BitSpread attends Consensus and Token Summit in New York A changing landscape, new actors and emerging themes for the coming year.Read on to find out more... CEO of BitSpread elected to the board of the UKDCA Cedric Jeanson, CEO of BitSpread Ltd, ran and was successfully elected as a Director to board of the UKDCA.Digital FX and Financial Innovation.Ritika Sen of BitSpread shares her insights As part of the Digital Currency Council’s Continuing Education partnership with Inside Bitcoins, the DCC’s CEO, David Berger, had the opportunity to interview the thought leaders that spoke at the Inside Bitcoins Conference in New York City on April 27-29, 2015.April 15, 2017 2:08 pm Mar 24th from Philly: Another on Location Episode with Scaling Dominating the show once again.Here is the TL;DR 0:01:00 – Another Meeting to Scale is Set for May: This is a very frustrating story because there is no compromise that can be reached.One is a Soft Fork and the Other is a Hard Fork.

It will either be SegWit or nothing so all these meeting at this point are simply pointless.In addition none of the people involved are even relevant other than two Mining companies and Adam Back.Adam has already said he would not go and I agree with that decision.twitter litecoin price/ToneVays/status/844987681570476033 0:18:00 – BATS Files Complaint Against SEC Rejection of COIN ETF: This is pointless 0:23:00 – Mad Bitcoins Interviews on Scaling: I provide my views on this Hard Fork topic by referencing my article “Is a Bitcoin Hard Fork Still Avoidable?“.bitcoin heritage sportsIn it I try to speculate as to why the Chinese continue to be anti WegWit.bitcoin fbi bustI strongly recommend reading the article.bitcoin regulation south africa

In addition I point to how China has hardly any nodes so China’s control is overblown.I also speculate that Roger is being played by Bitmain’s Jihan Wu.0:58:00 – Chinese Exchanges Lose Value: This article did not make sense to me.I don’t understand how volume moving from Exchanges to Local Bitcoins relates to Exchanges in California?bitcoin investment pros and consI also go off on the difference between Bitcoin Investors and Bitcoin Traders (or Crypto Traders) : I remain Bullish on the price after the recent Pull back.ethereum safe$915 Remains strong support.Below are representative speaking engagements.My areas of expertise span venture capital investing, globalization, emerging markets, innovation, entrepreneurship, women in business, and regional technology ecosystem building.Please contact me to inquire about my availability.

As part of the Digital Currency Council’s Continuing Education partnership with Inside Bitcoins, the DCC’s Director of Curriculum Dan McArdle, had the opportunity to interview the thought leaders that will be speaking at the Inside Bitcoins Conference in New York City on April 27-29, 2015.Today, we share an interview with Jay Berg of Satoshi Fantasy.Dan: Tell me about how and why you got involved in Bitcoin and digital currencies.Jay: I first came across bitcoin in May 2011, on overclock.net.As soon as I realized it wasn’t a scam, I was all in.It was such a revelation, and a relief.At first, I was just about trading BTC on mtgox.I recently got more involved in actually coding and designing alt-coins.Now, I’m coding my FantasyBit coin as well as the Satoshi Fantasy Proof-of-Skill protocol.Dan: Inside Bitcoins has brought together many of the best minds in the industry.What do you hope to hear from others at the conference?Jay: I’m not really sure.Its best to keep an open mind at these events.

I just hope we have some speaker to counter all the bitlicense non-sense.Dan: As digital currency technology evolves, what are you looking forward to seeing develop this year, or in the next 5-10 years?Jay: Hardware wallet done right.5-10 years, who knows, its really a whole new world.Dan: What do you see as the greatest immediate challenge facing the industry?Jay: The mindset that blockchain is just a database and there really are no real applications that need the blockchain.Satoshi Nakamoto brought us distributed consensus.He should get the Nobel Peace Prize.Dan: What’s your best advice for growing the ecosystem?How do we engage more people in digital currencies?Jay: Need to somehow explain cryptography.It’s a tough nut to crack.Dan:  Thanks very much for your thoughts, Jay.Looking forward to a great conference.BitcoinNew York Stock Exchange Gives Bitcoin Some Mainstream LoveRobert Hackett/FortuneThe New York Stock Exchange premiered a bitcoin index on Tuesday, giving an important endorsement to the digital currency that could help give it more mainstream credibility.NYSE President Thomas Farley couched the announcement in terms of meeting customer demand."Bitcoin

values are quickly becoming a data point that our customers want to follow as they consider transacting, trading or investing with this emerging asset class," he said in a statement from the NYSE's parent company, Intercontinental Exchange."We are pleased to bring transparency to this market."Thenew index tracks the price of one bitcoin in U.S.dollars by looking at transactions processed through various bitcoin exchanges.The NYSE was quick to point out that it will only track only bitcoin exchanges that "have been evaluated and meet NYSE’s quality standards."LastGox, the leading bitcoin exchange, imploded and lost hundreds of millions of dollars worth of its customers' holdings.Since then, the price of the digital money has dropped precipitously—to around $230 today.At its height in 2013, bitcoin traded at more than $1,200 per unit.Initially, the NYSE bitcoin index is getting its data from Coinbase, a bitcoin wallet startup that NYSE invested in at the beginning of the year.Other financial stalwarts are getting in on the bitcoin act, too.