WeChat vs. Bitmain

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Interstellar is born. The long-awaited union of Chain and Lightyear.io has delivered a new company.

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The WeChat crackdown on cryptocurrency-related accounts continues! This week’s victim: mining giant Bitmain.

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More stablecoins! No fewer than two companies announced new crypto tokens pegged to the US dollar.

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CoinDesk’s Brady Dale joins host Bailey Reutzel to discuss new information about BitTorrent’s acquisition by Tron founder Justin Sun.

Recorded September 10, 2018 in New York, NY.

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