Marathon mines compliant block, Crypto coming to US banks, Kraken bows to IRS - To the Moon Ep. 11

For this week's episode we

interview Matt Ahlborg, Bitrefill team member and founder of https://www.usefultulips.org/ a fantastic website which provides Bitcoin data for emerging economies. Matt is also Bitrefill's data scientist, and he plays a critical role in Bitrefill's presence in regions around the globe where Bitcoin and crypto are helping people find financial inclusion, and offering an alternative to the legacy financial system.

We  also cover Marathon's mining of a fully compliant block, Kraken giving customer info to the IRS, and FIS & NYDIG's partnership to bring cryptocurrency services to thousands of US banks. 

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Intro:

00:00:10 - 00:02:13

Marathon mines fully compliant block:

00:02:14 - 00:17:53

Kraken ordered to turn over customer data to IRS:

00:17:54 - 00:26:29

Interview with Matt Ahlborg:

00:26:30 - 01:00:42

Good News Outro:

01:00:43 - 01:02:13

Articles covered in today's episode:

1.https://bitcoinmagazine.com/.amp/business/marathon-mines-clean-bitcoin-block

2.https://www.coindesk.com/irs-kraken-tax-records

3.https://blockworks.co/fis-opens-bitcoin-floodgates-for-banks/

Welcome to the 11th episode of Bitrefill's To The Moon Podcast. To The 

Moon is Bitrefill's new weekly podcast to discuss Bitcoin, altcoins, 

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Lawrence Ray, along with Jerry Okai, and Ricardo Martinez, for a 

light-hearted and humorous weekly discussion about the latest 

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