122. ETH 2.0, Bitcoin the asset & blockchain for banking

Simon Taylor is back in London this week with some amazing returning guests:
Richard Crook - Director of Lab577
Vinay Gupta - CEO of Mattereum
Together they talk about the latest in blockchain, Bitcoin and Crypto news including:
Ethereum's Istanbul hard fork release date is confirmed by core developer (01:46)
Bakkt's monthly bitcoin futures hit all-time-high of $15M (08:09)
The UN accuses North Korea of laundering money through a blockchain firm (15:48)
FBI Director says crypto is a ‘significant issue’ for law enforcement (22:00)
Ray Dalio writes about the financial system and why he thinks it's broken (34:16)
The Tweet of the Week comes from @PeterMcCormack about his honest opinions on DAI! Why not send us your best tweets? See if you can get a shout out on the show! (44:56)
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.
If you enjoyed the show and, as ever, don't forget to subscribe and leave a review!
Want to join the conversation on all the topics discussed? Tweet the show at: www.twitter.com/bchaininsider Special Guests: Richard Crook and Vinay Gupta.

Simon Taylor is back in London this week with some amazing returning guests:

Richard Crook - Director of Lab577
Vinay Gupta - CEO of Mattereum

Together they talk about the latest in blockchain, Bitcoin and Crypto news including:

Ethereum's Istanbul hard fork release date is confirmed by core developer (01:46)
Bakkt's monthly bitcoin futures hit all-time-high of $15M (08:09)
The UN accuses North Korea of laundering money through a blockchain firm (15:48)
FBI Director says crypto is a ‘significant issue’ for law enforcement (22:00)
Ray Dalio writes about the financial system and why he thinks it's broken (34:16)

The Tweet of the Week comes from @PeterMcCormack about his honest opinions on DAI! Why not send us your best tweets? See if you can get a shout out on the show! (44:56)

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.

If you enjoyed the show and, as ever, don't forget to subscribe and leave a review!

Want to join the conversation on all the topics discussed? Tweet the show at: www.twitter.com/bchaininsider

Special Guests: Richard Crook and Vinay Gupta.

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