108. Who's Been Using Bitcoin?

On today's episode, Simon Taylor is joined by some great guests to talk about the latest and greatest news in blockchain, Bitcoin and crypto. Today's guests include: Teana Baker-Taylor, Executive Director & Board Member at Global Digital Finance Claudio Bellei, Data Scientist at Elliptic We cover the following stories from the blockchain and crypto space: 98% of Bitcoin is Used for Legal Things (1:41) Crypto Catches Mastercard’s Eye (26:00) The Largest Crypto Transfer Ever? (32:25) A $120m ‘Digital IPO’ (39:17) The Tweet of the Week comes from Ryan Selkis (@TwoBitidiot) about Bitcoin rising as global currency wars ramp up a gear. Why not send us your best tweets? See if you can get a shout out on the show! If you enjoyed the show and, as ever, don't forget to subscribe and leave a review! Want to join the conversation on all the topics discussed? Tweet the show at: www.twitter.com/bchaininsider Special Guests: Claudio Bellei and Teana Baker-Taylor. Links: IBM, Lenovo, Nokia, Vodafone launch a new blockchain network for supply chain management | TheBlockCrypto IBM, MIT and Elliptic release world’s largest labeled dataset of bitcoin transactions | Yahoo Finance Mastercard is building a team to Develop Crypto, Wallet Projects | Coindesk Grayscale to Conduct One of Largest Single Day Crypto Transfers | Cointelegraph Berlin-Based AI Platform RISE Leverages Securitize To Launch $120 Million Security Token Offering | The Tokenist SEC Commissioner Peirce says US is not sitting ‘idle’ over crypto regulations, but could learn from other countries | TheBlockCrypto Galaxy Digital Announces Approval of License to Underwrite Registered Public Offerings of Securities | Newswire.ca China’s central bank seeks to accelerate the development of its ‘legal digital currency’ | TheBlockCrypto