Episode notes
Goldman Sachs is months away from offering Bitcoin products to its wealthiest clients.
https://www.cnbc.com/2021/03/31/bitcoin-goldman-is-close-to-offering-bitcoin-to-its-richest-clients.html
Going full laser-eyes, the Teletubbies tease an upcoming Bitcoin announcement.
https://twitter.com/TeletubbiesHQ/status/1377259542640218113
After recently stating their intent to “dabble” into Bitcoin, BlackRock has begun trading CME Bitcoin futures.
https://www.coindesk.com/blackrock-has-begun-trading-bitcoin-futures
VISA plans to allow payment settlements with USDC. But we know where that’s really leading
https://www.reuters.com/article/amp/idUSKBN2BL0X9?__twitter_impression=true&s=09
PayPal will allow users to convert BTC to fiat during checkout.
https://www.cnbc.com/2021/03/30/paypal-launches-crypto-checkout-service.html
BNY Mellon is the latest big bank comparing Bitcoin to Gold. Has anyone compared gold to the speed of their insights?
https://blockworks.co/bny-mellon-report-takes-on-bitcoin-valuation/
With the help of a Tesla, BTCPay Server patches one critical and several low-impact security vulnerabilities.
https://twitter.com/BtcpayServer/status/1376962118151471105?s=09
Popular Wall Street and Silicon Valley news outlet Morning Brew replaces their gold price listing with Bitcoin.
https://twitter.com/MorningBrew/status/1376869978452983816
Canadian regulators issue registration mandates for platforms trading in “cryptoassets that are securities” .
https://www.osler.com/en/blogs/risk/march-2021/three-week-countdown-for-canadian-digital-asset-trading-platforms-to-start-getting-registered-under
The Canada Revenue Agency demands more reporting from Coinsquare in a bid to extort more taxes from its customers.
https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/major-canadian-cryptocurrency-marketplace-must-fork-over-details-of-thousands-of-clients-to-cra-court-rules
Blockstream launches the Blockstream Mining Note, a Bitcoin-mining based security token issued on the Liquid Network.
https://stokr.io/blockstream-mining
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