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Raines and Edge

Henry Raineswww.podomatic.com

Broadcasting every Friday, 7:00pm-10:00pm ET, on the nationally syndicated Free Talk Live network, www.freetalklive.com “Raines and Edge” is a show where Free Talk Live’s Mark Edge teams up with, Tampa Bay progressive broadcaster, Henry Raines. Will they agree on anything? Tune in Friday nights to find out.

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Episodes

Henry Raines Show 04/20/20

Henry and Greenbridgeinvesting.com co-founder, Andrew Gonci, discuss China assures the world that its digital Yuan will not cause inflation, Edward Snowden warns that governments may use the coronavirus to curtail freedoms, Google and Apple announced a rare joint effort to launch a contact tracing tool that will alert people when they have come near an infected person, and Facebook will let you know if you shared or interacted with dangerous coronavirus misinformation on their site.

Apr 21, 202054 min

Henry Raines Show 04/13/20

Henry and Greenbridgeinvesting.com co-founder, Andrew Gonci, welcome guest, 107 year old Joe Newman. Joe recalls when he was 5 years old and the Spanish Flu pandemic struck his home town of South Bend, IN and the resulting quarantine and how it relates to this time of COVID-19. He also talks of the Russian Tsar exiling his parents to Siberia, their trip to America in 1905, his mother selling newspapers on the streets of Chicago to make 10-15 cents a day, his Dad landing a job at the Studebaker a...

Apr 15, 202047 min

Henry Raines Show 04/06/20

Henry and Greenbridgeinvesting.com co-founder, Andrew Gonci, discuss Bitcoin price (BTC) surges by 5.6%, the Bank of International Settlements (BIS) has issued a report arguing in favor of central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) and digital payments amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Microsoft has acknowledged that the quarantined gamers are putting a strain on its Azure cloud platform which is a backbone of the company’s Blockchain As a Service (BaaS) offering, and while many crypto holders around the...

Apr 07, 202039 min

Henry Raines Show 03/30/20

Henry and SeekingCryptos.com co-founder, Andrew Gonci, welcome regular guest, Josh Sands, Crypto Tax Specialist, www.cryptotaxman.us , discuss the price of Bitcoin (BTC) retraced to $5,800 during the weekend, then rebounded $600, Roger Ver, the prominent Bitcoin Cash (BCH) advocate and former CEO of Bitcoin.com, appears to think that the world’s reaction to the COVID-19 pandemic is disproportionate, and Microsoft has proposed a system that can mine cryptocurrencies using data collected from huma...

Mar 31, 202055 min

Henry Raines Show 03/23/20

We take a break from Bitcoin and cable news Coronavirus sensationalism and tribal politics to bring solid COVID-19 information. We will talk to retired respiratory therapist, Rick Lewis, and a former ER nurse and current healthcare educator David Davis to sort through the facts.

Mar 24, 202054 min

Henry Raines Show 03/17/20

Henry and Greenbridgeinvesting.com co-founder, Andrew Gonci, discuss Bitcoin suddenly falls another 7% as a new week opened with fresh coronavirus turmoil across global markets, the BTC flash crash on Thursday triggered $700,000,000 in liquidations on crypto derivatives exchange BitMEX, some players are calling for what would have previously been unmentionable, – “circuit breakers”, and crypto derivatives provider Bakkt closed a $300 million Series B fundraising round.

Mar 17, 202036 min

Henry Raines Show 03/09/20

Henry and Greenbridgeinvesting.com co-founder, Andrew Gonci, discuss Bitcoin’s sharp price drop may have been prompted by $120M scam sell-off, Representative Paul Gosar introduces the “Crypto-Currency Act of 2020”, and a French commerce court has classified Bitcoin (BTC) as currency.

Mar 10, 202024 min

Henry Raines Show 03/02/20

Henry and Greenbridgeinvesting.com co-founder, Andrew Gonci, discuss Bitcoin (BTC) continues to climb back towards $9,000 reaching a five-day high, since China reported the first case of coronavirus on December 30th, bitcoin has outperformed every major asset class, including gold, close to half the revenue on Square's Cash App in the fourth quarter came from bitcoin, and the SEC rejects another Bitcoin ETF.

Mar 03, 202037 min

Henry Raines Show 02/24/20

Henry and SeekingCryptos.com co-founder, Andrew Gonci, welcome regular guest, Josh Sands, Crypto Tax Specialist, www.cryptotaxman.us . Josh discusses his recent interaction with the IRS on behalf of a cryptocurrency trader and miner. Other topics include the IRS has not been explicit on how would it treat taxes related to cryptocurrency transactions according to the GAO, $120 million worth of BitMEX long positions were liquidated in this week’s massive flash crash, and the former chairman of the...

Feb 26, 202033 min

Henry Raines Show 02/17/20

Henry and SeekingCryptos.com co-founder, Andrew Gonci, discuss Bitcoin (BTC) falls below $9,500 for the first time in almost two weeks, crypto exchange FCoin has just announced that between 7,000 and 13,000 BTC cannot be recovered, Coinbase brings back margin trading and the head of crypto at credit card giant Visa, envisions Bitcoin Satoshis replacing fiat for internet micropayments.

Feb 18, 202039 min

Henry Raines Show 02/10/20

Henry and SeekingCryptos.com co-founder, Andrew Gonci, discuss Bitcoin (BTC) fell below $10,000 on Feb. 10 as sudden volatility saw markets abandon five figures just a day after reaching them, insurance service providers are relying on blockchain technology to fast track claims payouts amid a coronavirus outbreak in China, investment management firm VanEck says Bitcoin may enhance the reward profile of institutional investment portfolios, and after launching TRUMP futures trading last week, FTX ...

Feb 11, 202034 min

Henry Raines Show 02/03/20

Henry and SeekingCryptos.com co-founder, Andrew Gonci, discuss Twitter has activated a new bitcoin-branded hashtag, Calvin Ayres of Bitcoin SV seems to threaten Twitter’s Jack Dorsey over it, Craig Wright threatens to file 6000 Blockchain patents, and Mastercard’s CEO tells why they left the Libra Project.

Feb 04, 202031 min

Henry Raines Show 01/27/20

Henry and SeekingCryptos.com co-founder, Andrew Gonci, welcome regular guest, Josh Sands, Crypto Tax Specialist, www.cryptotaxman.us to discuss The Tron Foundation will dedicate its 2020 niTROn Summit to Kobe Bryant, Peter Schiff solves his “Bitcoin mystery” Bakkt, the digital assets’ platform of the Intercontinental Exchange [ICE] has seen a 1,625 percent increase in Bitcoin delivery for January 2020, and Ex-Trump advisor: US should halt China’s CBDC development to protect the dollar.

Jan 28, 202038 min

Henry Raines Show 01/20/20

Henry, Augi Schmitz and SeekingCryptos.com co-founder, Andrew Gonci discuss surging Bitcoin drops over $500 in 7 minutes. Was there manipulation in the futures market? A bill to exempt personal cryptocurrency transactions from taxation for capital gains is reintroduced in Congress. The hash rate of the Bitcoin (BTC) network hits another new all-time high and “gold bug”, and renowned Bitcoin skeptic Peter Schiff claims his crypto wallet was “corrupted” and lost his Bitcoin. Twitter erupts in resp...

Jan 21, 202036 min

Henry Raines Show 01/13/20

Henry and SeekingCryptos.com co-founder, Andrew Gonci discuss: US - Iran tensions ease. What’s the fall out for Bitcoin? Bitcoin (BTC) trading volumes more than doubled in a week. But the U.S. is no longer the top recipient of Bitcoin (BTC) as valued in USD. Chicago exchange CME Group has announced its bitcoin options are now open for trading. Bitcoin’s Taproot and Schnorr are coming! We’ll tell you what to expect from Bitcoin’s pending upgrades. It’s bigger than you may think.

Jan 14, 202036 min

Henry Raines Show 01/06/20

Henry and SeekingCryptos.com co-founder, Andrew Gonci discuss Bitcoin demand rises on U.S.-Iran tensions, no, Bitcoin is not really trading for $24,000 in Iran, Bitcoin has come to Burger King in Venezuela, and John McAfee shrinks from his famous bet commitment.

Jan 07, 202033 min

Henry Raines Show 12/30/19

Henry and SeekingCryptos.com co-founder, Andrew Gonci discuss Bitcoin sets three important records, Hodlers hodled more in 2019, YouTube censors crypto video creators, and Apple and Google move to remove dapps from their devices.

Jan 06, 202051 min

Henry Raines Show 12/23/19

Henry and SeekingCryptos.com co-founder, Andrew Gonci discuss the decade comes to an end and the best possible investment you could have made was Bitcoin. Want to use crypto for that last minute Christmas shopping? We’ll tell you how Will Bitcoin’s increasing hashrate make altcoins obsolete in 2020? As we continue to look at other disruptive tech, we’ll tell you about Tesla’s software profit center.

Dec 24, 201951 min

Henry Raines Show 12/16/19

Henry and SeekingCryptos.com co-founder, Andrew Gonci, welcome regular guest, Josh Sands, Crypto Tax Specialist, www.cryptotaxman.us to discuss maximizing your tax benefits with charitable cryptocurrency donation using the IRS' new rule on specific crypto designation. Plus, report published by Bitcoin (BTC) fund operator Grayscale suggests 43% of investors interested in Bitcoin are women, Binance announced the launch of its fiat gateway for its Latin America Exchange, the white paper for Faceboo...

Dec 17, 201953 min

Henry Raines Show 12/09/19

Henry and SeekingCryptos.com co-founder, Andrew Gonci discuss Bakkt has launched the first regulated Bitcoin (BTC) options and cash-settled futures in the United States and its CEO becomes a US Senator, SoftBank is introducing its own SBC wallet card, which works like a traditional debit card and has a built-in cryptocurrency wallet, Microsoft’s blockchain-enabled cloud service Microsoft Azure announced new tokenization and blockchain data management services, and China is planning to conduct th...

Dec 16, 201954 min

Henry Raines Show 12/02/19

Henry and SeekingCryptos.com co-founder, Andrew Gonci discuss Crypto custodian Bakkt’s chief executive Kelly Loeffler has reportedly been picked by Georgia Governor Brian Kemp to serve in the U.S. Senate, a California federal court has affirmed the validity of the United States Internal Revenue Service’s (IRS) request for data from crypto exchange Bitstamp, a new bill in Germany could enable banks to support the sale and custody of Bitcoin (BTC) and other cryptocurrencies by 2020. and facial rec...

Dec 04, 201954 min

Henry Raines Show 11/25/19 Part 1

Henry and SeekingCryptos.com co-founder, Andrew Gonci discuss financial blood is in the streets of Cryptoville and everyone has an explanation. We sort through them. Did a crypto crackdown in China cause the price crash? We examine the timeline.

Nov 26, 201930 min

Henry Raines Show 11/25/19 Part 2

Henry and SeekingCryptos.com co-founder, Andrew Gonci, welcome regular guest, Josh Sands, Crypto Tax Specialist, www.cryptotaxman.us to discuss his exact preparation methodology to comply with the Internal Revenue Service's new batch of cryptocurrency guidelines. Henry recounts how this system helped him with getting ready for his crypto taxes. This is a must listen before the end of the tax year for Bitcoin and cryptocurrency holders.

Nov 26, 201921 min

Henry Raines Show 11/11/19

Henry welcomes guest, Fintech Lawyer Greg Karch, https://www.dltlawgroup.com/ , to discuss the state of the blockchain industry, Bitcoin price pops 4% then returns after The official Chinese state-run Xinhua News Agency published a report recognizing Bitcoin (BTC) as “the first successful application of blockchain technology”, Chinese regulator State Administration of Foreign Exchange (SAFE) expanded its blockchain cross-border financing pilot program, and Bakkt Bitcoin futures market sets a new...

Nov 12, 2019

Henry Raines Show 11/04/19

Henry and SeekingCryptos.com co-founder, Andrew Gonci, welcome guest, Josh Sands, Crypto Tax Specialist, www.cryptotaxman.us to discuss Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has apparently sent out a new batch of cryptocurrency audit notices, Coinbase Pro and Cryptocurrency futures and options exchange Deribit experience flash crashes and both responded very differently for their clients, and, crypto derivatives exchange BitMEX is implementing major changes to the weights of its indices.

Nov 05, 201952 min

Henry Raines Show 10/28/19

Henry, Augi Schmitz and SeekingCryptos.com co-founder, Andrew Gonci discuss China’s President Xi speaks and the crypto world listens as he endorses blockchain and Bitcoin's price soars, the Chinese Communist Party wants you to pledge allegiance to Blockchain, and $150 million dollars of shorts on Bitmex get liquidated in 6 minutes.

Oct 29, 201951 min

Henry Raines Show 10/21/19 Part 2

Henry, Augi Schmitz and SeekingCryptos.com co-founder, Andrew Gonci discuss the Facebook-led Libra project may consider issuing stablecoins in individual country currencies, Binance is soon to launch its first fiat-to-cryptocurrency trading pairs and it’s for the Russian Ruble, Fidelity Digital Asset Services (FDAS) is “now engaged in a full rollout” of its custody and trading services, as long as you’re an accredited investor, and Circle is selling off the Poloniex cryptocurrency exchange and U...

Oct 22, 201923 min

Henry Raines Show 10/21/19 Part 1

Henry and SeekingCryptos.com co-founder, Andrew Gonci, welcome guest, Samuel Armes, President Florida Blockchain Business Association and Blockchain and Legislative Affairs Director for Seminole County Tax Collector. Sam discusses the new State of Florida Blockchain Task Force and the Seminole County Tax Collector, Joel Greenberg's, plan to use the blockchain-based technology as part of a pilot program to launch a digital ID program next year.

Oct 22, 201927 min

Henry Raines Show 10/14/19

Henry and SeekingCryptos.com co-founder, Andrew Gonci, welcome guest, Josh Sands, Crypto Tax Specialist, www.cryptotaxman.us to discuss the Internal Revenue Service's new guidance for cryptocurrency tax reporting. Plus, CFTC Chairman Heath Tarbert has said ether, the world’s second-largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization, is a commodity, EBay, Stripe, Mastercard, Visa and Mercado Pago are all dropping out of Facebook’s libra cryptocurrency project following PayPal’s departure, and Bitwis...

Oct 15, 201946 min

Henry Raines Show 09/30/19

Henry and SeekingCryptos.com co-founder, Andrew Gonci, discuss Bitcoin (BTC) hits a 3.5-month low earlier today and is on track to post the first quarterly loss of 2019, Tom Lee, who is Fundstrat Global Advisors managing partner and head of Research, tells Yahoo Finance, “I don’t know how anyone could be trading bitcoin right now.”, and Anthony Pompliano, Morgan Creek Digital, on audio discusses the price of bitcoin and the future of the currency.

Oct 01, 201952 min
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