This week in Crypto Weekly we examine the market crash that happened this week, explain what is going on with Tether (USDT) and talk about scaling with Schnorr signatures.
Links on topics mentioned
- Bitcoin crashes: https://www.theverge.com/2018/1/18/16905040/bitcoin-crash-cryptocurrency-value-ethereum-regulation
- Tether hacked (last year): https://www.theverge.com/2017/11/21/16684296/tether-cryptocurrency-stolen-30-million-hack
- Tether prints large sums of USDT: https://www.bitsonline.com/tether-continues-printing-usdt/
- Potential risks regarding Tether: http://fortune.com/2017/12/05/bitcoin-btc-price-usd-tether-limited-bitfinex/
- Bitfinex'ed Twitter account: https://twitter.com/Bitfinexed
- Vitalik leaves Fenbushi: https://techcrunch.com/2018/01/15/vitalik-buterin-fenbushi-capital-exit/
- Greg Maxwell leaves Blockstream: https://bitcoinist.com/core-dev-greg-maxwell-exits-blockstream/
- Schnorr Signature paper released: https://www.coindesk.com/bitcoin-devs-release-long-awaited-schnorr-paper-for-scalability-gains/