108. Who's Been Using Bitcoin?

On today's episode, Simon Taylor is joined by some great guests to talk about the latest and greatest news in blockchain, Bitcoin and crypto. Today's guests include:

• Teana Baker-Taylor, Executive Director & Board Member at Global Digital Finance
• Claudio Bellei, Data Scientist at Elliptic

We cover the following stories from the blockchain and crypto space:

• 98% of Bitcoin is Used for Legal Things (1:41)
• Crypto Catches Mastercard’s Eye (26:00)
• The Largest Crypto Transfer Ever? (32:25)
• A $120m ‘Digital IPO’ (39:17)

The Tweet of the Week comes from Ryan Selkis (@TwoBitidiot) about Bitcoin rising as global currency wars ramp up a gear. Why not send us your best tweets? See if you can get a shout out on the show!

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Special Guests: Claudio Bellei and Teana Baker-Taylor.

Links:

• IBM, Lenovo, Nokia, Vodafone launch a new blockchain network for supply chain management | TheBlockCrypto
• IBM, MIT and Elliptic release world’s largest labeled dataset of bitcoin transactions | Yahoo Finance
• Mastercard is building a team to Develop Crypto, Wallet Projects | Coindesk
• Grayscale to Conduct One of Largest Single Day Crypto Transfers | Cointelegraph
• Berlin-Based AI Platform RISE Leverages Securitize To Launch $120 Million Security Token Offering | The Tokenist
• SEC Commissioner Peirce says US is not sitting ‘idle’ over crypto regulations, but could learn from other countries | TheBlockCrypto
• Galaxy Digital Announces Approval of License to Underwrite Registered Public Offerings of Securities | Newswire.ca
• China’s central bank seeks to accelerate the development of its ‘legal digital currency’ | TheBlockCrypto