry business. For business. Head over to r3.com to find out more. Links: SEC announces ether is not a security [Video] Banks unlikely to process payments with distributed ledgers for now, says Ripple | Reuters | Fortune Researchers continue to find vulnerabilities in $9B cryptocurrency EOS New Report Blames Tether for Bitcoin’s Bull Run - Bitcoin News Skycoin Team Status Update | Blog Swarm to launch new tokens representing equity in Coinbase, Robinhood, Ripple, and Didi - Swarm Coinbase, Ripple Blast Company Creating Tokens in Their Name - CoinDesk

Simon sits down with Amber Baldet, CEO and Co-Founder of Clovyr in the 11:FS offices in WeWork Aldgate in London for our landmark 50th episode of Blockchain Insider. We bring you an interview with crypto queen Amber Baldet, Ripple under security scrutiny yet again, and the EOS Mainnet nightmare. All this and more on this week's episode of Blockchain Insider. And if you enjoyed our tweet of the week why not send us your best tweets? See if you can get a shout out on the show! We hope you enjoy the show and, as ever, don't forget to subscribe! Want to join the conversation on all the topics discussed? Tweet the show @bchaininsider and if you really love the show, why not leave us a review on iTunes?Special Guest: Amber Baldet.Sponsored By: R3: R3 is working with a network of over 200 financial institutions, regulators, trade associations, professional services firms and technology companies to develop on Corda, its open source open source blockchain platform designed specifically for businesses. R3 is an enterprise software firm working with banks, financial service providers and tech companies to make contracts smarter. Corda is the outcome of over two years of intense research and development by R3 and its members. ItCordaItand meets the highest standards of the financial services industry, yet is applicable to any commercial scenario. It records, manages and executes institutions’ financial agreements in perfect synchrony with their peers, creating a world of frictionless commerce... And it’s open source. Corda - It’s blockchain for every business, in every industry business. For business. Head over to r3.com to find out more.

We kick things off with the Blockchain portion of our live show from the Arena Stage, by talking cargo on a blockchain! Can companies revolutionise their shipping systems by utilising the technology? Find out what the team had to think about the Maersk x IBM pilot! Are we just doing old things using new technology? Next up, Binance announce a $1 billion investment fund! A drop in the ocean for them, but find out what our great panel think about the massive margins Binance work with, and what their future looks like. We then on go to discuss the future of tokenisation, how much money is still being raised by ICO's, regulators and much, much more. That's not all though folks, Brad Garlinghouse joined Simon Taylor to talk all about Ripple, XRP, xRapid, xCurrent, decentralisation and so much more. This interview has already got thousands of hits on YouTube- it's a great interview! But wait, there's more....Simon also talked to Brad Zastrow, Global Head of Business Development of the Dash Core group! We're really spoiling listeners on today's show! We hope you enjoy the show and, as ever, don't forget to subscribe! Want to join the conversation on all the topics discussed? Tweet the show @bchaininsider and if you really love the show, why not leave us a review on iTunes?Special Guests: Brad Garlinghouse, Brad Zastrow, David M. Brear , Jeff Tijssen, and Sam Maule.

First up, the US launch a probe into Bitcoin price manipulation (shock). Spoofing and fake buy/sell orders among a flurry of other illegal practices are what the justice department are focusing on. A long time coming some would say... Next up, tokenisation, tokenisation, tokenisation. IHS Markit, the market infrastructure giant, is developing a new blockchain-based system to handle the payments leg of syndicated loan trading – and eventually, a wider range of financial transactions. Is this one of the first steps in tokenising the world? Many argue that custody is what's stopping institutions from fully submerging themselves into the crypto world, and BitGo are trying to build their own digital asset custodian!The startup said Thursday that it was "seeking a charter to build BitGo Trust," a "new, regulated, qualified custodian" that will be built specifically for digital assets. Interesting stuff indeed... Next, the team discuss the link between the blockchain & crypto world and financial inclusivity. How can we help the unbanked bridge the gap between themselves and mainstream the mainstream financial world? Well 5 Philippines’ Banks are going to Pilot Ethereum-based Blockchain for Retail Payments! The team discuss the drawbacks, but also what incredibly positive implications this pilot could have. You may have heard a lot about GDPR recently, and there's been a lot of debate as to how blockchain is 'compliant' to the new set of regulations and our team continue said debate; is it a threat or an incentive? Next up, highly popular crypto EOS may be in trouble....Chinese cyber-security mogul 360 Total Security has identified a series of “epic” security vulnerabilities in the EOS network that has put it's mainnet launch into question. Code for tokens was the next story covered, as the startup behind Zk-Starks Tech Seek Cryptocurrencies as customers. Rather than doing an ICO, the guys behind ZK-Starks are offering up their novel technology to blockchains in return for their native asset. Lastly, we talk about blockchain going 'green'. Lot's has been made of the consumption of energy when it comes to mining, but we take a look at an article that discusses just how blockchain can have a positive impact on the environment! We hope you enjoy the show and, as ever, don't forget to subscribe. Want to join the conversation on all the topics discussed? Tweet the show @bchaininsider and if you really love the show, why not leave us a review on iTunes?Special Guest: Teana Baker-Taylor.Links: Bitcoin Price Manipulation Probe Launched By Justice Department - Bloomberg IHS Markit Has A Plan to Tokenize A $1 Trillion Loan Market - CoinDesk BitGo Is Building Its Own Digital Asset Custodian - CoinDesk Philippines’ Banks to Pilot Ethereum-based Blockchain for Retail Payments GDPR and Blockchain: Is the New EU Data Protection Regulation a Threat or an Incentive? 'High-Risk Vulnerabilities' Found in the EOS Network: Mainnet Launch Now Uncertain - Bitcoinist.com Startup Behind Zk-Starks Tech to Seek Cryptocurrencies as Customers - CoinDesk When Cryptocurrency Goes Green, Blockchain Can Save The Environment

Colin G. Platt is back in our offices talking to Pete Townsend, CEO and Founder of Norio Ventures, and Richard Brown, CTO of our Lead Sponsor for Blockchain Insider, R3. The trio discuss Circle's status as a bitcoin unicorn, Consensys collaboration with Amazon, and the SEC's brilliant Howeycoin ICO. All this and more on this week's episode of Blockchain Insider. And if you enjoyed our tweet of the week why not send us your best tweets? See if you can get a shout out on the show! We hope you enjoy the show and, as ever, don't forget to subscribe. Want to join the conversation on all the topics discussed? Tweet the show @bchaininsider and if you really love the show, why not leave us a review on iTunes?Special Guests: Pete Townsend and Richard Brown.Links: Japan Banking Giant Mitsubishi Goes Crypto With Own Coin - Bitcoin News R3 and Commerzbank take “significant” step into blockchain Circle Becomes 'Bitcoin Unicorn' with Bitmain-Backed Mega-Round - CoinDesk 0x (ZRX) Protocol v2.0: The Next Phase of Decentralized Trading | usaCommerce ConsenSys Teams up with Amazon to Deliver Streamlined Access to Blockchain - Blockchain News Tradeshift fires-up blockchain to address late payment problem | TechCrunch Capital Markets Blockchains Are Finally Getting Go-Live Dates - CoinDesk The SEC Just Launched a Fake ICO Website to Educate Investors - CoinDesk

Sarah Kocianski sits down with Oscar Williams-Grut, Senior Reporter at Business Insider to discuss Amber Baldet's new startup, HSBC make waves with soybeans, and Citizen Reserves fires tokens at the international defence industry. Simon also meets with Pete Rizzo Editor of Coindesk for an interview. All this and more on this week's episode of Blockchain Insider. And if you enjoyed our tweet of the week why not send us your best tweets? See if you can get a shout out on the show! We hope you enjoy the show and, as ever, don't forget to subscribe. Want to join the conversation on all the topics discussed? Tweet the show @bchaininsider and if you really love the show, why not leave us a review on iTunes?Special Guests: Oscar Williams-Grut and Pete Rizzo.Links: Amber Baldet’s New Startup Is a Blockchain Dapp Store - CoinDesk JP Morgan's New DLT Lead: We're Not Done With Blockchain Innovation - CoinDesk HSBC completes blockchain-powered trade finance deal with Cargill - Business Insider Deloitte Veterans Are Launching a Tokenized Blockchain for Supply Chain - CoinDesk Commonwealth Bank CFO Rob Jesudason to lead Block.one as Group President and Chief Operating Officer | Block.one Exclusive: NASDAQ-Powered Crypto Exchange DX Set to Launch Next Month | Finance Magnates Founders of ICO Endorsed By Floyd Mayweather Indicted for Fraud - CoinDesk Florida Tax Collector to Accept Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash Payments - CoinDesk