Fairweather fans in bitcoinland disowning China
While I am not endorsing bitcoin as an investment (I don’t actually), a vocal minority of English-speaking Bitcoin adopters on […]
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Quote of the day: depreciating value of exported electronic goods from China
A rail cargo line has been “relaunched” between Europe and China that is one month faster than traveling by sea
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Are the rumors true about China banning cryptocurrencies?
Received a few emails the last few days. Here is one response I sent this morning to some friends: This
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What about English in China?
A director of studies (DoS) for a foreign education company in China contacted me today and we discussed the conundrum
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Another Brick in the Wall: Link Edition #57
Catching up with a couple non-crypto Chinese-related news that was on a hiatus since last December. China to test new
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Presentation covering Smart Contracts, Smart Property and Trustless Asset Management
Earlier tonight I gave a presentation at Hacker Dojo with the Ethereum project. I would like to thank Chris Peel
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Is Bitcoin really a decentralized autonomous organization?
A friend asked me about the interview I did a couple days ago where I mentioned Roger Ver’s influence as
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Interview covering China, smart contracts and trustless asset management
Earlier today I was interviewed by Donald McIntyre at Newfination. We discussed a number of topics related to cryptocurrencies and
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No, there is no (coming) collapse of China’s interbank system
Last week I spoke with Mark DeWeaver (video) and we touched on a number of issues related to China’s financial
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Interview with Mark DeWeaver, co-founder of Quantrarian Capital Management
Earlier today I had the opportunity to interview a friend, Mark DeWeaver. Mark is the author of Animal Spirits with
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SilverFish, a Chinese Scrypt-based ASIC mining company, has vapor-like attributes
[Note: This is a slightly updated version of a post I made on reddit yesterday] A new ASIC service/product just hit
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Cautious odds and ends for the weekend
A friend pointed out that The Guardian relinked to my story on Huobi and the CEOs personal bank account. Last
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New Taobao rule banning the buying and selling of crypto currencies
Taobao is one of the largest ecommerce platforms in China (it is part of the Alibaba group that also own
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Why are exchanges in China still allowed to operate?
I am asked this question frequently and currently I cannot give you a non-speculative answer. My guesses are thusly: 1)
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Cryptocurrency Cat-and-Mouse games in China
Several updates to this ongoing cryptocurrency story in China and elsewhere (each subheading below is a slightly different topic). Yesterday
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How to detect if a cryptocurrency exchange is fudging numbers
This picture has been making the rounds. The top section is the volume of LTC at OKCoin. The middle of
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Why Huobi purportedly has higher volume than BTCChina and OKCoin
[Note: I posted an earlier draft at reddit, below is a revised and expanded edition] For those unfamiliar with Huobi,
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Another Brick in the Wall: Link Edition #56
The air this past month in China and in particular, the Yangtze River Delta area (which includes Shanghai, Suzhou, Wuxi
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Futureproofing your English with Technology: Getting the most return-on-investment in an automated world
A week ago I gave a guest lecture at a local college discussing three high growth areas in China: artificial
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Another Brick in the Wall: Link Edition #55
That’s a lot of cars sold last month and those Android numbers are huge (though misleading too). The air pollution
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Another Brick in the Wall: Link Edition #54
The biggest news this past week has been the huge rise in cryptocurrency prices (BTC & LTC) pushed in part
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Another Brick in the Wall: Link Edition #53
No big business news again this past week, but several interesting stories and anecdotes. Thanks to James M, Suzanne F
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Another Brick in the Wall: Link Edition #52
Bitcoin was the hot topic this past week, hitting an all-time high at around 7,000 RMB two days ago which
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Stat of the day: animation in China
Apparently animation companies receive lots of preferential treatment and subsidies which had unintended consequences, from HuXiu: In 2011, China produced
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Great Wall of Numbers is now on Scribd
Great Wall of Numbers: Business Opportunities & Challenges in China by Tim Swanson