This episode is sponsored by NYDIG.Download this episodeOn the final episode of “The Breakdown’s” “End of Year Extravaganza,” NLW is joined by Jason Yanowitz and Michael Ippolito, the founders of Blockworks, a growing media company focused on the stories shaping the crypto space.Find our guests on Twitter:@JasonYanowitz@MikeIppolito_See also: Market Wrap Year-End Review: … [Read more...] about Jason Yanowitz and Michael Ippolito on the Most Important Stories of 2021
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Most Influential 40: Michael Saylor
Michael Saylor has probably spent more on bitcoin at this point than anyone else – and he’s still buying. The CEO of MicroStrategy, a publicly traded business software company that now operates more like an unregistered bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF), started his BTC binge with the firm’s cash reserves in 2020 and hasn’t stopped. Sometimes he buys the dip, sometimes at … [Read more...] about Most Influential 40: Michael Saylor
Most Influential 40: Michael Shaulov
Michael Shaulov is CEO of decentralized finance (DeFi) infrastructure firm Fireblocks. Shaulov’s company isn’t as exciting as many crypto startups or food-themed DeFi projects – at least on the surface. But Fireblocks is betting it can find the right balance between decentralization and compliance, potentially bringing DeFi to more professional circles. This fall, DeFi a-lister … [Read more...] about Most Influential 40: Michael Shaulov
Michael Saylor Calls Bitcoin the World’s Reserve Asset but Not so Good for Buying a Cup of Coffee
Viewing bitcoin as an asset rather than as a currency also makes life easier from a regulatory perspective. “All of these regulations … they’re really regulations restraining your use of a digital asset as a currency rather than as a property,” Saylor said, adding that if you acknowledge that, it’s easy to see that the future of the industry is “quite bright.” Source link … [Read more...] about Michael Saylor Calls Bitcoin the World’s Reserve Asset but Not so Good for Buying a Cup of Coffee
Fraudsters posing as Michael Saylor strip people of over $4 million in Bitcoin
A few days ago, Elliptic, a blockchain analytic firm, reported that unsuspecting individuals had cumulatively lost over $10 billion to crypto frauds and scams.Today, a Bitcoin user has now added to that figure after losing 3 BTC (the equivalent of $179,000) to an impersonator of MicroStrategy’s chief executive officer Michael Saylor, in what appears to be a giveaway … [Read more...] about Fraudsters posing as Michael Saylor strip people of over $4 million in Bitcoin