Crypto and Blockchain Talk - Making You Smarter

Wirecard has taken part in what the head of Germany's financial watchdog calls "a massive criminal act". So, what happened, and more importantly, how did their auditing firm, Ernst & Young (EY), not catch this earlier? And do not forget, EY lost a million of other people’s money in BTC during another ‘work episode’ How come EY cannot seem to stop dropping the ball?  Olaf Scholz, Germany’s finance minister, defended his handling of the Wirecard scandal by blaming EY, Wirecard’s long-standing

You do the crime, you do the time – so they say, but sometimes punishments for identical crimes are unequal and even puzzling. Let us start with the case of Charles C. Liu and Xin Wang, a married couple and U.S. citizens in California, who raised over $27 million USD from Chinese companies claiming they were going to use these investments to build a cancer treatment center.

What is happening with the human race? How is it that we are now so addicted, so believing, so sheep-like, so affected by Social Media? Is it Fear Of Missing Out? Are we happier being pissed off all the time? Are we looking for anger? Join me, Aviva Ounap, host of Crypto and Blockchain Talk as I talk to the founder of Peteyvid.com Craig Stadler about his amazing video search engine, his new LIVE video platform, the state of social media and where it is headed.

Why in the world would institutional investors invest in crypto? What are institutional investors and how do they differ from retail investors? Join Ben Jessel from Forbes. com and Aviva Õunap, host of Crypto and Blockchain Talk, as we discover why institutions would invest in something so volatile, yet so lucrative.

Satoshi, is that you? It seems that 50 Bitcoin moved for the first time since 2009, and the world is effervescent with guesses – it is Satoshi? This hoard of BTC has not been touched since being rewarded for mining block 3654 in 2009, but to be fair, there were several early miners on the Bitcoin network in 2009. When the transfer of funds was made, Bitcoin crashed in price, cutting about a grand from the worth of bitcoin from previous 24 hour highs.

Goldman Sachs told their investors that Bitcoin is not a suitable investment and they gave five reasons why they feel Bitcoin is "not an asset class", including that it is primarily used as a conduit for illicit activity (um, like cash isn’t?). They made many other claims, but what they forgot to do was perhaps give great balance and food for thought in the way of a more rounded picture, but never fear! This is where Ben Jessel of Forbes.com and Aviva Ounap, host of Crypto and Blockchain Talk come in!

Have the legal woes of Telegram set a precedent for every ICO under the SECs watchful eyes? What does the Telegram lawsuit and ruling tell us about the present and future conditions which will be enforced by the SEC for all blockchain companies? Why didn't Telegram just comply with the SEC and their orders, and show their documents and statements, and when are they paying back investors who invested in their ICO?

Interesting developments are happening in the world of the Libra Association, aka Facebook's foray into blockchain and cryptocurrency. Join me, host Aviva Ounap, and Igor Pejic, author of the winner of the Independent Press Award for the Best Technology Book of the Year as we talk about Facebook's Libra Association, Libra Coin, Calibra and all things with the word 'libra' in it - plus we wax lyrical on a number of other crypto developments in this fun, fact-filled episode of Crypto and Blockchain Talk!

Savings? Nope. Debt? Yes. Humans Suck at Finance. It is a fact. We have no clue about saving and spending as a species. The average human has almost no savings and is full of debt, despite working. Should we be teaching finance in schools, from kindergarten? I certainly think so! It should be right next to, "Johnny. how do you add 2+2? So can you afford the $5 toy? Tell me WHY." Regardless, there are sometimes external circumstances that can push you even further into debt and despair, such as a pandemic.

There are many stories in the news lately that could impact the future of the crypto market, that perhaps the subtlety of some of them are being overlooked in terms of how, they could alter the bigger picture. Join me, host Aviva Ounap and Michael McCarty as we look at some of these headline stories and back page news pieces - including Binance's purchase of CoinMarketCap, the impending Bitcoin halving, impending class action lawsuits, and major mining companies who have decided to call it a day.

DeFi has been in the news a lot lately, and the headlines are more bad than good, Besides knowing that DeFi stands for Decentralised Finance, what else do you know and understand about it? As Jon Evans from Github stated in a recently published article, "DeFi seems to me more like cosplaying a financial system than an actual viable alternative. I don’t see it crossing that divide any time soon, if ever.

The Digital Dollar project has been around now for some time and was supposed to have its debut officially unveiled within the US coronavirus stimulus bill that was signed into law on March 27th. But guess what - there was not a whisper of it anywhere within the entire document. Of course, it would have made sense to use Digital Dollar wallets to distribute the funds from the US government to everyone who was entitled to aid as stated within the stimulus bill, but this was not to be.

A pandemic of global proportions which is impacting the world’s economies on an epic scale. businesses of all sizes and from all sectors are feeling the heat, some much worse than others. Some are thriving. But what does the long-term hold for people and businesses, and how can we all get through this? Join me, Aviva Ounap, host of Crypto and Blockchain Talk, and Frank Floessel, CEO of CBA Finance AG, as we look at the impact and realities of this pandemic, and ways to survive.

What is going on with the Crypto Marketplace during this time of the COVID-19 outbreak, otherwise known as the coronavirus pandemic? On March 12 of this year, Bitcoin (BTC) experienced the biggest single-day drop since 2013, losing around 40% of its value, but shortly after experienced a gain of 16%, which no other market mirrored. Who knows, but one thing is for sure – we have a great time discussing it here on this free podcast! Join us, we would LOVE to have you as our listener!

Join me, Aviva Ounap, the host of Crypto and Blockchain Talk as we talk to Nick Todorov, the Co-Founder, and CEO of Limechain, and get a quick explanation of what Hyperledger and Hyperledger Fabric are, and how Limechain is now one of the eight companies worldwide admitted as a Hyperledger Fabric Certified Partner. The Hyperledger Fabric Certified Partners is an “exclusive club”, and features only seven other companies including giants like IBM and Accenture.