Simon Taylor is hosting again and this week he's joined by returning guest Lex Sokolin, Global Fintech Co-Head at Consensys. Together they talk about the latest news in blockchain, Bitcoin and Crypto including: JPMorgan to finance a ledger-based inventory system to remove information asymmetry in the automobile industry (01:44) UK confirms legal status of cryptoassets and smart contracts (11:22) 25,000 Blockchain firms in China tried to issue own cryptos (17:26) Fidelity eyes new client opportun...
Nov 28, 2019•37 min
Simon Taylor is back in the hosting seat to talk about the latest developments in blockchain, Bitcoin and crypto. Of course, he is not alone! This week Simon is joined by returning guest Aman Kohli, CTO Banking & Cap Markets UKI at DXC. The stories covered this week are: Andreessen Horowitz leads $25M funding round for crypto lending startup (02:22) Why the UK should launch its own cryptocurrency (09:57) Brave browser hits 1.0 with crypto-coin rewards for your fave websites (26:19) Swiss sto...
Nov 21, 2019•43 min
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...
Nov 14, 2019•48 min
Simon Taylor is back this week and still coming to you from New York! Of course he is not alone but joined by some fantastic guests: Sandra Ro - CEO Global Blockchain Business Council Emin Gün Sirer - CEO, AVA Labs Together they talk about the latest and greatest news in blockchain, Bitcoin and Crypto including: China Announces New Regulatory Authority to Certify Digital Payments, Blockchain Products Binance to Open Beijing Office Amid China’s Renewed Blockchain Push Harbor receives transfer age...
Nov 07, 2019•47 min
Simon Taylor and Will White are coming to you from New York this week, and of course they is not alone but joined by some amazing guests: Amber Baldet, Co-founder at Clovyr (pronounced Clover) Mike Dudas, CEO and co-founder at The Block Together they talk about the latest and greatest news in blockchain, Bitcoin and Crypto including: Zuckerberg: Facebook would leave Libra if US regulators don't approve the project (01:35) Twitter’s Jack Dorsey says Hell No to joining Libra (16:20) CCIEE Vice Cha...
Oct 30, 2019•54 min
Simon Taylor is away this week, but Pet Berisha hosts this episode in his place! Of course he is not alone, but joined by some fantastic guests: Aman Kohli, CTO Banking & Cap Markets @ DXC Oliver von Landsberg-Sadie, CEO BCB Group Together they talk about the latest and greatest news in blockchain, Bitcoin and Crypto including: Facebook Open to Currency-Pegged Stablecoin for Libra Project (02:56) A Republican senator just gave Libra its first voice of support in Congress after its rocky star...
Oct 24, 2019•1 hr 4 min
Simon Taylor back this week to talk about the latest and greatest news in blockchain, Bitcoin and Crypto, and of course he is not alone but joined by some awesome guests: David Nicol - Head of Digital Assets R3 Isabel Woodford - Fintech Journalist @ Sifted Together they cover the following stories: Payments giants abandon Facebook’s Libra Cryptocurrency (01:24) David Marcus on Twitter (04:12) New Libra Fork Will Create Permissionless Stablecoin Free of Corporate control (08:46) SEC Halts Alleged...
Oct 17, 2019•39 min
Simon Taylor is back in the hosting seat this week and he is joined by Catherine Rutter from R3 to talk about the latest and greatest news in Blockchain, Bitcoin and Crypto including: Coinbase, Kraken and others develop a system to rate cryptocurrencies on likelihood they are securities (02:22) Blockchain in banking: An inside look at Four Banks’ early blockchain successes & failures (06:17) US House Committee Pressuring Zuckerberg to Testify on Libra (12:51) US Lawmakers Ask FED to Consider...
Oct 10, 2019•46 min
Simon Taylor is back this week to talk about the latest and greatest news in blockchain, Bitcoin and Crypto including: Block.one agrees to pay $24M penalty for unregistered EOS ICO (01:32) Swiss Stock Exchange SIX lines up buyers for its Initial Digital Offering (12:05) Fidelity Digital Assets to Provide Custody for Bitcoin Derivatives Yield Fund (20:53) SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce says digital assets could one day be ‘the money of the internet’ (27:16) Barclays, Overstock lead $8m funding fo...
Oct 03, 2019•56 min
Simon Taylor is joined by some awesome guests, coming to you straight from Sibos in London! Our brilliant panel of guests include: Todd McDonald, Co-Founder and Chief Product Officer of R3 Lex Sokolin, Global Fintech Lead @ Consensys Thomas Zeeb, Head Securities & Exchanges @ SIX Group A Together they talk about the latest and greatest news in blockchain, bitcoin and crypto including: Bakkt Exchange’s Bitcoin Futures See Slow Start on First Day of Trading (01:26) No Chinese yuan in basket un...
Sep 26, 2019•49 min
Simon Taylor is back in the hosting seat this to talk about the latest and greatest news in blockchain, Bitcoin and Crypto. As always, he is not alone but joined by returning friend of the show Noelle Acheson, Director of Research @ Coindesk! Together they cover the following stories: France and Germany agree to Block Facebook’s Libra (01:36) Facebook’s Crypto Launching in H2 2020, Says Libra Association Chief (09:21) Deutche Bank Joins JPMorgan’s Crypto Payments Network (11:41) Wells Fargo to P...
Sep 19, 2019•48 min
Simon Taylor is back in the hot seat this week and is joined by Tim Swanson to talk about the latest and greatest news in blockchain, Bitcoin and Crypto including: Venture Capital Stalwart Fights US Crypto Crackdown (01:27) BAKKT prepares to launch Bitcoin future (06:10) Maximalists can’t meme (09:43) Digital currency can help meet new financial challenges (14:02) What to expect from Binance US (17:37) In other Binance related news, they’ve also launched a dollar-backed Stablecoin (19:18) Netki ...
Sep 12, 2019•41 min
Producer Pet, 11:FS Senior consultant Will White and DXC's Aman Kholi are back this week to talk about the latest and greatest news in blockchain, Bitcoin and Crypto including: Telegram Pushes Ahead With Plans for ‘Gram’ Cryptocurrency Alan Howard-backed firm plots $1bn crypto venture Should Crypto Stay Decentralized or Are CBDCs Better? A Crypto Firm Hopes to Get a Banking License From Singapore Portugal’s tax authority says crypto trading and payments are tax-free The Tweet of the Week comes f...
Sep 05, 2019•39 min
Sara Feenan is in the hosting seat this week as Simon Taylor is getting married! Congratulations Simon! Of course, she is not alone but joined by returning guest David Nicol, digital asset lead at R3! Together they are here to talk about the latest and greatest news in Blockchain, Bitcoin and Crypto including: Carney Urges Libra-Like Reserve Currency to End Dollar Dominance (01:19) Ethereum Poised to Be First Public Blockchain in Hyperledger Consortium (08:18) In first, Swiss regulator issues ba...
Aug 29, 2019•46 min
Simon Taylor is back this week, and he is joined by returning guest Isabel Woodford, reporter at The Block, to talk about the latest and greatest news in blockchain, bitcoin and crypto. Our stories include: Bakkt confirms September launch date after getting green light from regulators (01:01) Coinbase Custody receiving $200-400M per week in new crypto deposits from institutions (05:45) Barclays ends partnership with cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase: sources (07:37) CoinTelegraph: Santander Denie...
Aug 22, 2019•59 min
On today's episode, Simon Taylor is joined by Anthoney Macey, Head of Emerging Tech at Barclays to talk about the latest and greatest news in blockchain, Bitcoin and Crypto including: Allianz's payment token is in ‘advanced stages’ (0:47) Kakao go Cuckoo for Crypto (7:46) China’s Digital Currency (12:06) Mastercard make more blockchain moves (20:05) Lawsuit claims XRP is an unregistered security (24:07) We hear from Samantha Emery, FCA Innovate's Interim Head of Department (26:29) The Tweet of t...
Aug 15, 2019•39 min
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 ‘...
Aug 08, 2019•49 min
Simon and Colin are back this week to talk about the latest and greatest news in blockchain, including: Could China Rival Facebook’s Libra? (0:58) The IRS are Coming for your Crypto (7:43) Ripple’s Open Letter to Congress (11:25) Russian Bitcoin Thief Sued (24:40) The Tweet of the Week comes from @DanielQue about the vulnerabilities of decentralised finance. Why not send us your best tweets? See if you can get a shout out on the show! (29:20) We also bring you an amazing interview with Michel Ra...
Aug 01, 2019•47 min
Simon and Colin are back this week to talk about the latest and greatest news in blockchain! First up, Simon and Colin discuss David Marcus' Senate plea. Colin explains why his 3 biggest takeaways from Marcus' plea were: surprisingly a lot of people in government do not like Facebook, Libra seems to be at a really early stage, and that Libra setting up in Geneva is potentially a fatal mistake. (1:45) Next, the pair talk about the DAWG (Digital Asset Working Group) report. They describe how it's ...
Jul 25, 2019•54 min
Simon and Colin are back this week to talk about the latest and greatest news in blockchain! First up, the pair take a look at an article about a draft discussion bill titled "Keep Big Tech Out of Finance Act" which aims to stop tech colossuses from becoming financial institutions. They point out that this bill is a long way from becoming a reality and explain how this bill is seemingly targeted towards Facebook's Libra. (00:55) Next up, Simon and Colin break down an article about Mark Carney's ...
Jul 18, 2019•47 min
Simon and Colin are back this week to talk about the latest and greatest news in blockchain, including: Brazilian bank, Tezos and $1 Billion, IBM tries to make paper the past, and Swiss STO's! First up, the pair look at how the Swiss central bank was asked to issue stock exchange digital currency. This is so that the cryptocurrency could be used to settle payments on the Swiss Stock exchange's new digital securities trading platform. The two discuss whether this is really a stable coin or just t...
Jul 11, 2019•44 min
Simon and Colin are back this week to talk about the latest and greatest news in blockchain, including: Libra fallout continues, Polkadot and tethery’licious volume! First up, we take a look at how central banks plan to create digital currencies, and it recieves backing! Augustin Castens, The GM of the Bank of International Settlements, has said that Global central banks may have to issue their own digital currencies sooner than expected! When asked about Libra, Castens said “The issue is how wi...
Jul 04, 2019•1 hr 9 min
Colin and Simon are back this week with some brilliant stories for you! First up, we take a look at libra, libra and even more libra! We discussed it last week, but it really is all crypto twitter is talking about at the moment! Simon and Colin take a look at some of the responses to the announcement, and they start with the Congress wish for Facebook to stop the coin until the Congress can fully understand it! Colin argues that it is massively positive that people are watching and taking notes ...
Jun 27, 2019•46 min
In today's episode, Simon and Sarah are joined by a host of brilliant guests and friends of the show, to talk about the latest and greatest news in blockchain, which this week largely involves Facebook! Today's guests include: Teana Baker-Taylor, GDF Executive director Anthony Macey, Director of Emerging Technology at Barclays First up we take a look at Facebook's big news! So, has Facebook just started the next generation payment network? Libra is a "low volatility" cryptocurrency and Facebook ...
Jun 20, 2019•55 min
In this bonus episode, we bring you an interview with the Chancellor of The High Court, Sir Geoffrey Vos, to hear his views on the current state of English law and blockchain technologies. Is there a substantial legal ground in place to solve disputes arising on a blockchain? Are coders disregarding the need for a strong legal foundation? The Chancellor is currently working with the lawtech delivery panel on a public consultation on the status of crypto assets, distributed ledger technology and ...
Jun 18, 2019•20 min
We are turning 100 episodes old! In this live episode, Simon and Colin are joined by a host of brilliant guests to talk about the last 99 episodes and topics including ICOs, STOs, PTKs, Regulation, Bitcoin, Crypto, DLT, Banking, Consortia and much, much more. Our brilliant guests include: Teana Baker-Taylor, Exec Director GDF Peter McCormack, ‘What Bitcoin Did’ Podcast Oliver Harris, Head of Quorum & Crypto-Assets Strategy at J.P. Morgan This live panel discussion is about 3 topics: Bitcoin ...
Jun 13, 2019•49 min
In today's bonus episode Simon joined by a host of brilliant guests directly from the stage at Money20/20, including: Matthew Pollard, Founder Archax Sandra Ro, CEO, CBBC Lasse Meholm, Head of Blockchain & DLT Strategy, DNB Bank First up the panel discuss Centralised VS Decentralised. Is the word decentralisation scary? Should we use the word distributed instead? Banks are already decentralised, but would it be more efficient to have one bank to rule them all? Can we move to a world where th...
Jun 06, 2019•35 min
Colin and Simon are back this week with some brilliant stories for you! First up, Facebook do a thing, Facebook do a coin! We take a look at Facebook's announcement to launch global coin by 2020. They want to provide a digital currency that offers affordable and secure ways or paying regardless of whether or not the user has a bank account. Simon notes that numerous attempts have been made and with David Marcus' leading this initiative they might be on to something. Also, with global coin, you p...
May 30, 2019•53 min
Colin is nowhere to be seen today, but luckily Simon is joined by Blockchain Insider favourite Sarah Feenan! First up, JPMorgan says the bitcoin price has jumped beyond its intrinsic value! JPMorgan seems to previously have treated bitcoin as a commodity and priced it calculating its cost of production. Sarah remarks it is interesting that JPMorgan treated it like a commodity, as there have been attempts to value cryptocurrencies over the years, and treating it as a commodity is not a way known ...
May 23, 2019•55 min
Simon Taylor is back in the hosting seat and is as always joined by Colin Platt all the way from sunny France! First up, Nordea launches a blockchain-based trading platform for SMEs. The new offering is built on the we.trade platform developed by a group of 12 banks using IBM blockchain technology. Nordea hopes by building an ecosystem for the buyer and seller, the bank will take on a new role of interacting with customers as early as from the order, not just at the time of payment. Colin is lar...
May 16, 2019•51 min
