Diving into Decentralized Exchanges

Welcome to Ledger Cast, hosted by me, Brian Krogsgard (@ledgerstatus on twitter), and Josh Olszewicz (@carpenoctom). Ledger Cast is a cryptocurrency trading and blockchain ecosystem podcast.

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In this episode of Ledger Cast, Josh and I discuss the news of the week, challenging our own indicators, and a dive into decentralized exchanges.

You can also watch via screencast, and see the charts and other information as we look at them.

Poloniex acquired by Circle, and the Goldman Sachs angle
Craig Wright getting sued (find on Reddit)

TA Talk: Challenging your indicators

When indicators disagree
Challenging your settings

Primary Topic: DEXs (Decentralized Exchanges)

Why do we need them
How will it work
Who are the big players
What are the drawbacks

Exchanges discussed

0x Project (ZRX)
Airswap
Ethfinex by Bitfinex
Republic protocol
Blocknet
Bancor and liquidity
Waves
Counterparty
Bitshares
Stellar
Altcoin.io
Radar Relay

Other links

The crypto risk to Goldman
Circle's acquisition announcement and their OTC trading landing page
Nathaniel Popper's find on Poloniex's get out of jail free card
Szabo's shade
WizSec's takedown of Craig Wright
Josh's 0x article

Find Josh and Brian elsewhere

Josh's articles on Brave New Coin (must read material)
Josh's YouTube channel (His Ichimoku series and Indicator series are especially great)
Josh on Twitter @carpenoctom
Brian on Twitter @ledgerstatus

Interested in sponsoring?
We'd love to talk to interested parties about sponsorship opportunities. We are open to suggestions, but are not seeking deals that include promos for ICOs, etc. But if you do something interesting in the space and want to chat, contact us.

Music: "Oh, the chains" by Joel Madison Blount