Operation Kill 50 - Part 2

A couple of weeks ago, I wrote about “Operation Kill 50” - my (likely futile) quest to kill 50 open tabs per day in my open browser windows. I haven’t written up all the links because many of them were weeks old.

Today, though, I’ll offer a quick and dirty v2. As always, hit me up with feedback, and we’lll see if I can make this a more regular thing.

-TBI

OK50 - Jan 28, 2019

Reminder of my scoring system:

0 - Clickbait / trash -> I just omitted them this time.
1 - Headline is all you need
2 - Add to the quick search library
3 - Good for your situational awareness
4 - I’ve been meaning to study more, add to the deep dive queue
5 - Drop everything, and read now.

I’ll do the 1-3’s today, and there are 10 4-5’s I’m going to review for tomorrow.

3 - Jihan Wu’s Matrixport: $500mm in trades, $500mm in AUM, $100mm in loans in year one.
+ most inflow comes from miners who seek to hedge much larger positions off exchange
+ comps are Genesis Global Capital (4x larger) and market maker GSR (works with Canaan)

1 - Liquidity Offset Network (lon.exchange) launches OTSafe risk and collateral tool for OTC

1 - SettleMint (enterprise blockchain) raises $2M from KPN Ventures and Medici Ventures

3 - Singapore’s Payment Services Act goes live; MAS to oversee crypto business licensure
+ “FATF-ready” - crypto payments will need to include originator and beneficiary IDs under the travel rule

2 - Another Tezos win: transfer agent Vertalo makes Tezos its default blockchain for STOs
+ CEO: Tezos has more programming language support, higher throughput and stable community

3 - Popcorn: Former CFTC commissioner joins LedgerX investor accused of forcing out founders

1 - Exchanges, protocol developers, and miners account for 85% of crypto employees

1 - The system works: Bitfinex freezes $860k after UK court order and Chainalysis analysis in ransomware case

2 - It’s happening! "Bitcoin halving" search results soar

1 - Saudi Aramco invests $5 million in blockchain-based post-trade processing platform, Vakt

2 - DB says new digital currency could become mainstream within two years (Libra or China's DCEP)
+ blockchain wallets to 4x by 2030 from 50 million to 200 million

1 - Ukraine to track crypto transactions above $1200 to strengthen AML / align with FATF recommendations

1 - Iran regulator issues 1,000+ permits to cryptocurrency miners; officials confiscated rigs from operators last year / Iran seizes 1,000 Bitcoin mining machines after power spike

3 - Antivirus giant Avast sells 'Every search. Every click. Every buy. On every site.’ to Fortune 100 companies
+ the software has 400 million users; clients pay top dollar for products including an "All Clicks Feed”
+ Possible to determine when a user watches porn, what search terms they use, and which video they watch

2 - Ex-Tron employees file $15mm retaliation suit: levy accusations of workplace assault, “impossibly high standards"