LTB#392 - That's Not a Blockchain, that's a Sequence of Poor Engineering Decisions!

##On Todays Episode of Let's Talk Bitcoin...

Join Adam B. Levine, Andreas Antonopoulos, Stephanie Murphy and Jonathan Mohan for a look at the latest Coinbase privacy kerfluffle, JPM's jump into the Establishment-Stablecoin market, and the still unannounced but inevitably coming "Facebook Coin" and what it means to... Banks?

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Shownotes
Topic 1: Coinbase Confusion

A - Coinbase acquires controversial group and tech "Neutrino" for reasons

https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/coinbase-bought-neutrino-because-its-old-analysis-providers-sold-user-data/

B - Backlash ensues
https://cryptonews.com/news/new-twist-in-coinbase-case-raised-more-questions-about-crypt-3467.htm

C - Coinbase fires Neutrino team, keeps tech
https://coingape.com/coinbase-announced-good-bye-neutrino-team/

Topic 2: With JPMCoin & FacebookCoin seemingly on the horizon, let's talk about Corp-o-Stable-Coins

A - JPM Coin, in their own words.
https://www.jpmorgan.com/global/news/digital-coin-payments

B - Speculation on Facebookcoin'
https://hackernoon.com/facebook-coin-a-necessary-evil-3a9ad3414abe

C - Perspectives on whether FacebookCoin would be good or bad for Bitcoin https://www.newsbtc.com/2019/03/02/dont-count-facebooks-crypto-or-jpm-coin-out-they-could-boost-bitcoin/

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Thanks for listening to this episode of Let's Talk Bitcoin, content for today's show was provided by Stephanie Murphy, Jonathan Mohan, Adam B. Levine, and Andreas Antonopoulos.

This episode was edited by Adam B. Levine and featured music by Jared Rubens and General Fuzz.

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