The Henry Raines Show

Henry and Greenbridgeinvesting.com co-founder, Andrew Gonci, discuss:
Bitcoin sees a new difficulty adjustment. Is it Bullish? Coinbase considers becoming a publicly traded company. Digital currency payments may become a reality for G20 members. Asset management giant Fidelity holds about 10.6% stake in Canada-based publicly traded bitcoin mining firm Hut 8, according to a regulatory filing.

Henry and Greenbridgeinvesting.com co-founder, Andrew Gonci, discuss the explosion in digital payments.
Topics include:
Central Bank Digital Currencies, or CBDC, may just be one of the most important trends over the next decade claims Visa’s head of crypto.
Consumers were quick to shift their payment habits from cash to cashless during the COVID-19 crisis.
On Monday, Los Angeles-based money manager Arca began selling shares in the “Arca U.S. Treasury Fund,” an SEC-registered closed-end fund whose digital shares – ArCoins – trade atop the Ethereum blockchain.
June 30, the U.S. Senate Banking Committee held a hearing that covered a whole host of policy topics on the digitization of money and payments.

Henry welcomes regular guest, Josh Sands, Crypto Tax Specialist, www.cryptotaxman.us . Josh discusses the importance of good record keeping for cryptocurrency tax reporting and his recent experience helping a crypto miner with an IRS audit. Other topics include is the fact Bitcoin HODLers are moving BTC from exchanges to private addresses bullish, Chinese Bitcoin (BTC) miner manufacturer Ebang will reportedly be listed on Nasdaq Global Market, and economists with the New York Federal Reserve think bitcoin is “just another example of fiat money”.

Henry and Greenbridgeinvesting.com co-founder, Andrew Gonci, discuss Facebook owned WhatsApp rolls out electronic fiat payments but whatsapp with Facebook’s Libra Coin? Meanwhile, China’s state-backed virtual currency may be the first to launch worldwide, Wilshire Phoenix files to trade a BTC ETF on the OTC markets, and Grayscale Investments’ Ethereum Investment Trust, or ETHE, are trading at a 750% premium over the market rate of their underlying asset.

Henry and Greenbridgeinvesting.com co-founder, Andrew Gonci, discuss healthy bitcoin miners are hodling, Wyoming’s Caitlin Long says Bitcoin may cost $1 million, which will bring new forms of legal problems for owners and financial institutions, Coinbase is getting in on the government blockchain analytics game and theUnited States Pentagon created a war game called the 2018 Joint Land, Air and Sea Strategic Special Program (JLASS). In the scenario, members of Generation Z — people born starting in the mid-1990s — are rewarded in Bitcoin (BTC) for their efforts starting a rebellion.

Henry and Greenbridgeinvesting.com co-founder, Andrew Gonci, discuss Fed Chair Powell’s statement that the Fed can print U.S. dollars digitally in addition to creating physical bills sends crypto Twitter all a flutter, the CME Bitcoin options markets is finally taking off, BTC transaction fees increased by more than 1,250% at one point last week, and Harry Potter author, J.K. Rowling, recently asked for an explanation of Bitcoin on Twitter.

Henry and SeekingCryptos.com co-founder, Andrew Gonci, welcome regular guest, Josh Sands, Crypto Tax Specialist, www.cryptotaxman.us . Josh discusses the audit statute of limitations and the basic 3 time periods. Plus, the Bitcoin halving, over $295 million worth liquidations occur on BitMEX alone, legendary trader Paul Tudor Jones is reportedly buying bitcoin as an inflation hedge and over 20,000 shops and enterprises in Venezuela will reportedly start accepting crypto by June 1.

Henry and Greenbridgeinvesting.com co-founder, Andrew Gonci, discuss Bitcoin rises to $7,800 early on Monday to hit its highest level since March 12. Is the Bitcoin halvening driving the price? McDonald’s and Subway are among a handful of companies taking part in a new pilot program for China’s upcoming digital yuan. This week, China will officially launch a major new blockchain initiative called the Blockchain-based Services Network (BSN), the largest blockchain eco-system ever created. Tech firms lay the foundation for a potentially massive digital contact-tracing infrastructure.

Henry and Greenbridgeinvesting.com co-founder, Andrew Gonci, discuss China assures the world that its digital Yuan will not cause inflation, Edward Snowden warns that governments may use the coronavirus to curtail freedoms, Google and Apple announced a rare joint effort to launch a contact tracing tool that will alert people when they have come near an infected person, and Facebook will let you know if you shared or interacted with dangerous coronavirus misinformation on their site.

Henry and Greenbridgeinvesting.com co-founder, Andrew Gonci, welcome guest, 107 year old Joe Newman. Joe recalls when he was 5 years old and the Spanish Flu pandemic struck his home town of South Bend, IN and the resulting quarantine and how it relates to this time of COVID-19. He also talks of the Russian Tsar exiling his parents to Siberia, their trip to America in 1905, his mother selling newspapers on the streets of Chicago to make 10-15 cents a day, his Dad landing a job at the Studebaker automobile plant in South Bend, his opportunity to attend Notre Dame University, the era of Knute Rockne, and his graduation and getting a job enrolling people in a new government program, Social Security. Joe also reflects on his run for congress at age 101 and advises us on issues of the present day.

Henry and Greenbridgeinvesting.com co-founder, Andrew Gonci, discuss Bitcoin price (BTC) surges by 5.6%, the Bank of International Settlements (BIS) has issued a report arguing in favor of central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) and digital payments amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Microsoft has acknowledged that the quarantined gamers are putting a strain on its Azure cloud platform which is a backbone of the company’s Blockchain As a Service (BaaS) offering, and while many crypto holders around the world are practicing self-quarantine and other measures to limit social contact, some are turning to the adult industry for comfort.

Henry and SeekingCryptos.com co-founder, Andrew Gonci, welcome regular guest, Josh Sands, Crypto Tax Specialist, www.cryptotaxman.us , discuss the price of Bitcoin (BTC) retraced to $5,800 during the weekend, then rebounded $600,
Roger Ver, the prominent Bitcoin Cash (BCH) advocate and former CEO of Bitcoin.com, appears to think that the world’s reaction to the COVID-19 pandemic is disproportionate, and Microsoft has proposed a system that can mine cryptocurrencies using data collected from humans as they exercise or read an advertisement.

Henry and Greenbridgeinvesting.com co-founder, Andrew Gonci, discuss Bitcoin suddenly falls another 7% as a new week opened with fresh coronavirus turmoil across global markets, the BTC flash crash on Thursday triggered $700,000,000 in liquidations on crypto derivatives exchange BitMEX, some players are calling for what would have previously been unmentionable, – “circuit breakers”, and crypto derivatives provider Bakkt closed a $300 million Series B fundraising round.

Henry and Greenbridgeinvesting.com co-founder, Andrew Gonci, discuss Bitcoin (BTC) continues to climb back towards $9,000 reaching a five-day high, since China reported the first case of coronavirus on December 30th, bitcoin has outperformed every major asset class, including gold, close to half the revenue on Square's Cash App in the fourth quarter came from bitcoin, and the SEC rejects another Bitcoin ETF.

Henry and SeekingCryptos.com co-founder, Andrew Gonci, welcome regular guest, Josh Sands, Crypto Tax Specialist, www.cryptotaxman.us . Josh discusses his recent interaction with the IRS on behalf of a cryptocurrency trader and miner. Other topics include the IRS has not been explicit on how would it treat taxes related to cryptocurrency transactions according to the GAO, $120 million worth of BitMEX long positions were liquidated in this week’s massive flash crash, and the former chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) believes it's time for the Federal Reserve to issue a fully digital currency.

Henry and SeekingCryptos.com co-founder, Andrew Gonci, discuss Bitcoin (BTC) fell below $10,000 on Feb. 10 as sudden volatility saw markets abandon five figures just a day after reaching them, insurance service providers are relying on blockchain technology to fast track claims payouts amid a coronavirus outbreak in China, investment management firm VanEck says Bitcoin may enhance the reward profile of institutional investment portfolios, and after launching TRUMP futures trading last week, FTX plans to release five additional 2020 presidential election-based futures products.

Henry and SeekingCryptos.com co-founder, Andrew Gonci, welcome regular guest, Josh Sands, Crypto Tax Specialist, www.cryptotaxman.us to discuss The Tron Foundation will dedicate its 2020 niTROn Summit to Kobe Bryant, Peter Schiff solves his “Bitcoin mystery” Bakkt, the digital assets’ platform of the Intercontinental Exchange [ICE] has seen a 1,625 percent increase in Bitcoin delivery for January 2020, and Ex-Trump advisor: US should halt China’s CBDC development to protect the dollar.

Henry, Augi Schmitz and SeekingCryptos.com co-founder, Andrew Gonci discuss surging Bitcoin drops over $500 in 7 minutes. Was there manipulation in the futures market? A bill to exempt personal cryptocurrency transactions from taxation for capital gains is reintroduced in Congress. The hash rate of the Bitcoin (BTC) network hits another new all-time high and “gold bug”, and renowned Bitcoin skeptic Peter Schiff claims his crypto wallet was “corrupted” and lost his Bitcoin. Twitter erupts in response.

Henry and SeekingCryptos.com co-founder, Andrew Gonci discuss: US - Iran tensions ease. What’s the fall out for Bitcoin? Bitcoin (BTC) trading volumes more than doubled in a week. But the U.S. is no longer the top recipient of Bitcoin (BTC) as valued in USD. Chicago exchange CME Group has announced its bitcoin options are now open for trading. Bitcoin’s Taproot and Schnorr are coming! We’ll tell you what to expect from Bitcoin’s pending upgrades. It’s bigger than you may think.

Henry and SeekingCryptos.com co-founder, Andrew Gonci discuss the decade comes to an end and the best possible investment you could have made was Bitcoin. Want to use crypto for that last minute Christmas shopping? We’ll tell you how Will Bitcoin’s increasing hashrate make altcoins obsolete in 2020? As we continue to look at other disruptive tech, we’ll tell you about Tesla’s software profit center.

Henry and SeekingCryptos.com co-founder, Andrew Gonci, welcome regular guest, Josh Sands, Crypto Tax Specialist, www.cryptotaxman.us to discuss maximizing your tax benefits with charitable cryptocurrency donation using the IRS' new rule on specific crypto designation. Plus, report published by Bitcoin (BTC) fund operator Grayscale suggests 43% of investors interested in Bitcoin are women, Binance announced the launch of its fiat gateway for its Latin America Exchange, the white paper for Facebook’s proposed Libra currency has been quietly updated and the biggest change is the removal of dividends payable to early investors, and we take a look at 3d printing.

Henry and SeekingCryptos.com co-founder, Andrew Gonci discuss Bakkt has launched the first regulated Bitcoin (BTC) options and cash-settled futures in the United States and its CEO becomes a US Senator, SoftBank is introducing its own SBC wallet card, which works like a traditional debit card and has a built-in cryptocurrency wallet, Microsoft’s blockchain-enabled cloud service Microsoft Azure announced new tokenization and blockchain data management services, and China is planning to conduct the first real-world test of its central bank digital currency.

Henry and SeekingCryptos.com co-founder, Andrew Gonci discuss Crypto custodian Bakkt’s chief executive Kelly Loeffler has reportedly been picked by Georgia Governor Brian Kemp to serve in the U.S. Senate, a California federal court has affirmed the validity of the United States Internal Revenue Service’s (IRS) request for data from crypto exchange Bitstamp, a new bill in Germany could enable banks to support the sale and custody of Bitcoin (BTC) and other cryptocurrencies by 2020. and facial recognition is a way of life in China. How soon will the US follow suit?

Henry and SeekingCryptos.com co-founder, Andrew Gonci, welcome regular guest, Josh Sands, Crypto Tax Specialist, www.cryptotaxman.us to discuss his exact preparation methodology to comply with the Internal Revenue Service's new batch of cryptocurrency guidelines. Henry recounts how this system helped him with getting ready for his crypto taxes. This is a must listen before the end of the tax year for Bitcoin and cryptocurrency holders.

Henry welcomes guest, Fintech Lawyer Greg Karch, https://www.dltlawgroup.com/ ,
to discuss the state of the blockchain industry, Bitcoin price pops 4% then returns after The official Chinese state-run Xinhua News Agency published a report recognizing Bitcoin (BTC) as “the first successful application of blockchain technology”, Chinese regulator State Administration of Foreign Exchange (SAFE) expanded its blockchain cross-border financing pilot program, and Bakkt Bitcoin futures market sets a new volume record for itself and announces new services.

Henry and SeekingCryptos.com co-founder, Andrew Gonci, welcome guest, Josh Sands, Crypto Tax Specialist, www.cryptotaxman.us to discuss Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has apparently sent out a new batch of cryptocurrency audit notices, Coinbase Pro and Cryptocurrency futures and options exchange Deribit experience flash crashes and both responded very differently for their clients, and, crypto derivatives exchange BitMEX is implementing major changes to the weights of its indices.

Henry, Augi Schmitz and SeekingCryptos.com co-founder, Andrew Gonci discuss the Facebook-led Libra project may consider issuing stablecoins in individual country currencies, Binance is soon to launch its first fiat-to-cryptocurrency trading pairs and it’s for the Russian Ruble, Fidelity Digital Asset Services (FDAS) is “now engaged in a full rollout” of its custody and trading services, as long as you’re an accredited investor, and Circle is selling off the Poloniex cryptocurrency exchange and US users have until December 15 to get their assets off it.

Henry and SeekingCryptos.com co-founder, Andrew Gonci, welcome guest, Samuel Armes, President Florida Blockchain Business Association and Blockchain and Legislative Affairs Director for Seminole County Tax Collector. Sam discusses the new State of Florida Blockchain Task Force and the Seminole County Tax Collector, Joel Greenberg's, plan to use the blockchain-based technology as part of a pilot program to launch a digital ID program next year.

Henry and SeekingCryptos.com co-founder, Andrew Gonci, welcome guest, Josh Sands, Crypto Tax Specialist, www.cryptotaxman.us to discuss the Internal Revenue Service's new guidance for cryptocurrency tax reporting.
Plus, CFTC Chairman Heath Tarbert has said ether, the world’s second-largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization, is a commodity, EBay, Stripe, Mastercard, Visa and Mercado Pago are all dropping out of Facebook’s libra cryptocurrency project following PayPal’s departure, and Bitwise Asset Management and NYSE Arca have confirmed they will refile their application for a Bitcoin (BTC) exchange-traded fund (ETF) after United States regulators rejected it.

Henry and SeekingCryptos.com co-founder, Andrew Gonci, discuss Bitcoin (BTC) hits a 3.5-month low earlier today and is on track to post the first quarterly loss of 2019, Tom Lee, who is Fundstrat Global Advisors managing partner and head of Research, tells Yahoo Finance, “I don’t know how anyone could be trading bitcoin right now.”, and Anthony Pompliano, Morgan Creek Digital, on audio discusses the price of bitcoin and the future of the currency.

Henry and SeekingCryptos.com co-founder, Andrew Gonci, welcome guest, Josh Sands, Crypto Tax Specialist, www.cryptotaxman.us to discuss Facebook and J.P. Morgan meet with skeptical global central bank officials, cryptocurrency exchange OKEx’s Korea unit is delisting all five privacy coins – monero (XMR), dash (DASH), zcash (ZEC), horizen (ZEN) and super bitcoin (SBTC), the computing power dedicated to mining bitcoin has hit yet another new high, and the CME looks to double monthly open positions limit of its bitcoin futures contracts.

Henry and SeekingCryptos.com co-founder, Andrew Gonci, discuss CNBC's Bob Pisani asks SEC Chair, Jay Clayton if we are any closer to a Bitcoin ETF and he answers, "The short answer is yes. But there’s -- there’s work left to be done." Plus the Bakkt Bitcoin Futures market has begun accepting Bitcoin deposits and withdrawals, the VanEck Securities Corp. and SolidX Management Bitcoion ETF is finally here, well sort of, FED Chair Jerome Powell makes bearish comments on digital currency, and the cryptocurrency insurance market is expected to grow at a faster rate than the cybersecurity insurance market.

Henry, SeekingCryptos.com co-founder, Andrew Gonci, cybersecurity expert, John Sacco discuss Bitcoin price consolidation, Mark Carney, the Governor of the Bank of England, suggests replacing the United States dollar with a digital currency, Circle CEO Jeremy Allaire says China’s development of a national digital currency could bypass Western financial system, and at least three of Facebook’s early backers for its Libra stablecoin launch are considering withdrawing their support.

Henry, Augi and SeekingCryptos.com co-founder, Andrew Gonci, welcome guest, Josh Sands, Crypto Tax Specialist, www.cryptotaxman.us to discuss Bakkt has been “cleared to launch” its highly-anticipated physically-settled bitcoin futures contract, Coinbase Custody has acquired Xapo’s to become the world’s largest crypto custodian by assets under custody, meanwhile Coinbase outlines “a password storage issue,” and top cryptocurrency exchange Binance announces it is launching “Venus” a potential competitor to Facebook’s Libra.

Henry and SeekingCryptos.com co-founder, Andrew Gonci, discuss Goldman Sachs gives a bullish forecast, short-term price target of $13,971, for Bitcoin, the People’s Bank of China (PBoC) has claimed that its digital currency “can now be said to be ready", the United States Federal Reserve Board is planning to release a real-time payments and settlements service and Coinbase describes how it was targeted by, and foiled, “a sophisticated, highly targeted, thought out attack”. Plus we examine municipal government ransomware hacks.

Henry and SeekingCryptos.com co-founder, Andrew Gonci, discuss Tron CEO Justin Sun unable to attend lunch with finance magnate Warren Buffett because of kidney stones, Bakkt, Bitcoin (BTC) futures platform closing in on a Q3 launch date, a new study finds that 83% of American investors would consider a preliminary investment in Bitcoin, and we discover Lolli.com, the next best thing to free Bitcoin.

Henry and SeekingCryptos.com co-founder, Andrew Gonci, review audio from Coinshares, Meltem Demirors, and Rep. Patrick McHenry on last weeks U.S. House Committee on Financial Services on Facebook's Libra cryptocurrency. Plus Bitcoin futures platform Bakkt is scheduled to begin testing its new contracts, more guests are announced for the Warren Buffet - Justin Sun crypto luncheon this week, leveraged crypto trading exchange, BitMEX, is reportedly being investigated by regulatory authorities in the United States and was the recent crypto market crash was triggered by a single crypto whale trying to manipulate the market through Bitmex and Bitstamp?

Henry and SeekingCryptos.com co-founder, Andrew Gonci, and special guest Phil Skirball discuss Bitcoin shows strength in Monday trading passing $12,000, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has cleared the way for crypto derivatives provider ErisX to offer futures contracts settled in Bitcoin, the global financial system trains its sights on Facebook's real agenda with Libra coin and with Facebook’s cryptocurrency potentially posing a threat, China’s central bank could hasten development of its own digital cash.

Henry and SeekingCryptos.com co-founder, Andrew Gonci welcome back cybersecurity expert, John Sacco. Topics include fallout from Facebook’s Libra cryptocurrency announcement continues, Bank for International Settlements (BIS), acknowledges that central banks will likely soon need to issue their own digital currencies, and the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) standards are released. What does that mean for your crypto? You may be surprised.

Henry, Augi Schmitz, and SeekingCryptos.com co-founder, Andrew Gonci welcome back cybersecurity expert, John Sacco. The price of Bitcoin blows through $10,000 to $11,000. What’s next? Bitcoin “real daily volume” passes $1 Billion. The Bank of International Settlements (BIS) has warned that the financial services poised to be offered by big tech firms such as Facebook, Google and Amazon could generate new risks for the banking sector.

Henry and SeekingCryptos.com co-founder, Andrew Gonci discuss the price of bitcoin (BTC) hitting a 13-month high above $9,300 on Sunday, Facebook’s much-anticipated cryptocurrency project will be unveiled this week, Binance announces it will be unable to provide services to any U.S. person and Craig Wright, the controversial creator of Bitcoin SV claiming to be Satoshi Nakamoto, could be facing jail time for fraud.

Henry, Augi Schmitz, and SeekingCryptos.com co-founder, Andrew Gonci discuss the release of Facebook’s anticipated cryptocurrency’s white paper on June 18, Blockchain expert Caitlin Long predictions of the fallout from Facebook entering the crypto space, crypto exchange Poloniex's lenders in its bitcoin margin lending pool suffers a loss of 1800 BTC, roughly $13.5 million, due to a flash crash in the Clams (CLAM) market, and cryptocurrency news website, CCN.com closes due to Google's new search algorithm.

Henry, Augi Schmitz, and SeekingCryptos.com co-founder, Andrew Gonci welcome Byte Federal CTO Lennart Lopin back in the studio to discuss Bitcoin crossing $9000 then retreating, US regulator CFTC in talks With Facebook over rumored crypto plans, the open interest in CME Bitcoin Futures contract hit a record high last Friday, and the rise of SIM jacking thefts of crypto. How secure is your 2 factor authentication?

Henry, Augi Schmitz, and SeekingCryptos.com co-founder, Andrew Gonci discuss CBS' 60 Minutes feature on Bitcoin, whether if was favorable to cryptocurrency, and their interview with Charlie Shrem. Plus Barry Silbert, the CEO of Grayscale Investments, marketer of the only US traded Bitcoin ETF says this time Bitcoin's bull run is “different”. Plus WWPR alumni Alan Cross and Ed Edwards drop in to say hi.

Henry, Augi Schmitz, and SeekingCryptos.com co-founder, Andrew Gonci discuss the price of bitcoin (BTC) surpassing $8,100, Microsoft is launching the first decentralized identity tool built directly on the bitcoin blockchain, Bitfinex appears to have raised $1 billion in fresh investment, big name retailers—including Crate and Barrel, Nordstrom, and Amazon-owned Whole Foods—will now accept Bitcoin and Dubai-based BitOasis is the Middle East’s first regulated bitcoin exchange.

Henry and SeekingCryptos.com co-founder, Andy Gonci, discuss allegations against Bitfinex and Tether wipe out $10,000,000,000 of crypto market cap, E*Trade Financial Corp. is getting ready to let customers trade cryptocurrencies, Afghanistan and Tunisia are in a race to be the first country to issue a sovereign Bitcoin bond, and Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) wants you to earn cryptocurrency as you drive.
Plus Andy makes the case for why Bitfinex's problems are good for Goldman Sachs.

Henry, Augi Schmitz, and SeekingCryptos.com co-founder, Andrew Gonci, discuss crypto exchange Coinbase reportedly saw around $520 million in revenue last year, Serena Williams, one of the world’s most successful tennis players is an investor in Coinbase, Bakkt is considering acquiring a New York BitLicense to launch its bitcoin futures product, and another major crypto exchange is delisting Bitcoin SV.

Henry and SeekingCryptos.com co-founder, Andrew Gonci, discuss Coinbase launches a Visa debit card allowing customers to spend their cryptocurrencies directly from their Coinbase accounts, one Bitcoin could exceed $1 Million in 7 -10 years says a PayPal Director, news media sounds the alarm on North Korea and Crypto and more than 20 U.S. lawmakers have again urged the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to provide clarity on cryptocurrency questions.

Henry, Augi Schmitz, Blockchan developer Steven Lubka and SeekingCryptos.com co-founder, Andrew Gonci, discuss Bitcoin tests its recent five month high, CME Group’s Bitcoin futures volumes reaches record high, Google Bitcoin searches surge while Bloomberg news screams overbought and CFTC Chair Giancarlo shares some departing wisdom.
Plus guests Bruce Kamm the founder of the Tampabaytoken.io, Tania Lea the Tampa Bay Token News Reporter, and Jacob Aizenman, co-founder of IDMONEY, the organization replicating in other locations,the Tampabaytoken model.

Henry, Augi Schmitz, and SeekingCryptos.com co-founder, Andrew Gonci, discuss transactions per Bitcoin block have gone up to its all-time high in the past few days, but is it really what is seems, the SEC has delayed its decision on a rule change to the Securities Act that would allow the listing of Bitcoin ETFs, Coinbase’s custody arm is trying to entice its institutional customers into the brave new world of staking crypto assets for profit, and Coinbase’s director of institutional sales, Christine Sandler, has left the cryptocurrency startup for Fidelity Investments.

Henry and SeekingCryptos.com co-founder, Andrew Gonci, welcome fellow SeekingCryptos co-founder, Marc Principato and Chief Technical Officer of Bitcoin ATM company, Byte Federal, (www.bytefederal.com ) Lennart Lopin, into the studio.
Topics include a study conducted by Bitwise concludes that about 95% of the total trading volume reported by exchanges is artificially created, Square CEO Jack Dorsey is hiring engineers for Square Crypto, IBM Blockchain World Wire is using the Stellar protocol to serve as a network provider for international payments, Western Union is now going to utilize Stellar (XLM) based technology for international payments, and Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg is not thinking about just creating his own crypto. According to Kik messaging app founder and CEO, Ted Livingston, he wants to replace the U.S. dollar.

Henry, Augi Schmitz, and SeekingCryptos.com co-founder, Andrew Gonci, welcome guest, blockchain and cybersecurity expert John Sacco to discuss a bill introduced in the State of Florida legislature to create a blockchain task force, Bitcoin continues to fight to move above $4000 while Bitcoin’s trading volume surges, the CBOE looks to drop Bitcoin futures trading while the CME says full speed ahead, when will parent of the NYSE, ICE, launch its cryptocurrency exchange, Bakkt, and Visa says it’s looking for a Product Manager for Visa Crypto.

Henry, TradingView columnist, Seeking Cryptos co-founder, Andrew Gonci, aka Andy, and Augi Schmitz welcome back Blockchain Developer Steven Lubka to discuss financial services giant Fidelity Investments goes live with its cryptocurrency custody service, what does the block reward halving of Bitcoin mean for its price, Jack Dorsey, CEO of both Twitter and Square says he is buying $10000 of Bitcoin a week and sorry Charlie the Tuna, Bumble Bee Foods has launched a blockchain platform for seafood traceability.

Henry and TradingView columnist, Seeking Cryptos co-founder, Andrew Gonci, aka Andy, welcome back Augi Schmitz after an extended hiatus to discuss Bitcoin's drop below $3700 after flirting with $4100, messaging apps Facebook, Telegram and Signal are working on their own cryptocurrencies according to the New York Times, #DeleteCoinbase gains steam over Coinbase acquiring Neutrino and what does an announcement by U.S. supermarket chain Kroger Co have to do with cryptocurrency? Plus somehow the discussion takes a detour into vaccines and internet censorship.

Henry and TradingView columnist, Seeking Cryptos co-founder, Andrew Gonci, aka Andy, in a change of pace discuss the 'USA' as in the United Surveillance by Amazon through its partnering with local law enforcement through Amazon's Ring doorbell cameras, Google warns shareholders about artificial intelligence, Bitcoin surges again and JP Morgan announces its own cryptocurrency or is it really a cryptocurrency?

Henry and TradingView columnist, Seeking Cryptos co-founder, Goldbug1, aka Andy, welcome special guest, investor Wild Bill, to discuss cryptocurrency exchange Kraken spending over $100,000,000 to acquire a futures trading company, the CEO of Binance says Amazon will start its own cryptocurrency, Jack Dorsey CEO of Twitter and Square reaffirms Bitcoin will become the currency of the internet and did Nvidia mislead on cryptocurrency mining revenue to prevent a stock collapse?

Henry and TradingView columnist, Seeking Cryptos co-founder, Goldbug1, aka Andy, welcome guest, Brian Kornfeld, Synapse, https://synapsefl.com/ , Co-founder and Chief Operating Officer, to talk about the upcoming 2019 Synapse Summit, https://synapsesummit.com/ , Jan 23 - 24, 2019, at Amalie Arena in Tampa.
It's two-day celebration of innovation that brings together innovators from all industries and stages of development to connect technology, regionally-based innovation and entrepreneurial ecosystems throughout Florida. The 2019 Synapse Summit will host more than 5,000 attendees and feature more than 300 inspiring speakers, 60 breakout sessions, and 350 exhibitors, spotlighting a variety of transformative technologies including IoT, blockchain, augmented reality, virtual reality, cryptocurrency, robotics, artificial intelligence, machine learning, fin tech, digital health, urban tech, defense tech, arts and music.
Brian, a Tampa Bay native, is the President of the USF Executive MBA Alumni Advisory Council and supports many local missions and companies as an advisor or partner. He is a Six-Sigma Black Belt, Lean Expert, and Certified Scrum Product Owner. Brian is a 2018 recipient of the prestigious Tampa Bay Business Journal’s 40 Under 40 Business Up and Comers of Tampa Bay. He is also nationally recognized in The Business Journals’ Influencers: Rising Stars as one of the top 100 business executives across the country who are having a positive impact relatively early in their careers on their companies and their communities, and who could be shaping how business gets done for years to come.

Henry and TradingView columnist, Seeking Cryptos co-founder, Goldbug1, aka Andy, discuss that this week the world's first bitcoins were mined ten years ago this week, Ethereum price has increased from $117 to $159, by over 35 percent,
Circle states that their OTC (Over-the-counter) business has facilitated over $24 Billion worth of trades and The Proof of Keys event came this week and which exchanges failed?

Henry, Augi Schmitz, and TradingView columnist, Seeking Cryptos co-founder, Goldbug1, aka Andy, discuss Bitcoin price on Friday setting yet another fresh yearly low, AT&T has filed a blockchain-oriented patent application to “map” your social media history, blockchain development is LinkedIn’s biggest growing job sector and Jeremy Allaire, co-founder of crypto finance company Circle, says Bitcoin (BTC) will be worth “a great deal more” than it is now.

Blockchain CPA Kara Haas returns! She joins Henry, Augi Schmitz, and TradingView columnist, Seeking Cryptos co-founder, Goldbug1, aka Andy, to discuss Bitcoin price pain continuing as the cryptocurrency plummets to a 15-month low, the Securities and Exchange Commission delays making a decision on VanEck’s bitcoin ETF application until February 27, 2019, Grayscale Investment Trust gains control over 1.16% of the total Bitcoins in curculation and pro-crypto U.S. Securities and Exchange Commissioner (SEC), Hester Peirce, says the approval of a Bitcoin ETF remains an uncertainty and it could take days to years.

Henry, Augi Schmitz, and TradingView columnist, Seeking Cryptos co-founder, Goldbug1, aka Andy, discuss Bitcoin crashes 37 percent in November, wiping $70 billion off of cryptocurrencies' market value, Ohio 'rolls out the red carpet' for blockchain businesses by accepting bitcoin, Bitcoin and digital assets are here to stay, says NYSE chairman, despite bear market and SEC's Clayton needs to see key upgrades in cryptocurrency markets before approving a bitcoin ETF.

Henry, Augi Schmitz and blockchain developer Steven Lubka welcome guest, Dr. Jerry Beinhauer, a veteran physician and serial entrepreneur. He and his team of co-founders launched Tampa Bay based Appley Health, www.appleyhealth.com , earlier this year. By using smart contracts on their proprietary blockchain network, they enable employers to automate many functions currently carried out by insurance companies, completely removing the need for them to administer these health plans
Appley Health is building a three-pronged solution for healthcare disruption that includes:
1) a blockchain-based, network ecosystem that is designed to enable direct, peer-to-peer interacting, contracting, and transacting between consumers of healthcare services and providers;
2) a vendor marketplace that is tied to this network to serve as the access point for the delivery of products and services to the members; and,
3) API access to participating provider members’ electronic medical record systems to facilitate robust services and applications via the marketplace to dynamically access patient data to drive increased wellness, quality, and lower costs.

Henry, Augi Schmitz, and TradingView columnist, Seeking Cryptos co-founder, Goldbug1, aka Andy, welcome guest, blockchain and cybersecurity expert John Sacco to discuss:
The pending VanEck Bitcoin ETF will attract billions upon approval according to...well VanEck.
The SEC charges decentralized exchange EtherDelta with operating an unregistered exchange.
The stablecoins war has begun.
Roger Ver and Craig Wright, two Bitcoin icons', feud spills into public over the upcoming Bitcoin Cash hard fork.

Henry, www.SeekingCryptos.com co-founder Goldbug1, aka Andy, Augi Schmitz and Steven Lubka discuss:
It’s Bitcoin’s 10th Birthday. What does the immediate future hold?
In a milestone the NYSE parent company ICE Intercontinental Exchange looks to launch its cryptocurrency exchange Bakkt.
Morgan Stanley declares Bitcoin a new institutional class asset.
And Alt-right social network GAB plans to move to blockchain with an ICO. So how much free speech are you ready for?

Henry, Augi Schmitz, and TradingView.com columnist, www.seekingcryptos.com co-founder, Goldbug1, aka Andy, welcome guest, Daniel Estulin, https://english.danielestulin.com/ , author of In the Shadows of a Presidency in which Estulin reveals the true economic motive of the elite 1% and how Trump won the presidency and represents a new economic model.
His international best seller, The True Story of the Bilderberg Group, has sold 7.2 million copies in 68 countries and been translated into 48 languages. His 2015 Nobel Peace Prize nomination is a tribute and recognition for all the work in fighting, exposing and risking his life for the common good. He gave two speeches at the European Parliament in 2010 and 2012 on European Integration and financial crisis. In November 2014, Mr. Estulin was a keynote speaker at the United Nations conference in Vienna, “Strategic Tendencies of World Politics 2015-2020”.

Henry, www.SeekingCryptos.com co-founder Goldbug1, aka Andy, Augi Schmitz and Steven Lubka discuss Tether prices fall while other stablecoins surge and $900,000,000 of Tether that is withdrawn from the market, Genesis Global Trading has become a lender of over half a billion dollars of cryptocurrencies to institutional clients and has the White House set their sites on Bitmain Mining as their next target in the trade war?

Henry, Augi Schmitz, Blockchain CPA Kara Haas, https://www.krhpa.com/ and TradingView.com columnist, www.seekingcryptos.com co-founder, Goldbug1, aka Andy, welcome guest, blockchain and cybersecurity expert John Sacco. Topics include TD Ameritrade is the latest Wall Street presence to move into cryptocurrency products for their customers through ErisX, the influential Yale university endowment manager, David Swensen, just jumped into crypto with bets on two Silicon Valley funds and Goldman-Backed Circle acquires a crowdfunding startup as it seeks to fulfill its goal of overseeing the “tokenization of everything.” Plus Blockchain CPA Kara Haas examines wash trading, liquidity and volume on the crypto exchanges and Guest John Sacco looks at the Lightning Network and scalability

Henry, Augi Schmitz, and TradingView.com columnist, www.seekingcryptos.com co-founder, Goldbug1, aka Andy, welcome guest, Steven Lubka, https://www.linkedin.com/in/cryptocapitalservices/
Steven is an expert in the cryptocurrency and blockchain sector. He has worked as an advisor to venture capital firms, actively traded cryptocurrency projects, and private blockchain startups. He believes that cryptocurrencies represent the early stages of a wave of technological innovation that has the potential to reshape our virtual world. He currently works as the blockchain lead for Thinnect, an Internet of Things company tackling the challenges of data ownership.
Steven discusses his vision of the future of blockchain, stable coins, the ownership of personal data, the Mt. Gox trustee's selling of an additional $200,000,000 million of Bitcoin, cryptocurrencies and the liquidity of the market and the internet of things.

Henry, Blockchain CPA, Kara Haas, http://krhpa.com/ and TradingView.com columnist, www.seekingcryptos.com co-founder, Goldbug1, aka Andy, welcome guest Samuel Armes, Executive Director, Florida Blockchain Business Association, (FBBA), www.FBBA.IO to discuss the association's mission to advocate for blockchain enterprises, cryptocurrencies and their users.
Other topics include the SEC delays a decision on the most anticipated Bitcoin ETF and prices surge, the Nasdaq stock exchange readies an acquisition to speed the start of their own cryptocurrency trading operation and Fidelity Investments announces they are readying a cryptocurrency product for their clients.

Henry, www.SeekingCryptos.com co-founder, Goldbug1, aka Andy, Blockchain CPA Kara R. Haas, CPA, CITP, https://www.krhpa.com/ and Augi Schmitz welcome Blockchain Attorney Sasha Hodder, aka Sasha Hodler, https://www.dltlawgroup.com/ host of The Hodlcast https://www.sashahodler.com/ webcast. Topics include this weeks $1000 flash crash in Bitcoin and the theories behind it. Is a long dormant Silk Road $800,000,000 BTC wallet being liquidated? Who placed a $74,000,000 short position on Bitcoin on Sunday? What are Goldman Sachs real intentions for the crypto space. Plus Kara breaks down the upcoming Bitmain IPO and Sasha explains the SEC's stance on which cryptocurrencies are securities.

Henry, Blockchain CPA Kara R. Haas, CPA, CITP, https://www.krhpa.com/ and Augi Schmitz discuss crypto markets falling in the beginning of the week only to rally at the end, waiting on the a Bitcoin ETF? Try a Bitcoin ETN! A Wall Street report says cryptocurrency trading fees are exploding but it may be too late to challenge Coinbase and semiconductor manufacturer Nvidia says the market for cryptocurrency mining chips has disappeared.

Henry, Blockchain CPA Kara R. Haas, CPA, CITP, https://www.krhpa.com/ and Augi Schmitz welcome Joshua Sands, Happy Tax Cryptocurrency Tax Reconcilation Team member and wealth management consultant, www.cryptotaxprep.com (219) 201-0541.
Joshua discusses many of the complicated tax situations facing cryptocurrency investors and also his thoughts on cryptocurrency related companies, Overstock and Nvidia.

Henry, www.SeekingCryptos.com co-founder, Goldbug1, aka Andy, Blockchain CPA Kara R. Haas, CPA, CITP, https://www.krhpa.com/ and Augi Schmitz review the week's cryptocurrency sell off after the SEC delays a decision on the CBOE, VanEck, SolidX Bitcoin ETF until September 30, the remarkable market recovery in 48 hours and Friday's sudden drop in crypto prices again and then explain why investors shouldn't expect a final decision on the ETF until March 2019. Plus Henry explains why the market drop is his fault and asks for forgiveness.

Henry, www.SeekingCryptos.com co-founder, Goldbug1, aka Andy, Blockchain CPA Kara R. Haas, CPA, CITP, https://www.krhpa.com/ and Augi Schmitz provide a thorough examination of Overstock.com's blockchain subsidiaries, tZero and Medici Ventures, why investors reaction to the company's earnings report caused Overstock's stock price to surge and why it is big news for the blockchain industry. Plus everything you thought you knew about where Bitcoin is traded and how it is traded is WRONG! All that and a crypto recovery is sparked live on the air by the show.

Henry, Seeking Cryptos co-founder, Goldbug1, aka Andy, Blockchain CPA Kara R. Haas, CPA, CITP and Augi Schmitz discuss Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), the owner of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), has announced that will list a physically-settled bitcoin futures contracts and form a new company whose mission is to make bitcoin a mainstream financial asset, financial services giant Northern Trust stakes out a claim to institutional cryptocurrency clients, OKEX exchange has a $420,000,000 Bitcoin problem and the HitBTC exchange has a problem staying up and Japan may not be quite the cryptocurrency powerhouse that the world thinks it is.

What does Manifest Destiny, former White House advisor Steve Bannon and economic war have to do with crypto and blockchain? Find out when Henry and TradingView.com columnist, www.seekingcryptos.com co-founder, Goldbug1, aka Andy, welcome guest John Sacco, CEO, Sacco Consulting Services, https://sacco.io
Topics also include what caused this week's rally in bitcoin, IBM to create a FDIC insured cryptocurrency "stablecoin" pegged to the dollar on the Stellar platform, Stellar becomes the first distributed ledger blockchain platform designated Sharia Law compliant, MasterCard patents a method of speeding up cryptocurrency payments using its fiat processing system and Major League Baseball (MLB) is turning to blockchain to expand its fanbase.

Henry, Blockchain CPA, Kara Haas, http://krhpa.com/ and TradingView.com columnist, www.seekingcryptos.com co-founder, Goldbug1, aka Andy, take a nostalgic detour remembering cassette tapes, real to real recording and phone numbers without area codes before discussing Coinbase's announcement of the consideration of adding Stellar, Zcash, Cardano, BAT and 0x to their exchange and the expectation of an SEC decision before the end of September on whether the CBOE can offer trading of a Bitcoin ETF.

Henry, Augi Schmitz, Sabine Priestley, www.sabinepriestley.com , Blockchain CPA, Kara Haas, http://krhpa.com/ and TradingView.com columnist, www.seekingcryptos.com co-founder, Goldbug1, aka Andy, discuss Friday's sudden jump in Bitcoin and cryptocurrency prices, the SEC formally issues a call for public comment on a proposal to list a bitcoin ETF on a regulated exchange, Facebook reverses its ban on cryptocurrency ads and Kara's Troubled Token.

Henry, Augi Schmitz, Sabine Priestley, www.sabinepriestley.com , Blockchain CPA, Kara Haas, http://krhpa.com/ and TradingView.com columnist, www.seekingcryptos.com co-founder, Goldbug1, aka Andy, welcome guest Samuel Armes, CEO of RealPoliTech LLC, www.realpolitechllc.com to talk about his efforts to educate lawmakers and policymakers about blockchain and cryptocurrency as well as the Legislative Blockchain Education event he is holding July 2 with BlockSpaces in Tampa.
Samuel is a recent graduate of the University of South Florida with a degree in finance and a degree in economics. While in college Samuel did work for US Special Operatons Command on assessing threats from bad actors in the Bitcoin, cryptocurrency, and blockchain space. He also worked for the State Department looking at cryptocurrency/blockchain policy on a federal/state level. He has also worked in the Florida State Legislature as well as for local lobbying firm here in the Bay Area.

Henry, Augi Schmitz, Blockchain CPA, Kara Haas, http://krhpa.com/ TradingView.com columnist, and www.seekingcryptos.com co-founder, Goldbug1, aka Andy, discuss SEC SEC Division of Corporation Finance Director, William Hinman, announces Ethereum and Bitcoin are not securities, Coinbase adds Ethereum Classic to its marketplace, CNBC’s Jim Cramer asks if Bitcoin and blockchain are depressing bank stocks with millennial money managers and a University of Texas Professor asserts campaign a of price manipulation may have accounted for at least half of the increase in the price of Bitcoin and other big cryptocurrencies last year.

Henry, Augi Schmitz, Sabine Priestley, www.sabinepriestley.com , Blockchain CPA, Kara Haas, http://krhpa.com/ TradingView.com columnist, and www.seekingcryptos.com co-founder, Goldbug1, aka Andy, and Byte Federal LLC CTO Lennart Lopin www.bytefederal.com welcome guest Fresco co-founder Roy Huang, https://fresco.work/ an initiative to incorporate art on the blockchain.
Roy sees how blockchain can help improve the provenance, promotion, liquidation of artwork at a global scale, so he decided to create FRESCO with a team of passionate art and blockchain experts. A lecturer at Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business and speaker at New Art Academy, Volta Basel, and ICONIZ, Roy has been actively advocating for the integration of the art market and technology.

Henry, Augi Schmitz, Blockchain CPA, Kara Haas, http://krhpa.com/ and TradingView.com columnist, www.seekingcryptos.com co-founder, Goldbug1, aka Andy, discuss the lack of volatility in the cryptocurrency marketplace and what it means to the Bitcoin price, Bittrex introduces the ability to buy crypto with fiat currency, Huobi launches a crypto-based exchange-traded fund (ETF), for retail investors and its competitor Binance, launches a $1 billion "Social Impact Fund" to foster the growth of blockchain and cryptocurrency startups. Plus Henry tries to create a draft movement to get Kara to enter American Ninja Warrior, #BlockchainNinjaCPA.

Henry, Augi Schmitz, Blockchain CPA, Kara Haas, http://krhpa.com/ and TradingView.com columnist, www.seekingcryptos.com co-founder, Goldbug1, aka Andy, welcome guest John Sacco, CEO, Sacco Consulting Services, https://sacco.io
John discusses how he found cryptocurrency and how it propelled him to a career in IT/cybersecurity, the current state of Bitcoin's development, thoughts on forked coins (BCH), Ethereum and smart contract adoption and joins Kara's Troubled Token segment to discuss EOS' launch.

This is the audio from the May 16 Bradenton Blockchain Business and Development Meetup with Guest speaker, Anthony Begando, CEO of Professional Credentials Exchange, LLC, www.procredex.com
partnering with Hashed Health of Nashville, TN launched the Professional Credentials Exchange. The Exchange intends to provide the market with a blockchain solution to address the effort, cost, redundancy, and complexity of obtaining and verifying practitioner identity and credentialing information.

Henry, Augi Schmitz, Sabine Priestley, www.sabinepriestley.com , Blockchain CPA, Kara Haas, http://krhpa.com/ and TradingView.com columnist, www.seekingcryptos.com co-founder, Goldbug1, aka Andy, welcome guest Bitcoin pioneer Charlie Shrem https://cryptoiq.co/ Charlie talks about his early involvement in Bitcoin and cryptocurrency, the benefits and consequences of being an early Bitcoin entrepreneur and why he moved to Sarasota and started Crypto.IQ. Charlie also gives his thought on this week's announcement of the Justice Department and CFTC's investigation of cryptocurrency market manipulation, if he thinks there is manipulation, the future of Bitcoin and if he still thinks May is the last time Bitcoin will be under $10000.

Henry, Augi Schmitz, Sabine Priestley, www.sabinepriestley.com , Blockchain CPA, Kara Haas, http://krhpa.com/ and TradingView.com columnist, www.seekingcryptos.com co-founder, Goldbug1, aka Andy, welcome guest Seminole County Tax Collector Joel Greenberg http://www.seminolecounty.tax/meet-joel/ who has instituted a Bitcoin payment option for Seminole County taxpayers. Joel discusses his early adoption of Bitcoin payment in his private business, how he came to introduce it in the Tax Collector's office, the savings and benefits for taxpayers, his vision of a community based token to save local government administration costs, how he sees blockchain technology changing government and more.

Henry, Augi Schmitz, Blockchain CPA, Kara Haas, and TradingView.com columnist, www.seekingcryptos.com co-founder, Goldbug1, aka Andy, welcome guest Samuel Armes, CEO of RealPoliTech LLC, www.realpolitechllc.com . Samuel is a recent graduate of the University of South Florida with a degree in finance and a degree in economics. While in college Samuel did work for US Special Operatons Command on assessing threats from bad actors in the Bitcoin, cryptocurrency, and blockchain space. He also worked for the State Department looking at cryptocurrency/blockchain policy on a federal/state level. He has also worked in the Florida State Legislature as well as for local lobbying firm here in the Bay Area. Samuel is soon launching a blockchain and cryptocurrency lobbying firm in Florida.
Topics include the regulatory climate at the state and federal level, Coinbase's meeting with US regulators to discuss applying for a banking license as well as there acquisition of Compound to provide interest on cryptocurrency accounts, JP Morgan reconsidering its cryptocurrency strategy, Kraken Exchange's imminent registration with the SEC and Genesis Exchange receives a New York State Bit License.