Jon Matonis
@jonmatonis
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Forbes contributor | At the intersection of free banking, cryptography, and digital currency | Chief Economist at Sol Strategies Inc
Toronto, Ontario
Joined January 2010
Henri Cartier-Bresson’s photo of rush to retrieve gold from Shanghai bank on eve of the communist takeover in 1948
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@OxoUtx @propelforward @jchervinsky @BitGo This is NOT non custodial (despite what they may want to believe). They have a key.
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BitGo settles with US Treasury over sanctions violations https://t.co/g8VxzzSmN0
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Crypto firm BitGo has settled with the U.S. Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) for apparent violations of sanctions programs.
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OFAC just settled an enforcement action with @BitGo for apparently failing to prevent users in Crimea, Cuba, Iran, Sudan, & Syria from using its service. Lots to say here, but first, it turns out Treasury *doesn't* need more KYC to enforce sanctions laws. https://t.co/eoMOg27BL3
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IN DEPTH: Statechains offer another way to scale bitcoin payments. New exploration has uncovered that statechains could boost #Bitcoin privacy as well. @commerceblock Report by @AlyssaHertig
https://t.co/9J5NnT5oi1
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The Dashboard now tracks Whirlpool stats from @SamouraiWallet 🌀 - Unspent coinjoin outputs - Volume into Whirlpool via tx0 - Outbound spending - Cycle count Also: Install Samourai Wallet. Run Dojo.
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Crypto Fee showing 1-day fee generation and 7-day average fee generation for leading networks.
cryptofees.info
There's tons of crypto projects. Which ones are people actually paying to use?
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The industrial revolution wasn’t only about technology. You need the structures capable of exploiting the new technologies when they come along. What is waiting in the wings to replace the company?
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This is a clear escalation of the Crypto Arms Race (privacy protocols vs. financial surveillance), and the technical privacy protocols must prevail for a free society.
When regulators, innovators, and everyone in between works together, we all win. Read my latest piece in The Hill, where I discuss the new ruling proposed by FinCEN and why I think this can be a win for crypto. https://t.co/JH9CgNDMDo
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Environmentalists may be the ones to bring down bitcoin mining in the U.S. https://t.co/wV9IoECcBX
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YATES COUNTY, NY (WENY)-- Several organizations filed an article 78 lawsuit against the Town of Torrey in Yates County, along with Greenidge Generation LLC after the town approved a site
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Cypherpunk Holdings Inc. Announces Private Placement of up to CAD$2.0 Million
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Cities that want to be well positioned for the future should optimize their regulations to attract bitcoiners.
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Don't sleep on the team at Suredbits and the work they're doing on DLCs. If you do, you will miss out on the fact that people are bringing products to market on top of Bitcoin that were previously thought to be impossible and destined for altcoin chains. https://t.co/EuS41NoRCE
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This is NOT associated with us at all and is likely designed to steal your private keys. Stay safe out there!
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For those who don't have access to the FT here's that clip of Ashton Kutcher promoting Ripple on the Ellen Degeneres
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How to get Bitcoin non-kyc with BlueWallet. - Create a @hodlhodl account and use the Local Trader directly in the app - Check where you can buy @Azteco_ vouchers and redeem directly to your wallet 💎
bluewallet.io
Bitcoin wallet and Lightning wallet for iOS and Android focus on security and UX. Open source, Segwit and HD wallets, lightning network, plausible deniability, replace by fee and full encryption
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💥"Ethereum has become a sidechain to #Bitcoin because of #DeFi" -@gregory_nico Watch the full interview here: https://t.co/MmTXQhPaeB
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